Air conditioner makes loud noise when starting6 min readReading Time: 4 minutes
When an air conditioner starts making a loud noise, it can be a cause for concern. This noise is usually caused by a lack of lubrication in the compressor, which can lead to damage if not addressed.
If your air conditioner is making a loud noise when starting, the first thing you should do is call a professional to come and take a look at it. There may be something wrong with the compressor that needs to be fixed.
In the meantime, you can try lubricating the compressor yourself. This can be done by adding a few drops of oil to the compressor’s crankcase. Be sure to use only SAE 10W-30 or 20W-50 oil, as other types of oil may be harmful to the air conditioner.
If your air conditioner is still making a loud noise after you’ve lubricated the compressor, it may be time to replace the unit. Contact a professional to find out if this is necessary.
Table of Contents
- 1 Why is my AC making a loud noise when I turn it on?
- 2 Why is my AC so loud all of a sudden?
- 3 Why does my AC compressor make loud noise?
- 4 What does a bad AC compressor sound like?
- 5 What does a bad AC fan motor sound like?
- 6 What does a failing home AC compressor sound like?
- 7 Can low Freon cause compressor noise?
Why is my AC making a loud noise when I turn it on?
If your AC is making a loud noise when you turn it on, it could be a sign that there is something wrong with the unit. There are several possible causes of this issue, so it’s important to troubleshoot the problem and take corrective action as necessary.
One possible cause of an AC making a loud noise is a clogged air filter. If the filter is clogged, it can’t work properly and will cause the unit to make noise. You should replace the air filter regularly to prevent this from happening.
Another possible cause is a problem with the fan. If the fan is dirty or damaged, it can cause the AC to make a loud noise. You should clean or replace the fan as necessary to correct the problem.
Finally, if the AC is making a loud noise, it could be a sign that there is a problem with the compressor. If the compressor is damaged or malfunctioning, it can cause the unit to make noise. You should have a qualified technician inspect the compressor to determine if it needs to be replaced.
If your AC is making a loud noise, it’s important to troubleshoot the problem and take corrective action as necessary. By addressing the issue, you can help ensure that the AC runs smoothly and quietly.
Why is my AC so loud all of a sudden?
There are a few reasons why your AC might be louder than normal. It could be that the AC is just old and needs to be replaced, or there could be a problem with the unit itself.
If your AC is making strange noises, it’s best to call a professional to take a look at it. It could be a sign that the compressor is failing, or that the unit is overheating.
If your AC is just louder than usual, there are a few things you can do to try to fix the problem. First, check to make sure that all of the vents in your home are open. Make sure that the filter is clean, and that there is nothing blocking the airflow.
If that doesn’t work, it might be time to call a professional to take a look at your AC unit. It could be that it just needs to be tuned up, or that there is a problem with the compressor.
Why does my AC compressor make loud noise?
There are a few reasons why your AC compressor might be making a loud noise. One possibility is that the compressor is experiencing a problem with the valves. If this is the case, the sound might resemble a hissing or rattling noise. Another potential issue could be a problem with the compressor’s bearings. When this is the case, you might hear a high-pitched squealing noise. Finally, the compressor might be overworked if the refrigerant level is low. In this instance, you would likely hear a loud humming noise. If your AC compressor is making any of these noises, it is best to have it inspected by a professional to determine the cause of the problem.
What does a bad AC compressor sound like?
Most people know what a bad car battery sounds like, but what does a bad AC compressor sound like?
If you’re hearing a squealing noise when your AC is on, that’s a good indication that your compressor is going out. Other symptoms include a clicking noise when the AC is turned on and a decrease in cooling power.
If your compressor is starting to go bad, it’s important to get it fixed as soon as possible. A compressor that’s not working properly can overheat and cause some serious damage to your car.
What does a bad AC fan motor sound like?
When an AC fan motor goes bad, it will usually produce a loud, high-pitched noise. This noise can be quite annoying and can even disrupt your sleep. In most cases, a bad AC fan motor will need to be replaced in order to fix the issue.
What does a failing home AC compressor sound like?
When an AC compressor fails, it can make a wide range of sounds. It may start making a loud noise, like a grinding or screeching sound. The compressor may also start to leak refrigerant or oil. If you notice any of these signs, it’s important to have the compressor repaired or replaced as soon as possible. A failing compressor can cause the entire AC system to fail, which can be expensive to repair.
Can low Freon cause compressor noise?
Can low Freon cause compressor noise?
There is a lot of debate over whether low Freon levels can cause compressor noise. Some technicians swear by it, while others say that the compressor noise is caused by something else and low Freon levels are not to blame.
There are a few things that can cause compressor noise. One of the most common causes is a dirty filter. If the filter is clogged, the airflow will be reduced and this can cause the compressor to overheat. Another common cause is a loose belt. If the belt is loose, it will not be able to spin the compressor at the correct speed and this can also cause the compressor to overheat.
If you are experiencing compressor noise, the best thing to do is to have a technician come and take a look at it. They will be able to determine the cause of the noise and fix the problem. If low Freon levels are the cause, they will be able to add more Freon to the system.


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To be a ‘holy people’ does not belong to any one religion, denomination, or belief. It is the desire to love and serve God by whatever name God is called that makes for a holy people.
To be holy is to participate in God’s Covenant by determining to live a sacred life. This life is expressed as a commitment to God. It is expressed in the willingness to treat all of life as sacred and to place God at the center of life above and beyond all other values. It is also expressed in the determination to live consciously, with responsibility and thoughtfulness for all one’s thoughts, words, and deeds. A sacred life brings joy to the soul because it allows the soul more fully to live.
The Covenant at the foundation of a sacred life is a marriage that involves two. On the one side it involves God’s promise, born out of love, to bless the Earth and to redeem it from darkness so that all can experience God’s reality and share in the blessings that this brings. On the other side, it involves humanity’s promise to revere, love, and honor God and to become children of holiness.
To be holy is to participate in God’s Covenant by determining to live a sacred life. This life is expressed as a commitment to God. It is expressed in the willingness to treat all of life as sacred and to place God at the center of life, above and beyond all other values.
On the first side the Covenant is revealed as gift and blessing. On the second, it is expressed as love and devotion, a desire to do God’s will, and a willingness to surrender one’s personal will so that this can happen. The human part of the Covenant can take place more and more as the soul comes to understand that true freedom does not come from doing whatever one feels like, but from doing what is meaningful — what deepens, expands, or enhances the self. Such a perspective brings us closer to the truth of who we are. To live in this truth is the greatest freedom; anything less is limitation.
There are many people on the Earth who love God but who do not know how to live a sacred life. Their love is compartmentalized so that it is evident in prayer or meditation, but not in the actual relationships and duties of daily living.
A sacred life is a seamless whole. It is not a spiritual life that is lived in a church, mosque, or temple. It is a life that is lived in apartments and houses, on streets and in stores, with loved ones and with strangers. It is a life in which God is remembered everywhere and love is remembered everywhere.
It is a life in which trust is practiced at all moments, especially in the moments of difficulty or helplessness when trust seems hardest to find.
It is a life lived in the heart of daily planning and in the heart of long-term decision-making.
It is a life that is based on the determination to seek and to follow God’s guidance for oneself, rather than one’s own ego-based method of ‘figuring things out’.
When it comes to the handling of major life-decisions or crises, more than the mind is needed to guide one. Truth is needed; God is needed. Decision-making based on a strictly mental process is often frought with fear or worry, with self-doubt or judgment. This is because it is not based in Divine inspiration or revelation. Yet, inspiration — the source of spiritual truth — becomes more possible the more important God is allowed to become to one’s heart.
The more God is able to speak to the heart, to be allowed to influence an individual’s way of thinking about things, deciding about things, relating to people, the more that individual will be guided to recognize the path for themselves that needs to be followed. There is no exception to this rule: that what ye sow, ye shall reap. And so those who place their whole energy and seeking in the direction of spiritual truth and spiritual relationship, will find a response from the Universe that meets their seeking in kind.
To live a sacred life is to follow the first commandment:
“Thou shalt love the Lord, thy God, with all thy heart, with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.”
It is also to follow the second commandment:
“Love thy neighbor as thyself.”
A sacred life is not just spiritual yearning that reaches toward God in the beyond. It reaches toward God in the present, toward God in each soul, toward God in Creation. When the heart is ready, an individual soul is drawn to answer the question that wells up increasingly from the depths of the heart: What is my life for? The answer to this question is the Covenant. It is God’s desire to dwell with men and to have them become a holy people.

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Mastered By Kevin Gray From Original Mono Master Tapes!
Analogue Productions releases 25 of the most collectible, rarest jazz titles ever in their Prestige Mono Series on Hybrid Mono SACD.
These SACD jackets feature printed wraps mounted to chipboard shells, producing an authentic, "old school" look and feel: also referred to as "mini LP" jackets.
John Coltrane, is in a sense, as Ira Gitler wrote in the liner notes to Coltrane's 1957 self-titled album featuring his first session as a band leader a new star, "but he has not arrived through high-pressure press agentry. He has been building on more solid ground."
From the time of his joining the Miles Davis quintet in late 1955 through to his brilliant work with Thelonious Monk at the Five Spot Cafe in the summer of 1957, Coltrane steadily increased his accomplishments on his instrument and gained new admirers for his playing among his fellow musicians and the serious listening public. For this date Coltrane chose his musicians, he contributed several compositions and he also wrote some of the arrangements.
"Bakai" (meaning "cry" in Arabic), by Cal Massey, opens the album. Its handsome minor theme is expounded by pianist Red Garland, Coltrane (who's horn really cries), and baritone saxophonist Sahib Shihab. Tracks 2 & 3 are handled by the quartet featuring Coltrane and Garland. Two ballad standards, "Violet for Your Furs," and "Time Was," are the subjects; the former receives a sensitive ballad treatment while the latter is done in bright medium time.
"Straight Street" is a Coltrane composition and arrangement featuring solos by Coltrane, trumpeter Johnnie Splawn and pianist Mal Waldron. An interestingly different Coltrane interpretation of the seldom-done "While My Lady Sleeps" is Coltrane's alone until Splawn joins him for a final eerie note. Coltrane's "Chronic Blues" is the closer and gives all the horns and Waldron solo room.
Originally released in 1957
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John Coltrane, tenor saxophone
John Splawn, trumpet
Sahib Shihab, baritone saxophone
Mal Waldron, pianist
Red Garland, pianist
Paul Chambers, bass
Al Heath, drums
2. Violets For Your Furs
3. Time Was
4. Straight Street
5. While My Lady Sleeps
6. Chronic Blues

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Dale McIntosh has backed Cardiff Blues centre Cory Allen to tour South Africa with Wales this summer.
The up and coming midfield star has had an injury plagued season after dislocating his shoulder on his international bow against Argentina last November. It meant Allen faced a sustained period on the sidelines but now fully fit, he's set to start his fourth consecutive game at the Millennium Stadium this weekend.
And Blues coach McIntosh says the 21-year-old is more than capable of returning to the international scene over the next few months.
Asked if Allen should tour South Africa in June, McIntosh said: “I think so. He's been injured a long time so I don't know where he lies in the pecking order. He lacks experience but he's a hell of a talent - that's as simple as it gets.”
Allen's return following shoulder surgery has boosted the Blues going into Sunday's clash with the Scarlets. The game forms part of Judgement Day, with all four regions in back-to-back action at the home of Welsh rugby.
The Blues go into the weekend having hit a good run of form, Allen impressing in recent wins over Ulster and Edinburgh.
“Cory struggled to get back into the game against the Ospreys but that was a poor performance from us generally,” McIntosh added.
“But he was excellent against both Ulster and Edinburgh and there's a lot more to come from him.
“He can definitely compete at international level. Jamie Roberts and Jonathan Davies have the centre shirts at the moment but it's great for them to have a challenge.
“You can get into a comfort zone when the pressure isn't applied by others and that's not the case if Cory is about.”
With Allen set to lock horns with Davies this weekend, it's a chance for the young gun to make an impression on his senior international colleague.
More importantly for McIntosh though, it's an opportunity for the Blues to keep their good recent run going.
“I'm pleased with the last few weeks,” said McIntosh, who has recently undergone ankle surgery himself.
“The main difference has been the senior players who have come back in and added a lot of experience and accountability.
“At the end of the day it's the guys in the trenches who have to put the hard yards in and they raise the bar in training.”
Alongside fellow coach Paul John, McIntosh has been in charge of the Blues since the resignation of Phil Davies back in March. Former New Zealand hooker Mark Hammett is firm favourite to take over at the Blues this summer but for the moment, McIntosh, known to the rugby world as Chief, is hoping his side can extend their winning run.
“We'd like to keep the momentum going but we're concentrating more on our performances than the results,” he said.
“We need to make sure we work hard for each other and try and emulate what we've done in the last fortnight.
“Having experience in the side is vital. Knowing how to cope with pressure is the difference between being a good player and a great player. That's where the likes of Gethin Jenkins and Matthew Rees come in. They are British Lions and you can't help but listen to them and follow them.”
On the specific challenge of facing Simon Easterby's Scarlets, McIntosh added: “The Scarlets are a very good side. They're very well coached, well drilled and we'll have to be at our best this weekend.”

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Pair figures, Bacchantes
Perhaps the most complex work in black basalt undertaken on any scale by Wedgwood, the Bacchantes, are adapted from sculptures by Clodion. A large and impressive pair, full of vigour and movement.
Clodion was known for his technical mastery in terracotta sculpture, and his Bacchantes exemplifies his ability to convey sensuality, energy, and emotion in a relatively small and delicate medium. The sculptor's work was well-received during his lifetime, and he gained popularity for his depictions of mythological and allegorical subjects.
Each figure professional repairs. The male's leg has been reattached; the females bells are restoration. The work is well done and invisible to the eye.
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The Dallas Cowboys rode a strong performance from Tony Romo on Sunday as they came back from a ten point fourth quarter deficit to win 27-24 in overtime. Given Romo's fourth quarter meltdown in week one, Cowboys fans and fantasy football fans have to be excited by the strong showing from Romo. The Cowboys QB finished with 345 passing yards, two touchdowns and no turnovers.
What makes Romo's performance all the more memorable was the fact that he did after suffering a fractured rib on an Ahmad Brooks hit in the second quarter. Romo did not rejoin the team on the field to start the third quarter and was replaced for a time by Jon Kitna. However, Romo decided the injury was worth gutting out and he came back on to help guide his team to victory.
It is believed Romo has two cracked ribs and he will undergo a CT scan on Monday. The Cowboys are on Monday Night Football this coming week, which means Romo gets an extra day to get ready. Given his performance on Sunday against the 49ers, one would imagine he will be ready to play next Monday. However, we'll have to wait for final confirmation from the Cowboys following the scans. Romo will likely at least be limited in practice this week.
The Redskins are off to a solid start, which could make for a tough fantasy start for Romo. Kevin Kolb put together 251 yards, two touchdowns and an interception in his Sunday matchup with the Redskins. If you would normally start a healthy Romo, a banged up Romo is likely still worth the start.


Masked attackers from Somalia’s al-Shabaab extremist group massacred at least 147 Kenyan students on Thursday in a day-long college campus siege, the country’s deadliest attack since the 1998 US embassy bombings.
All four of the attackers wore suicide vests packed with explosives, detonating themselves in huge blasts as the dramatic assault finally ended after about 16 hours.
Hurling grenades and firing automatic rifles, the attackers had stormed the university in the northeastern town of Garissa at dawn as students were sleeping, shooting dead dozens before setting Muslims free and holding Christians and others hostage.
The government said at least 79 people were wounded in the assault near the lawless border with war-torn Somalia, several seriously, and there are fears the death toll may still rise.
In the final hour before darkness fell, Kenyan troops stormed a student dormitory where the attackers were holed up as blasts and fierce gunfire rang out.
Kenyan Minister of the Interior Joseph Nkaissery said the four died detonating their suicide vests as soldiers burst in shooting, with Western security sources reporting that several soldiers and hostages may have died in the final blasts.
Troops then continued to search the campus for any possible insurgents until the siege was declared over late on Thursday, with the national disaster operations center saying it had “ended with all four terrorists killed.”
The attack was claimed by al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab fighters, the same insurgents who carried out the Westgate shopping mall massacre in Nairobi in September 2013, when four gunmen killed at least 67 people in a four-day siege.
Al-Shabaab spokesman Sheikh Ali Mohamud Rage said the gunmen had taken non-Muslims hostage, and that their mission had been “to kill those who are against al-Shabaab.”
The university siege marks the worst attack on Kenyan soil since the 1998 bombing of the US embassy in Nairobi by al-Qaeda, when 213 people were killed by a huge truck bomb.
The US condemned Thursday’s attack in the “strongest terms,” while UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for those responsible to “be swiftly brought to justice.”
British Minister for Africa James Duddridge called the killings “senseless” and “barbaric,” while the French presidency said it stood “ready to work” with Kenya in its fight against terrorism.
It was not clear if any of the students al-Shabaab said they had held were alive at the time of the final assault by troops. However, officials said more than 500 students had been rescued.
“Kenya is at war with Somalia,” Rage said, referring to the thousands of Kenyan troops in Somalia as part of an African Union military mission.
Soldiers with tanks were deployed around the campus.
A US$215,000 bounty was offered for the capture of alleged al-Shabaab commander Mohamed Mohamud, a former Kenyan teacher believed to now be in Somalia and said to be the mastermind behind the Garissa attack.
The garrison town is about 150km west of Somalia and has been targeted in the past by militants from al-Shabaab.
Police chief Joseph Boinet said “the gunmen shot indiscriminately” after storming the compound.
The sprawling campus on the outskirts of town has both teaching areas as well as residential blocks.
The university has several hundred students from different parts of Kenya, and the first bodies of some of those killed were flown to Nairobi late on Thursday for families to collect yesterday, the start of the Easter weekend, a major holiday in the country.
A dawn-until-dusk curfew has been imposed on several northern and eastern Kenyan districts for two weeks.
Kenya has been hit by a wave of grenade and gun attacks, often blamed on al-Shabaab sympathizers and sometimes aimed at police targets, since the army crossed into southern Somalia in 2011 to attack extremist bases.
A series of foreign travel warnings in response to the threat have crippled Kenya’s economically important tourism industry.
On Wednesday, just hours before the Garissa attack began, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said Kenya “is as safe as any country in the world.”
On Thursday, he offered his condolences to those killed, but said security forces had made the “appropriate deployment to the affected area.”
He also ordered the “urgent” enrollment of a planned 10,000 police recruit boost, warning that Kenya had “suffered unnecessarily due to shortage of security personnel.”
The Kenyan government has been under fire since the Westgate attack. In June and July last year, al-Shabaab gunmen killed about 100 people in a series of attacks on the town of Mpeketoni and nearby villages.
In November last year, al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for holding up a bus outside Mandera town, separating passengers according to religion and murdering 28 non-Muslims. Ten days later, 36 non-Muslim quarry workers were also massacred in the area.
VULNERABLE: Many women do not report sexual harassment by their landlord over fears they could lose the roof over their head, an expert said A growing number of landlords are asking tenants for sex in exchange for housing as COVID-19 lockdowns and job cuts have left many struggling to pay their rent, housing experts said. A survey by the National Fair Housing Alliance of more than 100 fair housing groups combating discrimination across the US found that 13 percent had seen an increase in sexual harassment complaints during the pandemic. “If I did not have sex with him, he was going to put me out,” one woman facing eviction by her property manager told the alliance in an podcast on its Web site. “As a single
‘OBVIOUS DIFFERENCE’: The Wuhan Institute of Virology has been researching bat coronaviruses to trace the SARS pathogen, which is 80 percent similar to SARS-CoV-2 The Chinese virology institute in the city where COVID-19 first emerged has three live strains of bat coronavirus on-site, but none match the new contagion wreaking havoc around the world, its director has said. Scientists think COVID-19 — which first emerged in Wuhan and has killed more than 340,000 people worldwide — originated in bats and could have been transmitted to people via another mammal. However, the director of the Wuhan Institute of Virology told state broadcaster China Global Television Network that claims made by US President Donald Trump and others that the novel coronavirus could have escaped from the facility were
HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES? An institute of the Chinese Ministry of Public Security and a company are to be sanctioned over ‘human rights violations and abuses’ The US Department of Commerce on Friday said that it would sanction a Chinese government institute and eight companies over alleged human rights abuses against Uighurs and other minorities in China’s western Xinjiang region. “These nine parties are complicit in human rights violations and abuses committed in China’s campaign of repression, mass arbitrary detention, forced labor and high-technology surveillance against Uighurs, ethnic Kazakhs and other members of Muslim minority groups in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region,” the department said in a statement. The Chinese Ministry of Public Security’s Institute of Forensic Science and Aksu Huafu Textiles Co are to be sanctioned “for
SPACE RACE: The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp mission aims to land a robotic rover and put a probe into orbit around the planet China is targeting a July launch for its ambitious Mars mission, which includes landing a remote-controlled robot on the surface of the Red Planet, the company in charge of the project has said. Beijing has invested billions of dollars in its space program in an effort to catch up with its rival, the US, and affirm its status as a major world power. The Mars mission is among a number of new space projects China is pursuing, including putting Chinese astronauts on the moon and having a space station by 2022. Beijing had been planning the Mars mission for some time this year,


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In the country, the explosion of the Internet has changed the game in many industries, and the gaming industry is no exception. Since their shy beginnings, online casinos are now generating billions of dollars a year in revenue. There are hundreds of online gaming sites that offer entertainment and services to their customers all over the world. Anyone with an internet connection can easily access their favorite casino games.
The concept of the bet exists since the oldest civilizations. Even before the advent of modern technology, different parts of the world showed an interest in games of chance. In The country, long before the man who now decorates the $ 10 bill becomes prime minister, the aboriginal people were trying their luck in various forms of gambling. For sft gaming this is important now.
- Of course, table games, slot machines, cards and dice were not the norm in the country at the time. While the game scene was mostly composed of sticks and pebbles, the fundamental principle of the game of luck remained the same.
- Hundreds of online casinos do what traditional casinos cannot do – bring entertainment to the homes of those who love to play games of luck.
Without further ado, here are the main advantages of the online game:
Play anytime, anywhere
If people like online casinos so much, it’s because they’re practical. With online gambling, you can play your favorite games from the comfort of your home at any time of the day or night. You can log in for five minutes or an hour, and disconnect as soon as you want. Players enjoy the ultimate gaming experience from home.
Laptops and mobile phones further enhance player comfort as they can access their favorite online casino from anywhere in the country. Mobile games have recently become a phenomenon in the online gaming industry. Research has shown that many Canadians enjoy playing online while traveling on public transit, waiting for an appointment, drinking coffee or basking in the sun. By using the PC version of a casino on your mobile device, it’s even easier to play some poker or blackjack hands while you take a break at the office. The possibilities are endless with online casinos.
Hundreds of games at your fingertips
While traditional casinos offer a wide choice of games, online casinos offer an unparalleled choice. In addition, you do not need going to the casino to see the available games, nor do you have to limit yourself to the games that your casino can host. In addition, if you really want to experience the live casino experience, you can play some live dealer games, where real croupiers (including some very attractive women) distribute the cards via a webcam.

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Conversion disorder is when stress causes problems with the nervous system.
The exact cause is not clear. It often happens after a stressful or traumatic event. It is thought that the event causes mental tension that results in problems with the nervous system. An example of this is a person who loses their voice because they are afraid to speak.
This problem often starts in children aged 10 to 15 years. It may also start in older adults with severe health problems.
Other things that may raise the risk are:
Symptoms vary. A person may have problems with:
- A paralyzed limb
- Losing feeling in a part of the body
- Vision or hearing
- Not feeling pain
- Tingling or crawling feelings
An emotional event may trigger physical symptoms.
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The doctor will ask about your symptoms and health history. A physical exam will be done.
These tests may also be done:
This problem may go away on its own in some people.
Others may need therapy. One method is cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). It helps people learn to cope with stress.
Physical therapy may also be needed to build muscle strength and relearn daily tasks.
There are no known guidelines to prevent this health problem.
American Psychiatric Association
National Institute of Mental Health
Canadian Mental Health Association
Canadian Psychiatric Association
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The official Navy designation for the tilt-rotar Bell Boeing aircraft is CMV-22B, the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command reported.
The Navy plans for a fleet of 44 CMV-22B aircraft, equipped with an extended-range fuel system, a high-frequency radio and a public address system.
Bell Boeing production of the CMV-22B is to begin in fiscal 2018. Deliveries of the aircraft will begin in 2020.
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Welcome to the future: Researchers recently took an important step forward in mimicking how the human body produces sperm, and could one day (likely 10 or so years from now) create artificial, lab-grown sperm and eggs for infertility treatment.
It’s all quite science-y, but here’s the gist, according to The Guardian:
Speaking at the Progress Educational Trust annual conference in London this month, Azim Surani, director of germline and epigenetics research at the University of Cambridge’s Gurdon Institute, said he and colleagues had passed a significant milestone on the path to producing sperm in the laboratory. The team is thought to be the first to have reached the halfway point on the developmental path from human stem cells to immature sperm.
The study hints that one day it may be possible to manufacture sperm and eggs from stem cells or even adult skin cells.
To make sense of this achievement—and what it means for the future of reproduction (and humanity in general)—we picked the brains of Richard Paulson, professor of reproductive medicine and director of the University of Southern California’s fertility program, and Jason Barritt, chief scientific officer and laboratory director at the Southern California Reproductive Center.
How are the researchers attempting to create this artificial sperm?Paulson: Human stem cells can be differentiated into any cell in the body—that includes brain cells, kidney cells and also reproductive cells (like sperm). In this case, the question is: How do you entice a stem cell to become a sperm cell instead of a brain cell, for instance? These researchers created an artificial gonad to help the original stem cell decide to become a sperm.
Normally, these stem cells come from one of two places: There are embryonic stem cells, which come from the inner cell mass of a human embryo. But more often nowadays, we use induced pluripotent stem cells, which can be taken from any cell in the body. For example, they can derive stem cells from a little piece of skin.
What might we use artificial sperm for in the future?
Paulson: Let’s say I want to reproduce, but I had some sort of accident that resulted in losing my testicles. Scientists could hypothetically take a few of my skin cells, turn them into stem cells, and then turn those stem cells into sperm. From there, I could use in vitro fertilization to become a father.
Here’s another example: If two people of the same sex want to have a child, scientists could make an egg out of one stem cell and a sperm out of another stem cell. Say you have two women: One might use her own eggs, and scientists could make sperm using skin cells from the other woman. This would allow them to reproduce.
Barritt: This could technically be useful for a person who transitioned from female to male, and wants to be able to produce sperm as well. Scientists also would be able to produce sperm cells that could then be used to help figure out why fertility is declining, and what goes wrong. In other words, we could use these sperm cells for research and testing, which is important because we can’t simply take a testicle out of someone for fun.
Are there any dangers that come with using it?
Paulson: The DNA must be retained in these sperm, which is tricky, because the sperm should only contain half of our DNA. We each have 46 chromosomes—23 from our mother and 23 from our father. So when you create a sperm cell, you have to throw half of the chromosomes (23) away, and there will be problems if that’s done incorrectly. Those sperm would produce nonviable offspring.
Barritt: The things that can go wrong in the process of epigenetics [heritable changes in gene expressions] can lead to things like Prader-Willi syndrome or Angelman syndrome. There are probably many other genes that are important to this process, and if they’re not right, they may lead to genetic issues that we don’t even know about yet.
Would artificial sperm allow people more control over how their child turns out?
Paulson: Not much more than we currently have. Today, you can go to a sperm bank to collect sperm from whoever has donated, and analogously, you can go to an egg bank to collect an egg from whoever has donated. Artificial sperm might make this process a little easier: These people wouldn’t have to donate sperm or eggs, only their skin cells.
Would it be possible for someone to create sperm from cells picked up from anyone, anywhere? Say, taking a cell from a celebrity without their knowledge?
Paulson: The idea that this is going to create abnormal children—or that someone might steal some of your skin cells to produce a child that looks like you—is a little far-fetched.
Barritt: You won’t be able to simply pull some DNA from a counter. To go through this process, you would have to give them enough cells to populate the artificial gonad and go through an eight-week process. Of course, there needs to be legal control to ensure no one does anything against someone’s consent. However, you would really have to be consenting and wanting to do this, because it’s a lot of work and will require time and money.
Could this ever become our go-to method for making babies?
Barritt: The natural way is the human favorite for the time being. But here’s a thought: Aging in women leads to more genetic problems, which leads to a decrease in fertility. The truth is, men actually do go through a very similar process—it doesn’t occur nearly as fast or as harshly, but there is something called advanced paternal age. There’s some literature that claims genetic mutations—like autism—may come from men of an older age, which may be because the cells in their bodies that produce sperm accumulate genetic problems over time.
If men of an older age want to reproduce, they could put non-sperm cells through this process, and therefore it wouldn’t be an older cell that produces the sperm. It would be a nice young cell, which would therefore decrease the potential of advanced paternal age effects. In that way, it may become a standard for advanced-age men.

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More than seven decades in the making, the Mahindra Group has become one of the global powerhouses of business.
More than seven decades in the making, the Mahindra Group has become one of the global powerhouses of business. The Mahindra Group started in the year 1945, and every year on this day, October 2, the company celebrates its ‘Founder’s day’. October 2 is also the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, commonly known as the ‘Father of the nation’, and also LalBahadur Shastri, the second Prime Minister of India. Anand Mahindra the Chairman and Managing Director of Mahindra Group, before the celebrations, tweeted, “The Mahindra Group was born this day in 1945. Sharing our birthday with the founder of this nation is a never-ending source of inspiration.”
The Mahindra Group is one of the most reputed companies in India. It is an MNC with headquarters in Mumbai, called the Mahindra Towers. Mahindra operates in more than 100 countries in the world and has more than two lakh employees. The company boasts of a presence in businesses ranging from automobiles to aerospace, from defence to finance, from information technology to real estate and much more. It is a market leader in utility vehicles segment. The company was started in 1945 as Mahindra and Mohammed by J.C. Mahindra and K.C. Mahindra and Malik Ghulam Muhammad. Muhammed, however, went to Pakistan after the partition of India and became the first finance minister there. The name of the company was changed to Mahindra and Mahindra in the year 1948.
The Mahindra Group was born this day in 1945.Sharing our birthday with the founder of this nation is a never-ending source of inspiration
— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) October 2, 2016
On almost every anniversary, the company works on a new initiative, either social or industrial. This year on this day, the company decided to connect their employees to the NGOs which need the support of big companies. The new initiative is known as ‘Sahyog’. The Founder’s day was celebrated at the company’s Mumbai office, where apart from employees, even kids and the youth from nearby chawls also participated in a cultural program.


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On this season of The Bachelor, Joey Graziadei has brought Bachelor Nation to levels of swoon not seen in years. The man has it all: the charm. The emotional intelligence. The … yellow eyes? In a new TikTok, the tennis pro turned reality star responded to the concerned messages he’s apparently received about his eyes appearing yellow on the show. Saying that he wanted to address “Joey’s yellow eyes,” he explained that when he was in high school, he was diagnosed with Gilbert syndrome (which he pronounces the French way, then kindly repeats with an American intonation).
According to the Mayo Clinic, Gilbert syndrome is a “common, harmless liver condition in which the liver doesn’t properly process bilirubin.” Graziadei said, “It’s something that does affect the whites of my eyes — it makes it have those jaundice levels, which is why they look a little bit more yellow. It’s something I want to pay attention to more this year. I wanna get my health right and make sure that I’m all good.”
Graziadei says all this looking directly into the camera, face open and earnest, eyes honestly sparkling with health. Suddenly I, too, want to get my health right and make sure that I’m all good. Hope he’s somewhere out there sipping on coconut water (for his liver health).


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text: Two Broome women alleged to have been long-term victims of domestic violence have been spared hefty penalties for wounding their respective partners with glass bottles in separate incidents. Serena Kelly, 36, and Justine Bamba, 46, appeared in Broome Magistrate’s Court last Monday, where they both pleaded guilty to charges of unlawful wounding against their respective partners. The court was told in February last year Kelly got into a drunken argument with her then-partner that turned physical. After the victim allegedly punched Kelly, she retaliated by smashing a glass beer bottle on his head. The court was told the couple’s relationship had been marred by domestic violence, with Kelly the alleged victim in most instances. Kelly’s lawyer Paul Tobin told the court the incident was a case of “excessive self-defence”. She had a record of minor offences. During Bamba’s hearing, the court was told she was at her partner’s home on December 11 when she got into an argument with him. It was believed Bamba accused the victim of infidelity before grabbing a glass bottle, smashing it, and using the broken bottle to slice at her partner of 20 years. The court was told Bamba had also been a long-term victim of domestic violence. However, it was found Bamba had recently finished serving a suspended imprisonment order after being convicted of a similar incident in 2019. Magistrate Stephen Sharratt handed Kelly a $900 fine. Bamba was placed on a conditional suspended imprisonment order for 12 months with supervision and program requirements.


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'The Punisher' Season Two: Worse Than the First
The last time I wrote about Netflix’s The Punisher, I was severely disappointed. The show had fundamentally misunderstood its main character, and wasted a ton of screen time sanding off all the hard edges that make Frank Castle interesting, in a misguided attempt to make him a more “likable” protagonist. Much to my dismay, the second season of The Punisher repeats all of the sins of its predecessor while adding a host of new ones. It’s not just a bad Punisher story anymore, but also one of the most poorly written pieces of television I have ever seen, full of lazy dialogue, haphazard plotting, and mind-boggling stupidity. Let’s take a closer look at exactly how bad they fucked up, in the hopes this might never be repeated.
Firstly, someone flung The Punisher’s script from the tallest cliche tree they could find, and it hit every last branch on the way down. The very first episode begins with the most tired trope in comic books. Frank has a romantic encounter with an attractive bartender and meets her son. My girlfriend and I both groaned aloud as soon as the flirting started, because we knew exactly where it was headed. It did not disappoint—the woman gets fridged before the credits roll.
If you’re not familiar, “fridging” is the common practice in comic books (and now other media as well) of brutally killing off a female character simply to motivate a male character’s action. The term comes from a Green Lantern storyline in which Kyle Rayner discovers his girlfriend’s dead body in his refrigerator, thus necessitating a quest for revenge. A whole episode of The Punisher is wasted setting up the bartender’s telegraphed tragedy, as if Frank needed a reminder why he started murdering criminals in cold blood. Then, because the episode wasn’t quite cliche enough, it trots out the second most overused action movie premise: a threatened young girl who just happens to stumble into a hardened badass willing to protect her. With a murdered love interest and an imperiled teen, all you need is a comic relief sidekick to complete the trifecta of triteness. Thankfully, the show never sinks that low, but before the end of the first episode Frank has been transformed from the Punisher into the generic B-grade action hero you can see literally everywhere.
While the comics have never been shy about borrowing plots from action movies, the original material is usually substantively changed or subverted by the involvement of the Punisher. He is neither a traditional good guy, nor your typical antihero with a heart of gold. His goal is not to defeat the bad guy, save lives and make the world a better place. His code won’t allow innocents to be harmed, but he does not care what happens to them as long as they are alive. The only thing he cares about is punishing the guilty, and that actually includes himself. That’s why he doesn’t make friends, and why his mission will never end. His war is his penance for failing to protect his family. Yet another interesting facet of the character completely ignored by the show in favor of giving him more “bonding time” with the teenage girl he is protecting. The girl being shuffled around like a Macguffin is a symptom of the show’s biggest problem: lazy, slapdash plotting. Even ignoring the double-cliche opener, the story continues to undermine itself in very obvious and stupid ways. For example, in a shootout with some ex-soldiers led by villain Billy Russo, Curtis points out that if Frank goes at them head-on, he’ll get torn to shreds before he gets close. Frank disguises himself in the jacket and mask of one of Russo’s comrades, then just walks into the middle of the street and starts screaming his name. He throws off his disguise before the shooting even starts, and is immediately pinned down and unable to get to his target, exactly as Curtis warned. So, why the hell did he even dress up in the first place?
Because a significant amount of The Punisher’s plot relies on characters acting brazenly stupid in order to progress. All of the adults in the story routinely leave a teenage girl, that they know for a FACT is being hunted by professional killers, alone and unsupervised in order to provide plenty of opportunities for the villains to kidnap and threaten her throughout the season. Curtis does this twice, despite being painted as the only rational one in Frank’s circle. Even the main villains are not immune—although they have access to the best mercenaries obscene wealth and power can buy, they decide to entrust their vital political coverup to a former Neo-Nazi punk that found Jesus, whose only qualifications seem to be that he used to enjoy violence.
The worst offense is Billy Russo’s “brilliant” plan for revenge on Frank (spoilers). After learning the Punisher’s psychological weakness from his therapist, he concocts a plan to break Frank Castle. He lures the Punisher to his secret lair so his goons can ambush him and bring him within an inch of his life, literally choking on his own blood, but not kill him. Because the next part of the plan is for Frank to get up, despite being at death’s door, and murder several henchmen in a running shootout through the building before open-firing at an office and inadvertently killing three women.
All of that had to happen exactly that way to trick the Punisher into believing he had broken his code. While this is the most interesting concept the show has introduced, the subterfuge unravels as soon as basic forensics come back, proving that Russo had actually killed the women before Frank ever got there. Our villain’s ludicrously convoluted revenge plot broke the Punisher for less than an episode. As soon as the evidence exonerates Frank, the show completely forgets that he easily could have killed those women by opening fire into a room he could not see inside, something a trained soldier would know not to do. Forcing Frank to grapple with his core beliefs would have made for some interesting character development, but instead we spend a tedious amount of time watching Russo suffer through his shattered self-image. I would be remiss if I did not point out that on a show that is trying to speak to veteran’s issues, making the only mental health professional a deceitful villain is not only cliche, but also dangerously irresponsible.
In one episode, as they are debating their next move, Curtis comments that Frank has trouble standing still, and it shows, thanks in no small part to Jon Bernthal’s excellent performance. Frank is surly when questioned, and his hand twitches every time he has a conversation longer than thirty seconds, just itching to get back into action. The same is true of the show. When it’s in motion and Frank is in the kill zone, The Punisher knows exactly what to do. The fights are visceral, brutal, exciting, and they make sense. It’s when the show has to slow down long enough to think about what it’s doing that everything starts to fall apart, because it fundamentally misunderstands the appeal of its protagonist. Sadly, the best Punisher show you can watch right now is Season 2 of Daredevil, and it looks like it will continue to be that way for some time.
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After telling Miami-Dade’s Equal Opportunity Board that network brass demoted him from his anchor slot in a discrimination complaint that claims his sexuality played a role, gay Miami newscaster Charles Perez has been booted from the station entirely.
The move comes a week after Perez’s complaint alleged he’d been pushed into a chain of demotion after personal emails to his therapist made their way into the inboxes of colleagues (allegedly forwarded his ex, who he’s in the middle of a domestic dispute with).
And while Perez says he plans to file a “7 or 8 figure lawsuit” against ABC affiliate WPLG (wrongful termination? discrimination?), TMZ notes that “the boss who demoted him is himself gay and issued a statement saying, ‘As a gay man myself, I can safely say the station does not discriminate against gay people.'”
Maybe so. And while we’ll let the courts work this out, it’s not going to bode well for WPLG that they fired him one week after he complained about being discriminated against. Please, Perez, have some of your boss’ comments on tape!


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Buster Bloodvessel is heading back to the Boro for the second time in less than a year.
Bad Manners are all set for a return gig at The Longlands Club, Middlesbrough on Friday, March 25 as part of the band’s 40th anniversary tour.
The band, led by Buster, shot to fame in the 80s with hits including Special Brew, Lip Up Fatty, My Girl Lollipop and their version of the Can Can.
They last appeared at the Middlesbrough venue in June last year.
Organiser Michael Hill said: “We are expecting another sell out show as we did in 2014 and 2015. Bad Manners and Buster are legends in the UK music scene and it’s great to bring acts like them to Middlesbrough.”
Bad Manners formed in 1976 at Woodberry Down Comprehensive School in North London, signing to Magnet Records in 1980 and becoming regular guests on television shows including Tiswas. Being closely associated with the 2 Tone movement, they were one of six bands featured in the 1981 documentary film Dance Craze.
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Members of Congress and White House officials say a shrinking deficit has taken off the pressure to reach a deal on long-term budget shortfalls.
According to The Wall Street Journal
, Congress may put off debate over the deficit until after the 2014 midterm elections, given that the deficit has shrunk from more than more than $1 trillion annually over the past four years to $642 billion in May.
In addition, Medicare trustees said on Friday that spending increases have slowed for the health program for the elderly, also easing deficit worries.
"The intensity that has been there is not present today," Tennessee Republican Sen. Bob Corker told the Journal. "I sense it in Congress and around the country — almost a fiscal fatigue that has set in."
Despite public statements by the White House that the president remains optimistic about reaching a bipartisan agreement on long-term deficits, one White House source admitted to the Journal that "there doesn't seem to be the real political will to do it."
With the pressure off to reach a broad agreement reining in future deficits, lawmakers face an unclear path to resolving two other fiscal issues that must be addressed in the coming months: federal spending for the next fiscal year and raising the government's borrowing limit this fall.
In absence of a broader budget agreement, Congress is likely to resort to a stopgap spending bill to keep the government running in the short term, but this comes with some fallout both for Obama and for the Congress.
The president likely will lose momentum on his plan to boost public spending for a short-term economic stimulus, while lawmakers could be thwarted from pressing forward with an overhaul of the tax code.
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The aim of the project is to build a global monument that will stimulate people to think beyond the normal human concept of time, as measured by hours and days, by encouraging them to think in terms of centuries and millennia.
Artists and computer engineers who have set up an organisation called the Long Now Foundation to build the clock, believe politicians are the key people to win over to the idea of a 10,000-year timepiece given their prediliction for thinking in the short-term.
A prototype clock standing seven feet tall will be completed in the next few weeks and if the foundation secures the funding it is seeking, the full-scale version standing up to 80 feet tall will be built at a dry, desert site somewhere in world.
Using simple mechanical levers and devices that could be mended with Bronze Age technology - in case modern civilisation is destroyed - the clock is designed to tick once a day, move its hands once a year, bong once a century and do something spectacular once every thousand years.
"Most of the workings will be buried below ground as it needs to be fairly well protected, but the moving parts on its face will be visible," said Alexander Rose, director of the Long Now Foundation in San Francisco.
The clock is the brainchild of a computer scientist, Danny Hillis, and Stewart Brand, an author who is writing a book on the project to be published later this year. "We've got an invitation to debut it at Davos. It is the perfect place to get world leaders and corporate leaders and so on thinking in 10,000 year terms," Mr Brand said.
Brian Eno, the British musician and artist, who is also a board member of the foundation, came up with the name of Long Now after moving to New York and being made to realise that the city's concept of "now" was even more short term than in Britain.
"The idea is that you sort of move in the now and feel a responsibility for what happens in the now; if you can push the now out past your own lifetime in a couple of directions, that's good," Mr Brand said.
The 10,000-year clock will be built out of tungsten and steel which in a dry climate should last for many thousands of years. A giant torsion pendulum will drive the clock and it will use the sun's position at midday to ensure that it keeps the right time.
Sites in Egypt, Jersusalem, China and a desert mountain in Nevada are being considered.


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A Hollywood man is facing a murder charge after police said he shot and killed another man in a car in North Miami Beach.
Marc Anthony Colon, 23, was arrested Sunday in Miami Gardens on a second-degree murder charge, an arrest report said.
The shooting happened a little after 5 a.m. Friday as Colon and the victim were sitting in a grey 4-door Honda in the 1500 block of Northeast 167th Street, the report said.
The unidentified victim was in driver's seat and Colon was in the passenger's seat when Colon fired at the victim eight times, hitting him with five of the rounds, the report said.
After shooting the victim, Colon grabbed a bag and crossed the street, but then returned to the car to grab something else, the report said.
He was then seen on surveillance cameras dropping the victim's phone on a sidewalk, the report said.
The report said the victim had taken a picture of his own face on the phone as well as a picture of Colon's driver's license just before the shooting, the report said.
Detectives found Colon with his girlfriend and their two children on Saturday and were able to interview the girlfriend, who said Colon was a drug addict and hadn't been home for a few days, the report said.
She said Colon had called her Saturday morning asking her to pick him up, then told her he was in a car accident, the report said.
She said when she picked him up he had blood on his leg, according to the report.
The girlfriend said they had gone a hotel for the weekend because he told her "it would be the last weekend they would all be together," the report said.
She also said she felt like he was about to get ready to run away, the report said.
The girlfriend also identified Colon from a photo of Colon running from the shooting scene, the report said.
Colon was booked into the Miami-Dade jail, where he remained held without bond Monday, records showed. Attorney information wasn't available.
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There's no doubt that Washington's food culture is hot, but how on earth are we supposed to take its temperature? How can we get a window into what the future holds for foodies, and, more importantly, figure out who exactly will be shaping that future?
You could take someone else's word for it — The New York Times, for example, has suggested that our culinary landscape will be guided by the vendors at Union Market and the chefs at Graffiato, Toki Underground, and Little Serow. But a more unique — and in our opinion, better — approach is to ask local chefs to measure the heat. And we don't mean the same old bold-faced names, either: We’re talking about the up-and-comers who are launching new restaurants, boosting culinary creativity, and adding vibrancy and energy to make your next meal unforgettable. Sounds like a recipe for success to us.


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Behind all the immediate dangers of Hurricane Harvey come a horrifying multitude of disruptions, troubles, and logistical nightmares. For instance, more than a million public school students have been affected by the disaster, and many of them don’t have anywhere to go to school anymore.
ABC News reports that, according to the Texas Education Agency, there have been closures in 200 out of 1,200 school districts statewide. “Roughly 20 percent of our student population has been affected by Harvey,” said spokesperson Lauren Callahan.
In Houston, they can’t even say how bad the damage is because they can only get to 45 out of almost 300 schools. The Aransas County Independent School District was particularly blunt, announcing they were closed “indefinitely.”
The district serves 3,316 students, according to its website. A later statement from Superintendent Joseph Patek to clarify how long schools will be closed painted a stark picture of the area’s current conditions and road to recovery.
“We used this word because we are attempting to be as transparent as possible. We do not have a timeline for how long the recovery process will take,” Patek’s statement read. “We must first have drinkable water and power. After that, we must ensure our facilities are safe and then we will be able to allow teaching staff in the buildings to look at their needs for supplies.”
“Our schools will certainly be able to take any student that is displaced because of the storm, for however long,” said the TEA spokesperson, adding that, “Every district and charter in our state has a homeless liaison in the district in place already who can help get students enrolled.”


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Comic Gong is Wollongong's first comic convention, and was organised by the city library, seemingly in association with Free Comic Book Day. It was a short event - only three hours - and there were comments that this wouldn't make it attractive to people. But it was; attendance was excellent, with many people of all ages getting into costume. The event featured an artists' alley, of course, and stalls from King's Comics in Sydney and a company that did movie stuff. There were also artists workshops and lucky prize-draws throughout the event, and the obvious chance to mingle with other nerds of all ages.
The whole thing was excellently organised and (importantly) well-promoted.
I got some loot.
Some more Heroclix, of course:
And, to go with them, a pack of Fantastic Four playing cards; more appropriate for tracking initiative in 'Clobberin' Time' than the Sherlock Holmes ones I've been using up until now:
And, finally, some prints and a comic. The comic is 'Captain Kitty Hawk' by Judex Jones, whilst the prints are by Matt Lin (who ran the manga workshop my daughter did) and Marcelo Baez. Matt Lin's figure with the sword and pistol is apparently concept art for a forthcoming range of steampunk wargames miniatures.
Here's a few more pictures from the event.
Here's the ladies from Circus Wow:
And here they are doing their stuff.
Marcelo and Rachel Baez.
The results of a cartooning workshop.
And the board at the end of Matt Lin's manga workshop.
Mild-mannered librarian becomes - Iron ... Lady.
Whilst another librarian becomes a shieldless Captain America.
It looks like Comic Gong was quite a success, which bodes well for it being held again next year. Let's hope so; the more events like this that Wollongong gets, the better.


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A group opposed to legalized recreational marijuana in Arizona filed a lawsuit to halt an initiative that would allow adults in the state to possess up to 1 ounce of adult-use cannabis.
Voters see the summary when they sign petitions to qualify an initiative for the ballot.
The lawsuit was filed by several voters belonging to a group called Arizonans for Health and Public Safety, a political committee opposed to legalizing marijuana.
The challenge to the marijuana legalization initiative claims the summary of the proposal failed to tell voters who signed petitions that the proposed law:
- Would cover more potent forms of marijuana.
- Doesn’t specifically say that a 16% tax on cannabis sales can’t be increased by the Legislature.
- Change state law on driving under the influence.
The lawsuit will be heard in the coming weeks under expedited scheduling orders.
Arizonans for Health and Public Safety’s primary funding comes from the Center for Arizona Policy, a conservative organization that backs traditional families and promotes religious freedom and anti-abortion legislation.
– Associated Press


New documentary explores why GDP remains the worst possible measure of economic progress
If there is one thing economists agree on, it is that GDP is a pretty terrible measure of progress. As any undergraduate can tell you, the crude measure of all the transactions in an economy makes no judgment...
John Lewis' corporate responsibility director Benet Northcote on his journey from hospital cleaner to sustainability expert
UK Energy Research Centre analysis argues single electricity market has been a success story and that 'Elecxit' could "turn back the clock"
US, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Russia accused of blocking key text fully endorsing findings of historic report on impacts of 1.5C of warming
Late start date for synchronising national climate plans shows complacency and risks dampening ambition, warn observers


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KIM Kardashian took to social media to post a stylish photoset of throwback snaps just days after attending her ex-husband's listening party.
The socialite shared a group of photos, dating from over a decade ago, showing off her ageless look on Instagram, just two days after her ex-husband's album party.
In the old photos, Kim is seen wearing a series of layered outfits - including a pair of sunglasses indoors - in a post she captioned: "Fitting Archive."
The tongue-in-cheek post was flooded with positive comments from adoring fans and celebrity friends.
Beauty entrepreneur and YouTuber, Jaclyn Hill, replied "too cute!"
Reality star and friend of the Kardashian clan, Olivia Pierson also wrote "You are so cute."
KIM SUPPORTS KANYE
The quirky post comes just days after Kim attended the listening party for estranged husband, Kanye West's upcoming album- Donda.
During the launch, the rapper appeared with a stocking over his face as he admitted he had “hidden a lot of lies."
The hitmaker triggered concerns for his mental health as he repeatedly stated “I’m losing my family."
KIM AND KANYE POST SPLIT
While Kanye stayed at their Wyoming ranch, Kim moved to their mansion in Calabasas, California, with their four children.
The couple married in Florence, Italy, in 2014 and now share custody of their daughters North, eight, and Chicago, three, and sons Saint, five, and Psalm, two.
In the final track of the new album, Heaven And Hell, Kanye concedes that Kim can “take everything, take what you want, let it go, we are liars” — but insists “single life ain’t so bad."
Kim, who has married three times, was previously rumored to be dating 52-year-old CNN presenter Van Jones, however, she denied it.
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Kim also shared a video of Kanye performing at the concert, with the audience screaming for the award-winning star as the lights went down on the stage.
The Keeping Up With The Kardashians star was joined by all four of the ex pair's children for the star-studded event at Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium to celebrate his highly-anticipated 10th studio album.
Kanye's new album takes on a gospel theme, much like his 2019 release, Jesus Is King.


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Explosion in Istanbul central square kills at least 10
“An explosion rocked a central square in Istanbul on Tuesday, killing at least 10 people and wounding 15 others, the Istanbul governor’s office said. Officials feared the toll may include foreign nationals.
The city’s Sultanahmet Square was swarming with security forces and ambulances in the aftermath of the blast. The heavily guarded area is Istanbul’s tourist hub — the cultural and historic heart of the city. The Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia are located there.”


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Discrimination in the workplace can be harmful and hurtful to victims, who often experience professional damage and emotional distress when mistreated. To stop discrimination, federal, state, and local laws exist to prohibit such misconduct, and they are changing all the time.
The most recent efforts to combat discrimination include a bill passed by the New York City Council and recently signed by Mayor Eric Adams. Going into effect on November 22, 2023, the law prohibits discrimination against people based on height and weight.
Weight bias legislation
Discriminating against someone because of their appearance is not new or uncommon. Employers, landlords, and operators of public accommodations often make judgments and decisions based on appearance. In some cases, these decisions are lawful; in others, they are not.
The recently-signed legislation prohibits discrimination based on an individual’s height or weight. However, the law carves out exceptions for certain situations where a person’s weight and height would affect their ability to perform essential job functions.
Supporters of the law say that it protects people against adverse treatment toward workers based on perceptions that they are unhealthy or lazy. Critics counter that the law is unnecessary and may impose a burden on the court system and employers, as enforcement will likely require legal action.
Identifying weight-inclusive workplaces
Despite the benefits of the new law, not all employers will eagerly comply. It can therefore help to know some signs of an inclusive workplace that treats people fairly, regardless of appearance.
One sign is a clear policy against discrimination based on physical attributes. You can also watch out for troubling, if not illegal, practices like asking job or housing applicants for photos or placing restrictions on altering appearance in a contract.
Any person who is the target of these unlawful practices should know they now have the law on their side. Talking to an attorney can help you protect your rights.

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“I’ve never seen a class this involved and this creative,” said Josh Grill to Tad Nieter’s third grade class at Washington Elementary School in Warsaw.
Grill, along with Sandy Hatcher, were visiting the class on behalf of World Compassion Network. Through WCN, Grill and Hatcher work with an orphanage in Honduras called Hope Center. “The Hope Center is where [orphans] are loved back to life,” said Grill.
Nieter got involved with Hope Center last year when he organized a book drive. “We just can’t say enough about Mr. Nieter,” Grill said. “He wants to teach them compassion and empathy,” adds Hatcher.
“He just keeps coming up with these ideas,” continued Grill. “Creative things that get the kids involved.”
Recently, Nieter’s third graders served as wait staff at Noa Noa. Students invited anyone they could find to the restaurant for a buffet dinner. The students served drinks and bussed tables after the meal.
For their efforts, the third graders raised more than $3,200 for Hope Center.
“You guys are a great inspiration,” Hatcher said. “Most of all, you guys are heroes at the Hope Center.”
“Sandy and I are so proud of you,” Grill said. “It’s this ripple effect that goes on and on and on, and it starts with you.”


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According to researchers at Pennsylvania State University, a new approach to refrigeration and cooling could make for high-efficiency, portable, and quiet refrigerators in the future. The method works by repeatedly applying an electric field to long molecules called polar polymers. Researchers consider that the method will be significantly more efficient that conventional systems. The flat-panel technology takes its cooling power from the ordering and disordering of the polymers, which are distributed in a thin film just a millionth of a metre thick. In an electric field, the molecules spontaneously line up, creating heat. Removing the field causes the polymers to cool down again as a result of the electrocaloric effect. Though the temperature range of the new system is still too high to result in ice-cold beer, it has achieved a cooling of 12°C, showing that polar polymers might achieve suitably low temperatures.


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To some people she’s known as @badgalriri, Instagram’s most controversial account holder, or the most liked page on Facebook, or even as the woman who’s had multiple run ins with the law like the most recent raid of her tour bus on account of possessing weed. Love her or hate her though, the world can’t deny that Rihanna is an international superstar. On May 6 Rihanna is putting her guard down and letting fans in as FOX premieres an up close and personal documentary of her latest world tour. Beyoncé may claim to be the Queen and require us to “bow down” but it’s clear that Rihanna has a crown that’s all her own. Read the article below for more details.
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INTERNATIONAL MUSIC SUPERSTAR RIHANNA TAKES OFF
WITH WORLD PREMIERE OF CONCERT DOCUMENTARY “RIHANNA 777,”
MONDAY, MAY 6 ON FOX
Global superstar Rihanna soars in the exclusive world premiere of concert documentary RIHANNA 777, airing Monday, May 6 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. The film gives viewers a behind-the-scenes look at Rihanna’s unprecedented globetrotting concert tour that hit seven countries in seven days with seven shows to promote her seventh album.
Filling a 777 jet with 256 die-hard fans and international journalists, Rihanna began a thrilling nonstop performance tour on November 14, 2012, traveling to Mexico City, Toronto, Stockholm, Paris, Berlin, London and New York City to promote her album, “Unapologetic.” The album debuted at No.1 on the Billboard 200, with her single, “Diamonds,” reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 the day after the 777 tour ended.
The entire tour was documented by a film crew, offering fans stellar performances of her greatest hits in glamorous locales. The film also provides an inside look at the singer’s ambitious and often turbulent tour, from the sound of popping champagne corks on the plane, to the backstage chaos, to the singer’s special worldwide appearances.
The Barbados-born Grammy Award-winning singer has already earned the coveted title of international superstar. From her breakthrough multi-platinum album, “A Girl Like Me,” to her ubiquitous global smash, “Umbrella,” in just a few short years, Rihanna helped redefine the path of popular music for a new generation. Rihanna’s music has earned her countless awards and accolades, including seven Grammy Award wins, five American Music Awards, 18 Billboard Music Awards and three MTV Video Music Awards. “Unapologetic” is Rihanna’s seventh studio album and “Diamonds” marks her twelfth Hot 100 No. 1 hit.
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