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Meanwhile in New York, Rachel just accepted her first topless role in a student film. And then there's a duet between Rachel and, well, high school Rachel who tries to talk college Rachel out of it. And I have to say, Rachel sounds pretty good singing with herself. But really, did we expect anything else?
Back at William McKinley, Sam shows up in just his shorts to school the next day to present the Men of McKinley seminar to get the guys in tip top shape for the calendar, which turns into a mashup of "Hot in Herre" and "Centerfold." Sue accuses Finn of bringing porn to WMHS and Finn called her out for posing in Penthouse back in the day. Touche.
And then we find Brody eating cereal in the buff at Rachel and Kurt's apartment in New York. He says he's doing it to support Rachel in her decision to go topless: "If you want to win an Oscar, you've got to show your boobs." Kurt, however, still thinks it's a bad idea and calls Santana (love her!) and Quinn to stage an intervention and talk her out of it.
At the calendar shoot, Sam has a meltdown in the locker room. Earlier, he was told his SAT scores weren't so great (seriously, Brittany scored higher than Sam) and now he thinks he's worthless. Blaine tries to tell him otherwise and later puts together a video with everyone talking about the wonderful things Sam has done. And when Finn talks about how Sam supported his family when his dad lost his job, Sam tears up...and then I tear up. It's a touching moment.
In the middle of what would be her topless scene, Rachel decides she can't do it and runs off singing "Love Song" by Sara Bareillis. She's joined in the auditorium by Santana and Quinn...and it's lovely! And, it seems as though Santana could be plotting a move to New York because it's more her speed. Or...this could be just wishful thinking on my part because of my massive girl crush. Either way, it would make me very happy.
Jake confesses his love for Marley (at first, in an acoustic version of Ne-Yo's "Let Me Love You," which was much less annoying than the original one, in my opinion) and then more directly in a note on the Men of McKinley calendar. Awww!
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Our accommodating library had the first four of the Obernewtyn Chronicles sitting on a YA shelf and they looked interesting so I checked out all of them for the rare experience of reading a series in order without gaps as the author struggled with writer's block, etc. etc. Obernewtyn, the first story, was good. Isobelle Carmody has created a believable and ominous world that exists after some devastating event that sounds like nuclear catastrophe. Nevermind that nuclear catastrophe seems rather old-fashioned in the looming armageddon of planetary meltdown, Obernewtyn is plenty dark and creepy.
Elspeth is a Misfit, someone who might be a mutant derivative of the holocaust known as the Great White–or just a gifted person with paranormal powers and hypersensitive intuition. We are given to believe her powers are freaky but she keeps them well-hidden because discovery could mean exile or fiery death. Her brother Jes is better at masking whatever talents he has–even from Elspeth. He is favored by the Guardians and other functionaries of the authoritarian regime that runs what's left of civilization. And it's not too civilized. Both siblings are Orphans; their parents were incinerated for sedition.
Elspeth's precarious existence is upended, maybe fatally, when she is marked as a Misfit and sent to Obernewtyn, a fearful place of dark legend in the mountains. She pretends to be injured by some tainted water and not a congenital Misfit but her strategy endangers her brother and his girlfriend who are left behind. And when Elspeth arrives at Obernewtyn, what she finds is more horrible and dangerous than rumor or imagination supplied.
Carmody has merged the commonplace rythms of farm life with the conventions of a prison-like boarding school and the menace of a dire plot to find a lost map that could re-awaken the terrors of the Great White. The compound and its labyrinthine estate house and impenetrable maze are straight out of classic murder mystery. The quasi-science seems a bit dated in a world where CERN announcements about finding the god particle are heralded with global champagne toasts and broadcast live worldwide. But there are strong, likable (and repulsive) characters, excellent pacing, enough surprises and decent tension. Many of those jammed together SF words like "the Beforetime" and "soldierguards" but I'm not going after them as I may resort to that hoary old trick when I ever get around to writing my own YA dystopian fiction so I will say it isn't a problem.
It didn't take forever to read the book, although that is not a complaint. Carmody writes fluently and her story moves well. Obernewtyn was engaging enough to keep me up until 2:30 finishing it and I think I'll attempt the other three volumes in order to see what happens in this twisted world of blackened landscapes and snowblind mountains.
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Newell Brown, a labor official in the Eisenhower administration and an aide to Gov. Sherman Adams of New Hampshire before that, died on April 14 at his home in Keene, N.H. He was 82 and had moved there from Dublin, N.H., weeks ago.
The cause was congestive heart failure, his family said.
From 1963 until he retired in 1980, Mr. Brown worked at Princeton University, where he established and then directed its career and counseling services. In that period he published two nonfiction books, ''After College, What?'' and ''To Call It a Day in Good Season.''
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Life got in the way of Wisconsin defensive end Tyler Dippel's football season.
After missing a game because of a serious family issue, the senior returned to Madison on Friday night. Then he gave thanks to his teammates before Saturday's 27-17 win over BYU and played.
It gave an emotional lift to a tight-knit team playing its most complete football of the season.
"He just talked about how it's a brotherhood. He used the word 'love' a lot," linebacker Chris Borland said about Dippel's tearful talk. "You could tell how much it meant."
Dippel, who took limited snaps, was part of a defensive line rotation that helped Wisconsin contain Cougars dual-threat quarterback Taysom Hill to 260 yards of total offense, nearly 100 below his season average. The victory helped catapult Wisconsin (7-2) four spots in the latest AP Top 25 poll to No. 17 on Sunday.
Coach Gary Andersen had no doubt that Dippel would play once he returned. Dippel's close friend, fellow defensive end Pat Muldoon, visited Dippel at home during the week to offer support. He also took with him a playbook and an IPad for Dippel to look at film.
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On Friday night, it was time for football again. At the walkthrough Saturday morning, Dippel was at the front of the line to shake everyone's hand.
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A Michigan couple continues to be harassed by the Michigan Department of Human Resources because they've chosen to stop dosing their child with cancer-causing drugs prescribed by Helen DeVos Children's Hospital.
Hospital officials filed a complaint with the Department of Human Services against Kenneth and Erin Stieler after they decided to discontinue their son Jacob's treatment for Ewing sarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer, after a PET scan showed no signs of cancer. The radiation and chemotherapy he was taking left him physically weak, nauseated and depressed, Erin Stieler told The Grand Rapids Press when the DHS first went after the couple in late 2011.
"Several times he told me he wanted to fall asleep and never wake up," Erin Stieler said. "He said it would be easier if he were in heaven and didn't have to deal with this."
The Stielers researched the drugs 10-year-old Jacob was being given and determined that they were harmful. "Chemo is poison. I'm not going to subject my child to that, especially if there is no evidence of cancer," Erin Stieler told the newspaper.
The chemotherapy chemicals mandated by the State include ifosfamide, etoposide and doxorubicin — carcinogenic drugs that the Food and Drug Administration has said have never been proven safe for children or been shown to be effective against the type of cancer Jacob has. But hospital doctors claim Jacob must continue taking the drugs or risk dying from cancer.
Even though lower courts have twice ruled in the Stielers' favor and Jacob has been cancer-free for almost a year, DHS officials have continued to push the Michigan court system with appeals.
DHS claims in its appeals that Jacob's health situation is urgent. Yet its actions seem more a form of harassment, because DHS waited 55 days after first being contacted by the hospital before it filed the initial complaint and twice waited the maximum number of days possible before filing appeals.
Apparently, health and government officials in Michigan do not believe that parents are qualified to make health decisions for their children. In Michigan last year, you may remember, a SWAT Team surrounded a Detroit home and kidnapped a 13-year-old girl because the girl's mother stopped giving the child an antipsychotic drug — on the advice of a physician — that had been prescribed by another doctor at a health clinic. The girl was finally returned to the mother, but not until the child had been sexually assaulted while in State custody.
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As the industry's premier event covering remodeling disciplines in the Southern California region, the evening provided a valuable networking opportunity for sharing insights and best practices. The party was an opportunity for the contributing members to celebrate the rich history of the So-Cal Remodelers Council as well as to welcome new individuals to the organization.
The evening was set in a grassroots neighborhood style of event where the attendees were highly engaged in the exchange of creative ideas increasing each individual's knowledge and skill. There was no pre-determined set of speakers which allowed everyone that attended the opportunity to get to know each other in their areas of expertise. During the dinner portion of the evening the group offered up discussions and solutions to some of their daily challenges as many of us have done over our dinner tables at home every evening. The warmth of Remodelers Council is what makes this organization the best in this region.
This year, the Remodelers Council has announced new program elements that will be introduced in 2014. The new collaborative efforts include all members in the remodeling community in Southern California in order to give them an opportunity to share, present, network and discuss their ideas with the council members. So-Cal Council president, Jeremy Barela from the LIXIL Corporation has spearheaded this expansion of the organization. Anyone interested in improving their ability to conceive, build, manage or market products is welcome. "Everyone brings different experiences and leveraging that collective knowledge is what makes the So-Cal Remodelers Council so special stated Barela."
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The Federal Trade Commission has settled a case involving two scareware scammers. The settlement will relieve the two defendants of having to fork over almost $1.9 million as part of a judgment made against them, but will still require them to forfeit $116,697 in assets to the FTC.
The two defendants, James Reno and ByteHosting Internet Services, LLC, were based out of Cincinnati when they began their "massive deceptive advertising scheme." The two supposedly conned over a million customers into buying computer security software (such as WinFixer, WinAntivirus, DriveCleaner, XP Antivirus, and more) that ended up falsely claiming that they had found viruses, spyware, and porn on people's machines. The software would then ask for money in order to rid the computers of these fake viruses.
The FTC received an injunction in 2008 barring ByteHosting and Reno for falsely representing that any sort of security analysis had been conducted. In December, the FTC got them permanently banned from engaging in scareware marketing and required them to provide monetary relief to customers who were unfairly cheated by their schemes. The settlement announced today, however, will suspend the $1.9 million that Reno and ByteHosting would have paid—the FTC says this is because of their inability to pay the full amount.
Instead, the defendants will just have to fork over all gross revenues that they made from the scam. They remain barred from using scareware tactics in the future or installing malicious programs onto people's computers. However, the defendants won't be able to get away with a mere $100,000 fine if they suddenly manage to find some cash. "If the defendants misrepresented their financial condition, they will be obligated to pay the full amount," said the FTC.


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At the urging of @Rogyrue I put together a short video that I shot last December 10, 2016. A small part of a Wildlife Management area. I have a ton of footage from this area so I just have to get off my butt and edit and produce. At that time, I was rather over cautious and flew my mission @ 12mph. Which delivers boring video. This footage was sped up 300%.
@BobDiMarzio I will watch this trepidatiously...Anything called Moccasin Island gives me the heebie-jeebies. Ugh, cannot stand them no-shoulder s.o.b.s Everybody always says, oh' it's just a harmless little garter snake, but I see everyone as a Rattle-Tailed Copper Moccasin!
Edit: Well, thank goodness! Not a slithery creature in sight. Really, to me anyway, drone footage is all about the steadiness of the flying and the music that goes along with it. I think you got that down pat. One of my daughters and son-in-law got me a drone from Christmas. Not a fancy one by any means. It only shots 720p but it's light enough it doesn't have to be registered from what I understand and so far it's only been used in the living room. I'm still trying to figure out trim on the thing. It wants to drift as soon as it goes up. If I get pretty good at controlling it I might venture into the expensive models (or there's ever a shot I need one for!)
Thanks for the kind words. You will find that the larger Drones Phantoms, Mavics etc , actually do not drift unless you want them to. They lock on to GPS satellites and are incredibly stable. So, have no fear they are actually very easy to fly.
Good to see you put your footage up nice work. Its a nice vast landscape and a nice smooth shot along the river . I take it that was the litche app that made it fly backwards? I like that shot will have to give it a try my self . Whats the wildlife in the area ?
It's okay, but even at 300% speed it's not that interesting to me.
Part of it is the subject matter. You've essentially only got three things to show: the long canal, the body of water (lake?) at the end of the canal, and the surrounding brown terrain, none of which has enough variation to add visual interest. The lake is a little better than the rest, but not by much.
Another issue is the way it was shot: all from the same height, with only a couple changes to the camera angle.
A third issue is the editing style. It's one....long....endless...shot. What makes landscape videos work well -- even slow, mellow ones -- is some change to the content other than what the flying camera provides. Without reshooting to fix the above issues, you can still make it a little better with careful editing. I almost would've preferred the original 12mph footage with a few cuts or fades. Pick key moments that spotlight specific elements of interest and focus your edit around those. Don't feel like you have to use every bit of footage you shot.
Another edit issue has to do with the opening titles. These feel like they're separate from the main edit because they're stills with no music. I suggest dropping the title text over the actual footage with the music underneath so it feels more cohesive.
Finally, that music track doesn't help. Slow solo piano with sparse strings in a minor key, married with a single long shot -- even sped up -- does nothing for me but emphasize how plain everything is. Something in a major key that's got a bit of rhythm to it would be better. It doesn't have to be super energetic, but just more uplifting.
In the end, even if you don't revisit this location and reshoot, this can be greatly improved with a better edit and better music.
Thanks. Yes it was Litchi. I fly manually for the joy of flying , but when I want to film I use litchi. I admired your obit around the monument. Very smooth. I had practiced the orbit and for the most part I can usually pull one off. but not always, I do not have the greatest depth perception.
The flight I posted was from last December when I was still uncertain about Litchi. I would fly a mission at 10-12 mph. Too slow, this provides excruciatingly boring footage to watch. The Clip I posted has been speeded up by 300%, so the reverse of the water was a bit jarring. I now fly at 26mph when going distance and use large curves when changing directions.
Florida is seriously flat . In many places it is only 6-10 feet above sea level. I have some footage from a wet land area both before and after Hurricane Irma. I ran the same Litchi mission two months after the Hurricane that I had run 6 months before the Hurricane. I saw the drone coming back and all of a sudden it stopped and said mission complete. I manually flew it back to where I was standing. I was confused, it stopped about 800 feet from were a was standing. I thought something was wrong until I review the mission details. I realized that there was no malfunction, only that that area was now under water..
Central Florida wild life:
I left out the smaller more common animals. Alligator, Armadillo,Possum, Wild Boar , raccoon , Wild Boar,Small Deer,Turkey,Manatee,Fox,Florida Panther, Bobcat, Otter,
Herons,Egrets,Spoon Bills,Ibis,Osprey,Terns,Anhinga,Cranes, Hawks,Eagles, Flamingos and a bunch of little birds.
I have seen all of the above except for the fox. For the most part the Alligator can been seen anytime and any place there is a body of water. The same applies to the birds. however the Mammals are relatively secretive. they are most likely to be seen before sunrise.
I agree with 100% of what you said. What you said is a big part of why I was reticent about producing video of this type of subject matter. I actually chopped out 5 minutes of "travelling" footage. Although living in this area, is pleasant (warm weather, close to the ocean a lot of festivals) it is indeed really boring landscape. Pancake flat, Mostly Residential communities and shopping centers. monochromatic, dry season brown, wet season green. Sure we got the Kennedy Space Center, but we do not fly drones there.
Since the Phantom 4 has a fixed aperture camera, it is not useful for sunrises. I had originally planned a 5-6 minute video regarding this Conservation area which is about 26 miles wide and containing 5 different lakes. This may have limited appeal for someone specifically interested in that specific area.
Thanks again for your detailed analysis. Yes I will be revisiting the area since I live 10 miles away and enjoy the solitude. Possibly getting some ground level footage may break up the monotony
@BobDiMarzio Always remember, different strokes for different folks. I quite liked it. The music, the slow steady flight, even the flat landscape... I don't know for me it was kind of calming somehow, but I realize not everyone has that reaction but don't let viewer reactions be a deterrent to producing. Someone, somewhere will enjoy it I am pretty sure.
@tddavis Thank's for the encouragement and I agree with you. I chose the footage and the music because I felt it represented what I knew and felt about the area. The one way distance of the mission was a little over 2 miles, meaning if you wanted to reach the lake, you would need to paddle a canoe or Kayak for 2 miles before you could fish or do whatever your intentions were. There is no other way to get there without walking or paddling. Only the Wildlife Ranger can use airboats in this conservation area.
I am long past the age and desire to paddle down an alligator and mosquito infested canal, so aerial photography is the next best thing.
However @Jsbarrett was correct to point out the aspects that would probably not appeal the average viewer. So if it was my intentions to have a lot of folks view my videos and "like, subscribe and build my presence etc" I would be wise to incorporate his suggestions. I will most likely publish that which makes me happy.
Dont be so critical its a nice vast landscape . Even Blue planet shows vast open landscapes they are a part of nature . As a lover of nature and avid fan of all things to do with nature documentaries i can say your footage is nice .Been watching this kind of footage for over 30 years.
Always interesting to so where other people live and visit . We cant all live next door to wonders of nature and we don't all have the attention span of a child and needs to be spoon feed eye candy in every shot.
As for Jsbarret i would pay no attention to him i have yet to see him produce anything even close to what you put out in your video . Keep it up hope to see you post more . I agree with what @tdavis said
@Rogyrue To be clear, it was not my intent to attack jsbarrett 's point of view. I was merely pointing out that @BobDiMarzio, who admitted that he was reluctant to post his drone footage, shouldn't feel that the lack of appeal to everyone was a factor; that tastes vary, that's all. @jsbarrett has produced several excellent tutorials as well as other content and I have learned a lot from them. I certainly didn't intend to set off a war.
@tdavis Its okay you don't need to explain yourself i merely said i agree with your comment there is no war going on . What ever my opinion is its mine and not a reflection upon you . As of the tutorials they are simple things nothing complex . Rule number 1 of being a cynical critic is back it up with your own well produced content that demonstrates your expertise
@Rogyrue I've been blandly ignoring this for a couple of days. Now. @Jsbarret expressed an opinion--one Bob actually said he agreed with, mind you, and stated he would use Jsbarret's notes to improve his next video. Fine.
You feel Jsbarret's opinion was a little harsh. Fine.
But, you made it a point to go into Jsbarret's thread to insult him out of context--in fact, I saw your comment in his thread first and had to track down this thread to figure out what was going on. Not fine.
Since then, every one of your comments has attacked Jsbarret. Not fine.
I've had three people private message me about this in the past day. One was Jsbarret asking if he needed to apologize to Bob (answer: no), and two from users who will remain unnamed (unless they wish to out themselves) who feel you are unduly attacking Jsbarret.
Jsbarret himself hasn't publicly added anything to either thread, so, it's correct to say there's no war--but you're risking being a troll.
This surprises me because normally you're very helpful and encouraging--for example, your enthusiasm got Bob to get his video out in the first place. Can we assume you just had a frustrating day that day and got a bit grumpy? Please stay active with us in the community, keep making videos, and, yes, you can disagree with someone. This time you pushed a bit too far.
It's ok. You're not the first person to get a bit to personal on the forum. Even I once took things to a point once where Staff told me to calm down. It happens. We move on. That was before my Moderator day. Heh.
In fact, I've edited this comment since I initially wrote it hours ago, because *I* phrased things more aggressively than I should.
This comment is the last word on this subtopic, gang. We're a friendly community and friends have spats at times.
My opinion on the video.
It's a nice smooth flight, but probably could use a few minor trims. The camera pan about halfway through is a bit harsh (typical with drones. Those gimbals don't really have any dampening to smooth movements), and I think I'd cut that part at least.
I've actually watched this twice. Once without audio, once (after reading the thread) with. I'd have to agree with Jsbarret on the music choice. In silence I more or less enjoyed a sedate flight over Central Florida, but on second viewing, yeah that music killed it for me.
For future videos I'd also like to break things up with other angles or shots. Maybe my middle aged attention span is being ruined by too many quick cuts in TV and movies, but I'd find a new shot every 60-90 secs at most.
Besides, cuts will get you to use more of your footage, Bob! I'm with you on where backlog of media can be overwhelming since I'm STILL sorting out the 10k photo/video clips my wife and I shot in Antarctica! (Been breaking up THAT monotony by processing some of the HDR shots to determine settings to batch the rest of particular sets.
Annoyingly for me, I also just updated my edit machine from Win 7 to 10. The only thing to glitch so far (that I know of) was On1 Photo RAW's catalog, so that's been rebuilding for the last 12 hours so I can get back to logging...
But, I digress. This video was good in forcing yourself to wade into the backlog of footage and get something out. That should get the juices flowing for the next one. I think breaking up shots every minute/minute and a half with some other angles or heights and a different music choice will help you create a video that properly showcases the loveliness of Florida.
Last digression. End of the Antarctica trip was a few days in Ft. Lauderdale so my aged Godparents could finally meet my wifey. Of course we also had to head out to the Everglades, take a fanboat ride, then wander a bit enjoying the wildlife. Also did a canal cruise of Ft. Lauderdale. Wife Laura was sad we didn't see any manatees. I felt bad reminding her there aren't many left, and typically they only show up in mating season... A few months away. Saw some gators, of course, but you practically can throw a rock in Florida without hitting a gator, turtle or iguana!
Awe, it is Manatee season right now at this moment. My lady knows how to Mermaid so she's all up on this Florida water stuff.
First of all, I want to thank everyone for their kind words, encouragement and inspiration. truth be told, I really enjoy, project planing, location scouting, and shooting both video and stills. Finishing projects, not so much. My projects always start with a minds eye version of the finished project. However, more often than not, my footage falls short of my expectations. So, I regroup, return to the field, shoot and meh. Since this is purely a hobby for me, I wish to get enjoyment and not worry that my self induced projects are not completed. I rather it did not feel like work.
However this time my laziness get the best of me and also caused some issues that I somehow feel partly responsible for .
As I remember, I was mentioning to @Rogyrue the benefits (for me) of using Litchi missions for drone video. Rogyrue asked for an example. I grabbed an innocuous clip of a 2.4 mile run down a canal to a remote lake. chopped the middle 8 minutes and published. I received advice as how I could have done better. I agreed.
Possibly I should have actually finished a project. So today I did. Yes, it could be improved on, but this ia better representation of my capabilities. And please provide an honest assessment. On cannot improve without raising the bar.
@BobDiMarzio I would say this last video is light years ahead of the first one. Nice choice of music and good variety of shots. Fades were good. A very nice piece.
Really loved spying animals and airboats as the vistas passed by. Really pretty footage!
Ok, now we're talking! Better music for me is the immediate difference. With the stated before/after Irma, not only do we have pretty footage, we have a theme/narrative for the video!
I think this area was prettier than the last one. Ah, look at the green!
So, my only note--can I assume you have GPS logs of your missions? If you have footage of the same location--especially if flying in the same direction--from both before/after Irma, it would be nice to split-screen that to highlight the differences. A low swamp like Florida probably has very obvious changes before and after a big event like Irma, and that would really play into your premise.
@HitfilmSensei Thanks for the compliment. I appreciate it.
Thanks for the kind words. I agree about the split screen. Sadly 2017 from a drone perspective, was the year of learning and experimentation. I would create a mission, and fly the mission then review the footage. I was also experimenting with ND filters, camera styles etc. I am fortunate to live close to these areas.
This routine would go on for weeks until I was pleased with the results. The major deadly, unforgivable mistake was that I did not rename the video files with the exact mission name. Also, I would frequently delete the mission from the mission hub. I know, I know, but hey I was learning. So, although these videos are not the exact same mission, they are from the same location. If you look @ 00:14 and 01:06 I am filming in the Southern direction. For the after video I am pointing South @ 01:58, 02:03 and 02:18
Much better video. One thing you can do next flight that improves 90% of drone footage is: tilt the camera down. There is no reason to have 50% of the screen filled with sky unless you are shooting a nice sunset. I never have more than 30% sky, and usually a lot less; sometimes just a sliver to give a sense of perspective. If you are shooting in 4K you can reframe to 1080p by chopping out a lot of the sky and concentrating on the interesting stuff; which is generally on the ground.
@ Palacono Yes I agree. With Litchi, you can pre program Gimbal pitch at each way point and also have it track POI's as well. one can "place" the POI at any altitude and the software will calculate the angle.. It will continue do these tasks even if the drone is out of range.
I usually shoot at 2.7k so I can adjust the horizon without losing quality. On this video the first half is 4k and the second part is 2.7k.
This new video is much more engaging. Love the music selection and shot variety. I agree w/ @Palacono that the sky-to-ground ratio feels a bit high. That aside, my only other wish/suggestion is for more variation in altitude. One of the things that helps art and storytelling (and a host of other things) work more effectively is contrast. I'm not saying that the shots should go high-low-high-low etc, but a shot or two where we're able to examine certain points of interest more closely would bring this up yet another notch. (Not sure if this is in line with the whole "mission" thing you talk about -- I don't have a drone, so that concept is foreign to me -- so feel free to disregard if that won't work with the mission plan.)
Great stuff, Bob! Definitely looking forward to seeing more!
@jsbarret I believe that when one says "mission," it's just a "flight."
I suppose semantically a "mission" isn't a "free-flight," but taking the time to program in "Fly from point 'A' to point 'B' to point 'C' at altitude 'X' and speed 'Y,' then return to point of origin," along with options like gimbal angles, POI targeting, etc. Or, perhaps a "mission" would be "Follow the smartphone at a distance of 150 ft and an altitude of 250 ft, and fly in a circle around it, while I ride my bike."
@jsbarrett thanks and yes varying altitudes does provide greater interest.
@Triem23 Yes semantically a mission can be both however, for me and the Litchi software, a mission is a programmed flight of a series of waypoints where you may adjust all the flight and camera parameters as you described. A mission can be programmed directly on your device or on your desktop or lap top and "down loaded" to your device using wifi.
This video is a decent overview on planning and executing an autonomous flight.
Great to see another video bob and i never knew we had so many drone user on the forum maybe others can post there footage as well . You planning another project ?
@Triem23 surprised at the emotion in your comemnts qoute you "In fact, I've edited this comment since I initially wrote it hours ago, because *I* phrased things more aggressively than I should"
Being critcal works both ways even if it happens to be a friend of yours sorry if that upsets you . Nothing more to add PM me if you want to moderate best not done in public its not professional
Yes, this year I am going to take a more disciplined approach. I plan on producing at least one project a month. While reviewing my "what I could do better" list, number one was video footage organization. I should have renamed the footage to reflect the litchi mission name in the file name. for example, If I'm shooting a body of water. and I have several missions. Just naming the footage DJI010_Lake_Washington.MP4 won't help if I have several mission. So this year the naming convention will be more like DJI010_lakewashington_northernloop_1.MP4 with a small text document in the folder.


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While Wisconsin Republican Paul Ryan's national public identity has been more fiscal hawk than culture warrior, Ryan has long been a strong opponent of abortion rights who believes that life begins at conception.
And he has pursued and supported legislation that backs up those socially conservative views.
The Todd Akin episode invited a closer look at Ryan's record on abortion and social issues. While Ryan has flatly rejected Akin's reference to "legitimate rape," Ryan's name and his vote are tied to instances in which the term "forcible rape" appeared in legislation. The bills sought to place limits on access to abortion or health insurance coverage for an abortion.
Three years ago, the then-39-year-old congressman co-sponsored an abortion-related amendment called "Limitations on Abortion Mandates."
That proposed amendment was blocked in what was a Democratic-controlled House Ways and Means Committee. Ryan and only one co-sponsor, Rep. Sam Johnson of Texas, proposed a change to health-care legislation that would have required health insurance cover abortion services.
The Ryan-Johnson failed amendment did specify limited exceptions, permitting abortion coverage including when the life of the mother is at stake and in line 16 of the proposed text "... unless the pregnancy is the result of an act of forcible rape or incest."
More recently and more widely covered, Ryan was among a much larger group of 186 co-sponsors that included Akin of H.R. 5939, "To prohibit taxpayer funded abortions and to provide for conscience protections...."
Again, the text of the 2010 bill, typically written by committee senior staff, included nearly the same wording as his July 2009 amendment with the term "forcible rape." The language in lines 15 and 16 reads: "(1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of forcible rape, or incest with a minor...."
Aides to the Romney-Ryan campaign say the congressman has been "clear and consistent that rape is rape." Ryan did not defend the term "forcible," saying this week, "There is no splitting hairs over rape."
Asked why Ryan backed measures that referred to "forcible rape," advisers say Ryan has supported other abortion-related bills that have not contained that language.
For broader context, the term "forcible rape" appears to have roots in the legal community, where it has been used by prosecutors to distinguish that crime from "statutory rape," which involves a minor unable to legally consent or a person who lacks mental capacity for legal consent.
*** UPDATE *** The Romney-Ryan campaign points out that Ryan did not initiate the "Limitations on Abortion Mandates" amendment that included the term "forcible rape." That amendment failed to get out of committee in July, 2009 during the health care debate. The amendment was proposed by and carried the name of a more senior Republican colleague, Rep. Sam Johnson of Texas. Ryan joined Johnson in offering the amendment. Ryan was identified in the ea rlier post as a "co-sponsor" of the amendment, but that isn't technically the correct term.
That said, Ryan did vote in support of the amendment with all other Republicans on the committee. Further, the measure also had the support of three Democrats, Reps. Pomeroy, Tanner and Pascrell. The amendment was defeated.


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|editYūgao Uzuki [1]
|卯月夕顔 Uzuki Yūgao
|Volume #16, Naruto Chapter #137
|Naruto Episode #54
|Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution 2
|Hidden Leaf Village Grand Sports Festival!
|Appears in
|Anime, Manga, Game
|Voice Actors
|November 3
|Blood type
|Ninja Rank
|Ninja Registration
Yūgao Uzuki (卯月夕顔, Uzuki Yūgao) is a former Konohagakure ANBU.
Of the little that has been seen of her, she seems to be a caring and loyal person. She has also been described as someone that puts her all into whatever she does and enjoys watching the moon, which might be a pun on the meaning of her name.[1]
Yūgao is a young woman with straight, purple hair reaching down to her waist, and brown eyes, and a shade of red lipstick. As an ANBU member, Yūgao wears a porcelain mask resembling a cat with three red stripes — one vertical stripe on the forehead and two horizontal stripes, one on each cheek. She also wears the standard ANBU uniform, consisting of black and grey armour, metal arm guards and a katana strapped to her back. She has the signature ANBU tattoo on her right shoulder.
Though her skills are yet to be displayed in the manga, as ANBU, Yūgao is a highly skilled kunoichi. In the anime, her skills are greatly expanded on.
Yūgao is skilled in kenjutsu and she carries one of the standard katana of the group. In the anime, it was revealed that Yūgao spent years training with Hayate — a skilled kenjutsu expert himself — nearly equalling his proficiency, and skill level. Like her late lover, Yūgao is well-versed in a variety of kenjutsu techniques, including the Dance of the Crescent Moon and Hazy Moon Night, which all allow her to strike with great speed and complex movements that make it difficult for her opponents to react.[2]
Other Skills
As Yūgao was assigned to the Logistical Support and Medical Division, it implies that she has at least capable medical skills. She also displayed great skill and efficiency with basic techniques such as basic fūinjutsu which she used to seal away corpses of fallen shinobi. She was also noted to be a skilled sensor-type shinobi. When her division was attacked, Sukui explicitly requested that she join the team that would retrieve the scroll that had been stolen from the camp.[3]
Part I
Chūnin Exam Arc
In the anime, she and her ANBU squad were the ones to find Hayate after he was killed.
Invasion of Konoha Arc
During the invasion of Konoha, Yūgao visited the memorial stone where Hayate's name had been engraved and swore to avenge him before leaving with her ANBU squad. She visited the memorial again during the Third Hokage's funeral, where she has a conversation with Kakashi Hatake who was also there.
Part II
Twelve Guardian Ninja Arc
Main article: Twelve Guardian Ninja Arc In the anime, Yūgao briefly appeared catching Sora spying on Danzō Shimura's interrogation of Tatsuji while hiding in the ceiling. She and her squad apprehended him, and turned him over to Tsunade. Once caught, Sora tried a failed attempt to attack Asuma with his demonic formed arm. Yūgao and the other ANBU member with her attempt to stop him, but both, however, got injured.[4]
Invasion of Pain Arc
In the anime, Yūgao was one of four ANBU protecting Tsunade as she was using Katsuyu to tend to the villagers. Soon after, Pain was spotted and when Tsunade moved to confront him, they followed her as well. After Pain unleashed a large-scale Shinra Tensei and decimated the entire village, however, she was seen flying away, along with Tsunade and the other ANBU.[5]
Shinobi World War Arc
In the anime, Yūgao was one of the ninja who were working for the Logistical Support and Medical Division. She was responsible for the safekeeping of shinobi corpses which carry valuable intel such as their kekkei genkai. During the corpse infiltration, Yūgao would meet once again a reincarnated Hayate, who was forced to steal the KIA scroll. Much to Yūgao's dismay, she would later on be forced to procure the stolen scroll from Kabuto Yakushi's minions.[3]
They caught up with them and sealed Hayate's comrades but Yūgao was unable to fight with her former lover, so other team members got wounded while protecting her. She then tried to leave, but was stopped by Sakura Haruno, who asked her about her inability to fight. She claimed that the only reason she had left the ANBU was because of the loss of Hayate. While she originally continued to fight to avenge him, she was eventually pushed to the point of emotionally snapping, forcing her to see a sword as a symbol of his death. Sakura then stated they must fight with this "unforgivable" technique and went to retrieve scroll on her own, but Yūgao eventually caught up with her. She and Hayate clashed with their Dance of the Crescent Moon techniques and later she used her Hazy Moon Night against his Secret Sword: Moon Shadow. He praised her improvement in kenjutsu, but then Kabuto attempted to take over his counsciousness. Hayate seemingly pin Yūgao to a tree, but thanks to him fighting with control she was unharmed and managed to pierce him. Hayate was later sealed and with scroll retrieved mission ended with a success.[6]
Video Games
Yūgao Uzuki is a playable character in the following video games:
|Game name
|Japanese release
|English release
|Naruto Shippūden: Clash of Ninja Revolution 3
|17 November 2009
|Naruto Shippūden: Gekitō Ninja Taisen! EX 3
|27 November 2008
|Naruto Shippūden: Gekitō Ninja Taisen! Special
|2 December 2010
|Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution 2
|21 October 2008
|Naruto: Shinobi Collection Shippū Ranbu
|27 July 2015
In Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution 2 and Naruto Shippūden: Clash of Ninja Revolution 3, she possesses techniques similar to Hayate's. It is unknown if she uncovered the identity of Hayate's killer, though her battle cry when using Dance of the Crescent Moon when fighting Baki in the game changes to "Revenge… for Hayate!". This battle cry is only heard if it is used on Baki, and it is used in both games. She has a small role in the game's storyline, appearing in the antagonists' hideout to save Naruto, Kakashi, Gaara and Sakura from a group of missing-nin, stating that the ANBU would take care of the situation. However, she does not appear in the story after this. She also has a collaboration technique with Kakashi.
- "Uzuki" is the old name for the fourth month of the Japanese lunar calendar, while "Yūgao" means "moon-flower".
- According to the databook(s):
- Her hobby is moon viewing.


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The boomerang-shaped tidal creek at Solva, with its south-facing entrance guarded by high headlands, is arguably the safest harbour around the Pembrokeshire coast.
Solva is steeped in maritime history and during its boom years, in the 18th and 19th centuries, it was one of the busiest trading ports in Pembrokeshire.
During the 16th century Solva was described by Leland in his Itinerary of Wales as "a smaul creke for ballingers and fischar botes," ballingers being small sea-going sloops, suitable for coastwise trading. Even further back there is a reference in the St Davids Cathedral records that lime that would have been a building material to make the special mortar used to build the Cathedral, was shipped from Solva. It is believed that it was later used on the land after the masons noticed its effect on the vegetation, and Solva became an important limestone port.
At the peak of its lime-burning operatons Solva had as many as 10 lime kilns, the largest number of any port in the county except Tenby and Haverfordwest.
In 1777 the port had six trading ships, and a measure of its importance between 1828 and 1834 was that no fewer than 18 ships, whose tonnage ranged between 15 and 159 tons, were plying between Solva and ports all round the Bristol Channel area. Eight of these were actually built in Solva, all of them with Solva masters, many of them entrepreneurs capitalising on the port's growing success.
One such entrepreneur was John Williams who moved to Solva from Hendre Eynon in about 1834 aged 23 as 'a merchant' with an eighth share in the 28-ton sloop Pilgrim. By 1861 he was described as 'a Corn and Seed Merchant and a farmer of 505 acres employing 40 men, 4 boys and 12 women.' Before he died in 1881 he had shares in 11 ships.
Eleven ships of between 25 and 122 tons were built in Solva between 1784 and 1813 and Fenton the antiquarian recorded in 1811 that 30 vessels of 20 to 250 tons were based there at that time. Lewis, in his Topographical Dictionary of Wales in 1844 recorded that from being "one of the poorest hamlets in Pembrokeshire," Solva had "risen within the last 50 years into a flourishing little town."
It was not only ships that were built there. Solva had the distinction to have built a wooden lighthouse in 1775, the first to be erected on The Smalls, 24 miles to the west-south-west. William Henry Whiteside designed it but the wooden cabin on stilts 50 feet above the rock swayed alarmingly in rough weather, and one keeper went mad there when his companion died and it was nearly four months before rescue came. After that it was decreed that three keepers had to man a lighthouse. In 1840, Trinity House designed a new masonry lighthouse which was erected in 1856 and, now unmanned, it continues to flash its warning light on The Smalls.


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Lori Hairston was working with my Christmas Collections, and she did
these stunning Soldered Ornaments:
these stunning Soldered Ornaments:
Can it already be December 12th? Wow - just 13 more days 'til Christmas! I finally did some soldering - I've had no time to do it - but I had to get in there to finish some ornaments. Every year I do about 10 ornaments for a friend of mine. I make them from the photo cards people send her. I would have never thought of that - they make a great gift! So...while I was making those for her, I created some for myself.
I used vintage images from Nicecrane Designs. The santa above is from the Vintage Santa Vol IV collection. And the santa below is actually from a tea bag pocket from the Christmas Tea Bag Wrappercollection. I just used the picture portion instead of the whole pocket.
And this has to be one of the cutest vintage images ever!
I love it! I'm going to make it into a Christmas card next year. It is one of the images from
I am also a comic fan,,,,,so This time I was inspired by famous one called
"Cañari" by C. Meglia working with my new Maya Codices Paperpack:
"Cañari" by C. Meglia working with my new Maya Codices Paperpack:
Written expressly for him, this story was created to showcase Meglia's strengths.
An ancient Mayan civilization in a lush jungle paradise. A young girl, Canari, takes care of her little brother and sister, discovers golden treasure, escapes a jaguar, encounters an army of the undead, and opens a dimensional portal.
Meglia's best work and his most beautiful by far. In 2005, he created the series 'Canari' with Crisse. Carlos Meglia passed away, at the top of his game, on 15 August 2008 at the age of 50.
My ATC a tribute to this Carlos Meglia
And 2012 "The End of The World" ATC Series
Linda was working with my "So Adorable Christmas DSL" and she did
a really different and stunning way to use a digi stamp:
a really different and stunning way to use a digi stamp:
This is a little bag I decorated with the help of gel medium, mists, stamps and the wonderful image from Nicecrane Desings..
In addition to the image I have used Fireworks Sprays, Petaloo Flowers, Promarkers to color with, some stickels, Memory Box dies from the swirls, prima bling and Petaloo flowers.. The ribbon on top is Hug Snug colored with the mists used on the bag..
Click on the wonderful image under her to go right to the fab shop over at Nicecrane Studios and pick up you stamps for all those wonderful christmas projects.. (you also get them in a colored version)... Enjoy..
Heidi made these SWEETIE AND GORGEUS ANGEL TAGS,,,,
working with my "Sweet Little Angels" DSL
Heidi made these SWEETIE AND GORGEUS ANGEL TAGS,,,,
working with my "Sweet Little Angels" DSL
Here is the Sheet:
Wenche did this romantic and unique Bag Card,,,,,,,, so elegant, so vintage
I love it,,,,she was working with my "Children in the Victorian Age IV CS"
"·Here I have made a birthday card for a grown woman. they gorgeous digital commentary is from NiceCrane Designs , Children in the Victorian Age IV CS can also be seen scrapping.no. "
Children in the Victorian Age IV CS
Special Thanks to all DT Members,,,,,,
and all over Merry Christmas


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