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San diego city college
San Diego City College is a multicultural institution committed to providing open access to all who can benefit from instruction and to meeting the diverse and ever-changing educational, cultural, and economic needs of the urban core and surrounding communities of San Diego. We are committed to the tradition of academic freedom and responsibility, to employee empowerment, and to maintaining a climate that promotes learning, understanding and respect for students, faculty, staff, community, and the environment.
OF ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN
Located in the design district of downtown San Diego, NewSchool of Architecture & Design, a globally recognized and awarded design university, is known for its forward-thinking professors, an inspiring campus community, and top industry connections and collaboration opportunities. NewSchool students are innovative designers who are passionate about pursuing exciting careers in the fields of architecture, design, and construction management. From the first day of class, students explore and break through creative boundaries, while hands-on experiences provide the foundation and tools necessary to grow and succeed as a designer.
Urban Discovery Academy is a free-public charter school serving TK through 8th grade students in the heart of the IDEA District, in the East Village neighborhood of Downtown San Diego. UDA opened in 2008 and is now a part of Urban Discovery Schools, including IDEATE High Academy, who opened its doors in 2016 as the first design-thinking focused high school in San Diego. The UDA schools serve to develop community-minded students who are active, creative, confident, and ready to lead our global society.
e3 civic high school
e3 Civic High is a free public charter high school serving grades 9 thru 12 located in the landmark 400,000 square foot downtown San Diego Public Library. The three "e's" represent and drive our mission to Engage, Educate and Empower.
The Charter Petition for e³ Civic High was submitted to and authorized by San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) in September of 2010. e3 opened in in the in the fall of 2013 with an entering class of 265 ninth and tenth grade students. Currently approximately 400 students are enrolled in our school. e3 celebrates a diverse population of scholars who come from over 35 zip codes.
The unique partnership between e3 Civic High, the San Diego Public Library, the City of San Diego and SDUSD has created a new mixed use design model for urban public schools and community-based organizations.


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Seventy-five conservative groups signed a public letter to Congress opposing “any carbon tax” days after reports that Utah Republican Sen. Mitt Romney openly considered backing carbon tax bill.
“We oppose any carbon tax,” conservative groups, led by Americans for Tax Reform, wrote in their letter, which was published online Monday morning.
While the letter is not specifically aimed at Romney, it’s meant to warn Republicans that their conservative base is not in favor of taxing carbon dioxide emissions. (RELATED: Mike Bloomberg Devotes $500 Million To Ending Coal Industry, Influencing 2020 Elections)
Only a few GOP lawmakers have backed carbon tax legislation, but there’s been a growing lobbying effort by some groups to get Republicans to back a carbon tax as a way to fight global warming.
Big corporations, including oil and gas companies, have increasingly embraced a carbon tax. Exact proposals vary, but supporters often push carbon taxes…
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The DCM challenge today is a really good one and there are some fab examples to check out on the site. Here it is -
'You must make a card with a frill - it could be some lace, frilly ribbon, a hand cut or decorative scissor edge or a folded paper frill - or what ever you choose to make.... you decide!'
I used my Keepsake embossing board for this one - I embossed the edges of the paper, cut round the scallops and cut into it to create the frills and layered them. I did the same with the square frame , added some punched flowers with a big brad, inked the edges, added a few peel offs and stamped 'enjoy' with Dovecraft acrylic stamp with white colorbox inkpad. The papers are Blonde Moments.

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Hye Yun Park sits down with Nicole and Sean to talk about her work. Topics include crowdfunding failures and successes, responsibilities to and collaboration with funders of a project, her upcoming series BKPI with SuperDeluxe, casting toys in film and photography projects, her Grown Woman with Toys photo project, and selfies (they’re great!). Then a discussion of favorite toys including vibrators, LEGOs, and JEM and the Holograms dolls.
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• A self motivated individual seeking an entry level career opportunity in the field of Architecture.
• Interested in the physical and psychological impacts of the built environment on the well-being of the users and have conducted researches and prepared design solutions to address these notions.
• Looking forward to applying my architectural knowledge and experience, and proficiency in computer applications, to design and development process of inspirational architectures, as a team member.
University at Buffalo, School of Architecture & Planning, Dean’s Office, Buffalo, NY, US, Graduate Assistant
Freelance architect, Tehran, IR, Licensed Architect
Worked on residential, retail, commercial and interior projects:
• Conducted research regarding design, materials and equipment,
• Developed schematic design and architectural drawings,
• Prepared 3D modeling, renderings and 2D+3D presentation documents,
• Provided immediate design solutions when required.
Jahan Peyvasteh Consultant Architects & Engineers Co., Tehran, IR, Architectural Designer
Worked on various residential, commercial, industrial and interior projects, researched, prepared schematic design proposals, developed presentation documents, prepared drawing, 3d modeling and rendering, did cost analysis, and built physical models.
Pakdasht Housing Complex (1960 Apartment units):
• Assisted in the overall design of the master plan,
• Designed the typical floor plans of residential blocks through conceptual. SD and DD stages and prepared architectural documents
Pars Disc Factory & Office Building (4700 sqm) :
• Designed and prepared construction documents, 3d renderings and presentations.
Jahan Peyvasteh Consultant Architects & Engineers Co., Tehran, IR, Architectural Intern
University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, US, MArch, Architecture
Islamic Azad University of Tehran, Central Tehran Branch, MArch, Archietecure
Islamic Azad University of Tehran, Central Tehran Branch, BArch, Archietecure
Pella West NY Competition, 1st Place
"The competition recognizes significant design work that demonstrates the potential for its use of fenestration, “exploring fenestration in interesting, unique, creative and innovative ways”


|Numéro de publication||US4967788 A|
|Type de publication||Octroi|
|Numéro de demande||US 07/348,783|
|Date de publication||6 nov. 1990|
|Date de dépôt||8 mai 1989|
|Date de priorité||8 mai 1989|
|État de paiement des frais||Payé|
|Numéro de publication||07348783, 348783, US 4967788 A, US 4967788A, US-A-4967788, US4967788 A, US4967788A|
|Inventeurs||Louis M. Miller|
|Cessionnaire d'origine||Watts Regulator Company|
|Exporter la citation||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Citations de brevets (4), Citations hors brevets (10), Référencé par (4), Classifications (7), Événements juridiques (8)|
|Liens externes: USPTO, Cession USPTO, Espacenet|
The invention relates to devices for resetting water flow devices, e.g. water flow meters.
In an increasing number of localities, it is required that water utilities protect their water supply by preventing reverse flow of water from domestic piping systems back into the main utility pipe lines. The requirement may be met by installation of a backflow preventer device at the water consumer service entrance, typically adjacent the water flow meter. In many circumstances, e.g. in warmer climates where freezing is not a concern and for dwellings without basements, it is necessary to retrofit a backflow preventer to a domestic system having the water flow meter in a meter box disposed in the ground outside a dwelling. These meter boxes are typically sized for snug-fit of a water flow meter therewithin, and the addition of, or, more importantly, the installation of, a backflow preventer (or other flow conditioning device) within the narrow confines of the existing meter box has been a difficult proposition. In the past, this has often meant costly excavation, by heavy equipment, in order to make the necessary modifications to piping. Alternatively, Zorb et al. U.S. Pat. No. 4,691,727 described a resetter device having three, parallel axes. The water flow meter is reset to lie on an axis offset from but parallel to the main water flow axis. A water flow conditioning device, e.g. a backflow preventer, is installed in the main flow axis. In this arrangement, the water flow meter and resetter device piping lie directly above the connector fittings, thus making secure and proper installation a difficult task.
Objectives of the instant invention include providing a resetter device that permits installation of a backflow preventer or other flow conditioning device in line with a water flow meter in a meter box; and positioning the reset water flow meter within the meter box at an angle to the main water flow axis in order to permit access to connector fittings for easier installation and maintenance.
According to the invention, a resetter device is described for use in a water supply system having a meter box and, extending therewithin, a system outlet from a water supply system and a system inlet to a water consumer system, the inlet and outlet aligned in a main water supply axis and spaced apart by a predetermined distance selected to receive a water flow meter in connection between the inlet and outlet on the main water flow axis. The resetter has a body defining a first conduit and a second conduit, and a first horn and a second horn. The first conduit has a inlet adapted for connection to the system outlet and a first conduit outlet at which there is connected the first horn defining a flow path from the first conduit to a horn outlet. The second conduit has an inlet at which there is connected, via a joint, the second horn defining a flow path from a horn inlet to the second conduit. The horn inlet and horn outlet are opposed to each other and disposed along a water meter axis which lies at an acute angle to the main water flow axis. The horn inlet and horn outlet are adapted to receive a water flow meter in flow connection therebetween, with the water flow meter disposed along the water meter axis. The second conduit has an outlet adapted for flow connection to the system inlet. The water flow conditioning device is disposed between the outlet of the second conduit and the system inlet.
In preferred embodiments, the water flow conditioning device is a backflow preventer; the resetter device further comprises the backflow preventer connected at the outlet of the second conduit; the second horn is adapted for pivoting and telescoping movement relative to the body, preferably the joint of the second horn to the body comprises a slip joint double seal connection; and the resetter device further comprises a water flow meter disposed in flow connection between horn inlet and horn outlet.
These and other features and advantages will be seen from the following description of a presently preferred embodiment, and from the claims.
We first briefly describe the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a side view of a water flow meter assembly disposed in a meter box, with the meter reset at an acute angle to the main water flow axis by means of a resetter device of the invention;
FIG. 2 is a plan view of the water flow meter assembly of FIG. 1; and
FIGS. 3 and 4 are top and side views, respectively, of the resetter device of the invention.
Referring to FIG. 1, a water flow meter assembly 10 including a resetter device 12 of the invention is disposed within a standard meter box 14, e.g. a Brooks Meter Box #37H. Extending into the meter box on a main water flow axis, A, are opposed water flow inlet piping 16 and water flow outlet piping 18. The inlet piping includes a shut-off valve 20 and terminates in pipe connector fitting 22. The distance, D, between fitting 22 and threaded outlet 24 of outlet piping 18 is predetermined for installation of a water meter 25 therebetween, e.g. a Neptune Meter Model T-10.
According to the invention, in order to install, within the existing meter box 14, a backflow preventer in the water supply line between the main utility pipeline and a customer domestic water system, the water flow meter is removed, and a resetter device 12 of the invention installed immediately in its place. Referring now also to FIGS. 2, 3 and 4, the dimension of the resetter device (including backflow preventer) along the main flow axis, A, is also, D, corresponding to the dimension of the water meter.
The resetter device 12 consists of a diverter body 26, e.g. of cast bronze, having an externally threaded inlet 28 sized for engagement with the fitting 22 of the utility water flow outlet. The diverter body defines first and second conduits 32, 34, respectively. First Conduit 32 directs water flow from utility outlet 16 through the diverter body to horn 36, e.g. 1-inch diameter tubing of type k copper secured to the diverter body at a lead free solder joint 37 tested to 250 psi. Horn 36 defines a water flow conduit and extends upwardly to terminate at outlet 38 about which is disposed threaded pipe fitting 40. A second horn 42 has an inlet 44 opposed to outlet 38 of first horn 36, inlet/outlet 44/38 lying on axis B, spaced from and disposed at an acute angle to main water flow axis A. Horn 42, also formed of 1-inch diameter tubing of type k copper, is secured at joint 48 to inlet 46 of the diverter body second conduit 34. Joint 48 is preferably an integral slip joint double seal connection which provides telescoping and pivoting capabilities (arrows x, y) of horn 42 relative to diverter body 26 in order to permit and assure alignment of the assembly.
The second conduit 34 of diverter body 26 directs flow from joint 48 to diverter body outlet 50 at which there is disposed, in threaded engagement, a backflow preventer 52, e.g. a Watts Dual Check Series 7, as sold by Watts Regulator Company of North Andover, Massachusetts. The backflow preventer 52 in turn is connected to the inlet 24 of the piping 18 to the domestic system.
In this manner, there is provided an improved water flow meter assembly with backflow preventer installed within the confines of an existing (or newly installed) meter box. According to the invention, the resetter device inlet and outlet and the backflow preventer are disposed along the main flow axis A in the space occupied by the water flow meter in prior art constructions. The water flow meter is disposed thereabove, on water meter axis, B, at an acute angle to the main meter flow axis, A. As a result (best seen in FIG. 2). the water meter assembly arrangement of the invention allows easy access to the water shutoff valve 20, to the pipe fittings 22, 54 and to the backflow preventer 52 in order to permit installation and/or replacement of the water flow meter or other components from within the meter box.
Other embodiments are within the following claims.
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|US654615 *||14 avr. 1900||31 juil. 1900||Harry V Estill||Meter connection, meter and stop-cock box.|
|US1281293 *||28 juil. 1915||15 oct. 1918||H W Clark Co||Coupling for meters and like devices.|
|US3935736 *||19 août 1974||3 févr. 1976||Enright William E||Meter setter|
|US4691727 *||4 nov. 1985||8 sept. 1987||A. Y. Mcdonald Manufacturing Co.||Flow conditioning device resetter assembly|
|1||Product Literature, "Catalog No. 46", The Ford Meter Box Company, Inc. (no date).|
|2||Product Literature, "Copperline Couplings for Water Meters", Ford Catalog No. 34, Ford Meter Box Co (no date).|
|3||Product Literature, "Ford Meter Boxes", The Ford Meter Box Company, Inc (no date).|
|4||Product Literature, "The Meter Box Setter", The Ford Meter Company, Inc. (Jun. 1987).|
|5||Product Literature, "Water Meter Installation Applications", Watts Regulator Company (no date).|
|6||*||Product Literature, Catalog No. 46 , The Ford Meter Box Company, Inc. (no date).|
|7||*||Product Literature, Copperline Couplings for Water Meters , Ford Catalog No. 34, Ford Meter Box Co (no date).|
|8||*||Product Literature, Ford Meter Boxes , The Ford Meter Box Company, Inc (no date).|
|9||*||Product Literature, The Meter Box Setter , The Ford Meter Company, Inc. (Jun. 1987).|
|10||*||Product Literature, Water Meter Installation Applications , Watts Regulator Company (no date).|
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|US5559289 *||2 juin 1994||24 sept. 1996||Schlumberger Industries, Inc.||Integral water flow meter and backflow prevention assembly|
|US6178816||22 déc. 1998||30 janv. 2001||Arad Dalia, Ltd.||Water meter|
|US6386029||27 nov. 2000||14 mai 2002||Arad Dalia, Ltd.||Meter and a pipe connector therefore|
|US20160161940 *||4 déc. 2014||9 juin 2016||Yaakov S. MAX||Intelligent water emergency system|
|Classification aux États-Unis||137/364, 73/201, 285/30|
|Classification coopérative||Y10T137/6995, G01F15/185|
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Anxiety in Romantic Relationships -- It’s Complicated
Anxiety in romantic relationships, for better or worse, complicates love. I’ve had a variety of significant others. Some partners were supportive of my mental conditions, while others were not sympathetic to any significant degree. I’ve had to deal with many problems, such as rejection and anxiety about the state of my relationships. Though anxiety complicates my romantic relationships, it doesn’t make romance impossible for me.
Anxiety in Romantic Relationships and Rejection
There are many ways anxiety can complicate romantic relationships, but the most obvious is rejection. Most of us have experienced romantic rejection in our lives, but anxiety can make these experiences significantly worse. As a teenager, I hid my anxiety symptoms and disorders for fear of rejection. When my romances failed, I also obsessed about every possible cause of the break-up, nearly driving myself to a breakdown.
I’ve also had many men refuse to pursue a romantic relationship after hearing that I have anxiety disorders. A potential mate once said that he wasn’t concerned about my anxiety issues. Then when certain events revealed the severity of my condition, the same person suddenly acted as though there was something wrong with me. These rejections are beyond disconcerting to me. In fact, rejection can be devastating.
Address Anxiety Stigma in Romantic Relationships
For you to thrive in your romantic relationship with anxiety, both parties must recognize that anxiety is a real illness and not contrived. To understand your specific disorder or some basics about anxiety, encourage your partner to do some research. If possible, have your partner or spouse participate in counseling with you. If you have a disorder that is chronic, help them to understand that the course of your condition lasts a lifetime (How Mental Illness Stigma Affects Romantic Relationships).
I understand that it can be frustrating when your partner doesn’t entertain your perspective. Often, when choosing a partner, you need to consider the level of support they are willing and able to provide. But it is also important to recognize that your partner is not your therapist.
Don't Tolerate Abuse Just Because of Anxiety in Romantic Relationships
In my relationships, I’ve found that open and honest communication is key. I’m open about my disabilities, so much that I include my disorders on dating profiles. I’ve been the victim of disparaging comments because of it, but I am not ashamed of who I am. The insensitive comments help me weed out those who would be incompatible.
In one particularly harmful relationship, a partner chose to verbally abuse me about my mental illness. I will never tolerate this again as it was completely uncalled for. You do not deserve to be belittled because of your condition (Mental Illness Used as a Weapon). You matter just as much as your significant other. Just because anxiety complicates your romantic relationships, it doesn’t mean that your thoughts, ideas, and opinions don’t count.
Though not all partners are compatible with an anxiety sufferer, I haven’t given up hope that someone will truly value me while understanding my anxiety struggles. Anxiety often complicates romantic relationships, but education, equality, and empathy can effectively enhance romantic connections.
Slavin, C. (2018, January 22). Anxiety in Romantic Relationships -- It’s Complicated, HealthyPlace. Retrieved on 2019, September 20 from https://www.healthyplace.com/blogs/anxiety-schmanxiety/2018/01/its-complicated-anxiety-in-romantic-relationships

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Jonhnnie andrzej, stefan, ziomal, andy
Editor, Barista, and Personal Trainer in United Kingdom
Greetings, I’m Jonhnnie. I’m an editor living in United Kingdom. I am a fan of arts, cooking, and sports. I’m also interested in soccer and knitting. You can visit my website with a click on the button above.

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By on January 04 2018 20:41:00
A creative business card is memorable. It makes a positive impression when you hand it to a new contact or potential client. You want your business card to have a unique design—one that carries a visual punch. These are just a few reasons why it may be time for a new business card design. If you are planning your business card design right now, then scroll down for some visual inspiration.
Standard business cards are printed on cardstock, but you can opt for wood, slate, plastic or metal. This is another fantastic way to create a business card that will be kept and remembered. Not every printer offers plastic, wood, or metal business card prints, so if you are interested in this treatment make sure to source your printer before designing your cards. If you are using plastic, consider whether you want frosted, opaque or transparent and design accordingly.
This is a great concept as virtual business cards are the high tech eco friendly option to paper business cards as using paper is not very eco friendly as trees are cut down to make paper. Moreover the business individuals do not need to carry a stack of paper business cards in their pockets or wallets anymore. Also one will never run out of these types of business cards.
You want your business cards to make an impression. They should have a creative design that makes your business stand out. There are a number of styles of creative business cards, that range the gamut from expressive to more minimal design. Your business card should match the brand of your business and be creatively aligned with your goals.
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Not Your Mother, Not Your Milk
Animal rights aren't something I normally discuss on this blog, but it was National Vegetarian Week last week, and as my diet is a rather significant part of my life, I thought I'd share this essay with you. This was one of my folio essays for English this year, and it focuses on the role animal agriculture plays in global warming and poverty. It shocks me how little this issue is talked about, and it's something I want to focus more on in the future. I hope it gives you food for thought.
There is one single industry destroying our planet more than any other. It is the number one cause behind global warming, the main cause of animal cruelty and it plays an unmistakable role in the starvation and resultant death of millions of our world’s children. Yet when it comes to the meat and dairy industry, most of us don’t care that much about knowing where the meat in our Big Macs or chicken nuggets came from. We don’t establish the connection between bacon and slaughtered pigs, or between the milk on our breakfast table and cows who are forcibly separated from their offspring. We prefer not even remembering that a living and sentient creature had to be killed and cut into pieces in order for us to enjoy that finger lickin’ good chicken, and forget that many of the world’s starving children and suffering animals, aren’t actually lovin’ it.
So now to the real question: how does the meat and dairy industry get away with it? How is it that Britain, while regarding ourselves as a nation of animal lovers, we accept such terrible standards of meat production? If dogs and cats were treated as pigs and chickens are, there would be a deafening outcry. Why is it acceptable to treat some animals so brutally, but not others?
In 2015 the number of animals killed in British slaughterhouses was over a billion. This included 9.8 million pigs, nearly 15 million sheep, 18 million turkeys, 14 million ducks, over 945 million chickens and 2.6 million cattle. Add to that 4.5 billion fish and 2.6 billion shellfish and you have a total of over 8 billion animals killed in the UK every year.
Overall it is estimated that 22 million animals in the UK are slaughtered every day; 919,000 an hour; 15,000 per minute and 255 every second. The overwhelming majority of these animals have spent their entire lives confined inside sheds, never going outdoors for more than an hour at best. Their suffering isn’t just for a few hours or days, but lasts all their lives. Cows, separated from their new-born young, are confined in crates too narrow for them even to turn around in, let alone walk a few steps. Egg-laying hens are unable to stretch their wings because their cages are too small and too crowded. For example, on a chicken farm, the UK Government advises that for a “free-range” chicken “the maximum stocking density for chickens kept to produce meat for the table should be 38 kg/m2, which should not be exceeded at any time during the growing period.” 38 kg/m2 equates roughly to 526 cm2 per bird – less than the size of an A4 sheet of paper.
With such little space, and nothing to do, these birds become frustrated and attack each other. To prevent losses, producers sear off their beaks with a hot knife, cutting through sensitive nerves. In addition to being kept in sheds that hold 20,000 birds, they are bred to grow so fast that most of them develop leg problems because their immature bones cannot bear the weight of their bodies, causing their legs to break from underneath them. Another consequence of the genetics of these birds is that the breeding birds — the parents of the ones sold in supermarkets — are constantly hungry, because, unlike their offspring that are slaughtered at just 45 days old, they have to live long enough to reach sexual maturity. If fed as much as they are programmed to eat, they would soon become grotesquely obese and die or be unable to mate. So they are kept on strict rations that leave them always looking in vain for food.
Of course, animal cruelty isn’t the only problem with the UK’s meat and dairy industry. 82% of the world’s starving children live in countries where food is fed to animals that are then killed and eaten by more well off individuals in developed countries including the UK, America and in Europe, while one fourth of all grain produced by third world countries is given to livestock. Globally we are producing enough grain to feed two times as many people as there are in the world. In 2011, there was a record harvest of grain, with over 2.5 billion tons, yet more than half of that was fed to animals in the meat and dairy industries. Seventy seven percent of all coarse grains (corn, oats, sorghum, barley, etc.) and over 90% of all soy grown in the world was fed to livestock. So clearly, the difficulty is not how can we produce enough food to feed the hungry, but where all the food we produce globally is going. And it’s not just an abundance of food that’s going to the meat and dairy industry, but antibiotics as well.
On a typical factory farm, drugs are fed to animals with every meal. On poultry farms, they almost have to be: the animals have been bred to such extremes that sickness is inevitable, and the crowded living conditions promote illness. The result of these inhumane conditions is that UK farm animals are fed antibiotics non-therapeutically: that is, before they get sick. In Britain, nearly 45% of all antibiotics are used for farming. In other words, for every dose of antibiotics taken by a sick human, eight doses are given to a “healthy” animal. In addition to this, most of the drugs that are given to livestock are misused and incorporated into their diets daily for the purpose of weight gain, not just affecting the animals, but also the consumer. The overuse of antibiotics in livestock is just as, if not more harmful to humans as it creates an antibiotic resistant bacteria that can be transferred through several different ways, including raw meat and consumption of meat, while it can also be airborne. This makes humans resistant to certain types of drugs for different diseases, and makes it harder for them to fight off infections.
Another major issue with the meat and dairy industry is the permanent damage it has inflicted and continual harm it is causing to our planet. According to a World Watch Report, 51% of greenhouse gas emissions are caused by animal agriculture. At least five times more toxic than CO2, the methane gases that result from the digestive process of cows is in fact a massive factor causing Global Warming. Of course that, in order to make way for 70 billion animals that can provide us with eggs and milk and meat, a lot of forests had to be cut down. 91% of the Amazon rainforest, for instance, has been wiped out in order to reach a clean slate of land in which the animal agribusiness can thrive. Picture this: the rate of deforestation of rainforests in our planet is equivalent to one football field per second. Absolutely fundamental to the balance of global ecosystems, the Amazon Rainforest, also known as The Lungs of the World, is a giant air-purifying machine: it breathes CO2 in, it breathes oxygen out. Thanks to the meat and dairy industry our civilisation is on what can only be described as a suicidal path, that this essential key to our survival is being ravaged and annihilated at a terrifying pace.
Animal agriculture is the leading cause of species extinction, ocean dead zones, water pollution, and habitat destruction. Animal agriculture contributes to species extinction in many ways. In addition to the monumental habitat destruction caused by clearing forests and converting land to grow feed crops and for animal grazing, predators and "competition" species are frequently targeted and hunted because of a perceived threat to livestock profits. The widespread use of pesticides, herbicides and chemical fertilizers used in the production of feed crops often interferes with the reproductive systems of animals and poisons waterways – making crucial water sources unusable for several of the world’s most deprived and needy villages. The overexploitation of wild species through commercial fishing, the bushmeat trade as well as animal agriculture’s impact on climate change, all contribute to global depletion of species and resources.
The meat and dairy industry is destroying our planet. It is the number one cause behind global warming, the main cause of animal cruelty and it plays an unmistakable role in the starvation and resultant death of millions of our world’s children. Every second, it is responsible for the death of 255 innocent animals and yet, Britain, a nation of animal lovers doesn’t establish the connection between bacon and slaughtered pigs, or between the milk on our breakfast table and cows who are forcibly separated from their offspring. If we really are a nation of animal lovers then maybe it’s time we remembered that if it’s not your mother, it’s not your milk.


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Suspect arrested in storage unit fire in Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Sioux Falls police have arrested a suspect in a weekend fire that damaged a 40-unit storage building.
The blaze at the Arena Storage complex was reported shortly before 11:30 p.m. Saturday. Investigators determined the fire started inside one of the storage units.
Police on Sunday arrested a 52-year-old man who they say had been living in the building. The charges he was arrested on included reckless burning and failing to report a dangerous fire.
No injuries were reported in the fire.


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“Cancer takes away your control, but when you start recovery that’s when you start to take that control back. That’s what I found through the Marie Keating Foundation’s Survive and Thrive programme”
“I remember sitting with my oncology nurse at my review in October and just telling her how unprepared I was to face life after treatment,” Noeleen explains. “She was surprised and kept asking me what I meant but it was the truth. Once you say goodbye to the nurses and the doctors that have been treating you all those months, and you leave the hospital, you’re very much on your own.”
In April 2019, Noeleen felt a lump in her right breast and went to her GP for advice. On the first of May, Noeleen and her two daughters went for a mammogram and biopsy in the Breast Clinic in Letterkenny and it was here she was told she had grade three breast cancer.
“I don’t remember very much from the day,” Noeleen says. “I was the last patient of the day so when they told me, I don’t think I really took it in. I was aware that the two girls were in the waiting room outside and I was grateful for that because I didn’t want them to hear their Mum had cancer from a stranger.”
For the next twelve months, Noeleen went through a series of treatments to treat her cancer including chemo, a lumpectomy and radiotherapy and in June 2020, was told she was officially in remission. She had officially been through 12 months of treatment.
“I always assumed that when I finished treatment that I would just go back to my life as it was. And when my GP told me that that couldn’t happen and I wouldn’t be fit for work for almost a year, I was absolutely devastated.”
Working as a Special Education teacher in her local primary school in Donegal, getting back to “her kids” was something Noeleen looked forward to, but when the side effects of treatment reared their head, it forced Noeleen to take the time to process what she had been through, and how she was going to continue on in her life after cancer.
“The fatigue was terrible. You could be having a great day and then the tiredness just wipes you out. One thing about the Survive and Thrive group was that I was able to talk to people who understood what I was going through, and it made me feel like I wasn’t crazy.”
Struggling to come to term with her “new normal”, Noeleen saw a tweet about the free Survive and Thrive six-week programme online and decided to sign up.
“Having the session on Zoom was amazing. Living in Donegal, I never would have had the opportunity to take part in something like this pre-COVID, and I’m so glad that I did.”
Over the six weeks, Noeleen shared her story, and her struggles, and listed to her peer’s experiences. The structured programme plan and booklet helped Noeleen to co-ordinate her schedule and anticipate the weeks ahead while making constructive progress for her own recovery.
“Helen, Maeve and Paul, our facilitators, were fantastic. They really brought a group of strangers together and made us a community. After the programme ended, we really missed speaking to each other, so we started a Whatsapp group and are still in touch, sharing the good news and the bad news with each other, to this day.”
Noeleen was lucky that she had her three children to help support her during her cancer treatment and recovery, and now, she hopes to share her experience to make others on a cancer journey more prepared for what comes after.
“If I can help even one person get to grips with what to expect after treatment, it will have been worth it. Because I didn’t have that. The Survive and Thrive course made me realise that even though I survived cancer, to really thrive, I needed to be able to accept what my life looks like now, and I’m glad I didn’t have to do that alone.”
The Marie Keating Foundation’s free six week Survive and Thrive workshops help cancer survivors like Noeleen adapt to life after treatment ends while giving everyone the tools they need to manage the side effects of cancer. Due to the spread of COVID-19, these workshops are now being hosted online, and all are welcome. To learn more and sign up for our next series of workshops, visit www.mairekeating.ie

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Pasqua First Nation has tentative deal to settle long-standing flood claim
The Pasqua First Nation has tentatively agreed to a $20-million compensation deal with the federal and provincial governments, to settle claims relating to flooding in the Qu'Appelle Lakes chain.
The deal must be ratified by band members, who have until September to vote on the package.
If the deal is approved, the Pasqua First Nation would be the fifth of eight First Nations to reach a settlement.
The First Nations have complained for years that a series of dams on lakes in the area has led to annual flooding of First Nations land.

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Popping up more and more on travel blogs, including Lonely Planet’s recommendation of places to visit in 2018, Hamburg was high on my list of places to check out for a weekend away from London.
A short flight from England’s capital, Germany’s second largest city is the ideal location for a city place- easy to explore on foot, but a lot of things to see and do.
When I found a £55 return fare for a weekend at the end of February, I knew my time to visit the second busiest industrial city in Europe (after Rotterdam) had come.
What to Do
- Wander historic Speicherstadt: Hamburg’s old warehouse district situated over canals is beautiful, worth a stroll to explore and see Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg’s new concert hall- a stunning display of architecture
- Take in a view of the city from St. Michaelis: For a few euros, you can climb a few flights of stairs and then take a lift to the top of the church tower for a gorgeous view of the city. The church itself is also stunning, take a few moments to appreciate the grandeur
- Go shopping: Normally not one for heavy shopping while on holiday, I enjoyed popping in and out of stores in Hamburg, namely because many of them reminded me of my Scandi favourites in Amsterdam, Denmark and Sweden
- Winkel van Sinkel: Homeware, plants galore and cute accessories. Pretty much perfection
- Granit: PRAISE HANDS. I first discovered the Scandi Granit chain in Sweden a year ago- it’s like a chic Ikea, let’s just say it was love at first sight. Stoked to discover a branch in Hamburg
- & other stories: Another one of my favourite clothing/accessory stores. Even though they’re all over the UK, couldn’t resist treating myself to a pair of earrings and a Moroccan mint tea spray
- All My Friends: Tons of local goods- housewares, clothing, accessories
- B-Lage: A hipster pop-up, but even I’ll admit I was into some of their tote bags and art work
- Take a day trip to Bremen: Known as one of Germany’s most charming cities (actually its own state), Bremen is a perfect day trip from Hamburg
- Enjoy the city’s lakes and canals: Like Venice, the centre of Hamburg is an intersection of canals, lakes and side streets with bridges binding everything together. I visited in February, so didn’t spend too much time outside, but from what I saw, Hamburg would be an excellent place to visit in summer- I’ve heard a bunch of restaurants open outdoor waterfront seating/lounge areas, perfect for enjoying that summer sun
- A few activities I didn’t have time for: City & harbour tours, Miniature Wunderland (miniature model railway display), Chocoversum (a chocolate factory that allows visitor tours), and the Altona fish market (go on Sunday mornings)
Where to Eat & Drink
- Zum Spatzle: When in Germany, I always eat spatzle. This small, cosy restaurant was dishing out the best homemade spatzle I’ve ever had- 10/10 would visit again
- Otto’s Burger: Burgers are mandatory in Hamburg, right? 😉 Ordered one of the best veggie burgers I’ve ever had here, along with super good rosemary sweet potato fries and an oreo shake. Dug the decor here too, will definitely be back if I’m ever in Hamburg again
- Atelier F: We were supposed to come to this French inspired restaurant for dinner one night, but ended up ordering pizza and drinking wine in our hotel because of some pretty aggressive snow fall. On the to-try list next time, for sure
- Urban Foodie: Vegetarian & super food heaven. If you’re looking for healthy eats (+1 for the fresh salads and sweet potato soup), this is the place to come
- Hej Papa: Came here for a leisurely Sunday breakfast, which proved to be an excellent decision. Curled up in the window seat with a book, brie/apple/honey croissant and fruit salad while watching the snow fall
- Le Lion: Mostly, we drank wine/beer at dinner or in our hotel (Hamburg was a very relaxing trip), but I did pop into one of Hamburg’s best cocktail bars to check it out. Le Lion is known for their gin smashes- I tried the basil one, highly recommend
- Eiskantine: We visited Hamburg in February, and even though it was cold, we couldn’t pass up having ice cream here- on the day we visited, it was packed
- Public Coffee Roasters: Ace flat white, locations all over the city
- Playground Coffee: Awesome spot to hangout and sip delicious coffee
- tornqvist: Excellent filter coffee
- less political: An entire section of the menu dedicated to cold brew? YES, please
- Joe & the Juice: Locations throughout the city, a must visit for great veggie juices/smoothies
Where to Stay
Originally, I’d reserved an Airbnb in the centre of the city. February was a pretty busy month though, and so a few days before I left to visit Hamburg, I decided to cancel my Airbnb and book a hotel- Scandic Hamburg Emporio.
All I wanted that weekend was a biiiiiig comfy bed and blackout curtains, and Scandic delivered on both. It didn’t hurt the hotel was in a cute neighbourhood (nearby Neustadt) and nearby a few U stations and bus stops. A definite splurge (in comparison to the Airbnb I’d booked), but worth it.
How to Get Around
To/from the airport, we took the subway. Cheap and quick. Once in the city, I walked just about everywhere. Hamburg is well connected via subway and bus, but when Google’ing routes, I found walking to take just as long, and in some cases was the quicker option.
One thing to note: Germany’s public transit system relies on the honor code. Once you buy a ticket, you’ll need to validate it and then carry it with you until it expires.

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Volume 16 • Issue 2
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- Society and the Fine Arts
Despite our innate drive to make art, the last 25 years of our creative history have been tempestuous times in the relationship between the fine artsballet, opera, theatre, classical music, painting, photography, sculpture and the likeand society.
- Fine Arts Performance Profiles: Four Alumni Discuss Life and Art
- Fine Arts Building Renovations
- A Day in the Life: Alumni Document the Acting Life in Chicago


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WHEN YOU LOOK BACK AND SEE ONE FOOTPRINTS! YOU KNOW THAT WHEN DRUNK HULK CARRY YOU!
1. WORST END OF WORLD! EVER!
Before I became Drunk Hulk online, I was Drunk Hulk in the real life, only less green and far less charming. This was St. Patrick’s Day of 2003. I was sloppy drunk at a pub in Tampa, Florida. There was a guy onstage playing covers out on the patio. It was hot and humid, even though it was past midnight. On all the televisions you could see President Bush letting everyone know that we’d be at war in 48 hours. In a strange way it felt like a party at the end of the world.
And it was the end of the world for me. I had received an email earlier that said if I really wanted the job, it was mine. All I had to do was let them know. You just need to ask yourself: is this something you really want? the email read. There was a catch – the job was in Poland. I had promised myself I’d be living in Europe by the time I was 30, but really, Poland? That wasn’t even on my Top 10 List. But I knew if I didn’t take this opportunity, this wheel-spinning that I called my life would continue.
I’d have to quit my job, sell everything I owned, put all my money together, leave all my friends and family behind, and move 5,000 miles away. What if the job isn’t real? What if it sucks? What if I end up in some kind of sex dungeon?
I walked the 30 second walk home (living next to a pub was the greatest and worst thing that ever happened to me in Florida), stumbled through the front door, crawled up the stairs to my bedroom, turned the computer on, and wrote Yes, this is what I want.
I woke up four hours later. It was a half hour ride on the motorcycle to get to work. I rode the Howard Frankland – a five-mile bridge across the bay – as the sun rose behind me and dolphins jumped in and out of the water, and I felt so fucking free I could cry.
2. YOU DRINK LIKE DRUNK HULK TOO! IF YOU HEAR SAD PIANO MUSIC EVERY TIME YOU WALK DOWN STUPID STREET!
5,000 miles and six years later, I was sitting in a coffee shop trying to finish a short story. This was one October morning in 2009. I was writing a horror story about a three minute video that was uploaded on YouTube and became the most popular video of all time; the only problem was that its viewers went insane after they saw it. The story was written as a kind of academic article about the phenomena and what was being done to stop it. When I finished the story, I was enormously proud of the piece, but my mind was still lingering in that apocalyptic world.
I wish I could explain to you the process of what happened next, but somewhere along the way I was thinking about the Hulk. I considered the idea of what he’d be like drunk and melancholy. I found some comic panels of the Hulk dizzy and then vomiting. I thought of Twitter. I saw that “@DRUNKHULK” was available. I created the account. All of this happened in a span of about five minutes. I say this to you to explain that I honestly put so very little thought into Drunk Hulk that it’s embarrassing.
At 11:19 am, I tweeted: HULK DRUNK!
I had a few other tweets in mind for later, but I didn’t know what he’d be saying the following day, let alone the following week. I figured that this would be a nice little diversion to clean out my head before starting the next short story I wanted to tackle.
I didn’t expect that by the end of the week a couple hundred people would be following Drunk Hulk, a thousand by the end of the month, and three thousand by the end of the year. I spent most of my life writing, hoping for readers to give my work a chance, and the moment I started writing in ALL CAPS in broken English, they started paying attention.
Three and a half years later I’m still tweeting with close to 200,000 followers with no end in sight.
3. NO GO CHASE WATERFALL! PLEASE STICK TO RIVER AND LAKE YOU USE TO!
I’m a fan of good endings, whether it’s the finale of my favorite television show or the last page of a good book. They’re so difficult to pull off as a writer, especially when you know they can sometimes make and break the story.
Some writers like to outline where they’re going with the story. I’m the kind of writer who likes to figure it out as I go along. But I’ve tried outlining. In fact, the outline of my novel has been on the wall of my office for over a year now, from start to finish, and I’ll be damned if I can follow it. Having a plan might work for some people, but it’s not for me. I’m the kind of person who prefers taking the long way home.
The best part of writing is when you’re writing so fast that you reach the place where even you don’t know where it’s going, and the surprises are happening in real time so you’re not only the writer but the first reader too. That’s where it becomes pure magic. But those moments are difficult to get to, which is why a lot of writers sit down every day like junkies in front of their computers wondering if this will be the day they recapture that first high.
I see writing as wandering through the wilderness until I finally find the river. Once I’m there, it’s just a matter of getting in and letting it take you where you need to be.
Bear with me here, I’m still trying to figure out where this is going.
4. YOU HAD DRUNK HULK AT JELL-O! SHOT!
I never planned on being Drunk Hulk. Then again, Bruce Banner never planned on being next to a gamma bomb when it exploded. Luckily for me, I don’t need to get angry; I just hit the Caps Lock and off I go. I use Drunk Hulk to comment on what’s happening in the world and pop culture, but mostly I do this because I really like making people laugh.
If you would’ve told me 12 years ago that I’d be living in Poland and that I was known for writing in ALL CAPS in 140 characters or less, I probably would’ve been extremely confused.
Why would anyone limit themselves to 140 characters or less?
That sounds awful.
5. DRUNK HULK BREAK UP WITH BARTENDER! SHE REFUSE BRING WORK HOME WITH HER!
You want to know what’s awful? Waking up in a strange bedroom with a hangover the size of Texas, covered in vomit. Not only that, but there’s vomit on the bed, walls, floor. Everywhere.
I immediately jumped out of bed in a blind panic. I was mortified that I could do something like this. Instead of fleeing, I started to clean up the mess because that’s how my parents raised me. While I was doing this, I saw pictures on the shelf that helped me to connect some dots. I met the girl in that photograph last night. This is her apartment. She probably freaked out when I started vomiting everything I’ve ever eaten in my entire life all over everything she values in life. She must have run out of the room in disgust. She was probably calling the police. Or maybe she was calling her friends to come over and kill me.
After 10 minutes of frantically cleaning up the mess with little success, the door opened. She was standing there with a bucket and a mop. She said the most amazing thing: “I can’t believe you’re cleaning up my puke.”
That used to be my life, before I became Drunk Hulk.
6. DRUNK HULK TRY PRACTICE POLE DANCING! BUT NEIGHBOR MR KIEŚLOWSKI NO ABLE SUPPORT DRUNK HULK WEIGHT!
Since I’ve become Drunk Hulk, I’ve had the pleasure to speak with agents, editors, publishers, television people and more. The calls always start off extremely positive. They seem genuinely excited to talk to me while I’m doing everything I can to stifle my own excitement, trying not to sound too eager. It’s a weird thing to go from being the person no one is interested in to suddenly the person everyone is interested in. They want to know what my plans are. What I’d like to do. They sometimes talk possibilities and money. And then it happens, the part I always dread; they ask, “By the way, where are you?”
“Poland,” I answer.
“Poland? As in the country?”
Sometimes they move the phone far enough away so I can’t hear the sigh.
7. NEVER QUOTE YOUSELF! IT MAKE YOU LOOK RIDICULOUS!” – DRUNK HULK!
Here is the thing. I’ve been publishing stories regularly since I was 16 years old. I still have the paycheck stub from that first published piece. I’ve written for free. I’ve written for empty promises. I’ve written for free copies. I’ve written for money. I’ve written just to be read.
I know I’m supposed to write for myself. And I do. When I’m writing a story, I’m madly in love with it in the true Bretonian sense. Writing is life for me, but being read is living. It completes the transaction.
For the first time in my life I have a small and amazing audience, but I’m so ridiculously removed from them it’s not even funny. The people who call don’t seem to know what to do with me. One television person told me that if I were living in New York City, my life would be dramatically different.
Maybe. The reality is, if I never moved to Poland, I’d never be sitting in that coffee shop on that October day and the idea of Drunk Hulk would probably have never occurred to me.
That door had to be opened at that specific place and time.
8. DRUNK HULK STEP ON DOVE BY ACCIDENT! PRINCE FULL OF CRAP! THAT NO HOW IT SOUND LIKE WHEN THEY CRY AT ALL!
Speaking of a specific place and time, let me tell you about the loneliest moment in my life. Years ago I flew from Asheville to Atlanta, and from there I took the last plane back to Philadelphia. There was a snowstorm systematically shutting down the northeastern part of the country. I was lucky to be in the air at all, but I didn’t feel lucky because a girl had just broken my heart.
I arrived in an empty Philadelphia International in the middle of the night. Because there were no buses, I had to walk in a foot of snow to my car in the long term parking lot, dragging an uncooperative suitcase. I was wearing a lot of layers, but that didn’t seem to stop the wind and snow in the least. It wasn’t until I finally made it to my car did I realize that my car keys were back in North Carolina, at her house.
I’d be lying to you if I said I handled that moment well. When I think of loneliness, I don’t remember the empty beds in my life or the feeling of being misunderstood, I remember that moment in Philadelphia in the cold, tired, broken-hearted, and unable to call anyone for help.
I remember that moment, and more importantly, I remember what happened next.
I found the last taxi in the planet back at the airport. The driver was an old man who agreed to drive me to my apartment in New Jersey, wait as I broke into my place to retrieve my extra set of keys, and drive me back to the airport in a blizzard (I was really hellbent on getting my car back home).
We talked. He listened as I dumped all of my problems on him. I liked the way he laughed. On the way back to the airport, we stopped at a gas station. I bought him a cup of coffee. We started talking about his life. And somewhere along the way, he said, “I love my wife. Loved her since the first time I put my eyes on her. I could tell you good stories. The kids are all grown and now it is just her and me again. I want to retire. I want to spend more time with her. Every night I get into bed with her, I know that someday this is going to end. The good things never last as long as you want them to, as you know. The kids grow up and leave. We get old. Nothing you can do to stop it. Like trying to beat a river with your fists. That’s how I see it: like a river rising on you. Flooding everything you know and love. You can fight it all you want. Break every bone in your body. Give up and drown if you like. Or, you know, you can swim.”
When I was finally home and warm in the early morning, I wrote down what he said. It’s been in one of my writing notebook for 15 years now.
I never got his name, which is a shame, because I feel like he saved my life.
9. BARTENDER SAY DRINK ON HOUSE! IF THAT TRUE! DRUNK HULK NO BE HERE! AND BE HOME ON ROOF INSTEAD!
As Drunk Hulk, I’m what you call Barely Internet Famous (BIF). This means that if you came across my website and noticed that I’m the writer behind Drunk Hulk, you might spend 10 more seconds than usual before clicking back to porn.
In Real Life, however, being Drunk Hulk means absolutely nothing.
Here is an example: TIME called Drunk Hulk “one of [their] favorite funnymen.” That quote had me feeling like a million dollars. A week later, I made a joke with my wife and she said, “You’re not funny, Christian.” And I said, “You’re wrong because TIME said I’m funny.” She stared at me for a long time, and said, “That’s not how that works.”
That said, Drunk Hulk has created a few opportunities. Last year I did two TEDx talks because of Drunk Hulk. At the one I did in Warsaw, I stood in front of a thousand people and said, “Hello, I’m Drunk Hulk.” Later on there was a party and everyone kept buying me drinks – a steady supply of vodka and beer – as if I was expected to live up to my name. “I’m not really Drunk Hulk,” I said. And they would all laugh and say, “You’re funny.”
“That’s what TIME said! But my wife doesn’t believe me.”
I drank all night without paying.
I felt like the prettiest girl at the bar.
10. YOU CAN HAVE YOU CAKE! AND EAT IT TOO! ESPECIALLY IF YOU BAKE IT YOURSELF IN SECRET!
When I stepped off the plane for the first time in Poland, I had two large suitcases full of everything I owned. In my passport, I had a folded piece of paper that was a copy of the email which proclaimed that I had a job in Poland. I still had no idea if the job was even real.
At that moment, I had nothing and I had everything.
I didn’t know a lot then. I didn’t know about how happy the job was going to make me. I didn’t know how amazing Poland was. I didn’t know about the woman I was about to meet and eventually marry. I didn’t know about the twins we’d create. I didn’t know about Drunk Hulk. I didn’t know about the stories I was going to write. And all the rest that’s still to come.
But I did know this: I was tired of doing jobs that I hated; tired of making the wrong people happy; tired of stressing out over bullshit; tired of being lonely; tired of not knowing where to put my heart; and just tired of being tired.
Most importantly, I knew in my heart that I had finally left the wilderness. I had stepped into the river and I wasn’t going to fight it.
I was going to let it take me home.
Now let’s see where this book takes me.
[Cue sad piano music]
While Drunk Hulk’s larger-than-life presence online is a story in itself, the most amazing story is what happened behind-the-scenes. Christian A. Dumais was just another struggling writer drinking his way through a quarter of the planet in search of love, happiness and everything in between before finally ending up in Poland. One day Christian accidentally stumbled into a gamma-explosion of inspiration and discovered that he transformed into Drunk Hulk whenever he hit the Caps Lock. In the process he changed his life and writing forever.
BEING DRUNK HULK is the book fans of Drunk Hulk have been waiting for: a collection of funny drunk stories, unbelievable anecdotes about living abroad and being a so-called “internet celebrity”, and lots of inspirational advice on writing and using social media – with or without the Caps Lock.
Are you interested in reading this book? If so, let me know. And more importantly, tweet, update and share away!

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In this article, we will talk about the features of a Carraro brand gears and shafts. And also about the production and usage of them. We will also mention the disadvantages of using imitation spare parts. It is a sure thing that using imitation products is much more expensive in the long run.
• It is made of selected steel.
• The material has a strong resistance to fatigue.
• Spare parts to be used for heavy work; Thanks to the spline and teeth configuration according to Carraro standards, it increases the toughness and service life of the shafts and gears.
• Design and production with the latest technological equipment.
• Meticulous tests run.
• Obtained from scrap steel.
• Break quickly due to non-standardized production.
• Poor quality spare parts that are not subject to any test.
The correct configuration and design of the gears and shafts according to Carraro manufacturing standards allows the correct assembly of the connected parts. The use of Carraro brand spare parts also brings the following features;
• Correctly matching teeth.
• Long years of unchanged performance, stable use.
• Circular teeth tolerance according to Carraro specifications.
• Excellent grip and strong wear resistance.
• Long service life.
Spare parts that do not conform to the original drawings and calculations can lead to the following;
• Noise and Vibration.
• Possible breakage of connecting parts.
• Difficulties in part assembly.
• Unexpected and irregular wear on products.


Singapore’s fuel oil imports have been rising steadily since last August, reaching a peak of 950kbd in December, before witnessing a slight slowdown last month that is likely to be temporary. Robust bunker sales in Singapore, combined with an open east-west arbitrage last quarter have been the driver behind the growth momentum in recent months.
Imports of fuel oil cargoes from Northwest Europe in January reached 85kbd, the highest since July 2022, buoyed by a short-lived open arbitrage which has since closed. Increased supplies from Indonesia and Japan have lifted total supplies from Asia into Singapore to over 250kbd in the last two months, and are on-track to surpass this level for the third month. This has consequently lifted the share of LSFO imports into Singapore significantly to over 50% in December and January, up from under 30% last August.
Singapore’s bunker sales could see more upside in the months ahead, fuelling the country’s imports. More vessels choosing to transit via the Cape of Good Hope instead of the Suez Canal and travelling at higher speed to reduce delivery times have led to increased bunker demand globally, with an expected outsized benefit to Singapore.
While many tankers have avoided the Bab El-Mandeb, a healthy number of vessels carrying Russian residual fuel oil are still opting to travel through the Bab El-Mandeb. As of 14 February, four tankers laden with Russian residual fuel oil have transited through the Cape of Good Hope, and another three tankers are headed towards the waypoint. Other tankers with Russian residues on board are still transiting through Bab El-Mandeb but more vessels could be seen diverting towards the Cape of Good Hope if tensions continue to escalate.


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Robin wants to be the first person to complete the Microtransat Challenge, which aims to stimulate the development of autonomous sailing boats through competition.
Failing technology, storms and 'curious dolphins' have been blamed for sending previous boats to the depths.
Robin, from Sunninghill, is waiting for the perfect conditions to launch the boat - and the journey will take up to six months as it crawls along at 2-3 knots.
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NFL Nation reporters make their best predictions for what will happen in the NFL draft.
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Russillo goes all in on the NFL Draft with Todd McShay, plus Albert Breer on the Josh Rosen chatter and a story about Baker Mayfield and the Patriots.
Odell Beckham didn't hold back in a Twitter rant against the Giants -- especially GM Dave Gettleman -- and said he's perfectly happy now that he's with the Browns.
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Contactmusic: Hi Billy, how are you?
Billy McCarthey: I'm really good thanks man!
CM: Your new self-titled album 'Augustines' is set for release on the 3rd February, what can you tell us about the new album?
BM: It's really a continuation of our past work, which we're all really excited about. We were pleased with the reception the first album got and we tried to replicate that with this album.
CM: How did it feel going back into the studio to begin recording the self-titled 'Augustines?'
BM: It was really exhilarating, man! I went back to my former grade school actually and met with the music teacher I had. They gave me the keys to my old music room and let me have it for the day, so I sat in there with my grade school teacher and started writing some lyrics and came up with a few riffs too. It was really weird being back there but I really enjoyed it. We took ourselves away to a remote part of Canada to write a lot of the tracks, and really isolated ourselves. We had like really bad snow storms while we were out there but we got a lot of it done!
CM: Your debut album 'Rise Ye Sunkern Ships' received really high critical acclaim, did you feel any pressure for the new album to live up to this?
BM: We always feel pressure. I mean, I don't consider ourselves musicians as much as I consider us artists you know? And as artists we're always trying to better our previous attempts, we were a bit overwhelmed with the feedback we got from the first album but if anything it just made us feel excited about getting this new material out there!
CM: You released the video for 'Nothing To Lose But Your Head', videos seem quite an integral part of Augustines, they always are to a high quality, do you think that other forms of media are just as important as the music itself?
BM: Absolutely, things are changing in the music industry, the good old days are sort of like a look in the rear view mirror, it's so much more difficult to get going. I mean, I did a bit of busking, and there are a lot of buskers on the streets in the UK but I don't think buskers really get listened to anymore as everyone seems to walk around with ear phones! People are always on the go nowadays too so they don't really have the time to read blurbs or reviews about a band they don't know, so we're always thinking of new ways to get ourselves out there and the videos are certainly a way of doing this. I mean, I consider myself a really visual person, I don't know if that comes across at all, but it's great to put all this hard work into our videos and see it pay off!
CM: Your fans put a lot of interest into all aspects of the band, how encouraging is this?
BM: I mean it when I say this but without our fans we certainly wouldn't be where we are today, the support we get is overwhelming at times, it hasn't always an easy ride being in the band but it's worth it when we play at shows and hearing the fans singing along with us. It's really heart-warming! I really mean it from the bottom of my heart when I say this but I just want to thank the fans for all the support and we really appreciate it!
CM: Are there any aspects of being in a band that daunt you?
BM: Absolutely, being in New York is a really tough place to be - it's really competitive and being in the music industry is a bit uncertain at times. But musicians are like cockroaches you know! We'll keep on surviving and always find a way to get our music out there!
CM: You embark on a tour of the US/Canada, starting in Vancouver on the 5th Feb, how much do you enjoy performing your work live?
BM: Absolutely we do, playing live is perhaps the best part about being in a band! As I said, I'm a really visual person so I really enjoy being on the stage, working with all the extra effects like the lights and stuff, as I said, I'm a really visual person so I like to express that on the stage!
CM: You have a big following in the UK, is there anything you like/dislike about playing in the UK?
BM: We love performing live in the UK. Even more so now our band is part British (in reference to Al Hardiman who has joined the band for the forthcoming tour) We don't really have football (soccer) in the US and the crowds we get at shows really remind me of the crowds soccer attracts, the Brits are really enthusiastic and vocal whereas the Americans are at times a bit subdued, but yeah we love the atmosphere and always seem to meet interesting people wherever we go. What don't I like about the UK? Coffee! I'm not a huge tea person, and I always seem to put on a few pounds from your full English breakfasts!
CM: I believe you met an interesting set of Welsh rugby fans whilst in the UK?
BM: Yeah! I was in a hotel trying to get some sleep and I heard all this noise outside my hotel room, so I opened the door and I was only in my boxers, and tried to go all Brooklyn shouting "hey what the hell's going on out here?" and these big Welsh lads all tried to lunge at me, it was a little impressive actually!
CM: Is there anything else we should be looking out for throughout the rest of the year?
BM: A lot of touring I think! We're going to have a really busy year and we're all looking forward to it! I don't think we'll get off the road until 2019 now!
CM: Thanks for your time!
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Parasite and Once Upon a Time, along with ADG period film nominees The Irishman, Jojo Rabbit and 1917, are contenders for the Oscar in the production design category.
Over the past five years, the winner of the ADG's period film prize went on to win the Oscar for production design twice, in 2015 for The Grand Budapest Hotel and in 2018 for The Shape of Water. The production design Oscar went to the winner of the fantasy category twice, in 2016 for Mad Max: Fury Road and 2019 for Black Panther. And in 2017, La La Land picked up the ADG Award for a contemporary film on the way to winning the Oscar for production design.
Additional ADG Award winners this year included Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story 4 in the animated feature category, as well as The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Chernobyl, Russian Doll, The Umbrella Academy and The Big Bang Theory.
Also on the evening, Chuck Lorre accepted the Guild's Cinematic Imagery Award, while four lifetime achievement awards were presented, to Joe Alves, from the art directors council; Denis Olsen, from the scenic, title and graphic artists council; Stephen Myles Berger, from the set designers and model makers council; and Jack Johnson, from the illustrators and matte artists council.
Upon accepting his award, Alves (Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind) recalled driving 3,000 miles to find a "strange mountain" for Close Encounters, during which he located the iconic Devil's Tower. He got a laugh as he reminded the crowd that today you would just Google it.
Syd Mead, the late "visual futurist" and concept artist best known for his work on Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Aliens and Blade Runner, received the William Cameron Menzies Award posthumously. The award was presented by Denis Villeneuve.
Oscar nominated art director and production designers William J. Creber, best known for his work on The Poseidon Adventure and The Towering Inferno and the first three Planet of the Apes movies, and Roland Anderson, best known for Breakfast at Tiffany's, White Christmas and Cecil B. DeMille's Cleopatra, were inducted into the ADG Hall of Fame.
A complete list of winners is below.
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