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News June 10, 2015 1:49 pm
African Union member states must protect sexual and reproductive rights
The African Union must emphasize the obligation of its member states to promote, protect, and fulfill sexual and reproductive rights, including universal access to sexual and reproductive health, Amnesty International said today as the 25th AU summit got underway in Johannesburg, with a focus on "Women Empowerment and Development towards Agenda 2063."
The organisation believes that universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights are essential to achieving gender equality and women's empowerment, reduce poverty and achieve the development goals of both the post-2015 agenda and Africa's Agenda 2063
The AU has made welcome commitments to campaign to end child marriage, and the reduction of maternal, newborn and child mortality in Africa. However, women and girls, in particular those living in poverty and in conflict, face multiple barriers to accessing the sexual and reproductive health-related information and services they need, putting their lives at risk
Louise Carmody, Researcher for Amnesty International.
Amnesty International has documented barriers to potentially life-saving maternal health services, such as antenatal care and access to emergency treatment for pregnant women and girls in countries across the continent, including South Africa, Zimbabwe, Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone.
2016 is the African Year of Human Rights with particular focus on the rights of women, and the obligation on member states is to ensure that focus includes sexual and reproductive rights
Human rights of women and girls include their right to have control over and decide freely on matters related to their sexuality, free from coercion, discrimination and violence. It also includes the right to decide whether and when to have children and the spacing between children, and to the highest standard of physical and mental health, including sexual and reproductive health.
African States have signaled their commitment to redouble their efforts to promote and protect women's sexual and reproductive rights as enshrined in the Solemn Declaration on Gender Equality in Africa (2004) and the Continental Guiding Framework for the Advancement of Sexual and Reproductive Rights in Africa (2006), among others.
Despite these promises, women and girl's control over their sexuality and reproductive lives and access to comprehensive sexuality education remain contentious as states often differ in their views and approaches on these issues.
"The AU must commit to protecting women and girls through creating conditions for all to enjoy access to sexual and reproductive rights across the continent. Sexual and reproductive rights are human rights and are non-negotiable," said Louise Carmody.
Amnesty International is also calling for the inclusion of women and girls in the formulation of policies affecting their sexuality and reproduction and have access to justice and redress for violations of their sexual and reproductive rights.
Amnesty International, through its My Body My Rights campaign, is campaigning to ensure that everyone, particularly women and girls, has access to their sexual and reproductive rights and to stop criminalization of sexuality and reproduction by governments. Through the action, the organisation has sought to ensure that women and girls have a right to seek and receive information about sexuality and reproduction and access related health services and contraception.
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Abstract: Let $R$ be a polynomial ring over a field in an unspecified number of variables. We prove that if $J \subset R$ is an ideal generated by three cubic forms, and the unmixed part of $J$ contains a quadric, then the projective dimension of $R/J$ is at most 4. To this end, we show that if $K \subset R$ is a three-generated ideal of height two and $L \subset R$ an ideal linked to the unmixed part of $K$, then the projective dimension of $R/K$ is bounded above by the projective dimension of $R/L$ plus one.


John Tracy is one of Jeff Tracy's five sons. He is International Rescue's Space Monitor aboard Thunderbird Five. He lives on Tracy Island when not in space. John was voiced by actor Ray Barrett, who also voiced the Hood.
Does one-month rotation with Alan on Thunderbird Five Comment from Alan in "The Uninvited" and "City of Fire"
Alternates with Alan as pilot of Thunderbird Three. In the episode "Danger at Ocean Deep," Alan and Brains use TB3 to bring Alan to change shifts with John on TB5. Upon John and Brains boarding TB3 to head for home, John says, "Get ready for blast-off" to Brains, which is what Alan says when he's ready to launch TB3.
John's bedroom on Thunderbird Five is just off the control room. A globe can be seen on his bedside table, and some sort of certificate on the wall behind the bed. Seen in the episode "City of Fire"
Smokes cigarettes (though we don't know how frequently) Seen in the final scene of "City of Fire"
Calls Jeff 'Dad' Said in "Attack of the Alligators"
Goes toe-to-toe with Scott when the need arises Seen in the 'discussion' John and Scott are having at the end of "Danger at Ocean Deep"
Doesn't always get to be home for Christmas John remained aboard Thunderbird Five on Christmas Day in the episode "Give or Take a Million"
John is a stickler for routine Theydon, John (1966), Thunderbirds. Titan. p. 7.
The speed of John's writing indicates his energetic personality; a man of action who likes to get things done rather than sit around talking; he can sometimes get carried away by his own enthusiasm. Would have made a good tycoon. Tends to speak his mind honestly and plainly and is a man whose definite opinions are only altered by personal experience. (1967), Lady Penelope Annual. 'Graphology' feature.
A keen athlete, as this is a way of getting rid of his excess energy. (1967), Lady Penelope Annual. 'Graphology' feature.
Enjoys novels about courage and adventure. (1967), Lady Penelope Annual. 'Graphology' feature.
Very affectionate and popular with those who meet him. (1967), Lady Penelope Annual. 'Graphology' feature.
Born 8th October 2001, now 25 years old. de Klerk, Theo, "Thunderbirds All Series Guide," Supermarionation is Go #10, Spring 1984.
Studied electronics at Harvard University, specialising in laser communications, then went on to train as an astronaut. de Klerk, Theo, "Thunderbirds All Series Guide," Supermarionation is Go #10, Spring 1984.
Patient but rather dour. de Klerk, Theo, "Thunderbirds All Series Guide," Supermarionation is Go #10, Spring 1984.
Date of birth 28th Oct 2001. Marriott, John (1992), Thunderbirds Are Go!. Boxtree Limited. p.21.
Discovered a quasar system during his astronomical observations on Thunderbird Five. Marriott, John (1992), Thunderbirds Are Go!. Boxtree Limited. p.21.
Date of birth 28th Oct, no year given. (1992), The Official Thunderbirds Annual. Grandreams, Ltd./ITC Entertainment Group. p. 48. ISBN 0-86227-953-4.
Discovered the Tracy quasar system. (1992), The Official Thunderbirds Annual. Grandreams, Ltd./ITC Entertainment Group. p. 48. ISBN 0-86227-953-4.
Birthday 8th October (year not given), 25 years old. Fennell, Alan, Thunderbirds: The Comic #5, 14th December, 1991, Fleetway Editions, Ltd., ITC Entertainment Group, Ltd.
Nicknamed 'The dreamer' by his brothers. John's thesis at Harvard was on contact with other planets, and matter at the edge of the universe. During this time he located a previously undiscovered quasar which was named the Tracy Quasar. Fennell, Alan, "The Complete Thunderbirds Story (part 20)," Thunderbirds: The Comic #54, 30 October - 12 November, 1993, Fleetway Editions, Ltd., ITC Entertainment Group, Ltd. p. 12.
John did his astronaut training at Tracy College, Kansas. Fennell, Alan, "The Complete Thunderbirds Story (part 20)," Thunderbirds: The Comic #54, 30 October - 12 November, 1993, Fleetway Editions, Ltd., ITC Entertainment Group, Ltd. p. 12.
Born 8th Oct 2040. Bentley, Chris (2000), The Complete Book of Thunderbirds. Carlton Books, Ltd.. p. 57. ISBN 1-84222-092-6.
Born 8th Oct 2040. Denham, Sam (2000), Thunderbirds Top Secret Annual 2001, 'Biography,' Carlton Books Ltd. p. 19. ISBN 1842220942.
The first of Jeff's sons to follow him into space. Denham, Sam (2000), Thunderbirds Top Secret Annual 2001, 'Biography,' Carlton Books Ltd. p. 19. ISBN 1842220942.
A true intellectual – a man of more thought than deed. Olivier, Jenny (2001), Lady Penelope's Secrets. Carlton Books Limited. p. 90-91.
Gets his grace and poise from his mother. Olivier, Jenny (2001), Lady Penelope's Secrets. Carlton Books Limited. p. 90-91.
Controller of the space station, named after John Herschel Glenn Jnr. Age 25 The Thunderbirds Information Sheet. This document provides definitive proof of the official birth order of the Tracy boys. It was mailed directly from Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's office to fans who wrote in requesting information about International Rescue. The document we have (see menu to the left, "TB Info Sheet"): a picture of it was sent originally to Peter Singleton on April 4, 1966. It was signed by Una, Gerry Anderson's secretary, on his behalf. Pete Singleton shared it with Stephen La Riviere (TB 1965), who shared it with TICipedia webmistress Jaimi Sorrell on June 10, 2017 (and later publicly as well on the TB 1965 Facebook page).
Editor's Note: There is some debate as to where in the birth order John fits in. Stay tuned to future updates of TICipedia when this particular aspect of canon will be separately addressed!


i came across this quote on the lovely curly girl blog recently and had to share it. genius, no?
we've been immersed in 2011 19 days now. how is it feeling? experiencing magic? are you happy with its unfolding? are you taking time to make art? remember, each day is a fresh canvas.
magic to me is . . . seeing a social work client smile, shopping vintage, practicing yoga, getting a massage, eating stinky cheese while sipping good wine, chocolate with flakes of lavender, nag champa incense, bright red lipstick, fragrance from star gazer lilies as they open, le chat noir's obsession with cat nip, receiving a handwritten "thank you" note, hosting a sparkly event, sitting on a damask meditation cushion and finding my breath, connecting with like-minded spirits, feeling part of a movement, looking into the eyes of beloved pink pigs (who have such beautiful long pink lashes), looking through art journal books.
et toi? where are you finding magic this year?
i believe 2011 calls for more and more magic.
my magic is being 13 weeks pregnant truly in awe of that fact that i am growing a human....it feels magic!
Magic is all around you... It's so wonderful when you notice it!
I got one for you ... how would YOU define success? Spiritually, Family, Career-wise, Physical Health, Financial Health, Personal Development, Social, and Community - in all these areas of life?
Magic to me is to realize that i am fortunate to have found this blog, to be able to read these posts so i can remember to practice Mindfullness everyday. Namaste.
I noticed I was having some challenges feeling invested in 2011. Which is quite funny since I've been preaching 2011 design/creation to my clients all December long. So for me, the magic came just the other day when I acknowledged my inner (bratty) child and let her come out and let her be heard (and boy howdy did she have a lot of foot-stomping and pouting to get out). Since then, I've been back to being more ME and not only getting stuff done, but also taking time to acknowledge the beautiful things like full moons and coyotes!


Bolt is a super dog life full of adventure and an adventure you can enjoy with him. Just when you start this game. The task is to walk the entire route and eliminate all enemies. But even if disposing of enemies, you will not be easy, the way a lot of obstacles that need to be overcome.
Classic motorcycle racing game Sonic enriched doll. The game is your task to reach the goal and collect as many rings. But you must pay attention to the stability of the bike and balance it. Balancing as you control the movement arrows. So up on the bike.


Are you tired of sleepiness and snoring? Sleep Apnea is more common than generally thought and poses a serious health threat if left untreated. Click the picture to learn more about what it is, what causes it and what effects it will have.
Now that you have a better understanding of Sleep Apnea, what is the next step if you think you are a candidate? Click the picture to find out how Sleep Apnea is diagnosed and treated. You will also find a couple tests for self assessment.
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Bellator 189 Results: Julia Budd Retains Featherweight Title in Split Decision
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Rest assured that Bellator's women's featherweight division was not supposed to go like this. When the promotion first got into the 145lb weight class for women, it was assumed that Marloes Coenen would rule the roost. Yet the MMA Gods have a tendency to throw the best laid plans to the wind. That's what happened here — and it set the stage for Julia Budd to headline Bellator 189.
Instead of women's fighting pioneer Coenen running through the division, she was upset in the inaugural Bellator 145lb title fight by Julia Budd. The Canadian, a regular in Strikeforce and later Invicta, had fought some of the best in the business, including future UFC champions Ronda Rousey, Amanda Nunes, and Germaine de Randamie. She upset Coenen in March; at Bellator 189, she returned to make her first title defense against Arlene Blencowe.
Budd and Blencowe had met before, at Bellator 162, where Budd won a majority decision. Since then, Blencowe had been spotless, winning two fights outside Bellator, then picking up a split decision win at Bellator 182 against Sinead Kavanagh.
Early on in the main event at Bellator 189, Budd's strength advantage was on full display. Pinning her opponent to the fence, she'd work for a takedown, and even when she wouldn't get it, she was winning the battle for position. Blencowe worked a whizzer to keep the bout standing, but even breaking free, Budd would hold on to a Thai clinch and look to land knees. Blencowe would try to reverse, but couldn't stay there long. Round one was all about Budd grinding it out along the fence.
The second started with Budd staying light on her feet, using feints and good movement to keep her opponent guessing. Blencowe attacked with a right hand, then a left hook, but Budd ate both without issue. Off the fence, it appeared Blencowe might have the edge. Arlene Blencowe was determined to stay out of the clinch and off the fence, but that also limited her attack. Budd would try to open the action up with a body kick, but Blencowe stayed back, picking her shots cautiously.
Budd would return to the body kick later in the round, while Blencowe continued picking her spots; ultimately, there wasn't much action in the second half of the frame until Budd got the fight down in the dying seconds.
Round three saw Blencowe holding the middle of the cage, pushing the action. Budd allowed herself to be backed up and opted to try and circle away from Blencowe's attacks. Blencowe would begin mixing in high kicks; Budd flashed some front push kicks and leg kicks to create space.
Heading into the championship rounds, Budd vs. Blencowe was still very much anyone's fight. Going back to what worked in the first, Budd pressed the action up against the fence early. Blencowe looked to get her overhooks in to fend her off, but she was still losing the battle for control. They traded knees, and broke with a full three minutes left in the round. From there, a lot of feeling out and circling followed, with very little action. Budd would go upstairs in the final minute, then look to chop at her opponent's legs, Blencowe would answer with a body shot.
Round five was more of the same, a very safe round with a lack of activity. At times a shadow-boxing affair, Blencowe managed to push the action, while Budd couldn't seem to get her offense going. However in the end, the judges felt she did enough to retain the title, mostly. When it came time for the scorecards, Budd won via split decision.
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Kampala- The government has contracted seven Chinese companies to renovate 47 health facilities countrywide.
Under the programme, the companies will each renovate a hospital while one local company, Excel, and Prism from South Korea were considered by the Health ministry.
The ministry received a $130m (Shs323 billion) loan from the World Bank in 2010 to revamp the health sector.
Infrastructure was allocated Shs174 billion, Shs74 billion for reproductive health and the rest for training health workers and governance.
The 18-month exercise, expected to start in December, will have the health facilities renovated in two phases, including Moroto and Mubende hospitals.
Nineteen ambulances will also be procured in the same project and other medical facilities in the hospitals.
The permanent secretary in the ministry of Health, Mr Asuman Lukwago, who signed the contracts on behalf of the government, warned the companies against shoddy work.
He urged them to lift their output to international standard since the project is sponsored by the World Bank which demands quality and respect for local manpower.
"Be conscious of quality. We want these hospitals to last 50 years. I know what Chinese companies can do and if you do well, we will consider you for more projects," Mr Lukwago said.
More than 72 local and international companies put in their bid with some hospitals attracting more than 10 companies.
Mr Lukwago said the bidding process was free from corruption as the ministry used international standards to select bidders.


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Full name: Selim Shahed
Born: 28th July 1970, Dacca (now Dhaka, Bangladesh), Pakistan
Bowling: Right-arm off-break
Biography: He is sometimes referred to on scoresheets by his nickname Alam
Teams: Barisal Division (Main FC: 2001/02); Barisal Division (Main ListA: 2001/02); Bangladesh (Other ListA: 1992/93); Bangladesh (ICC Trophy: 1993/94); All teams
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Overall 4 3 0 61 43 20.33 0 0 56.48 0
List A Career Bowling (2001/02)
Barisal Division 24 0 33 0 0-15 8.25
ICC Trophy Career Batting and Fielding (1993/94)
Bangladesh 6 5 1 123 56 30.75 0 1 0
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New York state is promising to pony up $200 million toward a photonics prototyping and testing facility in Rochester if Uncle Sam also kicks in.
The SUNY Research Foundation, the University of Central Florida and the University of Southern California all are vying for $110 million from the U.S. Defense Department for a high-tech Institute for Manufacturing Innovation focused on photonics. That Institute has to be matched with at least $110 million in non-federal funding.
The SUNY Research Foundation pitch revolves around numerous educational institutions and companies partnering up, including the University of Rochester, Rochester Institute of Technology, SUNY Polytechnic Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Arizona, as well as Corning Inc. and IBM.
The SUNY Research proposal is significantly Rochester-centric and points out the significant number of optics and photonics companies locally. Its ultimate aim is cutting the cost of photonics-related technology as well as making an easier path for turning those technologies into products.
In a letter released Thursday by the office of U.S. Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-Fairport, state Department of Economic Development Commissioner Howard Zemsky wrote the Air Force — the lead agency in the Defense Department project — saying that if the New York-centric application is chosen, the Empire State would chip in $250 million over the next five years.
That state money would include $200 million toward building and equipping a photonics prototyping and testing facility that would be located in Rochester, Zemsky wrote. It did not give any details.
Slaughter and U.S. Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand all have thrown their political weight behind the SUNY Research Foundation proposal, and Slaughter in December wrote a letter to the Cuomo administration in Albany, pushing it to commit money to the plan.
In a statement Thursday, Slaughter said, "The strong industry and state support we've built for our bid to secure the federal Institute for Manufacturing Innovation gives our application the competitive advantage needed to compete and win."
The deadline for proposals to be submitted was March 31. The final selection is expected to be made in June.
Photonics, a cousin of optics, involves generating and controlling light waves and photons, the particles that make up light. And the optics and photonics industry has pointed to numerous applications with big potential economic impact, such as using light as a medical diagnostic and even treatment tool to better computer vision for more process automation in manufacturing to nano-photonic materials replacing the liquid crystal display and light emitting diode displays that are ubiquitous on phones, tablets, televisions and destktops.


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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), around 4.5 million people are bitten by dogs every year in the U.S. Most of these bites are not serious, but about 885,000 of these bites will require some type of medical care. Some will require the victim to stay home from work or cause suffering or disfigurement. Half of the bites requiring medical care are inflicted upon children.
All states make dog owners, and pet owners generally, responsible for the injuries and damage caused by their pets. However, some states follow what is called "the one free bite rule," which states a dog's owner will not be legally responsible for a dog bite until he or she has reason to know the dog might bite.
More than half of the states, including Maine and Minnesota, have enacted strict liability statutes. These make dog owners liable for injuries caused by their dogs whether or not they know of their dogs' vicious temperaments. However, some of the states, such as California, make an owner strictly liable only in the case of dog bites, not dog attacks generally.
Still other states make a dog owner responsible when he or she failed to use reasonable care or was negligent in controlling the dog. In Georgia, an owner is liable if the dog is known to be a dangerous animal or the dog is off leash. For example, when a dog owner takes his or her pet for a walk, knows the pet has issues with people, sees an empty field, and takes the dog off the leash, the dog owner may be held liable if somebody walks into the field and gets bitten.
Any dog can bite. Sometimes the bite comes out of nowhere, and other times the bite happens due to a dog's fear, a dog's protective instincts towards its owner or its food, or provocation by the victim. While it may not bother you when your dog jumps on you, if you let your dog off the leash and he or she jumps on an elderly person who then falls and gets hurt, you could be held responsible for those damages. It is important, therefore, to keep your dog from getting into situations that make your dog more likely to bite or attack.
Preventative measures include training and socializing your dog from a young age, never letting your dog off the leash in public places, taking particular care when your dog is around young children and never leaving your dog alone with a toddler or infant, keeping your dog's rabies vaccination and other shots current, and avoiding situations where your dog has previously displayed any sort of aggression or discomfort, such as around strangers. At your home, you may want to post a prominent sign warning visitors of your dog to avoid a premises liability lawsuit.
If you are the victim of a dog attack or bite, you are entitled to defend yourself. In most states, you can take any necessary action to stop a dog, including killing it in the case of a sustained attack on you or somebody else. You should immediately report the attack to the dog's owner and get the names and phone numbers of the owners, as well as any witnesses.
Afterward, you should seek medical care, even if you don't think your injuries are serious, since sometimes injuries take a few days to manifest. You should report the event to animal control authorities. Later, if you are pursuing a claim, you should also look into the dog's history by checking with animal control to see if the dog has a history of attacks or has been officially designated as "dangerous."
If you are injured and need medical care, you can obtain reimbursement from the dog's owner for both economic and noneconomic damages: medical expenses, lost income, disfigurement, and pain and suffering. When you are injured on the dog's owner's property, his or her homeowner's policy or renter's insurance may cover the cost. You should submit the claim to these insurers even when the injury occurs out in public, off the property, since sometimes those bites are covered too.


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Brit Taylor Gets Real on Her Solo Debut
Some kids dream of growing up to be doctors, firemen, even astronauts. Not Brit Taylor. Ever since gradeschool, she's known exactly what she wanted to do as an adult—a professional country singer, no aside-whispering stage mother required.
"I come from a really small Kentucky town, but because of artists like Dwight Yoakam and Patty Loveless and Loretta Lynn, the area really fosters country music and young entertainers," says the hickory-smoky chanteuse, who joined the local Kentucky Opry's children's chapter The Junior Pros at age seven and even once regaled Yoakam himself in concert. "So I've been singing on a really cool stage—with a real band—ever since that age. And my mom was never pushy—she's as easygoing as it comes."
A family friend overheard the young warbler trilling, and suggested a Kentucky Opry audition, which she passed with flying colors. "So this is the only thing that I ever wanted to do, and I think because I started so young, I just never thought about anything else."
But a funny thing happened on the way to Music Row notoriety. Make that several things, and none of them all that amusing, in cold, clinical retrospect. At 31, Taylor released her retro-C&W debut disc Real Me last year on her own label, Cut a Shine, which is hillbilly slang for a temper tantrum. And—although the Dave Brainard-produced, Dan Auerbach-assisted effort features her smoky singing voice on everything from barn-dance waltzes ("Raggedy Heart," "Broken Heart Breaks") to the Western-swing "Go Down Swingin'," the honky-tonk growling "Married Again," and Dusty in Memphis-plush experiments like "Back in the Fire"—she had every right to throw a frustrated hissyfit. And Yes, she sighs, 2020 was a dismal, soul-trying year. But personally, she admits that she's experienced worse. Like 2017, in particular, when all of those childhood dreams shattered in the space of only four months.
"If my life were a sitcom, it would be a dark, dark comedy," she says. "Because it's kind of hilarious, but just not that funny when it's your own life."
Paste: Where have you been quarantining?
Brit Taylor: I am right outside of Nashville in a little town. I moved to Nashville when I was 17, and I lived in East Nashville. But it never really felt like home. I grew up on top of a mountain in East Kentucky, so I found a spot outside of Nashville, and there was was a little over three acres, and it was right in my price range, almost out of it. So I've been out here for eight years now, and I've got six goats, three dogs, some chickens, and a three-legged cat named Loretta, after Loretta Lynn.
Paste: But you actually kind of lived a country song, didn't you?
Taylor: Yes. It was kind of comical. 2017 was such a crappy year, and it all happened so fast, just like everything falling apart. First, my husband of five years walked out on me. Second, I was in a band called Triple Run—which was named after moonshine, because you have to run moonshine through a still three times—and my bandmate, who was one of my best friends, suddenly just quit the band. Then my computer literally exploded, then my dog died. And the one shimmer of light that I had in my life at that point was a co-write with my now-producer Dave Brainard. But on the way to the write, my car broke down and I could not make it. And something had happened to my Triple A card—my now ex-husband had the card at the time, and they wouldn't let me use unless he was there with me, but we weren't even communicating at the time. Oh, my God. It was just awful, and I was in tears. It felt like the whole world had turned against me. And all my fiends were answering on the first ring every time back then—they were like, "What now? What's happened? Are you okay?"
Paste: And Dave is a Grammy-winning guy. A lot of times, you may not get a second meeting with someone like that.
Taylor: I know! But luckily, he was cool with rescheduling. And then we started writing, and I don't even know if he knew what was going on in my life at the time, because I was still in the band. So we wrote a few songs that year, and in December my option on my publishing deal was up, and they had actually wanted me to continue as a solo artist and sign an extension on the deal. But I just couldn't—I felt like I had to start over. So I actually turned it down, which made me jobless. So I called Dave and said, "I don't have a publishing deal anymore, I'm divorced, and I also quit the band. But I'd still like to write songs with you." And he called me immediately after he heard that voicemail and jumped on board. I think Dave likes a good country story, and a good heartache.
Paste: At the publishing house, did you write songs for yourself or for others?
Taylor: A bit of both. I was there for four years, and I really enjoyed all my time there. It's a big blessing to get a deal like that in this town, with as many songwriters as there are here. So I'm really grateful that that happened to me, and I learned a lot and I met a lot of people, and it's everybody that I met through those years that's made everything happen for me now. So I was writing for other artists, but I was also writing for the band that I was in, but it was that constant battle of figuring out who we were as a band, and trying to fit the mold of commercial country radio, which had changed so much from what I grew up on to what it is now. Which is okay—a lot of people like it. But that's just not what I do. I'm not much of a pop singer. But now everybody keeps saying, "The needle is shifting—country is going back to real country again." But I'm still a little skeptical. And honestly, I'm just kind of done waiting for it to go back to country, I'm really done with the argument. And I'm a huge Dwight Yoakam fan, and he's also from my neck of the woods. He's one of my favorites, and I actually got to sing for him when I was a kid, and it was a surreal experience. So really, whatever you want to call it, I just made a record that I love that is true to who I am, both as a person and sonically, as a musician. And that's the best that I can do, so hopefully it just finds a home wherever it belongs.
Paste: But didn't you also start your own small business after your annus horribilis?
Taylor: I don't really talk about it that much, but I started cleaning houses. So now I have a little business outside of Nashville called Service Maids. I started cleaning houses so I could pay my bills, but then I started getting so many houses that it was time to hire somebody. My whole goal was to create some jobs, and create free time for myself so I could still write songs, and my goal was to keep writing as many songs as I was writing on my publishing deal. I have eight employees right now, and I actually had to go show a worker a new house this morning.
Paste: In your song "Married Again"—wherein you swear you're never getting married again—you grouse that the divorce process cost you "Two lawyers and $ 10 grand."
Taylor: Umm, it amounted to more than that. But I am not married again. And I do not have kids. But I am seeing someone, and he's also an artist—in fact, he's actually on the front porch writing a song right now. And he put out a record this year, too—his name is Adam Chaffins, and he played bass on my record and sang all the harmony parts you hear. So it's kind of cool to finally be with somebody that you have things in common with. I mean, who would've thought?
Paste: After everything you'd been through, when the pandemic hit this year did you shake your fist at the sky and yell, "Why, Lord? Why?"
Taylor: I know, I know. And I could have held off and waited until next year to release Real Me. Which some people advised me to do. But I just had the overwhelming gut feeling that I was supposed to put this record out right now. I thought, "You know, somebody needs a good country song right now—we're in the middle of a friggin' pandemic!" And if you look at the Great Depression and the music that was coming out at that time? Hey—just like now, it was time for music to talk about real stuff and serious things again, and that it's okay to be comfortable with not feeling okay. And that's exactly what this record is.
Paste: Lastly, I can't resist asking—how did your cat Loretta lose a leg?
Taylor: Ow! She just attacked my foot! She is the meanest three-legged cat in the world! I try to keep her inside as much as possible, but she went outside one night and did not come home. But I found her the next morning—she had hobbled back to my front porch, and one of her legs was completely mangled and she was just covered in blood. So I took her to the vet, and we had to take it off. But she even picks on dogs, so it's no wonder she lost her leg. She's kind of a jerk!
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Review - Punk Mambo #0
"Punk used to be so different. It felt dangerous."
Punk and mambo are two seemingly disparate types of music. The former is known for fast, hard-edged music, while the latter is generally more upbeat. Combine the two though and you get an almost entirely different beast altogether. What's that beast you ask? Valiant Entertainment has a response in Punk Mambo #0, written by Peter Milligan and illustrated by Robert Gill.
Victoria has lead something of an interesting life rife with charm at certain points. She started at a posh girls boarding school before transitioning to the gutter of the London punk scene, ending up with an affinity for voodoo in the swamps of Louisiana. It's through visit back home that she catches up with a couple of punks from her past in Noxo and Dexy, as well as a voodoo priest named Joy Mayhem. Unlike most other reunions though, the three she's going to see would probably rather she didn't go see them.
Punk is most often related to the music that accompanied the movement, but there's a lot more to it than just that. It was an idea of being counterculture and Milligan really nails that concept in Punk Mambo #0. Victoria's return to London is a great way to show the reader that there are remnants of the punk scene, but very little of what's left holds a candle to the way things were. In that regard, the punk scene acts a vehicle for the concept of voodoo and acceptance. Those who considered themselves "punk" found it difficult to gain any traction in terms of popularity with those around them. Milligan taps into this idea of being an outcast and spins it on its head, merging it with the idea of punk being an avenue of voodoo.
There's always been a certain griminess associated with punk, replete with a mish-mosh of colors and styles. Gill taps into these recognizable traits of the movement and illustrates them quite elegantly. His style seems to evoke the 80s in terms of its finishes and palette, effectively transporting the reader back to a different world. Victoria's look is very appropriate for the work as well, as Gill creates her as an outsider to both society and voodoo. Based on her appearance, she's not the first person you would think deftly manipulated voodoo magic and Gill manages to illustrate her in a way where the only place she does "fit in" is with the punk scene. There are a few panels where the voodoo takes full effect and Gill infuses those panels with a sufficient level of mind-bending horror.
Punk Mambo #0 is a fascinating book at the intersection of punk and voodoo. It visits the former with a sort of reverence and longing for what it once was, while it treats the latter as a dangerous multiplier of sorts. Gilligan's story is an extremely straightforward revenge tale, but Victoria is very likable as a main character, despite her seeming inability to be part of any world larger than her own. Gill's illustrations are a fantastic fit for the book, offering a look at the often gritty and unkempt world of punk. Punk Mambo #0 is a great one-shot that presents a very interesting lead in Victoria who could offer an intriguing draw to other stories.
Punk Mambo #0 is in stores November 19.


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The Truth Can Never Truly Die
"The dead shall speak. Let's put together the truth of what happened here."
"Trauma Team"
Trauma Center: Under The Knife (2005) was one of those quirky Nintendo DS games that really showed off the use of the dual touchscreen system (years before we all got our fingers attached to our smartphones). It was a medical simulation game, where you assumed the role of a surgeon and used the stylus on the touchscreen to perform surgery and fight off a bio-terrorist attack of superviruses. Calling the game a cult-hit might be going to far, but it had its share of fans, and became a series that was published on both Nintendo DS and the Wii. The series is known as Trauma Center in the English-language world, while in Japan, the series is known as Caduceus.
Trauma Team (2010), known in Japan as HOSPITAL - 6-nin no Ishi ("HOSPITAL - The Six Doctors") is the most recent entry in the series, released for the Wii. In the original game, you only played a surgeon, but as the title suggests, Trauma Team has you assuming the role of six different medical specialists working at the medical facility Resurgam First Care. Prisoner CR-201 (Surgery), Maria Torres (First Response), Hank Freebird (Orthopedics), Tomoe Tachibana (Endoscopy), Gabriel Cunningham (Diagnosis) and Naomi Kirishima (Forensics) each have their own storylines, which occassionaly intertwine with the others (a patient Gabriel diagnoses might be sent to Surgery, for example). As each of the stories develops, the specalists all notice that a medical threat is looming and they need to work together to fight off a new and aggressive virus.
To make it clear right away: this is mostly an action game, where you use the motion controls of the Wii to simulate medical operations. For example, in Surgery you'll be cutting people open to remove tumors, while in Endoscopy you'll be shoving down a cable down a patient's throat to check out lungs and other organs. These parts are not as difficult as the original Trauma Center (luckily!), but it's still nothing at all like the mystery adventure games I usually review here. So why a review? Well, while most specialists don't really belong here, Diagnosis and Forensics are actually pretty much mystery adventures on their own, and really deserve a special mention. As such, this review will only focus on these two specalisms and not the game as a whole. So I'm only looking at the game as a mystery game.
The field of forensics is of course obviously very closely linked to mystery games. In this part, you play as Naomi Kirishima (a protagonist from earlier games), who is given the job of solving unsolved cases. This usually means you need to investigate corpses and other material for clues. You also get the chance to go out to the crime scene and gather evidence there with gear like luminol (bloodtest) and fingerprinting tests. The usual CSI-stuff. Your investigations give you clue cards, and you can combine clue cards with each other to generate new clues (deduction). For example: an Exit Wound and an Entry Wound combined together result in the Trajectory of the Weapon. Combine all the clues together and arrive at the truth. A simple, but effective way to structure a mystery game.
While the gameplay in Forensics isn't particularly original (every other mystery game uses a variation of the clue card system), it's done quite well here, even if it's not really difficult. Of course, Forensics is only a part of the larger game that is Trauma Team, so of course you shouldn't expect a supecomplex mystery plot from it. Still, the game has you investigate a wide variety of crimes with just enough surprises in each of the episodes to keep it from becoming stale.
It's Diagnosis that's actually surprisingly original though. In fact, I think a lot of people won't even associate it with the mystery genre immediately. As Gabriel Cunningham, you need to find out what your patient is suffering from. You have several options to gather your 'medical clues' (symptoms): from simply asking your patient what is wrong with them, to making visual observations and doing various medical tests (like bloodtests and MRI scans). During your diagnosis session, the situation of your patient occassionally changes, making it necessary for you to adjust your diagnosis.
So how is this a mystery game? Well, like I wrote in this post on clues, a lot of mystery novels have you determine the identity of the murderer by first figuring out the characteristics the murderer must have, and then comparing those to the characteristics of all the suspects. You actually do something similar here. After a preliminary diagnosis, you're give a list of possible diseases the patient may be suffering from, and it's then when the sleuthing begins. You need to read through the details (symptoms) of each of the deseases and compare them to what you found. Sometimes you have multiple candidates for your 'culprit'. You'll be making additional tests then, for example brain scans or bloodtests, to determine the exact identity of the disease that the patient is suffering from. This way of working is a lot like the method of clueing I wrote about, and in fact, I think this is one of the few games that actually present its mystery-solving process as such. Which is quite unique, as Trauma Team isn't really a specialized mystery game. It has a bit of a House-vibe to it, but I really think that the Diagnosis part of Trauma Team, where you hunt for the identity of not human criminals, but the identity of diseases, is one of the more original mystery games I've played in recent years.
For people who aren't good with action games, I can't really recommend Trauma Team though. Forensics and Diagnosis are just a part of the game, and you need to complete the stories of all specialists to unlock the second half of the story for everyone. The game is not as difficult as previous entries in the series (in fact, it's a lot easier), but still, trying to stabilize four patients in First Care can be quite stressful if you're not used to motion-controlled action games that also require precision.
That said though, I do think Trauma Team might actually be one of the best mystery games on the Wii, even if it's only partly a mystery game. I enjoyed the game as a whole, so if you're interested in a bit of medical simulation with an interesting approach to mystery games, try it out.
Original Japanese title(s): 『HOSPITAL 6人の医師』
Cross-references Detective , Games , Trauma Center | Caduceus
"It belongs in a museum!"
"Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade"
Oh man, it's been more than six months ago since I last did a review on a TV drama! I used to do these more often... Anyway, two Japanese mystery specials today for the price of one today!
Hanzai Shiryoukan - Hiiro Saeko Series: Akai Hakubutsukan ("The Crime Archive - Hiiiro Saeko Series: The Red Museum") is a TV special broadcast on August 29, 2016, based on Akai Hakubutsukan, a 2015 short story collection by Ooyama Seiichirou. Terada Satoru was a promising police detective until he made a major mistake handling evidence. He is transferred to the Red Museum, a place inspired by New Scotland Yard's The Black Museum. Files and evidence concerning cases of which the statute of limitations has already passed are stored in the archives beneath the old brick mansion. While the function of the museum is simply preservation of cases of which the police can't arrest the culprit anymore, the slightly difficult-to-handle director Hiiro Saeko still thinks there's merit in finding the truth and often starts new investigations in closed cases on her own. One day, Terada is witness to a traffic accident. Before the victim died however, he told Terada he once commited a murder exchange in the past, two decades ago. Digging in the victim's past, they find out his wealthy uncle was murdered two decades ago, while he himself had a perfect alibi. Hiiro concludes that for a murder exchange to have happened, there must be another unsolved murder featuring someone with a perfect alibi and starts poking around, but not everybody is happy with the interference of the Red Museum.
Ooyama Seiichirou's output as a writer is a lot less than I had hoped it to be, because I really enjoyed the stories by him that I've read. His mystery stories fall under the Queen-Norizuki school of logical reasoning. Misshitsu Shuushuuka for example was a brilliant display of doing locked room murders in the form of a pure, logic-driven puzzle plot. So I had high expectations of this TV drama, which would also be the first TV adaptation of Ooyama's work.
I was a bit disappointed though. From what I understand, the TV drama is mostly based around one of the stories in the original short story collection, with some elements from the other stories, but the TV drama itself was rather chaotic. One problem is that it tries to address too many past cases at the same time: not only do we follow the investigation about the murder exchange (so that's two murders), the story also puts a spotlight on two personal tragedies in both Hiiro and Terada's past, bringing it up to four cases, and that's just at the beginning of the story! One storyline in particular felt like nothing but time-filler, making the whole feel less cohesive than it should've been.
As for the mystery plot, it was a bit bland. It wasn't precisely what I had expected (I had expected something more firmly set in the Queen-Norizuki school), but it was also not fair to the viewer. Not only was there a convenient piece of evidence that simply told Hiiro the truth behind the murder exchange, this piece of evidence wasn't even shown to the viewer! I mean, they intentionally didn't show it on the screen. Well then, you kinda lose my goodwill then. The mystery about the tragedy in Terada's past was good though. I do like the concept of the Red Museum and it seems they might want to do a sequel one day (about Hiiro's own past and her relation with her father), but I can't say I'm really looking forward to it, if they're going to present the mystery plot like this again.
Note: I translated Norizuki Rintarou's short story The Lure of the Green Door.
Yuukai Mystery Choukessaku: Norizuki Rintarou- Ichi no Higeki ("A Kidnapping Masterpiece: Norizuki Rintarou - The Tragedy of One") is a TV drama special broadcast on September 23, 2016 and is based on Norizuki Rintarou's 1996 novel Ichi no Higeki ("The Tragedy of One"). It also marks the first time a work of Norizuki has been adapted for television. I already reviewed the original book some years ago, but to give a short summary: the well-to-do Yamakura household is shocked by a phone call telling them their son Takashi has been kidnapped and demanding ransom money. However, Takashi is safe at home. It appears the kidnapper accidently took Takashi's classmate Shigeru, who came around the house in the morning to pick Takashi up on their way to school (Takashi didn't go because of a fever). The kidnapper doesn't appear to have noticed their mistake though, so they demand Yamakura Shirou, father of Takashi, to bring the ransom money. But Shirou doesn't succeed in his task because of both bad luck and almost insane demands of the kidnapper, and Shigeru's body is dumped somewhere on an empty lot. Police investigations bring a man called Miura in sight, but this man has a foolproof alibi: he had spent the whole day with Norizuki Rintarou, mystery writer and son of the police superintendent in charge of the kidnapping-murder investigation.
Overall, I'd say this was a pretty competent adaptation. Highlights were definitely the violin music (I wish they'd release this soundtrack!) and Hasegawa Hiroki's take on the role of mystery writer Norizuki Rintarou. While it's often hard to get a hold on a character through just one TV special, I'd say that Hasegawa's Rintarou is already almost perfect, and I'd love to see a series starring him based on the Rintarou short stories.
In terms of the mystery plot, there were some changes. Some were to streamline/simplify the story, other changes had to be made because of the difference in medium. A bit of a shame they pulled the "let's not show the decisive piece of evidence to the viewer" card again though. And while I said I thought this was a competent adaptation, I'd also say it's a weird adaptation, in the sense that yes, all the things that needed to be there were present, and the overall gloomy atmosphere of the original book was depicted very well, but there were also some very characteristic elements that didn't made the jump to TV. In fact, one of the reasons the book carried the title The Tragedy of One is because it was written in the first person (the sequel was naturally written in the second person). There was another reason why the book was titled like that, which was related to the mystery plot, but that too didn't make the jump. So the title The Tragedy of One doesn't even really make sense in the TV drama, because all the connections to "One" didn't appear on TV.
In the original book, the story was written from the POV of Yamakura Shirou and because of that, Rintarou didn't appear that often on screen. But you can't do that with the leading actor in a TV production, so we see a fair amount of him. Because the character is not particularly talkative though, they added a new character to the Norizuki household. In the original novels, it's just father and son Norizuki, but in this special they added a very talkative housemaid with a love for TV mystery shows. This Djuna to the Norizuki's Queen household is supposed to add a 'relatable' POV for the scenes at home, I think, but her bright personality doesn't really fit the overall atmosphere of the story, I think.
Original Japanese title(s): 大山誠一郎 (原) 『犯罪資料館 緋色冴子シリーズ 赤い博物館』、法月綸太郎 (原) 『誘拐ミステリー超傑作 法月綸太郎 一の悲劇』
Cross-references Drama , Locked Room , Norizuki Rintarou | 法月綸太郎 , Ooyama Seichirou | 大山誠一郎 , Short Shorts , TV
Never Go Away
愛よ消えないで もう u um
I need you ずっと捜してた
『CITY HUNTER~愛よ消えないで』 (小比類巻かほる)
Oh Love, pease don't go
I need you / I've searching for you
"City Hunter ~Oh Love, Don't Go Away" (Kohiruimaki Kahoru)
Another non-Japanese review! I think that three of them on a row is usually my limit: I always come back to Japanese fiction. The only times when there are more than three reviews of non-Japanese books in a row is when I read the books and write the reviews as a series on purpose, like with the Drury Lane novels earlier this year.
The first disappearance mystery in the English town Winchingham ("Wincham" for the locals) involved a Miss Janet Soames. She had eloped with her husband-to-be, a Mr. Philip Strong, and were to stay for one night in Winchingham and marry the following day. The wedding however never happened, because Philip Strong quite suddenly and impossibly disappeared from Janet's eyes. The second disappeareance mystery starred a Mr. Stokes and his lovely secretary. The two were busy with their own disappearance act, with company money, when their car decided to stop running. Posing as a married couple, Mr. Stokes and the secretery book rooms in the Welcome Inn, just outside Winchingham. Here the 'couple' come across a room that appears just as as easily as it disappears, and even the police can't make any sense out of the mystery of the disappearing room. Finally, a Mrs. Prattley, invited over to Winchingham by a gentleman friend, becomes witness to an awfully curious murder in cul-de-sac near a rivier, but when she brings the local beat cop, they discover the whole street is gone. Lancelot Carolus Smith of the police has quite a lot to solve in Norman Berrow's The Three Tiers of Fantasy (1947).
Last time, I wrote about Norman Berrow's The Footprints of Satan. I got that book together with The Three Tiers of Fantasy. I read The Footprints of Satan first, because the cover was more attractive in design, but I now discover that The Three Tiers of Fantasy was not only written earlier, it is in fact the first book in the Detective-Inspector Lancelot Carolus Smith series, about the fairly open-minded police inspector who has to deal with a lot of strange going-ons in the otherwise 'normal' town of Winchingham.
Perhaps I should have left more time between reading the two books, because reading them one after another makes it too obvious what Berrow's strengths and weaknesses are. The Three Tiers of Fantasy shares its pros and cons with The Footprints of Satan, which is a bit disappointing. Once again, the book's strength lies in its atmosphere: the build-up to each of the disappearance acts is great and unique enough, and as we go from the disappearance of a man, to a disappearance of a room to the disappearance of a whole street, there's definitely build-up over the course of the whole book too. Berrow loves to play with suggestions of the supernatural, and each of the three 'tiers' feature some background story that ties it with the unscientific. The feeling of repetition is also strengthened by the character of Melrose, who has the same function as Ms. Pendlebury in The Footprints of Satan: 'an expert in psychic and other supernatural phenomena' who 'helps' the investigation with err... insightful opinions.
But once again, the puzzle plot is very simple. Berrow has a great knack for building up the suspense and the mystery, but when it comes to actually taking away the illusion and having to explain them himself, he shows not as much imagination as with the build-up. Each of the three mysteries is basically solved by the most obvious solution anyone would think of. These are very safe solutions: they are the solutions most people would think of because they are the most practical, the most feasible. It's the reason why I have trouble writing about the solutions of this novel. They work, okay, but I can't help but shrug at them. The gap between how much imagination Berrow shows when he writes the set-up, to how much he shows during the solution is rather significant, and it makes his books feel a bit more disappointing than they should. For they are decent mystery novels. Only the good parts are skewed towards the build-up.
That said, I once again have to stress that Berrow's stories are very plotted very well. The Three Tiers of Fantasy has more than enough hints for any reader to solve the mysteries and in terms of fair play, I'd say that few even try to play the game as fair as Berrow. In that respect, I really love reading his stories, as between the lines you can feel how he wants the reader to solve the problem and give them a good feeling, like a teacher teaching a child to solve a problem. Yet, it never feels belittling or anything like that. It's simpy the wish of a writer who wants to see a reader solving the mystery he created, rather than just baffling the reader. The only 'problem' is that Berrows solutions in the end are too simple, and thus offer not nearly as as much satisfaction as you'd be led to believe from the build-ups. I think that even a bit more complexity to the puzzle plots would have given me much more satisfaction, especially if you consider how well the rest of the stories are plotted.
This review of The Three Tiers of Fantasy is basically the same as my review of The Footprints of Satan, but I guess it couldn't be helped, because those books do share the same good, as well as the same bad points. It wouldn't be right, nor fair, to say that you can enjoy Berrow's books if you don't expect too much from them, but they do have some problems. Still, I did enjoy The Three Tiers of Fantasy in general and I might read some more Berrow later.
Cross-references Books , Detective , Detective-Inspector Lancelot Carolus Smith , Impossible Situation , Norman Berrow
Walking Into The Sunset
「思うだけなら勝手です。読者を説得できると信じるのなら、小説にお書きになればいい。警察や裁判所で通じなくても、フィクションとしてなら成立するかもしれません。」
『朱色の研究』
"You can think whatever you want. If you believe you can convince your readers, write it down in one of your novels. Even if the police or courts won't accept it, it might work as fiction."
"A Study in Vermillion"
Lately, it seems I've only been writing reviews once a month. Though I usually write 3, 4 reviews in one or two days then, so I average out on one review a week (which is the schedule I want to keep on this blog). It's really been a while ago since I wrote my last review, though it shouldn't really be noticable for the readers.
Oh, and the disclosure message: I translated Arisugawa's The Moai Island Puzzle.
Criminologist and university teacher Himura is often asked to help with police investigations, but it's rare for him to be asked for help by one of his own students, especially as his professional assistance to the police is a secret. Akemi has developed a strange phobia for the color of deep, intense orange (vermillion), which means she can even pass out by looking at the setting sun. The origin of this phobia comes from her association of the color with several family tragedies in the past. She hopes Himura can solve a murder that happened in her own personal circle three years ago, to which Himura agrees. And it appears there's something going on, because Himura has only started when one very early morning, he and his friend Alice (a mystery writer) are asked to go to a certain apartment room in a flat (known as the "Ghost Flat") near Alice's home. There they find the dead body of Akemi's uncle, and clues indicate that this new murder might be related to the murder Himura was asked to investigate. The investigation quickly shows that one person is suspicious. No, it even seems like this person was the only one capable of committing the murder, thanks to the testimony of both Himura and Alice, but Himura thinks there might be more behind this in Arisugawa Alice's Shuiro no Kenkyuu ("A Study in Vermillion", 1997).
The drama Himura Hideo no Suiri was broadcast early this year, based on Arisugawa Alice's Writer Alice series. From the first episode on, it was clear that the series would also include an adaptation of Shuiro no Kenkyuu, with early appearances of Himura's students, including Akemi, so I decided to quickly read the original book, before the drama adaptation would appear on TV. Note that this review is posted now, even though I read the book late January...
Whereas I think all of the books in Arisugawa Alice's Student Alice series are really complex, and also fun mystery novels, I have found the books in the Writer Alice series to be less consistent in quality. Shuiro no Kenkyuu is one of the books I personally didn't really like. The book is split in two parts: in the first part, Himura and Alice are investigating the murder on Akemi's uncle in the empty apartment room. Evidence and testimony point to one person at first sight, but after some good sleuthing by both Himura and the proper authorities, a sorta surprising reveal is made. I say sorta, because I actually already saw the same trick used one in Detective Conan already (though this book pre-dates that Conan story). It has ties with the impossible crime, but saying more might spoil what's going on. Then again, the trick itself isn't really surprising, considering the elements you're given and that's why I thought this part was very slow: this trick would've worked much better in short story form, rather than as part of a longer story, especially as its links to the second part are superficial at best.
In the second part, Himura and Alice finally get around to investigating the murder that happened three years ago (as asked by Akemi) and it's here where the story takes on a Five Little Pigs-approach, with Himura and Alice questioning the people who were involved with the incident in the past. I thought this second half was weak at best. Unlike Christie, who mostly focused on psychological evidence, Shuiro no Kenkyuu focuses on an interpretation of physical evidence to arrive at the solution. This is certainly not surprising as Arisugawa is obviously inspired by Ellery Queen who so often used physical evidence to point to the murderer. However, Shuiro no Kenkyuu's line of reasoning is fairly weak compared to the impressive feats Arisugawa has already shown in earlier books (for example, Kotou Puzzle). In the end, the book focuses much more on the motive of the murderer, which is nearly impossible to 'deduce' from the facts and goes deep into the human drama more often found in Higashino Keigo's work. Which can work, but not in this way, where it's not intertwined with the complete work. In Shuiro no Kenkyuu the human drama motive really appears out of nowhere.and it makes the whole narrative feel disjointed.
In my mind, I associate the Student Alice series with the closed circle trope, set in isolated locations like islands or little villages. As a counter, I associate the Writer Alice series with the city and indeed, a lot of the (short) stories are set in Osaka, Kyoto and other urban settings. But despite my 'gut feeling', Himura and Alice do actually appear often in isolated settings in the novels, like in 46 Banme no Misshitsu or Sweden Kan no Nazo. And I enjoy those stories actually a lot better than the novels in the series set in 'open' settings, like Dali no Mayu or Shuiro no Kenkyuu.
As the time I'm writing this, the TV drama Himura Hideo no Suiri still has some episodes to go before Shuiro no Kenkyuu, but I guess that the selection for the book is an understandable one. Human drama is obviously something they want in drama shows, as it attracts also viewers not especially into mystery fiction. Personally, I thought the book was just a mediocre entry in the series. Arisugawa has written much better mystery novels, also within the Writer Alice series, so I wouldn't recommend this as a must-read.
Original (Japanese) title(s): 有栖川有栖 『朱色の研究』
Cross-references Arisugawa Alice | 有栖川有栖 , Books , Detective , Impossible Situation , Writer Alice | 作家アリス
It Walks By Night
I hear your footsteps
What a spooky sound
I hear the stairs creak
I'm in trouble now
"Foot Steps" (Kitadai Momoko)
To be honest, I loved the thumbnail of the cover of today's book a lot better than the illustration at full size. The composition of the cover is great, but the actual drawing is a bit rough.
Having recently lost his wife, Gregory Cushing decides to visit his old uncle Jake in Steeple Thelming, who lives a simple life mostly consisting of his books, his faithful donkey Boomer and frequent (and somewhat excessive) visits to the local pub. One morning, after a snowfall, Greg and other locals discover a most curious set of footprints left in the snow: The prints of a bipedal being with hooves appear out of nowhere, goes up the gardens of several of the houses of the villagers, crosses fences and walls with ease, takes a walk on somebody's roof and ends at the foot of a dead tree. It is said that in a faraway past, a witch had been hanged from this very tree, but there's a very dead body hanging from the tree this time also. Who might have commited suicide, or have been hanged there by the mysterious walker. Imaginative minds quickly associate the seemingly supernatural being who made the hoof-marks with a certain ruler of Hell, and even Detective-Inspector Lancelot Carolus Smith is not really sure what to think initially in Norman Berrow's The Footprints of Satan (1950).
Norman Berrow was born in the UK, but moved down under soon after his birth, where he eventually became a fairly prolific impossible crime author. This is the first time I read anything by him, but I have to admit: when I first heard he was from New Zealand, I was expecting a story set there, so I was a bit surprised when I realized that The Footprints of Satan was set in a quaint little English town. Ah well, at least the donkey Boomer is named after a boomerang (because he always finds his way back).
The Footprints of Satan is a novel in the Detective-Inspector Lancelot Carolus Smith series and at least preceded by The Bishop's Sword (as several references are made), but can be read perfectly standalone. On the whole, I think The Footprints of Satan is an okay story. Its biggest merit is definitely the atmophere: the way the story slowly builds to the appearance of the marks, the realization that these marks aren't natural and finally, the discovery of a dead body is great. The suggestion of the supernatural is done quite well here, with a fairly entertaining character who keeps ensuring everyone, including the police, the death was caused by the ghost of a witch, while she refers to fields like philosophy and history. On the downside, some might find the initial build-up a bit slow, because nobody dies until about a third in the book.
Though now I think about it, the characters in this novel were in general all quite funny. It's not slapstick comedy or really witty writing, but the banter between the characters is acutally quite amusing.
The puzzle of the mysterious prints is an alluring one that includes quite entertaining links with the devil, but if you look exclusively at the puzzle element, I think a lot of readers will realize it's also a very simple one. In fact, the very first idea I got in my head about the whole case, including the identity of the culprit, turned out to be correct. It's basically the first solution most people would come up with given this particular impossible crime situation and there is little to make it really unique. In that sense, I'd say that The Footprints of Satan was a bit disappointing as it took the easiest way out of the situation, though I have to say that the book is also very fairly clued (which also showed me I was on the right track as I was reading it) and there's definitely nothing unfair going here.
Disappearing footprints in the snow is of course one of the better known versions of the impossible crime in mystery fiction, so in a way, doing a story on the trope means you 'challenge' all those who have tried before you. Mystery fiction might not be academic research, but it'd be nice if in terms of puzzle plot, The Footprints of Satan had shown a bit more inspiration, because while it's a competently constructed puzzle (that is: a puzzle consisting of a problem, its solution, and clues leading up to the solution), it lacks a bit of punch. Of course, not all mystery stories need to feature shocking solutions. I've enjoyed many mystery stories that were very "nice" to the reader, where you could feel the writer was leading the reader in the correct way because they simply wanted someone to solve their story, but The Footprints of Satan is like a kid on school that does okay, but could've done much better, as the initial set-up is quite compelling.
I quite liked the map on the back of Ramble House's edition of the book by the way. Apparently, the map is not part of the original book, but an addition by Ramble House, but it's definitely appreciated. Less a fan of the missing page (two sides) in the middle of the book (a POD mistake, I guess).
To recap: The Footprints of Satan's puzzle plot is a bit on the easy side, but depending on how much you value that over atmosphere and characterization, I think that a lot of readers can enjoy this simple, but fairly amusing novel.
Famed Author To Live In Wrightsville
'Country looks good, by jake,' murmers Mr Queen enthusiastically. 'Green and yellow. Straw colors. And sky of blue, and clouds of white' -bluer blue and whiter wite than he recalled ever having seen before. City - country; and here they met, where Wrightsville station flings the twentieth century ito the astonished face of the land.
"Calamity Town"
I 'finished' reading the Ellery Queen series last year, but I have not reviewed all of the books on the blog (you can find the reviews either through the Ellery Queen tag, or in the library). Reviewing all the books here is certainly not a goal of mine, but I might reread some books and post a review on them once a while. Like today.
In order to get some peace and quiet, as well as inspiration to write a new book, Ellery Queen decides to move to Wrightsville: your typical New England town where everybody wishes you good morning by name, and life is simple. Using the brilliant fake name Ellery Smith, Ellery rents a furnished house from John and Hermione Wright, the oldest family of the town. He is the president of the Wrightsville National Bank, she is the top hen in Wrightsville society. Ellery is told that the house was originally intended as a wedding present for daughter Nora Wright and her husband-to-be Jim Haight. Jim however ran away from Nora and Wrightsville the day before their wedding, three years ago. After that incident, a potential buyer for the property had a heart attack right before the deal was sealed, so the house was given the name "Calamity House" by the people of Wrightsville, as it was reponsible for so many tragedies. Ellery becomes close to the Wrights, and especially Pat, Nora's younger sister, and gladly gives up his house when Jim sudenly returns to Nora, who quickly marry and move into their new home. However, Ellery and Pat discover that Jim might have deadly plans for his wife and despite precautions, Ellery can not prevent that a murder is commited under his watchful eye, even if the victim was an unexpected one. Can Ellery help his friends in Ellery Queen's Calamity Town (1942)?
Ah, Wrightsville, one of the most important places in Queen history. Wrightsville first appeared in Calamity Town, but Ellery Queen (both the character as well as the writers) grew fond of the simple town and would revisit the place several times in his career as writer and amateur detective in both novel and short story format. The place was also featured once in the TV series (The Adventure of the Chinese Dog). There are several reasons why Wrightsville would become so important, but one of them is definitely that Wrightsville, as a fictional town, simply works well as a setting. The opening chapter of Calamity Town paints a quaint little New England town that sounds nice to live in. The buildings described, the people and the relations portrayed: they all make up for a believable setting that. Calamity Town is often praised for its characterization, which is debatable I think, but one cannot deny that the town itself is done memorably. It kinda reminds of Dr. Sam Hawthorne's Northmont. And if you think about it, that's not strange. Queen novels have often featured memorable settings: the Roman theater, the French Department Store, the lone mansion in The Siamese Twin Mystery, the Spanish Cape. Sure, these might be smaller and slightly more specific locations, but setting has never been a problem in Queen's stories in my opinion and Wrightsville is a great example.
Wrightsville, as a whole character on its own, is also memorable because the way it changes over the course of the story. Whereas Ellery first comes to enjoy Wrightsville, he also starts to notice cracks in the perfect picture when the murder is committed and he sees how Wrightsville as a community basically starts to shun the Wright family, being the source of a scandal. Later stories also show darker sides of the model town, though I remember that being more like Cabot Cove (a setting for crimes to happen), than a portraying Wrightsville as a whole.
Calamity Town, together with Wrightsville, also stands symbol for a transition in Queen's style of plotting. The overly complex deductions and fantastic murder settings of his early novels (especially the "nationality" novels), were replaced with simpler plots with, well, more 'living characters' and less of random Suspect X, Y and Z. Like I mentioned, I don't think Calamity Town is especially impressive when it comes to characterization (save for Wrightsville itself), but in comparison to the earlier Queen novels, things certainly look a bit more human. The interaction with the town and its inhabitants also makes Ellery (the character) much more human and there is little of the pompous bibliophile from the earlier novels. By the way, the Dutch translation of the book features the title De Verliefde Detective ("The Detective In Love"), which also highlights a change in the character that started with The Four of Hearts.
But is the change a good thing? To be honest, I thought the mystery plot of Calamity Town was way too simple for an Ellery Queen novel. I want overly complex puzzle plots that focus on combining all kinds of hints and facts together to form a logical prison around the suspect when I read Ellery Queen. I don't want an Ellery Queen who literally takes months to solve the kind of murder he'd solve in minutes in earlier novels. I doubt seasoned readers of the genre will have any trouble figuring out who the murderer is in Calamity Town and even people without that much experience should figure out that a certain piece of misdirection really shouldn't be that misdirecting. It is a very minimalistic mystery plot and one that doesn't feel "Queen-like" per se. A novel like Ten Days' Wonder, also set in Wrightsville, for example, features a plot that one can distinctly recognize as Queen, but that is less so with Calamity Town. Because of that, I actually forgot most of this book. This is the second time I read the book, but I noticed I had forgotten most of it. The plot is just rather nondescript compared to other novels in the series.
For the Queen reader, there are some interesting points. On one hand, some familiar characters don't appear at all in this book, save for short references. With the move to Wrightsville, we also lose sight of Inspector Queen, who hadn't appeared in all of the previous books, but was certainly a character who appeared in most of the books. Also, it's pretty interesting to see Ellery so deeply involved with the stars of the drama so early on: in earlier novels, Ellery usually only arrived at the scene after the crime was commited, or very shortly before it. Here, Ellery has been cultivating relations with everyone for a long while and thus has a personal connection to the whole ordeal. Very different from the 'detective coming from the outside' role Ellery used to have. On the other hand, the circumstances in which the murder is commited are very Queen-like: in a (relatively) open space with a lot of people around. It's been like that ever since The Roman Hat Mystery, but in Ellery Queen stories, the murders are often commited in fairly public places, or the corpses are discovered in such places. In that respect, Calamity Town does have a Queen-like feature, even if its scale is a lot more limited than in older books.
In general though, Calamity Town is very well-regarded as a detective novel, though as you can guess, I am not of the same opinion. H.R.F. Keatings for example had in his Crime and Mystery: the 100 Best Books for example, while the book also ranked in at 90 in the most recent edition of Japan's Tozai Mystery Best 100 for non-Japanese books. So obviously, your mileage may vary from mine on this book. There is a Japanese film based on this book, Haitatsu Sarenai Santsuu no Tegami ("The Three Undelivered Letters" 1979) by famous director Nomura Yoshitarou (Suna no Utsuwa, among others) which is supposedly quite good, though I haven't seen it yet. Considering that Nomura has done a ton of mystery films emphasizing human drama with a larger society backdrop (a lot of Matsumoto Seichou film adaptations for example), the choice for Calamity Town is an understandable one though.
Anyway, I don't think Calamity Town is the classic so many appear consider it to be, though I have to admit that the characterization of Wrightsville is done quite well in the book. The thing is: when I read Queen, I am not reading it for characterization or 'real' characters. That is an extra. I want complex puzzle plots that challenge me on an intellectual level. And in that respect, Calamity Town is not particularly rewarding,
Cross-references Books , Detective , Ellery Queen
Any Old Port In A Storm
グッと飲んでパッとやってtry try try
たまにゃはずして feel so good (feel so good)
万が一 金田一 迷宮入りする前に
「ガッツだぜ」(ウルフルズ)
Gulp down some drinks and go wild / try try try
You gotta let go sometimes / feel so good (feel so good)
Just in case Kindaichi can't solve the case
"That's Guts!" (Ulfuls)
Hey, Detective Conan and Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo R ("The Young Kindaichi Case Files R") are released around the same day again! Though looking at the preview, it appears this was just luck, as the release dates will be off one month again the next time.
Last time I wrote a review of Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo R, I said I wasn't sure whether I'd do a single review of volume 10, because usually stories in this series are longer than one volume. So I was quite surprised to find out that Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo R 10 consisted mostly out of shorter stories featuring the young high school detective Kindaichi Hajime, grandson of Kindaichi Kousuke. The volume starts with the final chapter of The Case Files of Sommelier Akechi Kengo, which started in the previous volume. Hajime and childhood friend Miyuki are hired as part timers for a private wine drinking party held at a fancy restaurant, because the usual staff all got sick. While Hajime is washing dishes in the back, waitress Miyuki is surprised by the arrival of Superintendent Akechi. The sommelier of the restaurant is also sick, so he asked his old friend Akechi to fill in his position at the party, because Akechi holds a Wine Expert license of the Japan Sommelier Association. The wines are part of a private collection, and the owner has invited business friends over. Near the end of the night however, one man dies because of a poisoned glass of wine. But how could he have been poisoned? Everyone drank from the same wine bottles, and it was Akechi himself who poured all the glasses.
This is the second time Superintendent Akechi's starred in his own story in the R series. It's a short one, but the story has an interesting theme once you realize that the writer of the manga, Amagi Seimaru, is also the writer of the manga Kami no Shizuku ("Drops of God"), a series about wine that actually influenced interest in wine and sales of wine in Japan. Amagi Seimaru is only one of the many, many pen names Kobayashi Shin (a former comic editor) uses by the way, and he writes Kami no Shizuku under the name Agi Tadashi.
The story makes good use of knowledge about wine, and while I usually dislike mystery stories that hinge on the use of trivia, the hinting is actually done well enough so people who don't know anything about wine can still solve it. It can even be a bit too obvious, because this story features the 'let's compare all the Xs and pick the odd one out', a device very often used in this series. Usually, it's just one element of the complete problem solving, but because this is a short story, it kinda stands out. Overall though, this is a decent story.
Sommelier Akechi Kengo's Case Book is followed by The Black Ghost Hotel Murder Case, which is not a very long story either. Hayami Reika, the popular idol, is shooting her new film The Black Ghost Hotel, and they need some part-timers, so she thought this was the perfect opportunity to get Hajime over to her place (little did she know that Miyuki was also reading Hajime's chat apps). Both Hajime and Miyuki gladly take the jobs and make their way to an old hotel in Hakone, where the film is being shot. The hotel is the perfect shooting location for the film, because it has its own rumors of a dark figure haunting the hallways. But by now, employers everywhere really should learn to not hire Hajime and Miyuki, because it always ends with murder. The first shoot, of a scene of the lead actress playing the piano, goes horribly wrong when there's a power failure, followed by a chandelier falling on top of the actress. And this wasn't the ghost's only victim...
WHEN WILL PEOPLE LEARN? NEVER STAND BENEATH A HEAVY LIGHT SOURCE IN THIS SERIES. IT WILL FALL.
Usually, a Kindaichi Shounen story is about twelve chapters long. This one was six chapters long. It felt as a very concentrated Kindachi Shounen story because of that, as it did have all the usual tropes you expect from the series. From a 'spooky backstory', to multiple murders which kinda seem impossible and red herrings. Though, to be perfectly honest, the ghost story about the dark figure haunting the hotel was absolutely useless. Gather all the panels in which the ghost is mentioned and you might have one whole page. Perhaps. It's basically not present. I did like the rest of the story though. The chandelier murder is pretty neat, though I do think it needed one extra hint to really make this a good story. I guessed what was going on, but to be really fair to the reader, the story really did need one extra hint to have all the necessary steps included within the story, especially as it's also related to the second murder (which was okay, but not particularly well-hinted at).
Hmmm, now I think about it, this volume did not have any real impossible crimes. The chandelier can be seen as one, but it is not presented as such, which is the same for the sommelier story. It's pretty rare for this series to not feature impossible crimes!
The volume ends with the first chapters of a new story, but I did not read them, as I want to read the whole story in one go, when the next volume is released (assuming it ends in the coming volume).
Overall, Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo R 10 is a decent volume, but nothing particularly outstanding. I already mentioned in my previous review of the series, but despite having the same amount of pages, there happens a lot less in this series compared to Detective Conan, because of the way it's paneled. To be honest, this volume feels only like half a Detective Conan volume in terms of content, but it's amusing enough.
Original Japanese title(s): 天樹征丸(原)、さとうふみや(画) 『金田一少年の事件簿R』第10巻
Cross-references Amagi Seimaru | 天樹征丸 , Detective , Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo | 金田一少年の事件簿 , Manga | 漫画 , Satou Fumiya | さとうふみや


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NPP, others contributed to NDC's defeat-Asiedu Nketia
Chief Scribe of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketia has revealed that the cause of the party's disgraceful defeat at the 2016 polls is not to be blamed only on party functionaries and members.
He observed that the actions and inaction of some elements within the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the other opposition parties at the time played a role in the NDC's defeat.
"The Dr Kwesi Botchwey report was not only to look into the conduct of members which led to the party's defeat. The other parties played a role in the defeat and we have taken note of that but we will not tell them exactly how they did it. If a thief steals something from you and you make it public, the next time he/she will change a strategy", he revealed on UTV.
"The report did not say the cause of the defeat came from only NDC party. We are now focused on implementing the recommendations which matter to the party but the rest will not be made public. You do not prepare for a war and give your arsenals to the opponents because he/she will change a strategy if that is done", he emphasized.
Mr Asiedu Nektia noted that it is clear the then opposition parties played a role in the defeat which has been manifested in the recent utterances of maverick politician, Kennedy Agyepong threatening to blow the cover of how the NPP won the 2016 polls.
"This goes to confirm that indeed something happened so if we bring out the report some of these things will be shelved", he explained.
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