Resistance welding is a welding technology widely used in manufacturing industry for joining metal sheets and components. The weld is made by conducting a strong current through the metal combination to heat up and finally melt the metals at localized point(s) predetermined by the design of the electrodes and/or the workpieces to be welded. A force is always applied before, during, and after the application of current to confine the contact area at the weld interfaces and, in some applications, to forge the workpieces.
More details are described in the following sections:
Types of Resistance welding
Depending on the shape of the workpieces and the form of the electrodes, resistance welding processes can be classified into several variants among which the most commonly used are spot welding, projection welding, seam welding and butt welding.
Resistance Spot Welding
Spot welding is a process for joining metal sheets by directly applying opposing forces with electrodes with pointed tips. The form of the electrodes localized the current and the heat generation. Thus the electrode tip contact area usually define the weld nugget size.
Spot welding is the predominant joining process in automotive industry for assembling the automobile bodies and large components. It is also widely used for manufacturing of furniture and domestic equipment etc.
Resistance Projection Welding
Projection welding is a process for joining metal components or sheets with embossments by directly applying opposing forces with electrodes specially designed to fit the shapes of the workpieces. The natural shape of the workpieces or specially designed projection localizes the current and heat generation. Large deformation or collapse will occur in the projection part of the workpieces implying high process/machine dynamics.
Resistance Seam Welding
Seam welding is a resistance welding process for joining metal sheets in continuous, often leak tight, seam joints by directly applying opposing forces with electrodes consisting of rotary wheels. The peripheral shapes of the electrode wheels concentrate the current and the heat generation.
Seam welding is mostly applied in manufacturing of containers, radiators and heat exchangers etc.
Resistance Butt Welding
Butt welding is a resistance welding process for joining thick metal plates or bars at the ends by directly applying opposing forces with electrodes clamping the workpieces. A forging operation is applied after the workpieces are heated up. Often no melt occurs, thus a solid state weld can be obtained.
Butt welding is applied in manufacturing of wheel rims, wire joints and railway track joints etc.
Single-Sided (One-Sided) Welding
Single-sided welding is a special welding process where only one electrode can access the weld zone from one side. It is common to use a low weld force, which limits the single-sided (one-sided) spot welding to the joining of relatively thin sheets. It is useful for welding components with the limitation of electrode access from both sides.
Cross Wire Welding
Cross-wire welding is a resistance welding process for joining bars or wires in cross joints by directly applying opposing forces with usually flat electrodes. The current and the heat generation are localized at the contact points of the crossed bars or wires. Crosswire welding is widely used in the construction and electrical industry as well as for the manufacturing of metal wire nets, shopping trolleys, etc.
Resistance Weld Bonding
Resistance weld bonding is a combined joining process with adhesive bonding and resistance welding. The adhesive is applied to the faying surfaces of sheets to be welded, and subsequently, a weld nugget is made through the sheets before curing the adhesive. The joint can have good strength from the spot welding and good stiffness from the adhesive bonding.
Indirect Spot Welding
Is a special resistance welding process where a single spot weld is made with one electrode directly connecting to the weld zone, while the other electrode is offset at a distance, but still conducts the current along the workpiece.
Series Spot Welding
Is a special resistance welding process where two spot welds are made at the same time with two electrodes offset at a distance but still conducting the current along the workpieces between the two welds.
Micro Resistance Welding
Refers to the resistance welding processes for joining micro or miniaturized components, which in principle can be any of the above-mentioned process variants but on a micro-scale.
Parameters in resistance welding
The principle of resistance welding is the Joule heating law where the heat Q is generated depending on three basic factors as expressed in the following formula:
where I is the current passing through the metal combination, R is the resistance of the base metals and the contact interfaces, and t is the duration/time of the current flow.
The principle seems simple. However, when it runs in an actual welding process, there are numerous parameters, some researchers had identified more than 100, to influence the results of a resistance welding. In order to have a systematic understanding of the resistance welding technology, we have carried out a lot of experimental tests and summarized the most influential parameters into the following eight types:
1) Welding current
The welding current is the most important parameter in resistance welding which determines the heat generation by a power of square as shown in the formula. The size of the weld nugget increases rapidly with increasing welding current, but too high current will result in expulsions and electrode deterioration. The figure below shows the typical types of the welding current applied in resistance welding including the single-phase alternating current (AC) that is still the most used in production, the three-phase direct current (DC), the capacitor discharge (CD), and the newly developed middle frequency inverter DC. Usually, the root mean square (RMS) values of the welding current are used in the machine parameter settings and the process controls. It is often the tedious job of the welding engineers to find the optimized welding current and time for each individual welding application.
2) Welding time
The heat generation is directly proportional to the welding time. Due to the heat transfer from the weld zone to the base metals and to the electrodes, as well as the heat loss from the free surfaces to the surroundings, a minimum welding current, as well as a minimum welding time, will be needed to make a weld. If the welding current is too low, simply increasing the welding time alone will not produce a weld. When the welding current is high enough, the size of the weld nugget increases with increasing welding time until it reaches a size similar to the electrode tip contact area. If the welding time is prolonged, expulsion will occur or in the worst cases, the electrode may stick to the workpiece.
3) Welding force
The welding force influences the resistance welding process by its effect on the contact resistance at the interfaces and on the contact area due to the deformation of materials. The workpieces must be compressed with a certain force at the weld zone to enable the passage of the current. If the welding force is too low, expulsion may occur immediately after starting the welding current because the contact resistance is too high, resulting in rapid heat generation. If the welding force is high, the contact area will be large. It results in low current density and low contact resistance that will reduce heat generation and the size of the weld nugget. In projection welding, the welding force causes the collapse of the projection in the workpiece, which changes the contact area and thereby the contact resistance and the current density. It further influences heat development and the welding results.
4) Contact resistance
The contact resistance at the weld interface is the most influential parameter related to materials. It however has a highly dynamic interaction with the process parameters. The figure below shows the measured contact resistance of mild steel at different temperatures and different pressures. It is noticed that the contact resistance generally decreases with increasing temperature but has a local ridge around 300°C, and it decreases almost proportionally with increasing pressure.
All metals have rough surfaces on a micro-scale. When the welding force increases, the contact pressure increases thereby the real contact area at the interface increases due to deformation of the rough surface asperities. Therefore the contact resistance at the interface decreases which reduces the heat generation and the size of the weld nugget. On the metal surfaces, there are also oxides, water vapour, oil, dirt, and other contaminants. When the temperature increases, some of the surface contaminants (mainly water and oil-based ones) will be burned off in the first couple of cycles, and the metals will also be softened at high temperatures. Thus the contact resistance generally decreases with increasing temperature. Even though the contact resistance has the most significant influence only in the first couple of cycles, it has a decisive influence on the heat distribution due to the initial heat generation and distribution.
5) Materials properties
Nearly all material properties change with temperature which adds to the dynamics of the resistance welding process. The resistivity of material influences heat generation. The thermal conductivity and the heat capacity influence the heat transfer. In metals such as silver and copper with low resistivity and high thermal conductivity, little heat is generated even with high welding current and also quickly transferred away. They are rather difficult to weld with resistance welding. On the other hand, they can be good materials for electrodes.
When dissimilar metals are welded, more heat will be generated in the metal with higher resistivity. This should be considered when designing the weld parts in projection welding and selecting the forms of the electrodes in spot welding. The hardness of the material also influences contact resistance. Harder metals (with higher yield stress) will result in higher contact resistance at the same welding force due to the rough surface asperities being more difficult to deform, resulting in a smaller real contact area. Electrode materials have also been used to influence the heat balance in resistance welding, especially for joining light and non-ferrous metals.
6) Surface coatings
Most surface coatings are applied to protect corrosion or as a substrate for further surface treatment. These surface coatings often complicate the welding process. Special process parameter adjustments have to be made according to individual types of surface coatings. Some surface coatings are introduced for facilitating the welding of difficult material combinations. These surface coatings are strategically selected to bring the heat balance to the weld interface. Most of the surface coatings will be squeezed out during welding, some will remain at the weld interface as a braze metal.
7) Geometry and dimensions
The geometry and dimensions of the electrodes and workpieces are very important since they influence the current density distribution and thus the results of resistance welding. The geometry of electrodes in spot welding controls the current density and the resulting size of the weld nugget. Different thicknesses of metal sheets need different welding currents and other process parameter settings. The design of the local projection geometry of the workpieces is critical in projection welding, which should be considered together with the material properties especially when joining dissimilar metals. In principle, the embossment or projection should be placed on the material with the lower resistivity in order to get a better heat balance at the weld interface.
8) Welding machine characteristics
The electrical and mechanical characteristics of the welding machine have a significant influence on resistance welding processes. The electrical characteristics include the dynamic reaction time of the welding current and the magnetic/inductive losses due to the size of the welding window and the amount of magnetic materials in the throat. The up-slope time of a welding machine can be very critical in micro resistance welding as the total welding time is often extremely short. The magnetic loss in spot welding is one of the important factors to consider in-process controls. The mechanical characteristics include the speed and acceleration of the electrode follow-up as well as the stiffness of the loading frame/arms. If the follow-up of the electrode is too slow, expulsion may easily occur in projection welding. The figure below shows measured process parameters in a projection welding process, which include the dynamic curves of the welding current, the welding force, and the displacement of the electrode, where the sharp movement corresponds to the collapse of the projection in the workpiece.
Common welding issues in the industry
Besides finding the right parameters for welding tasks, welding engineers solve different issues in the resistance welding process. Some of the commonly known welding issues are listed below:
- Electrode degradation – electrode wear and tip contaminations (pick up/alloying)
- Welding with a gap between sheets – fitting of sheet and stamping tolerance
- Electrode misalignment – angle and eccentric offset of electrodes
- Liquid metal embrittlement
- Shunt effect in multiple welds – distance when welding between existing welds
- Residual stresses – Principal stresses and cracking risks
- Thermal expansion/contraction
- Welding with adhesives – shunt connection at the first weld
- One-sided welding – single electrode from one side, e.g. sheet to tube welding
- Solid state bonding – corona weld around the weld nugget
- Solidification parameters R and G – microstructures in the weld nugget


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Barriers to Attorneys’ Discussion and Use of ADR
Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution Vol. 19, p. 459, 2004
50 Pages Posted: 12 Dec 2010
Date Written: 2004
The present article reports the findings of an empirical study involving a survey of Arizona civil litigators that examined their voluntary discussion and use of ADR and the prevalence of factors thought to act as barriers to ADR use. Attorneys were asked about their knowledge of ADR processes, views of ADR on several dimensions, attitudes toward policies mandating ADR discussion and use, and the extent of judicial encouragement of ADR use. Most civil litigators discussed ADR with clients in most cases, but they were less likely to discuss ADR with opposing counsel and seldom did so early in the case. How frequently judges suggested the use of ADR was the factor most strongly related to how frequently attorneys discussed ADR with clients and opposing counsel and to how frequently they voluntarily used ADR. Attorneys’ knowledge and views of ADR played a smaller role in their ADR discussions and use, although the potential cumulative effect of these factors was substantial. The article concludes with a discussion of what the findings of the present study and other empirical studies suggest about the potential effectiveness of two approaches for increasing voluntary ADR use, namely expanding ADR education and mandating ADR consideration.
Keywords: alternative dispute resolution, mediation, empirical research
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Two missing after fire in Hillegom squatter building
Two people may be missing after a large fire in a building in Hillegom where squatters live on Thursday morning. It is unclear whether the two persons are inside the burning building, or elsewhere, according to the fire department, NU.nl reports.
Surrounding homes were evacuated. A total of three buildings on Stationsweg are on fire, a spokesperson for the Hollands Midden fire brigade said to the newspaper ."The flames came from the first floor and the attic. The roof collapsed completely." The fire is now under control.
Most residents managed to get out of the building safely, but the whereabouts of two are unknown. "One person has not been spotted at all, so the question is whether they were inside", the firefighter said to NU.nl. "The other person has been seen, but it is unclear whether they went back in."
Six people are registered living at the address, but the firefighters saw more people coming out of the building, according to the newspaper.


A second win this season for Anthony Taylor and Denis Murphy with Chris Visser and Ward Huxtable keeping alive their Class T title hopes were the main issues to emerge from the Production Vehicle brigade on the Sun City 450, the penultimate round of the Donaldson Cross Country Motor Racing Championship, here today.
Former champions Taylor and Murphy made sure the Toyota Gazoo Racing SA squad kept their unbeaten record over two seasons, with a comfortable enough win over team-mates Zimbabwean Conrad Rautenbach and Rob Howie. Rautenbach was standing in for South African champion Leeroy Poulter, who recently underwent surgery to remove an anomalous growth from the right side of his brain, with the two Toyota Hilux’s running in the FIA Class.
Third place went to former champion Visser and Huxtable in the Neil Woolridge Motorsport/Ford Performance Ranger, with the pair emerging unscathed from the Last Chance Saloon by winning Class T. A tremendous performance ensured Visser/Huxtable would take the Class T title all the way to the wire.
Taylor and Murphy had nearly 12 minutes to spare on Rautenbach and Howie and led throughout the race. The performance of the day, however, belonged to Visser and Huxtable who took full advantage of a dreadful weekend for Jason Venter/Vince van Allemann (4×4 Mega World Toyota Hilux) who led the Class T championship going into the Sun City race.
Venter/van Allemann were plagued by all sort of problems. The pair eventually limped home in 14th place after a weekend to forget with Venter’s father, Deon, and Jaco van Aardt the last of the finishers in 15th place in a new car.
Visser and Huxtable were a little fortunate when they picked up a puncture on the first of the two 152 kilometre loops that made up the race, and the jack malfunctioned. The pair were rescued by team-mates Gareth Woolridge and Boyd Dreyer who lent them their jack.
“Other than the puncture we had no issues,” said Visser. “The second loop was a lot faster and we decided to push a little harder.”
The top five were rounded out by youngsters Woolridge/Dreyer who again impressed with a mature performance, and the ever steady Johan van Staden and Mike Lawrenson in the Red-Lined Nissan Navara. Less than a minute separated the two with van Staden and Lawrenson revelling in a “proper cross country” route.
There was also a fine performance from Class S championship leaders Otto Graven and Bobby Brewis in the Graven Motorsport Toyota Hilux. The Kimberley-based crew finish sixth overall and increased their lead in the championship for cars under four litres with solid axle rear suspension.
“We had a lot of fun and never had to get out of the car,” said Graven.
Hennie de Klerk and Adriaan Roets, in their first outing in the Treasury One VW Amarok, were hampered by two flats and fought a duel with Terence Marsh and Justin Hume (Red-Lined Nissan Navara) throughout the second loop. Marsh and celebrity navigator Hume, the marketing director for Samsung who suffered from a bout of motion sickness, were eighth overall and third in the FIA Class.
The top 10 were rounded out by Johan and Werner Horn (Malalane Toyota Hilux) and the second Class S crew in Heinie Strumpher and Henri Hugo in the 4×4 Mega World Toyota Hilux. For the Horn brothers, who started from the back of the field, it was a far better day than in the qualifying race when they had three punctures and only two spare wheels.
The final event on the Donaldson calendar will be the Atlas Copco 450 on the West Rand on October 28 and 29. The race will run in conjunction with the final rounds of the Northern Regions Cross Country Championship and the SA Cross Country Motorcycle and Quad Championships.


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Sometimes I woke up in mid night and search for my water bottles near bed or in dining table. when you wake up suddenly its difficult to identify in the dark. So I build this PIR water bottle which can be identified in darkness by waving your hands. The range is depends on how we mount the sensor.
Another thing sometimes we forget to drink water while working on it (office) even though the bottle is in-front of you. This bottle can blink and reminds to drink water.
I took KEMET sensor SS-430L, I had to hand solder with wires to take out the pins since I did not got connector.
Here is the pin details:
The datasheet is here
I interfaced the sensor with PSoC4 MCU, and the board I used is custom one (my design), I had to cut the board to fit into bottle cap.
The PIR sensor was kept inside the bottle cap, and some LED's too. PSoC4 counts the interrupts from sensor and turn on the lights. Also it has heart rate feature to wake the lights up and alert the user to drink water.
The circuit is very simple, I sourced the power from Li-Po battery ( 3.2V) for my requirement.
PIN1 - Power - 3.2V
PIN2 - Gnd
PIN3 - P0_1 (PSoC4 Interrupt)
LED's - P1_7 (PSoC4)Usecase:
People may think why we want this, but there are some use-cases are in my mind with Proximity water bottle.
1. You can find your bottle from dark places.
2. Kids will love this lights feature with more color combinations
3. Drink water reminder with blinking lights.
4. Differentiate between others water bottle with colors ( RGB choose your own color)
5. Adding vibration motor along with LED's to help blind people to reach their bottle.
There could be many with water bottle. This is how the bottle looks in the dark
The working video is here on YouTube.

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|I purchased my first decorative hanging basket. It came with a coco liner. Obviously, I need to supply the flowers but my question is...do I need to fill the entire basket with soil? This will make the basket VERY heavy. Do I need to use a plastic liner with the coco basket? It will hang from my porch. Thanks in advance for the advice!|
|You will need to fill the basket with a soil-less potting mix formulated for container plants. (These are lighter weight than plain soil.) This will add weight, as will the water when you water the plants, and the plants as they grow, so use a very strong support to hang it from.
The original purpose of the coir or moss liner is to hold extra water as a sort of reservoir and to enable planting on all sides of the container to provide a very full decorative look, especially when viewed from below. Some people use a plastic liner to help keep the soil moister by preventing evaporation from the sides, it may help the liner last longer, too, by keeping it dry. If you do, make some drainage holes in the bottom of the plastic so excess can drain out. If you use plastic, keep in mind it is harder to plant through the sides of the liner so that you have plants growing from the sides of the basket, and try to do it so the plastic doesn't show. It is a matter of personal choice whether or not to use the plastic.

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After the attack in Johannesburg guaranteed Grace Mugabe diplomatic immunity by the south african government. A court rev later up the decision.
South african police have turned to international police organization Interpol to make sure she was arrested.
to Grace Mugabe have struck a woman with a cord. Mugabe, in turn, say that the woman attacked her with a knife.
Grace Mugabe was seen as a possible successor to his 94-year-old husband, who ruled Zimbabwe from 1980 until in november last year. Robert Mugabe was forced away, and was replaced by Emmerson Mnangagwa.

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APPLE has apologised for deliberately slowing down older iPhone models.
Here's what the tech giant said, whether your phone is affected and how Apple are promising to "regain the trust" of customers.
Why did Apple issue an apology?
Apple apologised on December 28 after admitting that it deliberately slows down the performance of some older iPhone models.
Promising to "recognise the loyalty" of customers after the practice was revealed, the tech giant has slashed prices of out-of-warranty battery replacements for the handsets affected.
They have also pledged to release an iOS software update in 2018 which will allow users to check on their overall iPhone battery health.
Apple users believed older iPhones were slowed down to encourage customers to upgrade.
The firm admitted the practice earlier in December, but claimed that downgrading performance when batteries are old, cold or low charge would prolong the device's overall life.
In a lengthy blog post addressing the backlash, Apple said: "We know that some of you feel Apple has let you down. We apologise.
"There’s been a lot of misunderstanding about this issue, so we would like to clarify and let you know about some changes we’re making."
They insisted: "We have never – and would never – do anything to intentionally shorten the life of any Apple product, or degrade the user experience to drive customer upgrades."
Will Apple replace your old iPhone battery? Which models are affected?
The models which Apple admitted to slowing down were the iPhone 6, 6S, 7 and SE.
Anyone who owns an iPhone 6 or later will be entitled to a cut-price out-of-warranty replacement battery, in a deal starting in late January 2018 and running for the whole year.
Apple has slashed the cost of the replacements from $79 (£58) to $29 (£21).


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Welcome to Hermine du Lac, for your stay in Brittany, Ploërmel Land of Legends :
The central position of Ploërmel in the heart of Brittany, and at the crossroads of the free four lanes, makes it a privileged spot to visit Brittany from coast to coast, or travelling for business.
Ploërmel is an ideal starting point both for the discovery of the legends of Brocéliande and the coastal sites of the Gulf of Morbihan or the north coast of Brittany without forgetting Mont Saint Michel!
Want to sleep well? And rest in a quiet place?
2 steps from downtown Ploermel?
Welcome to our B and B in Taupont in the heart of Brittany! In Ploërmel, in Taupont extends the Duke Lake on 250 Ha, the largest natural lake in Brittany!
Our guest house is nested on the banks of the Duke Lake, with both lake and centenary trees nice view, shared with the inhabitants of the Lake, herons, ducks, fishes ... Here, nothing else but the essential! ...
It is a great pleasure to welcome you to our fully renovated breton residence, restored with respect for the environment and combining the authentic breton character and modern comfort. You will enjoy a design and charming house and bedroom, where convinience has been carefully studied.
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Ermine (Hermine in french), emblem of Brittany, is also this little graceful and wild animal, like the Nature that hosts our guest house !

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The store was inaugurated on Monday in the presence of development cooperation minister Franz Fayot (LSAP), the president of Caritas Luxembourg Marie-Josée Jacobs, CEO of Our Choice Fashion, Filip Westerlund, Caritas staff members and other visitors.
The project is part of the “Rethink your Clothes” campaign, which was launched in 2018 with the support of the foreign ministry’s directorate for the cooperation of development and humanitarian aid, and is geared towards raising awareness on the social and ecological issues in the textile industry, which is a major contributor to climate change, way ahead of the aviation and shipping industry combined.
“The aim of the campaign is to be a reminder that fast fashion has a price,” Fayot said at the opening. The Rethink Your Clothes campaign was launched to mark the anniversary of the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory in Bangladesh in 2013, killing around 1,200 people.
During the press conference, Marie-Josée Jacobs said the organisation wanted to do its bit to raise awareness against the exploitation of labourers in the fast fashion industry by setting up the pop-up store in Luxembourg City.
The cheap price of fashion “is paid for by inhumane working conditions,” Fayot said, adding that the proximity of the pop-up store to big fashion brands benefitting from the industry was symbolic.
Fast fashion is also bad for the climate, Fayot said. “I’m convinced that we must all change our habits,” he said about the sustainable transition, “in the way we consume food, how we travel, how often we travel, and also how we dress.”
Besides offering sustainable fashion items to customers, Lët'z Refashion is driven by non-commercial objectives such as promoting slow fashion stakeholders working with upcycled and second-hand products in the grand duchy, and also organises workshops, where participants can learn about upcycling and ways to preserve clothing. The first sessions kicked off on 19 September and already has six people enrolled. The get-togethers are schedule for Thursdays and Saturdays.
The textile industry is “extremely polluting,” said Fayot who came to the inauguration wearing sustainable sneakers by Our Choice and left wearing an upcycled bowtie put on him by Jacobs. He stressed that a change of lifestyle is required even with technological innovations, and that we should all think about how many clothes we buy, where from, how we can reuse and recycle them.
Founder of the sustainable sneakers brand, Westerlund encouraged all sneaker lovers to come by the store, have a look, try them on and also order online. He added that his vision is “to see more circular sneakers walking in the streets of Luxembourg… I feel like there’s such a warm community in Luxembourg when it comes to sustainability, the circular economy and fashion, and so my vision is for us all to do this in a very mindful way.”
He also highlighted the importance of educating more people, adding that “education is key when it comes to sustainable consumption,” while also commending Caritas and the support of the ministry.
Speaking about the upcoming launch of his e-commerce portal, a platform dedicated to the sale of only circular brands, Westerlund highlighted the benefits this will have for sellers, who will be able to cut marketing costs and reach the target audience easily, but also for consumers who can be certain that they are buying “circular sustainable and traceable fashion.”


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Saint Seiya Omega game announcedPlatform and release date not announced.
Namco Bandai is developing a video game adaption of Saint Seiya Omega, Toei Animation’s new Saint Seiya anime, which airs its premiere episode tomorrow in Japan.
Platform and release date were not announced, but the above image was shared.
Namco Bandai’s latest Saint Seiya game was Saint Seiya: Sanctuary Battle for PlayStation 3. It was released in Japan and Europe.

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‘THE UNDERWATER MENACE’
Please feel free to comment on my review.
Atlantis with the Second Doctor, Jamie, Ben and Polly
I had this ‘Doctor Who’ DVD for Christmas in 2015!
‘The Underwater Menace’ stars Patrick Troughton as the Doctor with Michael Craze as Ben; Anneke Wills as Polly and Frazer Hines as Jamie. It’s a four-part story by Geoffrey Orme that was mostly missing with ‘Episode 3’ for some time. That was until the recovery of ‘Episode 2’ of the tale in 2011.
The story was released on DVD in 2015 with the two surviving episodes in it. Sadly ‘Episodes 1 and 4’ are still missing and were presented as tele-snaps with the audio soundtrack in the background on the DVD. This is a shame as I would’ve liked to have seen those missing episodes animated on DVD.
Before I had ‘The Underwater Menace’ DVD for Christmas 2015, I’d seen ‘Episode 2’ at the ‘Pandorica 2015’ convention in Bristol, September 2015. The episode was being commentated upon by Anneke Wills at the convention and I did enjoy seeing what I saw of the episode for the first time.
I was looking forward to seeing ‘The Underwater Menace’ story in its entirety on DVD. However, I don’t think ‘The Underwater Menace’ is as good as many other ‘Doctor Who’ DVDs I’ve seen. The surviving two episodes were great to watch and it was good to see the Doctor, Jamie, Polly and Ben.
But as for the tele-snap episodes themselves, they were static and uninteresting. Now I admire photographer John Cura’s acquisition of the stills from those two missing episodes of the story. But I had to put the subtitles on for the two tele-snap episodes in order to hear what the characters said.
For this review, I purchased the audio soundtrack of ‘The Underwater Menace’ as a download on Audible. This was to help with understanding what was going on in the missing episodes with the linking narration provided by lovely Anneke Wills. This helped to watch the tele-snaps, but not much.
It didn’t end the main range of classic ‘Doctor Who’ DVDs on a high for me. As a fan and I’m sure for others, I had to wait a year for ‘The Underwater Menace’ to be released on DVD following the announcement of it via the ‘coming soon’ trailer on ‘The Moonbase’ DVD. So this was disappointing.
I feel the tele-snap ‘Episode Three’ of ‘The Web of Fear’ was better than the tele-snap episodes of ‘The Underwater Menace’ DVD. I wish that ‘Episodes 1 and 4’ of this story were animated to satisfy the fans’ enjoyment of this DVD, though the tele-snap episodes were better than nothing I suppose.
As for the story itself, it was pretty average indeed. I heard that it wasn’t one of the top favourite ‘Doctor Who’ stories by the fans (the opposite in fact). But I found it enjoyable and it was interesting how they did a ‘cartoon’-style tale with such an unbelievably over-the-top villain in Professor Zaroff.
In the story, the TARDIS arrives on a beach on Earth. The Doctor, Ben, Polly and Jamie step out and eventually enter a cave where they go down deep under the earth and find the lost city of Atlantis. There, Professor Zaroff is intending to penetrate the Earth’s crust so that he can blow up the world.
I presume this is the Doctor’s first official visit to Atlantis in ‘Doctor Who’ since he would later revisit that kingdom in ‘The Time Monster’ with Jon Pertwee. It was intriguing to see how the Doctor visits Atlantis for the first time, though it does seem a very hair-brained and unusual adventure for him.
I did find this story a bit of a muddle and it seemed to be all over the place in terms of structure and plot. There are lots of ideas and concepts going on through this story, but they don’t seem to co-ordinate with each other. Also some of the set designs; costumes and performances of the cast were unusual.
There were also behind-the-scenes problems with how this story was made in terms of scheduling and changes of directors. There was also the director Julia Smith who makes a bold attempt with making this fantasy story, although she didn’t get on well with the cast including Patrick Troughton.
Patrick Troughton is very good as the Doctor in this TV adventure. I feel that Patrick is getting confident in his role as the Doctor by this point in the series. He enjoys playing his recorder and getting to dress up, disguised as a seller man in the Altantian market as well as with stopping Zaroff.
Frazer Hines is equally good as Jamie in this story. Jamie has joined the TARDIS following ‘The Highlanders’ and this is his first adventure in the TARDIS. He doesn’t have a major part to the story as he was shoehorned in recently in this series. But he comes across as very likely and a good friend.
Anneke Wills is lovely as Polly, but I’m afraid her character is wasted in this. Geoffrey Orme didn’t know how to write for Polly and she comes across as squeamish and not-in-character. It was quite frightening when she was going to be experimented on as a fish. “You’re not turning me into a fish!”
Michael Craze is very good as Ben in this story. Like Jamie, I don’t think he has a major part to play in this story, but he does get very resourceful and motivates people like Sean and Jacko when escaping the mines. I liked it when Ben gets to be the voice of Amdo in order to rescue the Doctor and Ramo.
Joseph Fürst guest stars as Professor Zaroff in this story. Fürst’s performance as Zaroff in this story is way, way over-the-top. I can’t see why Zaroff would want to blow up the world for scientific achievement as it’s so ridiculous and he’s completely flipped. He’s well-known for his immortal line:
PROFESSOR ZAROFF: “NOTHING IN THE WORLD CAN STOP ME NOW!!!!!”
Catherine Howe guest stars as Ara, an Atlantian slave girl who helps the Doctor, Jamie, Polly and Ben when they’re in trouble from Zaroff and the others in Atlantis. Ara’s a lovely girl and would have made a good companion, since she seems to be rushing around a lot in this very unusual adventure.
Tom Watson guest stars as Ramo, one of the priests of Atlantis in this story. Ramo doesn’t trust Zaroff’s word that he will rise Atlantis up from the waters for the people. The Doctor gains Ramo’s confidence as he helps him with stopping Zaroff. It’s a shock when Ramo is being attacked by Zaroff.
Colin Jeavons guest stars as Damon, one of the scientists who nearly turned Polly into one of the fish people. I can’t see why Damon would be so willing to make the Atlantian people into fish people, although they are meant to work as slaves for them and find the food supplies needed for Atlantis.
There’s also Paul Anil as Jacko and P.G. Stephens as Sean who work in the mines when Jamie and Ben meet them. Those mine sequences in this story are somehow unusual and weird for me. There’s also Noel Johnson as King Thous of Atlantis, who disbelieves the Doctor’s allegations against Zaroff.
The fish people in ‘The Underwater Menace’ were pretty disappointing for me. They look spectacular in the underwater sequences in ‘Episode 3’ when they go on strike. But I’m afraid they just didn’t do anything for me and the costumes and make-up looked terrible when I watched them.
The DVD special features are as follows. There’s the making-of documentary ‘A Fishy Tale’ with cast and crew interviews. There’s also ‘The Television Centre of the Universe – Part 2’ documentary with Peter Davison, Janet Fielding and Mark Strickson, guided by ‘Blue Peter’ presenter Yvette Fielding (‘Part 1’ is on ‘The Visitation’ Special Edition DVD). Wrong DVD to put ‘Part 2’ of this documentary! There are also some censor clips, the only surviving footage of ‘Episodes 1 and 4’ of this story. Why these clips weren’t included with the tele-snap versions of the episodes of this DVD, I don’t know! There’s also a photo gallery of this story. There’s a DVD audio commentary on the tele-snap ‘Episode 1’, featuring ‘Part Two’ of an interview with Patrick Troughton’s son, Michael Troughton (‘Part One’ is on ‘The Ice Warriors’ DVD). There’s also a DVD audio commentary on ‘Episodes 2 and 3’ with Anneke Wills, Frazer Hines, Catherine Howe, special sounds supervisor Brian Hodgson and floor assistant Quentin Mann, moderated by Toby Hadoke. And there’s a commentary on the tele-snap ‘Episode 4’ featuring archive material from Patrick Troughton, directors Julia Smith and Hugh David and producer Innes Lloyd.
‘The Underwater Menace’ has been a very disappointing ‘Doctor Who’ DVD release for me. Somehow this story still feels incomplete for me, despite the tele-snap episodes to fill in the gaps. I wish ‘Episodes 1 and 4’ were animated, but I did enjoy the recovered ‘Episode 2’ of the tale very much.
‘The Underwater Menace’ rating – 5/10
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Update: The City of Palo Alto has met with and told the developer that they definitely cannot violate the Municipal Code 18.18.120(b) and turn our homes into a hotel. However we have just received a certified letter that our leases will continue to be terminated and that City decisions have "absolutely no bearing or impact on" our tenancy.Please join us in requesting continued help from the City of Palo Alto in finding a solution for the President Apartments and its residents. Thank you! Come to the Palo Alto City Council meeting Monday, August 27 at 6pm at City Hall Write to Palo Alto City Council at email@example.com Sign this petition and please invite others to as well City of Palo Alto Please urge AJ Capital (out-of-state developer) to halt the eviction of the residents, and not to otherwise raise our rents in retribution! Background Our historic apartment building provides homes for Palo Altans who serve this community. We are Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD) students, teachers both in PAUSD, other local schools and in our homes, medical researchers, service industry employees, local business owners, veterans, entrepreneurs, and so on. Many residents have lived here for decades. In the middle of a housing crisis in Palo Alto and the entire Bay area, evicting this many residents to turn workforce housing into yet another luxury hotel is not what our community needs --especially with 8 luxury hotels already in downtown! We really appreciate how our Palo Alto City Council has backed us up and supported the community of Palo Alto by enforcing the regulations that developers cannot turn this oversized building into yet another hotel. AJ Capital is a real estate developer out of Chicago, who purchased our building. ‘AJ is differentiated by our approach to real estate investment, which targets “white space” environments and exploits the market’s under-served demand for unique and authentic experiences.” We would like to humbly put forth that we are not “white space.” We would love to keep our homes. What is more meaningful than one’s home? How are they connecting with us tenants by evicting us? Buying an old church in Nashville or a hotel that was never people's homes in Chicago is one thing. But, please ask yourself, do we want out-of-area developers coming into our community and evicting long-time Palo Altans from their homes? Does that reflect the values of our town?If the space was needed for a hotel or a school, it could be understandable. But, we have 8 luxury hotels just within walking distance of our home. Not to mention dozens within a few miles. Our community needs more semi-affordable housing, not less.


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Ford's increasing market share likely came at the expense of Toyota, mired in two massive recalls involving as many as 8 million cars for problems with unintended acceleration. The Tokyo-based company will report January sales on Tuesday and is expected to show that sales were affected by management's decision to halt sales of Camry, Corolla, and six other popular models until a fix for "sticky" accelerators could be readied. Toyota said Monday that it's sending parts to dealers this week to fix the problem.
Lately, Ford has had a knack for doing things right, and Toyota for doing them wrong. Ford said resale value among its Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury brands rose more than $1,300 a vehicle in the last year, closing the gap on Japanese rivals, which also include Honda Motor (HMC) and Nissan Motors.
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While China’s President Xi Jinping has been calling for a new model of great power relationship between China and the US since he came to power, Beijing has been suspicious about the Obama administration’s strategic rebalance toward the Asia-Pacific. For China, the US so-called ‘pivot to Asia’ is nothing less than a policy to contain China’s rise. The Asia-Pacific region, therefore, has become a test ground for China and the US to explore the possibility of building a new model of great-power relationship. Is Obama's strategic rebalance undermining the flimsy strategic trust between the two countries and is it possible for China and the United States to build a new model of great-power relationship to help avoid confrontation and conflict?
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February 8, 2005
Israeli Prime Minster Ariel Sharon, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Jordanian King Abdullah II met at the Egyptian resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh to work toward ending the Second Intifada.
Also known as the Al-Aqsa Intifada, the Second Intifada is a deadly Palestinian uprising in its fifth year. Palestinians blame the violence on the provocation of a visit by Sharon, then the Knesset’s opposition leader, to the Temple Mount in September 2000. Rioting in the Old City that fall led to deadly altercations and terrorism. Palestinians carried out many suicide bombings against Israeli civilians, and the Israeli military responded with crackdowns in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The United States and European Union failed in repeated attempts to broker a cease-fire, and the killing stifled peace efforts such as the Arab League-approved Saudi peace initiative in 2002 and the Roadmap for Peace presented by the Quartet in 2003.
All sides make concessions at Sharm el-Sheikh to end the bloodshed. Sharon agrees to release 900 Palestinian prisoners and end military operations in the West Bank and Gaza. Abbas agrees to call for an end to violent attacks on Israelis. Egypt and Jordan agree to return their ambassadors to Israel. The summit ends with declarations from Sharon and Abbas that the Second Intifada is over, although sporadic violence continues.
“We have an opportunity to break off from the path of blood which has been forced on us over the past four years,” Sharon says at the end of the summit. “We have an opportunity to start on a new path. For the first time in a long time, there exists in our region hope for a better future for our children and grandchildren.”
The death toll for the Second Intifada is more than 1,000 Israelis and around 4,000 Palestinians.

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“Do you?” said Robin laughing.
Soon they came to the town-hall and the butchers learned nothing about Robin Hood. At dinner the sheriff heard about the new butcher who sold meat so cheap. The sheriff wanted to buy cattle cheap too. So he asked Robin Hood if he had any cattle to sell. Robin offered the sheriff to see his cattle in the field the next morning.
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Mr. Ichiro Aisawa, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Visit Iran, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan
January 7, 2005
- Mr. Ichiro Aisawa, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, will visit the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Republic of Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan from January 10 (Mon) to 19 (Wed).
- In Iran, Mr. Aisawa will exchange views with leaders of the government on such matters as the Iraqi situation, Iran's nuclear issue, and bilateral relations in general.
- In Azerbaijan, Mr. Aisawa will exchange views with leaders of the government on such matters as bilateral relations in general including energy issues and the situation in the Caucasus region.
- In Turkmenistan, Mr. Aisawa will attend the reception for the opening of the Japanese Embassy in Turkmenistan, which was established in January 1 this year, and meet with leaders of the government to exchange views on how to promote bilateral relations, the situation in the Central Asia, and other issues.
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Are there long-term risks?
Most doctors agree that you have to wear a waist trainer way too long and way too tight to damage your internal organs. And in the short term, any discomfort you might feel would probably prompt you to loosen the braces.
If you ignored the discomfort and kept your waist trainer on, consuming too few calories would probably be unsustainable or even harmful. A restrictive diet can slow your metabolism, leading to future weight gain, or cause eating disorders and weakness.
And narrowing itself can cause gastrointestinal problems, such as bloating or constipation. “This compression may also contribute to acid reflux by interfering with normal digestion,” wrote Dr. Laskowski.
A waist trainer can also hinder the natural movement of your diaphragm, which in turn can affect your breathing. That’s especially true if you wear one while exercising. In rare cases, said Dr. Lombardo, people can pass out.
“Having good airflow, the way you’re designed, is a good thing,” she said.
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Waist trainers are part of the ever-expanding world of unproven and often ineffective products sold to women frustrated by their weight.
“That’s why we have a billion-dollar weight-loss industry: we want the easy way out,” said Dr. Lombardo.
That’s not to say that for some it’s not worth smoothing out bumps and bumps under a night out outfit. Confidence is important, and if shapewear makes you feel better, go ahead and put it on. But for long-term sustainable results, eating a healthy diet, incorporating strength training into your workouts, and most importantly, being kind to yourself are much better bets.
“There’s nothing like the basics of clean eating, physical activity and strength training, including core exercises,” wrote Dr. Laskowski. “The best ‘brace’ you can give your abs is your core muscles working together, and the best ‘corset’ is your muscle corset.”

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In its first full week on the streamer, the series managed 15.6M views — up quite substantially from its debut weekend to make it not only top dog among TV but also the most-watched title on Netflix from March 25 to 31.
It’s a bit too early to put it in contention for a spot on the most popular list, since it only has 26M of the 83M views it would need to make it. How it performs over the next few weeks will be very telling about its chances.
Meanwhile, The Gentlemen fell from grace a bit, coming in at No. 3, down from first place the week prior, with 7.8M views.
Avatar: The Last Airbender also spent its sixth week on the list with 2.8M views, putting it in fifth place. Speaking of the most popular list, Avatar is probably one to watch. At this point, the series is approaching 60M total views since it debuted on February 22. It has until May 23 to eclipse The Witcher‘s 83M views.
This is totally doable for this series, considering it has continued to deliver Top 10-worthy viewership over the last month and a half. However, Avatar would need to sustain its current viewership for the next few weeks in order to hit that threshold. Time will tell.
Making their list debuts were the docudrama Testament: The Story of Moses in second with 13.5M views, Season 2 of Buying Beverly Hills in eighth place with 1.9M views, and stand-up special Dave Attell: Hot Cross Buns in tenth with 1.5M views.
On the film side, Heart of the Hunter rose to No. 1 on the English-language list with 11M views. Lindsay Lohan’s flick Irish Wish clocked another 10.5M views, putting it at No. 2. Millie Bobby Brown’s Damsel took home third with 10.3M views.
Regina King’s Shirley, which tells the story of Shirley Chisholm and her trailblazing US presidential run, drew 4.1M views, putting it at No. 6.


DETROIT – Yes, Patrick Roy is making some subtle changes with the Islanders’ power play, too.
Because, and stop us if you’ve heard this one, a more efficient man advantage could be a key element in the team’s desperate push for a playoff spot.
The Islanders, just 1 for 15 on the power play over the last four games (2-2-0), face another crucial match against the Red Wings on Thursday night at Little Caesars Arena. The Islanders will try to win two in a row coming off Monday night’s 3-2 overtime victory in Dallas, for just the second time since Dec. 13.
“One of those things,” Kyle Palmieri said. “A lot of good looks. Sometimes you’re going to get those bounces and other times you’re not. But I think we’ve been moving it well and executing well so I think we’ve just got to stick to it.”
The Islanders went 0-for-3 on the power play against the Stars, mustering just two shots and failing to open a two-goal lead despite overlapping power plays to start the second period that included 30 seconds of five-on-three.
But Brock Nelson hit the post on an open look from low in the right circle in the second period with the puck not coming off his stick quite the way he wanted. Nelson had a six-on-four power play goal in Saturday’s 4-2 loss to the Lightning at UBS Arena.
“We had quite a few looks over the last couple of games where we didn’t get one,” Nelson said. “You’d like to see one or two go in, especially when games aren’t going your way. That could change the outcome a bit.”
The Islanders (24-20-14) entered Tuesday with a 6.6% chance of making the playoffs, per MoneyPuck.com., up from 5.7% prior to Monday’s win. Their power play was ranked 15th in the NHL at 22.2% (36 for 162).
Roy has kept his two power-play units essentially the same since taking over for the fired Lane Lambert on Jan. 20. The top unit still has defenseman Noah Dobson up top with Palmieri as the net-front presence, Bo Horvat in the middle and Nelson and Mathew Barzal on the half-walls.
Defenseman Ryan Pulock’s inclusion on the second unit has morphed from him playing on the left half-wall to now being a second blue-line presence with defenseman Mike Reilly as Anders Lee provides a net-front presence with forwards Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Pierre Engvall also below the dots.
Pulock has been more efficient unleashing his booming shot from the blue line rather than from the left circle.
Roy has also given the second unit more ice time than Lambert. It started two of the three power plays against the Stars, though the fact that Horvat, Barzal and Nelson had been on the ice prior to the power play also played a role in those decisions.
“It’s a team game,” Roy said when asked about the second unit. “I believe in the team concept. I like what that power play brings. It’s a different look. It’s shots on net. I’m very comfortable.”
Still, more goals would make Roy and the Islanders more comfortable.


In 2015, hip-hop-flavored Latin rock band Molotov will celebrate its 20th anniversary as one of Mexico’s least-likely international stars.
With potty-mouthed raps, politically slanted anthems and irresistibly catchy funk n’ punk, Mexico’s answer to the Beastie Boys has managed to court controversy while collecting five Latin Grammys – its latest for 2014’s “Agua Maldita.”
The quartet’s only U.S.-born member, drummer Randy Ebright, spoke to the Observer Wednesday about bonding with his bandmates early on, what they choose to write about and the Spanglish group’s international appeal.
Q. You have an unusual backstory in that you moved to Mexico City in your teens because your dad was a DEA agent. Did you bond over music with the other band members?
A. Hip-hop was the common denominator. ... I came up rapping as well as drumming. I get to Mexico and hip-hop is just starting to take off. (The other members) taught me a lot about more traditional Mexican music that their parents listened to – lyrically brilliant music. I passed along what my parents listened to: the Motown and early hip-hop.
Q. There was nothing like Molotov coming out of Mexico at the time.
A. No. There still isn’t. In Mexico a lot of people are hesitant to take on hip-hop and rock. We’re bilingual and we do it effortlessly. There are bands that sing in English, but we do it naturally.
Q. Your lyrics touch on politics, but the music is very much party-starting, uplifting music. Is the idea to offer some kind of escape from what we hear about – the violence, the crime, the corruption?
A. No. Lyrically we try to analyze our own day-to-day lives. People are quick to judge us as a protest band. What’s going on in the news is what they want Molotov to sing about. To tell you the truth, we never wrote many lyrics that aren’t about our daily lives or how it affects us.
Q. Your audience isn’t just Spanish-speaking. Why do you think Molotov transcends language barriers?
A. I don’t know because it doesn’t happen just in the States. The bigger countries we tour are Germany, Austria and Switzerland. I don’t know if it’s because they took a whole bunch of Spanish in high school or understand the energy with which we sing. You don’t have to know what the words are to get the energy behind them. That even happens with the English stuff. I can’t always understand the crap people say in English in songs.
Q. When did you first notice that wider appeal?
A. Even with the first record we started touring the biggest festivals in Europe. The band played and Metallica was on stage. We’d see all these people standing on the sidelines of our stage when we were playing. It was kind of surreal, but also funny. All these huge bands from the States or Europe mingling backstage and we’re this Mexican band. Most of the band doesn’t speak English that well. We’d get shout-outs. I think it gave people permission in Germany to say, “It’s in Spanish, but it’s a cool band.” They can pick out the Spanglish.


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Cost of living in João Pessoa, Brazil compared to Algiers, Algeria
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Cost of living in João Pessoa (Brazil) is 33% more expensive than in Algiers (Algeria)
For example, you would need at least 539,122 Dinar (R$ 15,356) in João Pessoa to maintain the same standard of living that you can have with 406,250 Dinar in Algiers.
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His Royal Highness Meets with 42nd President Bill Clinton
March 30, 2018
His Royal Highness Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met with the 42nd President of United States of America William ‘Bill’ Clinton on Wednesday March 28, 2018, in New York City. The meeting was attended by His Royal Highness Ambassador Prince Khalid bin Salman, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United States of America. The meeting highlighted longstanding history between both countries and reflected the friendship that exists between Saudi Arabia and the United States. The discussion included an exchange on a range of topics, from the ongoing changes within the Kingdom, as manifested in Vision 2030, to regional developments.


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Actress and model Pamela Odame descends on her friend Nayas as she addresses Nana Tonardo’s one night stand allegations
According to her on the Upclose Show on Akinta Tv, she is very disappointed in her friend Nayas who was the host of the show on which Nana Tornado made the allegations.
She added that, she was only friends with Tonardo and they never had any sexual relationship as he claims.
She further said she is more famous than Tonardo and she has no problem with him.
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Talking about the future prospects of digital printing, where is the breakthrough point of development?
Digital printing is growing steadily, but there are also development bottlenecks
Talking about the future development of the digital printing market, China’s digital inkjet printing output accounted for less than 3% in 2016. In recent years, digital inkjet printing technology has received extensive attention and rapid development in China’s printing and dyeing industry. JD believes that according to such a steady growth rate, the market prospect of digital printing is still very good. The breakthrough point for the future development of digital printing should be how to transfer part of the production capacity of the traditional market.
Digital printing has been developing in the entire textile printing and dyeing industry for more than 20 years. Where is the promotion bottleneck? JD believes that in the textile market, traditional printing and dyeing enterprises have the following two limitations when entering the field of digital printing.
The first is cost consideration. “We have made relevant calculations. If the cost gap between traditional printing and digital printing can be controlled within 20%, then more companies will be willing to choose digital printing with flexible production models and green environmental protection. The cost gap is still very large, and such a large cost gap has hindered many traditional companies from entering the digital printing field.”
The second is print quality. On some levels, some special effects and craftsmanship of traditional printing cannot be achieved by digital for the time being. “For example, many mid-to-high-end brands of clothing are mainly made of full background or solid color, and printing only accounts for a small part. In this regard, the saturation and penetration of digital printing still lag behind traditional printing and dyeing.”
Although there are bottlenecks in development, JD is still optimistic about the development of the entire textile digital market. “The advantages of digital printing are also very obvious.” For large traditional printing and dyeing enterprises, the annual cost of plate making is a lot of money, and the storage of screen plates also requires a lot of cost.
Digital printing is energy-saving and environmentally friendly, with flexible production and high pattern development efficiency. It can flexibly respond to large and small orders, produce quickly, and at the same time meet people’s personalized customization needs. Therefore, he believes that as long as costs are controlled, more and more traditional enterprises will be willing to transform into digital printing.
The cost of digital printing will gradually decrease, and the development prospect is optimistic
JD believes that textile digital printing will be more and more recognized by the market because of its green environmental protection, clean production, and in line with the direction of the entire industry and national policies. “This is something that requires the efforts of our entire industry. Our manufacturers must invest more development resources to make more stable, more economical and efficient inkjet transfer materials, and at the same time, we must work with upstream and downstream suppliers to transfer digital The cost of printing will continue to be reduced, so as to allow the healthy development of textile digital. In addition, it is also very important for enterprises in traditional industries to have the courage to try and give opportunities to equipment manufacturers! In fact, early attempts to digitally Some companies have developed a lot of better business through digital printing.”
JD revealed that at present, good news is constantly coming in reducing the cost of digital printing. “With the development of the digital printing market and the maturity of the development and production technologies of various consumables, whether it is equipment or ink and sublimation transfer paper, the quality is getting better and better, and the price is adjusted accordingly, which will make the terminal factory use more and more cost. The lower it is, the more traditional companies will be willing to try or increase the proportion of digital printing. The current market terminal price has been reduced by 30%~50% compared with 2016.” He believes that the output of digital inkjet printing in the Chinese market has increased. , the manufacturing cost will naturally drop.
Textile and clothing is a popular consumer industry. Regardless of whether the economy is developing rapidly or slumping to the bottom, clothing will always be a necessity for people’s lives. Although the industry competition is relatively fierce, the market has been affected by the epidemic in the past two years, and the market volatility is relatively large, but everyone still has a good expectation for the textile market, thinking that this is an incremental market.
For the traditional printing and dyeing industry, we are still in awe. Maybe digital printing cannot completely replace traditional printing, but at least we can grasp a part of the market that traditional printing cannot. If we can do a good job in this part of the market, the development of digital printing There is still a lot of space!


Nonlinear Control Systems using MATLAB®
Author(s): Mourad Boufadene
The development of computer software for nonlinear control systems has provided many benefits for teaching, research, and the development of control systems design. MATLAB is considered the dominant software platforms for linear and nonlinear control systems analysis.
This book provides an easy way to learn nonlinear control systems such as feedback linearization technique and Sliding mode control (Structure variable control) which are one of the most used techniques in nonlinear control dynamical systems; therefore teachers-students and researchers are all in need to handle such techniques; and since they are too difficult for them to handle such nonlinear controllers especially for a more complicated systems such as induction motor, satellite, and vehicles dynamical models. Thus, this document it is an excellent resource for learning the principle of feedback linearization and sliding mode techniques in an easy and simple way:
- Provides a briefs description of the feedback linearization and sliding
mode control strategies
- Includes a simple method on how to determine the right and appropriate controller (P-PI-PID) for feedback linearization control strategy.
- A Symbolic MATLAB Based function for finding the feedback linearization and sliding mode controllers are developed and tested using several examples.
- A simple method for finding the approximate sliding mode controller parameters is introduced
Where the program used to construct the nonlinear controller uses symbolic computations; such that the user should provide the program with the necessary functions f(x), g(x) and h(x) using the symbolic library.


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Tragedy on all levels: Ford must step down — with our sympathy
The tragedy of Rob Ford is horrible to watch. He must resign, for our sakes and his own. But he deserves our sympathy too, for his sake and ours.
It’s a political tragedy for Ford that he cannot remain as mayor and doesn’t yet know it. But it’s a far worse personal tragedy. His real problem is not that he smoked crack, bad as that would normally be. It’s that he doesn’t even know for sure when he did it because it was in one of his “drunken stupors.”
He denies being an alcoholic. But if blackouts are a familiar part of your life, you are one. Doubtless other blurry horrors will surface and finish him as mayor. But until he accepts that succeeding in politics despite his drinking is part of the problem, not part of the solution, he cannot address the addiction now destroying him personally.
The story is a tragedy for Ford’s supporters as well. They put their faith in him for some very good reasons, from his all-too-real, unstudied, friendly and compassionate nature to his brave stand against the smoothly deceitful politics-as-usual steering us smugly toward fiscal and cultural disaster.
Now they have not only seen their hopes betrayed, they have been implicated in his failings, exposed to the scorn of their self-appointed betters and faced with the probable victory of politically correct politics in Toronto’s next election.
Here two nasty political temptations loom. One is for his opponents to pounce for partisan gain, driving further wedges between citizens. The other, I think worse, is for them to enjoy his meltdown.
City Councillor Adam Vaughan already sneered “Ford Nation is a failed state.” No. Rob Ford is a failing human being. But Ford Nation is a sadly disappointed group who need comfort, not a swift kick.
Meanwhile at Queen’s Park, while Premier Wynne took the high road, an anonymous Liberal MPP told The Globe and Mail because of Ford’s identification with the Tories, “I think the sense of our caucus is that Rob Ford is the gift that keeps on giving to us.” Remarkable that people whose politics is so loudly and ostentatiously based on compassion in theory should be so short of the stuff in practice.
Here I’m uncomfortably reminded of some wise words from Whittaker Chambers. A former Communist who exposed Soviet spying inside in the American government, he was a polarizing public figure. But he was no vindictive partisan. Instead, in the moving “Letter to my children” in his autobiography Witness, Chambers speaks of feeling “absolving pity” at the spectacle of human failings.
I would be a better person if I felt it more often. So would many other Canadian journalists and politicians. And we would have a better political system.
Too many of us feel glee, not regret, when our opponents commit some ghastly breach of ethics or common sense. Chambers, by contrast, tried to conceal spying by anyone who wasn’t still a security threat because, having personally wandered in the darkness for many years, he never wanted to make it harder for anyone to find their way back to the light. And of all the things wrong with our politics these days, I think the conspicuous near-total absence of this sentiment, on all partisan sides, is among the most revolting and harmful.
Yes, Ford must resign. But we should feel sympathy not scorn for a man whose failings currently have the upper hand and threaten to destroy his career, family, health and even his personality.
To gloat instead hurts him. It wounds and alienates his supporters and further polarizes politics in Toronto and Canada. And it pollutes and shrivels any opponent who succumbs to the temptation of savouring the agony of a fellow human being.