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I cackled through the cracks as your mind began to break.
I pick apart the actions you would take to heart the most.
I panic you to tears as the walls are closing in.
I echo back the pouring of your blood into the sink.
That first line says it all, M.A. Once let loose, it will never really let go again. The second verse puts in words exactly what I feel.
This gave me goosebumps. It perfectly described the flooding and suffocating feeling of anxiety that make your trust waver in even those closest to you. It's as if you can trust no one but the one hurting you, like a toxic relationship.
Precisely. Glad you enjoyed it!
Agreed! I like personifying emotions into narrators all their own. Thank you.
The most twisted and psychotic sh*t yoou'll ever read-- a love story.
Like Smoke Death Tolls Rise.


Johnny Depp and Marilyn Manson became convinced Damien Echols was innocent, after watching the documentary Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills. Paradise Lost explaining the circumstances and evidence that convicted Echols and two of his friends of a gruesome triple homicide in Arkansas.
Johnny Depp and Marilyn Manson decided they would do everything they could to save Damien Echols from wrongful execution. Other musicians were similarly moved by Paradise Lost.
Damien Echols, a member of Johnny Depp's inner circle of friends, was one of the West Memphis Three. The infamous case involved the savage, allegedly ritual killing of three eight-year-old boys. It was a horrendous crime, and no one felt safe until the culprits were caught.
Johnny Depp's pal Damien Echols recalls 1993 in West Memphis, Arkansas History. Damien Echols was 18 at the time. Damien is quoted in the Guardian from Damien Echols book Life After Death.
Authorities suspected three teens of the crime, mostly because they enjoyed heavy metal rock music. Police became convinced that the murder was carried out by Satanists, and that rock music was related to Satanism. Damien Echols explains that he and his friends were accustomed to police harassment, as quoted in the Guardian.
Johnny Depp had no idea this was happening at the time, and Echols served 18 years before being released. Damien Echols at first thought that he would somehow be rescued from his horrific plight. Little did he know that someday Johnny Depp, Marilyn Manson and other musicians would eventually come to his aid.
Johnny Depp Marilyn Manson and several other music icons worked to save Damien from lethal injection. DNA evidence proved Damien Echols innocence. Attorneys were able to work out an Alford plea.
Johnny Depp and Hollywood musicians were not the only ones watching Paradise Lost. Lorri Davis was so heavily impacted by the film, she started writing Damien in prison. Damien wrote her in return, and soon the couple fell in love according to The New York Times.
Because Johnny Depp would not let this go, Echols is alive but yesterday, Damien Echols had something important to tell the world on Twitter.
Tomorrow is my original execution date.
Today, Thanks to Johnny Depp, Marilyn Manson, and other celebrities, Damien Echols has a good life. Echols is married to Lorri Davis and has become a successful author. Those who enjoy Damien Echols books, Life after Death and Yours for Eternity: A Love Story on Death Row should be truly thankful Damien is alive today.
Damien Echols feelings about today must be beyond anything conceivable to most people, so Damien Echols kept his tweet short. How would it feel to know, one was scheduled to die today but was spared?
Marilyn Manson, Johnny Depp, And Ozzy Osbourne: Is There A Future For Shock Rock?
Johnny Depp and Marilyn Manson saved the wrongfully accused Damien Echols from an execution scheduled for today.


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Q: How to extract Data from Cdata in XML (WP All Import) Hi I'm using WP All Import to process an XML Feed of events. The feed does not include the venue as a separate path but in CDATA which looks like this:
<name>
<![CDATA[ 31 May 2022 - 19:00 @ Strand Arts Centre - (opening time 18:00) Test Show please ignore this ]]>
</name>

The venue always appears after the @ and before –
So I assume I need to run some sort of pre replace to extract everything between the two symbols, but not sure how to do this. Any help appreaciated.

A: I managed to solve it myself by adding this function:
function get_string_between ($str) {
    $from = '@';
    $to = '-';
    $string = substr($str, strpos($str, $from) + strlen($from));

    if (strstr ($string,$to,TRUE) != FALSE) {

        $string = strstr ($string,$to,TRUE);

    }

    return $string;

}

and then added this to the wp all import field for venue:
[get_string_between({name})]

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/*import {describe, it} from 'mocha';
import {expect} from 'chai';
import {List, Map} from 'immutable';
import { ActionCreators } from 'redux-undo';

// COMMON IMPORTS
import T from '../utils/types'
import { store, config, runtime } from '../store/index'
import { dispatch_store_config_get_value } from '../store/config/actions'
import { dispatch_store_runtime_get_value } from '../store/runtime/actions'
import { dispatch_store_runtime_apps_create } from '../store/runtime/applications/actions'

import * as test_load_config from '../store/test/test_load_config'

describe('store',
	() => {
		it('create_store()',
			() => {
				let state = store.getState()
				let config_present = state.config_reducer.present
				let runtime_present = state.runtime_reducer

				let config_obj = config_present.toJS()
				// console.log(config_obj, 'config_obj')

				config_obj = config_obj.config

				if (config_obj.modules && config_obj.modules.error)
				{
					console.log(config_obj.modules.error, 'config_obj.modules.error')
					console.log(config_obj.modules.errors, 'config_obj.modules.errors')
				}

				expect( T.isObject(state) ).to.be.true

				expect(state).contain.keys('config_reducer', 'runtime_reducer')

				expect(config_present.has('config')).to.be.true
				expect(runtime_present.has('runtime')).to.be.true

				expect(config_present.get('config').has('error')).to.be.false
				expect(config_present.get('config').has('servers')).to.be.true
				expect(config_present.get('config').has('services')).to.be.true
				expect(config_present.get('config').has('applications')).to.be.true
				expect(config_present.get('config').has('modules')).to.be.true
				expect(config_present.get('config').has('plugins')).to.be.true
				expect(config_present.get('config').has('security')).to.be.true

				expect(runtime_present.get('runtime').has('error')).to.be.false
				expect(runtime_present.get('runtime').has('applications')).to.be.true
				expect(runtime_present.get('runtime').has('records')).to.be.true
				expect(runtime_present.get('runtime').has('instances')).to.be.true
				expect(runtime_present.get('runtime').has('security')).to.be.true
			}
		)

		it('store getters',
			() => {
				// let state = store.getState()
				// let config_present = state.config_reducer.present
				// let runtime_present = state.runtime_reducer.present

				let store_config = devapt.runtime.get_registry().root
				// let store_runtime = runtime()

				expect( T.isObject(store_config) ).to.be.true
				// expect( T.isObject(store_runtime) ).to.be.true

				let value = null;

				// GET RESOURCES LIST
				expect(config).contain.keys('get_resources', 'get_views', 'get_models', 'get_menubars', 'get_menus', 'get_connexions', 'get_loggers')

				value = config.get_resources();
				// console.log(value, 'value')
				expect( T.isArray(value) ).to.be.true

				value = config.get_views();
				// console.log(value, 'value')
				expect( T.isArray(value) ).to.be.true

				value = config.get_models();
				// console.log(value, 'value')
				expect( T.isArray(value) ).to.be.true

				value = config.get_menubars();
				// console.log(value, 'value')
				expect( T.isArray(value) ).to.be.true

				value = config.get_menus();
				// console.log(value, 'value')
				expect( T.isArray(value) ).to.be.true

				value = config.get_connexions();
				// console.log(value, 'value')
				expect( T.isArray(value) ).to.be.true

				value = config.get_loggers();
				// console.log(value, 'value')
				expect( T.isArray(value) ).to.be.true

				// GET A RESOURCE
				expect(config).contain.keys('get_resource', 'get_view', 'get_model', 'get_menubar', 'get_menu', 'get_connexion', 'get_logger')

			}
		)

		it('get config resource("VIEW_HOME")',
			() => {
				const RES_NAME = 'VIEW_HOME'
				const RES_CLASS = 'IncludeView'

				let value_obj = null

				value_obj = config.get_resource(RES_NAME)

				// console.log(value_obj, 'value_obj')

				expect( T.isObject(value_obj) ).to.be.true
				expect( T.isString(value_obj.class_name) ).to.be.true
				expect( value_obj.class_name ).to.be.equal(RES_CLASS)

				value_obj = config.get_view(RES_NAME)

				// console.log(value_obj, 'value_obj')

				expect( T.isObject(value_obj) ).to.be.true
				expect( T.isString(value_obj.class_name) ).to.be.true
				expect( value_obj.class_name ).to.be.equal(RES_CLASS)
			}
		)

		it('get config resource("HOME_MENUBAR")',
			() => {
				const RES_NAME = 'HOME_MENUBAR'
				const RES_CLASS = 'Menubar'

				let value_obj = null

				value_obj = config.get_resource(RES_NAME)
				// console.log(value_obj, 'value_obj')
				expect( T.isObject(value_obj) ).to.be.true
				expect( T.isString(value_obj.class_name) ).to.be.true
				expect( value_obj.class_name ).to.be.equal(RES_CLASS)

				value_obj = config.get_menubar(RES_NAME)
				// console.log(value_obj, 'value_obj')
				expect( T.isObject(value_obj) ).to.be.true
				expect( T.isString(value_obj.class_name) ).to.be.true
				expect( value_obj.class_name ).to.be.equal(RES_CLASS)
			}
		)

		it('create a runtime application for ("tutorial-1")',
			() => {
				const APP_NAME = 'tutorial-1'

				expect( config().has('applications') ).to.be.true
				expect( runtime().has('applications') ).to.be.true

				expect( config().get('applications').toMap().has(APP_NAME) ).to.be.true
				expect( config.has_application(APP_NAME) ).to.be.true
				expect( runtime().get('applications').toMap().has(APP_NAME) ).to.be.false
				expect( runtime.has_application(APP_NAME) ).to.be.false

				dispatch_store_runtime_apps_create(store, APP_NAME, { app_setting_1:'hello' })

				console.log(runtime().get('applications').toMap().toJS(), 'runtime.applications')

				expect( config().get('applications').toMap().has(APP_NAME) ).to.be.true
				expect( runtime().get('applications').toMap().has(APP_NAME) ).to.be.true
				expect( runtime().hasIn(['applications', APP_NAME, 'app_setting_1']) ).to.be.true

				store.dispatch( ActionCreators.undo() )

				expect( config().get('applications').toMap().has(APP_NAME) ).to.be.true
				// expect( runtime().get('applications').toMap().has(APP_NAME) ).to.be.false

				store.dispatch( ActionCreators.redo() )

				expect( config().get('applications').toMap().has(APP_NAME) ).to.be.true
				expect( runtime().get('applications').toMap().has(APP_NAME) ).to.be.true
				expect( runtime().hasIn(['applications', APP_NAME, 'app_setting_1']) ).to.be.true
			}
		)
	}
)
*/

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Riverview Heights ... is of its own kind of project in Surat, built with perfection, with minute detailing done during its every construction stage, with residential project, well - planned which automatically fine tunes an atmosphere, for living a life that is worth .... a 3 BHK luxurious apartment project located on the 60-80 feet T.P. Road on the bank of the Tapi River.
At Riverview Heights, you have the choice of customizing your thoughts of an ideal family space, by being responsive to the spacious allocation sand let your imagination run amok.
Each unit of the project is so thoughtfully crafted that it allows the dwellers to built their dreamscapes... at their ease. With state of the art electrical fittings, cabling, fire-safety system and security systems... Riverview Heights is a perfect example for a dream home... for those who aspire for one.
Window: M.S. window grill and anodize aluminium window section with marble seal framings.
Store: Racks of kota stones in store room.
Kitchen Platform: 1mt x 1mt granamite tiles flooring, granite platform with sink. Glaze tiles dedo upto lintel level.
Flooring: 1 x 1mt granamite tiles in main hall and common area and 2 x 2ft granamite tiles in bed rooms.
Gas Geyser: Internal common geyser facility.
Generator for Flat Use: One fan and one tube light can run on invertor in hall, bedroom and kitchen.
Electrification: Sufficient light points and standard quality wire and switches.


We always have maintenance table in every project, sometime alot of maintenance table, this could be problem and difficult for user to maintain your table. The best solution is to reorganize transaction code of table maintenance in SPRO Path menu.
You can create SPRO Node for your custom maintenance table via S_IMG_EXTENSION.
After you open S_IMG_EXTENSION click on Enhancement ID to create new Enhancement ID, entered new Enhancement ID and Explanatory Text and click SAVE .
After you have created Enhancement ID, Select Top most node of SPRO or you can select node which you want to create your own custom path.
For example i select Financial Accounting ( New ) and then click button toolbar Enhance Structure.
The new screen will show, in this screen you can maintain your custom node under Financila Accounting ( New ) this is for example, you can select your own .
In this screen you can maintain your node via button toolbar, after you click one of them button toolbar the popup screen will show, in this screen you can configure event node.
Entered all mandatory field in this tab , such as Name, Document Class and Document Name. after that go to Maint Objects Tab.
In this tab you need to entered Name, Customizing Object, Type select S( Table with text table ) , Transaction. this assume you have generated table maintenance via SE11 before in your particular table. SAve your configuration and go to SPRO to see your SPRO Path.


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Feral Cats Can Destroy the Environment
Kiona Smith-Strickland
Cats kill billions of small mammals, reptiles, and birds every year. In environments where cats have natural predators, like coyotes, this isn't a problem. But left unchecked, cats can become an invasive species that damages local ecosystems.
There's no question that cats are prolific killers. A 2013 study found that between 1.4 billion and 3.7 billion birds, and between 6.9 billion and 20.7 billion wild mammals fall prey to free-ranging cats in the U.S. every year. "They're an invasive species that can reach outlandishly high densities if left unchecked," zoologist Roland Kays of North Carolina State University told Gizmodo, and Kays isn't the first ecologist to make that assertion.
Domestic cats are destroying the planet
Our cats may be cuddly pals and adorable internet memes, but they are also destroying the…
Ecologists aren't exactly sure how cats' hunting habits might impact ecosystems and biodiversity, but the answer probably depends on exactly what kind of prey the cats are hunting. How many of those billions of little animals come from species that are already threatened or endangered, and how many come from species that reproduce fast enough, and survive in large enough numbers, to keep up with the predators? That, according to Kays and his colleagues, depends on where the cats hunt.
Some ecosystems are more vulnerable than others. Cats can wreak havoc on islands, for example. On many islands, mammalian predators are rare, so birds, small mammals, and small reptiles often evolve without protection against predators like cats. So when domestic cats arrive on an island, they can easily hunt species to extinction. Already, domestic cats have completely wiped out 18 island species around the world, and they're the primary threat to another 36 critically endangered species. That may be a drop in the bucket in terms of the current mass extinction but under the circumstances, biodiversity needs all the help it can get.
On the other hand, ecologists aren't yet sure what impact cats might have in inland regions of a big continent like North America. Ecosystems on continents tend to be more robust, since mammalian predators – wolves, coyotes, and big cats – are a natural part of the equation. But ecologists say there's still cause for concern, and recent studies have focused on the ecological impact of the 84 million free-ranging pet cats and 30-80 million feral cats in the U.S.
To find out where cats were hunting, Kays and 486 volunteer citizen scientists, undergraduates, and middle school students set up motion-trap cameras to monitor domestic cat activity at 2100 sites across the eastern U.S. They monitored 32 protected wilderness areas in six eastern states, as well as neighborhoods and urban green spaces in Raleigh, North Carolina.
"We might expect cats using residential areas to hunt primarily common prey species that are of lower conservation concern," they wrote in a recent paper in the Journal of Mammalogy, but if cats hunt on protected public lands, they could be a bigger threat to biodiversity.
Where Coyotes Roam
It turns out that coyotes seem to keep cats out of protected wildlife habitats, such as state parks and nature preserves. Kays and his colleagues didn't see very many cats hunting in protected areas: only about 55 cat sightings in three April-to-November seasons of monitoring. According to the study, the chance of finding a domestic cat in a protected area in the eastern U.S. is about 1.6%.
Kays and his colleagues say that's because larger predators like coyotes deter cats from hunting in their territory. In the protected areas in the study, coyotes showed up on camera 33 times more often than cats. A 1997 study confirmed that coyotes do prey on cats, after all, and Kays said his team's findings suggest "that there is a low threshold level of coyote activity that effectively prevents cats from using an area, and that most of the relatively large, protected areas we surveyed were above that level."
Of course, most of the large protected areas in the camera-trap study were far from the nearest residential neighborhood, or even the nearest house, so it's probably no surprise that few cats ventured into such remote areas. Kays and his colleagues wrote, "This shows the limited degree to which most urban cats venture past their neighborhoods," and they say it matches what they found in an earlier radio tracking study of pet cats' wanderings.
Kays and his colleagues say that the lone cats that roamed a few of the parks may have been driven into the wilderness and abandoned by their owners, although a few may have been remarkably far-ranging pets. The researchers suggested that these cats may not yet have learned about the local coyote populations, so they had no reason to avoid the areas.
In their paper, the researchers wrote, "the amount of coyote activity and housing density are the best predictors of cat activity."
Those findings mean that free-ranging cats probably aren't a major ecological concern for state parks and other large nature preserves. "I think it shows that the protected areas that have predators in them are sort of safe from marauding populations of cats," Kays told Gizmodo. "Native predators like coyotes, can sort of maintain the balance of nature and prevent invasive species from reaching outlandish densities where they would start causing a lot of trouble."
Cats in the City
Instead, cats stick close to residential areas. In Raleigh, Kays' camera traps found that cats had a 53% chance of showing up in residential yards. Meanwhile, coyotes are very rare in most residential neighborhoods in the eastern U.S., although they're becoming more common sights in the western half of the country. In the Raleigh study, coyotes had only an 8.5% chance of showing up in yards.
And, according to Kays, in western states where coyotes more often venture into neighborhoods, their presence has an impact on the number of cats that roam outdoors. "When you go to parts of southern California that have had coyotes living in backyards for a longer time, you see this sort of wave of missing cat posters that go up when coyotes move in," he told Gizmodo. "And then that goes away because people stop letting their cats out, because they realize it just doesn't work."
Cats were also frequent visitors to small forested spaces in the city, like woodlots or greenway trails. In these little patches of urban woodland, cats and coyotes actually shared the same hunting grounds; the chance of seeing a cat in these spaces on a given night was about 27%, compared with 57% for coyotes.
Coyotes and cats seem to prefer different core hunting areas – residential yards for cats, and wilderness areas for coyotes – but overlap in urban green spaces. It's increasingly common for coyotes' hunting ranges to include developed areas, even in the eastern U.S. Meanwhile, woodlots in the middle of a city give cats a prey-rich place to hunt within their usual ranges, and Kay and his colleagues suggested that familiar urban refuges, like fenced yards, are within easy reach for cats if they run into a coyote.
And it's environments like these – close to houses and on the boundary between human and wildlife habitats – where ecologists say cats could threaten ecosystems.
"What we found is that this isn't a big concern for these larger protected areas, but that this still could be a concern for endangered species that live near people," Kays explained, adding, "and you know, people live in more and more of the landscape every year, so that's still an issue, but it just shows where we need to focus our conservation efforts."
In rural areas, for instance, free-ranging cats have easier access to wildlife habitats that aren't protected wilderness areas but could still be home to threatened species or vulnerable ecosystems. That's especially true in places where human development is encroaching on former wilderness. And in agricultural areas, the margins of field and woodland are harbors of biodiversity – and they also offer easy access for roving cats.
And coastal areas are especially vulnerable. Kays told Gizmodo, "One good example is beach-nesting birds, because there's almost always people living near the beach, and these birds are nesting very near there, and there's a number of quite endangered beach-nesting birds that I think could be at great risk from cats."
The Ecology of Feral Cats
The greatest risk to wildlife is probably from colonies of unowned, feral cats, rather than roaming pets. Cats without owners probably account for about 69% of bird kills and 89% of mammal kills, according to ecologist Scott Loss and his colleagues in their 2013 study.
The obvious problem is that feral cats spend all of their time outside, unlike pet cats who might only be out during the day, or only for part of the day, and that means more opportunity to hunt. In fact, a recent study in the UK found that the amount of time a cat spent outside was the most important factor in how many kills the cat brought home.
But there's another ecological problem with feral cats. "When cats cause really big trouble is when they get to have really high populations, which happens because they get free food from people," Kays told Gizmodo. In nature, predator populations tend to be limited by how much food is available. If the predators get too numerous, they'll kill too many of the prey species. That means less food will be available, so the predator species will die off until it's small enough for the ecosystem to support.
The problem is that many feral cat colonies get extra food from well-meaning people. "They can reach populations of predators that aren't seen in nature because they're supplemented with food," said Kays.
He told Gizmodo that although feeding feral cat colonies seems like a humane gesture, it's not a good idea for the cats or the ecosystem. "That's created these artificially high cat populations, and as long as you're putting food out there, you're going to be attracting these cats, and you're going to end up with a giant group of cats that are causing trouble," he said, "and if there are any native species living nearby, any birds, you're creating a giant predation pit for them. So, the easy solution is don't put the food out, because then you won't have the trouble."
Kays added, "The other obvious answer is to spay and neuter your pets, so you don't have too many cats."
Image credits: Neal Ziring, Ilmari Karonen, Dawn Beattie, Greg Mote, Rudolph A. Furtado, and Smallmiew via Wikimedia Commons.
Contact the author at k.smithstrickland@gmail.com or follow her on Twitter.
phutnick
There are a LOT of outdoor cats in my neighborhood. I would be much more tolerant of them if they'd do something about all of the god damned squirrels.

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MATTRESSES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A CRUCIAL REASON FOR DETERMINING HOW A PERSON'S DAY IS GOING TO BE. THIS IS BECAUSE ALL THE MATTRESSES ARE NOT OF SAME TYPE AND HAVE DIFFERENT IMPORTANCE. HERE ARE SOME OF THE TYPES OF MATTRESSES THAT CAN WEAVER A PERSON'S WELL BEING.
MEMORY – FOAM MATTRESS :- THIS TYPE OF MATTRESS IS MOST COMMONLY USED IN AIRPLANES FOR PILOTS AS WELL AS PASSENGERS. EARLIER, MATTRESSES WERE HARD AND NOT SUPPORTED SITTING FOR A LONG TIME. NASA TOOK THE CONTRACT IN 1970'S TO BUILD SUCH MATTRESS WHICH HAS BETTER CUSIONING AND CRASH PROTECTION. IT IS ALSO KNOWN AS VISCO ELASTIC FOAM. THE SPECIALITY OF USING THIS MATTRESS IS THAT IT PROVIDES FULL SUPPORT TO THE BODY BY DISPERSING THE BODY WEIGHT EVENLY THROUGHOUT THE MATTRESS. BODY TEMPERATURE HELPS IN MAKING THE MATTRESS SOFT AND COMFORTABLE. THEY ARE THEREFORE WARMER AS COMPARED TO OTHER TYPES OF MATTRESSES.
INNERSPRING MATTRESS :- THEY ARE ONE OF THE OLDEST DESIGNS OF A MODERN MATTRESS. STEEL COIL IS USED TO PROVIDE SUPPORT. SPRING LIKE COIL IS CONNECTED TO A SINGLE UNIT TO CONSTRUCT THESE MATTRESSES. PADDING IS COVERED BY THE INNER SPRING WHICH GIVES A BETTER SLEEP EXPERIENCE AND COMFORT ALSO. THESE INNERSPRING MATTRESSES ARE MUCH STRONGER AND MORE COMFORTABLE DUE TO THE MODERN FABRICS, FOAMS AND FIBRES USED. ALSO, MAIN THING ALONG WITH COMFORT IS MONEY. THESE MATTRESSES ARE AFFORDABLE AND AMONG THE TOP SELLERS AS WELL.
HYBRID MATTRESS :- PERFECT EXAMPLE OF HOW THE INNOVATIONS HAVE OCCURRED IN MATTRESS TECHNOLOGY. THERE ARE COMBINATION OF TWO AND MORE SUPPORT SYSTEMS WITH AN ADVANCED INNERSPRING SYSTEM WHICH ADDS TO THE GLORY. THIS MATTRESS IS PERFECT FOR THOSE WHO HAVE ANY SORT OF BACK PROBLEMS. THIS MATTRESS USES SUCH A MECHANISM WHICH PROVIDES MORE DEEPER AND RESTFUL SLEEP. BOUNCINESS IN A MATTRESS IS ALSO OF GREAT COMFORT FOR MANY PEOPLE. THE INNERSPRING PROVIDES FOR SUCH BOUNCE WHILE THE SUPPORT SYSTEM PROVIDES FOR COMFORT AND SOFTNESS. BUDGET CONSCIOUS SHOPPERS CAN GO FOR SUCH TYPE OF MATTRESS.
LATEX MATTRESS :- THEY WERE INTRODUCED IN THE 1960'S. THEY HAD A HIGH COST OF PRODUCTION. THIS KEPT THE AVERAGE AND MIDDLE CLASS AWAY FROM BUYING THEM. THIS WAS DUE TO LOW TECHNOLOGICAL MEANS BUT WITH ADVANCEMENT OF TECHNOLOGY THE PRICE OF LATEX MATTRESS HAS REDUCED SIGNIFICANTLY. THIS MATTRESS PROVIDES SUPPORT TO THE SLEEPER BY REDUCING THE PRESSURE ON SHOULDERS, LOWER BODY OR OTHER AREA WHICH IS ABOVE THE MATTRESS. IT ENABLES PROPER ALIGNMENT.
FOAM MATTRESS :- PETROCHEMICAL BASED FLEXIBLE POLYURETHANE FOAMS ARE USED IN SUCH MATTRESS. COST EFFECTIVE AND MORE SOPHISTICATED MATTRESS OPTION. IT GIVES SUPPORT EVEN AT THE EDGES OF THE MATTRESS. RESTLESS SLEEPERS WHO TEND TO WANDER ALL OVER THE MATTRESS HAVE A GREAT ADVANTAGE OF USING THIS MATTRESS BECAUSE THIS MATTRESS IS MADE UP OF SOFT CUSIONS WHICH PROVIDE PERFECT SUPPORT TO THE SLEEPER'S BODY WITH COMFORT.
WHILE DISCUSSING THE TYPES, BOSTON MATTRESSES CAN PROVIDE SUCH A VARIETY. OUR MATTRESSES ARE NOT ONLY COMFORTABLE AND ELASTIC BUT ARE LONG LASTING AND CURVE FREE AS WELL AS 100% PURE RAW MATERIAL IS USED WHILE MANUFACTURING THESE MATTRESSES WHICH ADDS TO THE QUALITY OF THIS MATTRESS.


In the evening, the streets on either side of Saigon's Ben Thanh Market sprout bustling restaurants, set up after the daily market closes at dusk. The night market gets going about 7:00pm, and does a brisk business until late in the evening. Narrow side streets are lined with souvenir stalls, but it's the restaurants that got my attention.
I watched as potted palms were wrangled into place, lights installed, and fires lit. Grills and cooking trolleys were wheeled out and cooks and serving staff took their stations. In less than 20 minutes canopied tables and street-side kitchens were in place, menu boards up and orders being taken.
Prawns steamed in coconut water (and in a coconut) appeared to be a bestseller at one restaurant, with tray after tray of them headed for the canopied tables. I wish I had noticed this before ordering a lackluster dish of clams with garlic. Next time!
At the next table, a waiter lit squares of what appeared to be Sterno to heat the coconut and get the coconut water steaming. After a few minutes, he peeled the prawns before putting them into the coconut for a final few minutes of cooking.
Out front, a specialty cook worked his magic at a wok placed over a gas fire, coaxing what looked somewhat like an oversized sopapilla into shape. With two long spatulas, he tossed a small ball of wheat dough in hot oil, constantly rotating and flattening it until, suddenly, it puffed up to ten times original size. At the moment it reached maximum dimensions, he popped his creation of crispy wheat and air out onto a plate, and started again with a new ball of dough.


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I have used three different Methods depending on the details of a specific project plus I do not use the Method 4.
This is normally the most economical Method. It uses a small pre-charge transformer to apply a voltage to the transformer's secondary and I normally use 90% of the rated transformer's secondary voltage. The required current is approximately the transformer's magnetizing current. A typical value is 0.5% of the rated winding current for a transformer with a single secondary. A resistor is normally used between the pre-charge transformer and the main transformer to limit the initial current transient.
For this Method 1 to work a suitable AC voltage is required to feed the pre-charge transformer that is in phase with the operating voltage of the main transformer's secondary winding. When the pre-charge current is applied the transformer's primary voltage will eventually settle at to approximately 90% of the rated primary voltage. Most importantly the voltage across the transformer's primary breaker will be very low so that it can be closed with virtually no inrush current.
I normally use a check-synch relay for the transformer's primary breaker as a safety check. Provided the transformer's primary voltage on pre-charge is above 80% of rated the transformer's inrush current will be low. This gives the basis of the Method 1 and extra parts are needed for protection switching, isolation and optimal operation.
This Method 2 can be used when a suitable AC power supply for Method 1 is not available, but needs an extra AC supply energizing switch in addition to the transformer's primary breaker. The extra AC power supply energizing switch is connected via 3 pre-charge resistors to the transformer's primary connections.
When the extra AC power supply energizing switch is operated a lower inrush current can be achieved. After a short delay the transformer's primary breaker is energized which shorts out the 3 pre-charge resistors, that can be short time rated. This gives the basis of the Method 2 and extra parts are needed for protection switching, isolation and optimal operation.
For Method 2 the cost of the extra parts can be significant. Method 3 is used when either Methods 1 & 2 are not viable or Method 3 is acceptable versus the extra cost. Data from the internet gives the following data shown in ""
Lower operating flux density reduces inrush. Typically larger core and/or more turns.
Leakage Impedance. Leakage of primary winding to core not just impedance defined by the primary/secondary leakage.
Large primary winding area. Position in winding, layers and air ducts.
Core magnetic properties and its geometry."
I have used high impedance transformers, with impedances of 15%, to minimize inrush current.
I have not used this Method 4 for transformers due to the unknown residual flux level. When the transformer's primary breaker is opened its currents will continue to a near zero value. However some breakers will arc chop at a low current level leaving residual flux in the transformer's core.
Differential plus timed closing of transformer's primary breaker works very well for avoiding over voltage transients in harmonic / power factor correction capacitor circuits.
For good results it is essential to discharge the capacitors before closing and a simple circuit is used to do this.
Is inrush current seen by the protective relay at the primary side or secondary side of transformer?
Inrush current is dependent on where in the voltage cycle the transformer is switched on. In steady state operation the applied voltage is opposed by the rate of change of flux, thus at peak voltage the rate of change of flux is at its peak and is passing through zero. So in simplistic terms if switching on of a transformer is done at peak voltage when the flux is zero there will be no inrush current, but if switching is done at zero voltage then there will be the largest inrush current as the transformer saturates in the next half cycle of the applied voltage. This will continue for every other half cycle to a lesser extent each time until the flux attains the steady state sinusoidal form. During inrush the flux will be a distorted sinusoid with a decaying dc component. Hence the inrush current will be distorted. I have seen inrush currents of 10 times normal full load current, but it depends very much on the B-H curve and how conservative the designer has been.
how to find discharge resistors value? Any formula?


We knew that for as long as we ran a daycare, we needed a separate, more protected area to grow food. Along the south wall of our house is a wonderful space, and we were inspired to turn this area into our garden.
Yikes. Now that is what you call some flooding. This perfect area between the house and sidewalk has literally NO draining ability. Now, we are complete novices about all things gardening, but we instinctively know that this much water every time we get a slight rainfall isn't exactly a plant's idea of happiness. Too much of a good thing is very, very bad.
How could we make this space useful? First, we had to deal with the drainage issue. A little background: when we moved in, this space was already filled in with gravel. It grew lots and lots of weeds and was pretty unsightly. When we originally had the idea for the area to be a garden, we didn't realize that the ugly, weedy gravel was serving a purpose: DRAINAGE. All we saw was a future dirt-filled area, so we spent a whole weekend removing all the old gravel, to make way for dirt. That was 2 years ago. A neighbor gladly took the gravel from us for his driveway. We couldn't wait to fill up the empty space with some fertile soil and start growing...and then, it rained. And realization hit, hard. All the sweat and digging created nothing but a water pit.
Realizing we didn't have the money to refill the area with stones right away, but still wanting to start growing for the season, we got some 'whiskey-barrel liners' and prepped them with drainage holes, a layer of rocks, and soil. These were our first planting containers.
We had tomatoes, zucchini, and peppers growing in the whiskey barrel liners, but they didn't do well. The space around the containers still flooded every time it rained, and it just was not a healthy place for growing plants, which need air for their roots.
Then hired a neighbor to bring in some river rock to fix our drainage problem. Upon the bed of rocks, went cedar garden boxes that were built by my Other Half, which we then filled with a mix of soil. I will admit, Other Half (aka Craig) did most of the work.
The after pics are showing some lovely green! The plants that the kids and I started from seeds months ago seem to be doing very well in their new home!
Future plans for our space?
STAY TUNED! Our tiny space can do so much!!!
An herb garden made in pots has set up residence!
The garden sometimes threatens to take over the trash bins!
You guys did an awesome job on your little space...it looks great! There looks to be quite a bit of wall area on your house - have you considered doing some vertical gardening? The south facing would be perfect!
Aw, thanks Margo! It's been a work in progress. ;) I am very interested in vertical gardening, actually! Been trying to research it and come up with ways to implement it! I feel lucky to have this area facing the south...such a great growing spot. Thanks for your comment!
I am in tears seeing this. I LOVE it so much! You are just like me! And animal, vegetable, miracle is one of my favorite books and one that spurred on my passion as well along with square foot gardening, Michael pollen's books, and 10 essential foods. You are doing a great job! Thanks for helping make our world a better place! I am so blessed to know you!
Really You guys did an awesome job on your little space...it looks great! There looks to be quite a bit of wall area on your house - have you considered doing some vertical gardening? The south facing would be perfect! Thanks a lot for sharing with us !


Ahead of the 123rd edition of The Deep South's Oldest Rivalry, The Plainsman posed questions for Michael Hebert, assistant sports editor for The Red and Black. Here's how he sees the action playing out Saturday inside Sanford Stadium.
The Auburn City Council approved an agreement with the City of Opelika to evenly split the $300,000 cost of a shared skate park project Tuesday night.
Auburn alumni will now hold four of the state's top elected offices.
Corinthians 16:14 states, "Let all that you do be done in love." It's a line that can be found on some of Brenton and Rachel Rohler's handmade wooden decor — a line that encompasses their skill. Their shop includes outlines of southeastern states and other blocks of inspirational verses, but it's not a store with a physical location.
The newly elected Auburn City Council got straight into the thick of things at their first Council meeting Thursday night over a single proposed road that is largely out of the Council's control.
Auburn's opening possession of 2018-19 set the tone.
John Merrill has defeated Heather Milam to win a second term as Alabama's secretary of state.
Steve Marshall has defeated Joseph Siegelman to win the attorney general's office.
The Auburn graduate who brought a fiberglass tiger to a press conference is Alabama's next lieutenant governor.
49,347 people cast their ballots Tuesday night in Lee County, according to the secretary of state website. Of the 13 local county races, eight had a candidate running unopposed. Here's how Lee County faired Tuesday night.
Incumbent Republican Rep. Mike Rogers is staying in Washington.
Republican Gov. Kay Ivey easily won her first full term as governor Tuesday night, sailing past her Democratic challenger Walt Maddox, mayor of Tuscaloosa.
A woman has reported that she believes she was involuntarily given a drug at a fraternity party on Halloween night, according to an AU Alert sent via email on Tuesday.
Rain or shine, Auburn residents are hitting the polls Tuesday morning for Alabama's general elections.
Auburn head coach Gus Malzahn was given a vote of confidence Tuesday afternoon.
Auburn defensive end Nick Coe isn't one to wildly celebrate after a sack.
Alabama voters approved four constitutional amendments Tuesday night, including one that purports to give public officials the authority to display the Ten Commandments on public property and another amendment that essentially declares Alabama a "pro-life" state.