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Drivers Avoiding 28th Street Traffic…And Getting Tickets
A major construction project on 28th Street has begun. The project is not expected to be done until November 22.
Some drivers are growing impatient, taking shortcuts, and getting tickets.
An already busy area + a major construction project = one big headache.
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M-11 will be resurfaced from Breton Avenue east to Patterson Avenue, and reconstructed from Patterson Avenue east to I-96. Work also includes the addition of a right-turn lane for northbound Patterson Avenue, traffic signal upgrades, and new sidewalk and lighting from Patterson Avenue east to I-96.
The construction project runs near Home Depot in Kentwood. Some drivers have been taking shortcuts through Home Depot's parking lot to avoid the slowdown at 28th Street and Patterson. Police have been writing $125 tickets to those drivers. WZZM.com explains:
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The X FACTOR finale was tonight and one contestant left with something big to celebrate this Christmas. It was down to Chris Rene, Melanie Amaro and Josh Krajcik hoping to go all the way. But who sang the $5 million dollar song last night? Was it Chris singing "Young Homie", Josh belting out "At Last" or Melanie nailing "I Believe I Can Fly?"
The show opened with this season's twelve finalists performing together. Marcus Canty, Rachel Crow, Astro, The Stero Hogzz, LeRoy Bell, Drew, ITensity and other top finalists seemed excited to be back. But it was obvious that they wished they were in the finals and were probably thinking "This should have been me!" Unfortunately their millions and recording contracts will have to wait.
This was a finale where it was anyone's game, which really added to the excitement of watching it unfold. Simon Cowell made sure to create a show stopping finale by tapping into his contacts. This included performances by singing sensation Justin Bieber, X Factor winner Leona Lewis, rap artist 50 Cent, Pit Bull and legendary singer Stevie Wonder. One complaint with that line-up is that 50 Cent didn't write a clean version of the rap song , I hate when they have to bleep out words…and isn't this a kid friendly show? But at least Astro got to perform with him.
It came down to who had the overall package because they all had something special and unique. Melanie was consistent throughout the season and has a spectacular voice. Chris is an incredible song writer and offers exciting performances. Josh has a soulful and unique sound and delivers authentic interpretations with every song. But what was more important to the viewers? Singing ability or likeability.
After the top three performed Christmas carols, probably wishing they would just get down to the votes, they were finally able to find who was an instant millionaire. But not before they had to drag it out a bit with performances by the guest artists and other fillers. And of course, airing the most shocking moments of the season, including the breakdown of Rachel Crow and the temper tantrum by Astro.
In the end, although Chris was one of the favorites to win, he was the first to find out his journey had ended. This was no real shock, because although he had millions of fans and viral videos, he was definitely not he best singer, and remember this is a singing competition. No worries for fans of Chris…as long as he stays clean he will have a very successful ride! Still love "Young Homie":).
This left Melanie and Josh waiting to hear their fate. However, to add to the drama they first had to sing a duet together. It really allowed us to hear them side-by-side to decide who had the better voice, and it was clear they were equals.
Melanie and Josh looked as though they would pass out as Steve Jones got ready to announce the winner of the $5 million dollar recording contract. It has been well documented throughout the competition that Simon wanted to win badly, so he also looked nervous. It is a fact that he hates to lose so for him, so this was not an option. Especially not to Nicole!
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Strange new problem with my X61 (running vista, fully up to date, 4 gigs ram, etc.)
When I rotate it into slate mode, the wireless disconnects and refuses to reconnect properly until I reboot. I have verified this behavior many times. More confusing: the wireless connection icon in the right side of the task bar remains in connected mode, but if you click it, it will not give you the usual windows panel allowing you access to the networking screens. Stranger yet, if you physically shut off the radios with the switch on the front, the radio LED stays lit, and using Fn+F5 to bring up the radio screen, doesn't allow me to cycle the radio on or off either.
Possible cause: I have uninstalled "Access Connections" because it has been nothing but trouble for me:
This may be a variation on the old "display cannot work in secondary landscape mode when wireless WAN" is active message that I used to get. Basically, this computer does not have wireless WAN, never has, but for some time, when I tried to use the screen in secondary landscape in slate mode, it would give me that message and turn the screen to some other orientation. This was obviously unacceptable, and I uninstalled access connections which seemed to solve the problem.
With a recent automatic lenovo update, it reinstalled access connections and started that problem again, which is why I uninstalled it yet again. But now, this.
Anyone see this? I seem to remember that screen orientation was alleged to be related to ActiveProtection (which was supposed to automatically sense the computer's orientation and spin the screen accordingly, something else that never worked on my machine ,which is why I also uninstalled that.)
It seems impossible to me that Lenovo could fudge up wireless wifi connectivity by writing software that links the radios to needless (nonfunctional) add-ons like shock protection, but the only thing that has changed over the past few days is my uninstall of these programs, so I can't think of any other reason this radio would suddenly be operating this way.
Solved! Go to Solution.
10-09-2008 11:15 AM - edited 10-09-2008 12:11 PM
Funny that you should post this because I literally just registered for this forum so I could add a post for this exact problem (as well as a temporary fix) in the hopes that Lenovo would quickly remedy this situation. I am kind of a tech newbie and only recently started troubleshooting my computer problems on my own so please excuse any lack of proper jargon during the course of this post.
Anyway, the problem I thought (much like you) was the updated version of the Access Connections version 5.02 that was recently released by Lenovo that automatically updated to my tablet. So I uninstalled 5.02 and reinstalled the older version 4.52. After restarting my computer, I tried rotating my screen to tablet mode-->the wireless disabled, Access Connections froze, Wireless LED would stay lit, and it would kick me out of using secondary landscape mode with the wireless enabled even if I tried to turn the wireless off with the hard key on the front of the keyboard. Same problem persisted exactly as you posted.
I then went to my ThinkVantage System Update and looked at my update history to see what other recent updates might have been responsible. I came across one called "Intel Wireless WiFi for Vista 32-bit" version 12.00.4000. After doing some digging on the Lenovo website I found the driver:
Anyway, I figured it would be worth rolling this update back to try and see if it resolved the problem since the date it updated and was installed on my computer was the exact same day I started noticing problems with my wireless while in slate mode. Anyway, long story short I used the tutorial at the bottom of the driver page (pasted below) to access my Vista Device Manager to find the wireless driver and then roll it back to a previous version:
Determining which version is installed
Ok. So after completing this process I restarted and everything worked perfectly again. However, I never reinstalled the new Access Connections version 5.02 and am still currently running the 4.52 driver. I didn't want to mess with it anymore and push my luck by reinstalling the newer Access Connections 5.02 again since it seems to be working fine with 4.52.
I am pretty sure after wasting three days on this trying to fix it the problem that the new "Intel Wireless WiFi for Vista 32-bit" driver version 12.00.4000 is responsible. PLEASE if anyone from Lenovo reads this thread could we try and patch this driver ASAP? I am a med student and this problem put my tablet out of proper working order for several days which was very frustrating since I rely on my tablet daily for taking notes and internet access in class and in clinic. Luckily, I did find a solution albeit not really a permenant one. Anyway, let me know if this helps--it worked for me and hopefully it will help anyone else out there with the same wireless/tablet issues. Good luck--and thank you to Lenovo for any additional help with this.
Thanks much for that rundown.
I used a restore point rollback and I *think* I'm OK so far, though the access connections stuff is still acting a bit funny.
Word of caution: I have had my computer get corrupted using restore point rollbacks when not doing them from safe mode. I think one should always boot to safe mode (use F8 during startup) and restore from there.
That puts me to wireless network adapter driver: Intel Wireless Wifi Link 4965 AGN, using driver 220.127.116.11.
I am finishing this post having ejected, flipped the screen, and reattached to home wireless, so
My search terms in google brought me right to this thread and your description of the problem is EXACTLY what I am also having happen to me. I just got my X61t on Oct 24, 2008.
I'm trying rolling back the driver as you suggested. However, instead of 'rolling back' I'm having the ThinkVantage upgrade manager do it for me. Because, curiously, when I go to updates, it actually wants to update my driver to the older one. So, I'm assuming they are aware of the problem and are pushing the older version to temporarily resolve this issue.
I hope that they determine how to make this work with the newer version of the driver because I'm guessing that Intel didn't release a newer driver just for fun. There is something worth having.
Hopefully this works. Otherwise I'll role back the Access Connections, or just delete it all together. Wireless zero utility works pretty well on its own, I can probably forego the fancy graphics displaying signal strengths.
So far, no success. Update Manager didn't update to older version for some reason. Then the driver roll back took me back to 220.127.116.11 or something, which didn't work at all. My wireless became almost useless. So then I uninstalled Access Connection, and things were still slow and crashed on screen rotate. So I tried the latest driver, 126.96.36.199.... Still crashed on screen rotate. So I'm back with access connections 5.02 and 188.8.131.52. I guess I'll just suffer until someone comes up with a proper fix.
Maybe it didn't work for me because I have the Sierra Wireless 1xEVDO adapter. Which as mentioned earlier gets disabled when switching into Tablet (However I use secondary Portrait, not landscape).
I don't know. It's all too confusing. I'm still trying to get used to having all this Lenovo software that basically doesn't add functionality, just prettiness, and accessibility to options.
Well, I'm now using Access Connections 4.52 and Wireless driver 220.127.116.11, with no success.
I've narrowed the problem a bit more, but it doesn't exactly tell me what the problem is. From Standard to Slate, the wireless continues to work. The problem arises when going from Slate to normal. Wireless crashes within 10 seconds and only a restart can fix the problem. I've tried stopping the service from the services.msc menu, as well as closing all the access connections programs and then restarting them. Like I said before, I don't think problem originates from access connections itself. Can anyone suggest a wifi driver that actually works?
For now my testing will try different combinations while having the WWAN device actually disabled. Not just powered off.
Well I update to the latest Intel driver far the 4965 AGN from their website ( 126.96.36.199)
It seems to be working now.
I have the same problem! All sorts of problems with the wireless on an essentially brand-new computer.
I also cannot put the computer to sleep after wireless turns off. Have others noticed this problem?
The new driver seems to be available at:
Intel recommends getting it directly from Lenovo site. But Lenovo doesn't yet offer 12.1.
I had the same problem after updating my software. Almost sent the tablet back!
Did a full restore, shutoff automatic updates and only updated to the working drivers that were suggested. No problems ever since.
Two questions:
Why didn't the Lenovo tech know what was happenig?Do they know now?
Should I do this recent update or leave well enough alone?
I don't need to flip the screen or ANYTHING to have my wireless radio shut itself off and disappear. I generally have to uninstall and reinstall from the device manager. It sometimes takes 5-6 tries to get the thing to uninstall, and two or three restarts to get it to reinstall itself.
Other issues with my X61 tablet include losing power while in hibernate mode (yes, hibernate, not sleep), and at least once failing to shut down and getting blazing hot. Boot times, shutdown times, and even hibernation and wake-up times are exasperating. All in all, Lenovo stands a good chance of making a Mac user out of me!


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The absence of earlier records (1600-1800), coupled with the difficulty of tracing each because of the non-existence of surnames yet, make it extremely hard to say who are the older families of Carcar, and this means either the really native ones or, if migrant, the much much earlier comers. We can only suspect that the oldest families must be the ones who would have had several branches already by the time of the records. And yet, it's possible that at the time of the Claveria surnames, families may not even have remembered anymore who was related to whom, except for really closer ones, say up to second or third cousins, when those cousins could still establish their kinship and ask for the same surname. On that note, it may really be true after all what is always said in Carcar, that the Al- families were related to each other. Except, I dare say, for those that can be established to have originated from elsewhere. For example, my own Aleonar family, whose first ancestor in Carcar came from Bohol, would be one of those exceptions, as would the Aldemita and Aleguiojo. Alcorcon and Alcudia came from Parian and Aldave from San Nicolas. But then who can say that the Bohol or Parian or San Nicolas ancestors had not also originally come from Carcar, went to those places and some descendants then came back to the land of their origin, Carcar?
Abbreviations I frequently resort to and found plentifully in these trees are "(pnc)" and "pDn". Pnc is short for padre no conocido (father not known/recognized), the formulaic term used for illegitimate offsprings. The term remained in use well into the American era and every church and civil registry clerk knows what this means, as do genealogists. In these cases, the child is given the surname of the mother, which practice belies the belief of some families that the surnames they are using they got from an ancestor who was a Spanish priest. The more they could not use that surname obviously! Meanwhile, I use the parentheses for a partner who was not married to the person.
PDn means simply pre-Decree (Claveria) name, when the individual was still known as before 1849 or 1850, in the case of Carcar around May 1850 when the decree appears to have been implemented. I use this abbreviation for when an individual was still using two first names and also even when the individual was actually already using the surname (mestizo Español and a few indio families).
There is also this matter like the Alfafaras surname distinct from Alfafara.
We have these two Carcar families, the Barcelos and the Alfafaras (also recorded as Alcaparas), and the first is also a different family from Barcelo. The Emnace and Emnacen surnames are also two separate families. The four families most probably got the surnames in Carcar already. I say that not just because the four belong to alphabetic surname groups of Carcar (Al-, Bar-, Cam-, Can-, Day-, Em-, etc.) but because all four came from Bohol–no notation as to their town origin has been found for Emnace and Emnacen but Barcelos is from Dimiao while one or two indirect records say the Alfafaras was from Loon.
But the Alfafaras surname may have died out because I have only 4 Alfafaras children–all girls. Anyway they were Catalina (married to Leon Alcudia), Dorotea (married to Tomas Aleonar), Remigia (married to Marquez Alcover) and Cornelia (married to Agustin Aldeon). However, Catalina has been identified also as Alcesto (Alcerto?) and as Cavan.
By the way, when you're looking for a female in-law, look for her maiden name. My family reconstructions always retain the maiden name for a woman. Incidentally, it seems it was that way during the Spanish era, too, and it was only in the American system when our women lost their surnames in favor of their husbands'. If you don't know who a female family member married, you'd be groping blindly trying to search for her death or burial records. But if she'd just retain her family name, she'd be far easier to locate. I think even until now, Spain and France, they at least, still identify women by their maiden surnames. For example, a lady might be known around as Almudena Señora de Ruiz but her official name remains Almudena Acuña.


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A woman in liquor production
Owns a still of exquisite construction.
The alcohol boils
Through magnetic coils.
She says that it's "proof by induction."
There was an old man
From Peru, whose lim'ricks all
Look'd like haiku. He
Said with a laugh "I
Cut them in half, the pay is
Much better for two."
3. For those who have played Portal:
There once was a buggy AI
Who decided her subject should die.
When the plot was uncovered,
The subjected discovered
That sadly the cake was a lie.
Rob, an odd fellow, designs
Poems of equal-length lines
And he limericks with flair
As his forethought and care
Ensure a word count of 3 9s
5. For those who know what a Rick Roll is:
There once was a man named Bertold
Who drank beer when the weather grew cold
As he reached for his cup...
Oh, snap! You just got limerickrolled!
A programmer started to cuss
Because getting to sleep was a fuss
As he lay there in bed
Looping 'round in his head
was: while(!asleep()) sheep++;
user.scream("OH, **** YOU");}
"In the real world, this would be a problem. But in mathematics, we can just define a place where this problem doesn't exist. So we'll go ahead and do that now..."
Can you spot the limericks?
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You can shear a sheep many times but skin him only once.
LOL! Very clever u 2! XD
People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy.
~ Anton Chekhov
Cheer up, emo kid.
Those are funny limericks ! Yes, clever !
Most excellent!
Not math-related, but I love the Nantucket series:
There once was a man from Nantucket
Who kept all his cash in a bucket.
But his daughter, named Nan,
Ran away with a man
And as for the bucket, Nantucket.
But he followed the pair to Pawtucket,
The man and the girl with the bucket;
And he said to the man,
He was welcome to Nan,
But as for the bucket, Pawtucket.
Then the pair followed Pa to Manhasset,
Where he still held the cash as an asset,
But Nan and the man
Stole the money and ran,
And as for the bucket, Manhasset.
"The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..." - Leon M. Lederman
yeah go Nantucket!
There is a major town in Ireland called Limericks, by the way.
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People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy.
~ Anton Chekhov
Cheer up, emo kid.
dey r relly funny. i specialy like de sheep 1
nd its called Limrick nd its both a county and a city:)
Theres only 10 type of people in the world
Those that understand binary
And those that dont
There once was a prophet from Fife
Who predicted the end of his life.
When the moment drew near
He showed no sign of fear
As he stabbèd himself with a knife.
PS: Pronounce stabbèd as two syllables to maintain the metre.
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A woman in liquor production
Owns a still of exquisite construction.
The alcohol boils
Through magnetic coils.
She says that it's "proof by induction."
this is pretty good, especially the "proof by induction"
Great ones, Ricky!
It is no good to try to stop knowledge from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge - Enrico Fermi.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
Sorry if this one sounds a little offensive/violent.
Limericks are extremely amazing
They are, of course, highly entertaining
But if you don't like them
Then jump off the Big Ben
Because you seem very irritating.
Back with a vengeance.
There once was a man named Jhough
Who lived in a place called Whough.
When folks scratching their head
Asked how they were said,
He said: Simple! They both rhyme with Zhough.
By the way sorobans ones are awesome.
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After many, many years of reality TV, we've finally hit the point of oversaturation.
Lifetime announced Wednesday its plans for a new reality TV show titled "Born in the Wild," which will follow the lives of women who choose to give birth in the woods.
Yup. What else can we say?
You can check out the VERY NSFW video below that inspired the show if you wanna be grossed out.
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I recommend this book to all bug catchers, especially my sister.


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Summaries of Legislation of the 104th Congress With Provisions Affecting Social Security:
- P.L. 104-208 (H.R. 3610), An Act making omnibus consolidated
appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997,
and for other purposes (also referred to as the Omnibus
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 1997), was signed into law on
September 30, 1996. This omnibus budget bill contains SSA's
FY 1997 appropriations. It also includes the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 that, among other things, made several SSI eligibility changes
for non-citizens, imposed requirements for birth certificates and drivers' licenses used for identification, and required SSA actions relating to the Social Security Card.
Previous actions: 05/02/96
- On September 17, 1996, the House passed H.R. 4039, the Social Security Miscellaneous Amendments Act of 1996. The bill would make several clarifying and correcting amendments to the disability program. The Senate took no action on this bill.
- P.L. 104-193 (H.R. 3734), the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, was signed into law on August 22, 1996. Among the many provisions of interest to SSA are ones that prohibit SSI eligibility for noncitizens with several exceptions; generally deem all of a sponsor's income and resources to a newly-sponsored noncitizen until naturalization or the crediting of 40 quarters of coverage; change SSI eligibility based on childhood disability, defining such disability as having a medically determinable impairment that results in marked and severe functional limitations and can be expected to result in death or has lasted or is expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months; direct SSA to eliminate references to maladaptive behavior in the childhood Listings and discontinue the use of an individualized functional assessment in evaluating a child's disability; require CDRs once every 3 years for recipients under age 18 with non-permanent impairments and not later than 12 months after birth for low-birth weight babies; require a disability redetermination using the adult initial eligibility criteria during the 1-year period beginning on a recipient's 18th birthday; authorize additional funds for CDRs and redeterminations; provide for incentive payments to State and local penal institutions for furnishing information that results in suspension of SSI benefits; make SSI applications effective no earlier than the month following the month of filing; limit to no more than $30 a month cash payments to children who are in an institution receiving medical care covered by private insurance; establish a schedule for paying retroactive SSI payments that exceed 12 times the monthly FBR; require dedicated savings accounts that could only be used for limited things to maintain retroactive SSI benefits that exceed 6 times the FBR for blind or disabled children; deny SSI benefits to fugitive felons; require an annual report on the SSI program; and require SSA to develop a counterfeit-resistant prototype Social Security card and to study and report on that and other ways to improve the card application process.
- P.L. 104-188 (H.R. 3448), the Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996 and the Minimum Wage Increase Act of 1996 was signed into law on August 20, 1996. Among items of interest to SSA, the law made changes in coverage and tax treatment of certain wages.
- Previous action: 07/30/96
- On May 2, 1996, the Senate passed H.R. 2202, the Immigration Control and Financial Responsibility Act of 1996, replacing the text of the House-passed version with that of S 1664, as amended. S 1664 had incorporated S 269. Subsequently, a conference was held to reconcile the differences; the House passed a conference report (09/25/96), but the Senate did not. The bill proposed a number of SSI eligibility changes for non-citizens, requirements for birth certificates and drivers' licenses used for identification, and SSA action on the Social Security card. Some non-citizen SSI eligibility changes were later included in P.L. 103-196 and other non-citizen SSI eligibility changes and document requirements were included in P.L. 104-208.
- P.L. 104-134 (H.R. 3019), the Omnibus Consolidated Recissions and Appropriations Act of 1996, was signed into law on April 26, 1996. This act provides appropriations for the remainder of FY 1996 for SSA (including additional funding for processing CDRs as authorized by P.L. 104-121). The law also gives SSA and other Federal agencies permanent debt collection authority, and it requires recurring Federal payments (including Social Security and SSI benefits) to be paid by electronic funds transfer.
- P.L. 104-121 (H.R. 3136), the Contract With America Advancement Act of 1996, was signed into law on March 29, 1996. This law contains the Senior Citizen's Right to Work Act of 1996 and the Small Business Growth and Fairness Act of 1996. Of particular interest to SSA are provisions that deny Social Security and SSI disability benefits based on drug addiction or alcoholism; authorize additional funding for CDRs and disability redeterminations for FYs 1996-2002; and require annual reports to Congress on CDRs. In addition, the law gradually increases the retirement earnings test annual exempt amount to $30,000 by 2002 and indexes it thereafter; and imposes limits on the investment of trust fund monies.
- P.L. 104-103 (H.R. 2924), An Act to guarantee the timely payment of Social Security benefits in March 1996, was signed into law on February 8, 1996. The law provided the Secretary of Treasury authority through March 15 to issue obligations of the United States equal to the aggregate monthly Social Security benefit payable in March 1996.
- On January 9, 1996, the President vetoed H.R. 4, the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1995. The House had agreed to the conference report on December 21, 1995, and the Senate agreed to the conference report on December 22, 1995, by which time the President had already stated his intention to veto the bill.
- On December 6, 1995, the President vetoed H.R. 2491, the Balanced Budget Act of 1995. The Senate had receded from its amendment and concurred with further amendment to the Conference report on 11/17/95, and the House agreed to the Senate amendment to the Conference report and cleared the bill for the White House on 11/20/95, with the bill presented to the President on 11/30/95. Also included was H.R. 2425, the Medicare Preservation Act of 1995, previously passed by the House.
- Previous actions: 10/26/95 & 10/27/95, 10/19/95
- On September 14, 1995, the House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, reported without amendment HR 1802, the Reorganization of the Federal Administrative Judiciary Act. The bill would establish an independent administrative law judge (ALJ) corp.
- On April 5, 1995, the House passed H.R. 1215, the Tax Fairness and Deficit Reduction Act of 1995 that incorporated the Contract With American Tax Relief Act of 1995. As passed by the House, the bill would repeal the 1993 increase in tax on Social Security benefits gradually over 4 years and would increase the retirement earnings limit over 15 years.
- Previous actions: 03/13/95


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What Is "Patch-A-Day?"
At its most basic level "Patch-A-Day" is a challenge, to myself, to create a new Reason patch every day. I've been trying to wrap my brain around synthesis for a long time and creating a new patch, every day, seemed like a good tool to finally hammer home the concepts I've been learning and force myself to actually work through crafting some sounds. After a couple of weeks of creating new sounds and effects for Reason, I decided to share them, rather than just keep them to myself. Hopefully, some of these patches will be useful to you.
What Will I Find On "Patch-A-Day?"
I expect that the majority of the patches you find here will be instrument patches, so expect a lot of Subtractor, Malstrom and Thor patches, with the occasional NN-XT patch from time to time. A lot of people talk about the death of the Subtractor, claiming there really isn't any need for it now that we have Malstrom and Thor, but even given these new, shiny, terrific synthesizers and what they're capable of, Subtractor remains my "go to" synth when I'm drawing up a new track. I think, with a little care, it can sound every bit as good as its CPU hungry commrades, so you're going to find a lot of Subtractor patches posted here. The old girl still has some life in her.
What you won't find are a lot of complex combinator patches, with layered synths backed up by forty or more effect units. While these types of patches usually sound extraordinary, my focus is going to be fairly "raw." It will be up to you to complicate things with your own effects and routing. I'll just be providing the basic building blocks for a sound.
Most of the combis I build for personal use are effect units that I'll slap on top of an intrument to get an interesting sound. I'll probably post some of them, as I come up with them, but the focus will be on raw instruments.
Why Not Just Release A Refill?
I still might, but for now, I'm going to be more productive getting out a new patch every day, than I am "saving up" patches for some nebulous date in the future that may or may not arrive. In three months, six months, or a year from now, I might package them all together, but for now, the blog format is the best way for me to get these out.
Can I Participate?
Yes! The patches provided here are all "bragware." If you use one of them in a project, I hope you'll let me know. I'd love to hear about it, and if possible, listen to what you've done. Provide a link and I'll post it on the blog for others to hear. If you tweak one of the patches or build one into a combinator, send me your updated patch and I'll post it here, giving you credit. There's no reason why I couldn't post reader patches, as well, so if you have something you want to share, send it over.
Please do not use my patches in your own refills or repost on other sites. Give credit where it's due. I certainly plan to, if any of my fellow Reason users participate.


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If you are obsessed with EU news like I am you could not have missed last week's big headline. EU Health Commissioner John Dalli resigned as a report from the European Anti-Fraud Office showed he was aware of a bribery attempt to change the new Tobacco directive to allow for the sale of Swedish snus (A Scandinavian form of tobacco that is like chew, but not quite - you just pop it under your lip and drool tarry gross drool instead) throughout Europe.
And then things go a little crazy. And the whole EU experiment – which functions despite a trillion cultural clashes – shows just how different all those little nation states are.
At first I thought Dalli was being sensible. The first reports said he resigned when shown the report so as not to tarnish the office and to focus on clearning his name.
But then? Then all hell broke loose.
The story being told in Sweden is this: Swedish Match, a Swedish tobacco company, was offered the chance to make the whole snus ban go away for the sum of about 60 million Euros, 10 million to be paid up front, 50 million after the ban went away. Swedish Match said no and reported the attempted bribe to the Ani-Fraud group.
And then, supposedly, the following happened:
Dalli spoke up and said 'No, no no' this was not what happened at all.
First of all he didn't even resign he was forced out by EC President Barroso.
Second, he said that the Swedish tobacco and politicians set his acquaintance up and asked about being able to pay to change the directive. That this is really a big scandal set up by Swedish tobacco to throw off the directive.
Now I know I am way too Swedish at this point – but bribery is soooo not a part of the Swedish business world. Not even a little bit. Unless it considered inescapable in regions of the world that are considered 'too backwards to be democratic.'
Swedish business prides itself on being honest and competitive.
There is no way I could picture a bunch of Swedish politicians and business men approaching a Maltese business man and saying 'How much do we have to pay to make this EU directive go away'
It would go against one of the key principles Sweden expects of the EU – that it is honest and democratic.
And this is when I started having HUGE question marks about Dalli.
Then there were the break-ins at anti-tobacco lobby offices where only the offices working on the Tobacco directive were robbed of their computers and documents. Many are blaming this on a huge EU conspiracy, but the first thought I had was 'Aha, this was a pay to play operation.' Not saying that is the case, but really? The EU breaking into lobbyist groups? Damn, am I becoming too blue-eyed despite my hazel roots? My first thought was that everyone was getting rid of the evidence.
At the end of the day, the best thing the EU can do is what it has done. Distance itself from Dalli and Swedish Match.
Unfortunately the tobacco directive cannot pass without independent review – for everyone's sake.
Personally, I am not a fan of snus and find the ban to be a reasonable measure. I know Swedes LOVE snus and feel it has a lot of benefits, but it is just like every other tobacco product in that it is highly addictive and the tobacco companies make huge profits selling addictive goods to addicts.
BUT due to the controversy, new people need to make this decision, so that there can be NO doubt of the honesty and backbone of the EU Health Commission.


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In the late 1980s and early 1990s, a New Kids on the Block concert could basically be described as pandemonium, with arenas packed with (mostly) teen-aged girls screaming to every note the five singers sang and every movement they made on stage. Two decades later, the same quintet of Donnie Wahlberg, Danny Wood, Jordan Knight, Jonathan Knight and Joey McIntyre is back performing in arenas and outdoor amphitheaters
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, a New Kids on the Block concert could basically be described as pandemonium, with arenas packed with (mostly) teen-aged girls screaming to every note the five singers sang and every movement they made on stage.
Two decades later, the same quintet of Donnie Wahlberg, Danny Wood, Jordan Knight, Jonathan Knight and Joey McIntyre is back performing in arenas and outdoor amphitheaters. But so many years down the road, one would assume a New Kids concert would have evolved into a gentler, less shrieky affair.
One would be wrong with that assumption.
"They're really not that different, other than age," Wahlberg said of the group's fans. "They're just as frenzied, just as loud and just as excited. I think we are, too. I think if I can say this, that the X factor in all of it is we're all older and we appreciate it much more, the band and the fans."
The return of New Kids on the Block has already turned into a more extended reunion than many expected. Reconvening after a 13-year break in 2008, the group has followed up its 2008 album "The Block" with its second post-reunion album "10" in April and is now back on tour (with Boyz II Men and 98 Degrees opening) and still showing arena-filling drawing power.
In its first go-around, from 1984 to 1994, the New Kids sold a combined 80 million copies of its four albums worldwide. The group rejected many big-money offers to reunite after its breakup, with Wahlberg often credited as the New Kid who balked at these opportunities.
Wahlberg, in his post-New Kids life, had enjoyed a successful acting career, with roles in such high-profile films as "Ransom" and "The Sixth Sense" He currently stars in the CBS television drama "Blue Bloods" and is staying with the show even as New Kids continues to record and tour.
He had consistently maintained he wouldn't do a New Kids reunion simply for the money. There had to be a legitimate musical/creative reason for the group to exist again.
That incentive surfaced when Wahlberg heard the song "Click, Click, Click," and thought the breezy, hip-hop-laced ballad was just right for New Kids.
"I think emotionally, I was looking for something different, a different way to express some things I was dealing with," said Wahlberg, who was going through a divorce at the time. "And I found the song ("Click, Click, Click"). I think when all of the other guys were gung ho (about the song), we took the first step."
As with "The Block," the spark for making the "10" album was Wahlberg hearing a song – this time "Remix (I Like The)."
"I loved it instantly," he said. "And that song had been sitting around for three years. Nobody wanted it. I couldn't believe it."
The process of making "10," though, was markedly different than for "The Block."
"I'd say 'The Block' album was more sort of me sort of leading the pack and sort of staying in the studio and writing and working with the different producers (including Redone and Akon)," Wahlberg said.
"With this album, the other guys were around (to help choose and develop the songs). I was very satisfied creatively and emotionally on 'The Block' album," Wahlberg said. "I think this album's process really helped us to be creatively and emotionally satisfied more as a unit, and I think that's really important."
"10" has a different feel from "The Block." The latter album mixed a strong dose of hip-hop rhythms and production with the light pop sound that defined the early New Kids albums. On "10," the hip-hop influence is less dominant. The group shifts to big pop-styled beats on mid-tempo tunes like "We Own Tonight" and "Wasted On You," while even airy ballads like "Jealous" and "Take My Breath Away" have an epic quality. The wild card is "Remix," a rocking track with a thumping beat and hooky vocal melody.
"A lot of the songs sort of have an anthemic, arena sound to them. And we thought about that," Wahlberg said. "When we connected with a song, we would visualize how is this song going to play in an arena? How is it going to play on tour?"
The group is finding out how the new songs translate live now that the tour with Boyz II Men and 98 Degrees has started.
In a major twist, the New Kids are performing in the round on this tour. For a group that usually performs at the front of the stage around its five microphones, this meant re-thinking how to play to the crowd.
"We're still doing the classic five-microphone-stand look, but we've re-imagined and did a lot to not have our backs to anybody in the arena very much." Wahlberg said. "We don't want to be excluding half of the audience really at any point in the show. So we had to do a lot of sort of crafty planning and use pretty much everything in our repertoire, and we have. It's been a great challenge. It's really given the show a lot of new life."


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NCAA Mideast Regional
at Strongville, Ohio - May 16-19, 2007
Probable Hope Starting Lineup
1 Matt Sattler, cf .301 / 24 RBI
8 Mike VanderVelde, 2b .391 / 21 RBI
6 Brian Baker, ss .426 / 32 RBI
23 Bill Lutke, c .301 / 16 RBI
18 Matt VanderVelde 1b .422 / 29 RBI
17 Rich Burling, dh .328 / 9 RBI
24 Scott Sommavilla, lf .277 / 19 RBI
22 Matt Van Beek, rf .314 / 15 RBI
3 Joey Goeb 3b .239 / 14 RBI
4 Mike Rodgers 7-2 / 1.81 ERA
21 Dustin Wuis 6-2 / 4.07 ERA
20 Brian Guerriero 4-2 / 2.36 ERA
27 Matt Richardson 2-0 / 2.64 ERA
15 Robby Poll, p 4-3 / 1 save / 3.12 ERA
5 Kurt DeHorn, p 2-0 / 2 saves / 0.84 ERA
The Flying Dutchmen are appearing in the NCAA tournament for the fourth time in school history. The last time was in 2003 when the Flying Dutchmen went 0-2 in a regional also played in Ohio. In 2001 Hope went 1-2 in a regional in Illinois. Hope's first NCAA appearance in 1998 was a 4-1 loss to Marietta. Hope's alltime record in NCAA tournament games is 1-6.
Back in March during their annual trip to Florida, Hope played games against
Ohio Wesleyan and Otterbein, bowing to both Ohio teams in extra innings. Each game lasted 10 innings, Ohio Wesleyan winning 6-4 and Otterbein by 8-7.
Hope won the championship of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic
Association with a strong finish. Early in the season, the Flying Dutchmen were 5-3 in league games. The team won 17 of their last 20 league games, including a string of 14 in-a-row. The MIAA championship was Hope's 13th since 1985, the most of any league member, and the 21st in school history.
Hope's 28 victories has tied a school single season record. The team had two .400 hitters during its regular season. Shortstop Brian Baker of Holland, Mich. (West Ottawa HS), voted the league's most valuable player, batted .426 and first baseman Matt Vander Velde of Grandville, Mich. (Grandville HS) hit .422. Matt led the conference with a .456 batting average while Brian was runnerup at .433. Hope had a .323 team batting average with six starters hitting over .300.
Senior pitcher Mike Rodgers of Saline, a senior, had a sterling 1.81 earned run average posting a 7-2 record in 10 starts. He pitched three complete game shutouts. Voted the league's most valuable pitcher, he was 7-1 in conference games with a 1.15 earned run average.
Joining Rodgers and Baker on the All-MIAA first team were brothers Matt and Mike VanderVelde of Grandville, Mich. (Grandville HS), Matt at first base and Mike at second for the second time in his career. Sophomore Dustin Wuis of Kalamazoo, Mich. (Comstock HS) was voted a first team pitcher for the second year in-a-row. Hope players voted to the All-MIAA second team included senior catcher Bill Lutke of Allendale, Mich. (Unity Christian HS) and junior outfielder Matt Sattler of Brighton, Mich. (Hartland HS).
Brothers Mike and Matt VanderVelde were both voted to the 2007 All-MIAA baseball team. It marked the fourth time that brothers on a Hope baseball team achieved All-MIAA honors. The others: John (1986) and Jim (1987 & 1988) Klunder; Roger (1966) and Don (1965, 1966 & 1967) Kroodsma; and Jim (1971 & 1972) and Bob (1973 & 1974) Lamer.
Mike VanderVelde has established Hope career records for total hits (170) and singles (128). He has career batting average of .371 (458/170). Throughout his career, he has ranked among the nation's Division III leaders in the "toughest to strkeout" category -- #12 as a sophomore, #15 as a junior and #21 this season. He has struck out just 28 times in 543 times at-bat during his collegiate career.
Senior Matt Van Beek of Hudsonville, Mich. (Unity Christian HS) has been named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District second team. A four-year baseball letterwinner, Van Beek has majored in biology, maintaining a 3.74 GPA. He will pursue graduate studies at the University of Michigan next fall.
Coach Stu Fritz has guided Hope to eight conference championships in 14 seasons and all four appearances in the NCAA tournament. He ranks as the winningest Hope baseball coach (294-215-2).
A renovation is underway of the baseball field at the Buys Athletics Complex on the campus of HopeCollege. The college has also announced the naming of the field in honor of Ronald Boeve, Hope College class of 1953 and an assistant baseball coach for nearly a quarter of century, and his wife Sonja (Sonny). The project includes the installation of permanent stands for fans, a new press box and dugouts. The playing field will remain as it is except for the installation of new fencing. Fans will have an unobstructed view of the playing field. The seating will accommodate approximately 300 fans. The area will have a patio suitable for tailgating. Work is scheduled to be completed in time for the 2008 season.
The Hope baseball team will compete in a tournament in the Czech Republic the last week of June. The Flying Dutchmen will join teams from Australia, CzechRepublic, Russia, Slovakia, and Sweden in the 26th annual "Prague Baseball Week" tournament from June 26-30. This will be the first international trip for a Hope baseball team. The tournament will begin with pool play. Hope's first opponent will be against a team from Moscow, Russia. Teams will play up to six games over the five days. The tournament will be unique to the players in that wooden bats must be used. ESPN recently included the "Prague Baseball Week" among its top ten baseball experiences.


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California Department of Transportation
Date: July 14, 2011
District: 4 - Oakland
Contact: Bob Haus
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Caltrans Begins Widening Highway 101 at Marin-Sonoma "Narrows"
NOVATO – Caltrans broke ground today on the first phase of the Marin-Sonoma Narrows Project on Highway 101. The $50 million dollar project received $31 million in funding from Proposition 1B, a 2006 voter-approved transportation bond. To date, the state has allocated nearly $8 billion in Proposition 1B funds for transportation purposes statewide.
"Today marks the first step in providing uninterrupted carpool lanes connecting Marin and Sonoma counties," said Acting Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty. "This first phase of the Marin-Sonoma Narrows widening brings us closer to reduced congestion, improved air quality, and increased safety along Highway 101."
The project will build one new carpool lane in each direction: the northbound lane will run from State Route 37 to Atherton Avenue; the southbound lane will stretch from Novato Creek to SR-37. Construction is expected to last two years.
This project is the first of many that will widen approximately 17 miles of Highway 101 from Novato to Petaluma. Known as "The Narrows" for its reduction to just two lanes in each direction, this segment of the highway has historically experienced heavy congestion. Other segments of "The Narrows" have no on or off-ramps; drivers must turn directly onto the highway from side street intersections. The Marin-Sonoma Narrows Project will create controlled access to the highway, making it easier and safer for drivers to enter the highway through "The Narrows."
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Before you go all crazy on me for proudly showing a heavenly glazed coffee roll and coffee from Dunkin' Donuts, let me tell you a story.
Three years ago I began contemplating surgery to help me lose weight. I tried everything imaginable including hypnosis which cost nearly $2,000. It started out well but ended up only helping me fall asleep…during sessions!
I was actually cleared for it once but couldn't pull the trigger and let the six month window close. I could do this on my own, damn it! So I tried a few more things then started seeing a nutritionist named Maria Weber.
I wrote about my personal epiphany here. You don't really know when the moment happens until it is past because it may seem familiar to others that preceded it.
This is my dad and I the day of my senior prom. I was almost 18 years old but for my entire teenage life I was convinced I was fat. Look at me. Am I fat?
I was never skinny and my nearly 5'2″ body could never look like the models in Glamour Magazine. But fat? I had to rethink all that I KNEW to be true when my mother gave me a photo album when I turned 50 and got my Master's.
Picture after picture I just saw a dark eyed curly haired girl having fun. How did I allow myself to think this? Then, it became a self fulfilling prophesy.
This is the last picture that set the course of my life. Here I am, October 2010 at a swim meet at Fairfield University.
I see this picture and no longer feel sad and defeated.
It was time.
I went back to my doctor with an entirely new mind set. To say I was fully invested almost undervalues the actual change I went through. Eventually I put food into its rightful place. Something to fuel my body, enjoy cooking and sharing with friends and something cool to get to write about. It no longer rules my world. It brings me joy.
Here I am today. I'm pretty darned happy with the way I feel and look. I am going to lose another 20 pounds before I go to France next summer.
And, guess what? One of the ways I have done it is to have the above pictured coffee roll every weekend. I'm just living life?
Have a yummy day!


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Evening Dress
Description: Evening dress of silver and gold lamé and lace. Full length. Off-the-shoulder, strapless bodice of silver and gold lace in a floral pattern with elbow length fitted sleeves. Fitted bodice is constructed in layers of white net, black net, and silver lace with gold cord applique. Sarong style tubular skirt of gold and silver crinkle lamé. Center back zipper with hook & eye. Black chiffon lining in skirt; bodice is boned and lined in gray synthetic. Designer's label at center back: "Victor Costa / Sample / Style 2174 / Date Fall I '92 / Operator"
Date: Autumn 1992
Creator: Costa, Victor
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405 Squankum-Yellowbrook Road, Farmingdale, NJ
NOTE: The entrance to Howell Park Golf Course is located on Preventorium Road in Howell Township adjacent to Howell High School
2019 Fees & Charges | Scorecard with Map | Hole-In-One Club | Daily Tee Time Schedule
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Howell Park Golf Course, with its rustic setting, manicured bentgrass fairways, and fast-sloping greens, provides a golfing experience often associated with private clubs. Repeatedly ranked among the top 50 public golf courses in America by national golf publications, this par 72 course measures 6964 yards from the blue tees and has USGA course and slope ratings of 73 and 126. There is also a warm-up range and a large, immaculately maintained practice green.
Beginning and intermediate golf clinics at Howell Park Golf Course are available by calling 732-842-4000 ext.1. Tee times are available through the tee time reservation system after the purchase of a Monmouth County Resident ID card or a Non-Resident Reservation I.D. Card. Reserve a tee time online or call 732-758-8383.