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Whether it's for real or just a psychological warfare stunt by the new Market Basket leadership is far from clear, but full-page newspaper ads by the supermarket chain's co-CEOs promoting a three-day job fair for replacement workers provoked a range of reactions Thursday from protesting workers.
"Good luck trying to fill all our jobs! They don't know what we do in there," said Linda Kulis, who works in accounts receivable in the Tewksbury, Massachusetts, headquarters.
"I just started laughing and said, 'This is a joke,'" said Mike Feather, an 18-year company veteran who works in its New Bedford store.
"They've fired people, they've tried to scare people, and I think that's more of what this is: Scare tactics," said Chris Dick, director of the Salem, New Hampshire, Market Basket.
They're among thousands of Market Basket employees who have been protesting for two weeks and urging customers to boycott the 71 stores until Arthur T. Demoulas, fired June 23, is reinstated as CEO.
In the ad, new co-CEOs Jim Gooch and Felicia Thornton said the first two days of the job fair, to be held in Andover, will be for current employees looking to apply for higher-up positions.
"I don't think there will be any Market Basket associates that are going to be willing to step up and work for this regime," Dick said.
Thornton and Gooch released a statement defending the job fair In a statement shortly before 5 p.m.
"We have said several times that we hope sincerely that we do not discharge any employees. We want our associates back," they said. "We are focused solely on getting Market Basket stores back up and running for our customers and, importantly, for the many local vendors that rely on Market Basket to make their own businesses successful for the sake of their employees."


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Subject: RE: LeadStuff for human consumption should not contain any heavy metals. Heavy metal sulfides are insoluble.Thus, adding a drop of ammonium sulfide to the moonshine should not cause a precipitate.A black precipitate indicates the presence of a heavy metal, probably lead.If adding a drop of potassium dichromate solution to the moonshine gives a yellow precipitate, that is further evidence of the probable presence of lead.If adding a drop of ammonium (or sodium) sulfate to the moonshine gives a white precipitate, that is further evidence of the probable presence of lead.If the sulfate precipitate can be redissolved in acetic acid, you have lead![o.t.: Much of the flavor of good whiskey comes from the wood it is aged in, thus moonshine is seldom worth drinking.]
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Podiatric Medicine and Surgery
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Subject: Lead
A question for anyone with a background in chemistry/toxicology. Does anyone know of a way (perferably simple) to test for lead in moonshine? It seems one of our maintenance men has obtained some and is concerned that an old car radiator was used to condense the stuff. Growing up in the hills of West Virginia, I know this happens so I guess it's a resonable concern.
David Pizi
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The parents of a Florida A&M University drum major who died during a hazing ritual in 2011 say manslaughter charges against the accused are appropriate.
Pamela and Robert Champion Sr. spoke Tuesday, one day after the Orange-Osceola State Attorney's Office upgraded the charges in Robert Champion Jr.'s death.
Twelve former FAMU band members now face manslaughter charges in the 26-year-old's death.
His parents, along with their family attorney, Christopher Chestnut, say the new charges serve as prevention and accountability.
"The word hazing does not depict what has been done to my son or to any other individual," Pamela Champion said. "The word hazing itself puts a very light term. As you can see, people don't take it as seriously as what it is. But it certainly is much more serious."
"Had FAMU answered the pleas of decades of hazing, had FAMU done that, Robert Champion would be alive and these 12 people would not be charged," Chestnut said. "This was a preventable act."
Of the 12 former students facing manslaughter charges, 10 of them had been previously charged with felony hazing resulting in death. Prosecutors then chose to charge two more ex-band members.
If convicted, the defendants face a maximum of 15 years in prison.
Investigators say Champion was beaten aboard a school bus after a football game in Orlando in November 2011.
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Chuck Hayes has been cleared to play by independent team of doctors. He is healthy and already negotiating contracts with several teams.
Just added Hayes and dropped Kanter."I'm ecstatic inside," Hayes told Yahoo! Sports in a phone interview. "It's a big relief. I have no worries at all. I have a healthy heart. My heart's fine.
"The doctors just say it's too big. It's too big means I have a big heart. I'm a big guy. That's all it is."
Hayes and his agent said the Kings remain the front-runners to sign him, but he's also drawn interest from the Minnesota Timberwolves, Houston Rockets and the San Antonio Spurs. Hayes will obviously still have to pass a physical with any team that signs him.
However I just read that Utah traded Okur likely to free up PT for Kanter ... hrmm
UPDATE:Chuck Hayes update - So… the Kings have signed Hayes again after a second medical opinion cleared him of any serious heart issues. He's back in as the team's starting power forward, which means his underrated production puts him back in the top 100, and it's great news for the development of DeMarcus Cousins, who gets to see how a true professional conducts himself on both ends of the court. In 63 starts last season (30 minutes), Hayes averaged 8.6 points on 54% FG, 8.7 boards, 3.1 assists, 1.2 steals, and 0.7 blocks. Drop Hickson back down a few pegs on your draft sheet, as he's back to the bench, and move Jason Thompson to the waiver wire.


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Patrick Joseph Murray
Missing since November 5, 1987 from San Francisco, San Francisco County, California.
Classification: Missing
Vital Statistics
Circumstances of Disappearance
Murray was last seen on November 5, 1987 in San Francisco, California. His last known address was at the Pierre Hotel on Jones Street, though his exact address is unknown.
Investigators San Francisco Police Department
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
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NCIC Number: M-285855390 Source Information: Return to the Unexplained Disappearances' Index
Please refer to this number when contacting any agency with information regarding this case.
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I'm curious where the "suspicion" of domestic violence is coming from? I've not read anything that suggest the police have a suspicion. The only thing I can think of is the TMZ speculation.
Grape works as a soda. Sort of as a gum. I wonder why it doesn't work as a pie. Grape pie? There's no grape pie. - Larry David
This will go no where in court. If law enforcement approaches from the domestic violence issue, unless there is some eyewitness to the events in their driveway, they would have no case. Tiger is not going to testify against his wife and wouldn't have to even if subpoeanaed. And there's not a doctor in the world that would testify that his injuries definitively resulted from domestic violence. So what are the cops trying to do? Make him look bad for standing them up? Which Tiger could have avoided in the 1st place.
When all is said and done more is said than done.
If they get the tapes, and it shows Tigers wife bashing up the car, then hes screwed in the media and his wife is likely going to be arrested for domestic violence.
Legal issues aside, I feel a little bad for Tiger. A very private marital problem will probably get splattered all over the place. If it were me, I sure as heck wouldn't want it all public.
Marital discord knows no economic barriers. Stuff happens.
Butterflies and zebras and moonbeams
And fairytales
What we know is that Tiger attempted to drive away in his SUV early in the morning and his wife smashed the back windows with a golf club. There was also an accident and Tiger was hurt seriously enough that he was lying on the ground and he had to go to the hospital. Then a statement comes out that his wife tried to rescue him from the SUV by smashing the back windows. That doesn't pass the smell test for me and a lot of other people. If she was rescuing him, why did she smash out the back windows? Are we to believe that she smashed out the back windows, climbed in through the back windows and pulled him out of the car to safety? Why was she so Johnny-on-the-spot? If I'm going out at 3 a.m. I doubt my wife's going to get up out of bed and follow me all the way outside onto the street to see me off.
You're right. It is his right not to talk to the police. But since he decided not to, it's our right to wonder why. He was also hurt enough that he withdrew from his own golf tournament (which I find amusing for some reason.) People who bought tickets to this to see him play are going to wonder why he did this. His sponsors are going to wonder why he isn't playing and if this accident is going to affect their products. And if Tiger isn't telling the truth here, the sponsors are going to wonder if people will buy their products that he endorses. If someone is seen as not believable, why would the public want to buy a product he endorses? If I'm in the market for some new golf clubs and I think Tiger's a lying sack of fertilizer, I think twice before I buy any Nike clubs. I wonder if he's lying about how good those clubs are. I realize that sounds somewhat silly but that is how advertisers and companies work. Even someone like A-Rod eventually told the truth - or enough of the truth to quell sponsors' fears.
As I said earlier, if Tiger had taken a day with his camp and come up with a story that had enough of the truth in it to satisy the cops, then it's just a big joke about how people hadn't seen Tiger drive that bad since the PGA Championship. In a couple of weeks, it's forgotten. Since he stonewalled the cops and put out this fable about how his wife heroically rescued him from his SUV, people are going to ask questions and wonder what the heck is going on and they are going to make up and/or believe all the rumors and gossip out there.
Tiger has received a lot of fame and fortune and it serves to reason that if something like this happens it'll be front page news. Small price to pay IMO.
I just feel that Tiger has never made himself out to be anything more than a golfer. About all I know about his is that he promotes Nike and Buick, is a heckuva golfer, and has a gorgeous wife. Its not like he makes political stands, writes fawning books about himself, or puts himself in the public eye as a shining beacon of moral rectitude.
He just plays hellacious golf and makes a boatload of money. Not that anyone cares or that it matters, but I'll cut him a little slack.
Butterflies and zebras and moonbeams
And fairytales
Silence will only fuel speculation, fair or not.
Whether he's a private person or not, releasing some short statement about the incident (one that isn't very believable) on his website is not going to satisfy the media/fans/critics etc.
Tiger (and his PR person) do have the ability to contain the fire and put it out. They're just choosing to continue to let it burn.
meh small fire burning is not a big deal, big fire exploding (when Tiger throws gas on it by commenting) is a big deal.
Tiger's smart, he doesn't owe us anything. We're free to speculate but we'll probably be distracted by a new rabbit in a week or so.
Tiger Woods' Problem And Why Not To Talk To Police
Posted by Declan McCullagh
news analysis
Whatever happened between Tiger Woods and his wife last Friday, by now they're probably wishing they never talked to the police.
The initial reports said Woods lost control of his Cadillac SUV outside of his home and hit a fire hydrant and tree in his neighbor's yard. His wife, Elin Nordegren, reportedly told local police that she was in the house and, according to the police chief, "came out and broke the back window with a golf club" to extricate her husband.
But TMZ.com reported on Monday that Woods' wife told a different story to Florida state troopers that involved her searching for him in a golf cart, and that there was no blood on the steering wheel. That opens the couple up to the possibility of an investigation of spousal abuse on the possibility that the injuries were suffered before his accident; TMZ claims the Florida Highway Patrol is seeking a search warrant after Woods turned them away from his home three times.
(Here's Woods' statement, and a CBS News report about an alleged other woman.)
Let Tiger and Elin's encounter with the local constabulary be a warning to you: Don't talk to the police without your lawyer present. Even if you're innocent. Just don't.
This advice may seem counter-intuitive. But before you convince yourself I'm wrong, it's worth watching this video (below) by James Duane, a professor at the Regent University School of Law in Virginia Beach and former criminal defense attorney, who makes precisely this point about your Fifth Amendment rights. (Here's a rebuttalrebuttal from a police officer who agrees.)
One reason is that the list of what is and what isn't a crime has grown so long that even lawyers can barely figure it out. The American Bar Association has only an estimate of how many crimes exist: Offhand, do you know what is and isn't legal? Another is that, if the police already have a sufficient reason to arrest you, you're not going to be able to talk your way out of it.
Plus, the recollection of police officers can be mistaken; they may say you acknowledged guilt of some sort. Who do you think a judge will believe? The Innocence Project reports that: "In about 25 percent of DNA exoneration cases, innocent defendants made incriminating statements, delivered outright confessions or pled guilty."
The folks at Flex Your Rights, a non-profit group, have put together a less lawyerly, more comprehensive video titled: "BUSTED: The Citizen's Guide to Surviving Police Encounters." And of course, when dealing with federal police, telling them any "materially false" statement is a federal crime.
It's one thing if you call the police if, say, your wallet is stolen. But when they initiate the conversation and you may be a suspect, it's rarely in your best interests to talk. Just don't.
Because Tiger Woods' wife chose to speak with police, now she and her husband have become (at least if you believe TMZ) the focus of an criminal investigation. Remember, you have the right to remain silent. Use it.
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Upgraded from ZA ES 11.0.000.020 to 11.0.768.000. This caused Anonymizer Universal 1.3.1 to start failing connection attempts with Error Code: 651 complaining that the "modem or other device returned an error". FWIW, my connection is through a FIos ONT not a "modem". I made sure the permissions were correct and that the IP addresses of the ports were okay, but that was as far as I could see to go. I ended up "rolling back" by de-installing 11.0.768.000 and re-installing 11.0.000.020. AU 1.3.1 now works again. Any ideas why (or what setting(s)) I should look at to get 11.0.768.000 to share the sandbox with Anonymizer?
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Irvine is a better place because it has so many volunteer groups. Here's a look at one, the Friends of University Park Library.
"Friends" started soon after the University Park Library opened in 1975 with a group that included Vivian Hall, Sandy Peck, Ginny Metz, Gail Williams, Lydia Tyler and Carol Littchwager.
Peck was the first president and still leads the group. For the first few years, the group did not have a building, but collected books and had weekend sales outdoors. Now they work out of the Friends of the University Park Library Bookstore, in a large room attached to the library.
Irvine must be a city of readers, because about 5,000 books are donated each week, according to Peck.
"I tell you, it's just amazing what we get," Peck said. "We have a very generous community who acknowledge what we do for the library, so they give us wonderful donations."
The group makes about $83,000 per year, and donates to support library programs and to buy books, DVDs, CDs, and books on tape for the library. "In 2011, we donated $20,000 for the purchase of Chinese language and Persian language books," Peck said.
The group has sold some extraordinary works over the years, including the entire life works of Harvard and Yale professor George Baker, which drew buyers from all over. The life works of a famous physics professor attracted buyers from NASA, MIT, Princeton, Great Britain and South Korea.
Laura Blasingham, the University Park branch manager, raves about the group. In addition to helping the library, the group also supports the Stanton Library's children's program by giving them a grant that helps fund storytellers and a summer reading program.
One of the original bookstore volunteers is Lorraine O'Donnell – she's been volunteering since the bookstore opened around 30 years ago. She's in her 90s now, but "she still comes," Peck said. O'Donnell's daughter drives her up from Dana Point. "I find that so touching," Peck said.
There is such a sense of community in the group that volunteers never want to stop coming.
You can visit the bookstore at 4512 Sandburg Way in University Park in Irvine. For more information, call 949-786-1946.
–Four generations of Irvine resident Pete Snetsinger's family have volunteered for the Friends of the Library.


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I'm sorry if this has already been posted some where =S
Do you think Wizards have the same idea of geographical boundaries as muggles do? I was just wondering for a fic that I'm writing and I wanted a girl to be Spanish (see below question). On a seperate note(my Beauxbatons thread has been locked and I only have one question), how many wizarding schools do you think there are in Europe, would people in Spain for example be able to got to Beauxbatons? If not do you think I could change the boundaries of France slightly to include a bit of Spain?
Totally random but I was just trying to think of a way for her to be Spanish and still go to Beauxbatons.


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Willis, Weaver top apocalypse poll
Bruce Willis and Sigourney Weaver have been named the stars people would most like to save them from an apocalypse.
The pair - who played deep-sea driller Harry Stamper in Armageddon and warrant officer Ellen Ripley in Aliens - were picked as part of a survey to mark the prediction by ancient Mayans that the world will come to an end on December 21, 2012.
Bruce topped the World's Most Likely Male Saviour category with 27 per cent, followed by I Am Legend's Will Smith and End Of Days hero Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Sigourney was named Female Saviour with 28 per cent, beating Mr And Mrs Smith's Angelina Jolie and Kill Bill's Uma Thurman, who came second and third respectively.
Meanwhile, The Day After Tomorrow was named peoples' favourite apocalypse movie, taking more than a quarter of the votes (28 per cent) in the survey by movie streaming service Blinkbox.
It was followed by Armageddon with 18 per cent of the vote and Outbreak on 13 per cent.
The survey also found that most respondents (27 per cent) would feel safest in an underground bunker. More than a quarter said home would be the best safe haven, with six per cent planning to hide under the duvet in the event of apocalypse.
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I can repeatedly show that when ZA has been running for a few days it causes access to NTP servers to degrade until eventually they are inaccessible.
I can't search for this topic in the forums Search as NTP is too short. I don't know if this is a specific NTP protocol bug (UDP 123), or just a symptom of a more general issue. Other network access seems to work OK (browsing for instance).
Basically I log the success of an SNTP client (based on a 2008 C++ example by Naughter) at accessing an NTP server on my ISP's local net (so on their local net separated from me by the ADSL link).
Initially every 10second access is successful, then after a couple of days it starts to fail until after a couple more days it is virtually inaccessible.
If I then restart (or just stop) ZA, I get the access back, and the pattern repeats.
And I believe this problem has existed for quite a while (months/years), it is only recently I have spotted the connection.
Please advise how I get this investigated and fixed. And any workarounds.


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HARRISON — The Russellville cross country teams were unable to complete their goal of winning both the girls and boys Class 6A state cross country championships, but both squads had top-5 finishes and performed well.
The Cyclones went into Saturday's state meet as the favorites after winning it in 2010 and returning several runners. The Cyclones wound up in third place with 57 points, behind Mountain Home (36) and Lake Hamilton (40).
Jesse Duvall finished second in the race with a time of 18 minutes, less than a minute behind winner Wil Norris of Mountain Home (17:07). Elijah Knight finished fifth for the Cyclones with a time of 18:17.
Russellville's senior girls finished in fourth place with 87 points. Lake Hamilton (49), Mountain Home (50) and Van Buren (56) took the top three spots.
The Lady Cyclones' top finisher was Riley Hancock, who finished in eighth place with a time of 22:08.
Atkins SG open 2011 with big win
ATKINS — The Atkins Lady Red Devils opened their 2011-12 campaign Tuesday night with a 51-21 win over Academics Plus at Red Devil Gymnasium.
"It is good to open the season with a win," Head Coach Craig Pinion said. "These girls have worked extremely hard in the preseason and have made tremendous improvement. I'm happy for them to get off to a good start and hopefully this will give them some confidence and the incentive they need to continue working hard. I'm very blessed to have this opportunity and I just hope the girls have a year they can remember in a positive way. They are a good group of girls to work with."
The Lady Devils, who shut out Academics Plus in the second half, were led by junior Marisa Rodgers' 14 points. Sophomores Makayla Harris and Emily Ward each netted eight, while Harris also pulled down four rebounds. Senior Kourtney Stubbs added five rebounds and two steals. Junior Mary Thompson had seven points, while junior Brittanie Handley and senior Hayden Martin had six apiece.


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During the mid 1950s William Burroughs wrote to Allen Ginsberg from Tangier, Morrocco regarding his experiences with liquid oxycodone. Sold over the counter in the International Zone under the German brand name Eukodol, he described at length spending extended periods of time locked away in his room, only moving to inject himself every two hours. He seemed to believe that the drug itself reflected a certain side of the German national character: Trust the Germans to come up with some real evil ****. One can only imagine how he would have tied Krokodil to the nihilistic post Soviet national mentality.
Krokodil, a true hillbilly cook up of desomorphine, first made the scene in far eastern Siberia in 2002. Thusly named for the greeensish/yellow scaly skin condition users attain in short order, its been rightly noted as a Burroughs nightmare fantasy come to life.
The former Soviet empire is an unbelievably vast space where isolation, crushing poverty and desperation seems to be the rule. Russia is a country where in the inhabitants are caught between Putin, Medvedev and the Oligarchs on one side and the Russian crime bosses on the other, and its plutocrat take all. The vast remainder of the population is left to escape by the avenues available to them whether it be vodka or heroin. Mother Russia currently hold to her bosom a full two million heroin addicts, the largest number in the world. She also accounts for a full third of the worlds heroin deaths per year at around 30,000. How on earth does one keep up that habit, far from the ports and trade routes, where the heroin supply is unreliable and expensive? When it comes to the dope game, anyone who has spent time in Oklahoma will tell you that isolation can be the true mother of invention. The poor got to cooking.
Desomorphine was first synthesized in the United States in the early 30s. Like so many derivatives of this type, fentanyl, hydromorphone, heroin itself, the result was a compound several times more powerful than the parent morphine. Desomorphine was briefly marketed by the Swiss concern Roche under the brand name Permonid, but was quickly abandoned. Due to a significantly shorter half life than its opioid cousins and sharp increases in addiction rates, desomorphine spent decades as nothing more than a notation in the books, a compound with no medicinal value.
Enterprising Russians found that by using codeine tablets easily obtained at pharmacies over the counter and cooking with a mixture of iodine, red phosphorous gasoline and hydrochloric acid they could get a crude desomorphine at approximately 3x less the cost of heroin: Krokodil. All this cheap dope independent of the dealers came with its own price. High concentrations of iodine disrupt the endocrine system, causing muscular disorders. Concentrations of heavy metals such as iron, zinc, lead and antimony attack the nervous system and lead to inflammation and shut down of the liver and kidneys; the phosphorous destroys bone tissue. The smallest miss of the vein on an injection site will lead to abscess and with the destruction of circulation comes the gangrene. The user will begin to rot. And the kick oh my the kick heroin withdrawal lasts at most a week, usually closer to three days, psychological effects aside. A Krokodil kick lasts upwards of a month which includes convulsions and unbearable pain, in which the sufferer will have to be heavily sedated to simply have a chance of escaping madness from the horror of it all. Despite what the movies may show, no one is going through that on a heroin detox. This all happens in very short order. Someone on Krokodil gets a year, maybe two.
"I remember one day, we cooked for three days straight.You dont sleep much when youre on krokodil, as you need to wake up every couple of hours for another hit. At the time we were cooking it at our place, and loads of people came round and pitched in. For three days we just kept on making it. By the end, we all staggered out yellow, exhausted and stinking of iodine."
"Its that smell of iodine that infuses all their clothes. Theres no way to wash it out, all you can do is burn the clothes. Any flat that has been used as a krokodil cooking house is best forgotten about as a place to live. Youll never get that smell out of the flat."
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any pills containing codeine
dry akali. can be found in hard surface cleaners.
gasoline or lighter fluid
2 plastic bottles. preferably 1.5 liter and 0.5 liter
crystalline iodine
red phosphorous, obtained from match heads
30% hydrochloric acid or electrolyte
1-Codeine + SOCl2 > α-Chlorocodide + HCl + SO2
2-α-Chlorocodide + I2 > 7,8 diiodo α-Chlorocodide
3-7,8 diiodo α-Chlorocodide + HI -> desomorphine
To sit back hoping that someday, some way, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last but eat you he will.


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Im starting to use C++ and I have some problems I hope you people can help me.
I have the following classes on their own file.
Code:/** * Basic application class. * Any application needs this. */ class App { public: ~App(); /**< Destructor. */ int init(); /**< Application initiation. */ void checkExtensions(); /**< Check that required extensions are available. */ void idle(); /**< Function called every frame. */ void render(); /**< Render basic info, etc. */ void keyPress(int key); /**< Check if a valid key was pressed. */ };The application needs just one instance of App and one instance of WinApp. And that single instance of WinApp needs to be inside my single instance of App in such way that there is no WinApp without App, and in such way that WinApp can call functions of App. How do I do that without using inheritance? I was using inheritance and I didnt have any problem but it was blending everything too much, making it WinApp more of a part of App and not some service module which is what I want.Code:/** * Class that deals with Win32 specific stuff. * This includes mouse handling, basic loop, window creation, etc. */ class WinApp { public: WinApp(); /**< Constructor. */ ~WinApp(); /**< Destructor. */ int setVideoMode(int width, int height, int fs = 0); /**< Set the video mode for the application. */ void setTitle(const char *title); /**< Set the title of the window. */ void checkExtension(const char *extension); /**< Check if a needed extension is available. */ void error(); /**< Check if there was any error. */ void main(); /**< Deal with Window's messages, main loop. */ int windowWidth; /**< Width of the window. */ int windowHeight; /**< Height of the window. */ int fullScreen; /**< Fullscreen. */ char title[1024]; /**< Title of the window. */ int mouseX; /**< Location of the mouse pointer along the X axis. */ int mouseY; /**< Location of the mouse pointer along the Y axis. */ int mouseButton; /**< Check what mouse button was pressed. */ float fps; /**< Frames per second. */ };


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Renewable Energy Vision
Monday, 10 December 2012 14:40
Koch Brothers Fund Bogus Studies To Kill Renewable Energy
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Gillibrand said she plans to introduce legislation to permanently ban six phthalates in all children's products. Phthalates are linked to cancer, birth defects and asthma, and the feds cap their presence in plastics used for toys to 1,000 parts per million.
In 2008, Congress passed the Consumer Products Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA), which banned three types of phthalates in toys and temporarily banned three other types of the chemical.
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Adams quizzed over mother murder
Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams continued to be questioned about the murder of a Belfast mother-of-10 in police custody tonight as one of her sons revealed he was too scared to tell detectives who he believed was responsible.
As the 65-year-old politician was quizzed about the notorious IRA killing of Jean McConville - a crime he denies any role in - Michael McConville spoke of his fears of making a statement to the police in case he or other family members were shot by republican extremists for informing.
"The IRA robbed a family of their mother growing old, they took everything away from us," he said.
Mr McConville said he recognised local faces when an IRA gang arrived to drag his mother away screaming in terror from their home in the Divis flats in west Belfast in 1972.
But he added: "Everybody thinks that the IRA has gone away but they have not. If we tell we will be shot."
His mother was abducted, shot and then secretly buried - so becoming one of the "Disappeared" victims of the Troubles. Her body was not found until 2003 on a beach in Co Louth.
Mr Adams was arrested at Antrim police station last night after voluntarily presenting himself for interview and spent the night in custody. Questioning resumed this morning and continued through the day.
The former West Belfast MP and current representative for Co Louth in the Irish Dail can be held for up to 48 hours without charge, with officers having an option to apply to a judge for that detention period to be extended if they think it is required.
Mr Adams's long standing party colleague and friend, Stormont Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness, claimed the arrest was aimed at inflicting political damage on Sinn Fein in the mouth of an election and said it was an example of the "dark side" of policing trying to flex its muscles.
"I view his arrest as a deliberate attempt to influence the outcome of the elections that are due to take place in three weeks' time, north and south on this island," he said.
"That raises very serious questions around why that is the case and what is the agenda."
But Prime Minister David Cameron rejected any suggestion the arrest was politically motivated.
"There has been absolutely no political interference in this issue," he said.
He added: "We have an independent judicial system, both here in England and also we do have one in Northern Ireland.
"We have independent policing authorities, independent prosecuting authorities. Those are vital parts of the free country and the free society we enjoy today."
Police Service of Northern Ireland Chief Constable Matt Baggott declined to be drawn into detailed comment on the arrest at a meeting of his oversight body, the Northern Ireland Policing Board, in Belfast.
However, he said the investigation would be "effective, objective and methodical".
Asked about the McConville probe in the context of the legacy of Northern Ireland's troubled past, Mr Baggott said: "Effective investigation applies to any unsolved matter and it would be inappropriate for me to comment on any individual investigation other than to say they will be objective and methodical."
Stormont's Democratic Unionist First Minister Peter Robinson earlier addressed the perceived threat to Mr McConville
"We have had a lot of words from Sinn Fein about how wrong what happened to Mrs McConville was," he said.
"Here is an opportunity. This is the same republican movement of which they are a part, that the people who carried out this act were a part.
"Let them meet Michael McConville, let Michael McConville impart to them the names of those who were involved.
"I challenge Sinn Fein that they should do their civic duty and responsibility of handing over those names to the PSNI."
Mr Adams has rejected allegations by former republican colleagues that he had a role in ordering the death of Mrs McConville - who was wrongly accused of passing information to the British Army in Belfast.
No one has ever been charged with the murder of the 37-year-old widow, but after years without progress in the criminal investigation there have been a series of arrests in recent weeks.
A veteran republican - 77-year-old Ivor Bell - was charged in March with aiding and abetting the murder. Five other people have been detained and questioned.
The recent police activity followed a decision by a US court compelling a Boston university to hand over to the PSNI recorded interviews with republicans about Mrs McConville's murder.
Boston College interviewed a number of former paramilitaries about the Troubles on the understanding transcripts would not be published until after their deaths - but that undertaking was rendered ineffective when the court last year ordered that tapes that contained claims about the killing be given to detectives.
Mr Adams has always denied IRA membership or any role in Mrs McConville's death and said in March he would be available to meet detectives if they wished to speak with him.
He presented himself at the police station by prior arrangement and issued a statement through his party minutes after the PSNI announced an arrest had been made.
''While I have concerns about the timing, I am voluntarily meeting with the PSNI this evening,'' he said last night, questioning why police chose to interview him in the run-up to an election.
''As a republican leader I have never shirked my responsibility to build the peace. This includes dealing with the difficult issue of victims and their families. Insofar as it is possible I have worked to bring closure to victims and their families who have contacted me. Even though they may not agree, this includes the family of Jean McConville.
''I believe that the killing of Jean McConville and the secret burial of her body was wrong and a grievous injustice to her and her family.
''Well publicised, malicious allegations have been made against me. I reject these.
''While I have never disassociated myself from the IRA and I never will, I am innocent of any part in the abduction, killing or burial of Mrs McConville.''
She was abducted by a gang of up to 12 men and women after being accused of passing information to the British Army in the city.
An investigation later carried out by the Northern Ireland Police Ombudsman rejected the claims that she was an informer.
She was shot in the back of the head and buried 50 miles from her home.
Clearly embarrassed by the killing, the IRA did not officially admit responsibility for the murder until 1999 when information was passed to police in the Irish Republic.
It was not until August 2003 that her remains were found on Shelling Hill beach, Co Louth.
Mr McGuinness insisted Mr Adams could have been questioned without being arrested.
He said the questioning centred on books Mr Adams had written and what others said about him - those "maliciously and vehemently" hostile to the peace process.
The Deputy First Minister claimed: "People who could be described as former republicans (are) targeting the Sinn Fein peace strategy and targeting the leader of Sinn Fein, Gerry Adams.
"It has been disappointing to see the efforts of some of those people together in consort with the dark side within policing."
He drew a contrast between "reformers" within the police service, whom he supported, and those from the "dark side" responsible for the arrest of his friend Mr Adams.
"For over 20 years we have worked very, very closely in developing the peace process, bringing about the political and security transformation that the public enjoy today and, in my opinion, in the course of supporting the peace process, he has been the single most influential figure in the process," he said.
The PSNI tonight issued a further statement on the back of Mr Baggott's comments at the Policing Board.
A PSNI spokesman said: "Today at the Policing Board the Chief Constable emphasised that the police will conduct a thorough and professional investigation into the murder of Jean McConville.
"This will be subject to the full rigours of scrutiny provided in the criminal justice system. Police have a duty to impartially investigate serious crime including murder.
"It is the police's duty to make relevant enquiries, interview those with information, arrest and question suspects and, in consultation with the PPS (Public Prosecution Service), to either charge or submit a file to the PPS in relation to the investigation. This procedure is being followed in this case.
"As one individual has been charged with serious offences and files are being prepared in relation to other individuals, it would be inappropriate to comment further other than to reiterate the Police Service's commitment to treat everyone equally before the law."
Mr McGuinness said later he had spoken on the phone to Mr Cameron to challenge him on the issues of state killings.
He claimed mass killings attributed to the security forces, such as the Army shootings of civilians on Bloody Sunday in Londonderry in 1972 and in Ballymurphy in west Belfast six months earlier, had not been investigated as rigorously as other incidents. Earlier this week the Government ruled out an inquiry into the 11 deaths in Ballymurphy in August 1971.
"The PSNI is duty-bound to fully and energetically pursue all and every investigation and I support and encourage them to do so," said Mr McGuinness.
"But I know that some investigations are pursued more vigorously than others.
"I told the British Prime Minister David Cameron that in a phone call earlier tonight."
He added: "Only this week the British Government told the Ballymurphy families there would be no review of those murders.
"No reinvestigation, no arrests, no compassion for their loss or grief and certainly no political consistency from the British state.
"British forces are protected and immune."


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Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Wage Slaves Escape the Matrix Masters!
Hey all, I just wanted to update everyone on my progress toward escaping the matrix and manifesting my dream life. The good news is First on Fire and I have finally quit our day jobs and traded in our wage-slave employee lifestyles to commit full-time to our passions! Freeeedoooom! It is so important and under-appreciated that when you wake up each morning, you should be able to create your day however you like. Waking up to an alarm clock five days a week to work for somebody else is absolutely the most soul-constricting way to sell your life short. If schools teach us anything it should be how to develop our personal passions into sustainable careers. In a free, loving world schools would teach students to be self-reliant independent entrepreneurs, but as George Carlin said, "the owners of this country don't want that, they want obedient workers."
And so we're forced into public indoctrination centers from Kindergarten to Post-Doctorate all for a shiny piece of paper to give to our masters certifying that we'll be a good wage-slave. Of course, masters don't need diplomas because they don't go begging someone else for a paycheck. Masters create their own businesses, manufacture their own product, deliver their own service, and the success or failure of their job depends wholly upon them. Wage-slaves, on the other hand, instead of taking responsibility for creating their own wealth, find an already well-established master and hope to impress master with their certificates, résumés, bells and whistles. The problem with this is that you will always be selling your time wholesale to someone who is profiting from you retail. No boss ever pays their employee the amount of money which that employee brings to the company, as that would cause the business to bankrupt. The only way to run a successful business is to pay employees less than they're worth, usually far less. So if you're working hard pursuing someone else's passion, slaving Monday-Friday 9-5 for someone who's buying your time wholesale, really think about what your passion is, save up some of that slave-money, then make a break and follow the entrepreneurial underground railroad to financial freedom and responsibility.
So now even though we could wake up at noon and spend all day relaxing if we wanted, that is no way to manifest a sustainable self-reliable lifestyle. We only have a precious little amount of slave-money saved up to support us during this interim, so we have been diligently working non-stop at cultivating our conscious creations. First is working 10-15 hours a day making her own line of non-toxic organic cosmetics starting with her initial product which will be a water-based, odorless, non-toxic nail polish. I've also been spending 10-15 hours a day every day pursuing my two greatest life-long passions: writing and fighting! Right now I'm concentrating on promoting and advertizing my new book Spiritual Science as well as expanding my martial training kwoon, Bangkok Wing Chun. I currently have half a dozen dedicated students and it really is my dream come true. Ever since being a kid watching Bruce Lee movies, I always wanted to know the secrets of martial arts and effective combat. Now at age 30, I spend most of my days teaching people the very martial art(s) that earned Bruce Lee his international fame, Wing Chun / Jeet Kune Do. I'm still looking for more students however and would like to start group classes as well. If anyone lives in Bangkok and is interested in private self-defense, yoga, pranayama, qigong and/or meditation lessons please contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com
As for my writing career, unfortunately, despite unanimous positive reviews and an expensive online ad campaign, my new book Spiritual Science is well on it's way to becoming this year's most highly-acclaimed international worst-seller! If anyone can help me out I promise you won't be disappointed with this book. Buy a copy for yourself, donate one to your local library, or gift a few as presents to your friends and family. You'll be supporting my escape from the matrix and helping others awaken to their inner spirituality (feeding two birds with one worm ;-). Lastly if you're not into martial arts or spiritual science, you can still help me out greatly during this crucial interim by connecting with me and sharing my articles on your social networks. Below are links to my personal YouTube channel, Facebook, Twitter, Linked In, and fanpages. If you could add, subscribe, like, favorite, share and retweet my work on your social networks I'd really appreciate it! Thanks so much to everyone for your continued support and readership. Peace!
Eric Dubay - YouTube Atlantean Conspiracy
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Hey Eric! I LOVE your site, always keeping me informed & continuing to stimulate thought. I Love your occult section and sometime ago I ran across "Jordan Maxwell" well he did have his "own" website of which I became a subby. Well it seems Maxwell is a FRAUD, I would love your know you thoughts as your critiques of others are usually well thought out. You can find the scoop at jordanmaxwell(dot)com
Thanks Friends & Best of Luck in All your endavors!
Creator Blessings!
- September 26, 2012 at 6:02 PM
- Eric Dubay said...
Thanks so much anonymous. Like most controlled opposition disinfo agents Jordan Maxwell mixes lots of good stuff in with lots of BS. He has a lot of really interesting and factual info to share, but he also pushes a lot of new agey reptilian alien type weirdness and has been caught giving clear masonic handshakes on camera. I'd definitely take anything he says with a big grain of salt and be sure to get second, third and forth opinions. :) Peace!
- September 26, 2012 at 8:26 PM
Hey Eric, I thought it was about time I said hi. I read your recent blog posts and thought you might appreciate a bit of moral support. I'm still reading your new book but I think it is great. You do a very good job of 'joining the dots' and weaving the story of spiritual metaphysics. Some of the topics covered were already familiar to me, and your hypotheses so far confirm 'deep truths' I had already decided upon myself (which is cool!) -- having said that I am definitely learning a lot and your grasp of science is really impressive.
My wife is Thai and we visit often, I would love to drop in/arrange a few wing chun classes with you next time I'm in Bangkok. I have a little experience with kung fu / JKD.. but again I have a lot to learn!
I also think what you and your girlfriend are doing is awesome – self-sustainable/off the grid for the win! My wife and I have the dream to one day do something similar, so you are an inspiration to us both.
That's it really, I just wanted to say thanks, no problem if you don't have time to respond, but I will probably hit you up for some wing chun training in the future.
All the best
- September 26, 2012 at 8:27 PM
- Eric Dubay said...
Hey Ben, thanks so much for the great message and for buying/reviewing my new book! You and your wife look really cute and vibrant in your pics. I'd love to meet you and train WC/JKD next time you're in Bangkok, be sure to drop me another message so we can schedule some sessions. If you have any other questions, comments or criticisms of the book please don't hesitate to contact me, it's always great to connect with my readers. Look forward to hopefully meeting and training with you soon! Peace
- September 26, 2012 at 8:46 PM
Eric you're a legend mate. I'm not an arse kisser but credit where credit is due. Don't worry bout lack of book sales, I bought spiritual science and have found it fascinating and life affirming. You'll get your recognition in time pal. Keep doing what you do. I'm a fellow jkd practitioner and think it's must be fantastic to teach others. Respect. Jim @ blogicalcomment
- September 27, 2012 at 12:29 PM
How about a HOW TO book on Wing Chun,
title it SURVIVAL SELF DEFENSE - HOW TO REALLY KICK SOMEBODY'S ASS IN 1 STEP
- September 27, 2012 at 6:02 PM
- Eric Dubay said...
Thanks so much Jim, I always appreciate your kind words and support. I've thought of writing a Wing Chun book... I'm thinking of doing instructional videos as well. Eventually I will likely do all of the above. Thanks for the ideas!
- September 27, 2012 at 10:21 PM
Keep on fighting Eric, Karma will bless you, Spiritual Science is the most eye-opening book I have ever read. A human should never stop trying to figure out who they are, where they live and what their surroundings are. I myself am tired of small talk about the weather and find conversations like that boring. Let's as a world figure it all out. Your book is the first step and everyone that reads your site should buy it it will change your life. The knowledge given is at LEAST worth 30 bucks but if you take it to heart will make you more than that in your lifetime. May the universe bless you as it has me.
- September 28, 2012 at 9:05 PM
Oh, one of my favorite clips of Carlin. I've watched it a hundred times. I hope we will all escape matrix to never return back. Let us help each other. Peace out! // Hamdi
- September 29, 2012 at 4:10 AM
- Eric Dubay said...
Thanks Joe and Hamdi!
- September 30, 2012 at 7:07 AM
- D. McAuliffe said...
This is an awesome perspective on escaping the daily grind. I think one of the biggest problems in society is the fact that most of us are indoctrinated from birth with the idea that we have to "work" to "be successful." Obviously, minimal effort in any field will yield minimal results, but too often are we made to believe that we have to "work" for some company at some job in order to live fulfilling lives. I always enjoy hearing personal stories from people who have realized that such societal expectations are complete bullshit (please excuse my language, but I cannot describe it any other way) and subsequently put in the work necessary to live their lives for themselves and not some corporate master.
At the risk of sounding cliché, keep up the good work. I only recently came across your blog and I am already a fan.
- October 1, 2012 at 8:09 PM
- Eric Dubay said...
Hey D, thanks for the comment. I've been reading your blogs and I'm really impressed. Keep up the great work you're doing too man! Peace
- October 2, 2012 at 6:46 PM
Amen to this post!! You're saying what most of us feel but are too afraid/confused to admit.
Everyday I wake up, wanting the day to belong to me, and to take things slower. Life is not meant to slave away like a donkey. Why are we tricked into this mentality?! Colleges only prepare you to work for a master. And too many people are afraid to question the system. Keep us informed on your journey to being self-sufficient, if more leaders could show people how to do it successfully, I'm sure people will follow. Life is meant for so much more than a crappy job that takes up half your precious day and energy.
Thanks again
- October 3, 2012 at 7:22 PM
- Eric Dubay said...
I agree 100% Thanks for sharing!
- October 3, 2012 at 8:32 PM


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Sedans: My Best Choice for Fuel Economy?
My dad has a 05 S with an auto, and it gets a consistent 39.
My old 85 with a manual and 70hp got 42.
So to almost have double the hp and get similar mileage is cool.
your dad is doing well, what with the Corolla rated 30/38.
They say the new Camry hybrid will have a 41.5 mpg combined rating. Of course, being a hybrid, I don't suppose anyone will get that figure. But if it could pull a solid 35 mpg week in and week out, that would be close to 20% better than the 4-cyl gas, and only 10% less than some of these smaller cars like Echo and Corolla. In such a big car, that would be impressive. Too big a car for me though! ;-)
2014 Mini Cooper (stick shift of course), 2016 Camry hybrid, 2009 Outback Sport 5-spd (keeping the stick alive)
I test drove one yesterday while my xB was getting an oil change. Its alot more sportier and it really rides good, but compared to my xB its Huge. However, you should see my xB and my Tundra beside each other in the garage. Someday, I wouldn't mine having one to replace the 95 someday in the future. I am going to see how far I can drive the 95 Corolla.
a comparo in MT of the Accord and Camry Hybrids, and in theirs they managed 34 mpg in the Camry, which leads me to believe the average driver could easily get 37, 38 mpg (considering how auto mag guys go everywhere with the pedal floored). Which is great, especially considering it has the same power and acceleration as the current (now former) 3.0 V-6. Theirs was $26K, about $4K less than the Accord Hybrid too.
It's quite impressive. Someone somewhere here posted that there are future plans for a Corolla hybrid, which I had not heard. If that turns out to be true, I figure it would have Prius mileage (47 or so) at a price of $18-20K. That would be a deal.
I also noticed that both the Honda hybrids and both the Toyotas now have a 10 year/150K-mile warranty on the battery pack. In five years, I think hybrids will hit the mainstream, as I can't see any of the other up-and-coming technologies being ready for the big-time in that short a timespan.
2014 Mini Cooper (stick shift of course), 2016 Camry hybrid, 2009 Outback Sport 5-spd (keeping the stick alive)
clarkkent Posts: 154then it is a no-brainer : Get a Prius!
Are Prius available for $8,000 or less?
NO, the $8000 is for the add on price and the battery pack you will need in 7 years.
The Prius is for those who what to "feel" like they are saving the earth! Good luck, because you won't be saving any money with any hybrid car.
I see just above this post someone saying there is now a 10 year warranty on the battery pack. I bet at 7 years it will still cost you 70% of original cost!
the battery pack is covered 100% through the 150K mark. This is not a prorated warranty. For those who keep their cars longer than 150K miles, battery pack replacement costs will be a consideration.
Hybrids are good for those who need more space or features than those available in the small gas-sipper cars at the bottom of the market. If all you care about is getting 40 mpg or more, buy a B-segment car and call it a day.
Prius is a pretty nice car at $22K.
2014 Mini Cooper (stick shift of course), 2016 Camry hybrid, 2009 Outback Sport 5-spd (keeping the stick alive)
The Echo is an amazing little car with fantastic gas mileage. However, since they are no longer making them they are more difficult to come by. As far as a manual transmission most people do not even know how to shift because sales people sell more automatics than manuals shift cars. They always tell you that on a trade in you can get more on an automatic. I just traded in my manual shift Echo for an automatic Corolla and it isn't the same. Much more fun to shift!
I just traded in an '03 Echo (5 speed) which I loved for an '06 Corolla (automatic) and I can tell you the mileage isn't there for the Corolla at all. (Had to trade in because of knee problems - couldn't shift any more) With the Echo I got about 35 mpg in the City. With the Corolla I am getting 21 mpg. BIG Difference and I am very disappointed. For that I could have gotten a bigger car! I am very disappointed in the Corolla.
kneisl1 Posts: 1,694I think something is wrong with your Corolla and I would have the dealer look at it if you havnt already.
stdbob Posts: 14I have an 02 Echo (bought it new) 5 speed manual. It just turned 105,000 miles. Doesn't burn a drop of oil between 3K changes and as of this week is still getting 40mpg. AC/PS/PB 2 door.
I replaced the brakes at 95K(very easy), tires at 60K, and today I had to have a front axle bearing replaced. That's all I've needed. Typically run it about 75mph and commute 120 miles a day. Can't beat the mileage. If I ever wear this one out, I'll be looking for another one.
I hope the new Yaris is going to be as good.
butterflyjones Posts: 72I've been in the hunt for an economy car for several years and am disappointed with what is available. The cars MPG are not real world numbers. All cars today have various defects and the dealers all tell you that its (whatever the problem is NORMAL. They refuse to acknowledge the problems much less fix them. It's very disheartening to try to shop for a reliable economy car when there just arn't" any being built anymore. :mad: :confuse: :sick: BTW I too have hip problems that makes a manual shift out of the question. today gas is 3.66 a gal. tomorrow it goes up more why don't we have more flex fuel cars being built and why aren't there stations everywhere that provides this fuel. It's been available for farmers and their equipment for 6 years now so what is the holdup??? I'm sure it's just GREED!!!! WE have plenty of corn grown here you know!!! Sorry to hear of your disappointing MPG you are not alone. Many on the Civic boards are reporting similar problems and as I said the EPA numbers are NOT ACCURATE. That goes for all of today's cars!!! :confuse:
I have to agree that the EPA's slide rulers appear to be broken.
I have a 2004 TL 6 speed rated at 20/30 that actually gets 28-30 on the highway, but only 15-16 in relatively mild in-town driving. My former Honda S2000, by comparison, was rated at 20/26. It actually got 31-33 on the highway, and 21-22 in the same mild in town driving as the TL goes through.
So two cars with the same 20 mpg EPA city rating are 40% apart (15 to 21) in actual mileage. On the highway, the S2000, rated 4 mpg (15%) less than the TL, actually beats it by at least 2 mpg. I could do more accurate estimates throwing darts.
P.S. My old 1995 Nissan Maxima 5-speed was EPA rated at 22/27 and has averaged, over 155k miles, 24.1 mpg. The 2004 TL, with 21,500 miles and a higher combined EPA rating, has averaged 19.2. That is an enormous difference.
P.P.S. It doesn't exactly qualify as an economy car, but a friend of mine bought a low mileage pre-owned 2005 E320 CDI in January 2005. He paid $42k. Drove it for 25,000 mostly highway miles since, averaged 37 mpg and just sold it for $39,000. That's pretty economical, if you can afford the initial outlay.
and as I said the EPA numbers are NOT ACCURATE. That goes for all of today's cars!!!
this has not been my experience. i had an 05 corolla (5 spd) for 1 year and highway only driving consistently yielded 42+mpg. 50/50 mix of city/highway was consistently between 32-35 mpg. i stupidly traded that car for an 05 matrix, thinking how great all the cargo carrying capacity would be. however, i almost never used the space, the mileage averaged 4-5 less mpg than the corolla and it was much noisier on acceleration and highway cruising. so, i sold it at a good price and purchased an 06 corolla. my first tank yielded 42.5 mpg at 70% highway 30% city. my second tank was 38.1 with closer to 60% highway 40% city. from talking with other corolla owners, many of them who are committed to getting good mileage have also come very close to or exceeded the epa ratings.
My girlfriend drives FAST in her 2004 Corolla LE Auto and averages around 32 MPG in mixed driving, I drove it 250 miles at 80MPH or so and got a little over 37 MPG. You shouldn't be getting less than 28 MPG in town, or 34 HWY.
autoboy16 Posts: 992I'm about to resume the rest of my trip going back to miami, fl. So far we(my mom and I) gassed up 2wice. Sounds like a lot consider this. We left from south miami with a full tank of gas and drove to jacksonville fl. Looks something like this:
We have a 2006 toyota corolla le and did that in 1.5 tanks of gas. We had the corolla corollin' (we were going) at speeds of 60 to 95mph effortlessly with the ac blowin' cold air on level 3, radio blastin on volume 40, amd outside temperatures ranging from 67º to 103º. Not to mention the car was loaded with luggage. The most we spent on gas was $28 to fill from E.
From jacksonville (we stayed the night and drove around looking for dinner) we just left with out gassing up to atlanta, ga (gwinett county). We drove 5 people (4adults and me. I'm 5'11 and sat comfortablly in the rear center seat) around sight-seeing and then gassed up for a trip back home using $28 (the 2nd refill. The first was just refilling from half a tank to full. ot took $13.28) then we went back to jacksonville and stayed for 2 days without refueling and runnung errands. We're now at half a tank and need to drive home 6rs.
Days of trip: May 27- june 1st, 2006
times refueled: 2 most costing $28
fav features: 6disk cd changers, trunk space, drl, freezing ac, the 4 cupholders, the faux wood(fun to look at when all you see are trees)
sugestd improvements: ADD LUMBAR SUPPORT!!
This car is a hit for toyota!
This car is a hit for toyota!
And hopefully they will sell a few to "autoboys" that learned math in school. MPG = Miles divided by Gallons. You seemed to have skipped that in your otherwise interesting post. Care to try that calculation and give us your actual MPG?
dont know if he will, but id be glad to. my last tank used for commuting to work and in town driving(65-70% highway at 65-70 mph and 30-35% stop and go in town---484.6 miles, 11.874 gallons to fill = 40.81 mpg. ive gotten up to 44 mpg but that was almost all highway at 60-65 mph. i drive an 06 corolla ce 5-spd. i dont consider this a big deal. this is why i bought this car. even with a 50/50 highway/ town mix i have yet to get lower than 36 mpg.
ive gotten up to 44 mpg but that was almost all highway at 60-65 mph. i drive an 06 corolla ce 5-spd. i dont consider this a big deal. this is why i bought this car. even with a 50/50 highway/ town mix i have yet to get lower than 36 mpg.
You are really right. While those numbers are great, they reflect what the car was really designed for, and shouldn't be too much of a surprise. I drive an Accord, and have gotten 39.9 MPGs before (70 MPH, no A/C)...couldn't crack that 40MPG mark...I average 35-36 HWY and 29 MPG in mixed...so a Corolla should definitely deliver numbers 5 MPG above that.
Corollas are great cars, it's just a shame that at 6'4", I couldn't drive one comfortably.
bottgers Posts: 2,030....gets 32 city, 40 highway, and that's running 75 with the AC on. If you're looking for a manual in either the Corolla or the Echo, be prepared to look for a while, and be willing to travel some distance to get it. For some reason Toyota builds most of these cars with automatics, so manuals are hard to find. It took me 2 months to find mine.


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I'm trying to link a resource file with mingw. I went to mingw's site, read this tutorial:
But, for making a .c / .cpp file into a .o, it doesnt work. And when I try linking my .o & .cpp, it deletes my cpp file! (Had to make a backup one -,-) I've tried this six times, it does the same thing each timeHere's an example. The following is a code sample for a simple Windows program. Cut and paste it into a file named hello.c to try it out.
If you want to create a Windows executable hello.exe, from a c file called hello.c, try the following:Code:#include <windows.h> int WINAPI WinMain (HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, PSTR szCmdLine, int iCmdShow) { MessageBox (NULL, "Hello", "Hello Demo", MB_OK); return (0); }
This compiles hello.c into an object file, hello.oCode:gcc -c hello.c
This creates an executable hello.exe from hello.o The -mwindows switch is needed to create Windows executables instead of console applications. It assures the appropriate Windows libraries are linked in for you. To get a console screen along with a standard windows application, add the -mconsole flag as well as -mwindows.Code:gcc -o hello hello.o -mwindows
If you have resources from a resource file (.rc) that also need to be added to your executable, you'll need to compile the resource file as well as your other source files and include the compiled resources when linking to create the executable. Here's an example that shows how to compile and link in a resource file named resfile.rc.
Code:windres -o resfile.o resfile.rc gcc -o hello hello.o resfile.o -mwindows
Likewise when I specify a directory for hello.o. Is this bad documentation or am I just a retard? -,-.Code:$ g++ -o hello hello.o -mwindows g++.exe: hello.o: No such file or directory g++.exe: no input files


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Chris Burke and Doug Farrar get you ready for the weekend with The Playbook, a detailed weekly preview that gives you everything you need to know about the upcoming slate of games.
Main Events
Washington (0-1) at Green Bay (0-1) -- 1 p.m. ET, FOX: Robert Griffin III in the first half of the Redskins' season opener against the Philadelphia Eagles: Five completions in 11 attempts for 53 yards, no touchdowns, one interception and a sack. RGIII in the second half: 25-of-38 for 276 yards, two touchdowns and one pick. He was 15-of-21 for 169 and threw both of his touchdowns in the fourth quarter. So, maybe we need to table the "Why didn't Mike Shanahan start Kirk Cousins in Week 1?" furor and chalk up Griffin's first-half jitters to just that and nothing more.
The Packers just got through reading a running quarterback the wrong way, and now they get a shot at correcting their mistake. You can almost certainly expect more man coverage, and even if Clay Matthews spies Griffin as he did Colin Kaepernick, he'll also bring pressure from different gaps.
Griffin ran five times for 24 yards against the Eagles, and while that low total was, to a degree, a result of the Redskins playing catch-up, there's also the fact that Shanahan clearly wants Griffin to protect himself by using pocket mobility to evade pressure, not gain yards. There will be designed runs, but Griffin is a passer first, just like most of the new wave of "quarterbacks who run a lot."
The Redskins have two concerns on offense, and Green Bay has the ability to exploit both weaknesses. Griffin continued his vexing inefficiency on third down, completing just 2-of-8 passes and throwing both of his picks in those crucial situations, and Washington's run game was inconsistent at best against the Eagles.
As for the Redskins' defense, a unit trying to recover from the burn marks Chip Kelly's furious first-half offense put on them, there's this Thursday money quote from defensive coordinator Jim Haslett to the media: "You're not going to second-guess us. I'll tell you, we played the same defense in the second half that we played in the first half. But we played it much better, OK?"
Haslett's main problem against Aaron Rodgers is that his safeties are a liability, and Rodgers knows how to exploit any mismatch you give him. Two explosive offenses against two defenses looking to recover from relative embarrassments? Sounds like an ideal matchup to me. -- Doug Farrar
Denver (1-0) at N.Y. Giants (0-1) -- 4:25 p.m. ET, CBS: Peyton, Eli. Eli, Peyton. I think you two know each other ...
The brothers Manning will reunite at the Meadowlands (site of this season's Super Bowl, in case you hadn't heard) for what feels like a fairly vital early-season contest for Eli's Giants. They're coming off a 36-31 loss to Dallas that featured six New York turnovers, including an interception from Manning on the game's first play and a game-clinching pick-six later.
Three days earlier, Peyton helped kick off the 2013 season by gutting the Baltimore defense to the tune of seven touchdowns and 445 yards passing. Despite the 36 points scored by Dallas, the Giants' D did not play all that poorly in the opener -- 14 of those points came on defensive scores, and the Cowboys added a field goal after that first Manning miscue.
Still, the Giants will have to turn in a sensational effort to slow Peyton and his cavalcade of receivers. The Broncos barely needed (or attempted) to get their revamped run game rolling in Week 1. Knowshon Moreno led the way there with a paltry 28 yards, while rookie Montee Ball chipped in 24. A better run-pass balance may be required this week for the Broncos to keep clicking the way they did against Baltimore.
The Giants are one of the few teams that might be able to match Denver's big three at receiver (Wes Welker, Demaryius Thomas and Eric Decker ... assuming Decker still counts after his stone-handed debut). Victor Cruz, Hakeem Nicks and Rueben Randle all finished with five catches for more than 100 yards in Dallas, with Cruz finding the end zone three times. That trio should test a Denver secondary that allowed 362 passing yards from Joe Flacco.
The Manning-centric showdown will be a spotlight game in Sunday's late-afternoon slot, but it's actually a little surprising that neither ESPN nor NBC could find a way to claim it for prime time. Eli is 0-2 against his big brother, with losses to Peyton in 2006 (26-21) and '10 (38-14), both when Peyton was still with Indianapolis. -- Chris Burke
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San Francisco (1-0) at Seattle (1-0) -- 8:30 p.m. ET, NBC: These teams split their NFC West games last year with each contestant winning their home game. Early in the season, the 49ers beat the Seahawks 12-7, with both teams featuring a cautious passing offense. Later in the season, when Seattle evened the score with a 42-13 final, both teams were far more expansive in their passing games. Pete Carroll had taken the training wheels off for Russell Wilson, and Colin Kaepernick had replaced Alex Smith.
Both Carroll and Jim Harbaugh see football very much the same way -- start with great defense, use the running game as your foundation, and move into aerial concepts from the run game. Kaepernick and Wilson are both mobile, but neither quarterback is a run-first guy at this point -- Wilson rolls to create throwing lanes, and Kaepernick thrashed the Green Bay Packers for 412 passing yards last Sunday by staying in the pocket more often and opening things up against zone coverage.
The Seahawks, who play a ton of aggressive coverage at the line of scrimmage, will not make the same mistake the Packers did in Week 1. They will not adjust their defenses for Kaepernick's running ability by moving away from man coverage. Instead, expect a lot of late-breaking movement from the cornerbacks when Kaepernick runs. Seattle sees Kaepernick as a passer first and foremost, and they will adjust accordingly.
The Seahawks have a problem that the 49ers don't -- a weaker offensive line that forced Wilson to play outside of structure too often. The 49ers pressured Aaron Rodgers on 15-of-41 dropbacks last Sunday, per Pro Football Focus, and Rodgers completed just 4-of-12 passes with no touchdowns and one interception in those pressured situations. Wilson completed 8-of-12 passes on 14 pressures against the Panthers, but he needs better throwing lanes, and Seattle's run game -- which was slowed in the season-opener -- must be effective to set up the pass. The Seahawks have the defense to deal with whatever the 49ers throw (or run) at them, but without a consistent performance from the offensive line, it won't matter. -- DF
FARRAR: Anquan Boldin's full range of intangibles already on display in San Francisco
Pittsburgh (0-1) at Cincinnati (0-1) -- Monday, 8:30 p.m. ET, ESPN: These AFC North rivals split their season series in 2012. Yet, in the grand scheme of things, the Steelers' Week 7 win in Cincinnati hardly compared with the Bengals' revenge in Week 16. An egregious Ben Roethlisberger interception in the latter game's closing minute set up a 43-yard Josh Brown field goal, which both clinched a playoff berth for the Bengals and eliminated the Steelers from postseason contention.
Pittsburgh spent all summer ruminating on a lost 2012 season -- no doubt eyeing this game as a chance for a little payback. But do the Steelers have the horses necessary to pull this one off on Monday night?
An ugly, injury-filled Week 1 cost them center Maurkice Pouncey, linebacker Larry Foote and running back LaRod Stephens-Howling, all lost to season-ending injuries. Tight end Heath Miller also remains out after blowing out his knee in that late 2012 loss to the Bengals. Overall, the Steelers were out of sorts Sunday as the Titans handed them a 16-9 defeat.
Of course, the Bengals are not exactly riding high at the moment. They let a 21-10 lead slip away last Sunday in Chicago, en route to a tough 24-21 setback. Three turnovers (two Andy Dalton interceptions) and eight penalties shackled Cincinnati all afternoon. The worst offense of all came in the final two minutes, when linebacker Rey Maualuga took a ridiculous personal foul penalty, keeping the Bengals from attempting a game-winning drive.
Neither Pittsburgh nor Cincinnati figured out how to effectively run the football in Week 1. The Bengals scratched and clawed their way to 65 yards, while Pittsburgh was limited to 32 with rookie Le'Veon Bell still on the list of the walking wounded. Replacement starter Isaac Redman finished with nine yards on eight carries -- and he fumbled twice.
The loser here will fall to 0-2 on the season and be in a world of trouble. -- CB
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St. Louis (1-0) at Atlanta (0-1) 1 p.m. ET, FOX: As my Audibles compadre Chris Burke has pointed out, the Saints messed with Matt Ryan in Week 1, using variable pressure schemes.The Rams may not mix it up as much, but their estimable front four feasted on Carson Palmer last Sunday, and Atlanta's line is a weakness. St. Louis will test Atlanta's linebackers with tight end Jared Cook, and rookie receiver Tavon Austin will continue to grow as a movable chess piece. -- DF
Miami (1-0) at Indianapolis (1-0) -- 1 p.m. ET, CBS: If the Dolphins manage to steal this one, after opening the year by claiming victory in Cleveland, the AFC absolutely will take notice. And the Colts looked plenty beatable in their Week 1 win over Oakland, in which Indianapolis required a late Andrew Luck TD drive and a subsequent defensive stand. Chalk this one up as a barometer for Ryan Tannehill, too. Knocking off Andrew Luck on the road would do wonders for his confidence. -- CB
BURKE: Vick Ballard suffers season-ending knee injury in practice
Minnesota (0-1) at Chicago (1-0) -- 1 p.m. ET, FOX: We saw something unusual from the Bears in their Week 1 win over the Bengals -- an offensive line with a great understanding of protection. Jay Cutler was therefore able to use his arm talent without fear of constant pressure, which will be a problem for enemy defenses. Christian Ponder, Minnesota's quarterback, is still struggling with basic passing concepts, and he'll be tested by Chicago's dynamic front seven and a cornerback (Charles Tillman) who can bait him into mistakes. -- DF
PODCAST: NFL Films' Greg Cosell discusses who Christian Ponder reminds him of
San Diego (0-1) at Philadelphia (1-0) -- 1 p.m. ET, CBS: The Chargers coughed up 449 yards in Week 1. The Eagles racked up 443. Those numbers don't appear to bode well for a San Diego team that's already reeling from blowing a 21-point lead at home to Houston on Monday night. The Philadelphia crowd should be jacked up for its first full glimpse of Chip-ball, which opened plenty of eyes in an impressive victory -- and, specifically, an impressive first half -- at Washington. -- CB
Dallas (1-0) at Kansas City (1-0) -- 1 p.m. ET, FOX: It was a nice return to the NFL for Dallas defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin as the Cowboys got six turnovers from the Giants in a key win. But the Chiefs will be more careful with the ball. Alex Smith avoided deep threats in his first game under Andy Reid, and the major matchup might be KC running back Jamaal Charles versus Dallas linebacker Sean Lee. On offense, the Cowboys are trying to establish a balanced rushing attack and enough protection to keep Tony Romo out of harm's way. -- DF
Tennessee (1-0) at Houston (1-0) -- 1 p.m. ET, CBS: The Texans engineered a furious comeback against the Chargers on Monday night. Their reward? A meeting with an improved Titans defense. New defensive coordinator Gregg Williams features his usual array of schemes, and Matt Schaub will be under pressure more often than he would like. Texans left tackle Duane Brown needs to move past a rough opener. Texans linebacker Brian Cushing will test Jake Locker's ability to read coverage. -- DF
Detroit (1-0) at Arizona (0-1) -- 4:05 p.m. ET, FOX: In mid-December 2012, the Cardinals snapped an eight-game skid by embarrassing the Lions. That was a throwaway game for two teams whose playoff hopes had long perished. This rematch carries a little more weight. The matchup of Detroit's explosive passing attack against Arizona's underrated secondary (now with more Honey Badger!) is among the best of this weekend. -- CB
New Orleans (1-0) at Tampa Bay (0-1) -- 4:05 p.m. ET, FOX: The Buccaneers' season might be on the verge of spiraling out of control already, with games against the Saints and Patriots following a Week 1 loss to the Jets. There are rumors of unrest within the Tampa locker room, too, adding more pressure on QB Josh Freeman to deliver a big performance. The Saints will not make that easy to do, especially if the revived defense they put on display Sunday against Atlanta is legit. -- CB
BURKE: Confusing defense could pay dividends for Saints
Only For The Faithful
Cleveland (0-1) at Baltimore (0-1) -- 1 p.m. ET, CBS: The main attraction here is that the defending champs get to make their home debut, one week late. Brandon Weeden is no Peyton Manning, as he proved again in an ugly 23-10 loss to Miami, so the Ravens' D has a shot to get back on track after Manning shredded it in Week 1. -- CB
Carolina (0-1) at Buffalo (0-1) -- 1 p.m. ET, FOX: Cam Newton said this week that nobody should throw him a "bar mitzvah" because he was at the forefront of the NFL's new wave of black quarterbacks. On the other side of the ball, EJ Manuel starts his second NFL game, and he'll be facing a more stern challenge than he did in the opener against New England. Advice for the young man: Keep an eye on linebacker Luke Kuechly at all times, because Kuechly looked like a Defensive Player of the Year candidate against Russell Wilson on Sunday. -- DF
Jacksonville (0-1) at Oakland (0-1) -- 4:25 p.m. ET, CBS: Resistible force, meet moveable object. It's Oakland's iffy lines against Jacksonville's ongoing quarterback quandary, and there's no clear winner. At least those watching this game will be able to enjoy Raiders quarterback Terrelle Pryor running around like a guy who just stepped out of the 1930s. Sadly, Oakland's passing game appears to be from the same era. -- DF
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Smarter Stats
(All stats are from our friends at Pro Football Focus, unless otherwise indicated.)
• If the Browns want to get their passing game going, a few more sure-handed moments from their receivers would help. Greg Little leads the league in Drop Rate through one week (two drops in eight targets), and Travis Benjamin is second with one drop in eight targets. San Francisco's Anquan Boldin had 16 targets against the Packers -- as many as Little and Benjamin combined -- and he didn't drop a single ball.
• Some more protection on the right side would be nice, too. Browns right tackle Mitchell Schwartz allowed three sacks and 10 total pressures against Cameron Wake and his merry band of Miami pass-rushers.
• How elusive was Philly's LeSean McCoy in the season opener against Washington? He caused nine missed tackles on his 31 carries. So what you saw on the tape was exactly correct: There isn't a more frustrating back in the league when it comes to functional speed in space. Tennessee's Chris Johnson finished second with four missed tackles in 25 attempts.
• Philadelphia cornerback Cary Williams had a questionable offseason, mouthing off on various subjects and missing OTAs for all sorts of weird reasons, but the Eagles got their money's worth when he lined up against Washington. Williams allowed one catch for nine yards in five targets on 46 coverage snaps.
• Remember last week, when we told you to keep an eye on Tennessee defensive tackle Jurrell Casey, who picked up three sacks in the preseason? Well, he grabbed two more sacks -- and six total pressures -- against the Steelers' struggling offensive line. We'll see how Casey does against the Texans' line before we put him on a higher floor, but things look pretty good so far.
• The Chiefs' Brandon Flowers has been one of the league's best cornerbacks over the last few seasons, and it's time more people knew it. Against the Jaguars, who targeted him 11 times for whatever reason, Flowers allowed five catches for 49 yards (35 yards were after the catch), and he picked off a pass. He'll face a bigger challenge against Dez Bryant this Sunday, but he's up for it. -- DF
Two-Minute Drill
• Matchup To Watch: Dallas' receivers vs. Kansas City's secondary.
Brandon Flowers said in the offseason that the Chiefs could have the best secondary in football. Blaine Gabbert and Chad Henne hardly put that theory to the test in Week 1, but Tony Romo and Co. figure to do so Sunday.
Dez Bryant may be extra motivated to break loose following a disappointing four-catch, 22-yard showing against the Giants. Miles Austin helped pick up the slack in that game, reeling in 10 passes from Romo, while RB DeMarco Murray and TE Jason Witten each caught eight balls. This is a dangerous passing attack that could give the Chiefs trouble, if Dallas' front can limit the home team's impressive pass rush.
• This Week's Sleeper: Harry Douglas, Atlanta.
Roddy White is hobbled by a high-ankle sprain, and Julio Jones is on the Falcons' injury report with a knee ailment. Enter Douglas, who has held the title of "Atlanta's other receiver" for several seasons now. Douglas had four grabs for 93 yards in Week 1, and Week 2 brings a matchup with a St. Louis defense that had issues corralling Larry Fitzgerald, Andre Roberts and Michael Floyd.
• Pressure's On …: Dom Capers, Green Bay.
Every matchup with a mobile quarterback -- and especially every matchup with San Francisco's Colin Kaepernick -- renews Cheesehead fears that the Packers' defense is ill-equipped to win those battles. In a conference that features Kaepernick, Russell Wilson and Robert Griffin III, that's problematic for a team with Super Bowl aspirations.
Capers, the Packers' defensive coordinator, gets another crack at an elusive QB Sunday when RGIII leads his Redskins into Lambeau Field. One factor possibly working in Capers' favor: Griffin seemed a little hesitant in Week 1, at least early in his team's loss to Philadelphia. Only on limited occasions did he break the pocket to scramble or adjust his passing lanes. Some of that may be attributable to rust (he didn't play in the preseason), so defenses probably would prefer to see Griffin now as opposed to later.
• Rookie Spotlight: Matt Elam, Baltimore.
The Ravens' secondary was ripped to shreds by Peyton Manning last week. Safety Michael Huff was the victim on at least a couple big plays, including one of Julius Thomas' TDs. Could a meatier role for Elam, the team's first-round pick, be in the near future? – CB
Must-Win Watch
Green Bay: At least offensively, the Packers still have the look of a contender in the NFC. Lose to Washington on Sunday, though, and they could be staring 0-3 in the face next week with a trip to Cincinnati. -- CB
N.Y. Giants: After that messy loss in Dallas, it's the Manning Bowl versus the red-hot Broncos. If the G-Men can't pull that one off, they must find their first win in a gauntlet of Carolina, Kansas City, Philadelphia, Chicago, Minnesota, and Philly again before their early November bye. -- DF
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The frame tabs that secure the rear of the left side cover on my '81 RS are broken. The PO used tape in place of the tabs, and I have done the same, using Gorilla tape, wrapped around the frame member, and then stuck to the inside of the cover--a jury rig that has worked very well. However, I have new tabs, and would like to put them on, but really don't want to go to the hassle of actually welding the new ones in place.
I've never used JB Weld, but I see it's usefulness regularly praised in the forum--anybody have an opinion on whether it would be suitable for gluing the new tabs onto the frame member, rather than actually welding the new tabs on?