Adobe Premiere Elements empowers your creative vision with video editing that’s so easy, it almost makes the movie for you. Use automated options, special effects, and in-app guidance to turn your video clips into entertaining movies that will wow family and friends. And now, take your Elements videos with you, wherever you go, on your smart phone or tablet. Do the same with your photos and make awesome slide shows, set to great music with your choice of transitions and effects!
I recently had the chance to upgrade from my older version of Adobe Premiere Elements to Premiere Elements 12. The newest version comes with great new features. I have only skimmed the surface and made one short video but I really like the updated version because there is so much more you can do like add new film looks, spotlight your subject with motion tracking and the auto smart tone feature allows the software to get to know your style.
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Elizabeth Mitchell & Friends – Peggy Seeger, Natalie Merchant, Dan Zanes, Aoife O’Donovan & more – explore the Ruth Crawford Seeger Christmas songbook on ‘The Sounding Joy’ from Smithsonian Folkways
GRAMMY-nominated recording artist Elizabeth Mitchell releases The Sounding Joy, an exploration of Christmas and solstice songs from the American folk tradition. Drawn almost exclusively from the often overlooked but deeply influential songbook of revered composer and anthologist Ruth Crawford Seeger, these songs evoke an era before mass media and the commercialization of Christmas, when sacred song, dance, contemplation, and gathering were prized above all else during the holiday season. Mitchell’s fifth album for Smithsonian Folkways, The Sounding Joy
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While recovering from surgery four years ago, Mitchell spent a Thanksgiving weekend thinking about the project that would eventually become The Sounding Joy. A longtime fan and champion of Ruth Crawford Seeger’s work, Mitchell soon found herself thoroughly immersed in Seeger’s third and final songbook, American Folk Songs for Christmas. Seeger, mother of musicians Mike and Peggy Seeger and stepmother of Pete Seeger, died from cancer at age 52 in 1953, the very same year American Folk Songs for Christmas was published.
The guest artists on The Sounding Joy are impressive. Amy Helm leads a rousing version of “Last Month of the Year” through a groove and vocal quartet style that invokes the early Staple Singers with guitar figures reminiscent of Malian desert blues. Natalie Merchant lends her vocals on the haunting “Joseph and Mary (The Cherry Tree Carol),” and also contributes an essay to the liner notes, while writer/artist Brian Selznick (author of The Invention of Hugo Cabret) provided illustrations for the album package.
Although the songs presented are specific to the Christian tradition, Mitchell’s husband Daniel Littleton cites the inclusive nature of the project, describing the assembly of musicians as an “ecumenical summit” of sorts, with participants of many religious and non-religious backgrounds coming together happily to bring the songs to life. Mitchell sums up the spirit of the album best in her notes: “However you and your loved ones celebrate the last month of the year, I hope it is filled with the sounds of joy.”
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It’s Time For Holiday Hijinks!
Pound Puppies: Holiday Hijinks
Bring Home the Holiday Fun November 5th
from Shout! Factory Kids
The holidays are almost here and no one is more excited than these lovable Pound Puppies! On November 5th, 2013, Shout! Factory Kids, in collaboration with Hasbro Studios, will release Pound Puppies: Holiday Hijinks on DVD.
Can the Pound Puppies gang — Lucky, Niblet, Cookie, Strudel, Squirt and Mr. Nut-Nut — make sure that every pet has a family of their very own this holiday season? Find out in this merry-filled disc, packed with five of your all-time favorite holiday episodes!
Winner of the 2012 Humanitas Prize in Children’s Animation, the Pound Puppies series is currently airing on The Hub in the U.S. and YTV in Canada and stars the voices of Eric McCormack, Yvette Nicole Brown, Michael Rapaport, John DiMaggio, Alanna Ubach, René Auberjonois, and M. Emmet Walsh.
Episodes Include:
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Lift the handset and press the dial button for private listening, or simply leave the handset in its cradle and press the dial button to play a verse. The volume can be adjusted to your desire.
Isn’t it nice to know that when you pick up this telephone, God’s words are immediately available to you?
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Jack Franklin ties was born after years of paying too much for high-quality ties. As good as a nice silk tie that holds a nice thick knot is, no necktie is worth 100 to 200 dollars. What’s worse, most ties under $50 seem to skimp on the small details that turn a piece of neckwear into something you can be proud to wear.
Jack Franklin’s goal is to provide the highest quality ties at the lowest possible cost. They do this by limiting their channels to the online environment, where they don’t pay for real estate, land, or rent. They also only carry the best designs, so they don’t have to raise margins to make-up for poor selling ties.
My husband recently went to the Jack Franklin website and chose a few ties. There was such a large selection to choose from it was not an easy feat. The ties arrived neatly packed and are very high quality, colors are great and these ties will certainly be quite a fashion statement. You can also order without fear because all Jack Franklin products are backed with a a worry-free quality guarantee. Their no questions asked return policy is valid now or three years from now and just that should show you that they know their ties are quality.
Not all ties are created equally. Anyone who has worn a 150 dollar tie knows the difference texture, silk quality and thickness make in how the knot ties, how the tie hangs, and how it looks on the suit. Most expensive ties aren’t over 100 dollars because of the tie itself, but because of the real estate a store costs, brand ego that adds to the price, and margins designed to make up for other items.
Jack Franklin doesn’t have any of that. Here’s what they do have:
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It is almost officially winter and it is so nice to have a comfy pair of warm slippers to put on when you’re home. It is also nice to have a pair that have a nice sole so that if you have to take a few steps outside you don’t end up with soggy feet. The ability to throw my slippers in the wash is something that I look for too. I have to say the Dearfoams Cross Stitich Clog has all my slipper requirements covered. The cross stitch clog is a good-looking slipper that looks more like a clog, it is machine washable and has a sole that I can wear outside. The clog is super comfy and very warm. Dearfoams has a huge selection of cozy slippers that are just right for so many people on you holiday gift list.
Snuggle up with these cross stitch microsuede indoor/outdoor clogs. These house shoes feature a soft, Sherpa collar and sophisticated cross stitch detail.
Mommy Ramblings thinks you can’t go wrong with a pair of Dearfoams great slippers and so we are adding them to our 2012 Holiday Gift Guide.
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We were recently contacted and asked if we would like to do a review for LIL’ TEAMMATES NFL Collectible Team Sets. We gladly accepted and choose the Dallas Cowboys for our review set. You may have seen our review for Teeny Teammates several weeks ago and they are made by the same company. The LIL’ TEAMMATES come three to a set and are stocky little characters that boys just love. Perfect for boys big and small as a collectible or to play with. Mommy Ramblings thinks these sets would be perfect for the sports fan on your list this holiday season and so we are adding them to our 2012 Holiday Gift Guide!
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