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Information provided by the OIG indicated a joint investigation by BCSO and the OIG led to the indictment and arrest.
"Hembree is charged with TennCare fraud in an indictment accusing her of knowingly obtaining TennCare healthcare insurance benefits through a false statement, representation, or impersonation or by concealment of a material fact or other fraudulent means. TennCare fraud is a Class E felony carrying a sentence of up to two years in prison. District Attorney General R. Steven Bebb is prosecuting," according to the OIG.
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Watson went to a Cross Street address and spoke with Bradlee Beaty of Knoxville. The house belonged to his aunt.
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This Australian-based company creates stylish kid-friendly furniture that looks sleek in contemporary homes. The pieces — which include chairs and tables for kids ages 3 to 12 — are scaled-down versions of iconic designer originals and are inspired by 20th-century modern designs, including the Yolk chair, a mini form of the 1950s classic Egg Chair; the Giddy Up chair, a pint-sized version of Eero Aarnio's 1973 Pony Chair; the Tiny Tower, a child's replica of the Eames DSR chair; or "Le Club", a tiny LC2 by Le Corbusier chair.


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She was born on Dec, 13, 1952m to the late James W. Ratcliff and Johnnie M. Ratcliff. She was a lifelong resident of Bradley County and has worked 30 years at Bradley County Health Department. She was a 1970 graduate of Cleveland High School and attended Cleveland State Community College.
She was of the Baptist faith.
She leaves behind to cherish her memory her mother, Johnnie Ratcliff of Cleveland; the father of her children, Marcy Geren of Georgetown; two daughters: Meleah Geren and Michelle Anderson, both of Cleveland; sister, Deanna Thacker of Ooltewah; six grandchildren: Dakota Geren, Olivia Anderson, Phallyn Anderson, Mathew Ramsey, Trevor Ramsey and Colton Ramsey; and several nieces, nephews, and a host of other extended family members and friends.
The family will receive friends on Monday April 8, 2013, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Standfield Baptist Church, located at 1549 No Pone Road, Georgetown, TN 37336.
A funeral service will follow visitation at the church at 7 p.m. with the Rev. Eric Geren officiating. Interment will be Tuesday April 9, 2013, at 11 a.m. at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
Dakota Geren, Mathew Ramsey, Olivia Anderson, Eddie Thacker, Dennis Mahoney, Dylan Chancey, Trevor Ramsey, Tanner Hunt, Justin Baliles, and Travis Petitt will serve as pallbearers. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis.
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Riding on a cloud and staying true to my promise that I would be happy forever if I got a Barry Zito autograph. Well, maybe just half of forever until I get a Wilson autograph. That's still pretty happy.
I went to the game last night early and sang happy birthday to Tim Lincecum (love Giants fans, but they really can't sing in tune…), got his autograph and got a Zito autograph and photo. And watched Joe Martinez pitch 6 1/3, four runs and get the loss. But more on that another time. Now, the good things.
Here's the picture with Zito.
On to Lincecum. He stole my pen. The cap is sort of a sacred object, now, since he has the other half.
Oh, and the woman who gave Barry a jewelry box? That was weird. He looked pretty puzzled, which was my basically reaction too.
Enough tid-bit talk. I was, of course, thinking business while watching the game and so I took some pictures for a study I want to do here. What is with the geeky photos on the scoreboard at the game? In my opinion, the Giants have a (perhaps inordinate) number of good looking guys (as you can probably see from the percentage of them on my Dreamy Team) so how hard could it be to get cute photos of them? Take a look (photos from the game last night):
I mean, how hard could it be to catch a semi-candid, nice smile? The Giants actually have a problem with photos all together, as demonstrated by the picture on Sergio Romo's page: http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=489265. Sergio is cute, no mistake, but that is just not a great photo.Has anyone else noticed this? Comment and let me know. And also let me know your autograph experiences. So want to hear more.
And! I'm now tweeting in additon to this blog. Check it out at www.twitter.com/sfdiamondgirl.
That's it for now. Except I'm thinking the next movie in the "New York, I Love You" series should be made by me… "Brian Wilson, I Love You". What a beautiful 5 out save, today.
Here we come, Canada!
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Compamia Miami Resin Wickerlook 6 Piece Conversation Set
Bring your friends and family together to enjoy your favorite outdoor living spaces with the Compamia Miami Resin Wickerlook 6 Piece Conversation Set (ISP991S-BR, ISP991S-WH). With matching Miami Beach Collection deep seating all around, this set is perfect for kicking your feet up and taking it easy. The set includes one (1) Miami rectangular coffee table, two (2) Miami square side tables, one (1) Miami loveseat, and two (2) Miami club chairs. All of the pieces share Compamia's attractive resin wickerlook design that gives the classic appearance of traditional wicker furniture without having to worry about the possibility of tearing or unraveling. Additionally, all pieces lack moving parts or metal connectors, eliminating the potential for unsightly rusting or breakage. The durable resin construction is made to withstand the elements and includes a UV-treated finish to prevent fading or sun damage.
The large coffee table and end tables provide all the room you need for decorations or entertaining necessities, while the chairs can comfortably accommodate four (4) adults for the perfect amount of company for great conversation. When you need to clean things up a bit for your guests, simply hose down the furniture and watch the dirt quickly wash away from the sleek, smooth finish. All of the pieces are very sturdy and have enough weight to avoid being moved by wind, yet are light enough to move whenever you want to do some rearranging. Outdoor dining and entertaining has never been more enjoyable with the Compamia Miami Resin Wickerlook 6 Piece Conversation Set - available in coffee brown or white to anchor, accentuate or blend in with your existing decor.
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Vickroy: 51 years later, message sender meets finder
By Donna Vickroy firstname.lastname@example.com Twitter: @dvickroy November 30, 2012 9:34PM
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It was a time for dreaming, for discovery, for sending things skyward.
"It was the John Glenn era," said George Harris, who was 12 years old way back in 1961 when he decided to conduct a scientific experiment.
One Saturday night in November, George and his younger brother, Larry, gathered outside the family's Oak Lawn home and launched two helium-filled balloons that they'd picked up at that day's grand opening of Green Drugs at 111th Street and Pulaski Avenue. Harris attached an index card explaining his mission and asking the finder to send back a note.
Last month, Harris finally met the man who plucked his experiment out of a field near Lake Geneva, Minn., 51 years ago.
On a wing and a prayer
Harris remembers launching the balloon package about 5:30 p.m. while standing in front of the family garage near 108th Street and Kostner Avenue.
"We let them go and they just missed the power lines," he said. "They headed southwest."
Days later, while hunting pheasants outside Owatonna, Minn., Ken Kaplan spied the pink balloons, one of them slightly deflated.
The next day, he penned a letter to the seventh-grader, describing the exact location where he found them, and celebrating the adolescent's spirit of adventure.
"It is encouraging to find that you are interested in scientific exploration as I am sure that you are the space astronaut of tomorrow and that the future of America rests on your shoulders," Kaplan wrote.
Even then, it took one to know one.
Kaplan was a writer, a hunter, a pilot and an executive for a major tool company. If anyone could appreciate Harris' scientific curiosity, he could. He felt obliged to let the boy know that.
So proud of his success, Harris brought the letter to St. Catherine School and shared it with his classmates. Then he wrote a letter back to Kaplan, thanking him for following up and expressing surprise at the balloons' landing location.
"I personally thought that they would go southwest because they started out that way. But apparently they got caught in an upper current," he wrote. "If someday I become a scientist I will be grateful to you."
Later, Kaplan would tell Harris that he could discern from the youngster's grammar, word choice and even handwriting that he one day would grow up to do great things.
Meanwhile, life goes on
Years, then decades, passed.
Harris went on to Marist High School, then Loyola University, followed by the University of Illinois medical school. He specialized in pediatrics, has been on staff at Christ Medical Center for 35 years and has his own practice with Southwest Pediatrics in Palos Park and Mokena.
He and his wife, Mary, raised three sons. He lives in Orland Park and is president of the Advocate Christ Medical Society.
Meanwhile, in Owatonna, Kaplan worked as an executive with Owatonna Tool Co. He married, raised four daughters and wrote a book. He survived a heart attack and a devastating plane crash that left his wife a paraplegic. She died several years ago.
His daughter, Lisa Huntley, said he never lost his lust for adventure, traveling extensively and compiling impressive stories.
"He was also an inspiration to many people," Huntley said. "I hear from people all the time who tell me my father gave them the encouragement they needed to follow their dreams."
Now 80, Kaplan is dying of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also called Lou Gehrig's disease. Huntley has spent the past few months going through her father's many scrapbooks and photo albums, trying to ensure that they end up with the appropriate family member.
When she came across the letter from Harris, still in its original envelope, 4-cent stamp attached, she paused.
"I thought he might like to have this; I wondered if I could find him," she said. To her surprise, two Google clicks into the search, she came across Harris' biography, which mentions that he grew up in Oak Lawn.
At last, a meeting
In late September, she called Harris' practice. His office manager was skeptical and suggested she send an email, which Huntley did.
Within days, the two were chatting over the phone.
Harris asked Huntley, who lives in Long Island, N.Y., if it would be OK for him to drive to Minnesota to meet Kaplan.
When she initially asked her father about the proposed meeting, Huntley said he was apprehensive. He worried his speech was too garbled; he felt self-conscious about his condition.
"I said, 'Who would be more compassionate than a doctor?' " Huntley said.
A Sunday morning visit was arranged. Huntley flew in for the meeting.
The day before he and his wife were to come by, Harris stopped at a local party store and bought a few Mylar balloons. Randomly, he chose blue and silver. Later, he would learn that those were the school colors of Owatonna High School.
"We chatted for about 90 minutes that morning," Harris said.
Kaplan told him, "This will allow us to put a big exclamation point at the end of our story."
As he was leaving, Harris gave Kaplan the Mylar balloons he'd brought and suggested he release them "because you never know what might happen."
A few days after their visit, on Oct. 25, Kaplan put copies of the letter he wrote to Harris, as well as the letter Harris wrote back, and a copy of the email that would eventually bring them together, into a plastic bag. He attached the package to the balloons and let them go.
Harris said, "If he gets something back, can you imagine how encouraging that would be for him?"


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E-Government and Cross-agency Reports
The strategic use of information technology has and will continue to transform the way government does business.
Some of the GSA cross-agency IT initiatives and programs include Data.gov, E-Gov travel, govsales.gov, Integrated Acquisition Environment, USA Services, and Financial Management line of business (LoB).
GSA IT Strategic Plan
The Fiscal Year 2014-2018 GSA Information Technology Information Resources Management (IRM) Strategic Plan - [PDF - 1.2 MB] The Office of the Chief Information Officer developed the GSA IT Information Resources Management Strategic Plan for fiscal years 2014 – 2018. The essence of the plan is to drive growth and transformation through innovation and alignment of business and technology priorities.
Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative
2011 Data Center Consolidation Plan and Progress Report - (9/30/2011) - [Word 637 KB] GSA's updated Data Center Consolidation Plan and 2011 Progress Report submitted to OMB September 30, 2011.
Annual E-Government Status Update
E-Government Act of 2002 Annual Report (FY2009) - [Word 361 KB] Overview of GSA's efforts regarding: 1) efforts with respect to transparency, engagement, and innovation; 2) information management and information technology activities; and 3) implementation of E-Government initiatives to include efficiency and effectiveness - Submitted by GSA on December 31, 2009.
E-Government Act of 2002 Annual Status Update (Fiscal Year 2008) - [Word 303 KB] Overview of GSA's efforts toward implementing initiatives related to the E-Government Act of 2002 - Revision submitted by GSA on February 5, 2009.
E-Government Act of 2002 Annual Status Update (Fiscal Year 2007) - [Word 279 KB] Overview of GSA's efforts toward implementing initiatives related to the E-Government Act of 2002 - Revision submitted by GSA on September 21, 2007.
E-Government Act of 2002 Annual Status Update (Fiscal Year 2006) - [Word 371 KB] Overview of GSA's efforts toward implementing initiatives related to the E-Government Act of 2002 - Submitted by GSA on October 21, 2005 and revised January 12, 2007.
IT Capital Planning
GSA IT Planning and Investment Control Guide - October 2007 - [Word 964 KB]
Exhibit 300s:
OMB Exhibit 300 E-Gov Travel (ETS) - [PDF 354 KB] The E-Gov Travel Service (ETS) standardizes, automates, and consolidates the federal government's travel process in a web-centric service, covering all steps of a travel transaction, from authorization and reservations to travel claims and voucher reconciliation.
OMB Exhibit 300 eLease - [PDF 427 KB] eLease supports the electronic Transaction Management Playbook (eTMP) initiative. eTMP provides an interactive, online tool for gathering agency space requirements.
OMB Exhibit 300 Electronic Acquisition System (EAS) Comprizon - [PDF 547 KB] The Electronic Acquisition System (EAS)/Comprizon Suite is a centralized web-enabled electronic procurement system with a range of fully functional tools designed to support nationwide Public Building Service acquisition preparation, tracking, and reporting.
OMB Exhibit 300 Federal Asset Sales (e-gov) - [PDF 387 KB] Federal Asset Sales (eFAS) is an e-government initiative designed to improve and optimize the way the federal government disposes of its assets.
OMB Exhibit 300 Federal Real Property Asset Management (FRPAM) - [PDF 387 KB] The FRPP allows federal agencies to measure real property asset performance, ultimately assisting them in identifying assets for renovation, disposal, or for potential transfer to other federal agencies.
OMB Exhibit 300 Federal Supply Service 19 - [PDF 382 KB] The FSS-19 system supports the FAS Offices of General Supplies and Services, Integrated Technology Services, Assisted Acquisition Services and Acquisition Management in attaining their goals of providing best value for the customer.
OMB Exhibit 300 GSA FMLOB Shared Service/Pegasys - [PDF 408 KB] GSA is one of four federal agencies selected to provide Financial Management Line of Business (FMLOB) services to other federal agencies.
OMB Exhibit 300 GSA Advantage - [PDF 401 KB] GSA Advantage is an online shopping source available 24/7 for federal government purchasing agents.
OMB Exhibit 300 Financial Management Line of Business (FMLOB) - [PDF 371 KB] GSA is one of four federal agencies selected to provide Financial Management Line of Business (FMLOB) services to other federal agencies. GSA operates a shared-services financial operation providing a commercial-off-the-shelf financial system (in a private-vendor hosted environment), financial transaction processing, and financial analysis for its main business lines.
OMB Exhibit 300 GSA Office of Enterprise Infrastructure (OEI) - [PDF 537 KB] As part of the GSA OCIO, Office of Enterprise Infrastructure (OEI) is an agencywide, steady-state, networking utility supporting GSA lines of business.
OMB Exhibit 300 GSA Smartcard HSPD12 Program - [PDF 286 KB] This investment is made to meet the requirements of Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD12), Policy for a Common Identification Standard for Federal Employees and Contractors, as implemented by OMB Memorandum M-05-25, Implementation of HSPD-12.
OMB Exhibit 300 Human Capital Information Technology Services - [PDF 384 KB] CHRIS was designed to meet the ever-growing and quickly changing needs of the federal human resources community.
OMB Exhibit 300 Integrated Acquisition Environment (IAE) - [PDF 760 KB] The IAE was selected as a Presidential e-government initiative in November, 2001 to improve government performance and management.
OMB Exhibit 300 IT Infrastructure Line of Business (IOI) - [PDF 445 KB] The Infrastructure Optimization Initiative (IOI) was chartered in 2006 by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and later designated as the IT Infrastructure Line of Business (ITILOB). The GSA is the initiative's managing partner.
OMB Exhibit 300 National Electronic Accounting and Reporting (NEAR) - [PDF 291 KB] The National Electronic Accounting and Reporting (NEAR) system is systematically being replaced to align with the GSA FMLOB solution.
OMB Exhibit 300 Network Services Ordering and Billing System - [PDF 439 KB] Network Services Ordering and Billing System supports customer agencies' enterprisewide networking requirements and operational needs by applying FTS acquisition and technical expertise to craft integrated solutions fit to mission needs.
OMB Exhibit 300 PAR (e-Payroll) - [PDF 279 KB] GSA's payroll system offers payroll services that are scalable, reliable, flexible and cost competitive, while permitting other agencies to eliminate their systems and devote their staff resources to the mission critical functions of the agency.
OMB Exhibit 300 Regional Business Application (RBA) - [PDF 312 KB] As an integrated e-commerce workflow solution, the Regional Business Application (RBA) supports FAS staff, clients and industry partners in the creation and management of task and delivery order processing.
OMB Exhibit 300 Regulatory Information Service Center (ROCIS II) - [PDF 376 KB] OMB's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) and GSA's Regulatory Information Service Center (RISC) are developing and operating a new information system, the RISC/OIRA Consolidated Information System (ROCIS), to support and integrate three different, but related functions.
OMB Exhibit 300 System for Tracking and Administrating Real Property (STAR) - [PDF 530 KB] The STAR/Realty Services is a mission-critical real property management and inventory system used by GSA Public Buildings Service to support space management, revenue generation and budgeting.
OMB Exhibit 300 USA Services (E-Gov) - [PDF 431 KB] As an E-Gov initiative, USA Services (USAS) continues to improve the federal government service and overall responsiveness to citizen inquiries.
OMB Exhibit 300 USA.gov Infrastructure - [PDF 346 KB] The USA.gov.gov website has been endorsed by the E-Gov Act as the federal government's primary portal for citizen access to information, and is a focus of OMB's Office of E-Government and Information Technology.
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GSA's Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 Status [Word 25 KB] - Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12) deployment milestones - Quarterly Update - December 1, 2014


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From Adobe Systems, and these are my six favorite Adobe PhotoShop CS6 features.
Let's get started in this brand new interface, which is really wonderful.
I'm going to start with Adobe Camera RAW 7.0.
Now, I have an image here that I took, and of course, I've overexposed the image.
I overexposed it because I want to show you the great new dynamic range\
that you can pull out of a really overexposed image.
I'm going to go right over here, and I'm going to load in my Adobe Camera RAW 7.0 settings,
and poof!--I bring back that detail.
Check this out. Here under my settings I now can go in and control the highlights
separated directly from the shadows, and this is new.
Also notice that my sliders begin in the center, and I can have negative and positive values.
That's also new.
Think about re-opening some of your older images
and work on them with this new Adobe Camera RAW 7.0.
Okay. Let's move on.
Let's go right over here to my next favorite feature, which has to be adaptive wide angle.
Now, we've all taken wide-angle images,
and this image happens to be taken with a super wide fish-eye lens.
And we've gone into filters, and you can run a lens correction,
but now there's adaptive wide angle that gives you the ability to control the exact areas
within your image that you'll adjust.
I really love this because it combines some of the wide angle values with the control of straightening lines.
I brought this image in and notice that's identified this through its metadata
as a 15 mm fish-eye lens.
It already has the profile for this lens built in.
If I click and drag with this tool,
it arcs along the same lines of distortion that appear within my image.
I click and let go, and it straightens that line perfectly.
Now I'm going to go in over here and apply another line right here.
I've reintroduced a really nice straight horizon,
yet I still have the distortion happening within my image,
but I also want to go in and correct this strange distortion in this line in the ceiling.
While I'm at at, let's go in and add in this line as well.
Now this image works really well, because it shows my lines of distortion,
and I can track right along those and get that the way I like it just with a few clicks like this.
Then go in and scale my image up.
If I wanted to go back in and use content-aware fill
in this area that didn't quite get filled in, I could do that as well.
Let's just click OK and process this back into PhotoShop.
Great controls in adaptive wide angle. But wait--there's more.
Another one of my favorites has to be the blur gallery.
Let's start with this image here in Italy, and I want to go in and blur it
to take my viewer's attention right into the focus point within this image.
Here under my filter menu, I'm going down to "Blur" and over to my "Blur Gallery,"
which consists of three different types of blur--
Field Blur with multiple points,
Iris Blur with a single point originating from the center, and Tilt-Shift.
Tilt-Shift automatically gives you this miniature-town look, as you see here.
The default settings are blurring the top and the bottom
and giving me this strip in the middle to this miniature set that I've built.
I can now go in and adjust the focus
of those areas with this really nice new interface built right into the view right here.
Of course, I can go over here to the right and adjust the blur, but I can do it right here.
I can also adjust the blur radius by clicking and dragging on these lines
and the fade-off of the blur right at the top.
What I also would like is to preview the mask.
By clicking the "m" key on my keyboard, I can go in and adjust the mask for this--
rotation, adjustments to it in any way I want, or even adjust the amount of blur.
I have all of my controls here directly on the mask.
I can also, when I'm done, export the mask as a channel that I can use later,
for example, to apply noise back into those areas that I've blurred.
Once again, this is the Blur Gallery.
If I didn't mention, you can also combine field blur, iris blur, and tilt blur together.
Moving on. Let's go ahead and click OK.
Now, content-aware move.
Here you can see I've selected this tree.
I've selected my new tool over here called "Content-Aware Move."
Now, we know about content-aware fill,
but imagine that you can take a single-layer document, like this flattened document,
you can click on a selection of the tree and move it to the left.
Through the magic of science and technology at Adobe,
I can move the tree, and it will automatically fill in the area where I've moved it from.
None of this cloning or going back in--just select it and move it.
But wait--again--there's always more.
What if I go down here, for example, and I have a watermark on my image.
I've flattened the image, but I really need to move the watermark.
Once again--check this out--I can click on the watermark
and simply move it with my content-aware move tool over here to the right--poof.
It's now there on the right. It's filled in on the left.
Okay. Next, the new crop tool.
Here I have an image that clearly needs to be cropped.
My horizon doesn't look quite right, so let's select the new crop tool and take a look at this.
Check this out. The new interface appears for the crop tool with new controls here in the option bar.
Check out the behavior as I move this down to crop it.
Notice that it automatically centers around the center of your crop region.
Now, that didn't happen in the past. You had to move it and adjust it.
Also, if I click outside the region here and rotate it--check this out--
it's not rotating the actual image.
Now, this seems quite logical, and you're going, well, that's not new.
If you go up here to the options bar and you want to shift back to the classic mode--
just like this you can go back in and see how it used to work. That's so old and boring.
The image doesn't rotate. The actual crop region is rotating, so the preview isn't quite right.
Let's go back to my regular mode here.
I really like this capability of centering it and rotating it and getting it just right.
Then finally, my automatic straightening tool right here at the top.
I can then click on the horizon and drag and instantly straighten that--
double-click and get my image just the way I want it with the new crop capabilities.
Okay. Let's finish this off with video.
Video is now inside of Adobe PhotoShop CS6. That's right. You heard me correctly.
I'm going to bring up my timeline here, and let's take a look at the great new features.
To begin with, it's starting to look sort of similar to Adobe Premiere or even After Effects.
Check it out. My video is now contained within its own video group here in my layers panel.
I also have sound separated on its own audio track--finally.
What a great way to work with sound.
And I can go in here and address one of my video clips, click on the end,
and I can start to edit the end and preview the exact point in the video
where I want to stop and make the cut.
Not only that.
These magician programmers at Adobe have set my endpoint
directly related to my new endpoint to that video. Unbelievable.
I'm going to right-click on this and set this to the exact value of 5 seconds for that,
hit my enter key, because I now want to finish this off with drag-and-drop fade effects.
This has got to be the best.
I've always wanted the ability to use fade effects by simply clicking on them,
dragging them over the intersection between two clips, and instantly have a fade effect.
In this case, for 2 seconds.
Let's add a fade effect to these other two sections just like this.
And just to finish this off, let's have a fade-to-black, because we always have to have that.
So I've got video fading. I've got music.
I select my play button, and it starts to fade
the images together, the movie clips, plays the sound.
I should also mention--just because I can--that you can now work with text and graphics,
and you now have motion controls on still images, text, and graphics.
It does not get much better than this.
Ladies and gentlemen, girls and boys, you've just seen a great set of new features
inside of PhotoShop CS6--Adobe Camera RAW 7.0 support,
Adaptive Wide Angle, Blur Gallery, Content-Aware Move, the Crop Tool,
and finally video support inside of PhotoShop CS6.
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Housing roller coaster: Joliet-area market has seen ups and downs — and is waiting for a rebound
By Tony Graf and Cindy Wojdyla Cain Staff Writers December 1, 2012 7:02PM
Home owners Cheryl Carbone (left) and Stacy Harshbarger talk about the manufactured homes being built in their Grande Park Subdivision while standing in front of Harshbargers custom built home in Plainfield, Illinois, Thursday, November 29, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun Times Media
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The Illinois Housing Development Authority offers programs to help homeowners keep their homes, and help make homeownership affordable. Visit online at www.ihda.org.
Illinois Foreclosure Prevention Network: Connects struggling homeowners with resources, including up to $25,000 in mortgage assistance under the Illinois Hardest Hit program, to help them keep their home. Call 855-533-7411, or visit online at www.keepyourhomeillinois.org.
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Between 1990 and 2005, Joliet had the greatest growth boom in its history. A nationwide housing crisis stopped that surge, and the local real estate market remains difficult to this day.
This year has brought some reasons for optimism regarding a housing rebound.
Joliet is just one example of the roller coaster ride that is Will County. During the boom years of the last two decades, Plainfield was one of the fastest-growing towns in the nation. Families flocked to Lockport, and a tollway followed their trail into the eastern end of the city.
All three towns have suffered from a national recession and a slow recovery in the aftermath. All three are waiting for the real estate market to fully recover.
Gains in Joliet
Joliet has almost doubled its population in the last 20 years, from 76,800 in 1990 to almost 150,000 today. However, the most recent years have been marked by economic hardships.
As the economy lags, Joliet is seeing positive signs in the housing market. However, no one is going to declare the housing slump to be over as long as the foreclosure rate remains high, City Manager Thomas Thanas said.
Thanas pointed out two positive signs in particular:
Private investors have taken possession of most undeveloped subdivision land that had fallen into the hands of banks or bankruptcy trustees in 2007 and afterward. This is a sign that the land is in the right hands in order for future development, Thanas said.
The city has received more than $5 million through federal and state grants and has invested the funds in its Neighborhood Stabilization Program, which buys foreclosed homes, rehabilitates them, and gets them back on the market, Thanas said.
Another positive sign from 2012 is Raynor Park Homes. This development, which is being called Joliet's first residential subdivision in five years, was approved by the city council in July. The subdivision is planned for the former Raynor Park School site, northwest of Hosmer Street and Curtis Avenue.
The developer wants to build homes ranging in size from 1,200 square feet to 1,670 square feet, according to city documents. The homes would include ranches, raised ranches and two-story models.
As of the end of October, Joliet has issued 48 permits for single-family homes in 2012, said Dave Mackley, director of the building division. That number is up from 38 at the same time last year, Mackley said.
2005 watershed
In 2005, Joliet issued 2,000 building permits — an impressive number reminiscent of a growth boom. The following year, however, the city began to see a drastic drop in permits issued. That drop continued in 2007.
By 2008 — the year that many people associate with the beginning of the economic crisis — building permits were down to a trickle.
That was accompanied by a high rate of foreclosures. Thanas gave one example of the dynamics of a foreclosure: A two-income couple has taken out a large mortgage on a home. One or both experience a job loss amid difficult economic times. They either remain out of work, or must take on lower-paying jobs, and cannot make the mortgage payments.
These foreclosures, in turn, lower the prices of other homes on the market.
With 2005 being the last year of growth in housing permits, Joliet is technically in the eighth year of its housing slump, Thanas said.
Thanas cautioned that until the foreclosure rate comes down, home prices will remain depressed and the weakness in the market will linger.
For the five ZIP codes in the Joliet housing market, October 2012 home prices were down from last year, according to the Zillow Home Value Index. However, prices were up from September.
Village of Plainfield
Plainfield's planning department employees high-fived each other on Tuesday as the village issued its 100th residential building permit for the year.
The 2012 total is up from 58 in 2010 and 88 in 2011, but it's a far cry from the peak building boom of about 1,400 homes a year from 2003 to 2005.
Things have changed a lot in the village, which was once one of the fastest growing communities in the country. When the housing bubble burst and the Great Recession took hold in December 2007, home building came to a screeching halt.
In 2010, Plainfield farmers started buying back the farmland they had sold for much higher prices during the boom.
These days, Plainfield is experiencing a new housing trend, said Village Planner Michael Garrigan. Production home builders are buying up foreclosed lots in subdivisions that are home to higher end semi-custom homes, Garrigan said.
As a result of the change, the village is reworking its master plan to better reflect changes in the housing market.
October 2012 home prices were up from last year in two of the three ZIP codes in the Plainfield housing market, according to the Zillow index. In all three areas, home prices were up from September.
Back in 2007, Lockport was in an exciting era of growth. To the east, the opening of the Interstate 355 extension signaled a new development potential — just like the opening of the Illinois & Michigan Canal on the west 159 years before.
Nevertheless, the housing market showed signs of slowing as the lean years approached. In 2005, 406 residential permits were issued in Lockport, according to city documents. That number dropped to 215 in 2006, 116 in 2007 and 58 in 2008.
In recent years, the numbers continue to be lower than in the growth boom: 28 in 2009, 37 in 2010, 20 in 2011, and 29 so far this year.
However, City Administrator Tim Schloneger is optimistic about Lockport's outlook as the recovery continues.
"I think the numbers will pick up," he said. "The builders here in Lockport are good builders and build quality products."
He mentioned several other factors in Lockport's favor: Will County's good employment base, which continues to grow; the I-355 extension; and local education.
"Our schools remain superior with the quality of education you can get in Lockport," he said.
October 2012 home prices were up from last year, and from September, in the ZIP code covering the Lockport housing market, according to the Zillow index.


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A standing ovation added an exclamation point to the mayor's thought Thursday evening after the choir performed a free community concert. The 200-voice choir, accompanied by the Lee University Wind Ensemble, performed for about that many in the audience who went out in the cold weather.
Lee University President Dr. Paul Conn thanked the audience for "coming out on a truly lousy night," weatherwise.
The choir sang nine patriotic or religious songs, with the exception of "Chattanooga Choo Choo." The Mac Huff arrangement of the regional classic took advantage of the range of voices as the choo choo chugged across the stage. The audience waved flags during the Wind Ensemble's rendition of "Stars and Stripes Forever."
The choir departed for Washington this morning in five buses. Members are scheduled to arrive at their hotel in Silver Spring, Md., this evening. The students will have time to explore the area around the hotel before curfew.
Conn said performing at the presidential inauguration is a great honor for the community, the university and school of music.
"The wind ensemble is such a superb performing organization, so we thought we would invite them to play tonight," he said.
Winona Holsinger conducted the Wind Ensemble in place of Dr. David Holsinger, who was in Texas.
The 200 singers were chosen from among seven ensembles on campus comprised of 350 students. The Festival Choir is led by Dean of Music Dr. William Green.
Conn said the program includes musical selections from P.S. 22 from Staten Island, N.Y.; Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir, a church choir; and one college choir.
"I was told by someone in D.C. there are approximately 10,000 college choirs in America and only one is singing at this inauguration," Conn said to loud applause.
On Monday, the ceremonial swearing-in of President Barack Obama begins on Capitol Hill at 11:30 a.m., with musical selections by the U.S. Marine Band. The Marines are followed by Public School 22 and the Festival Choir.
Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., will call the ceremony to order and offer welcoming remarks. The invocation by Myrlie Evers-Williams will follow. The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir will precede the invocation and precede the oath of office administered to Vice President Biden by Associate Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
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Visitation will be Saturday, August 17, 2013, from 10-12 at Stricklin-King Funeral Home in Yazoo City. Services will be at noon at the funeral home chapel with burial in the Glenwood Cemetery. Rev. Jerry File, Rev. Jim Pender and Rev. Lewis Kalil will officiate.
Robert Basil McNeer was born October 16, 1930 in Cleveland to Doty and Bessie Robinson McNeer. He pastored at Short Creek Baptist Church in Yazoo City, First Baptist Church in Louise, Alexander Memorial Baptist Church in James, Rocky Springs Baptist Church in Eden, and as interim pastor at several other churches. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Yazoo City.
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Betsy Johnson is doing just exactly what her constituents want her to do and she has the courage to stand up for them. Sen. Prozanski doesn't have the political courage to sponsor the bill, that is why he pushed it through the work session on the 17th as LC 154. This way it will show it is sponsored by the Senate Judiciary Committee and not him or Giny Burdick (or Former Mayor Blumberg.)
Prozanski threw out numbers Friday that, if checked by Politi-Fact would probably rate a "Pants on Fire". Where are the prosecutions for these people who "illegally" attempted to purchase a firearm?
There really is no "loop hole". Johnny Fence on the corner with the gun store in the trunk of his car will NOT be calling OSP FICS.
• It is against the law for a felon to purchase a firearm.
• It is against the law for a felon to be in possession of a firearm.
• It is against the law to use a firearm in the commission of a crime.
• It is against the law to purchase a firearm via internet / mail (and that inclued Craigs List) contrary to Prozanski's statement.
Remember, Sen Prozanski is the City Prosecutor who abused a state law and a city ordinance to prosecute a Florence resident after the State of Oregon said NO. He starved the man into a headline plea deal to dismiss the charges after 6 months had passed.
Take a day to read ORS 166.
"I do not support and will not support gun registration," Prozanski said.
The bill is pretty interesting though. If it passes, in its current form, Uncle John will be able to transfer a firearm to his nieces and nephews, but they WON'T be able to give it back to Uncle John without running the background check on him.
I can handle my own child. I don't need you to do it for me. It's pompous and a arrogant of any municipality to put up road blocks for cannabis users. The people in McMinnville and surrounding areas have paid money to the state to secure their right to use cannabis. Take care of the library and the streets and sewers. Don't regulate the morals of human beings. Your know better than anyone I know. Or me for that matter. We are not second class citizens. It's discrimination at this point. That's right, you are discriminating!
Maybe the council will just try and ordinance them out of the area by putting an extra 1000' around any park in McMinnville. There are empty buildings with for rent sings all over town. money being lost because of what.
I see all kinds of people and talk to them about cannabis. They alleviate symptoms that range from a whole gamete of reasons. I will tell the gal with her cancer that comes to seek relief that, when she wakes up and is feeling nauseous, that she will need to travel outside the town or even outside the county (depending on what the county does) to get the relief she is looking for. Thanks to her local city council and county commissioners.
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The Thorn Creek Audubon Society will sponsor a field trip to Bartel Grassland at 4 p.m. Saturday. Participants should meet in the parking lot at Central Avenue and Flossmoor Road in Matteson.
Information: (708) 672-4823.
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'Ashford 5' await ruling on evidence in Tinley Park restaurant attack
BY STEVE METSCH email@example.com December 17, 2012 1:32PM
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Five Indiana men accused of attacking an alleged white supremacist group at a Tinley Park restaurant in May have been offered plea deals but are awaiting a ruling regarding evidence in the case, attorneys said.
A ruling is expected Jan. 4 on whether evidence obtained during a traffic stop after the incident could be presented at the men's trial.
Alex Stuck, 22, John Tucker, 26, and brothers Jason Sutherlin, 33, Cody Sutherlin, 24, and Dylan Sutherlin, 20, all face 37 counts, including armed violence, mob action and aggravated battery, for the May 19 attack at The Ashford House Restaurant, 7959 W. 159th St.
They have been offered sentences that are less than the maximum seven years in exchange for guilty pleas, attorneys have said. Prosecutors are pushing for the maximum sentence for all five men if they go to trail, according to one attorney.
All five men appeared in court before Judge Carmen Aguilar Monday wearing tan jail-issued coveralls at the Bridgeview courthouse. Their attorneys have filed a motion to suppress evidence — baseball bats and batons — recovered during the traffic stop.
Prosecutors have said three of the men also left DNA evidence at the scene. Defense attorneys said they have not been given any of the DNA results.
Police have called the five "anti-racists," saying they wielded bats and wore masks when they targeted the alleged white supremacist group, the Illinois European Heritage Association.
Prosecutors say that with the help of about 12 other people, the men smashed dishes and overturned tables, doing about $15,000 worth of damage to the restaurant.
The five have spent seven months in jail, and will spend the holidays behind bars.
"It's disappointing. They thought they'd have the motion heard before the holidays. But they have their spirits up. They'd rather wait to make sure the motion is heard properly before the judge if it means sitting around one extra month even though it's during the holidays," said Brian Barrido, the attorney for Dylan Sutherlin.
The five "are willing to lose the battle to win the war," he said.
"They're excited about getting this motion heard and about getting some of the story out about what happened in May," Barrido said.
"There's no questions the five have thought this through carefully. We've had multiple meetings with our clients. They know there's a long road ahead of us, but they are excited about proceeding," Barrido said.
That the plea bargain is still available is "up to the judge," said Tucker's attorney, Stuart Smith.
If Aguilar rules against the men on Jan. 4 and allows the evidence from the traffic stop, "they may consider taking a plea," Barrido said.
"Of course, if we win the motion, chances are the case will be dismissed and we go forth from there. A lot is riding on this motion."
The five had absolutely no interest in taking the state's offer of the maximum seven years behind bars.
"If you're offered the maximum, why would anyone in their right mind take it?" Barrido said.
Attorney James Fennerty, who represents Cody Sutherlin, said the five "feel very strong and are very committed."
Smith said any statements made by the men during the traffic stop would also be thrown out if the judge grants the motion to suppress the evidence.
The five looked calm and confident Monday during their brief time in court.
"This is about the only time they get to see each other together. They're in different units over at the jail," Fennerty said.
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BY MAUDLYNE IHEJIRIKA AND SANDRA GUY Staff Reporters November 22, 2012 10:00PM
A group of customers line up in advance of sales at Wal-Mart, 8301 S. Holland Rd., in Chicago, Ill. on Thursday, November 22, 2012. Several dozen had lined up before being allowed to enter the store shortly before 6pm. | Andrew A. Nelles~Sun-Times Media
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Black Friday kicks off today — or was it last night?
Most Chicagoans celebrated Thanksgiving by eating, spending time with family, eating, napping, eating, watching football and then eating some more. But some energetic consumers got a head start on their Black Friday shopping on Thursday — and certain retailers were more than happy to help.
At a Gander Mountain store in Joliet, a line of people was waiting to get in before the "door buster" deals began at 9 a.m. Thursday.
Barbara Godawa, 54, Naperville, came out to get some deals. But the serious shopping for Godawa was to start later, she said: "We are going to gather around and have a traditional dinner," she said. Then "we go through ads and pick our grab bag and get ready, and decide where we are going to go. . . We do it every year. It's a tradition with me and my two sisters."
Black Friday refers to retailers turning a profit or being "in the black" for the year, aided by sales on the day after Thanksgiving. It is one of the busiest shopping days of the year.
But in what's being called "Gray Thursday," some major retailers launched Black Friday on Thursday night, a move that some shoppers appreciated but which drew complaints and petitions from retail workers, their families and others who want Thanksgiving to remain a holiday.
A small but steady stream of customers took advantage of the chance to shop on Thanksgiving afternoon at Kmart in Wicker Park, open all day Thursday.
Shantannel Crumb, 21, was among them, pushing a cart overloaded with bedding and Christmas gifts, including a giant pair of slippers with the words "I'm not fat, I'm big boned," written across the front.
"I've got everything I need," she said, declining to say who the slippers were for.
Tinley Park resident Gary Lemke, a 17-year veteran of Black Friday, arrived at a local Best Buy at 11 p.m. Wednesday, equipped with a tent he uses for ice fishing and gear including a portable generator and propane-fueled heater/stove combo. He was awaiting the store's midnight opening with his son-in-law, Nick Ortberg.
"I haven't had a Thanksgiving meal in years," Lemke said. "I've got a backpack full of MREs (meals ready to eat)."
Ernestine Murphy, 65, of Washington Park, converged on a Wal-Mart in Chatham at 6:30 p.m. Thursday with various family members, after hosting 20 people for Thanksgiving dinner at her house.
She was standing in a line 30 deep, hoping to grab an Emerson 40-inch TV for her husband, for $198. Her daughter, Meka Murphy, 38, meanwhile, was on the other side of the store in a line just about as long, hoping to grab a discounted Xbox video game system for a nephew.
"My daughter is the one who comes up with the plan for Black Friday, and after dinner, we escaped," Ernestine Murphy said
The Thursday night hours are not new this year, but rather a growing trend.
Kmart has a tradition of opening its doors to shoppers on Thanksgiving Day, having done so for more than 20 years. Other stores that opened for business on Thanksgiving this year included Wal-Mart, Target and Toys'R'Us.
Experts say retailers set their hours to please their customers, though it can be hard to measure the necessity of such an early start.
"The store has to make a cost-benefit analysis of whether it's worth it to be open," Morningstar Inc. retail analyst Paul Swinand said. It can look "like you got incremental sales from being open that evening, but the question is would you have just made that sale the next week anyway?"
Lee Berggren, 43, of LaSalle County, had to run an errand in Joliet Thursday, but otherwise he stayed out of the Gray Thursday/Black Friday fray.
Stores "make such a big thing out of it," Berggren complained. "They commercialized everything. The way things are now, with the economy the way it is, the stores are getting greedier and greedier. They are trying to get every last dollar they can, if they have to stay open on Thanksgiving, I just think it's way too much."
Most forecasters expect shoppers to spend more this Thanksgiving, but consumers' moods are tough to read with the economy still uncertain.
Economist Michael Hicks of Ball State University in Muncie, Ind., expects no growth in sales.
"Lower household incomes, a stagnant labor market and the lingering effects of Hurricane Sandy will make this a disappointing holiday season," Hicks predicted.
He thinks two exceptions will be furniture sales and big-box discount stores. The National Retail Federation predicts overall holiday spending in November and December will jump 4.1 percent from last year, to $586.1 billion.
A Deloitte Consulting survey showed 47 percent of Chicagoans will buy only sale items and 31 percent will shop for those bargains on Black Friday.
The most popular items they'll seek deals on are:
◆ Gift cards: 42 percent.
◆ Clothing: 39 percent.
◆ Electronics: 33 percent.
◆ Books: 29 percent.
◆ CDs/DVDs: 21 percent.
Deloitte, which includes January in its estimate, forecast a 3.5 percent to 4 percent increase in holiday sales over last year. Other forecasts include: ShopperTrak, a retail-foot traffic counter, predicting 3.3 percent growth, and the International Council of Shopping Centers, 2.9 percent growth.
Online shopping is expected to show a bigger increase. The National Retail Federation forecasts a 12 percent increase in online shopping, to $96 billion, and the ICSC expects a 12.6 percent increase.
The federation says up to 147 million people plan to shop this holiday weekend, a 3.3 percent decrease from 152 million who planned to do so last year.
The federation predicts the average shopper will spend $749.51 on gifts, decor, greeting cards and other items, up 1.2 percent from last year.
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