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Traffic and people snarling around Town and Country
Original post made by Allen Podell, Community Center, on Dec 5, 2012
A huge problem is caused by the crossing exiting traffic impeding the entering traffic from Embarcadero Road. This needs to be addressed. The flow into the center is poor. This results in only one lane on Embarcadero Road heading west.
Finally, the El Camino Road pedestrian crossing from the T&C blocks right turning traffic after it has passed through the gauntlet of lights and jams. This can be helped by an island at the center of the El Camino crossing, just as they do in Europe for wide roads. This way, the pedestrian crossing occurs in 2 steps, rather than a single, long crossing. The pedestrian crossing would be coincident with the El Camino left turns.
How can we possibly have more building on or near El Camino, when the traffic situation is already a mess? Get the Arrilaga center to pay for traffic improvements, before adding to the traffic.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Dec 5, 2012 at 1:29 pm
Allen - while I agree the area is a mess, there is no way you will get PAUSD to allow more traffic onto their land - nor will you get Caltrain to allow use of the area adjacent to the tracks (especially with the potential HSR need for that land).
T&C renovated in stages so they would not be forced to address any of these issues. Not to mention that their parking lot is impossible to navigate.
a resident of Community Center
on Dec 5, 2012 at 2:01 pm
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a resident of Adobe-Meadow
on Dec 5, 2012 at 2:42 pm
Town and Country traffic on Paly campus seems like a non starter to me. Too dangerous on an already crowded parking lot.
a resident of Palo Alto High School
on Dec 5, 2012 at 11:45 pm
Nooooo, Palo Alto should make Embarcadero one lane each way and El Camino 2 lanes each way with one lane devoted to busses only. Cut the parking at Paly by 2/3rds all to encourage everyone to either walk, ride their bikes or take public transportion. This is the goal of the leadership of Palo Alto to make it the most bike friendly city in the Country. It also has been discussed to make University Ave a mall to eliminate cars and trucks altogether.
a resident of Palo Alto High School
on Dec 6, 2012 at 12:31 am
I graduated from Paly in '82. There was such little traffic that students crossed from Paly to T&C in a crosswalk with no traffic light. But then again, the only reason to go to T & C was for Cheese House sandwiches. There was basically nothing else there!
It's great that T&C has improved and I'm guessing many are non-residents who frequent it. However, parking and Embarcadero has become a mess at certain hours. I wanted to shop at Trader Joe's one time but could not find parking so left. I see no solution in sight for Embarcadero Rd. since it cannot be widened.
Paly is building a new theatre and will need all the parking available.
a resident of Community Center
on Dec 6, 2012 at 9:54 am
The traffic plan I propose would only improve the Paly access, not impede it. There is space to add the lanes near the tracks.
The other changes are not rocket science, being inspired by what others do.
Finally, University Avenue is a parking lot already. Embarcadero Road is the de facto road of choice for commuters to down town. It is time to face reality. Why work to improve fuel mileage when we ignore energy waste and pollution caused by inadequate traffic planning?
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Dec 6, 2012 at 10:00 am
My own pet peeve about traffic around T & C is the entrance on ECR near Scotts. The left turn lane into it is too confusing for traffic wanting to turn left on Embarcadero which often makes dangerously late lane changes and because of the back ups on both left turn lanes it causes problems. There is also a problem for traffic coming out of T & C turning left there as they get caught in the melee to make matters worse.
a resident of Palo Alto High School
on Dec 6, 2012 at 10:49 am
Amen, "Resident"! Those familiar with that turn know the left turn lane for Embarcadero doesn't start until after the left turn for T&C. I am always worried someone will honk when I try to make the lane change into the left turn lane for Embarcadero if there is a huge line behind the T&C turn lane. Of course, if someone honks, it will be a non-Palo Altan because Palo Alto residents are intellectual enough to not honk. I am amazed at all the loud honking that occurs in other cities. Honks just to voice anger, not because there is an impending crash (which is the only excuse for a loud honk).
I am not sure what the solution is because if there is a "no left turn" sign for T&C it's only necessary when traffic backs up. I suppose it could state hours on it, but good luck in having everyone follow.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Dec 6, 2012 at 1:15 pm
I am hoping that Paly/PAUSD, T&C and CPA will work together to redesign the Embarcadero Road entrance and successive signal lights.
Paly will eventually redesign its entrance and landscaping when they get to their next phase of building (including the new 500 seat theater). It is at that point in time that everyone should come together to consolidate the intersection down to one signal light, as well as provide a safe pedestrian crossing zone for the students.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Dec 6, 2012 at 2:19 pm
Allen - once the new theater is built at Paly, there won't be room for another road in addition to the small one leading to the parking lot near the tracks. The Design Documents are in this link:
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It would be great if there was better traffic flow at the Town and Country/Paly Entrance, but PAUSD's main concern is to keep their students safe while crossing Embarcadero.
a resident of Midtown
on Dec 6, 2012 at 2:28 pm
There is already a pedestrian/bike path on the overpass adjacent to the train tracks. The path travels the entire length of the Paly property and continues north to Town and Country (next to Trader Joes) and then to the downtown Caltrain station. This path is heavily used by commuters heading to and from downtown and the shopping center. Why are students not using it at lunch time?
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Dec 6, 2012 at 3:15 pm
Pedestrian - kids do use the path occasionally, but its a bit out of the way for most of the campus. Kids (like most people) will take the shortest route. If the Embarcadero crossing at the light wasn't there, the kids would still cross Embarcadero somewhere (which they do at random spots anyway...) The light is to keep the kids safe, but it would be nice if the light and crosswalk were at the T&C entrance. That may work once construction at Paly is completed since the most direct walking path from campus to the T&C light won't go thru the parking spaces anymore.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Dec 6, 2012 at 6:01 pm
Once again, like with Oregon (see other thread), there are a lot of backups, some safety issues and confusion detailed above with Embarcadero, T&Country, PALY and ECR and I really wish the traffic engineering department would improve the overall situation. Major thoroughfares should move better than this. I think PALY students should cross at the corner or the other crossing noted above. The mid-street crossing is too disruptive and leads to ridiculous backups at times.
a resident of Community Center
on Dec 6, 2012 at 6:40 pm
Lots of people have ideas, and care about this. Can we get a hearing with the powers that be?
I would be willing to write up a detailed "straw-dog" proposal to get conversation going. I would circulate it to the interested parties. There must be better coordination of the affected organizations, all acting in their own self-interest to the detriment of us all.
The last time I got involved in city politics, the city manager did what he wanted, despite overwhelming evidence that it was misguided.
a resident of Evergreen Park
on Dec 6, 2012 at 10:50 pm
Unfortunately the city manager and his assistant are inclined to give developers whatever they want and the city is bursting at the seams.
I was driving on El Camino at 3:30 and at 5:30 today and the traffic was scary, jammed and aggressive.
But the city manager and his staff just this week were promoting 4 office towers at University and El Camino (MacArthur Park) so until we get a less development-promoting city manager, its hard to see that much will change.
a resident of Palo Alto High School
on Dec 6, 2012 at 11:16 pm
The overpass is way too far for students to walk to get to T&C at lunch time. They only have 40 minutes for lunch. It takes about 10 minutes to arrive at a restaurant in T&C, then they wait in line for 10 minutes, 10 minutes to walk back to the middle of campus = 30 minutes. There's only about 10 minutes to eat lunch. There is no way they have time to use the overpass.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Dec 7, 2012 at 8:01 am
You will need to propose a solution that does not use Paly land. Also I dont believe your solution works. I just moves the problem out of the T&C parking lot and into the Paly parking lot. There is just too much traffic trying to go up that one lane choke point. My proposal is drivers go another way and avoid this left turn, there are alternatives. Alternately ride a bike to T&C as proposed above. Fixing it requires eliminating that choke point and I dont see that happening anytime soon.
a resident of Midtown
on Dec 7, 2012 at 8:23 am
Move the car wash down El Camino to that empty car dealership in Menlo Park, across from Safeway. Use the car wash area to redesign a proper entrance and exit to Town and Country from El Camino and along Encina Ave. There is a parking lot back there already which could then be used as the main entrance lot. Close the Embarcadero entrance - except for that right-turn only exit by Trader Joes. Have traffic enter only from El Camino. I think it would alleviate the ridiculous amount of congestion at that Paly/TC corner. The kids could still have their pedestrian crossing which would be safer since cars would not be scrambling to maneuver either in or around that TC entrance.
a resident of Palo Alto High School
on Dec 7, 2012 at 8:29 am
The biking solution is a non-solution. Other than the Paly students, many people who go to T&C are not from Palo Alto. Even if they were, how many people would possibly bike?!
The problem is that Embarcadero Rd. is a main route in and out of town for Menlo Park, Stanford Shopping Center visitors, and Stanford employees. Back in the 80s Stanford mall and T&C were quite bland so we didn't have all the traffic. I've been to Stanford at all hours during the weekdays and the parking lots are nearly full; it's a huge attraction.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Dec 7, 2012 at 8:42 am
Embarcadero is the main signposted route from 101 to Stanford. In fact, I was stopped by motorbike cops a couple of weeks ago who were stopping traffic for 3 buses of football players en route to a game. We are not going to pretend that traffic on this road will go elsewhere. Apart from anything else, this underpass is crossing the railroad tracks and we do not have lots of options to cross the tracks in Palo Alto.
The design of T & C parking lot is the big problem. It was a bad intersection leaving Paly even before T & C was redone, now it is worse.
My idea might work. Make the main entrance/exit into T & C at the ECR Embarcadero intersection and make the lights treat this as a superintersection with 5 ways as opposed to 4 ways. Make designated lanes at all the light for T & C traffic and have arrowed lights moving left and right in all directions. No traffic can turn in any direction without an arrow and allow straight traffic along ECR and Embarcadero to have priority as this traffic has to move. All the turning traffic will learn if this is their best route or not. Also have a back entrance well signed into T & C.
I am not a traffic engineer, but I have seen similar designs in Europe and super 5 way intersections can and do work. Anything must be better than what we have at present.
a resident of another community
on Dec 7, 2012 at 9:38 am
Willow Road Light Rail or Rapid Bus Lane might take away, cars and visitors using Embarcadero.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Dec 7, 2012 at 10:53 am
The biking "solution" isn't terribly useful. We've already "donated" a few bicycles to the thieves that consider Paly their one-stop shop for bicycles and bicycle parts. Paly provides inadequate bike racks, and are thus effectively an accessory to the crime.
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Dec 7, 2012 at 1:27 pm
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Since most people go to T and C to shop, biking isn't a solution, unless you have a $3800 Dutch bike to carry home your booty. It was simply stoopid of the T and C owners to expand and then replace parking spots with landscaping. The result is increased demand for parking, but much less actual parking. The tricky navigation around this now-tight parking lot has caused more than a few fender benders, which the planners should be held accountable for.
Embarcadero is simply too narrow and already carried too much traffic for an additional load when T and C was expanded. I tend to agree with Resident that the Embarcadero entrance/exit should be closed off to cars. Make it a pedestrian entrance/exit only, and let the cars use the ECR entrances.
a resident of College Terrace
on Dec 7, 2012 at 3:01 pm
Widening lanes(adding more lanes, removing traffic light, etc..) will only transfer bottleneck, not eliminate it(I suggest reading Vukan R. Vuchic, UPS Foundation Professor of Transportation Engineering).
You can't remove the crosswalk near PALY, because it is the shortest path to food for students and they will be crossing the road there anyway, that's the human nature.
Using bike path as a walk route is not a good idea, because even two people walking side by side block 80% of the path, imagine there will be at least 20 of them and I'm sure it won't be a fast-moving keeping to the right single file line.
The solution will be to carefully separate local and trough traffic(through traffic on ECR to use underpass like University/ECR, local traffic and pedestrians/cyclists use surface).
a resident of Crescent Park
on Dec 7, 2012 at 3:52 pm
I understand that the T&C merchants will be able to do street service for drivers on Embarcadero to serve hot beverages and sandwiches to idled drivers. This will be helpful to the merchants, and control the distress of drivers. As the two new restaurants open soon at T&C, there will be more time for drivers to savor all the foods of T&C. Leave it to our town to make lemons out of lemonade! We could even build a traffic food app so that drivers can shop for their snacks while stalled on the road. (Go bikes!)
a resident of another community
on Dec 7, 2012 at 9:06 pm
I lived in Palo Alto from 1970 to 2008. That corner was always problematic and just kept getting worse. It's a complex situation and piecemeal solutions, such as they've been, have done little to resolve it and at the same time the volume of traffic has increased. Off the top of my head I wonder about elevated bike/pedestrian bridge(s) to get rid of that part of the problem. There's a lot of pedestrian and bike traffic both from both Paly High and Stanford. If properly configured perhaps one bridge could serve both. But that leaves the other vehicular traffic problems. What's needed, I think, may be a fresh look at that whole corner and not more piecemeal efforts building on the inherently badly designed situation.
a resident of another community
on Dec 7, 2012 at 9:16 pm
I'd like to add that I was among those who fought tooth and talon against the T&C redevelopment scheme from the get-go. It started in ugliness, with many existing much-loved businesses forced out really nasty behavior by the greedy new owners. Many predicted these problems at the time but, of course, they were put down. As always was the case, the developer was right and everyone else was wrong. That's the Palo Alto priority: development, developoment, development. Ugly dense developments, over-crowding everywhere, horrible traffic...this was easy to leave despite a lot of history in P.A. It had left us before we left it. Good Luck but I don't hold out much hope at this point for any real improvement. Palo Alto lost its soul at some point. It had one when I moved there, but not by the time I left. Too bad.
a resident of College Terrace
on Dec 7, 2012 at 9:32 pm
palo alto mom had it right when she said 'T&C renovated in stages so they would not be forced to address any of these issues'. The city's hands were tied and they couldn't force the T&C owners to do a traffic plan. This problem has been created entirely by the T&C owners, and we should look to them for a solution. You can't expect Paly or the city to pay a fortune to fix a problem that they didn't create. Paly traffic is actually a lot better now than it used to be because so many students are biking instead of driving.
a resident of Los Altos
on Dec 7, 2012 at 10:21 pm
@Garden Gnome wrote "Paly provides inadequate bike racks, and are thus effectively an accessory to the crime."
Are you associated with Paly? If so, I encourage you to contact the building manager. This seems like a problem that can be fixed with just a little involvement. At my own place of work, I've several times over the years spoken with the building manager and carried out actions myself to improve the bicycle parking situation. Keep in mind that the people in charge of bicycle racks almost certainly do not themselves use them, so they tend not to know what goes on daily.
a resident of another community
on Dec 8, 2012 at 9:19 am
Traffic flow, mega intersections and a bike/ped bridge, which are all worth a serious look. So is development of future sites and renovation of shopping centers. What about Stanford Mall?
a resident of Embarcadero Oaks/Leland
on Dec 8, 2012 at 12:55 pm
Well, DUH. That intersection has been a disaster for a few years.
The T*C mess causes ridiculous traffic backups. Embarcadero was backed up to COWPER the other day and it wasn't even raining!
Too bad the City's too busy worrying about plastic bags to fix this mess.
Cars in the shopping center still can't back out of their spaces because of gridlock.
The City STILL has not fixed the timing of traffic lights so the cross-walk light turns red in the middle of the night.
I will continue to drive to Menlo Park to do my Trader Joe's shopping to avoid that mess which is WAY closer to home. How green is that?
I will continue to use the hospital as to make my u-turn when I have to go south after Town & Country.
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Dec 8, 2012 at 2:29 pm
"We are not going to pretend that traffic on this road will go elsewhere."
We had a former councilmember who lives on Embarcadero pretend that traffic on this road would go elsewhere. Did not matter where, as long as it did notgo by her house
a resident of Barron Park
on Dec 8, 2012 at 10:53 pm
Traffic in and out of T&C is so screwed up I avoid the place. Kudos to the developer/owner for keeping customers frustrated, and going elsewhere.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Dec 9, 2012 at 9:43 am
Whitman - its obvious from the amount of people and cars in T&C that plenty of customers are not going elsewhere. The shopping center is doing well enough that it can dictate who can rent from them, who gets kicked out and what hours they are required to be open, so there is no incentive for the owners of T&C to change anything.
a resident of Midtown
on Dec 9, 2012 at 9:55 am
Maybe once they renovate the Edgemont Plaza, some of the crowd will go there instead. Anyone know what shops are planned for there?
a resident of another community
on Dec 9, 2012 at 12:00 pm
Parking lot changes, street improvements but we must look at the while traffic picture instead of just a snapshot.
a resident of Charleston Gardens
on Dec 9, 2012 at 3:16 pm
Let's get rid of all roads and parking lots in Palo Alto and force everyone to walk or ride a bike! What a wonderful world it would be.
a resident of Adobe-Meadow
on Dec 9, 2012 at 3:20 pm
litebug, the old businesses clearly were not that well-loved or traffic would not have become a nightmare when the new shops opened up. Good luck with trying to live in the past.
a resident of Midtown
on Dec 9, 2012 at 3:25 pm
"Of course, if someone honks, it will be a non-Palo Altan because Palo Alto residents are intellectual enough to not honk."
Was that a joke?
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Dec 9, 2012 at 7:21 pm
lxm, and litebug
More traffic isn't necessarily related to the quality of the stores - past or future. There are some stores from the past people still miss, and will miss, like Hobee's when it closes. New restaurants that people really like. Turnover is normal.
There's simply more people, it's all good.
Would the city allow the car wash to build an underground parking there?
a resident of Community Center
on Dec 10, 2012 at 10:31 am
We have that $$$ 'tunnel to nowhere' under the tracks for the relatively small number of pedestrians who use it - and a lot of homeless. Thee already were underpasses at Embarcadero and at University. But before the Palo Alto Clinic on El Camino was built and relocated from Channing and Waverley, residents 'begged' for an additional car entrance from Alma to the PAMF Clinic citing predicted backups on Embarcadero/ECR. So now we have to try to schedule any appointment with Paly's schedule and the daily commute times in mind. How many patients and employees go to the PAMF per day?
Last week traffic was backed up from El Camino almost all the way to Waverley ....And then there are ambulances trying to get through the mess. And by the way, design of the Embarcadero-T&C-Paly intersection was designed by Palo Alto's own Transportation Department. Maybe one of the problems is not allowing PALY students to 'push the button' to change the lights at their crossing.
a resident of another community
on Dec 10, 2012 at 11:34 am
Here is a radical idea for traffic, movement of cars and trucks.
Depress El Camino, certain key streets, entrances and exits via underground intersections. The above surface can be used for public safety vehicles, bike and walking paths. Of course don't forget open space used.
a resident of Evergreen Park
on Dec 10, 2012 at 1:42 pm
Biker wrote:
"Palo Alto should make Embarcadero one lane each way and El Camino 2 lanes each way with one lane devoted to busses only. Cut the parking at Paly by 2/3rds all to encourage everyone to either walk, ride their bikes or take public transportion. This is the goal of the leadership of Palo Alto to make it the most bike friendly city in the Country. It also has been discussed to make University Ave a mall to eliminate cars and trucks altogether."
He forgot to add that he intends to have padlocks across all the roads in and out of Palo Alto since most cars are from out of town.
a resident of Midtown
on Dec 10, 2012 at 5:23 pm
Town and County has received City transportation benefits and money look at the new light at Embarcadero and Paly. Few other developments have received this kind of traffic improvement and neighborhood traffic calming. Stop the whining. The problem is situational Stanford Games and Shopping.
Publisize game days so we can take alternate roads!!
a resident of another community
on Dec 10, 2012 at 6:42 pm
Double Dip --- Stanford games and other events are already publicized. They are all listed on their website. Also it's pretty clear when holiday shopping is, and when school lets out.
Avoid the area at those times. No one has to send any special messages out to you.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Dec 10, 2012 at 7:29 pm
PAPD facebook page announces Stanford games and other potential traffic problems a couple of days in advance. Like the page and get the updates.
Paly schedules change from day to day and often from week to week so don't rely on them.
On another note, the traffic is always bad there at high shopping times, Christmas run up, Weekends, etc. It is exacerbated by the fact that many of the exits from Stanford Shopping Center and Sand Hill Road makes the traffic turn sb on ECR when getting some of it onto Alma would help. That idiotic bottleneck preventing SandHill/ Alma cross traffic has a lot to do with this problem.
Palo Alto traffic engineers have got to realise that moving traffic efficiently around town with as little hindrance as possible makes more sense than preventing it from going where it wants to go. Slowing traffic to a crawl is not efficient movement of traffic, it won't make the traffic disappear or make more bikes around town.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Dec 10, 2012 at 11:16 pm
"Paly schedules change from day to day and often from week to week so don't rely on them."
@ Resident: That's a little bit of an exaggeration. Paly starts every school day at 8:15am. Their "brunch" and "lunch" periods are the same MTuWTh, with them going slightly later on Fri. The only significant difference is that their dismissal times change just a bit. They get out at 3:25 MWF. 2:55 on Tues. 2:25 on Thurs.
Of course their schedule changes for final exams (1 week per semester). But hardly can be characterized as "week to week".
a resident of Palo Alto High School
on Dec 10, 2012 at 11:31 pm
@Crescent Park Dad: Small detail, but the day that Paly has a different brunch/lunch time is Monday (7 period day). Lunch is at 12:05-12:45 and the other days it's at 11:35-12:15.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Dec 11, 2012 at 10:38 am
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Dec 11, 2012 at 10:38 am
Many storefront parking spots are taken before 9 am when most stores aren't even open yet. That means people who work there park first, and there is no time limit.
Could T&C have employee parking farther away?
Preventing cars from parking there all day will help, as most of the gridlock is parking related, during peak hours.
a resident of another community
on Dec 11, 2012 at 2:16 pm
I think most people know already what times to drive and not to drive. Footballs game for Stanford mostly happen on Saturday, otherwise you will hear about it. Events have always been publish in the papers or online. Schools have let out their students in the afternoon, just like students going to lunch in the afternoon, that is the same all over.
We have Embarcadero, which we all know it is a road with 2 lanes going each way, it was never meant to handle the sheer volume of traffic on such a narrow street. El Camino handle a large part of the traffic but again you can't expect it carry more and more with out adding to wait times.
Moving people, places and events won't help, that is like closing down Paly just to improve traffic or moving cars to one part of the parking lot to free up space. Guess what those spaces are going to be filled right back up.
Improving traffic signal times, alright that might help but again someone will have to wait longer. Longer turn lanes, just will add more space, mega intersections again more space. More entrances and exits, will just move cars from one place to another.
Long term or short term is the question?


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These two example programs should work without any changes on a Linux or FreeBSD system. For other operating systems, minor changes are needed, mostly with file paths. These examples are designed to give enough details for you to understand the problem, without the clutter that is a necessary part of a real application. The first example is very straightforward. The second example is a little more advanced with some error checking. The first is followed by a command-line entry for compiling the program. The second is followed by a GNUmake file that may be used for compiling instead.
Example 1
#include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <stdarg.h> #include "mysql.h" MYSQL *mysql; MYSQL_RES *results; MYSQL_ROW record; static char *server_options[] = \ { "mysql_test", "--defaults-file=my.cnf", NULL }; int num_elements = (sizeof(server_options) / sizeof(char *)) - 1; static char *server_groups[] = { "libmysqld_server", "libmysqld_client", NULL }; int main(void) { mysql_library_init(num_elements, server_options, server_groups); mysql = mysql_init(NULL); mysql_options(mysql, MYSQL_READ_DEFAULT_GROUP, "libmysqld_client"); mysql_options(mysql, MYSQL_OPT_USE_EMBEDDED_CONNECTION, NULL); mysql_real_connect(mysql, NULL,NULL,NULL, "database1", 0,NULL,0); mysql_query(mysql, "SELECT column1, column2 FROM table1"); results = mysql_store_result(mysql); while((record = mysql_fetch_row(results))) { printf("%s - %s \n", record[0], record[1]); } mysql_free_result(results); mysql_close(mysql); mysql_library_end(); return 0; }
Here is the command line for compiling the above program:
gcc test1_libmysqld.c -o test1_libmysqld \ `/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_config --include --libmysqld-libs`
Example 2
To try the example, create an
directory at the same level as the MySQL source directory. Save
test2_libmysqld.c source and the
GNUmakefile in the directory, and run GNU
make from inside the
test2_libmysqld directory.
/* * A simple example client, using the embedded MySQL server library */ #include <mysql.h> #include <stdarg.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> MYSQL *db_connect(const char *dbname); void db_disconnect(MYSQL *db); void db_do_query(MYSQL *db, const char *query); const char *server_groups[] = { "test2_libmysqld_SERVER", "embedded", "server", NULL }; int main(int argc, char **argv) { MYSQL *one, *two; /* mysql_library_init() must be called before any other mysql * functions. * * You can use mysql_library_init(0, NULL, NULL), and it * initializes the server using groups = { * "server", "embedded", NULL * }. * * In your $HOME/.my.cnf file, you probably want to put: [test2_libmysqld_SERVER] language = /path/to/source/of/mysql/sql/share/english * You could, of course, modify argc and argv before passing * them to this function. Or you could create new ones in any * way you like. But all of the arguments in argv (except for * argv[0], which is the program name) should be valid options * for the MySQL server. * * If you link this client against the normal mysqlclient * library, this function is just a stub that does nothing. */ mysql_library_init(argc, argv, (char **)server_groups); one = db_connect("test"); two = db_connect(NULL); db_do_query(one, "SHOW TABLE STATUS"); db_do_query(two, "SHOW DATABASES"); mysql_close(two); mysql_close(one); /* This must be called after all other mysql functions */ mysql_library_end(); exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); } static void die(MYSQL *db, char *fmt, ...) { va_list ap; va_start(ap, fmt); vfprintf(stderr, fmt, ap); va_end(ap); (void)putc('\n', stderr); if (db) db_disconnect(db); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } MYSQL * db_connect(const char *dbname) { MYSQL *db = mysql_init(NULL); if (!db) die(db, "mysql_init failed: no memory"); /* * Notice that the client and server use separate group names. * This is critical, because the server does not accept the * client's options, and vice versa. */ mysql_options(db, MYSQL_READ_DEFAULT_GROUP, "test2_libmysqld_CLIENT"); if (!mysql_real_connect(db, NULL, NULL, NULL, dbname, 0, NULL, 0)) die(db, "mysql_real_connect failed: %s", mysql_error(db)); return db; } void db_disconnect(MYSQL *db) { mysql_close(db); } void db_do_query(MYSQL *db, const char *query) { if (mysql_query(db, query) != 0) goto err; if (mysql_field_count(db) > 0) { MYSQL_RES *res; MYSQL_ROW row, end_row; int num_fields; if (!(res = mysql_store_result(db))) goto err; num_fields = mysql_num_fields(res); while ((row = mysql_fetch_row(res))) { (void)fputs(">> ", stdout); for (end_row = row + num_fields; row < end_row; ++row) (void)printf("%s\t", row ? (char*)*row : "NULL"); (void)fputc('\n', stdout); } (void)fputc('\n', stdout); mysql_free_result(res); } else (void)printf("Affected rows: %lld\n", mysql_affected_rows(db)); return; err: die(db, "db_do_query failed: %s [%s]", mysql_error(db), query); }
# This assumes the MySQL software is installed in /usr/local/mysql inc := /usr/local/mysql/include/mysql lib := /usr/local/mysql/lib # If you have not installed the MySQL software yet, try this instead #inc := $(HOME)/mysql-5.7/include #lib := $(HOME)/mysql-5.7/libmysqld CC := gcc CPPFLAGS := -I$(inc) -D_THREAD_SAFE -D_REENTRANT CFLAGS := -g -W -Wall LDFLAGS := -static # You can change -lmysqld to -lmysqlclient to use the # client/server library LDLIBS = -L$(lib) -lmysqld -lm -ldl -lcrypt ifneq (,$(shell grep FreeBSD /COPYRIGHT 2>/dev/null)) # FreeBSD LDFLAGS += -pthread else # Assume Linux LDLIBS += -lpthread endif # This works for simple one-file test programs sources := $(wildcard *.c) objects := $(patsubst %c,%o,$(sources)) targets := $(basename $(sources)) all: $(targets) clean: rm -f $(targets) $(objects) *.core
It is necessary to ensure winsock.h is included before mysql.h. This is because SOCKET is defined in winsock.h and is used by mysql_com.h and mysql.h includes mysql_com.h.
I noticed that winsock.h is included in mysql.h but is wrapped inside a #ifdef. I suppose another alternate would be to figure out why this isn't being entered and resolve it.
#ifdef __LCC__
#include <winsock.h> /* For windows */
As we can see, if __LCC__ were defined there would be no reason to include winsock.h. If this is a bug someone should report it.
Also, when compiling this for an MFC application, I found it necessary to turn off/disable precompiled headers. For some reason, including winsock.h wasn't being accepted when called after #include "stdafx.h". After disabling precompiled headers the code compiled; hmmm… maybe that is another bug.
One reason for my post is a search on the internet suggested others were unable to compile this for the same reason I was unable.
are some hard won tips:
the embedded server still reads c:\my.cnf and must find
enough initialization there under the keys you've specified
(ie [server]) to make it happy. It will need to find at
least the datadir and language dir. This default behavior
makes it hard to develop a really standalone embedded
application - it really wants to parasitize a regular mysql
The parser for my.cnf requires path names with
forward slashes even on windows.
Any failures in the initialization process cause a silent
and immediate exit. I only figured out what was going on
by downloading the source and building a complete debugging
1. Use the same compiling flags for libary and program.
I had problem with linking the distribulted library by VC6++. So I compiled static libraries acoording to flags in distributed project files. For libmysald, I used
And for the program I used
2) Use similar arguments as follows to initialize the server
char *server_groups[] = { "client", "server", 0 };
char *server_options[] = { "mysql_embedded", "--defaults-file=e:\\my.ini"};
And in "my.ini" groups of [client] and [server] must exist, somting like:
3) Contents in the distributed share directory should be copied to basedir for MySQL to find charactersets and etc.


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When wealthy New Yorkers and Philadelphians discovered the vast tracks of virgin land surrounding Spring Lake in 1876, the Jersey Shore town's rise to stardom was swift. Within a few years, the once-sleepy enclave of farmers and fishermen was known as the "Irish Riviera" for its fine hotels, unspoiled beaches, and sparkling summertime social scene (not to mention a large Irish-American population). Spring Lake's sycamore-lined streets still house plenty of turn-of-the-century charm inside historic mansions, antique stores, and ocean pavilions.
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Built in 1888 from the discarded lumber of the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition, the 37-room Chateau Inn and Suites echoes with the memories of high-society teas and late-night stogies on the porch. Each guestroom offers an updated take on Old World décor with mocha, gold, and cream-colored furnishings, a marble bathroom stocked with Aveda toiletries, Casablanca paddle fans, and a flat-screen plasma TV. Awake to a continental breakfast of gourmet coffee and European-style pastries served in the antique-filled Brighton room, where the oversize leather chairs provide a cozy place to curl up with a postprandial newspaper.
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Hope College senior David DeHommel of Jenison has been voted a second team GTE football Academic All-American.
The award climaxes an outstanding collegiate career for
DeHommel who was a four-year letterwinner who started at
defensive back and was among the nation's leading NCAA Division
III kick return specialists.
The GTE Academic All-America award recognizes student-
athletes who excel in both the classroom and on the field of
competition. The GTE program is sponsored by the College Sports
Information Directors Association (CoSIDA).
DeHommel becomes the 31st Hope student-athlete to achieve
GTE Academic All-American recognition since 1973. He is Hope's
11th GTE honoree in football.
A starter since midway through his freshman year, DeHommel
had 10 career pass interceptions. He returned kickoffs all four
years, averaging 22.3 yards per return. As a junior he ranked
10th in the nation among Division III players averaging 27.3
yards per kickoff return. This past season he averaged 25.9
yards per kickoff return.
"Dave DeHommel is a great young man and very deserving of
GTE Academic All-America status," praised coach Dean Kreps. "He
is everything we look for in a Hope College football player. He
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of all, he is a great person. It has been a real privilege to
coach Dave the last four years."
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track and field. A 1995 graduate of Jenison High School, he is
the son of Mr. and John (Karen) DeHommel of Jenison.
He is one of three football players from the Michigan
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Packers 2012 season in review
As Mike McCarthy set about the lengthy, unpleasant process last week of assessing what went wrong – and, to be fair, the many things that went right, too – during a 2012 season that ultimately ended in disappointment, the Green Bay Packers head coach did so firmly believing that his team wasn't that far removed from another NFL championship, like the one his team won just two years ago in Super Bowl XLV.
"I don't think you just take one segment of one game and determine how close you are to the championship," McCarthy said, referring to the epic defensive failure in the team's season-ending 45-31 loss to the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Divisional Playoffs. "Our goal going into the season – looking back on it, part of the conversations I had with the coaching staff and then later with the personnel department – (was) to get this team to improve during the course of the year. I feel like we did that in some aspects, because you want to play your best football at the end of the year.
"San Francisco was the better team Saturday night. We did not play our best football in that game, and that's something I obviously as the head coach have to take a very, very close look at, because I thought we were ready mentally. There's definitely some things we did not handle schematically, and no one will be tougher on that than ourselves."
The process began with his players' exit interviews, then continued with extensive one-on-one meetings with his three coordinators – defensive coordinator Dom Capers, offensive coordinator Tom Clements and special teams coordinator Shawn Slocum.
"Everybody has an opinion," McCarthy said. "I've done this long enough now that I feel I have a pretty good filter to sort out what's real and what's emotion. That's really what this process is about.
"I have a lot of confidence in the way we go about our business. We will improve."
While it would seem to be an unquantifiable – and, perhaps, nebulous – concept, both McCarthy and quarterback Aaron Rodgers suggested that this year's team, after a Super Bowl-winning 2010 and a franchise-best regular-season record of 15-1 in 2011, lacked the requisite hunger to chase another title. Perhaps the disappointment of back-to-back unseemly playoff exits will change that.
"I think it's harder because I think once you get there, you understand how hard it is to win one. I think anytime you climb the mountain for the first time, just the excitement, the youthfulness, the new experience part of it, that type of energy is something you can tap into," McCarthy explained. "Then you look back on it, then you see everything that was involved with it, and now you understand how tough it really is, the responsibility of being a past champion.
"I think the biggest challenge in this business is handling success. Are the individuals on your football team, have they handled the success of winning a Super Bowl and a 15-1 season? And now this year, is that factored into how your locker room operates? Does it factor into how your coaching staff operates? Does it factor into how your personnel department operates?
"Success changes people, and you always want to make sure that it's for the best. and that's sometimes not always the truth."
When asked what set 2010 apart from the past two seasons, Rodgers said two differences struck him.
"I think there was (were) two things in particular that most people would agree with: One, there was a very strong appreciation (in 2010) for the opportunity, and for whatever reason the appreciation wasn't the same this year. The guys just really were thankful to have a job in some cases, some of the guys we brought in, but also thankful to be able to get into the playoffs and to be somewhere where they felt special and felt important and that it was a very united group, more than we've had in any of the eight years I've been a part of. And the second was, we were hungry. We hadn't done it before, there were a lot of doubters out there and we just, you know it's hard I think when you have success to be able to have the same amount of hunger that you had when you haven't had that success before, so we need to be able to figure out how to get back to that place."
The one area where the Packers likely did not get a fair shake in the court of public opinion was in how they dealt with injuries. McCarthy's next-man-up mantra, while certainly necessary to prevent woe-is-me self-pity in the locker room, seemed to extend to the expectations of the team's passionate fan base. Based on a review of all 32 NFL teams' injury situations by Rick Gosselin of the Dallas Morning News, no club was more decimated by injuries than the Packers, whose starters lost 83 games to injury. Only eight players managed to start all 16 games, and four starters landed on season-ending injured reserve.
In his post-season press conference, McCarthy disputed the notion that there might be a flaw in the team's strength and conditioning program.
"I don't know how we can say if what we're doing in the offseason is a factor," McCarthy said before citing the new CBA-mandated 13-week offseason program and in-season practice rules as a possible factor. "
"With the new CBA, it's really to me the stress points on the athletes is what are they doing before they get here and how they're doing it before they get here, and once they leave. I think that's what you have to take a closer look at. You have to look at the training camp – training camp is evaluated as we go through it. It's a lot of notes on the way we do training camp last year and a number of things will probably be adjusted. I did not like our team, where it was at, coming out of the new offseason format.
"All those things are a part of the evaluation process and you have to take a close look at as you take this next step. Coming off this new offseason program into training camp, it's obviously different."
Whether there will be a different feeling by the end of the 2013 season remains to be seen. Until then, here's a look back on the 2012 season:
The AWARDS
Most valuable player: Aaron Rodgers, QB
While his numbers were down from last year's NFL MVP season, Rodgers remained the straw that stirred the Packers' drink, and not just because McCarthy's offense is quarterback-centric. Ben McAdoo, who became Rodgers' quarterbacks coach following the departure of offensive coordinator Joe Philbin and promotion of Tom Clements, argued that Rodgers was even more valuable this season, and he might be right. Defenses geared to prevent the big play used Cover-2 schemes against the Packers almost constantly, and Rodgers' numbers reflected it. While his quarterback rating was still the NFL's best (108.0), his touchdown passes dropped by six in one more regular-season start (39, down from 45) and his interception total went up (eight, from six). He still finished with more than 4,000 yards passing (4,295, eighth in the NFL), but the most telling statistic was his yards per attempt, which plummeted from an NFL-high 9.25 yards last season to only 7.78 this year. He also took a league-high 51 sacks, some of which were his fault.
Most valuable player not named Aaron Rodgers: Randall Cobb, WR
Cobb was the one offensive player the Packers could count on, as Greg Jennings (eight games) and Jordy Nelson (four games) missed time with injuries and the role of lead running back was played by no fewer than five actors. Cobb did miss the regular-season finale at Minnesota, but he still led the team in receptions (80) and receiving yards (954) while finishing second in touchdown receptions (eight). Whether he was lined up in the slot or out wide or in the backfield (10 carries for 132 yards), Cobb was the go-to guy in the offense, just as McCarthy apparently had envisioned before the season, as he tried to curtail in training camp reporters' mentions of how Cobb was being used in practice. Cobb also was the primary returner on both punts and kickoffs – he finished with a franchise-record 2,342 regular-season all-purpose yards – although he may not continue in that role next season if Jennings departs as expected and he becomes even more vital to the offense.
Most improved player: Sam Shields, CB
After bursting on the scene in 2010 by playing very well as the third cornerback in the nickel as an undrafted rookie free agent who was three years removed from playing wide receiver at the University of Miami (Fla.), Shields returned to form and now looks like he could challenge Tramon Williams for the team's No. 1 cornerback gig. Although he missed six games with an ankle injury suffered Oct. 14 at Houston – a game in which he had one of his five interceptions (two in the playoffs) – he returned and won back his starting job. It was quite the journey for Shields, who found himself tumbling down the depth chart in training camp, at one point finding himself behind Williams, Jarrett Bush, Davon House and rookie Casey Hayward in the cornerback pecking order. His greatest improvement was in tackling, as he missed 10 tackles last season according to ProFootballFocus.com but just four in 2012, leading cornerbacks coach Joe Whitt to call him the team's best-tackling cornerback.
Defensive player of the year: Clay Matthews, OLB
Even with the four games he missed with a hamstring injury – or perhaps because of the time he missed, which served as a painful reminder – it was clear that Matthews' presence tilted the field in the Packers' direction. While he was a non-factor in the playoff loss to San Francisco, he finished fourth in the NFL in sacks (13.0) in regular-season play and added three more in the playoffs. He is entering the final year of his contract and has made himself a princely sum by showing how indispensable he is. That said, the mystery of his hamstring problems must be solved. The Packers managed to go 3-1 in the four games he missed, but with an apparently more daunting schedule in 2013, the team can ill afford to have him in street clothes on the sideline.
Offensive player of the year: James Jones, WR
Unless you're the ultimate grudge holder, Jones has more than atoned for the drops that plagued him during the 2010 season – a season in which the Packers still won the Super Bowl despite a few high-profile butterfingered moments from Jones. According to ProFootballFocus.com, Jones had four drops in 18 games and 103 targets in 2012, after dropping six passes in 17 games and 56 targets last season. He led the NFL with 14 touchdown receptions, and set career bests in receptions (64), receiving yards (784) and TDs. With Jennings expected to depart and tight end Jermichael Finley's future unclear, Jones has gone from being a bargain re-signing before the 2011 season to a vital part of the offense now entering the critical final season of his contract.
Special teams player of the year: Tim Masthay, P
While he tailed off a bit at the end as the weather became unpleasant, Masthay has clearly proven his worth. While kicker Mason Crosby struggled through an extremely disappointing season, Masthay was the picture of consistency. In 2010, he tied the franchise record for net punting average at 37.6, improved it to 38.6 last season and was even better in 2012 at 38.9. He also finished seventh in the NFL in punts inside the 20-yard line (30) and had just five touchbacks in 70 punts.
Rookie of the year: Casey Hayward, CB
A second-round pick from Vanderbilt, Hayward stated a good case for NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year, despite only seeing part-time action as the team's primary nickel back. He started seven games (six in the base defense and one as the third cornerback) and finished with six interceptions, most among rookies and tied for fifth-most in the NFL. According to ProFootballFocus.com, Hayward was targeted 76 times on the season and allowed only 33 completions (a 43.4 catch rate) for 456 yards and no touchdowns and an opposing passer rating of 30.4. More impressively, he was not flagged for a single penalty all season.
The ROSTER
QB Aaron Rodgers: Biggest area of criticism was his league-high and career-high 51 sacks. Of those, ProFootballFocus.com charged 10 to Rodgers. It's part of the territory with the interception-allergic Rodgers, but he can still improve in that area. Also, Rodgers fumbled five times, losing four – something that rarely happened in his career. In the previous two seasons, Rodgers fumbled six times, losing only one.
QB Graham Harrell: Fumbled in first career NFL regular-season snap when thrust into a goal-line situation against New Orleans on Sept. 30. Saw garbage-time action in three more games. Will benefit from another offseason in the program and a training camp, but could Packers do better, with practice-squadder B.J. Coleman or someone else?
RB DuJuan Harris: Short (5-foot-7) but powerful runner who is intriguing prospect for 2013. Took 53-man roster promotion on Dec. 1 and ran with it. However, running backs coach Alex Van Pelt hesitated when asked if he can be an every-down back.
RB Alex Green: After torn ACL ended his rookie season, finished as the team's leading rusher (464 yards) but disappeared late in the season, as DuJuan Harris emerged and his knee began giving him troubles. Apparently, not everyone recovers from an ACL tear like Adrian Peterson. Still will be factor in competition for starting running back job.
RB James Starks: Starting to look like his injury luck will never turn. Entered camp as the starter and lasted half of one preseason game, suffering a toe injury on Aug. 9 in San Diego. Came on against Minnesota on Dec. 2 and promptly went down with a knee injury. His 2010 playoff run seems like a distant memory. Simply can't stay healthy.
RB Cedric Benson: Seemed to be hitting his stride at the time of his Lisfranc foot injury, which turned out to be season-ending, on Oct. 7. Had a pair of 80-yard games and proved valuable as pass-catcher out of the backfield (14 receptions in four games before the injury). Expressed desire to return to Green Bay but is a free agent.
RB Ryan Grant: Had 20 carries for 80 yards and two touchdowns vs. Tennessee on Dec. 23 but was otherwise a non-factor upon his Dec. 5 return. Showed he still has something left in the tank, although once again the team has younger, lower-mileage options. Benson seems more likely to return.
RB Brandon Saine: Key special-teamer who faces a long recovery after season-ending torn ACL.
FB John Kuhn: Respected veteran who knows the offense better than perhaps anyone other than Rodgers. Had 23 regular-season carries for 63 yards and gained four first downs but was largely ineffective in short-yardage situations on straight handoffs.
WR Randall Cobb: Coaches couldn't wait to use him in varied ways after promising rookie season and figures to only become even more vital to offense with likely departure of free-agent Greg Jennings. Durable, smart and explosive playmaker who has his quarterback's confidence in spades.
WR James Jones: Good thing fans' hopes of seeing him traded went unrealized. Proved valuable to offense in setting career highs in nearly every category. Role figures to remain significant next season. Somewhat limited to lining up outside in most packages.
WR Jordy Nelson: Was unable to improve on breakout 2011 in large part due to injuries (hamstring, ankle, knee). Appeared to struggle to get on same page as his quarterback after absence. Still team's best deep-ball threat (team-leading 15.2 yards per reception). Expect a rebound season in 2013.
WR Greg Jennings: Showed he still tilts the field when healthy. Missed eight games with lower abdominal muscle tear, finished with 36 receptions for 366 yards and four touchdowns in regular season and then caught team-high 10 passes for 115 yards and a TD in two playoff games. Seemingly as good as gone as a free agent, although Chicago Tribune's Dan Pompei suggests tough market in National Football Post article.
WR Donald Driver: Caught only eight passes for 77 yards and two touchdowns and was charged with three drops out of 13 targets by ProFootballFocus.com. An ignominious end to a storied career in Green Bay as the franchise's all-time leading receiver. Should've declined pay cut after Dancing with the Stars win and gone elsewhere. Will be interesting to see if anyone signs him or if he retires.
WR Jarrett Boykin: Promising undrafted rookie free agent who made the team after coming in as a tryout player at the rookie orientation camp when Jacksonville inexplicably cut him. Caught four passes in regular-season play, including a critical fourth-and-1 reception at Minnesota in the regular-season finale that resulted in an ankle injury that basically ended his season. Impressive physically (6-foot-2, 218 pounds) and could be a factor as fourth WR next year.
WR Jeremy Ross: Season met a disappointing end with backbreaking muffed punt against 49ers in playoffs, but still a promising player as returner. Saw action on offense down the stretch, largely because he can block as a receiver. Did not have a regular-season catch but has impressed the starting quarterback with his smarts and desire to learn. Could be the team's full-time return man if he rebounds from costly fumble.
TE Jermichael Finley: Broke the franchise record for receptions by a tight end (61) but was still up-and-down and might not return. Finished strong, in the wake of a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article about how the team was ready to move on. That may or may not have served as motivation, but clearly played better late, as he didn't drop a single pass over the final six games (including playoffs) after dropping nine in first 12. Still, a big financial commitment ($8.25 million in salary and bonus money) for 2013.
TE Tom Crabtree: Fan favorite who had some memorable moments, including a 72-yard touchdown catch-and-run and a 27-yard TD on a fake field goal. Is team's best blocking tight end and vital to special teams.
TE Ryan Taylor: Did not progress as expected in Year 2. Was a non-factor on offense, where he caught just one pass. Core special teamer.
TE D.J. Williams: Hard to tell how he fits the team's plans. Was a healthy inactive for three games, including the team's season-ending playoff loss. A top pass-catching tight end coming out of college at Arkansas, appeared poised to be big contributor in camp. Wound up catching only seven passes for 57 yards.
TE Andrew Quarless: Didn't play a single snap after being activated from physically unable to perform list after his 2011 season ended with horrific knee injury. Will be welcomed back in 2013.
LT Marshall Newhouse: Certainly has his shortcomings. Played all 1,256 snaps in 18 games and was charged with nine sacks, eight quarterback hits and 37 hurries by ProFootballFocus.com. Flagged for five penalties, including three holding penalties. Still team's best option at left tackle.
LG T.J. Lang: Played like himself upon his return to left guard after being miscast at right tackle following Bryan Bulaga's season-ending hip injury. Had his own injury issues (elbow, ankle) but is one of the team's resident tough guys. Missed one game (active but did not play). Charged with nine sacks, five QB hites and 12 QB hurries by ProFootbalLFocus.com.
C Evan Dietrich-Smith: Went from team's center of the future to its center of the present after Jeff Saturday was benched before the second-to-last regular-season game. Charged with two sacks, three hits and seven hurries in 603 snaps at guard and center by ProFootballFocus.com.
C Jeff Saturday: The 14-year veteran was a stop-gap free agent signing after Scott Wells' departure. The plan was for him to start at least one season, and maybe two, while either Dietrich-Smith was groomed or another center of the future was found. He ended up lasting only 14 games before his benching. Likely to retire.
RG Josh Sitton: Didn't miss a snap all season until having trouble with a shoe during the NFC Divisional Playoff loss. Committed seven penalties, allowed three sacks, two QB hits and 16 hurries in 1,254 snaps according to ProFootballFocus.com. Headed to first Pro Bowl after replacing Super Bowl-bound 49ers guard Mike Iupati on NFC roster.
RT Don Barclay: Undrafted rookie free agent from West Virginia proved he belonged on the roster in training camp, then was thrust into action and held his own. Was charged with four penalties, five quarterback sacks, four QB hits and 19 hurries in 459 snaps by ProFootballFocus.com. Could've used redshirt year but will benefit from experienced gained.
RT Bryan Bulaga: Season ended on Nov. 4 with a bizarre hip injury. In 587 snaps, allowed four sacks, three QB hits and 20 hurries, but those numbers were skewed by his nightmarish performance at Seattle on Sept. 24, when he was charged with two sacks, one hit and eight hurries in 71 snaps. Said after the season that he expects to be ready for the start of training camp. Likely to miss most if not all of the offseason.
OL Greg Van Roten: Undrafted rookie free agent from Penn was phenomenal in camp during one-on-one pass-blocking drills and began season on the practice squad. Promoted to 53-man roster on Oct. 13 and saw action in seven games as an extra blocker on offense and on special teams. Intriguing prospect.
OL Derek Sherrod: Missed entire season because of horrific leg injury suffered on Dec. 18, 2011 at Kansas City. The 2011 first-round pick was unable to gain clearance from the physically unable to perform list after essentially a wasted rookie year as well. Suddenly entering his third NFL season with little experience and little proof that he was worth his high draft selection. His career might even be in jeopardy given how long the leg has taken to heal.
DT B.J. Raji: One year after getting a Pro Bowl berth he didn't deserve, he rebounded and played at a Pro Bowl level – but didn't get the accolade. No matter. It was a bounce-back year for him. Wasn't all that impressive statistically (zero sacks, 45 tackles) but led the linemen in snaps (768) despite missing two games with an ankle injury and had 25 quarterback hurries. Entering final year of rookie contract.
DT Ryan Pickett: Old reliable vet played in all 18 games (653 snaps) and remained the leader of the guys up front. Was still solid against the run despite advancing age (33). Saw action primarily in the base "Okie" defense and has value that goes beyond numbers.
DE C.J. Wilson: Felled by Nov. 25 knee injury and saw his quick start (2.5 sacks in first seven games) go by the boards. Key to run defense that finished 17th in NFL (118.5 yards per game) and suffered from having to face Minnesota's Adrian Peterson twice in regular-season play. Set a career high in tackles (37).
DE Mike Neal: Proved to every doubting Thomas why the Packers stuck by him through two injury-riddled seasons and a four-game PED suspension to start the year. Played only 323 snaps as situational pass rusher but finished with 4.5 sacks (second only to Clay Matthews on the team) along with four QB hits and 17 hurries.
DE Jerel Worthy: Rookie second-round pick who flashed vast potential but lacked the discipline that line coach Mike Trgovac demands. Suffered season-ending knee injury in regular-season finale that he claimed was a bone bruise but turned out to be torn ACL. Played 467 snaps but had only 2.5 sacks, one QB hit and five hurries to show for it. Had three offsides/encroachment penalties.
DT Jordan Miller: Practice-squad call-up who played just 15 snaps after his promotion on Dec. 11.
OLB Clay Matthews: Now 4-for-4 on Pro Bowl selections, although won't play in the game after pulling out last week. Finished fifth in the NFL in sacks with 13.0 despite missing four games with a Nov. 4 hamstring injury. Had three more sacks in the playoffs and finished with 14 QB hits and 30 QB hurries in 877 total snaps. A legit superstar who must assume greater leadership role.
OLB Erik Walden: Actually played well for much of the season before abominable performances late in the year against Minnesota (Adrian Peterson, Joe Webb) and San Francisco (Colin Kaepernick). Shared time but still played an OLB-high 882 snaps, recording two interceptions, three sacks, 11 QB hits and 15 hurries. Played on one-year, minimum-salary deal but may not return.
OLB Dezman Moses: Rookie free agent was the darling of the undrafted class. Played 504 snaps and recorded four sacks, five QB hits and 12 hurries while sharing time with Walden after Nick Perry's season-ending wrist surgery. Might be the type of hard-hitting player the defense could use more of.
OLB Nick Perry: Rookie first-round pick suffered a wrist injury in the Sept. 9 season opener vs. San Francisco, played through it, then suffered a knee injury at Houston on Oct. 14. It was the wrist injury that ended his season after only 211 snaps, during which he managed two sacks – including a forceful blow to Colts rookie Andrew Luck that drew a controversial penalty and $15,000 fine – along with eight hurries. Struggled early on in transition to 3-4 outside linebacker but appeared to be getting more comfortable. Would've been helpful against the run late in the year when Walden looked lost.
OLB Frank Zombo: Came off the physically unable to perform list (hamstring) to find no real role on defense. Was a boost to special teams, earning a pair of game balls, then was inactive for each playoff game. Much like running back James Starks, we may never know how good he can be as injuries rob him of opportunities.
ILB Brad Jones: Converted outside linebacker turned out to be a godsend when both Desmond Bishop and D.J. Smith suffered season-ending injuries. Became every-down linebacker, staying on the field in nickel and dime situations, over A.J. Hawk and also handled the job of making the defensive calls on the field with the helmet radio transmitter. Credited with 101 tackles and two sacks in 828 snaps but was also charged with 11 missed tackles by ProFootbalLFocus.com. Unrestricted free agent whom the team would like to re-sign.
ILB A.J. Hawk: Led the team in tackles (142) and also had three sacks but did not have a single turnover play for the second straight year. Played 847 snaps but was only in the base "Okie" and nickel package while Jones got the nod in dime, which the Packers played more frequently than past years. With a cap number north of $5 million, may be asked to take a pay cut.
ILB Terrell Manning: Rookie fifth-round pick did not play on defense after a poor, illness-affected training camp but grew into a key special teams role as the season wore on. Ended up playing in seven games as a rookie and could be a player to watch next season at a position in flux.
ILB Jamari Lattimore: Converted outside linebacker who was a non-factor from scrimmage (eight snaps) but was on all the special teams units.
ILB Robert Francois: Saw extensive action on defense last season while injuries sidelined Hawk and Bishop but did not play a single snap from scrimmage this year. Still a key special teams player.
ILB Desmond Bishop: Arguably the team's best defensive player last season, went down with a ruptured hamstring tendon in his right leg in the Aug. 9 preseason opener and missed the entire season. Still isn't 100 percent and faces a difficult offseason trying to regain his impactful form. On a defense lacking big hitters and playmakers, he was sorely missed.
ILB D.J. Smith: Took over for Bishop in the starting lineup, just as he had the year before, and looked the part despite being undersized. Then, suffered a torn ACL on Oct. 14 on a somewhat blind-side block against Houston and was done for the year as well. Played 385 snaps before the injury and had two sacks, one QB hit and five hurries. Team needs him to make a speedy recovery.
CB Tramon Williams: Returned to health after a shoulder injury led to a disastrous 2011 season, but still didn't play like he did in 2010, when he was viewed as a shutdown corner. Williams had only two interceptions on the season – both against Chicago on Sept. 13 – and was credited with 22 pass breakups. According to ProFootballFocus.com, Williams played 1,240 snaps over 18 games (including playoffs) – mostly against opponents' top receivers – and allowed 63 completions in 115 targets for 852 yards, missed six tackles and had an opponent QB rating of 77.2 against him. Against the 49ers, he allowed six completions for 75 yards. Now, he'll face competition for a starting spot.
CB Sam Shields: A week into camp, he'd tumbled down the depth chart, had a bum elbow and appeared to be circling the drain. But the coaches stuck with him and were rewarded, as he regained his starting job, then came back from a six-game layoff because of a sprained ankle and turned out to be a difference-maker in the passing defense. Continued improvement would allow Williams to avoid covering the top WR on every down.
CB Casey Hayward: Showed immediately upon arrival as a second-round pick that he belonged, and when Charles Woodson went down with a collarbone injury Oct. 21, it was Hayward that manned the slot corner spot and did so brilliantly. Ended up with six INTs and showed some skill as a blitzer, although he had a costly whiff on Kaepernick on a flat-free blitz against the 49ers in the playoffs. Barring a sophomore slump, the sky's the limit.
CB Davon House: Was in first position for the No. 2 cornerback spot before a shoulder injury in the Aug. 9 preseason opener at San Diego threw him for a loop. Ended up having to wait until Oct. 21 to make his season debut after a wasted rookie season in 2011 and proved to be a solid, physical option at outside corner. Reinjured his shoulder and also suffered a hip injury late in the season and was inactive for the regular-season finale and both playoff games. Worth watching in 2013.
CB Jarrett Bush: It seems like forever ago, but he actually started at corner opposite Williams in the opener. Gave up a touchdown in that game and was never heard from on defense again, save for 20 snaps at Houston and prevent/Hail Mary plays when the Packers flooded the field with DBs. On special teams, he was a deserving captain who led the club with 17 tackles there. Role is unlikely to change going forward with so many cover options.
S Morgan Burnett: The coaches have Pro Bowl aspirations for him, but did not play at that level. Was the only defensive player to play all 1,259 snaps and ranked second on the team in tackles (137) while registering two sacks and two interceptions. Did well in handling back-end communications but was thrust into tough spot after Nick Collins' release and Woodson's broken collarbone, serving as a leader in third NFL season.
S Charles Woodson: Transitioned from cornerback to safety at coaches' behest and appeared to be taking to it when he fractured his collarbone Oct. 21 in St. Louis. At age 36, it's hard to say whether his season would have been more productive (625 snaps, 1.5 sacks, one interception, one forced fumble, five missed tackles) had he played a full year. With a $10 million cap number, he may not return – and if he does, it will almost certainly be at a reduced salary.
S M.D. Jennings: Was the nickel and dime safety in the season-opener against the 49ers when Woodson would move to the slot but was benched after playing poorly. Returned to that role after Woodson's injury and played better. Gained notoriety for his role in the controversial Sept. 24 loss at Seattle, when his apparent victory-clinching interception was ruled a Golden Tate touchdown by replacement officials.
S Jerron McMillian: Rookie fourth-round pick took Jennings' place after the opener but wasn't an appreciable upgrade. Did show the ability to hit – including a flag- and fine-drawing hit on Giants tight end Martellus Bennett on Nov. 25 – on a defense that doesn't have many big hitters. Was viewed as a ballhawk coming out of Maine but seemed more adept as a box safety than in centerfield.
S Sean Richardson: Made the 53-man roster coming out of training camp as an undrafted rookie free agent before undergoing neck surgery. Impressive physical specimen who was Hayward's college teammate at Vanderbilt.
Head coach Mike McCarthy: Went into the season with a plan to play younger players and mix personnel to keep team fresher for the stretch run after last year's 15-1 season came crashing to a halt. Delivered on promise to make defense a better tackling outfit. Led team to second straight NFC North crown and was on the cusp of a second straight season sweep of the division before 37-34 loss at Minnesota to end the regular season. That loss proved costly, as the team went from the No. 2 seed and a first-round bye to the No. 3 seed and an NFC Divisional date at San Francisco, where McCarthy and his staff were outcoached by Jim Harbaugh and his staff, who used the bye week to their advantage. The no-drama coach had a few blunders, most notably throwing his challenge flag in the finale against the Vikings on a play that was going to be automatically reviewed, and opting to punt down 14 points to the 49ers with the ball at midfield in the fourth quarter of the playoff loss. Was publicly questioned by his quarterback on more than one occasion. They'll have to make sure they're on the same page going forward, since the franchise sinks or swims with them.
Defensive coordinator Dom Capers: Had the villagers at the wrought-iron gates of 1265 Lombardi Avenue with torches and pitchforks after his defense gave up 579 yards – including an NFL single-game quarterback record 181 yards rushing by Colin Kaepernick – in the playoff loss. In truth, after back-to-back top 5 defenses his first two years, he righted the ship after last year's dreadful performance, getting his unit up to No. 11 in both scoring defense and total defense while seeing a whopping eight rookies' faces in his meeting room. While sacks were up to 47, the unit's calling card had always been takeaways, and 23 (including 18 interceptions) weren't enough.
Offensive coordinator Tom Clements: A brilliant quarterbacks coach whom Aaron Rodgers credits most for his development, the jury's out on his work as a coordinator. The numbers show a precipitous drop in production from the previous year – the Packers averaged 359.4 yards per game in 2012 compared to 405.1 in 2011, and averaged 27.1 points per game in 2012 compared to 35.0 in 2011 – but how much of that is related to Clements' promotion is unclear. What seems true is this: The loss of Joe Philbin, who left to become head coach of the Miami Dolphins, was genuinely felt. Clements' promotion led to Ben McAdoo shifting from tight ends to quarterbacks, Jerry Fontenot moving from running backs to tight ends and Alex Van Pelt, a quarterbacks coach by trade, being brought in as running backs coach. It will be interesting to see whether those roles remain the same in 2013.
Special teams coordinator Shawn Slocum: While kicker Mason Crosby was an inconsistent mess, his coach was steady. Things weren't always perfect on special teams – Crosby's misses and Jeremy Ross' fateful muffed punt in the playoff loss to the 49ers stand out – but the unit was the team's most consistent in terms of overall work on returns, coverage and in the kicking game. According to statistics compiled by the Chicago Bears using highly regarded Dallas Morning News columnist Rick Gosselin's special teams ranking formula, Slocum and assistant Chad Morton's group finished 15th in the 32-team NFL in a 22-category composite. The group also had some memorable plays: Tight end Tom Crabtree's fake-field goal touchdown on fourth-and-26 against Chicago; fullback John Kuhn's fourth-down conversion deep in Packers territory on a fake punt against New Orleans; a successful surprise onside kick recovery against St. Louis; a blocked punt by Davon House against Jacksonville. But there was also the boneheaded punt return lateral at Chicago and Ross' game-turning blunder in the season-ender.
General manager Ted Thompson: While he still tried to claim that he took the proverbial "best player available," the truth was that he saw a major deficiency on defense and set his mind to rectifying it by using his first six draft picks on that side of the ball. He traded up three times to accomplish his goal, moving up instead of letting the board come to him. The draft netted one sure-fire keeper in cornerback Casey Hayward in the second round, but the jury is still out on first-round pick Nick Perry, second-round pick Jerel Worthy, fourth-round picks Mike Daniels and Jerron McMillian and fifth-round pick Terrell Manning. Thompson once again was on his undrafted free-agent game, inking two who were vital to the cause down the stretch: Fill-in right tackle Don Barclay and outside linebacker Dezman Moses, both of whom showed potential and did the job, even when it wasn't pretty.
In free agency, which is not his milieu, Thompson let Pro Bowl center Scott Wells walk as an unrestricted free agent (four years, $24 million to St. Louis), then saw Wells suffer a foot injury on his 21st snap of the season opener with his new team. Wells ended up on injured reserve with the designation to return, and did so for the Rams' final six games. Thompson replaced him with five-time Pro Bowl center Jeff Saturday, who at 37 years old was supposed to bridge the gap until the next Wells was found or Evan Dietrich-Smith was ready. With two regular-season games left, the coaches decided Saturday had given all he could and benched him for Dietrich-Smith. Meanwhile, the club avoided using its franchise tag on tight end Jermichael Finley by reaching a two-year deal worth $14 million, but now a decision on Finley and his $8.25 million cap number looms. Defensive line pickups Philip Merling and Daniel Muir were non-factors, while 2011 seventh-round pick Lawrence Guy left the practice squad for a spot on Indianapolis' 53-man roster and showed promise for the Colts. The August signing of running back Cedric Benson was looking better and better each week until the Oct. 7 foot injury that ultimately ended his season. Two other running back signings served their purpose, although the practice-squad promotion of DuJuan Harris turned out better than the emergency Dec. 5 signing of proud veteran Ryan Grant, whose role was limited.
Thompson also shuffled the deck on his scouting staff, promoting longtime college scouting director John Dorsey to director of football operations; area scout Brian Gutekunst to Dorsey's old job; Eliot Wolf to pro personnel director and Alonzo Highsmith to a special advisory role in-house after years in the Southwest. Thompson will now have to prove as adept at cultivating talent in his personnel department as he's been with young players on this roster following Dorsey's departure for the Chiefs' GM job. With John Schneider in Seattle, Reggie McKenzie in Oakland and Dorsey in Kansas City, Thompson has lost his three top lieutenants to GM jobs elsewhere in a 36-month span. Whether he tabs his longtime best friend, ex-Packers, Seahawks and Titans exec Mike Reinfeldt, for a spot on his staff remains to be seen. Reinfeldt, Thompson's old teammate with the Houston Oilers, was inexplicably let go by the Titans last month, even though he was no longer overseeing day-to-day personnel moves.
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Front brake caliper not releasing pressure from rotor. I have tried bleeding lines but as soon as the brakes are pumped up the pressure goes back and closes on rotor. Any suggestions of what is causing the problem or how to fix. Will a new caliper fix the problem?
I need suggestions ASAP!!
Kindly check you brake fluid, if it is low then top it off to the mark, this can be happened because of low brake fluid.
brakes are probably the most important part brake of your car. Seriously, brakes aren't something to play around with. If your car is having a braking problem, whether it's weak brakes, a mushy pedal, grinding sounds - whatever your brake problem is, you need to troubleshoot and repair it as soon as possible.And you need to check out for low level brake fluid, or contaminated brake fluid, worn brake pads,or a bad power boost unit what ever it is you need to get it done with asap.


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All this could change now that Brolin is appearing in a slew of high-profile movies. Probably the hottest is the Coen Brothers' adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's bestseller No Country for Old Men, in which he plays a leathery Texan who comes across a suitcase full of drug money but must then contend with a sheriff (Tommy Lee Jones) and a hitman (Javier Bardem). When he arrives in Boston to promote the film, our conversation begins somewhat inauspiciously. He asks, "Didn't I just see you a minute ago downstairs looking wide-eyed?" I've just bumped into him in the hotel lobby, and apparently I gawked like a star-struck rube. So my first question is more of an answer . . .
Yes. I was confused. But you must be used to people staring.
Not really. Not unless someone is picking a fight.
Not me! But surely people must recognize you with, what, four movies out . . .
Five. Grindhouse, The Dead Girl, [In the Valley of] Elah, American Gangster, and this.
So is this the breakout year people keep saying it is?
[Pause] Okay.
Does that annoy you?It doesn't annoy me. But I would never want to negate the amount of work that I've done before, you know? But these movies are being seen. That may be the difference. And they're by established, iconoclastic filmmakers, you know? You have Ridley Scott and the Coens.
Enigmatic, aren't they, the Coens? Putting people on?
They don't really put people on, no.
What about the article in Esquire in which they claimed they thought they had hired your father James and were shocked when you showed up?Well that's me and Ethan, you know. That's just us having a good time together. A lot of people believed that article, which is kind of phenomenal. But that's okay — it got a lot of press.
So your last thoughts as you were flying through the air after you crashed your motorcycle were: "I missed my chance to be in that Coen brothers movie"?Exactly. It was right after I got the role, and I was going from one wardrobe fitting to the other, and the car was just there. I've never been in a street accident ever — a lot of dirt-bike accidents, but never a street accident. And I fancy myself as someone who can get out of that stuff pretty quick. I could do nothing. The skid mark was like that long. I was just very pleased to hit the top of the car. I probably would have broken both my legs. [He broke his collarbone.]
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4pm, taking a work break as I've finally passed a personal milestone on the long road to getting my first real (non-vanity) site live. friseurguide now works mostly correctly - all the right data appears on all the right pages. All the remaining issues are basically formatting and display tweakage (eg the nav menu has to hide sections with no data, er oh yes and everything's still appearing in English which means lot of tedious Text::text calls and cursing the translation lookup file which things don't appear properly....)
Happened to DL the latest mozilla nightlies both here (on Linux) and home (NT) just before M17 released. It's really coming together nicely, and I'm also really relating to the status pages... much more so since I began working alongside other developers. In my last job I was the only one who had the faintest idea what I was doing.)
Altogether feeling much better about things than at the time of the last entry. I'm over (I think!) the steepest part of the Linux learning curve - I can do most of the day-to-day stuff with emacs, cvs, shell etc that are required to do actual work. Plus I've written some actual original code, a morale boost to find that I can still do it and that it doesn't stand out too badly compared with other peoples'. (We have a cvs notification mailing list which automatically sends everyone the diffs when you commit.)
Big news on the personal front is that I was sacked by the grilf on Saturday. Rather relieved to find how well I've taken it. It was never going to work long term, but I've supplied support & encouragement to her to help her kick drugs (big bad nasty IV opiate drugs, that is), helped out with money and access to email whilst she tries to get back into proper full-time work. Now she seems to be making things deliberately hard for herself - eg won't sign on for unemployment benefit (welfare), has allowed herself to get discouraged after not getting the first few places she interviewed for, etc. But those things are her problem, and I was running low on patience with that stuff anyway. (mail me if anyone's looking for an office admin /PA wiht reasonable IT (M$) skills, quad-lingual... Serbo-Croat, Russian, Arabic and English, based in London... :) )
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Telecom has doubled the amount of data about 500,000 people on three of its most popular plans are able to download.
The changes announced today apply to broadband customers on the company's three Total Home packages.
Its main Total Home package will be expanded to allow users to download 20 gigabytes (GB) of data per month from August 1.
Total Home Starter and Total Home Lite users will be able to download two and five GB respectively.
Chief Marketing Officer Kieren Cooney said Telecom customers were using, on average, a third more data than last year.
The increased data limits were a direct response to demand, he said.
"As the use of computers and tablets grows, so does the demand for data.
"Kiwis on the standard Total Home plan... can now watch up to 14 hours of TV over the internet, view 2,500 web pages, watch 6 hours of HD YouTube, spend 250 hours playing Xbox online gaming and still have data to spare."


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Mickey's Diner Car
Trip Start Jul 04, 2007
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Mickey's Diner Car is one of the few - maybe the only one - old-style diner left in town, house in colourful streetcar parked in the middle of downtown Saint Paul.
We had apple pie with ice cream, pecan waffle and strawberry sundae - all really delicious - sitting at the bar while chatting away with the server who thought we were kinda weird because I was taking tonnes of pictures of everything.....
But she obviously couldn't understand how cool the place looked to me
In the afternoon I joined Minneapolis Free Ride, an organised bike ride arounf the city with hundreds of bikers similar to a Critical Mass event, but with rivers of free booze.
But this is another story that deserve an entry of its own -even beacuse I have several photos and some videos of the event that I'm eager to show you.
Enjoy Mickey's pictures for now and Stay Tuned for more.


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