![]() ![]() And then they recalled how abandoned they felt when they caught word of the anti-war movement back home. ![]() The latter usually took priority, since a good set of teeth would do little for a dead soldier. They told of how each soldier was given only one toothbrush and forced to choose between proper dental hygiene and cleaning their rifles before a shootout. Lee ran from soldier to soldier after a battle, bandaging them and commanding them to stop crying by stating matter-of-factly, "You're not going to die." Injured men who for weeks had seen nothing but the unceasing fire of mortars found comfort in his unequivocal words. Some of the stories were more somber. There was the time Mr. Nordeen but was never able to bring himself to share. Lee's mother sent Chinese beef jerky in CARE packages from San Francisco Chinatown, he would show his food to Mr. Apparently, this medic was not a skilled poker player. Lee routinely losing his wartime paycheck which was paid out in military script (read: Monopoly money) within hours of receiving it. Perhaps it was the result of their shared experiences or perhaps some other reason exists, but after 48 years of no communication, these two men were able to pick up where they left off, quick to crack jokes at one another's expense, all the while telling stories in a manner that revealed their mutual respect. As the night progressed, it became increasingly apparent that this friendship was special. They were friendly, welcoming and obviously genuine. Taking a seat between these two gentlemen at dinner, I felt immediately at ease. After a week of shared laughter and reminiscing for the first time in 48 years, they concluded the reunion with a delicious celebration dinner at Tai Yuan, a Chinese seafood restaurant in Daly City. Their families spent this past week together catching up in sunny California. Kay Lee. Within four days and after 20,000 shares of this article telling their story, we, the Internet, reunited them. John Nordeen mistakenly phoned my home looking for his old wartime friend, Mr. This year, the celebration was a bit different and ever so meaningful. In this regard, the Mid-Autumn Fest holds greater significance for Chinese families than even Christmas or the lunar new year. Coming from a large, gregarious family, this day, for me, often meant multiple dinners out, sharing moon cakes with grandparents and cousins, and, as I grew older, calling my parents and brother so that we could all "pray" to the moon at the same time. Traditionally a harvest celebration, Chinese families still view this holiday as a symbol of reunion, a time to count one's blessings and be thankful for family and good friends. Today is 中秋節 or what Hong Kongers call Jung Chau Jit, the 15th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() You can make a pointer to it (as you would do in FAL) or you can give it a unique alias. Since the preset is a specific word of memory you can't arbitrarily re-assign the preset as a new location in memory. EN bits and a system time reference stamp are stored in word 1, the PRE is the second word, the ACC is the third word. Keep in mind that a timer is not a device, it is a computer instruction that operates on a defined location in memory, in this case, it operates on three consecutive 32 bit words of memory.DN. The TON instruction will automatically reset the accumulated time upon a transition from HIGH to LOW. However, there is a key difference between the two. But don't despair, 30 rungs can be programmed in fewer man hours than has been invested in this thread so far, and it will execute just as fast as any other method, because when you get down to it, you still have to store something in 30 different memory locations. Studio 5000 Ladder Logic By Vladimir Romanov Introduction The RTO, also know as Retentive Timer, an instruction is used to keep track of time just like the TON Instruction. If you cannot put all 30 timers in an array then you will require 30 MOV instructions to set the presets. DN, etc, allowing you to place them all in an array but still give each one a unique name via the alias. My code is meant to run separate outputs in sequence with Forward/Reverse and speed based off on a single analog input (potentiometer). You can also create an alias to each timer and still access the elements as. You can create an alias to a timer preset, however each timer preset will have its own alias. However, to answer your question, if you place the thirty timers in an array then you can use the FAL instruction to set all 30 presets with a value from a single DINT or an array of DINTs. you will notice the timer begins to time.Bernie is correct, not only is that not the case, by you cannot even enter the letter N into the preset field in RSLogix 500. To test this logic, I’ll simply turn on MyInput. When MyTimer.DN is high, then we turn on the output. In the next structure, we control the output. Otherwise, if MyInput is off, we shut off the enable bit for the timer. If MyInput goes true, then we will set the enable bit for the timer. Both of these tags are BOOL.įirst, we set up our timer using the TONR instruction. ![]() In this case, I’m adding “MyInput” and “MyOutput”. This allows you to see the logic you might use to control the timer. I’ve added a couple extra bits to the controller tag database. We don’t need a lot of logic for the timer to operate. Add the LogicĪt this point, we’ll open the example routine, and add the logic for our structured text timer. The DN bit goes true once the accumulator reaches the preset. The TT Bit is true as long as the accumulator is running. This is the value that will increase by 1000 counts per seconds when we enable the timer. The reset member resets the timer to zero. Since the preset is in milliseconds, the timer will time for 15 seconds. Notice that I’ve entered 15000 for the preset. Once the timer becomes enabled, it starts timing. This is similar to applying power to the timer. However, there are a few members that we will look at. We use this same data type in function blocks as well, so we won’t concentrate on every single bit of the data type. This timer will have the FBD_Timer Data Type. Create the Tagsįirst, we need to create a new tag for our timer. This allows the Example routine to execute. Don’t forget to add a JSR to the main routine. As you can see, I created this example in it’s own task. An Allen Bradley timer instruction is common to be seen in RSLogix 5, 500, 5000 as well as Studio 5000. Create a Structrued Text Routineīasically, I’ve just created a new subroutine called “Example”. Another way to reset the timer is with it’s reset bit. When the enable bit goes low, the timer resets. Once the accumulator reaches the preset, the done (DN) bit goes high. TONR Operationīasically, the TONR works a lot like the TON instruction. In this case, we’ll cover the on-delay with reset (TONR). The Structured text timer works similar to other timers. Assembly Registers and Compatibility Modes.FactoryTalk View SE Trends and Data Log.Beginning a FactoryTalk View SE Project.Derivative Settings for ControlLogix PID Enhanced.Integral Settings for ControlLogix PID Enhanced.Proportional Settings for ControlLogix PID Enhanced (PIDE).Proportional, Integral, Derivative (PID). ![]() ![]() ![]() As a result of this fission, fast neutrons are produced. In manmade nuclear reactors, power is generated when uranium (or sometimes plutonium) atoms fission or break into parts, releasing nuclear energy. These conditions are very similar to the conditions under which nuclear reactions are sustained in manmade nuclear reactors. The nuclear reactors are found in the FA sandstone layer. The last reactor (#17) is located at Bangombé, ~30 km southeast of Oklo. Notably, in a 1956 paper Paul Kuroda theorized the conditions under which nuclear fission could spontaneously develop and be sustained.įigure 2: Geologic cross-section of the Oklo and Okélobondo uranium deposits, showing the locations of the nuclear reactors. The possibility that natural nuclear reactors may have operated on the ancient Earth was first hypothesized by scientists in the 1950s, when commercial nuclear reactors were first being developed and becoming popular. Further, at the Gabon reactors many of the radioactive products of the nuclear fission have been safely contained for two billion years, providing evidence that long-term geologic storage of nuclear waste is feasible. Figure taken from Mossman et al., 2008.ĭespite their modest power output, the Gabon nuclear reactors are remarkable because they spontaneously began operating around two billion years ago, and they continued to operate in a stable manner for up to one million years. ![]() Other uranium deposits (which did not host natural nuclear reactors) are found at Boyindzi, Okélobondo, and Mikouloungou. The natural nuclear reactors are located at Oklo and Bangombé. As a comparison, commercial pressurized boiling water reactor nuclear power plants produce about 1,000 megawatts, which would power about ten million lightbulbs.įigure 1: The geology of the Franceville Basin. The average power output of the Gabon reactors was about 100 kilowatts, which would power about 1,000 lightbulbs. The energy produced by these natural nuclear reactors was modest. Two billion years ago- eons before humans developed the first commercial nuclear power plants in the 1950s- seventeen natural nuclear fission reactors operated in what is today known as Gabon in Western Africa. ![]() ![]() ![]() I already described the gains, which mainly is getting a better music player that finds tracks very fast, yet let me retain the iTunes library that I use for both sync and other music apps. I don't use Swinsian instead of iTunes as I think I already explained. Look for the section " This solved my question" right after my original first post and click the "See answer in context" to read the full post.īeyond that, please do your own research on differences. You can find my previous more detailed description of advantages and disadvantages on the first page. If you got an old iPod you're in luck with sync. Swinsian reads the iTunes Library, including smart playlists.įorget Sync to devices. ![]() ![]() Check it out if you want something more than iTunes.ĭid you miss my earlier posts on Swinsian? I feel now nothing is between me and music, just as iTunes supplied before version 11, and I'm a big fan of Swinsian. I'm also looking at translating my fav applescripts for tag handling, but I could of course use iTunes when I want to use those. I'm contemplating an applescript for that. The only sad side is that because Apple doesn't open for easy input back, except for via tags, ratings I make in Swinsian doesn't make it back to iTunes. This is big! I still use iTunes for syncing to my devices (Swinsian only handle older devices, which is a feature if you have those) and so I add all new files to iTunes automatically with the help of Hazel (great app) and when I open Swinsian it reads both library files of iTunes so my library is in sync. Swinsian allows me to mount the external drive, which I do via Newtech Voyager Q (Firewire), and I can use the external library side by side with my internal library. My older library is on a separate disc and despite a 1TB drive I have yet to find space for it. I have a large library also with lossless files in various formats, both originating from my CD and Vinyl collections as well newly bought stuff, usually from outside of iTMS. While it isn't perfect it's superior to iTunes for music consumption as well as library handling. I've since bought Swinsian for $19.95 and I'm a satisfied customer. ** I still want to use iTunes for Wifi syncing and iTunes match *I've been a user since it was called "Soundjam" so have seen them come since 15 years What suggestions for an improved user music experience do you have to share with us all?įor me Mavericks 10.9.x is the environment. are sane in an Apple-like way and user-friendly, now when Apple isn't, before having "features" that are really not that important.have the obvious features missing in iTunes present and implemented well.compatible with the iTunes library format**.Just to name a few* dumb moves, what usable alternatives are there out there that are: removal of next/previous buttons when in album mode info window.proper cover handling with multiple images (that you also typically get with Digital purchases).So now when Apple totally downgraded iTunes 11 to become cumbersome and pointless as a music listening application and even for shopping at iTMS (they seel too many tracks or what?) by removing fully working very usable features like: ![]() ![]() ![]() As we have come of age, we have seen a lot of doubling in sizes and capacities of these cards. Now that you know the format, Let's talk about size. Thus, if you have any SD card with capacities higher than 32Gb, you have to format or reformat such SD card to FAT32 before installing on your Raspberry Pi. The Raspberry Pi's bootloader can only read from FAT16 and FAT32 SD cards. These cards can take data ranging from 64Gb to 1Tb. The last format, exFAT, is found in SD Extended Capacity (SDXC) cards. The FAT32 on the other hand is found in SD High Capacity (SDHC) cards and can take information between 4Gb to 32Gb. The FAT16 format is found in SD cards and their capacities are from 128Mb to 2Gb of data. Each format represents classes of SD cards based on specifications provided by the SD association. They are the FAT16, FAT32, and exFAT formats. Today, there are 3 major formats of SD cards. We'll look through these special features as we go on below. These SD cards should be of special formats and sizes to prevent any irregularities in the performance of the machine. The SD card used in the Raspberry Pi is one of them. The Raspberry Pi became very popular for its portability and because it is inexpensive.ĭue to its peculiar nature, it also possesses some special features to make it work. They have been in existence since 2012 and have since then gained relevance in other fields such as research, robotics & Artificial Intelligence, and Climatology. The Raspberry Pi is a group of small boarded computers that were made majorly for teaching basic computer science in learning institutions. Do You Need to Format SD Card for Raspberry Pi? Tips on Making an SD Card for Raspberry Pi 4 Methods to Format SD Card for Raspberry in Windows ![]() ![]() ![]() You can play a chord in a variety of ways if you know which notes belong to it. What is the best way to learn how to play piano chords? The following are some examples of minor piano chords: A minor chord's fifth interval is the same as a major chord's "perfect fifth" interval. In addition, minor and major piano chords are used in most rock and pop tunes.Ī "minor third" is the third interval of a minor chord. In rock and pop music, minor chords are also fairly popular. To get to the fifth, count two whole steps (or four half steps) from the third. Select any root note and count three half-steps up to the third to perform a minor chord. Minor chords, like major chords, are made up of three basic piano notes: the root note, the third note, and the fifth note. What is the difference between minor and major piano chords? The following are some of the most common major piano chords: Almost every pop and rock song have major piano chords. When you play these three piano notes simultaneously, you will hear a happy-sounding major triad. This is the "fifth" note.Īre you interested in learning more about 6 Types of Music Record Deals Every Artist MUST Know? Next, count up one-and-a-half steps, or three half steps, from the third. This note is called the "third" because it is the third note in the key after the root note. ![]() Count two complete steps higher from the root note. ![]() How Do You Play A Major Chord On The Piano?Ĭhoose a root note that can be any of the keyboard notes, to begin playing a major chord.
![]() ![]() You can instead add a somewhat discounted roaming option to your service plan before you go, but can still pad out your bill to a painful degree. If you need to take a phone overseas that happens to be compatible with networks in wherever you're going (in most cases, one based on the GSM standard), your carrier will gladly charge you steep roaming fees for the privilege of calling and clicking outside the U.S. Tip: Airplane mode + WiFi = no international roaming surprises You will want to disable that option if you happen to install either app on a phone you use for regular calling, lest you get stuck with the bizarre situation of both the regular phone app and a third-party GV tool ringing at the same time. To receive calls in these apps, you need to enable call forwarding to your Google Chat address. GrooVe IP also had a much cleaner interface than Talkatone, even setting aside the distracting ads. On iOS, I set up the free version of TalkMeIM's Talkatone (a $19.99 a year fee removes the ads and activates a few extra options).īoth worked fine at placing calls, although weaker Wi-Fi made some calls awkward. In Android, I've been trying the the paid version of snrb Labs' GrooVe IP (available in a free, ad-subsidized version and in a $4.99 edition with added features). But the last few times I tried that from my desktop, the person on the other end couldn't hear anything I said and promptly hung up.īut what if you want to call from a device or an area with only data available, not voice? In that case, third-party apps can turn Google Voice into the Internet-calling service you might have once assumed it could be. You can also place a call from within Gmail by clicking the phone-icon button in the leftmost column. If you're logged into the Google Voice page, click the "CALL" button, enter the number and Google will dial your phone, then connect you to that number the "TEXT" button sends text messages directly. If you're in front of a Web browser, two last options become available. That's how I place free long-distance calls from home-using a decades-old Trimline corded phone. Or you can call your Google Voice number from any phone, enter your PIN, press 2, enter the number and then hit the pound key. In all of those cases, you can send text messages right from Google's app. And in BlackBerry, you can either dial from Google's app or select a menu item in the address book. But in iOS, you can dial directly from the app. In Android, you use that app to select whether outgoing calls should automatically come from your Google Voice number or only when you request it. You can use its smartphone apps to place calls from your account - but each does so differently. Google, however, lists four different ways to place calls from your Google Voice number (as opposed to having whatever random number you might be using appear on the other person's Caller ID). Question: What are my options for placing a call from my Google Voice number - especially if I don't have phone service handy?Īnswer: It could not be much more straightforward to use Google's mostly-free service to manage incoming calls: Log into your account, add a "forwarding phone," and calls to your GV number ring there automatically. ![]() ![]() ![]() But as it is not a stand alone element in floral design it should be thought about when looking at the elements Shape/FORM and SPACE. Size, I believe should be the sixth element of design as it’s importance is HUGE as it relates largely to the principles of design Balance, Scale and Proportion. NOW what about Size? Does size really matter? … You bet it does. For more information about dominance, please see the information about the principles of design. This third part of the space element is a wonderful way to create focal areas which are areas of dominance. In Blackbird in Snow, the bird and branches take up positive space in the top half of the frame. Negative space is space void of a design or left empty around individual flower and plant material: it is space without contents. Negative space is the empty space around and between objects. For more information about scale and rhythm, please see the information about the principles of design. It is important to occupy space within the design to enable the principles of scale and rhythm, in particular, to be incorporated into the design. This is the second part of the overall space element. Positive space within an arrangement is space occupied by individual flowers. By using thin lines of skin, the tattoo feels crisp and intricate because of how it pops. ![]() A small arrangement, for example, has little impact in a large hall or meeting room. If you really want to make a huge visual impact with your ink, try using thin amounts of negative space juxtaposed against a solid black background. This means isolating in some way these two components during the painting process. A small arrangement, for example, has little impact in a large hall or meeting room. Designers need to take note of the available space and create arrangements that fit accordingly. Designers need to take note of the available space and create arrangements that fit accordingly. When you apply a negative painting technique you will need to control the relative values of the negative space (the background) and the positive space (the subject). The first part of the space element that florists need to consider is the positive space or area for which the design is to be made. The blue background showing between candles. The first part of the space element that florists need to consider is the positive space or area for which the design is to be made. In the following photograph, what is the negative space if the cake is the subject Click the card to flip. ![]() ![]() As for the trout and reds, the early morning hours before that sun gets too high in the sky have been giving up the best fish. The season closes at the stroke of midnight Monday, July 31st. Given it's the last week of red snapper season until the special fall three day weekend season, anglers ought to have one last opportunity to wrangle up some fine limits. Again, seas should be conducive to enjoyable running inside or outside, whether working skinny water for trout/reds or scalloping or scooting to blue water for red snapper. For each of the next few days, a major solunar feed will be tracking along with the last couple hours of the rise on past the turn by an hour or so. Plan on dropping in the hole as close to safelight as possible for the best chance to enjoy the morning cool that should help stimulate the topwater bite during the rise. High tides along the Big Bend coastline will be occurring late morning throughout the weekend. Fortunately, over these next three days, if the NWS Marine Forecast holds true, it ought to afford some pretty decent conditions on the Big Pond, albeit east winds Friday, dropping from the southeast Saturday and Sunday, but light with relatively smooth seas! Otto Hough (Facebook says,” Ma Nature definitely made the past weekend a bit tough with a steady dose of coastal boomers making it rough at times. Until next week, be safe have fun and ALWAYS wear a life jacket while boating. Almost any local marina can take care of that for you if you don’t already have the setup. Just because you launch in a freshwater river doesn’t mean those bearings stay greased well. Biggest one, ALWAYS wear your life jacket while running, especially kids, elderly and those unable to swim.Īttach your kill switch. Can’t wait.Ĭouple safety and general boating tips to finish the summer. Seeing lots and lots of pictures and even more reports of all the big gag being caught while snapper fishing. Mark’s are doing very well in just half day trips.Īugust will give us an offshore break before gag grouper season opens back up. Speaking of hot, what a better way to stay cool and spend time with family than scallop. Matter of fact, been so darn hot this past two weeks, looking forward to October fishing already. Still have weekends through October and November so all is not lost. Red Snapper season comes to a close on the 31st. ![]() ![]() ![]() Our Cubase Ultimate Music-PC delivers exceptional power and performance but is still incredibly quiet - so quiet you can even record with condenser microphones in the same room! 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