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Important Note: The reading period starting from 30 JANUARY 2017 for the special #ownvoices African Continent & Diaspora issue, guest-edited by Khaalidah Mohammad Ali and Troy L. Wiggins is NOW OPEN.
Truancy 4 Guidelines
- Truancy 4 is a special #ownvoices issue, designed to highlight the revised, retold and remixed folklore and myths from authors of the African Continent & Diaspora, no matter where they may be in the world.
- The reading period will run from January 30 2017 to March 5 2017, or until we reach 300 submissions, whichever comes first.
- The editors for this issue are Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali, Co-Editor of Podcastle, and Troy. L Wiggins, Executive Editor of Fiyah.
- All of the following General Truancy Guidelines are also applicable, please read through for the secret "word" as well as the new submissions email address for this reading period.
- For Truancy 4, submissions will only be open for Original Fiction, and not for reprints.
General Truancy Guidelines
1. Short fiction, up to 3000 words (this is an updated word limit and all stories accepted for Issues 1-3 of Truancy are exempted). Starting from 2017, we will be paying authors the semipro rates of of USD0.01 cents per word and our SFWA-standards compliant contracts will reflect this new payment. Note: No simultaneous submissions or multiple submissions, please (unless solicited for multiple submissions).
2. Poetic prose, stream-of-consciousness and experimental prose are all welcome in this venue.
3. There may occasionally be themed issues and guest editors. When this happens, specific sets of guidelines will be released.
4. The emphasis remains on marginalised voices that are strong, bold, playful and experimental.
a. These marginalised voices include but are not necessarily limited to: WoC/PoC/QUILTBAG writers. This is also a disability-friendly venue. Lesser represented, non-Anglophone cultures are warmly welcomed, as this is a WoC-run venue. We will be happy with non-neurotypical/neurodiverse characters/writers. Non-binary writers are also most welcome.
NOTE: This does not mean that we are excluding all other writers but more that we are trying our utmost best to raise the visibility of writers who are still in the margins.
b. Although the stories accepted in this venue should be primarily written in English, we also accept Englishes, and excerpts and dialogues in other languages, so long as the meaning is self-explanatory (this is important because we don't want your story to be clogged up with an overload of exposition. That will obscure the story AND your voice).
c. We want stories that shine with dialect, with pidgin, with improvision, with beat, and meter. Let's shake things up here, let's be truant. Let's get rid of that misconception that folk and mythic narratives are for the twee, and that they're no longer relevant. We need them for every age.
5. While the Aarne-Thompson-Uther (ATU) specifications were deployed for Volume One of Delinquent's Spice, they are by no means the be-all and end-all for folktales.
a.Authors are encouraged to look deeper into the treasures of their respective cultures to find these stories. They may exist in children's books or in a different language.
b. Do let us know in your cover letter about the folktale/myth that you're referencing. If there's no available translation in English, just give us the gist of the story! If you're making it up as you go along but messing around with tropes, do let us know as well.
Policies and Formatting Guidelines
1. Truancy is dedicated to the exploration of lesser-known mythic and folktale types set within regions of the world which have not gained enough exposure in both literature and the arts.
2. While this endeavor is aimed at exploring lesser-known folk traditions from lesser-represented regions of the world, we require authors to be ethical in their revisions in relation to positioning their narratives within what may be cultures that are different to their own.
3. We do not encourage or condone "literary tourism" and must be made to feel that the story rings with that common kernel of humanity which suffuses the best tales. Know your folktales and be respectful of the areas you are writing about.
a. Truancy encourages diversity, hybridity and ambiguity in the texts that we solicit. In answer to the question about whether or not you can write about other cultures or cultures from which you're only partially descended — my answer is yes. But it's the nature of how you do it that will be interrogated. Apply good sense, respect and consideration, and ask questions if you're lacking in knowledge. This article by Nisi Shawl is an excellent place to start, if you aren't sure.
b. For example, do not give us stories in which your subject is exoticised, or any race, culture or minority is demonised in order to cast your protagonist in a more favourable light. Just to make it clear, this publication frowns on misogyny, ableism and homophobia
4. Truancy is an inclusive market and will have a special place in its heart for minority and Othered writers (whether of culture, gender, sex, (dis)ability, social inequality or orientation). We encourage writers around the globe, whether established or struggling, to send us stories. You don't need an impressive resume to get published on DS. You just need to write strong stories that grab my attention.
5. It is important that these guidelines be read. To prove to me that you have read all of the guidelines, do include the Mystery Word in your submission header (pssst: The new Mystery Word lives at #9!).
Here is an example:
TRUANCY SUBMISSION: "Your title here" (Your Name Here)(Mystery Word)
6. General formatting standards apply. Please attach your .rtf, .doc or .docx documents formatted like this.
7. ARTWORK: If you're interested in featuring your artwork in Truancy, do send us an email. Starting from 2017, the rates for cover art reprints are USD50 per artwork. Separate rates will be negotiated for black and white illustrations if applicable.
8. REPRINTS: We will, from time to time solicit reprints for Truancy. If you have written something that you think I might be interested in, feel free to query me by email, I'd really like to be more inclusive of non-traditionally published diverse folk, fairytale and mythic revisions! Starting from 2017, reprints are a flat rate of USD20.
9. The new mystery word for Truancy 4: JOLLOF.
9a. If you have days in which you'd prefer not to receive rejections (birthdays, anniversaries both positive/negative, religious holidays, weekends), please add a small note in your cover letter and we'll schedule a rejection for the next day (if it's a rejection!)
10. Thank you for reading all the way to #10. Are you all set? Great! See you in our inbox!
truancysubs AT gmail DOTcom (insert appropriate symbols/punctuation mark).


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Tea Production in the World Tea production in the world increased steadily and reached 4.8 million tonnes in recent years.On an average, during the last two decade in the production front, China contributed 35 % of the world tea production closely followed by India(21%), Kenya (8 %) and Sri Lanka (7%). Turkey (5 %)is the fifth biggest tea producer country with its 225,000 tonnes /year black tea production in the world. At the start of tea cultivation in Turkey, the primary goal was to meet the domestic demand only. Today, Turkey holds a significant place among the world's largest tea producers. But still great percentage of products are marketed in our domestic market.
Production of Top 5 Producers (1992 - 2012) http://faostat3.fao.org/faostat-gateway/go/to/compare/Q/QC/E
Black Sea Region of Turkey
Background of Turkish Tea Industry After the World War I local people of Eastern Black Sea Region began to immigrate to other big cities with in Turkey for better earning. Foreseeing negative impacts of immigration, government intervened through an act in 1924 to encourage cultivation of hazlenut, orange, lemon and tea in Rize and surroundings.The farmers were motivated for tea cultivation by waiving land tax for 10 years. Moreover, they were provided free seedlings to establish hazlenut, orange, lemon and tea gardens on their lands from newly established (1924)"Orchard Culture Station (Bahçe Kültürü İstasyonu)" besides cultivating traditional crops like corn, collard etc. In the same year for cultivation in Rize government officials were charged with to purchase tea seeds and seedlings from Batum (Georgia-1924). Resultantly, Central Tea Nursery which was later on restructured as Tea Research Institute, was established and began to act.This center distributed about 50,000 tea seedlings among local farmers to raise tea plantations. In the same year 2 hectars of tea garden has been established. Ongoing years the amount of tea plantation areas have rapidly increased. Due to the World War II a sudden fall had happened in tea imports from abroad. Therefore the government concentrated on development of local tea industry and sharp increase in production. For that purpose first tea processing factory, Zihni Derin has been established in Rize province. Until government monopoly on tea production, processing and marketing was withdrawn in 1984, it was the unique tea authority in Turkey. Today this State-Owned Enterprise (SOE) called ÇAYKUR is the biggest and leading establishment of tea industry in Turkey with its 46 black tea processing factories, 1 organic black tea processing factory and 1 small scale green tea factory, 3 packing factories, 7 regional directorate of marketing and a research institute. With its 7700 tonnes/day tea processing capacity and 16500 employees it has approximately 60 % market share in domestic market. Other 40 % of market share belongs to private sector. Now tea industry has a vital importance in socio-economic life of Eastern Black Sea Region.
Regional Tea Production in Turkey All of the tea plantation areas are located in the eastern part of Black Sea Region. 66 % of total tea plantation areas are of Rize whilst the rest of them are of Trabzon, Artvin, Giresun and Ordu respectively. Name of Provice Tea Plantation area (hectares) Rize50,583 Trabzon15,328 Artvin 8,430 Giresun- Ordu 2,299 Total76,640
MARKETING In CAYKUR packed teas are marketed via our district offices available in 9 provinces of our country. A territory for each marketing district offices consisting of surrounding cities and specific number of distributorships has been determined. Selection, number of distributors, determination of narrow region and with hot sales application the liabilities of distributors are determined with regulation and standardized accordingly. CAYKUR is the sole role model for private companies which purchase, process and market of other 40 % of tea leaves. Since 1995 private tea companies have been organised under the umbrella of Rize Commodity Exchange (RTB) and have got close relationship with CAYKUR. 95 % of total black tea production of Turkey is marketed in domestic market whilst only 5 % of 220,000 tonnes/year black tea production is marketed in international market due to increasing global competition and production costs. The main destinations of Turkish tea are the European Union countries, the USA and Northern Cyprus Turkish Republic. Among the EU countries, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, France and the United Kingdom are the most important markets.
Research and Development Studies In our country research and development studies are carried on by tea research institute managed and financed by CAYKUR. All tea plantations are established by seeds and show huge heterogeneity in Turkey. In order to renovation of tea gardens with selected tea clones, selection studies have been carried out since 1970's. Some promising clones were created and experimental tea plantations were established by using those fruitful clones. In near future one of the most important project called "Renovation of Tea Gardens with Selected Tea Clones" will be implemented in Eastern Black Sea Region.
Ongoing Research and Development Studies Tea industry in Turkey had solely consisted of black tea manufacturing until 2003. "Turkish Green Tea Production Project" was achieved in 2003 and put into practice since that year. "Organic Tea Cultivation and Processing Project " launched in 2009 by CAYKUR and is still continuing. The tea can be marketed as "organic tea" only after the completion of conversion period of three years. As a part of this project 1,000 hectare of tea plantation has organic certificate while 2,877 hectares of it still in the conversion period. In the same year CAYKUR established Hemsin Organic Tea Factory for processing organic tea. For a sustainable tea cultivation, to ensure the continuity of ecological life as well as protection of existing natural resources, Organic Tea Production Project is a very important project. "Development of value-added tea by-products like Caffeine and Catechines by using Supercritical Fluid Extraction Method" is one of the exciting research project of CAYKUR which is still in progress. " Instant Tea and Functional Instant Tea Production Project " is another project which is carried on with the collaboration of our institute and TUBITAK (Turkish Scientific and Technical Research Institute).
Thank you for your attention !! Şaziye ILGAZ (M.Sci.) Food Engineer/ Researcher 2014- Rize /Turkey
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Central America
Costa Rica ° El Salvador ° Guatemala ° Honduras ° Nicaragua
° Nicaragua Canal
Panama: ° Aspinwall ° Cruces ° The Canal ° Panama Railroad
° La Ceiba ° Puerto Cortes ° Roatan ° San Pedro Sula ° Tegucigalpa
The great Mayan culture flourished in Honduras for hundreds of years until the early 9th century. Columbus landed at mainland Honduras (Trujillo) in 1502, and named the area "Honduras" (meaning "depths") for the deep water off the coast.
Spaniard Hernan Cortes arrived in 1524. Once part of Spain's vast empire in the New World, Honduras became an independent nation in 1821, when it was briefly annexed to the Mexican Empire. In 1823, Honduras joined the newly formed United Provinces of Central America federation, which collapsed in 1838.
Gen. Francisco Morazan—a Honduran national hero—led unsuccessful efforts to maintain the federation. Honduras' agriculture-based economy was dominated in the 1900s by U.S. companies that established vast banana plantations along the north coast. Foreign capital, plantation life, and conservative politics held sway in Honduras from the late 19th century until the mid-20th century.
This island lies about 50 miles from the northern coast of the Honduran mainland. With many Caribbean islands, it shares a history of native cultures and languages, pirates and buried gold.
When Columbus discovered a neighboring island in 1502, Roatan was already populated. Other Spanish explorers came after Columbus. Van Horne, a Dutchman, raided Spanish-Indian settlements in 1639. English and French pirates also terrorized the area. The Spanish, desiring to rid the area of pirates so they could transport the New World gold to Spain, attacked Port Royal with four war ships under the command of Francisco Villalva Toledo in 1650.
The pirates successfully defended Port Royal, Roatan, forcing the Spaniards to return to the mainland for reinforcement. With the pirates greatly outnumbered and with fierce fighting, the pirates were conquered. The Spaniards gathered the remaining Indians on the island and moved them to Guatemala.
The English lost Roatan in March of 1782 and left the island completely in 1788. In 1797, the English forced about 5000 Black Caribs from the Windward Island of St. Vincent, moving them from island to island, finally leaving them on Roatan. Black Caribs are a mixture of people of African descent and Carib and Arawak Indians.
Europeans began settling on Roatan once again with the return of English between 1827 and 1834. With slavery being outlawed in English colonies in 1833 and with the soil in the Grand Cayman Island being depleted by cotton farming, some English families left the grand Cayman and settled on Roatan and neighboring Utila.
The Jackson family, a wealthy and influential family on Roatan today, came from the southern United States in the 1800's, descending from a Confederate Soldier who refused to surrender to the Union. A southern accent is still discernable in their speech.
Approximately 200 white people lived in Coxen s old kay in 1840. Ten years later, the population of the island had risen to five or six thousand people. In 1852, the British leadership appealed to Her Majesty, Queen Victoria to establish Roatan along with other islands to become a British colony. The United States objected, citing a treaty signed to create the Panama canal that forbad the United States and Britain from establishing new colonies in the Western Hemisphere.
July 4, 1856, British Banner, London, United Kingdom
With respect to the district of Belize, Her Majesty's Government consider that the only question to be determined as regards Central America, is that of the boundary between that country and the British possessions; and in the settlement of that question no insurmountable difficulty be anticipated.
With respect to Roatan and the other Bay Islands, these, at different periods, have been held by Great Britain, as well as by Spain, and having been again occupied by British settlers, formal possession was taken of Roatan in 1839 by Great Britain, which has since been uninterruptedly maintained. The population increased fast; and magistrates were, from time to time, appointed by the superintendent of Belize until 1852, when these islands received a regular form of colonial government solely for the purpose of their better internal administration; that Great Britain did not thereby acquire any territorial rights that she did not previously possess.
The Government of the United States, however, maintain that, even supposing the Clayton Bulwer Treaty were only prospective in its operation, these islands were no part of the British dominions earlier than 1852.
In 1859, England relinquished control of the Bay Islands. The Republic of Honduras accepted the Bay Islands as the Departemente de las Islas de la Bahia , officially making the islands a part of Honduras. For many years after coming under Honduran rule, islanders of English descent continued to claim English citizenship, although those born in Honduras after 1861 are legally Hondurans.
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A Chicago Newspaper's Scheme for "Doing" Nicaragua.
The expedition of The Chicago Inter-Ocean newspaper, which left that city recently on a trip to Nicaragua, is going very far from home on a very small ship. The yacht Fearless, which bears the party is but twenty-three feet long, six and a half feet beam and about two feet draught. On this miniature vessel the party are to pass over the following route:
Leaving Chicago, they pass through the Illinois and Michigan canal to the confluence of the canal with the Illinois river at La Salle. Thence down the Illinois river to the Mississippi; down this, stopping at St. Louis, Cairo, Memphis, Vicksburg, Natchez and other places to New Orleans. From New Orleans they will skirt the northern and western coast of Florida to Tarapa bay. Thence by Key West to Havana.
Between Key West and Havana there is an open sea sail, which will be only undertaken with a fair breeze. From Havana the Fearless will keep along the coast westward to Cape San Antonio, and from Cape San Antonio to Cape C'atoche in Yucatan. Having thus reached Central America, she will sail under the east coast down to Belize in British Honduras. The Roatan Islands will be the next objective point, and then Blewfields, Nicaragua.
The expedition is under command of Commodore Brainard T. Ball, a member of the Corinthian Yacht club, of Chicago. Capt. William L. Brainard accompanies him. Both are experienced yachtsmen, and, although the Fearless is a small boat for such a voyage, no difficulty is anticipated in reaching its destination. Surely the trip is a novel one.
By what route they will return is not yet decided, but it is expected that they will run up the Atlantic coast to the mouth of the St. Lawrence and thence back to Chicago by the Great Lakes. The expedition being in the interest of a newspaper, of course letters will be sent to The Chicago Inter-Ocean, its patron, from time to time.
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Hannah Stutzman, ACA's Executive Director as of August 2014, oversees operations in the DC office and coordinates collaboration with ACA's main partner organizations in Peru and Bolivia. Hannah has been with ACA for the past four years, most recently designing new projects and conservation strategies as its Director of Programs. She has worked on conservation, sustainable development, and cultural issues with major NGOs in the US and Latin America, including Conservation International-Colombia and the Colombian Ministry of Culture, and lived in Bogota for over four years. Hannah has a Master's of Environmental Management from Yale University and a BA in Anthropology from Bryn Mawr College.
Tamia Souto, ACA's Director of Programs, oversees biodiversity conservation and sustainable livelihoods projects in Peru and Bolivia, including ACA's Manu-Tambopata Corridor project. She is in charge of submitting and designing grant proposals and contributes toward the science strategy of ACA's biological stations. Previously, Tamia worked at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute as the lead scientist for its community-based conservation programs in Peru, in partnership with various oil and gas companies. Tamia is from Venezuela, where she developed her dissertation on household forest dependency and ethnoecology. She is currently the president of her own NGO and received a PhD in Ethnobotany from the University of Hawaii in 2009.
Matt Finer, ACA's Research Specialist, investigates threats to the Andean Amazon and works with members of the ACA Board to develop strategic responses. These threats include oil palm plantations, oil and gas drilling, road construction, hydroelectric dams, and illegal mining. Prior to joining ACA, he was a Project Scientist for the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) Sustainable Loreto project and Staff Ecologist at Save America's Forests. Matt received his Ph.D. from the School of Biological Sciences at Washington State University in 2003.
Valerie Peterson, ACA's DC-based Deputy Director, has had a life-long passion for land conservation. She has an undergraduate degree in Geography and Environmental Studies from the University of Wisconsin, and a graduate degree from Virginia Tech in Urban Planning. She has ten years of experience as an urban planner for local governments managing community planning and sustainable development projects, and is experienced in public participation strategies. Early in her career, she worked on outreach and fund-raising efforts for a local land trust, and was also a researcher for National Geographic. Valerie enjoys traveling, including trips to her husband's home country of Uruguay, where she lived for a time honing her Spanish and volunteering with a community development organization.
Sarah Feder, ACA's Program Coordinator, provides support for the development, funding, and management of programs and research initiatives, as well as general and executive support for ACA. A graduate of American University, Sarah has a BA in Global Environmental Policy and Anthropology. She has four years or experience working in environmental policy and international development, including at Women's Campaign International and the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. She was previously a reporter for Revolver magazine while living abroad in Santiago, Chile, and continues to be involved with climate and food justice activism in DC.
Ana Folhadella, ACA's Development & Communications Associate, manages fundraising and communication activities for the organization. She has a BA in International Studies from the University of Michigan and a Masters of Public Administration from Oakland University. Previous to working with ACA, Ana worked for six years in the areas of program management, marketing and fundraising for nonprofits in Michigan and Illinois. Ana has studied and volunteered abroad with several environmental organizations doing conservation work in Chile and Brazil.
Eileen Rosin, Finance Manager for ACA, has worked on issues of international development and human rights in Latin America for more than twenty-five years. Recently, she managed the Washington Office on Latin America's three-year project on the impact of U.S. international anti-drug policy on democracy and human rights in Latin America and the Caribbean, and is co-editor of the well-received volume Drugs and Democracy in Latin America. She has also worked as editor, grantwriter, financial manager, and publications coordinator with a number of Washington-based non-profit organizations. Eileen has a master's of science in Development Management from American University.
Adrian Tejedor, ACA's Affiliated Research Scientist based at our Villa Carmen Biological Station, was born in Havana, Cuba, and has worked extensively throughout the Neotropics studying evolution and biogeography. Adrian coordinates research, courses, and the ACA grants program for all three ACA biological stations. Adrian has a BS in Biology from the University of Miami, and a PhD in Ecology, Evolution and Behavior from City University of New York. He is also a research associate at the American Museum of Natural History.
Mariana Vedoveto, ACA's Program Associate designs grant proposals, manages conservation and sustainable livelihoods projects and coordinates project implementation with ACA's partners. Before coming to ACA, Mariana spent seven years working in the Brazilian Amazon developing strategies to enhance the financing and consolidation of protected areas. She has extensive experience conducting research on policies to reduce tropical deforestation and community-based conservation and restoration efforts. Mariana has a BS in Forest Engineering from the University of São Paulo and a Master's in Environmental Management from Yale University.
Daniela Pogliani, ACCA's National Director based in Lima, Peru, has more than 15 years of professional experience in administration, project management, and finance in both the for-profit and nonprofit sectors. She has a Master's degree in business administration from a top European business school in Milan, Italy, as well as a bachelor's degree in business administration and accounting. She has managed a USAID-funded conservation project in Peru for the Rainforest Alliance, where she was also responsible for managing the budgeting, accounting, human resources, and administrative functions for all of their Peru-based activities. Previously, she was responsible for the start-up of a sustainable fish farming project in Northern Peru. Daniela is Italian by nationality but has lived and worked in Peru for over a decade and is fluent in Spanish as well as English.
Juan Loja, ACCA's Associate Director for Madre de Dios, based in Puerto Maldonado, Peru, has over 15 years of experience working with communities, sustainable livelihoods, and conservation projects in the Amazon region, where he has worked and consulted for Caritas and Conservation International among others. He also served as a professor of Forestry Science and the Environment at the National University of San Antonio Abad of Cusco. Juan is a biologist, and is pursuing his Master's degree in Forestry Resource Management. Juan oversees all ACA/ACCA projects implemented within the Madre de Dios department and serves as a liaison with the regional government.
Ronald Catpo, ACCA's Director for Conservation Areas and Institutional Strengthening based in Cusco, Peru, Ronald has worked with ACCA since 2007 mainly as the director of the Cusco office. Ronald has been a lifelong promoter of conservation through reforestation, social forestry, and conservation concessions, and was instrumental in the creation of the 17,238-acre Haramba Queros Wachiperi Ecological Reserve, the first conservation concession managed by an indigenous group in Peru. Ronald previously worked for ProManu, a special project sponsored by the European Union that developed conservation activities to support Manu National Park. He has also worked for the Peruvian park service as well as the well-respected Peruvian NGO ProNaturaleza, as well as several other NGOs and government agencies in Peru. Ronald has a bachelor's degree in forestry management and a master's degree in conservation and forestry resources from the National Agrarian University of La Molina in Lima.
See the staff of our Bolivian partner organization on the ACEAA webpage!
ACA staff members at the Peruvian Ambassador's residence in October 2013. Left to right: Rachel Tennant, Sarah Campbell, Daniela Pogliani, Megan MacDowell, Brendan Buckland, Valerie Peterson, Jeff Woodman, and Hannah Stutzman. Photo: MikeBPhotography
Former ACA Executive Director Luis Felipe Duchicela (far right) with Ronald Catpo, Megan MacDowell, and Adrian Tejedor (left to right). Photo: Leoncio Luna
ACCA staff prepare the strategic plan in Puerto Maldonado, Peru. Photo: Nurymar Feldman
Karen Eckhardt of ACCA (left) meeting with residents of the indigenous Q'eros community of Japu about creating a private conservation area. Photo: ACCA
ACCA's Ronald Catpo (left) speaking at a Seminar on REDD in Cusco in 2009. Photo: ACCA
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Hey what is up everybody at PN and XBL Radio, it is Mr B4 here to give you the latest about what is going on in the gaming community. I do not have any nintendo news for you this week, what I do have is a written review for a game that I played recently. The game is called Hellboy: The Science of Evil, and it is available for the PS3, 360, and PSP. I will be reviewing the Xbox 360 version of the game.
Without further adieu, let us get right into the review:
With the release of the new Hellboy movie only days away, what better way to cash in on the movie franchise than to release a game that is loosely based on the movie in someway shape or form. Hellboy: The Science of Evil is a beat-em-up game that is tied in with the movie release. To be honest with you, this is a title that should have never been released, and I will tell you why.
Story (D-): This is by far the biggest dissapointment of this game. I am honestly going to tell all of you right now that I could not figure out what the story was in this game whatsoever. You basically move from one random location to another without being told why you are doing so. You go from being in a graveyard, to a forest, to somewhere in Japan, to a rainy abandoned town, to a desert, then to a castle. There are certain characters you meet along the way who will explain to you the reason as to why everything is going on, but honestly, it gets confusing and uninteresting very quickly. I would have just preferred the story from the movie, that way at least there would be some from of structure to it.
Sound(C-): There is nothing special in the game as far as sounds are concerned. When Hellboy beats down enemies, all you hear is a basic whooshing sound, which is kind of strange considering the size of his hand, you would think it make a more thunderous sound, but this is not the case. It is kind of cool to hear the sound of an entire wall crumbling when Hellboy beats it down with his fists. Enemies have no sounds other than grunts, which makes it easier for you to beat down on them, but really also gives them a lack of personality.
The voice acting is pretty good for the most part, with Ron Perlman's sarcastic sense of humor being the highlight of most of the voice acting in the cutscenes. Other people that you encounter, such as the witch, and a few skeleton people, do an okay job of voice acting, but do not do enough to counteract the one liners from Ron Perlman.
The music is pretty bad as well, with literally the same background music repeating itself over and over again from level to level. When you first hear it, it does sound pretty cool, menacing, and scary, but after awhile you will grow tired of it. Different background music for each of the different levels would have been nice, but sadly they are non-existent.
Graphics(B-): Graphics are actually the high point of this game. Character models for the most part look next-gen, with Hellboy once again being the highlight of the graphics department. He looks very menacing, has piercing red eyes, and much detail has gone into the overall look of his body as far as muscles go. Environments are nothing special, there are a few nice lighting effects here and there, but much more could have been done to make the environments more inviting, such as more parts of the environment being available to destroy. As it stands, the environments look like they were taken from games on the original xbox.
Gameplay/Controls(C-): The game is a beat-em up, which basically comes down to mashing buttons to defeat your enemies, primarily in this case the X-button will end up being your button of choice. You can do other combos by mixing the X and Y buttons together, but they are not really neccesary or fun to do. There are also finishers that you can perform on both small and large enemies by grappling them with the RT button and by pressing the B button, but the only time that you will need to use them in order to progress through the game is during some boss fights, that is it.
Boss fights themselves are boring and unintersting, and really require no other strategy to them other than mashing on the X button until the enemy is stunned, then do a finishing move, then the fight ends. Even though the fighting is dull and repetitive, it is quite easy to understand. You can also use your gun by pressing the LB button to shoot at your enemies, and the RB button to select different types of ammo that you will find throughout the game. The different types of ammo include a spread shot, a power shot, a grenade shot, a flame shot, a crystal shot, etc. You really do not need to use your guns that much throughout the game, other than to shoot an object to open it, to break through a wall, etc.
You can also use Hellboy's fists to break through walls, open up certain areas, light torches to burn down obstacles, but that is about it. All of these actions can be performed by locking onto something with the RT button, then pressing the X button to perform the action. These action promps do not occur that often throughout the game, leaving you wondering why they were put there in the first place.
The biggest dissapointment in the gameplay department is the camera positioned on Hellboy. The camera places Hellboy in a fixed perspective point of view, making it hard for you to see where enemies are coming from, judge distances between certain gaps where you have to jump, where an enemy is during a boss fight, etc. The fact that you cannot adjust the view at all is very dissapointing and frustrating. By simply allowing players to adjust the view, alot more parts of this game could have been easier to complete.
Replay Value (D-) : Other than completing the maing quest, which only consists of six levels, there is not much else to do. You can play through the game again either alone or online with a friend to complete certain tasks in order to gain achievements, such as kill a certain amounts of enemies with a certain weapon, find artifacts, etc., but that is about it. Some unlockable costumes or new weapons might have given gamers a reason to play through the game one more time, but sadly they are nowhere to be found, a major dissapointment.
Overall (D): While the nostalgia of playing as Hellboy and smashing your way through enemies and obstacles can be fun for about an hour or so, the fun wears off pretty quickly. With bad camera angles, unintersting boss fights, decent dialogue, repetitive gameplay, and a disjointed story, this is a game that you should definitely pass on. The only reason I gave it a D instead of an F is because you do receive a free movie ticket to see the new Hellboy movie when you buy the game.
Give it a rent if you are looking for an easy way to gain achievement points, otherwise, just do not bother playing it at all.
Take care gamers, and I will see you next time.
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Ha! Somebody drove by me today with their music blaring. There was a Gatorade sitting on top of their car. I wasn't close enough where I could motion to them or tell them about the bottle on their roof, but it made me laugh. The bottle on the roof kind of spoiled the "cool" factor of the music. :DReplyDelete
I would pronounce them "douchebags" but I had Zepplin blasting from my VW bug in college. However, I got over that when I was old enough to drink! I was living in Phoenix so I was always going somewhere cooler (any air conditioned building).ReplyDelete
Whenever I see/hear these douchetards I whip out my John Tesh CD and crank it to 11. Then I follow them for 10 or 12 miles until they start to cry.ReplyDelete
Whenever someone like that pulls up next to me in a stop, I look at them horrified and proceed to close my window. It always makes them lower the volume.ReplyDelete
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Anodyne's Walker's Point cafe opens Thursday morning
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A new spot for morning coffee (and post-work beer) is open in a booming neighborhood: Anodyne Coffee Roasting Co.'s Walker's Point Roastery, 224 W. Bruce St., debuted at 6:30 a.m. Thursday.
The cafe side of the roastery is serving coffee and espresso drinks, along with baked goods. Customers also can order wine and beer, including one on tap brewed for Anodyne by nearby Milwaukee Brewing Co.
Anodyne owner Matt McClutchy said the current batch of beer is brewed with Sumatra beans, but different beans are expected to be used from time to time. "Each batch is going to be a little different," he said. He characterized the beer as a hop-forward brown ale.
The cafe seats around 100. A number of those seats are at big farm tables that have 2-inch-thick tops milled from pine trees from his in-laws' 150-year-old farm near Black River Falls; the trees had been felled by storms over the years. The cafe's vintage 40-foot bar came from the former Nautical tavern in Bay View.
For now, coffee still is being roasted at Anodyne's building in Bay View, at 2920 S. Kinnickinnic Ave. Equipment will be moved from Bay View to Walker's Point next week.
Cafe hours will be limited until Monday — 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. through Saturday, and 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. Starting Monday, the cafe will remain open until 9 p.m.
- Chef Jason Tofte to open second restaurant in downtown Waukesha
- Harry's on Brady debuts on Thursday with lunch and dinner
- In the Third Ward, Rustico will close in July to make way for sports bar Rivalry
- Red Light Ramen is getting its own space next door to Ardent
- Colectivo to open a cafe in Chicago
- Lunch starts Monday at Meraki, along with all-day service industry happy hour
- Weissgerber's Gasthaus is closing next weekend
- In happy hour news: late night at Lazy Susan, chefs' burgers at Merriment Social
- Harry's on Brady to open next week
- A full menu is on tap at Good City Brewing, opening Friday
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I'm Chelsie, the founder and writer behind Hey There, Chelsie, a blog about beauty, style and the pursuit of a vibrant life. I'm a native New Englander (who grew up just 45 minutes outside of Boston) and currently live just outside of Salt Lake City, Utah. I'm a wife to Dustin and fur mama to our golden retriever, Rosie Roo.
After having a rather early mid-life crisis where I realized that I didn't want to pursue a career in my degree field of English education, I started blogging. Formerly known as Life with Rosie and founded in February of 2015, Hey There, Chelsie has evolved into an online space of hope and encouragement to live bold lives.
After a year-long battle with pediatric cancer, I struggled for years to overcome the emotional and physical scars it left me with. I am trying to break free of cancer's shadow by learning to love my body, despite my scars and imperfections. I find that by taking the time to curate a cute outfit or put on some makeup that I am slowly learning to love and appreciate my body and myself again. It hasn't happened overnight, but I'm learning to love my life all over again, taking it back from cancer and learning that I shouldn't be afraid of pursuing my new-found dream of blogging full-time.
Here at Hey There, Chelsie, I remind women that despite their scars or past, it is possible to pursue and live a vibrant life.
Living a vibrant life can mean many things, and for me, living a vibrant life starts with myself. I'm learning to wear the bright red lipstick because I want to or to put on leggings despite what other people think about them. I'm learning to balance my life between grand adventures and the small, quiet moments watching Netflix. My goal here isn't to sway you towards living a vain and selfish life. It's to inspire, encourage and motivate you to take control of your life by finding peace with yourself and filling it with things you love. Above all else, I want you to know you are stronger than your scars, that it's OKAY to love yourself, and that you can use that love to power your blogging dreams.
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RailCorp overhaul tracked by NSW Government
The New South Wales Government has not ruled out job losses as part of a major shake-up of RailCorp.
Transport Minister Gladys Berejiklian says commuters have been let down by RailCorp, which operates the state's metropolitan and country passenger train services.
She says fares and running costs have gone up but service improvements have not kept pace.
"For too long customers and taxpayers haven't received value for money where RailCorp's concerned," Ms Berejiklian said.
"There's no doubt that organisation has to be more efficient. It has to provide services for customers much more efficiently."
The overhaul is being led by former Sydney Ferries chief executive David Callahan.
RailCorp's running costs are currently about $10 million a day.
Ms Berejiklian says costs have increased by almost 30 per cent since 2006, while passenger numbers only grew by about nine per cent in the same period.
Opposition spokeswoman Penny Sharpe says cost cutting will inevitably lead to job and service losses.
"Under any review the Minister has to guarantee that no services will be cut and she has to ensure that no compromise is made to safety or security across the network," Ms Sharpe said.
"The Minister can do a review, but she has ensure that train commuters are not getting onto fewer or dirtier trains at the end of the review."
Ms Berejiklian will not rule out cuts to RailCorp's 15,000-strong workforce.
"I'm not ruling anything in or out at this stage. We will make those tough decisions we need to make to improve services for the customer, but also to ensure better value for the taxpayer," she said.
The state secretary of the Rail, Tram and Bus Union, Alex Classens, says cutting frontline staff would be counterproductive.
"We cannot operate a system without people on the frontline," he said.
"Everyday you read the comments... that people are complaining about there's no safety out there if security staff aren't out there of at night time, people are complaining they've got nowhere to buy tickets, so you have to be careful about where you actually put the staff."
Mr Classens says Mr Callahan must consult RailCorp staff as part of his review.
"We haven't started the consultation yet. Mr Callahan hasn't approached the union yet or spoken to any of our members, but obviously after today we will be making sure that we ask for a visit by that man to have that discussion," he said.
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Throughout Vic Sotto and Pauleen Luna's exchange of vows at their wedding reception at the Filinvest Tent, Alabang, Muntinlupa last January 30, Vic told Pauleen, "From this day forward, you will be my number two in my life." Vic shared in an interview why Pauleen is 'number two' and he also revealed that she used to be in 6th place. "Number one, of course God, Number 2 my children, Number 3 my family, Number 4 my job, that includes my career. Number 5 golf, Number 6 is my wife. She gets a little bit disappointed but just to soothe her up, I said that she's more important than golf, of course.'" Vic shared.
"So, from number 5, she's now on the top two of my priorities. Which means that I love you and I will take care of you, and I wanna thank you, you and your family," he sweetly added.
Vic then thanked his children for the understanding and also apologized if their status in his priorities changed. "I did apologized to my children.' But I whole Heartedly thanked them. I always say that it was not that easy for all of us to accept everything. But in this instance, I felt respect from all of you. I love you very much. Even you guys are just on 3rd of my list, I will still love you that much. And to you, my wife, my number 2, I love you forever," he said.
Vic also did not forget to give thanks to Pauleen's family for accepting him."Thank you so much for accepting me as part of your family. Thank you for the love, to the whole family." He also found it funny that he doesn't know how to call Pauleen's father. "Pare na lang, if it's okay with you?" he suggested. Vic also stated that he already calls Pauleen's mother Chat 'Mother Lu' which is short for 'Mother Luna' but he can't still think of what to call his wife's dad.


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"The best thing is to look natural but it takes makeup to look natural." 😉
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No matter how planned our evenings are, we, women always end up making our rooms look earthquake- struck just before a party. Make up is no rocket science but it surely is a tricky subject. All you need to do is learn a few tricks that shall give you the results you want and involves so much less effort!
HEAT THINGS UP : Instead of slapping moisturizer from the tube onto your face, warm it up in the palm of your hand.
APPLY MAKEUP PRIMER: It's like placing a smooth layer over your skin. No makeup artist is without one and you won't be either once you try it.
FOUNDATION: Less is more when it comes to makeup. Apply a thin layer of foundation in dots and blend it downwards. Blending well is really important.
CONCEALER: Conceal your under-eye area. No body looks pretty with dark circles. Try benefits concealer. It gives great coverage
THE BASIC SMOKEY EYE: Sometimes , the best way to make a statement is with some sooty, dramatic eyes. A starter smokey eye is easier than you think. All you need is a dark shadow, preferably a dark sable brown(less harsh than black) a smudgeable liner pencil and some mascara. Brush the shadow over your lid, then line you upper lashline and use your fingers to smudge and blend outward just a bit.
LIPSTICK: Apply lip primer( don't have one) no worries. Apply little bit of base on lips. Line your lips and fill in with a natural lipstick color. Then apply your lip gloss over the product to make your lip color pop out. Never underestimate the power of a nude lip. Try loreal paris infallible pro lip colour in never ending nutmeg.
BLUSH: You only need one light swipe of powder blush for daytime wear. Blush is worn over powder unless it is a cream blush ( Cream blush is applied before your powder). Try a blush from mac, Maybelline, bodyshop. They have some really great stuff.
STRONG, DEPENDABLE MAKEUP REMOVER : You need a good makeup remover to clean shit up when you've cried mascara all over your face.
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I thought it might be fun with the year flying by and already almost half over (okay not quite but seriously isn't it crazy that it is almost May?) to see what my top five reads have been so far.
Let me tell you, I've had more than five great reads, in fact, this year seems to be the year for me where I've already had a handful of five star reads, so this list was hard to narrow down to only five but after a lot of deliberation, these are the ones I choose that have stayed with me the most. And to make matters better, they are in a mix of genres so maybe you will see something that you will like as well.
These aren't in any particular order but have all been so good.
This was a series ender and I couldn't of been happier with the way it all came together and while I would have liked more, because who doesn't want more from their favorites, it really was just fabulous and I can't wait for the spin off series the author plans on writing next.
I'm jumping in kind of late on the The Hatching train but oh goodness am I glad that I jumped. This series. *shudders* It is so good and so horrific at the same time. I can't wait to start the sequel. If you haven't tried it yet, do it. So. Worth. It. And right now on Amazon in honor of the second being released soon, it's only $2.99 which is a steal!
This book. I can't even describe why it impacted me so much but it did and I love the author for it. I read very little in this genre anymore but I'm so glad I choose to take a chance on this, it was so good.
I can't even begin to stress how amazing this series is. It is so funny and creepy at times and the romance is mind blowing. This has a little bit of it all and I can't get enough of it. It is one of the few series I've been able to read the books back to back and not needed a break from it. The author better hurry up and get to writing more!
And last but not least, this guy. Actually, this whole series and the prequel series has been fantastic and still going strong. I love all the twists and turns it takes along with the darker edgier tone to it. It's a nice change in the genre for sure.
So there you have it, my top five reads so far. What about you? Any mind blowing reads so far this year?
So there you have it, my top five reads so far. What about you? Any mind blowing reads so far this year?


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Dr. Paul Mcclain MD Patient Reviews
- Geriatric Medicine Washington, DC
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3 Patient Reviews
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- Spends Time With Patients
- Appropriate Followup
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5.0 of 5
November 5th, 2012
I am 67 years old and Dr. McClain has been my primary doctor for about 20 years. Needless to say, I think very highly of him. He accurately diagnosis my health problems and readily refers me to the appropriate specialist when necessary. Usually, if Dr. McClain is not available, I will just suffer through my ailment, if it's not too serious, until I can schedule an appointment with him instead of going to another doctor.
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April 23rd, 2012
Dr. McClain is a well meaning doctor that has a hard time treating pain patients. He doesn't have the toughness or savvy to keep patients from getting addicted to narcotics. I TRUSTED him to treat my pain illnesses with narcotics in such a way that I would not become addicted. I ended up one day being told by Dr. McClain that he could not refill my prescription and that my choices were to go to accupunture or rehab. While in rehab, I found out from my chemical dependency psychiatrist that 2 more of Dr. McClain's patients were being admitted into rehab that week. He means well, but this is a dangerous doctor to go to if you don't want to unwittingly end up addicted to painkillers/narcotics.
5.0 of 5
June 24th, 2011
Best Dr. I ever had.
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