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Happy New Year to you! I hope all goes smoothly with your new family member and of course I'd love some pictures when you have a moment. (In a year or so...LOL!)
Thank you! Same to you!
I'm still sitting here waiting for this little one to arrive. Two days ago i thought I might have the beginnings of something, but no such luck!
I received a new camera for Christmas so we will definitely be taking a lot of pictures when this little one arrives. I'll keep you updated!
I hope you and your family have a wonderful year laying ahead of you!
Yeah for new babies! Are you all set for her, just awaiting her arrival?
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Yeah for new babies! Are you all set for her, just awaiting her arrival?
I'm probably as set as I'll ever be. I'll just say we are 'set enough' LOL.
See we are living with my in-laws right now. We moved to Maine over the summer and we own a lot of land that we will be building on, but until the house is built, we are living with MIL and FIL. They had three empty bedrooms, so we filled them right back up again (2 kids in a room and one for me and DH). This means that baby will be staying in our room.
Soo...there was no really 'bedroom' space to set up for the baby. We will probably use the pack n play next to our bed for now.
And on top of that....this baby was a little bit of a surprise, so I had started purging little baby items as Nathalie grew out of them. I'm missing a lot of 'gear' and clothes that i really should have! Fortunatley my sister had not gotten rid of all her stuff and was able to give me plenty of clothes to start off with!
I've cleaned all the baby clothes, and purchased a little 'dresser' to put them in.
We have newborn diapers and size 1 diapers.
Things I have to do absolutely do is
-wash the cover to the infant car seat (which we fortunately still had!)...and the winter thingy that we have to go in it. And a couple of other baby gear things that i had held on to, like the Baby Bjorn.
-I have to go retrieve the pack n play and set it up in our room.
-retrieve the breast pump from storage
Things I have to buy are
-baby bottles
-a baby bathtub (we got rid of our old one!)
-possibly a new bouncer seat because we can't find all the pieces to the old one, only the cloth part!
-breast pads (I got rid of my good merino wool ones last time around as well)
-burp cloths, i can't seem to find any in our stuff!
But those things to do and things to buy i'm trying to take all in stride, they could really be done even after the baby comes home and I don't want to stress out about it.
Our hospital bag is pretty much packed and ready to go...so that means I am too
I'm sure you weren't expecting an itemized list, but you gave me the chance to 'verbalize' it and that helped me feel less stressed out, so thank you!
(oh, incidentally, i looked up breast pads on Ravelry, thought maybe I would just make myself some, but i didn't see raving reviews of any and I'm hesitant to rely on just those!)
And what will baby wear to come in? Did you make something?
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And what will baby wear to come in? Did you make something?
Alas, i did not! which is a shame. She will probably wear a hat that I did knit for Lillian at birth. Its the hat from this set
And let me tell you the hat is fantastic for newborns...but only for newborns, as they grow out of it very quickly..and then it starts popping off.
I'm going simple this time for a going home outfit. Layette basics. I have a grey and white striped long sleeve onsie and a pair of pink sweater knit pants, but machine knit, bought at the gap...not made by me!
However....to ensure our homemade craftiness is most definitely present, she will be going home in the baby bunting that my husband sewed for her! I just thought that was the sweetest thing for him to do. He is not an avid sewer. Over our 9 years of marriage he has used the machine probably less than 10 times. Maybe twice to sew hems in his pants, once for curtains and then a handful of times for Halloween costumes. After hte last go of it though, he said he kind of likes it
DSIL has used DD's sewing machine and helped make baby slings for friends. I love it!!! He enjoys selecting the fabric too. (He's using one in my siggy photo.)


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The After Effects Apprentice videos on lynda.com were created by Trish and Chris Meyer and are designed to be used on their own and as a companion to their book After Effects Apprentice. We are honored to host these tutorials in the lynda.com library.
- Animating to music
- Arranging layers in 3D space
- Performing time stretches
- Working with 3D camera tracking
- Typesetting and animating text
- Adding effects like drop shadows and motion blur
- Creating and animating shape layers
- Building and delivering a broadcast package
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When you're delivering something such as an opening title for a client, quite often just the opening title is not enough. They may need other elements that complement that opening title, and we refer to this as a package, a set of graphics that your editor or client can use throughout a program that have a unifying visual theme. Inside the Comps_Finished folder is a folder called Package that gives an idea of what some of these elements may be. A real common element is a Lower Third Design. Elements of a Lower Third typically include text using fonts that complement each other and match the opening title, and which have been nicely sized for readability and for artistic balance.
And some sort of bar or other element that helps it stand off against the background. And hopefully that bar element also ties into elements in your opening title. In this case I've chosen same colors, same type of translucency and beveling that we used inside the frames for our videos. The client can then duplicate this Comp and use it as a template whenever they need to change a name, such as Bruce Light and change his title. We tend to lock the layers that the client should not be editing so they can't get themselves into trouble.
What we've happened to have done in this particular one as well is we've added some animation for them, some text animations and some other elements. I'll just preview that quickly. So that's something more interesting than just a bar hanging there in space. Notice that I've been careful to observe 4x3 title safe areas as well, because at this point the client has not made a decision on whether they want to letter box this or center cut it when they create the 4x3. Quite often the client may need variations on this bar as well. For example, this is a two-line Lower Third, but the client may also need a three-line Lower Third, so you might need to make another version where the bar is taller, and I'll twirl open the Contents of the Shape layer that I used, make it a taller item, shift it up a little bit in space, take the text, move it up as well.
And then give them a third line they can put underneath for any additional text they may need to describe the person being interviewed. And this part can probably be a little bit taller, a little bit higher in the frame, just to give myself more room in between the text elements. Give that to them as a template, they can reuse it as often as they need, and it ties in nicely to your opening title. Another common element is a looping background. Quite often the client may need to put picture and picture inserts, tables of text, and other elements that don't completely fill the frame.
If you can give them a nice background that again ties into your opening title background, they can add these elements without them sticking out like a sore thumb. This is an edited version of the background plates we used in our opening title, with our Abstract background, our Vital Signs traces. This time I pasted them all down into one Shape layer, but they exist as separate shape groups. And I've added an additional pattern of dots, little circles that blink on and off. I'll show you how to make that in a chapter later on in this course.
It can be provided with or without music. In this case I asked the musician to come up with a musical loop, something that fits in the exact number of seconds long at my current frame rate, and which can be laid end-to-end seamlessly, and again, the editor can then lay this in as often as they need, and this is what our looping background looks like. (music playing) There's a slight hitch in After Effects' own preview of this composition, but when I lay it end-to-end in an editor, it's seamless.
I've made sure that all of our Vital Signs traces are off the screen at the start and end of this loop, so they will indeed be seamless without a visual pop. And additional elements you may be asked for are things called sweepers, bumpers, etcetera. Elements that will help your client come out of your program and go into a commercial, or come out of a commercial or other chapter head and start a new section. To construct this, I just used elements that we already had in our main title, a bit of the music that I've edited down, our Abstract background, the Vital Signs, and the text for our lab results, a simplified camera move, and the simplified version of the opening title.
You see as it comes in, the text slams down into position and I have the frame fade away, the camera move ends, and then we're on full frame video and then the title fades out. The client can go ahead and replace this first clip with whatever clip they're using for the next section of their program after the commercial break and re-render this scene, so they have a really nice transition, and they can also change the text, such as treating HEART ATTACKS.
Again, I've locked all the layers, so they should not be touching and only left unlocked what they can replace; example, the video clip that goes in the background and the text layers so they can edit. In the looping background I left things unlocked, just so they could create variations on the theme. They could maybe have a version without the Vital Signs or a version without these animating dots, or just the background all by itself. Beyond your opening title and package elements, s uch as Thirds, Looping Background, and Bumpers, Sweepers, etcetera, quite often your client will also ask you to deliver the project file.
This is where keeping things organized in compositions, carefully naming things, adding comments to your layers, and just general cleanliness and thinking ahead will really benefit your client. There's also a few nice commands underneath File, such as Remove Unused Footage. That will take out any elements that you're not using so the client doesn't get files they don't need; and Collect Files, which will create a brand-new project and folder that duplicates all of the sources that you're using inside this project file into a brand-new set of assets you can then hand off to the client.
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As President Barack Obama heads to the Middle East to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Wednesday, the two might consider a plan being advanced by a Jerusalem economic-policy think tank that would go a little way toward easing the massive debt burden facing the U.S., and somewhat paradoxically, could advance the cause of peace in the region.
Creative: A Jerusalem economics institute is advancing a plan to end military aid in the region, which it says will aid peace. William Waitzman for Barron's
Corinne and Robert Sauer, founders of the Jerusalem Institute for Market Studies, have taken up a proposal put forth in 2003 by Erez Raphaeli, an independent researcher. He contended that ending the nearly $5 billion in annual U.S. military aid to Israel and Egypt, as well as to Jordan, Lebanon, and the Palestinians, would actually improve the military position of Israel, the U.S.'s strongest ally in the region, and limit an arms race that the Sauers, both free-market economists, argue is essentially spiraling out of control.
If the military aid, part of $7.1 billion in grants that the U.S. awards each year in the Middle East, were to be withdrawn, the Arab countries would have difficulty replacing it, and Israel thus could downsize its military, argues Robert Sauer, who is also an economics professor at Royal Holloway, a college of the University of London.
The $3.1 billion in annual U.S. military aid to Israel accounts for 18%-22% of that country's annual defense budget, and is set to continue until 2018. Although the plan is unlikely to be considered at this week's meeting, the idea has gotten support from at least one American—Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky.
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Shares of Jarden split 3-for-2, and Franklin Electric, FELE -1.358974358974359% Franklin Electric Co. Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD38.47 -0.53 -1.358974358974359% /Date(1472245200335-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 105981 AFTER HOURS USD38.47 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2098 P/E Ratio 24.872308786448567 Market Cap 1777852663.41583 Dividend Yield 1.0397712503249286% Rev. per Employee 188220 More quote details and news » 2-for-1, at close.
French President François Hollande meets with Germany's Chancellor Merkel.
Semtech smtc -0.869894099848714% Semtech Corp. U.S.: Nasdaq USD26.21 -0.23 -0.869894099848714% /Date(1472245200491-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 465028 AFTER HOURS USD26.21 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 35046 P/E Ratio 91.86820890290922 Market Cap 1710962512.63825 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 367932 More quote details and news » participates in Williams Financial Group's discussion series.
Tuesday 19
A New York bankruptcy court decides fate of Hostess Brands like Twinkies.
Look for February housing starts to rise by an annual pace of 930,000, says ITG chief economist Steve Blitz. The result could be significant for the tone of the Fed's statement tomorrow.
OECD launches its economic survey.
A Senate panel looks at the American Airlines/ US Airways merger. Another panel looks at Obama's trade agenda.
Kulicke & Soffa KLIC -0.8695652173913043% Kulicke & Soffa Industries Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD12.54 -0.11 -0.8695652173913043% /Date(1472245200498-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 199319 AFTER HOURS USD12.54 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 12123 P/E Ratio 19.330969631570834 Market Cap 882841082.672043 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 241076 More quote details and news » meets with investors. Nvidia NVDA 0.8126117341134406% NVIDIA Corp. U.S.: Nasdaq USD62.03 0.5 0.8126117341134406% /Date(1472245200200-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 7307340 AFTER HOURS USD62.06 0.03 0.04836369498629695% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 193284 P/E Ratio 40.80921052631579 Market Cap 33186049346.9238 Dividend Yield 0.7415766564565532% Rev. per Employee 589466 More quote details and news » also holds investor session.
A Bank of Japan governor retires, clearing the way for a monetary dove.
Pope Francis is officially installed.
Wednesday 20
The Fed is likely to issue a statement that is more bullish on the economy but to leave policy unchanged, says Blitz. He says it would be a mistake for the market to interpret economic strength as indicating an early end to the central bank's asset purchases. Investors should keep a close eye on Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's news conference, where he might spell out what metrics he's focusing on in determining when to ease off the gas.
Barack Obama makes his first visit as U.S. president to Israel.
An FDA advisory committee takes up an Abbott Laboratories abt 0.32679738562091504% Abbott Laboratories U.S.: NYSE USD42.98 0.14 0.32679738562091504% /Date(1472245213603-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 18308185 AFTER HOURS USD42.98 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 362361 P/E Ratio 28.634243837441705 Market Cap 63180384217.2264 Dividend Yield 2.419730107026524% Rev. per Employee 277784 More quote details and news » unit's circulatory device.
Economic bellwether FedEx FDX -0.3503896574639038% FedEx Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD164.95 -0.58 -0.3503896574639038% /Date(1472245325196-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1098257 AFTER HOURS USD165.05 0.1 0.06062443164595332% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 4428 P/E Ratio 25.61335403726708 Market Cap 43801976356.3629 Dividend Yield 0.9699909063352531% Rev. per Employee 299792 More quote details and news » posts results, as do General Mills, GIS -0.7283933323994958% General Mills Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD70.87 -0.52 -0.7283933323994958% /Date(1472245301020-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1963318 AFTER HOURS USD70.91 0.04 0.05644137152532806% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 11991 P/E Ratio 25.584837545126355 Market Cap 42490321234.1238 Dividend Yield 2.7091858332157472% Rev. per Employee 424695 More quote details and news » Jabil Circuit, Lennar LEN -1.9394261424017003% Lennar Corp. Cl B U.S.: NYSE USD36.91 -0.73 -1.9394261424017003% /Date(1472245318851-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 38072 AFTER HOURS USD36.91 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1436 P/E Ratio 9.846867997012058 Market Cap 9650759842.07306 Dividend Yield 0.4334868599295584% Rev. per Employee 1311710 More quote details and news » and Oracle. ORCL 0.38929440389294406% Oracle Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD41.26 0.16 0.38929440389294406% /Date(1472245356275-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 9136159 AFTER HOURS USD41.27 0.01 0.024236548715462918% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 92058 P/E Ratio 19.932367149758456 Market Cap 170103832074.275 Dividend Yield 1.454192922927775% Rev. per Employee 272404 More quote details and news »
British Finance Minister George Osborne delivers the 2013 budget.
Terex, TEX 0.7550335570469798% Terex Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD24.02 0.18 0.7550335570469798% /Date(1472245320483-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1081168 AFTER HOURS USD24.1181 0.0981 0.40840965861781847% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 29462 P/E Ratio 53.34221630024428 Market Cap 2608572013.06152 Dividend Yield 1.1656952539550374% Rev. per Employee 291353 More quote details and news » Flowers Foods, FLO -0.199203187250996% Flowers Foods Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD15.03 -0.03 -0.199203187250996% /Date(1472245374783-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3725840 AFTER HOURS USD15.15 0.12 0.7984031936127745% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 9904 P/E Ratio 17.079545454545453 Market Cap 3109255971.37108 Dividend Yield 4.258150365934797% Rev. per Employee 356242 More quote details and news » Flowserve, FLS 0.986639260020555% Flowserve Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD49.13 0.48 0.986639260020555% /Date(1472245322563-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 855057 AFTER HOURS USD49.06 -0.07 -0.14247913698351314% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3551 P/E Ratio 24.442786069651742 Market Cap 6405569779.15345 Dividend Yield 1.5469163443924283% Rev. per Employee 229614 More quote details and news » JetBlue Airways JBLU -1.2492192379762648% JetBlue Airways Corp. U.S.: Nasdaq USD15.81 -0.2 -1.2492192379762648% /Date(1472245200320-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 4423869 AFTER HOURS USD15.87 0.06 0.3795066413662239% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 8115 P/E Ratio 6.995575221238938 Market Cap 5116669640.19719 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 387854 More quote details and news » and Sempra Energy SRE -1.9434794854943198% Sempra Energy U.S.: NYSE USD104.44 -2.07 -1.9434794854943198% /Date(1472245402928-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1224565 AFTER HOURS USD104.32 -0.12 -0.11489850631941785% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 10476 P/E Ratio 21.314285714285713 Market Cap 26089216514.4067 Dividend Yield 2.8916124090386823% Rev. per Employee 582734 More quote details and news » meet with investors and analysts.
Markets in Japan are closed for the vernal equinox.
Trimble Navigation TRMB 0.21873860736419978% Trimble Navigation Ltd. U.S.: Nasdaq USD27.49 0.06 0.21873860736419978% /Date(1472245200410-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 958796 AFTER HOURS USD27.4845 -0.0055 -0.02000727537286286% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2067 P/E Ratio 61.08888888888889 Market Cap 6849820776.86119 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 273885 More quote details and news » splits, 2-for-1.
Napco Security nssc -0.13869625520110956% NAPCO Security Technologies Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD7.2 -0.01 -0.13869625520110956% /Date(1472245162848-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 13537 P/E Ratio 23.225806451612904 Market Cap 135266401.140785 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 80370.2 More quote details and news » presents at the Roth conference on growth in California.
Starbucks, Ciena CIEN -0.7339449541284404% Ciena Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD21.64 -0.16 -0.7339449541284404% /Date(1472245320157-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1742711 AFTER HOURS USD21.64 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : P/E Ratio 196.72727272727272 Market Cap 2988830097.58545 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 469361 More quote details and news » annual meetings.
Thursday 21
New Chinese leader Xi Jinping heads to Moscow to meet Vladimir Putin.
AstraZeneca, AZN.LN -0.5416792055371652% AstraZeneca PLC ADR U.S.: NYSE USD33.05 -0.18 -0.5416792055371652% /Date(1472245358820-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 4835263 AFTER HOURS USD34.2922 1.2422 3.7585476550680785% Volume (Delayed 15m) : P/E Ratio 38.52879459081371 Market Cap 82750371382.2678 Dividend Yield 2.723146747352496% Rev. per Employee 379449 More quote details and news » Palo Alto Networks PANW 0.20656741933186124% Palo Alto Networks Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD140.68 0.29 0.20656741933186124% /Date(1472245254276-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1181576 AFTER HOURS USD140.525 -0.155 -0.11017912994029001% Volume (Delayed 15m) : P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 12605348937.2339 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 478414 More quote details and news » and Susser Petroleum meet with analysts.
Reader's Digest Association seeks final approval from a bankruptcy court in White Plains, N.Y., for a $105 million loan to take it through reorganization.
An FDA advisory panel considers a new drug application for Titan Pharmacueticals opioid dependence drug.
Friday 22
Darden Restaurants DRI -2.873015873015873% Darden Restaurants Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD61.19 -1.81 -2.873015873015873% /Date(1472245254214-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1833601 AFTER HOURS USD61.27 0.08 0.13074031704526884% Volume (Delayed 15m) : P/E Ratio 21.027491408934708 Market Cap 7723157075.8142 Dividend Yield 3.6607288772675273% Rev. per Employee 46223.3 More quote details and news » and Tiffany tif 0.38209606986899564% Tiffany & Co. U.S.: NYSE USD73.56 0.28 0.38209606986899564% /Date(1472245328524-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3934112 AFTER HOURS USD73.57 0.01 0.013594344752582926% Volume (Delayed 15m) : P/E Ratio 20.957264957264957 Market Cap 9187055089.375 Dividend Yield 2.4469820554649266% Rev. per Employee 325795 More quote details and news » are among companies reporting results.
Fed Governor Sarah Raskin speaks about U.S. labor market conditions.
Headwaters hw 0.10666666666666667% Headwaters Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD18.77 0.02 0.10666666666666667% /Date(1472245320798-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 658291 AFTER HOURS USD18.77 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : P/E Ratio 8.733482225944538 Market Cap 1391025985.69138 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 337666 More quote details and news » meets analysts.
Week's Highlight
Wednesday 20: Investors will be sharply focused on Ben Bernanke's news conference following the Fed meeting, where it's expected to maintain its policy.
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