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Older signal generators worthwhile?
So I am in the market for my first signal generator and I really don't have much money to spend. My options are to use an old CD player with a burned CD or there is someone selling a Heathkit Signal Generator IG-82 and a EICO 377 in my area. Are the vintage pieces worth the time or should I just use the CD player?
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...or one of the Behringer EQs that also incororates a signal generator. Works for me.
What do you want it for? Do you need a perfect sine? Do you need two? Do you need perfectly consistent amplitude as you sweep? Do you need computer control? Have you considered your PC's sound card? Do you need perfect pink? Audio only or RF too? Do you need accurate frequency or do you have a frequency counter? Do you need any clock or digital trigger outputs? I've regretted giving away an old old HP...What can I say, I just dig big dials LOL. Last edited by cyclecamper; 27th February 2012 at 04:48 AM. |
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We once tested a bunch of digital generators ALL of which had too much distortion to test woofers with. I ended up with a used old analog big-dial type.
So the old ones might be good, OR they might not work properly. You need a way to test the generators and measure their distortion. I also concur: what do you want it for? |
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I am looking for one to do basic tests on amps, preamps, etc. I have an o-scope but no signal generator to use with it to test with. I recently build an F5 amplifier that I want to measure to make sure that everything is working perfectly and within spec. I also have a few other amps and preamp I would like to test and modify and need a way to measure what has changed. I don't see myself using a frequency generator often enough to warrant spending a lot of money, but I do need something that is functional.
Unless you can use an oscope to test the distortion of a frequency generator, I have no way to test them. |
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I often use a CD player with a test tone CD as a signal generator.
You can use your PC sound card and a program like RightMark to test for distortion and frequency response. Hint: Don't use an expensive sound card until you have all the test procedure and power amplifier bugs worked out.
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You can use the scope to mostly check the output of the frequency generator, at least to see if there is gross distortion. Low levels like a couple percent may not be obvious visually.
This might work: LEADER MODEL LAG-120B AUDIO FUNCTION GENERATOR 10 HZ TO 1 MHZ | eBay which another site says is replaced by Instek GAG-810 Audio Generator Low Sine Wave Distortion GAG810, GAG 810 But if you don't need precise frequency adjustment then CDs might work just as well. In neither case can you really tell what's happening with distortion other than on a gross level. The generators are supposed to be low distortion, but if used and old can have gotten out of calibration, broken transistors, etc |
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The guys selling the signal generator only wants $15. I figure it might be worth a shot.
I just found a guy selling a function generator in the area. Is that able to do the same job? |
29th February 2012, 02:33 AM | #8 |
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You'll occasionally find Hewlett Packard 200 series generators for $20 on EBay. Other high quality units that don't seem to get a lot of attention are Krohn-Hite, GenRad (General Radio), B&K, Fluke.
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I found an old HP 200 series for $5 at the local university salvage. Bent plate on the tuning cap was all that was wrong with it. Old as the hills, but still makes fine sine waves.
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Well I picked up 2 signal generators for $15. Turns out they are both tube. Only one works. I am not quite sure why the other one doesn't. It shows literally nothing on the o-scope so I am guessing something is loose on the inside. The working one isn't perfect but it gives me a signal.
If I wanted to recap either of these is there any problem with using cheap modern caps as long as they were of the proper V rating? |
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Because they are considered to be the first level of defense against dental abnormalities, family dentistry and general dentistry are viewed primarily as preventative fields. The American Dental Association (ADA) recommends that you visit your family dentist for a checkup a minimum of two times each year. Such checkups provide routine or deep cleanings to eliminate plaque buildup and prevent tooth decay. If necessary, they also provide fluoride treatments to help coat the teeth, a procedure also important in the prevention of tooth decay. Preventative dental checkups can help with the detection of oral health problems long before the onset of symptoms.
On some visits, radiographs are taken to help detect cavities and other tooth and jaw problems. If a cavity is detected during a checkup, your family dentist can provide treatment with a dental filling before it develops into a more serious problem that may require a crown, dental implant, root canal, or other restorative procedure.
Training and Practice
After earning an undergraduate degree and passing the Dental Admission Test (DAT), prospective family dentists must complete a three- to five-year dental school program that equips them with a general dentistry education. Dental school is intensive, incorporating much of the same curriculum as a typical medical school. Before graduating, students must pass the National Board Dental Examinations (NBDE) in order to become licensed dentists. After passing the NBDE, the dentist is awarded the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) or Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD). DDS and DMD are different titles for the same education and degree.
Following dental school, the majority of dentists choose to move immediately into practice as a general or family dentist. Others, however, opt to pursue postgraduate training to become a specialty dentist. Nine specialty fields of dentistry are recognized by the American Dental Association:
- Dental Public Health
- Endodontics
- Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology
- Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology
- Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
- Orthodontics
- Pedodontics (Pediatric Dentistry)
- Periodontics
- Prosthodontics
The amount of additional work and the duration of training depends on the type of dental specialty that a dentist pursues. For example, an endodontist requires an additional two or three years of training, while an oral and maxillofacial surgeon requires an additional four to six years.
Family and Cosmetic Dentistry
Although family dentists are typically associated with preventative and restorative dentistry, many pursue additional training in order to provide cosmetic dentistry services such as teeth whitening and porcelain veneers. Family dentists who perform cosmetic procedures normally refer to themselves as family and cosmetic dentists.
Family and cosmetic dentists have more training than typical family dentists, though they occasionally refer some people to other dentists if specialized treatments are required.
Specialists may include orthodontists (for teeth straightening), endodontists (for more complex root canal treatments), prosthodontists (for more complex crowns or for dental implants) and maxillofacial surgeons (for oral surgery). For very young children (ages four and younger), a family dentist may recommend a pediatric dentist, who has knowledge and training related to young children and early tooth health.
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Witnesses told police the woman on the bike had the right of way on the busy street near West 46th Terrace and J.C. Nichols Parkway.
She was pedaling north on J.C. Nicols Parkway when a truck travelling south made a left turn and struck her.
Witnesses said she was hurt badly but looked conscious when medics took her by ambulance to an area hospital.
"One year ago today(September 16th, 2008), I was in a bicycle accident during my bike ride to work (as I mentioned in my previous post). I was riding my bike 0.9 miles from my apartment to work when a couple in their 70's made a left turn in front of me with their Chevy Silverado pickup. I hit the truck broadside, with my head hitting the passenger side window. I then hit the pavement and was briefly unconscious. When the ambulance arrived they noted finding me in a small pool of blood, I was intermittently agitated and confused with a Glasgow coma scale of 14 (whatever that means)."
"I don't recall the accident or the ambulance arriving to take me to the hospital (which was less than half a mile away) but I do remember lying on the emergency room table as my clothes were cut off of me and a nurse talked to me. She asked me general head trauma questions, like "Do you know what year it is?" and "Do you know who the President is?" I suffered from a fractured skull with a small amount of brain hemorrhaging. I couldn't move on the emergency room table, and I remember having a really difficult time answering the nurse's questions. I was able to answer them correctly, and to my amazement even rattle off the phone number to my mother's work so the hospital could notify her of the accident. X-rays showed I had broken my jaw and right clavicle and fractured my left clavicle. I was also suffering from a bad case of double vision, whirling vertigo (a.k.a. room spins) and was temporarily paralyzed on the left side of my face."
"I always wear a helmet now.....even a short ride can go horribly wrong and change your life forever."
Read the rest of Vanessa's amazing story on her blog and find out more about her recovery and some of the positive things that came form the experience back in 2008.
I talked to Vanessa a couple of weeks ago to ask her if I could share her story, and if, after 2 1/2 years after the accident if she still wears a helmet?
She said, "Of course you can share my story - yes I still wear a helmet all the time. :) "
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I have heard all the arguements for and against. I have found personally it comes down to two things: personal choice for adults, and responsible adults teaching their children bicycle safety. I personally always wear a helmet and always will.
Vanessa's story speaks for itself so I will end this post here.
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Latin AmericaWhere do the Venezuelan candidates stand? A look at where Venezuela's presidential candidates stand on security, economics, energy and other issues. Elizabeth Melimopoulos | 03 Oct 2012 07:59 GMT | Latin America, Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, China Venezuela will hold one of the country's most critical elections in the country's history on October 7. Venezuelans will chose between Hugo Chavez, a man who has ruled the country for more than a decade, and Henrique Capriles, who says he represents the younger generation. Five other candidates from different parties are also in the mix, but the race has closed to the two main contenders: Chavez and Capriles. Below is a summary of their views, political positions, and compromises. Hugo Chavez Henrique Capriles Economics The main goal for Hugo Chavez's government is the construction of Venezuelan Socialism. Capriles aims to improve the administration of banks, while creating economic growth with social inclusion. Role of the State Believes in a social and democratic state. The candidate wants less state control over the economy, saying the government should orient, promote and regulate rather than control. Foreign Policy He wants to convert Venezuela into a social, economic, and political powerhouse in Latin America. He wants to stop sending subsidised oil to allies, while maintaining good relations in the hemisphere and beyond. Army As a former soldier, he aims to increase Venezuela's military power. Wants the army to be used as a tool of national development. Education Education should be orientated to social goals. "Education for your progress," is one of Capriles main campaign slogans. Oil and Gas Increase oil production, defend national sovereignty over natural resources, and maintain energy trade deals. He promises to increase oil production, ensuring benefits go to Venezuelans first, while using petroleum income as a starting point for economic diversification. Drug Trade Chavez has said his desire to fight drug trafficking is "unshakable". Promises to weaken the drug trade. Employment Chavez wants better support for small and medium-sized businesses. Promises to create new employment through economic growth. Bolivarian Missions Chavez aims to develop new anti-poverty missions Promised to continue Chavez's anti-poverty initiatives Security Hugo Chavez has new plans to fight crime through a targeted approach. Vows to put an end to "the culture of illegality and crime tolerance " "Continue building the XXI Century Bolivarian Socialism in Venezuela, as an alternative to the destructive and savage capitalism," says Chavez. He has promised to increase agricultural production, improve industrial productivity, and impose price controls on some basic necessities. By the end of his term he wants 90 per cent of Venezuela's food to be locally produced, and envisions 68 per cent of citizens living on communes. Capriles says he will increase economic growth to more than six per cent annually. He has pledged to end product shortages, reduce inflation to single digits, encourage exports and improve economic diversification. He plans to reform "strategic sectors" such as tourism, agriculture, and manufacturing. And he has emphasised support for Venezuela's small and medium-sized enterprises as a solution for unemployment. Chavez aims to "completely pulverize the bourgeois state form"."The State must be mediating social conflicts, and must be also a price regulator," the president has declared. He has been critical of the state pushing its socialist line and says he wants the government to respect political diversity."We propose to build a decentralised, transparent, and plural state." Capriles said the central government should facilitate, and regional governments need to supervise and activate. Chavez says Venezuela is a key part of a new multipolar world. He wants to continue Latin American integration, with Venezuela playing a leading role in regional bodies such as The Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA), the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and the oil consortium, Petrocaribe. He aims to increase strategic alliances with China, Russia and Brazil, including a loans-for-oil agreement with China. Argentina, Uruguay, Nicaragua, and Cuba have signed major energy deals with Venezuela, exchanging crude for goods and services, rather than just money. He has had serious disputes with Colombia, but he has stated as a priority: "Deepening political dialogue at the highest political level and productive links with the Republic of Colombia." "The president has created a club of friends, with the aim of building a global political project that is being financed with oil," Capriles has said in a critique of Chavez's petrol diplomacy. Cuba alone has received $3bn worth of Venezuelan crude since 2000. He wants to repair relations with Colombia, which have deteriorated under Chavez, by pledging to step-up the fight against armed groups, including the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). Chavez pledges to continue buying arms. Plans to expand civilian militias, and increase the capacity of intelligence organisations, in order to "defend the homeland". Capriles says the armed forces have become partisan under Chavez. "The army should focus on Venezuela as a country, not on an ideology." Capriles promises to modernize equipment, and ensure the training of troops. Chavez expects to raise the school attendance to 100 per cent, and university attendance to 90 per cent. He also wants to increase the enrolment in technical programs to 40 per cent. He aims to improve educational infrastructure and continue the programmes of "school at the factory", with the goal of improving job preparation and establishing workers' councils. He wants to increase school enrollment of children six and under to at least 72,000. Capriles promises to build 900 kindergartens, 2,000 secondary schools, and 80 university buildings. He pledges that schools will have electricity, computer equipment, libraries, and sports facilities. Capriles plans to bolster the budget for universities and improve salaries for professors. Chavez has pledged to preserve and guarantee the sovereignty of the state over natural resources, by empowering PDVSA, the national oil company. Aims to increase national production from the current 3 million barrels a day, four million by 2014, and 6 million 2016. He plans to promote technological development and scientific research. Chavez wants to explore and exploit the Orinoco Basin, in addition to promoting deepening energy integration with Latin America and the Caribbean. Plans for infrastructure development also include 2,300 km of oil pipelines. In Asia, he plans to collaborate on three new refiners in China, Vietnam, and Syria while accelerating natural gas projects. He is promising to increase national oil production to 6 million barrels per day (MBD), while guaranteeing autonomy for PDVSA, the state oil company. Capriles says the government will continue paying loans related to the oil sector, to countries such as China, while accelerating exploitation of heavy tar sands crude in the Orinoco basin. He wants greater legal protection for foreign firms in order to increase investments; promising to create 400,000 jobs in the oil sector including 90,000 direct positions and 310,000 indirect jobs. Venezuela government has said it is determined to fight narcotics trafficking, and will continue carrying out a political battle on this front. Capriles aims to decisively weaken drug trafficking, a generator violence and crime. The government has said it aims to eliminate poverty by motivating people to become self-sufficient through self-employment schemes, according to Data Monitor. Chavez said he wants to:"Develop a system of incentives for the promotion of small and medium private enterprises within a framework of social responsibility." Capriles aims to create 3 million well-paid and stable jobs over his term, including 500,000 new positions per year with a focus on team work between the public and private sector. The candidate aims to stop the oil dependence."We cannot progress depending exclusively on the distribution of oil wealth," he says. "Oil can and should be the lever for transformation, progress and diversification of the country." Investment is one of the main priorities. "Our commitment is to have a strong economy, which has many new businesses that create many jobs." He proposes the creation of new social missions in order to provide large-scale assistance grants for education and housing to help poor communities. These social programmes will be financed by oil revenues. Capriles wants to create new missions in poor neighbourhoods, keep the existing ones, and improve those that are not working. He proposes developing a new approach to publish safety, emphasising 79 particular municipalities with the highest crime rates. Chavez wants improve the patrol, prevention and prosecution of crimes, while activating a Communal Police Service at the national level. He has committed to improve the situation inside prisons. "In almost 14 years the government could not deal with the violence," Capriles has said. "It increased each year." The ex-governor wants to increase opportunities for children and establish more trust for police and judicial institutions. He proposes disarmament programs and destruction of illegal weapons. 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Dark Orbit Bonus Box Bot - ANY Company
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the bot only moves from the right up side of the minimap to the right down part and it changes a bit the trayectory when it arrives to the down side and goes to the right until the leaving zone shows and then you lose some health, is this wrong? If you let this bot all night you could die cause losing effect live, is there any other version that works better?
I've tried to start from the left up side and it goes to the same place but it catchs some boxes, so the bot is working well...
any idea?The bot that is for "ANY" company should start at the upper left hand corner of the mini map, you should position your ship in that general area. I'm not sure why the bot is making your ship leave the zone. If you could upload a screen shot of your screen while running the bot I could take a look and try to walk you through it.
ReplyDeleteThe enemy detection in the older versions checks to see if the "threat meter" is up. If it is the bot will send your ship back to your base, or a portal. The older version only works in the areas specified:
The enemy detection doesn't completely stop your ship from getting destroyed, but it helps big time.liam - The "space map" window should be put in the upper let hand corner of your screen. There is a picture of what your screen should look like in the "instructions" section of this blog. Do not maximize the "space map" window. I've only tested the bot with IE 7, not 8 so I'm not sure if it works with 8.
ReplyDelete1-5 doesn't work. There's a pixel in the nebula that attracts the cursor.
1-6 doesn't work because of the sun to the right of the planet. It also gets attracted to Cubicons.
1. Add a keystroke that will end the program. It's very hard to end when the mouse keeps moving on you.
2. Threat detection. Run to a portal, jump, wait 5 seconds, and jump again. Use the J key in case only the minimap is up. This will break the lock on an enemy so that he can't continue firing in case you're being shot at. After the threat bar is gone, continue the search.Big Dreams, I got around 10,000 uridium before being shot down about 3 hours or so later. I also got 19 extra galaxy gate energies in that time. I didn't get any ammo because my armory was full.
you must be on a different server where they use a different background. I'm on US East. There's that one blasted pixel that keeps attracting my ship after it gets halfway done.You should keep trying until a website for your country is available, i keep trying when finally came up one, this also is used to cash for every suvery you do, so every download is small cash for him, thats why he used, the bot also works with Firefox 3.5 only have to move the window a bit up than usual and as you dont wanna release the code, would be good if you make it faster, speed is like tested but on credit ships maybe, cause when you have the 450 speed, turns slow, Red(Looks pink) and Orange goliaths confuse the bot, the game has a way to fix this problem, so no problem for that, the only problem is when you have a Red or Orange goliath, it doesnt stop clicking yourself all the time.
ReplyDeleteAt me a problem with downloading of a boat from an exchanger. Whether you can load a boat of other source or send me it on the mail-adress email@example.com? In advanche thank's as this programm very much is necessary to me ;)
P.S: Excuse for bad English, I used the translator from Russian on English to write you.Also, as the new client is live, this bonux bot has a color recgnition failure, they add it some stars shine into evert map so that bot gets confused and get stock at same place, i think there is a workaround, when a map doesnt fully loads you see the screen black, and as some who have tried this bot before, must know that orange, pink and blue goliaths cause the same problem as teh shining stars, this can also be fixed when the game doesnt loads at all, all you see is a white triangle line, so im trying to figure how to not load those resources, Game background and Ships to make it work.
ReplyDeleteThis bot really helped me but now there is problem as Sam said. Please can you remake bot? I need only bonus box function, so if you will delete resources and resources boxes picking functions, it will maybe work better. Can you do this? Only delete this two functions? Sorry for my English
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Sunday, October 9, 2011
Sunday Prayer
Oh blessed be unto thee irresistible Nautical Blue Roundy Toy, as we bow down and praise you and think upon the magical CRA-ZAY-ZEE DROOLY GROWLY FUN you bestow upon our daily lives may you rise up and look upon those who hurl you across rooms for us and would that you could tap those lovable turd buckets on the heads and remind them how important it is to have Throw-Catch-Throw-Catch-Throw-Catch-Throw-Catch-Throw-Catch snuggle time praise be to all that is holy amen hallelujah.
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Oh,let me tell you: the Nautical Blue Roundy Toy has NOTHING, NOTHING I TELL YOU, on the new bug-eyed white furry thang here in Denver that says "BITE ME" on the front and "FLEA" on the back. #CardioWorkout
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GamesIndustry.Biz reports that Texas law firm McKool Smith is bringing a patent infringement action against a number of well-known software companies . It claims that the technology used for 3D computer games infringes its earlier patent. Industry sources claim that if the action is successful it could put a spanner in the works of all 3D gaming and perhaps other computer-related 3D imagery.
The IPKat wonders if this is a new trend: law firms as patent claimants.
LATE NEWS (added 4 November): The Register has added this on the same subject.
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Six death row inmates have filed a lawsuit seeking to prevent the Food and Drug Administration from importing a drug used in executions that's no longer available in the United States.
Hospira, the only U.S. manufacturer of sodium thiopental, an anesthetic used as part of the lethal three-drug cocktail, announced last month that it would stop making the product, saying it never intended it to be used to kill people.
But the FDA continues to allow states to import "bulk amounts" of the drug for use in lethal injection without vetting it to ensure it meets regulatory standards, the lawsuit states.
Read full coverage and examine a timeline of the unrest in Egypt updated continually by CNN reporters worldwide. Send your photos and video to iReport and see CNN in Arabic here. See also this strong roundup of timely, insightful views on the wave of upheaval in the Arab world.
[Update 3:00 a.m. in Cairo, 8:00 p.m. ET] New glimpses emerged Saturday into the sensitive diplomatic strategy the Obama administration is using to help bring about a transition in which Mubarak himself helps to dismantle his own power structure.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, speaking at the Munich Security Conference, urged support for the man Mubarak named to carry out that
transition, Vice President Omar Suleiman.
"There are forces in at work in any society," Clinton said, "in particular in one that is facing these kinds of challenges, who will try to derail or overtake the process to pursue their own specific agenda, which is why I think it's important to support the transition process announced by the Egyptian government actually headed by now-Vice President Omar Suleiman."
[Update 1:15 a.m. in Cairo, 6:15 p.m. ET] U.S. President Barack Obama emphasized the importance of an "orderly, peaceful transition" to a government that is "responsive to the aspirations of the Egyptian people." In phone calls with foreign leaders Saturday, Obama also urged "credible, inclusive negotiations between the government and the opposition," according to the White House.
[Update 12:30 a.m. in Cairo, 5:30 p.m. ET] U.S. Vice President Joe Biden spoke with Suleiman by phone Saturday and asked about negotiations Suleiman had with several opposition leaders and intellectuals about Egypt's future, the White House said.
"He stressed the need for a concrete reform agenda, a clear timeline, and immediate steps that demonstrate to the public and the opposition that the Egyptian government is committed to reform," according to the White House.
Biden also called for the immediate release of journalists and activists
who have been detained without cause, the White House said.
[Update 11:45 p.m. in Cairo, 4:45 p.m. ET] It's just after midnight in Cairo and anti-Mubarak protesters are still standing their ground in Tahrir Square in defiance of a government curfew for the 12th night in a row, CNN's Ivan Watson reports.
[Update 11:45 p.m. in Cairo, 4:45 p.m. ET] Israeli President Shimon Peres defended the Egyptian president, saying, "In spite of all the attacks against President Mubarak, I know him for many years, throughout his presidency and I accredit him as one of the persons who saved many lives by preventing war in the Middle East, who saved lives of Egyptians, of Arabs, of Israelis, by not allowing to renew a war."
[Update 10:45 p.m. in Cairo, 3:45 p.m. ET] Anti-government rallies outside of Egypt continued Saturday in major cities worldwide, including New York, Washington, Atlanta, Paris, France, and the West Bank. In Washington, iReporter Inga Lukaviciute captured video of a group of loud but peaceful protesters carrying signs and Egyptians flags as they marched from the Egyptian embassy to the White House chanting anti-Mubarak slogans.
In Paris, France, iReporter Lawrence Langner took pictures of the thousands gathered at Place de la Republique amid a strong police presence. Their message also focused Mubarak's removal.
Check out a complete timeline of the unrest in Egypt.
It's been almost two weeks since 20,000 protesters spilled into the streets of Cairo in an unprecedented display of anti-government rage, inspired in part by revolts in Tunisia that forced the collapse of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's 23-year rule.
Organizers of the January 25 protests that triggered the unrest chose that day - Police Day - to highlight the role of police corruption in addition to frustrations over the rising cost of living and failed economic policies. But all those concerns were distilled into one overriding demand: the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak, who has survived would-be assassins and illness, crushed a rising Islamist radical movement and maintained the peace with neighboring Israel that got his predecessor killed to rule Egypt for three decades. (More on Mubarak's reign)
Initially, it appeared that Mubarak had no intention of abandoning his post. Over time, he has taken steps that appear to some as gradual steps toward relinquishing power, and to others, mere gestures. Below we chart the major events in the apparent tide of transition:
Mother Nature smiled Saturday on ice-weary metro Dallas residents and Super Bowl visitors, providing sunny skies and snow-melting temperatures in the lower 50s.
After four days of often-miserable driving conditions and closed schools and offices, millions were out and about, shaking off cabin fever and stocking up for the nation's annual ode to football, food and fun advertising.
"We are so thankful," said Tiara Ellis Richard, media relations coordinator for the Arlington Police Department and a member of a joint public safety task force established for the Super Bowl.
Sunday will be cloudy and chillier, with a chance of a rain and snow mix by Sunday evening's kickoff, but it shouldn't be that big a deal, CNN forecasters said. Very light accumulations of snow are possible on grass and elevated surfaces.
FULL STORYThe lawyer representing two U.S. hikers jailed in Iran has been denied a request to visit his clients on the eve of their trial for allegedly trespassing into the country, he told CNN on Saturday.
"I asked to see them before the trial, but the judge told me I couldn't," said Masoud Shafii.
The judge has granted Shafii permission to visit Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal for a few hours on Sunday prior to the start of the trial, Shafii said.
Bauer, 28, Fattal, 28, and Sarah Shourd, 32, were detained July 31, 2009, after they allegedly strayed across an unmarked border into Iran while hiking in Iraq's Kurdistan region. Prosecutors in Iran have charged them with spying and trespassing.
Last September, Iranian authorities released Shourd, on bail because of a medical condition. Shourd has not responded to a court summons this week to return and stand trial on Sunday, Shafii said. Iranian authorities said she will be tried in absentia if she doesn't appear in court.
Human rights groups have condemned their arrests and their lengthy wait for a trial in Iran's notorious Evin prison.
FULL STORYA magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Chile at 1:11 p.m. (11:11 a.m. ET) Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The quake, centered about 90 kilometers (55 miles) south-southwest of Concepcion, was 13.7 kilometers (8.5 miles) below the surface, the USGS said.
A magnitude 7.1 quake struck 100 miles south of Concepcion on January 2, and a magnitude 8.8 quake struck near the city a year ago, killing hundreds.


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The right office apps for the iPad at work
If you provide or allow employees an iPad, here are the productivity apps that you should install on them
Users and business managers alike are loving the iPad as a potential laptop replacement, for at least part of the time. And more and more companies are providing employees iPads or letting employees use their own. So, just as companies typically install a suite of desktop productivity apps (nearly always Microsoft Office), what should the iPad equivalent be?
The answer can't be Office, because Microsoft has no iPad-compatible suite. Microsoft's Office Web Apps cloud-based suite doesn't work on an iPad either. Google Docs is also not usable on an iPad.
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InfoWorld.com investigated the available programs and put together a recommended business apps suite that should be the standard install on corporate iPads. I was surprised to find that none of the iPad productivity suites is ideal, though one comes close. (I've added U.S. iTunes links for each app covered.)
Of course, beyond the productivity apps that nearly everyone uses, iPadders have further needs, so I've also put together a collection of additional business apps that you might make available to employees or point them to for more specialized work.
The office suite candidates are Apple's iWork suite -- Pages ($10), Numbers ($10), and Keynote ($10) -- plus Quickoffice's Quickoffice Mobile Connect Suite ($20, but its price changes frequently) and DavaViz's Documents to Go Premium ($17). Quickoffice has a word processor and spreadsheet editor; DocsToGo (as it's labeled on the iPad) has a word processor, a spreadsheet editor, and a tool to edit text and add notes to a presentation. All the programs read and write to the Microsoft Office file formats.
I first pick out the best individual productivity apps, then pull together a recommended suite that includes utilities that should be in your standard installation as well:
- The best iPad word processor
- The best iPad spreadsheet editor
- The best iPad presentation app
- The best iPad PDF markup tool
- The best iPad utilities most business users should have
- The question of an external keyboard and VGA adapter
- The best iPad productivity "suite"
[ Which iPad 2 rumors are plausible? InfoWorld's Galen Gruman gives them a reality a check. ]
You can create rich, stunning documents on the iPad with Pages -- not with all the bells and whistles available on a Mac or PC in Microsoft Word, but much more than in any other mobile word processor. It's also easy to use. But Pages has two major flaws that could kill it as an option for many companies and a third flaw you should know of in order to avoid it.
The first flaw is that it doesn't retain style sheets in the documents it saves. That's significant damage to the original file and will cause major issues if the document goes through any publishing workflow, such as for eventual HTML conversion or use in Adobe InDesign. The styles' text formatting is retained, but as local formatting only. Pages does have a styles capability that applies predefined formatting to text, but it does not apply a style sheet that is editable by Pages or Word; the Pages "styles" are just local formatting groups.
The second flaw is not so fatal: It doesn't work with cloud storage services such as Google Docs, Dropbox, and Box.net. If you want to share files with others, your options are limited to email, syncing to your computer via iTunes and sharing from there, or Apple's MobileMe service.
The third flaw is a design foible: Any changes you make to a document are saved immediately in the original. You can't save the changed file later and retain the original file as is. The work-around is to make a duplicate of the file within Pages before you open it.
Quickoffice. Quickoffice's word processor is simple, with straightforward controls for basic formatting, such as font, text size, paragraph alignment, and lists. There are no layout controls, so you can use Quickoffice only to work on text. But Quickoffice retains the style sheets in your imported documents, so they're intact when you later export a document, even though it doesn't let you create, edit, or apply styles.
Quickoffice can connect to Box.net, Dropbox, Google Docs, and MobileMe cloud storage, as well as to a computer directly over Wi-Fi. It also of course can email documents, and it provides a Save As option, as well as an internal folder structure so that you can organize your documents.
But Quickoffice has no search-and-replace or even search-only capability, nor a word counter.
DocsToGo. DataViz's app is similar to Quickoffice in terms of its capabilities -- they're simple text editors with basic formatting options. However, DocsToGo does offer search and replace, as well as word counting. But I can't recommend DocsToGo due to a really dumb UI design: All the controls are at the bottom of the screen, where they become hidden by the on-screen keyboard. This means hiding the keyboard to do any formatting each and every time -- a real productivity killer. (Pages and Quickoffice put the controls at the top of the screen.)
The verdict: It's a split decision. Pages is all around the better word processor, but its flaws make it unusable for many organizations. If your document workflow rests on style sheets or requires cloud storage services such as Google Docs, your best bet is Quickoffice.
Numbers, like its Mac OS X counterpart, takes an odd approach to spreadsheet creation if you're used to working in Excel: Adding a worksheet results in a blank page with no cells. Excel users will be mystified as to what to do next. What they need to do is add a table to the worksheet -- that's the grid of cells. In Numbers, a worksheet can have multiple tables, whereas Excel has just the one table automatically created. Once you know this, Numbers is easy to use.
Like Pages, Numbers has no Save As feature; you need to duplicate a document before opening to leave the original intact.
Quickoffice. Excel users will take to Quickoffice quickly, as it works very similarly. Quickoffice has a large set of functions available, and it's easy to work with cells, rows, and columns. The on-screen keyboard doesn't have the sophisticated contextual display that Numbers does, but Quickoffice's interface is nicely designed, so it works well without that ability.
Quickoffice has a Save As functionality, unlike Numbers. What it doesn't have is a set of charting tools, or the ability to sort columns or rows, both of which Numbers can do. Quickoffice also can't hide columns or rows -- but neither can Numbers.
DocsToGo. The spreadsheet capabilities in DocsToGo are similar to those in Quickoffice, but again its user interface is deficient. Switching among worksheets is more work than necessary, for example. But it can hide rows, sort columns, and freeze panes, none of which Quickoffice can do.
The fact that the formatting controls are on the bottom of the screen isn't as problematic as it is for text documents, since you use the keyboard less. Still, it remains a pain.
The verdict: Numbers is the most capable of the spreadsheet editors, and its quirks are ones you can adjust to pretty quickly. It's our choice for spreadsheet editor.
The best PDF markup program for the iPad There are dozens of apps to open PDF documents on the iPad, but the built-in Preview app does that for mail attachments, and most Wi-Fi file-sharing apps preview PDF documents. What you really want is a program that can mark up PDF files, adding sticky notes and the like.
That app is GoodReader ($2). You can do most of the markup you would in Adobe Reader, such as notes, highlights, and even free-form shapes (for example, to circle an item). Once you get the hang of using your finger like a mouse for such actions, it's an easy-to-handle app.
GoodReader is not just a PDF markup app. It can also view Office files, text files, and pictures, as well as play audio files. In addition, it comes with a Wi-Fi file-sharing capability to transfer documents to your computer.
The best iPad utilities most everyone should have The iPad can't open Zip files -- an amazing omission in the iPhone and iPod Touch as well. There are several apps that can unzip files, but the best is ZipThat ($1). Its clean interface makes it easy to use.
Although the iPhone comes with a calculator app, the iPad doesn't. There are several calculator apps for the iPad, but I prefer the simple, capable Calculator Pro ($1). If you do lots of calculations and want a tape function to capture all calculations (and email that history as a file), then get the less aesthetically pleasing Calculator HD ($1).
If you view Photoshop native files, such as for page layout, Web, or presentation projects, get the AirFilesHD app ($1), which also offers Wi-Fi file sharing and basic drawing capabilities. As you can see, Wi-Fi file sharing is built into lots of apps!
The iPad's own Notes app is fine for taking notes, and its Calendar app is perfectly suitable to manage your appointments. There are tons of alternative apps for both, but I don't see the point. There are two exceptions: The Notes Plus app ($4) lets you take handwritten notes with a stylus (such as Ten One Design's Pogo Stylus), then export them to PDF, though it doesn't convert the handwriting to text. You can also type in text and include audio recordings. If your notes include drawings, Notes Plus is the way to go. The Notability app ($5) is designed for people who take notes while recording lectures, presentations, and the like. Afterward, if you tap any text you entered, Notability will play back the audio recording from that point in time, so you can hear what was being said as you were typing.


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Members of the public are invited to participate by filling out a survey. Some questions are open-ended so the survey may take extra time if you want to give detailed answers. The listening project will continue through April 2008.
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By Michael Martina
BEIJING, March 6 (Reuters) - A deadly knife attack at a Chinese train station last week should not be linked to ethnicity, a senior government official said, days after authorities blamed the incident on separatists from the country's troubled far western region of Xinjiang.
China says militants from Xinjiang, home to a large Muslim Uighur minority, launched a terrorist attack in the southwestern city of Kunming, killing at least 29 people and injuring about 140.
It was one of the worst bouts of violence to spill out of the restive region, where more than 100 people, including several policemen, have been killed in unrest since last April.
Fear and resentment between majority Han Chinese and Uighurs had spread since the attack, said Zhu Weiqun, the chairman of the ethnic and religious affairs panel of the top advisory body to parliament, which meets this week in Beijing.
"Such sentiments - although not widespread - deserve our attention," Zhu told the official China Daily, adding that the "overwhelming majority" of the migrant Uighurs from Xinjiang were "good people".
"Most Uighurs are with us in the fight against separatism and violent terrorism," he said in an interview in the English-language newspaper published on Thursday. "They sincerely support the central government.
"...We should not relate such cases to an ethnic issue in a casual way."
The comments highlight Beijing's concern over the growing frictions between Uighurs and Han Chinese and the potential for further unrest.
After the Kunming attack, many residents voiced ethnic concerns to Reuters reporters and some businesses and hotels displayed signs turning away Uighurs.
Online accounts have described growing discrimination against Uighurs, ranging from their evictions from apartments to refusals by taxi drivers to give them rides.
Beijing has not explicitly accused Uighurs of carrying out the Kunming attack, but by calling the perpetrators Xinjiang extremists the implication is clear.
State media have reported that a female suspect was injured and captured in the attack in Kunming, the capital of Yunnan province, which is hundreds of miles southeast of Xinjiang, and that three suspects, including another woman, had been caught. Four were shot dead.
Chinese authorities should stop using the attack to carry out "extreme propaganda" and "incite racism", Dilxat Raxit, a spokesman for key exile group the World Uyghur Congress, said in an emailed statement late on Wednesday.
Many Uighurs say they are infuriated by Chinese curbs on their culture and religion, though the government says they are given wide freedoms.
China bristles at suggestions from exiles and rights groups that the unrest is driven more by unhappiness at government policies than by any serious threat from extremist groups who want to establish an independent state called East Turkestan.
Authorities say many have links with foreign groups, although rights groups and some foreign experts say there is little evidence to support this.
"Foreign forces committing crimes have always been behind separatist activities,"," Xinjiang's governor, Nur Bekri, told reporters at a briefing on the sidelines of parliament on Thursday.
"We will remain on high alert for this," he said.
China stepped up security in Xinjiang after a vehicle ploughed into tourists on the edge of Tiananmen Square in October, killing the three people in the car and two bystanders. China labelled it a suicide attack by militants from Xinjiang.
After three years in which China's domestic security budget exceeded its fast-growing military budget, this year the government did not publicise the overall figure despite an increased focus on stability at home.
Experts say that is an indication of how sensitive the government is to perceptions of its handle on security, especially after it failed to predict or prevent the two major incidents in Kunming and on Tiananmen Square.
Philip Potter, an assistant professor at the University of Michigan who researches international terrorism, said the security crackdown in Xinjiang could be pushing attacks towards "softer" targets in other parts of China.
"This is a structural problem that I don't think they can spend their way out of," Potter said, adding that the security presence in Xinjiang was nearing its limits.
"This means that there are two options - tolerate the existing status quo with the caveat that the attacks may get worse as militants get more sophisticated, or start thinking about how to address the underlying grievances of the Uighurs." (Additional reporting by John Ruwitch in SHANGHAI; Editing by Nick Macfie)


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China Overnight Rate Snaps Five-Day Drop Before Month-End
Bloomberg NewsChina's overnight money-market rate rose for the first time in six days on speculation cash supply will wane as banks hoard funds to meet month-end requirements.
The measure climbed from the lowest level since Aug. 9 even after the central bank added 29 billion yuan ($4.7 billion) to markets yesterday via seven-day reverse-repurchase contracts. The People's Bank of China asked lenders to submit orders today for 14-day reverse repos and 28-day repo agreements, and gauged demand for 91-day bills, said a trader at a primary dealer required to bid at the auctions.
"Commercial banks are reluctant to lend in the interbank market before month-end," said Xu Hanfei, a Shanghai-based analyst at Guotai Junan Securities Co. "Funds will be tightly balanced."
The overnight repurchase rate, a gauge of funding availability in the banking system, rose eight basis points, or 0.08 percentage point, to 3.1 percent, according to a weighted average compiled by the National Interbank Funding Center. It fell to as low as 2.9 percent earlier. The seven-day repo rate increased five basis points to 4.3 percent.
The cost of one-year interest rate swaps, the fixed payment needed to receive the floating seven-day repo rate, climbed one basis point to 4.09 percent, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
The central bank auctioned 50 billion yuan of treasury deposits at 4.75 percent yesterday, offsetting the impact of rolling over 51.5 billion yuan of three-year bills on Aug. 26. That was the second time the authority extended the maturity of some bills this month.
The yield on the government's 3.38 percent notes due May 2023 advanced three basis points to 4.02 percent, according to the Interbank Funding Center.
China should gradually raise the ceiling on deposit rates, and widen the yuan's trading band, according to an article published on People's Daily, which was written by Wang Yu, an official from the central bank's research bureau.


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Difficult to hold dildo in while putting harness on initially
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You would think they would want to include that information for people who want vegan products. I was a little irked because my other harnesses list straps, rings, and the front piece and what they're made of.
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