Banff exudes gorgeous natural beauty, like this overlook of Moraine Lake and Valley of
the Ten Peaks.
Sunshine Village offers more than 3,300 skiable acres.
Rafting on Bow River is a great family-friendly activity.
Sunshine Village sits on the Continental Divide, offering a unique experience for powder hounds.
A ride on the Banff Gondola offers breathtaking views of the town and the surrounding landscape.
Banff Town is home to numerous shops and restaurants.
The Lake Louise Ski Area is Banff's largest skiing spot with 4,200 acres of skiable terrain.
Moraine Lake is located about 45 miles northwest of Banff Town along the Trans-Canada Highway.
Although it is the smallest of Banff's three ski areas, Mount Norquay is lauded as the
best skiing locale for families.
In the "Gateway to the Rockies" exhibition at the Whyte Museum, visitors learn about
the culutre and history of the Canadian Rockies through artworks, archival photographs, recordings,
documents and artifacts, such as this full-size helicopter.
Built in the late 19th century, the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel is a Canadian national
historic site.
If you're driving around Banff, don't be surprised if you find yourself sharing the road with
some of the national park's wildlife.
Always drive with caution.
The Columbia Icefield is the largest body of ice in the Canadian Rockies.
Tunnel Mountain is a favorite hike among travelers to Banff.
Once you reach the peak, you'll enjoy stunning views of the Bow Valley and Banff Town.
Historians refer to the Cave and Basin National Historic Site as the birthplace of Banff National
Park.
Whether you're craving the excitement of a whitewater rafting adventure or just want
to peacefully glide through the water, you'll find Banff tour operators satisfy a variety
of interests.
Recent visitors described the Banff Upper Hot Springs as "relaxing" and a "must-do"
when in Banff.
Though Banff is perhaps best known for its stellar slopes, its hiking trails are just
as impressive (and free to access).
Among the amenities found at the top of the gondola are restaurants, a gift shop, a theater,
an interactive interpretative center and a 360-degree observation deck.
After taking a 8-minute gondola ride to the top of Sulphur Mountain, you'll be greeted
with breathtaking views of the Bow River Valley and Banff.
The steaming Banff Upper Hot Springs are a welcome way to end a ski day.
Ride the gondola to the summit of 7,500-foot Sulphur Mountain for amazing views and a new
perspective.
Skiers and snowboarders head down the hill by Sunshine Village.
Warming up by the fire with hot chocolate at Sunshine Village.
At the summit of Sulphur Mountain, you can enjoy sweeping views of Bow River Valley and
Banff.
Reach the summit via the Banff Gondola.
Moraine Lake is the visual highlight of any Banff trip, as this aerial view shows.
Cross-country skiing on one of the many trails at Lake Louise.
Canoeing on Moraine Lake is a breathtaking experience and a highlight in warm weather.
Snowboarding on Mount Norquay can be a thrill.
Hiking in Banff is a popular option in warmer weather.
Travelers who stopped at the Cave and Basin National Historic Site said this a must-visit,
not only for its historical significance but also for the stunning views.
A visit to the Columbia Icefield is a must-see experience, according to past visitors.
To reach the Columbia Icefield, drive a little more than two hours north of Banff along the
incredibly scenic Icefields Parkway.
Lake Louise Ski Resort boasts 145 runs.
If you're in Banff during the summer, consider a ride on the Mount Norquay chairlift for
unbeatable views.
Some of the more tame river rafting trips glide past the hoodoos on the Bow River.
The Lake Agnes trail near Lake Louise is another popular hiking path in Banff, considered moderate
in difficulty.
The Banff Park Museum is a National Historic Site housing more than 5,000 historic botanical
and zoological specimens.
You'll find it in Banff Town.
Lake Minnewanka is the only lake within the national park to permit limited use of power
boats.
Travelers can take scenic boat cruises from mid-May to mid-October.
The stunning Banff Legacy Trail runs from the Banff Park East Gate to the Bow Valley
Parkway.
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hello friends today we learn about how to grow red radish from seed in a container
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TF2 - How to really play Scout (Guide) - Duration: 2:56.
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Så byter du stötdämpare på NISSAN MICRA 2 Hatchback [GUIDE AUTODOC] - Duration: 5:05.
Disconnect the brake hose holder from the shock absorber strut. Use a pliers
Use a combination spanner No.17. Use a drive socket No.17 . Unscrew the lower fastener of the shock absorber strut.
Unscrew the top fastening of the shock strut mount. Use a drive socket No.12. Use a ratchet wrench.
Compress the spring.
Unscrew the top fastening of the shock strut mount. Use a combination spanner No.14. Use a adjustable spanner
Remove the top strut mount.
Install a new strut mount
Screw the top fastening of the shock strut mount. Use a combination spanner No.14. Use a adjustable spanner
Place the shock absorber in the wheel arch and fasten it.
Tighten the top shock absorber fastening. Use a drive socket No.12. Use a ratchet wrench.
Tighten the lower fastening of the shock absorber. Use a combination spanner No.17. Use a drive socket No.17 .
Fasten the brake hose on the strut.
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How I Knew I was Trans: a Guide - Duration: 10:43.
I have a message here that has been sitting in my inbox for a few days
and I wanted to talk about it. Excuse me sounding the most nasally. I don't know
what's happening. For some reason the whole inside of my face is swollen. "What
questions did you ask yourself to get to your gender identity because I'm kind of
questioning myself now and I don't even know where to begin?" Well holy crap!
That's a big question. Thank you for asking it. I think it's a
good thing that you've asked that for yourself, but wow!
The short answer is that I can't tell you how to do this. I can't. It would be
irresponsible of me to do that. I can't ever speak for anyone else's truth except
for my own, you know? That's pretty much my whole shtick. It's like I really
can only speak for myself. I can do my best to suggest ways to maybe avoid some
of the errors that I've made in my life. I can try to do that, but I can't give
you the guidebook if that makes any sense. So with that in mind let's try and do
what I just said that I try to do. Obviously this question is about gender
identity which is something that is obviously relevant to me. And it's
relevant to a lot of people, but it's not relevant to everybody. But I want this to
be a video that is about everybody. Something that's really important for me
as I'm kind of navigating who I am in this world, it's the idea that even
though my experience is pretty specific into the queer world, my experience is a
very human one. As we all grow up and learn who we are and learn the things
that we love and are passionate about and that we go through, we're all asking
ourselves questions. And we're all hopefully answering those questions
honestly and over time slowly actualizing ourselves. I don't think
that's unique to queer people. I don't think that's unique to trans people. I
think that's something that we all can do. I often talk about asking questions
and answering them honestly, and I'll admit that it may be
frustrating because I never tell you what those questions are. But again I
can't really tell you what those questions are. I don't seek out or employ
any kind of specific methodology, you know, in my day to day life, that help me
resolve issues or overcome things. I don't do that because that
feels contrived. Something I think that can be deliberate is simply your intention.
My intention all the time is that I want to be open to the world and what it is
I'm actually experiencing. That's something that has taken me a lot of
time to do. I think so much of my experience personally has been based
around fear: fear of disappointing a father figure, fear of of just doing
something incorrectly and having it affect my standing socially in a
negative way. I have always been scared of everything. Not just the things that
feel right and good for me. I've been scared of everything my entire life. And
I often times have felt the most scared of the things that have felt right and
the things that have felt like me, you know? And I think part of that fear comes
from just the knowledge that if I acknowledge that this is something that
feels right and good, I can't ignore it anymore. I have to continue and I have to
do something with this. And sometimes that means it's gonna create more
problems in my life and that's terrifying. In order to ask the questions
and answer them honestly, I think first we not necessarily have to get over and
get rid of the fear. I think in so many ways that's impossible, you know? It's
really hard to overcome childhood programming when it comes to things. But
I think it comes from this feeling of safety that we all want, whether that's
with friends, family, pets, any sort of thing in your life that makes you feel
safe. I think that is a great first step to start with. If somebody doesn't feel
safe, it's really hard for them to be honest. And I say that in like a third
person but I'm really speaking from a first person. If I don't feel safe, I
cannot be myself and I am nowhere near as good or as accurate
or as honest as I could be because I don't feel safe. I think I'm gonna boil
my answer to this question down to a simple two-part methodology that I
think is something that we all can work on. Step one is find your safety.
Obviously there's a lot of things in our lives that are outside of our control:
the way people interact with us, the way people deal with us, the way people
handle our hearts. I think that's something that's always gonna be
outside of our control. But what do we do have control over? Whether it's a routine,
whether it's your friends, whether it's the way that you engage with the world
around you, do the things that make you feel safe and make you feel whole.
Draw yourself towards those things. And the second part for me is
seemingly paradoxical to the first step, and it's push your comfort
zone. Essentially, live. I spent the first like 19-20 years of my life hiding from
every single kind of question about myself. I was hiding from them. I was
doing everything I could to distract myself from actually asking any kind of
question about who I am and what it is that I like. I was kind of forced out of
my comfort zone, but I think in some ways it was the best thing that ever happened
to me. Ever since then, and I haven't done this perfectly, but ever since then I've
been committed to kind of pushing myself further and further outside of my
comfort zone, expanding my bubble into something that I can be proud of and
call a complete life. The questions that I ask myself are born out of experience,
you know? It's not just something that I can sit and ponder and then come to some
sort of realization about who it is that I actually am and what it is that I
feel about myself, and my identity, in my expression, all those things. That
can't be done in a vacuum. I really didn't interact with queer
people until like 2014-2015. I'm 25 years old and I feel like I'm just
getting started with who I am as a person. That's not to
say that I'm late to the party. There really is no timeline on all of this. But
I think it's a direct result of actually going out into the world and
experiencing it. And when that's done from like a platform of safety, of feeling
confident and feeling secure in your surroundings and the people around,
you can give that an honest attempt and you can experience a lot more than maybe
you could have if you didn't have that safety. So that's what I think. I'm sorry
I didn't have any like specific questions for you to ask, but again I
don't think it would be responsible of me to like give you a blueprint of how
to figure out who you are. Because it really only works in like a
really personal way. And I never want to influence how somebody sees
themselves. I want them to figure it out for themselves. And for me,
empowering people to get there is exciting and something that I want to be
a part of. I had a thought recently that made me a little sad, I'll admit, but in the end it was like a net good feeling. I was thinking about how scared
I've been of my identity and of my expression and of the way that I look
and move through this world, and the way that people perceive me. I was walking
home the other night and like a group of kids were just like straight up laughing
at me because I was really femme. Like straight up they were laughing at me.
There was a really kind stranger that told them off. Thank you kind stranger.
And of course I was upset personally, but I think a more metaphysical sense I was
upset. When it comes to anybody figuring out who they are and how they want to
walk through this world, regardless of if that's queerness or whatever, your
passion, your career, what you want to make creatively, that should be
nothing except a beautiful experience. When I'm listening to somebody talk
about themselves or something that they've realized or something that
they're working on something that they're passionate about, there's like
stars in my eyes. There's nothing I enjoy more in this life than sitting and
listening to someone just be themselves as they navigate this world. That is
something that is just profoundly beautiful to me. It does break my heart a
little bit that this is something that is a lot of times a really difficult
process. But for me that does not detract from the beauty of it. One of the reasons
I love what we've done here on the internet so much is that, is
exactly that. I'm on the camera talking about all these thoughts and
feelings or whatever, and very physically have changed over the years
here, but I feel like we've all evolved together and I love that so much. I know,
for every single person out here, how hard being yourself is. It's hard. It's
not something that's easy and I'm so proud of everyone that is giving it an
honest and earnest attempt in whatever way that they're doing. It's inspiring to
me. It empowers me to do it myself. And it's something that I find again to
be extremely extremely beautiful. So to the person that sent me this message, to
anybody watching this who who might be having some doubts or some concerns or
some fears about who they are and who they want to be in this world, I just
want you to know number one: I'm right there with you, and number two: I love you.
Because this is a mutual situation that we have going on here, and it's something
that I cherish. It's something that I treasure. And I just
know, I just know that we're all gonna be okay.
We are. We're gonna be okay. That's something that I know. I don't
believe, I don't think, I know it. I know it. So that's all I can
say about that. Thank you so much for watching this. If you have any thoughts
please leave them in the comments down below. I love you all so much and I love
reading your thoughts. I love kind of getting little glimpses into who y'all
are. Again it's something I find to be extremely cool. Click somewhere on the
screen in that direction if you want to see some of my last videos and stuff. If
you want to check me on patreon it's one of the first links in the description as
well. Would appreciate if you checked that out. There's a bonus video going up on
there as well. I love you a lot and yeah thanks for uh for being part of all this
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Christmas in London Guide 🎄 Festive Things to Do in London - Duration: 2:30.
(bright, festive music)
- From mid November until New Year's Eve,
London is incredibly festive.
Here is how you can get in on the action.
By the way, if you're new here, I'm Jess
and I make videos for people who are coming to visit London.
(gentle, rhythmic music)
The most famous Christmasy thing to do in London
is Winter Wonderland, which is a huge Christmas fair.
But it's not really my favorite.
I recommend going where the locals go,
which is Winterville on Clapham Common.
It's a smaller, less crowded, cooler version.
At Winterville, you'll find the classic festive things,
like ice skating and fairground rides,
but there's also drag queen Karaoke, a secret tequila bar
and just much better food and drink options.
There are a bunch of ice skating rinks around London
and they're absolutely beautiful at night.
They do get really busy on the weekend,
so I'd recommend going around sunset time
on a weekday for better ticket availability and less crowds.
All of London's department stores
have Christmas sections, which are usually, like, insane.
They're a great spot to pick up
a London souvenir or a Christmasy ornament.
Before you head inside, make sure you check out
all of the department stores' iconic Christmas windows.
Every Christmas season, a bunch of winter terraces
and pop-up bars show up all around London
and they typically have beautiful winter decor
plus a menu of winter warmers to try.
There are a ton of Christmas markets
all around the city of all different sizes
and selling all different things.
To find out what some of the most popular ones are,
you could watch my video on Christmas markets in London
by clicking the car that's popping up in the corner here.
(gentle, rhythmic music)
I think London does some of the best
Christmas lights in the world.
You can see them all around central London,
but for specific areas to check out,
watch my video on where to see the best
Christmas lights in London by clicking
the car that's popping up over there again.
For more tips of what to do in London
during the Christmas season,
click the videos popping up below.
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Wha.
(beeping)
Oh, sir, watch it.
- [Man] Sorry.
(laughing)
(beeping)
Shh.
Oh.
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Demi Adejuyigbe, "Guide to Makin' and Livin' Jazz" - XOXO Festival (2018) - Duration: 14:28.
[APPLAUSE]
>> Hello! Wow!
Thank you, thank you.
I feel very excited to be here.
I'm really excited to be presenting at the Film & Animation part of the festival, even
though this presentation has literally nothing to do with film or animation. [Laughter]
So if you feel the need to leave at any time, you know where the exits are.
Hello, everyone.
Again, very excited to be here in the city of Portland.
I've been to Portland once before and it was very fun.
I didn't get to do too much, but I did go to Voodoo and that was great and got to see
the Trailblazers play.
I don't know why I'm telling you about Portland.
You've been here.
If you don't know me, I'm a screenwriter, I'm a comedian, I'm a suspect in multiple
ongoing arson investigations, I'm a director, but most importantly, I'm a jazz expert.
You might be asking yourself, how did you become a jazz expert?
And that's simple.
Ten minutes ago backstage, I googled "jazz" and "shortest songs" and learned as much as
I could and now I'm here to pass those learnings on to you.
>> [audio clip] "Jazz!"
>> So, get ready for that.
So, what is jazz?
You're probably asking because you've never heard the word before.
Let me start off by saying jazz is bad. [Laughter]
It's not good.
It is garbage music for boring people.
If you ever meet anyone who says their listening taste consists of mostly jazz, you should
run because it is the exclusive listening choice of sociopaths. [Laughter]
Quick show of hands here: How many people think they like jazz?
Great.
Well, actually, that was a trick question because everybody likes jazz!
Every single one of you likes jazz.
It is a pleasant sound.
It's a human instinct to like jazz.
We just couch it in other sounds because it's difficult to understand and difficult to embrace
as a genre of music.
It's like when you were a kid and you would put your dog's medicine into a piece of bologna
so your sister would eat it as a prank. [Laughter]
We all remember doing that.
Jazz is in all sorts of popular music.
If you like Kendrick Lamar, you like jazz.
If you like Bruno Mars, St. Vincent, Beyonce, Michael Jackson, all these people, you like
jazz.
If you like Radiohead, you like jazz.
And I know you love Radiohead, because this is Portland and everyone in this fucking city
loves Radiohead.
Show of hands: Who likes Radiohead?
That is less than I thought.
Really? Really?
You don't all like Radiohead?!
That was literally less than half— I don't have time, how much, no, I don't have time
for this. [Laughter]
Okay, sorry.
All right.
So with my newfound expertise in jazz music, I'm going to give you all a quick and easy
guide on how you can make your own jazz.
You can embody the spirit of jazz.
It's not just about making jazz, it's about living jazz.
The first time I gave this speech, I was with a close friend of mine.
I don't want to name drop, but let's just call him Mr. Clooney. [Laughter]
He asked me, why would I need a quick guide to make jazz?
If you love jazz so much, why won't you take the time to make it well?
And he's right, so I said to him, George, that is a fair question. [Laughter]
You've got to give jazz the time and respect it deserves, but there are some
scenarios in which maybe you just need to make jazz on a very small scale.
Like, maybe you got drunk one night and signed up for jazz school and finals are tomorrow.
Maybe Jeff Goldblum challenged you to a competition at his jazz night in which the victor gets
to sleep with your wife and/or husband.
These are all real scenarios. [Laughter]
Maybe there is a man who is holding your entire family hostage and says he will
kill every single one of them unless you can compose the score for a Kohl's one-day sale
on jeans.
No matter what the reason is, the most important reason for you to pay attention right now
is because you all paid, you're already here, the exits are very far away, and you're going
to embarrass yourself in front of everybody if you get up and walk away now.
I gave you a shot.
You did not listen. [Laughter]
So, first thing you need to know about jazz
is that you don't just make jazz, you live it.
Part of living jazz is embodying the image of jazz.
Honestly, the image of jazz is probably like 50% of jazz.
This is one of my favorite jazz images.
It is depicting a poor Cajun blues violinist playing in the '20s.
I love it so much because I feel like it's both a sad and happy image.
His face suggests this deep depressive state in which he's performing, but his body language
suggests a bouncy happy rhythm.
I feel like that's a lot of what jazz is to me.
Sometimes sad, sometimes bouncy, but it's always vibrant and changing.
The image of jazz has strong roots in New Orleans' Cajun culture, and because of that,
it's very specific and can't just be imitated by anyone.
You can try.
I've tried, it's very hard.
You can't fake jazz because real jazz heads, like myself, we know when we spot fake jazz.
I know that you don't know when you spot fake jazz, because this is not an image of real
jazz.
This is the mural you can find inside of any Popeye's restaurant nationwide. [Laughter]
You have to stay alert at all times.
You can not fake this stuff.
Fake jazz will get you.
The next thing you need to know about jazz is, this is the little part that is kind of
film related.
The epitome of jazz to me can be found in movies.
As I said before, I'm a filmmaker and a huge fan of movies.
For the purpose of demonstrating what I consider the epitome of jazz, I want to use what I
consider to be the finest depiction of jazz in modern filmmaking, which is the scene in
Spider-Man 3 where Tobey Maguire gets infected by Venom, which turns him into a huge dork.
This is absolutely what jazz is.
Because jazz is snapping, and it's finger guns, and it's using the space around you
in a way that makes everyone a bit uncomfortable.
It's spinning random chairs.
It's holding onto a poisonous venom coming from space and getting inside you until it
ruins your personality.
Poisoning yourself? 50% of jazz.
If you don't have access to poison venom from space, that's okay.
You can also just smoke a bunch of cigarettes.
Get yourself that raspy crackly voice that real jazz musicians use.
I don't know if there are any kids in here, but I'm just going to say it.
Smoking is very cool.
I know you all think I'm joking, but this is a really good image of jazz and the filmmakers
knew that, which is why they just put "jazz" on the wall. [Laughter]
Now another aspect of jazz is obviously the look. [Laughter]
You can't just play jazz with anything.
They'll laugh you off the stage.
You got to go as dark as you can.
All black, if possible.
I mean, look at me.
Black shoes, black socks, black pants, black shirt, black sweater, black face.
You don't have a black face, get some shoe polish on it, rub it in there.
It's fine! [Laughter]
Just like everything, there's a storied history of racism in jazz.
If anyone gives you guff, tell them it's tradition.
Now even with all these dark clothes right now, I'm at like a 45 on the jazz meter
out of 100.
but if I take off these fake glasses I've been wearing to make you all think I'm smart,
and put on these real sunglasses, that's jazz. [Laughter]
Now again, I'm still at like a 55 on the jazz meter.
If I were to put on a big coat, or lean on the wall, or even just lower these sunglasses
a little bit so you think I'm kind of sleepy, that's upping it a little bit more.
Looking sleepy is like between 45-55% percent of jazz.
Let's say 50%.
The lingo of jazz, also very important.
50% of jazz.
The thing about jazz lingo is it doesn't really follow the rules of language as we know it,
so throw everything you know about the English language out the window.
From now on, people are shapes or animals.
For instance, nerds, squares.
If you're cool with somebody, you are square.
I know that's confusing, let's go on to one that's a little bit easier to understand.
If you have someone that is your friend, they're your dog.
But if you have someone you hate, they are a dog.
That article is very important.
Here's probably the easiest thing to remember.
If you know someone you like, they're a cool guy?
That's a cat.
If you know someone you hate, they're a turkey.
Again, people are shapes or animals.
The way I remember this one for myself is with a simple mnemonic.
Cats, they're worshiped in Egyptian cultures.
That's cool!
Turkeys, pilgrims, colonization, those dumb hats with buckles on them.
That's bad. [Laughter]
The music of jazz is the other half of jazz.
As I presented before, you've got the image of jazz and the music of jazz.
For this, I want to focus on two very specific types of jazz, and that's big band jazz and
cool jazz.
Big band jazz is exactly what it sounds like, it's jazz with a full band and they're all
wearing coats that are too big.
Cool jazz is also exactly what it sounds like.
It's jazz for cool people.
It's got a lighter tempo, it's very relaxed, and I also like the name "cool jazz" because
it suggests all other jazz is uncool jazz, which is correct.
[Laughter] For an example of the structure behind a cool jazz song, I'm going to take
a look at the famous song "Unsquare Dance" by Dave Brubeck.
[MUSIC] >> This is Dave Brubeck, by the way.
He kind of looks like if Rick Moranis and Jack Antonoff had a baby.
[Laughter] And looking like Rick Moranis is 50% jazz.
There are a lot of traditional cool jazz elements to this song.
It has a very persistent bouncy simple percussion that goes through the entire song.
It's just claps, sticks, and bass and doesn't really change up at any point.
The bass is super simple, just boom boom boom through the entire song.
The entire song is like seven minutes long.
You don't have to hear it, this is the important part.
Lastly, it's got this very light piano section you just heard, which I like to call the piano
tickle.
It feels like someone wasn't really playing the piano full time, and they just kind of
gave up halfway, which is important, because you don't want to do anything for too long
in jazz.
People get bored.
For the example of a big band jazz song, I want to look at what it probably my favorite
big band jazz song ever recorded, which is the song from those Chips Ahoy! commercials
by Benny Goodman.
[MUSIC] >> This is the greatest big band song of all
time because it's got all the necessary elements.
You all know this song!
You love it!
There's a big layered brassy sound covering the entire thing.
It's got the little horn thing that sound like the horn people are freaking out.
The song is way too long.
Seriously.
This song, the full version, is 13 minutes long.
Imagine listening to this for 13 minutes?
No, thank you.
And also, that's pretty short for a jazz song.
It's also got very basic lyrics.
This version has no lyrics, but in the original thing by Louis Prima, before Benny Goodman
made it famous, the lyrics were just the title of the song and nothing else.
And you don't have to do anything with jazz because no one wants to hear any words, no
one's really listening.
My last note on this song, I know it's called "Sing Sing Sing."
Fuck you.
Capitalism rules and language is not ruled by the things we decide, sorry.
Capitalism overtakes any creative endeavor you ever want to take.
It is now called the Chips Ahoy!
Song.
By the way, the real presentation I'm given on Sunday morning, that's also the theme of
that.
Capitalism takes over any endeavor, why bother?
[Laughter] Now, I did want to show you all how easy it
is to make jazz with the rules I've given you, so I composed my own fake jazz song.
I wanted to make something that was a mix between big band jazz and real jazz, that
embodies everything I said about jazz, so I wrote a song.
It's called "Now, This Is Jazz."
And I'd like to present it to you.
[MUSIC] >> It starts very simple.
Got those sticks.
Bring a little bit of layers on the sticks.
Then you get in that bass line.
That's going to be the entire bass line.
Same bass line for the entire song, it will not change.
But then you add in a little piano tickle.
Whatever.
Just throw it away.
Just keep going.
Doesn't matter.
Bring in those brass a little bit.
Okay, now bring in more brass.
There you go.
And now bring the entire band.
The entire band just keeps going for a little bit.
And before you know it, then the solo comes in.
And again, every instrument gets its own solo.
Because jazz is all about sharing, it's a team sport, I guess?
First instrument we're going to hear is the alto saxophone.
[Laughter] All right!
Then you got the lyrics, the only lyrics, again, needs to be the title of the song.
[CHORUS] "Now This Is Jazz!"
>> Now you go back into the music of it all.
You've got that big band brass.
This is the part where I come in and dance in your space, and make everyone uncomfortable,
but this is a stadium and I didn't realize it was going to be this.
So I'm just going to stand up here and wait for the next solo, which is the drums.
The drums always get the longest solo of the song.
A little bit longer than you expect it to go.
[Laughter] Easiest way to break up a solo is with another solo.
Andy, can we get that instrument, please?
For the purposes of this solo, I would like to show how easy it is by performing a solo
on an instrument I've literally never played before.
Here we go.
Hit it.
[CLARINET SOLO] >> And then you go right back into the big
band freakout.
[Applause] Thank you so much.
Oh, come on down to Kohl's.
We've got a sale on jeans!
They're standing right off stage threatening me.
Please just listen to the end of the song.
I really just...
I have a wife.
This song is longer than I thought it was.
I honestly did not think it was this long.
Thank you so much.
There's the freakout.
That's jazz.
[Applause] [Cheers] I want to give a big shout out to the city of Portland for making clarinet
rentals very easy.
That's genuinely the end of my presentation.
[Applause]
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Scotland: Highland Games - Rick Steves' Europe Travel Guide - Travel Bite - Duration: 3:34.
Along with ritual and pageantry,
some festivals originated with a more practical purpose:
to train their men to be fit for battle.
Warriors -- whether in ancient Greece,
competing in the Olympics,
or clansmen gathering here in Scotland --
would go at it on the field.
And today, communities throughout Scotland
still host the Highland Games,
where kilted athletes from the surrounding countryside
gather to show off their speed, strength, and grace.
♪♪
A Highland Games is an all-day celebration
of local sport and culture,
like a track meet and a county fair rolled into one.
It's a fine day out for the family.
With a soundtrack of traditional Scottish music,
and clan pride showing itself in the tartan patterns,
the community cheers on the athletes and dancers.
[ Bagpipes play ]
The day's events typically kick off
with the arrival of a parading pipe band,
led by the local clan chieftain.
After a lap around the field, the competition begins.
In the heavy events --
billed as feats of Highland strength --
brawny, kilted athletes push their limits.
-Aah! -In the weight throw,
competitors spin like bulky ballerinas
before releasing a heavy ball on a chain.
The hammer throw involves a similar technique
with an iron ball on a long stick.
And the "stone put" has been adopted in international sports
as the shot put.
In this event, Highlanders swing a 56-pound weight
over a horizontal bar
that keeps getting higher and higher.
♪♪
And, of course, there's the caber toss:
Pick up a giant log, called a "caber,"
get a running start
and release it end-over-end with enough force
to make the caber flip all the way over
and land at the 12 o'clock position.
Meanwhile, the track events run circles around all that muscle.
The races offer fun for all those attending --
including events for the kids.
[ Gunshot ]
And visitors from faraway lands are welcome to join in, as well.
Okay, I think I've found my sport.
Lifting what's called a "manhood stone"
is a standard part of these games.
Brawny lads impress their girls with a show of strength.
Why not? That's good.
Thank you.
With a wee glass of courage,
competitors lift and carry the 250-pound stone
or, at least, give it a good try.
I taught this guy everything he knows.
[ Indistinct conversations ]
[ Crowd cheers ]
♪♪
There's always a show-off.
And it's not all brute strength.
Highland dancing shows off both athleticism and grace.
With years of practice, young girls dance
with an impressive confidence and fluidity.
A lone piper accompanies serious wee dancers
who toe their routines with intense concentration.
Within a few years, they'll likely be dancing
with the same mastery as the older girls.
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VANCOUVER, Canada Travel Guide | Little Grey Box - Duration: 8:50.
Hey guys Phoebe here from Little Grey Box Now Matt and I are in beautiful
Vancouver uncovering a few of the best things to see, eat and do
now these tips are perfect for anybody who wants to experience Vancouver in the
summer but only has a couple of days and a very limited budget to do it
Let's go
Located at the north western edge of downtown Vancouver, Stanley Park has been
a designated green space for over a hundred and thirty years it's a really
It's a really popular spot for visitors and locals and it is easy to see why
you can visit beaches, wander trails lined with beautiful cedar, fir and hemlock trees
visit the Aquarium, check out the sea wall there are cafes, plenty of spots for
a picnic and of course you can hire a bike and whizz around
For the very best free views of Vancouver you want to head right here to the
High View Lookout at the Cypress Provincial Park. Now we have a hire car so we drove
up here super easily there's a parking lot you can just jump out spend some
time have a picnic and get a sense of the size and scope of Van City
As you can see the Capilano Suspension Bridge is a real favorite among tourists
I mean it's absolutely packed and I'm freaking out I've really bad social
anxiety and I'm not sure I'm going to be able to bring myself a get on there
cause it's a little bit claustrophobic so in addition to the suspension bridge
you can do a cliff walk and there are some cool tree top adventures too there's
plenty of food to eat a little bit of shopping you can do at the Trading Post
I just want to make this clear I'm not afraid of the heights
I'm afraid of the amount of people on here it's freaking me out
If you have shocking social anxiety
proceed with caution
if you're a normal functioning human enjoy yourself
We're in the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Garden and it is beautiful
If you love gardens like I do You wil love this one
Vancouver's Chinatown is one of the largest in the world and for those on a
budget it is the perfect place to explore on foot and take in a little bit
of local culture and history along the way Behind me is the Sam Key Building and it
is the narrowest building in the world I know what you're thinking Phoebe it's not
that narrow but I want you to take a look at the two different paint colors
that dark paint... that's the Sam Key Building
Now we've been walking around Gastown and Chinatown for a couple of hours now
and there are a few people on the street who might be homeless or a little bit down on their luck
if you aren't from a country that has those kinds of issues you may find it intimidating
but honestly, we've had no problems
as with any country, anywhere in the world
just be a safe traveller and keep your wits about you
You can't come to Vancouver without visiting it's oldest neighborhood, Gastown
Now this area grew from a single tavern founded by John "Gassy Jack" Deighton
way back in 1867 and is now grown into a charming, historic and quaint part of
beautiful Vancouver. There are lots of boutiques, shops, gret places to eat
and of course the iconic steam clock which you see behind me
walk around, dip into shops, grab a cheap bite to eat from somewhere like The Warehouse
where all food is $5.95 and experience Vancouver
You can't come to Canada without trying poutine
now Matt and I are both vegetarians so we're here at Mean Poutine
where the gravy is herbivore friendly
What the heck is poutine? If you've never seen or heard of it before it is a French Canadian classic
they take perfectly-cooked crunchy french fries
cover them in gravy, cheese curds
French onions and there are a whole bunch of other toppings you can try too
hot dog, look at those cheesecurds
oh that is so good
it's amazing
Traditional Canadian foods and delicious budget eats do not get any better
than these bad boys
You are staring right down the barrel of a box of Tim Bits, if you don't know what a Tim Bit is
look it comes from Tim Hortons, hence the name Tim and the bit, well...
they are essentially donut holes so just a little round, bite-sized
tasty morsels of donut and they are so good
Now this box of 10 cost me $2.29
absolute bargain
We're at the Granville Island Brewery on you guessed it, Granville Island
Now I saw this handle for maple cream ale, maple cream beer
all the way over in Calgary and I was like when I get to Granville Island I have to try it
I thought it would taste exactly like maple syrup, it doesn't
It tastes just like....
beer
The Granville Island Public Market is perfect for anyone on a budget because
it has a wealth of food that you can try
Now this is the first time my deprived Australian eyes have ever laid themselves on perogies
My dad is Canadian, he has been talking about perogies since before I can remember
now what they are is yummy yummy dumplings filled with
all kinds of great things like meat, cheese, potato and onion
I'm really excited for this this feels like a big life moment
Is that seagull?
That's not a seagull...
It's a chicken
That's a chicken...an aggressive looking chicken
that thing is huge!
If you love great views you will love the Sea to Sky Gondola it's about a
45-minute drive from downtown Vancouver now the views up here are stunning
they're absolutely incredible there are loads of trails, food, you can bring your
own for a picnic one thing I will say obviously this isn't a super budget
option but if you are going to splash out on one experience this has to be it
so far, this is my favorite thing we've done
As the sun begins to set, I recommend coming right here to the Shannon Falls Provincial Park
where you will find the incredible Shannon Falls Now they are the third largest falls in British Columbia
the drive will take you around 35 to 40 minutes from downtown Vancouver
but if you've done the Sea to Sky Gondola it's 1 or 2 minutes down the road so you can easily pop in
When we were looking for someone to stay it was really hard for us because it's was peak
season it's super expensive so we went on Airbnb and.... yeah we stayed in
North Vancouver at the Airbnb for two nights and then we went to Walmart
bought all brand-new camping supplies and we headed out to a little campsite
called Porteau Cove near Squamish. It's $20 a night for a walk-in site at Porteau Cove
and the views are incredible, Porteau Cove is stunning you've got the cove, you can swim out the front
there are mountains in the background the sunsets are incredible
I love it
Thank you so much for watching you guys we hope you found this video helpful
if you don't already be sure to subscribe, join our travel fun family
and say hello in the comments below have a great weekend and we will see you next week
Love ya!
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DJI OSMO POCKET User Guide: Everything You Need To Know! - Duration: 25:41.
what's up everybody I'm brick harem Ella and today I'm gonna tell you everything
you need to know about the pocket Osmo I'm gonna kick a little flow so here we
go so the pocket Osmo is finally here was announced at
New York City's event called because life is big so rather than making a ton
of youtube videos I'd rather make one YouTube video with all the information
that you guys need to know so that's what I attempted to do in this video so
if you haven't done so please subscribe to my channel so it can help me make
more videos like this in order for you to make the best decision for you and
show you how to use this new DGI device so I'm gonna start with all the specs
and I'm gonna go into the features and as we go along I'm gonna give you my
opinion show you some b-roll of how it's used in order to give you a very
comprehensive look at the Osmo pocket alright so when you unbox the Osmo it
comes with a nice little case it comes with some small pamphlets one of them is
the Osmos shield which is insurance for the Osmo pocket it includes a wristband
for the case so you can just carry it around your wrist which is nice and
convenient so you don't drop it like your cell phone it's gonna come with a
USB cable to USBC cable it's also gonna have a lightning adapter so you can
mount that right in to your phone and use the DJI MIMO app what I do like
about starting the Osmo pocket is as opposed to the other Osmos that you have
to attach with your phone again to the app with the other Osmos it takes about
60 to 90 seconds really to start it up and start shooting but the Osmo pockets
only a few seconds so it's gonna be a lot better for running and gunning and
for vlogging now not only is the Osmo pocket versatile because you can use it
in so many different ways but you also can record in many different ways you
can record on to the micro SD card with just the Osmo pocket or you can connect
it to your phone and record all the footage that you that you're shooting on
to your actual phone so you have two ways of recording which is great that
people want to record another phone cool if you want to prove
onto the SD card you can do that as well all right so let's start looking at the
gimbal Canberra the unit itself there's no surprise there it's 12 megapixels
with a 1/2 point 3 inch sensor we kind of expected that the maximum image size
is gonna be 4000 by 3000 pixels the field of view is gonna be 80 degrees but
has a very fast eff 2.0 lens which is gonna be very helpful in low-light and
for anything that's moving letting in a lot of light having that fast glass is
really nice now you're gonna be able to take
panoramic shots time-lapse motion lapse and I'm going to talk about that more in
depth later in this video much like the GoPro it is able to shoot
4k at 60 frames per second which is a step up from the other Osmos that were
only able to do 4k at 30 frames per second and that's something that even
the Mavic 2 doesn't do now all those specs aside the one that really counts
that I'm excited about is the bitrate and a hundred megabytes per second I'm
glad they didn't make it at 50 or 60 megabytes per second because that would
have been more like the other Osmos and more like the Mavic pro alright they
stepped it up to 100 megabytes per second so in 9 pixel peeping geek talk
that basically means you're gonna get really really great video quality out of
this sensor and because of this I won't be surprised if the footage is actually
better than the GoPro Hero 7 black you're gonna be able to record an mp4
which is kind of universal or maybe more geared toward PC users and also MOV
which is more geared towards Apple users the quality is going to be the same with
either one so don't worry about that you can shoot at codec of h.264 it doesn't
have h.265 but to me that's not really a huge deal most people use h.264 and
don't have the computing capacity to use h.265 so h.264 is all good for me get
this the micro SD card that you're able to use is up to 256 gigabytes that's
right 256 not 128 like the Mavic - ok you can go all the way up to 256 that's
really nice because you can put on a big old card slap it in there
and then you don't have to worry I know a lot of people say oh you're supposed
to use more than one card in case the card fails but I've been using SanDisk
cards which I'll put in a link below and I can say the SanDisk I've never had one
fail in 12 years of doing photography and cinematography so maybe I'm lucky
but that's just my two cents for that now looking at the specs the one
question I have is the audio it says 48 kilohertz I'm not sure exactly how good
the audio is but if you do have good audio this could be huge because the
Osmo pocket is so darn small all right these are the dimensions in inches and
millimeters less than five inches and weighing only four ounces or about a
quarter of a pound I mean this is so darn small it's really great and that's
why a lot of people have been comparing it to the GoPro because of its size and
all these functions that I'm talking about all right so it has 875 milliamp
hour batteries which is about seven point seven volts and in layman's terms
that means it's going to last about an hour and 40 minutes and it takes 73
minutes to charge an empty battery now if you live in an area where it's really
really cold or really really hot it's going to be able to perform in
temperatures from 32 degrees all the way through 104 degrees Fahrenheit or 0 to
40 degrees Celsius now one thing I noticed from DJI products in terms of
temperature you are able to push that a little bit so if you wanted to use it in
little colder weather on the freezing side you could just be careful you want
to make sure you keep like a heat pack around it and make sure it doesn't get
too cold because you could damage the battery and damage the unit itself but
all your skier is snowboarders it could be a lot of fun to take around because
then you can just throw in your pocket and ski down the mountain and get really
good first-person view shots where you're skiing down the mountain or
you're snowboarding down the mountain etc as I mentioned in my previous video
you are going to be able to use a lot of accessories with the pocket Osmo much
like the GoPro now these accessories are specifically made for the Osmo pocket so
if you already having Osmo unfortunately you're gonna
have to get new accessories for the Osmo pocket and I will include a link to the
accessories in the description below some of these accessories include a
waterproof case it does have a waterproof housing enabling you to use
it underwater without distortion of that 80 degree field of view a controller
wheel and D filter set wireless module extension rod accessory mount expansion
kit in a variety of cases and bags let's talk about the ergonomics or the way the
Osmo pocket was built so if you look at it you can see it has a little touch
screen which is nice now I don't have to use just my phone you can use your phone
put the Osmo pocket down like on a tripod or a little mount and then I
could film myself further away so that's really nice that I can use it both with
a phone without a phone it has that nice little touch screen also like the other
Osmos and the Ronin s I can use it in normal mode in flashlight mode and then
in underslung mode also the Osmo pocket is so small for having a 3-axis gimbal
so that's great it's super small and you get that three axis gimbal in order to
give you really smooth footage whether you're walking running on a bike or
doing any other type of activity now the active track is something I wanted to
see the other Osmos the only Osmos that have it have been the Osmo mobile one
and the Osmo mobile two but now they added it to the Osmo pocket which is a
great feature I don't know why they didn't put it in the other Osmos but I'm
really happy to see it in the Osmo pocket the active track is great for
vloggers for people like myself and make youtube videos or travel videos and just
want to point on either myself using an extension rod or I could point on
something else and I don't have to do anything I just hold the Osmo pocket and
it does everything for me it's kind of like a lazy man's way of shooting but it
really is effective and looks very smooth and professional I also like the
fact that using the active track you don't have to
really draw a square around someone like you had to do with DJI drones and the
Osmo mobile so for the Osmo pocket all you have to do is just double click it
and it will recognize you recognize portraits whether I'm pointing it in
selfie mode at myself or I'm shooting a subject so I can capture the image
really quick and this is great for running and gunning as a vlogger or
someone who shoots spontaneous videos you don't want to be setting up a shot
doing all this stuff all right you want to get the shot quick all right before
it leaves so having that active track and just double-click and I'll execute
the shot without any fuss now with that said if you use your phone you're gonna
have to use the mimo app or my mom I'm not sure exactly still how you pronounce
it I think it's MIMO and with this app which is free on Google Play and Apple
phones you can just attach your cellphone go into the mimo app and then
use your finger to highlight the person or the object that you're tracking and
it'll track it for you again on the touch screen on the pocket Osmo you
double click but with your phone you just make that square and the active
fact basically does the rest one cool feature of the active track dimension is
that it doesn't have to have the gimbal and center it can move all around in any
position so no matter how you're holding the Osmo pocket it's still gonna follow
the subject and be locked in now we're going to talk about moving the gimbal
around I recommend you get the controller wheel which cost $59 this is
going to give you a lot of added functionalities so with the controller
wheel you can just tap this small little button next to the dial and one of the
modes you can make the gimbal go up and down vertically or you tap the little
button to the side and then you can make the gimbal go side-to-side so having
this controller wheel is really helpful now another way to move the gimbal up
and down it's just actually on the touchscreen of the Osmo pocket on the
right hand side you can just use your thumb or your finger to move it up and
down and the gimbal will go up and down as so another thing that the controller
wheel does you can tap on the side button over here and then it just goes
into selfie mode tap it it goes back to normal mode which is great for vloggers
which I mentioned earlier I know I'm mentioning a lot about vlogging but this
is a great vlogging camera when you press on that middle
button or that button to the left and the controller wheel it's going to go
into the different shooting modes now you can go into the tilt mode the FPV
mode or the follow mode now when you hold down that right button on the
controller wheel the gimbal is going to be locked in position no matter where
you move the gimbal the head will stay perfectly still and will give you nice
smooth shots so basically that right button on the controller wheel is much
like the Ronin s the trigger in the back or the trigger and the Osmo mobile that
you have to hold down to keep it stable so once you take your finger off that
button then you lose all that stability that you had it kind of goes kind of
everywhere a little loose so in most cases you're going to want to hold that
button down one thing to know when you get that controller wheel if that dial
is not in the center the gimbal head could drift it could start moving and
this happens with other Ozma's and people think it's broken there's a
manufacturer error no it just needs the calibration so if you get your Osmo
pocket and you attach the controller wheel and your head starts moving the
gimbal starts moving to the side without you doing anything then you're gonna
have to do a calibration so you're gonna have to go into the little touch menu so
on the touch menu you're gonna swipe down and then you'll see a little icon
for settings you click on that then you're gonna scroll over to where it
says accessories you're gonna click on that and then you're gonna click on dial
calibration once you press that it's going to do that calibration so you
won't get the head drifting off to the side so it's just a quick
troubleshooting here so you get this don't freak out that's how you fix it as
we know Instagram has taken over social media and has its stories feature which
everyone seems to love it seems to be going crazy now so DJI is being pretty
smart and trendy it made a story mode function so you can use this function to
upload videos to Instagram to Facebook or to any other social media it will
shoot edit add music and record on to your phone and you can upload it so it's
basically all in one no effort no extra downloading and doing this and
doing that so if you want to shoot yourself doing any type of thing like a
fashion shoot walking around whatever you guys do while you're vlogging or
just recording your life or your business you can do that very quickly
and easily in story mode so let me explain alright so you have that little
adapter on the side of the Osmo pocket right above the record button then you
can attach your cell phone when you connect your phone to the adapter on the
Osmo pocket the MIMO app is automatically going to load in the
application you just slide over to the right and on the right side and the
lower right side it's gonna say story you're gonna click on that but then
you're going to be able to choose from four different story modes leisure
fashion cut and lively after you choose one of these four modes then you can
start recording when you record the gimbals automatically going to go into
that specific story mode and record the way it should and then process
everything add music and then download it right onto your phone so you can
upload it to social media so all your friends can give it a heart alike or
whatever else you want
I next let's talk about panel mode so shooting a panorama you can do it with
the Osmo pocket you don't need your phone however to view what you shot
you're gonna need to attach your phone so you can do it with your phone
attached or you can do it with just the Osmo pocket but in order to view it
which you probably do you're gonna eventually have to attach your phone so
on the touch screen you just slide over and then you're gonna choose panel on
the bottom right there and then panel you can do a 180 which will do 180
degree photo just go around and take it stitch it all together or you can do the
3 by 3 3 by 3 means 9 photos totals so
$317 which is right next to it just press it and you have the option of
doing 180 degrees or the 3 by 3 now let's talk about time lapse and motion
lapse you can do this with the Osmo pocket or with your phone you can
connect with the wireless module via bluetooth or Wi-Fi the main thing you
have to know is you have to either set it down on a flat surface or get this
module to keep it nice and steady but you can't move while you're doing a time
lapse or emotion lapse obviously because your footage won't come out right now
with the time lapse you can adjust the interval or every few seconds is it
going to take a photo and then the amount of time that's gonna elapse and
it's going to turn it all into a video you can go 20 30 minutes whatever you
want to choose but to do motion lapse you're gonna have to physically move the
head the gimbal of the pocket Osmo so it's much it's kind of like waypoints on
a drone basically you pick one point you like it
you move the head manually physically move it pick another point
press the plus sign move another point press the plus sign on the screen and so
you have these different points once you like it then you press
go and then it does it all for you I actually recommend using this with your
phone because when you use your phone for the motion lapse you're going to be
able to press path and then after you press the path button you're going to be
able to press the plus button the plus as new points where you want to move the
head so you move the head one position you press plus to another position you
can also take any point delete it and then it goes back and then you can put
in a new point so for instance you move it over here you don't like it delete it
and set a new point just to get it exactly right what I do like about this
camera I like the DJ I added the fpv mode because in fpv mode you can shoot
like a 360 kind of like the barrel roll with the Ronin s you can just go all the
way around and it's gonna maintain that horizon based on where you are it's not
gonna try to go back to the center and lock in but it's going to do all this
with that three axis stabilization alright so now that we've talked all
about the Osmo pocket if you decide to buy it I'm gonna go quickly right now
over activation setting it up so you have a kind of a QuickStart guide to get
going with this mini stabilizer so the first thing you want to do charge your
battery on the front of the Osmo pocket there's two buttons all right you have
your record button the button next which is a little red dot right next to it
there's another button you just hold that down when you hold it down the Osmo
pocket is gonna freak out it's gonna do that cable head calibration move around
like it's drunk and when it's done with that then it's powered on then you're
gonna remove the little cover and you're gonna put in your adapter and attach
that little adapter to your cell phone before you attach your cell phone make
sure you down the DJI memo app you can download it both for Android and for
Apple or whatever type of phone you have and once you download that then you're
gonna have to attach your phone to the adapter once you attach it go into the
app when you start the app for the first time it's gonna say activation there
just slide that over and press turn on upload device information and press next
then you're gonna press login now you can either register for an
account if you don't have a DJI account or create a new DGI account if you are
have a DGI account that you want to use you can just use that by clicking on
login then you're going to press activation and just wait and remember
you need your battery fully charged and you need a good internet connection if
you don't have either of these it could lead to some problems then you press
done and you're all good you're done activating the Osmo pocket after you
activate the Osmo pocket then you're going to want to do a firmware update so
make sure you have an SD card on the side can't do it without an SD card in
the side of the device so after you put that in then you're going to press the
right button on the Osmo pocket to turn it on connect your phone with the
adapter go into the memo app in the top of the app it's gonna say new firmware
available for download you just click on that and just wait for it to download
now make sure your battery is fully charged and make sure you have good
Wi-Fi connection so after you press download you're gonna have to also press
install at the bottom to get the firmware to download properly once the
firmware is fully installed you can press complete and what's nice about the
Osmo pocket is after you do the firmware it will shut itself down and then turn
on again for other drones or DJI products
you basically have to turn the unit off and then turn it back on after you do a
firmware update because if you were to do the firmware update and then just
start using it it wouldn't work properly you have to turn everything off and
turning everything back on but the Osmo pocket does everything for you which is
great now if you've already used an Osmo or another DJI product the memo app
should be pretty intuitive however I'm gonna go over it briefly just to get you
started it's not too complicated but here we go alright so all the shooting
modes are on the right-hand side of the screen you just slide it with your thumb
or your finger move it around on the right side that big circle if it's white
it's for photos if it turns red that means it's taking video so you can just
switch it back forth you know if white is photo red as video the little icon in
the upper right hand corner of the app is the selfie mode so you just press
that and then the gimbal will turn around and look right at you and then if
you want to go out of selfie mode just tap that same
again and will go back to its original filming position okay that icon right
above the red or white circle is the recenter button so when you press that
button the gimbal will go right back to center so have you moved the gimbal to
the side and it's looking to the left or it's looking to the right or down or up
when you press that recenter it's gonna go right back to the middle like I said
before that big round circle is to take photos or video for video you obviously
press it it starts the video press it again stops the video what's great is
you can immediately go into active track mode by just highlighting the subject
with your finger so you make a little square on a person and object whatever
and then it automatically will follow that object or person all around to stop
the active track all you do is that box that's around the subject is going to
have a little X in the upper right hand corner you're just going to press that
little X to exit out and then you're back into normal mode like the DJI Go
app and the DJI go for app in the lower right hand corner you have that little
icon that you click on to review your videos or your photos of course you can
pick ones that you like you can delete them you can do whatever you like with
them and they're right there now a really nice feature with this app is the
fact that you can touch the screen in whatever direction you want the gimbal
to move so as soon as you touch the screen in that direction that point
where you want to move the gimbal will move in that direction but it won't it
will do it in a very smooth and cinematic way you can just tap wherever
you want the gimbal to move and it will automatically move in that direction
which is pretty nice in the upper left hand corner you can see your camera
settings and the battery life and the battery life is what's on the Osmo
pocket which will last up to one hundred and forty minutes now when use the
active tracker you have the gimbal following something you can adjust that
speed so you click on that icon the gimbal icon and you can adjust basically
how the gimbal moves whether you want it to move nice and smooth or you can have
it move much faster if you want to adjust your different camera settings
you click on that icon on the left hand side right here now if you wanted to go
into more extensive video and photo features you're going to press in the
lower left hand corner and that's going to give you all your different
settings you can also see the battery life and how much space you have on your
microSD card when you just have the Osmo pocket on so I'll say it on the top and
on the bottom right on that little touchscreen so speaking of the touch
screen let's talk a little more about that to learn how to use all those
settings very briefly so what you do is you just swipe down with your finger on
that touch screen and you're gonna come to your settings then you're gonna just
swipe to the side and as you swipe you can go to beautify mode Gimple settings
full screen mode and brightness setting now when you swipe up with your finger
you're gonna go into your gimbal quick settings these quick settings include
recenter selfie follow speed fpv follow and gimbal lock now when you swipe left
on your touchscreen you're gonna have a list of different shooting modes after
you choose the shooting mode that you want then you're gonna swipe to the left
side and then you can adjust the specific setting within that mode that
you want perhaps an easier way is just to press that right button right below
the screen you just press that and then you can go into your different shooting
modes as well now the button with a little red dot you just press that and
you're gonna be able to record photos or videos when you're on that touch screen
you can swipe right to review what you've shot to see all your different
photos and your videos now when you want to turn off the Asamoah pocket you just
hold that button on the right hand side and it turns off and then if you run out
of battery on the bottom you just plug in a cable and then you can start
charging the little light above the red dot button is going to blink on and off
and you can see when it's done charging hot doggy that was a long video I hope
you found it helpful if you did press that like button if you're interested in
buying the Osmo pocket or some accessories I have links in the
description below to make it convenient for you and if you haven't done so guys
please press that subscribe button so you get more videos like this about DJ
eye equipment about drones about photography and before I go guys
remember siempre Avante Michael para
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Agents & Brokers Learning On Demand: Guide to Compensation - Duration: 6:18.
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{Dave} Welcome and thanks for tuning in to Agent and Broker Learning On Demand, a Marketplace original series!
In this video, we'll talk more about compensation for agents and brokers for Marketplace enrollments.
This is a topic we at CMS hear about frequently from agents and brokers.
As a reminder, throughout this video, the term "Health Insurance Marketplace," or "Marketplace," refers to
Federally-facilitated Marketplaces, or FFMs, including FFMs where states perform plan management functions,
and State-based Marketplaces on the Federal Platform, or SBM-FPs.
So, let's get started.
Compensation includes any commissions, fees, or other incentives in the relevant contracts you may have with
qualified health plan issuers.
In the Marketplace, similar to enrollments in coverage offered outside the Marketplace, compensation comes
directly from issuers with whom you are affiliated.
Neither the Marketplace, nor CMS, sets or pays compensation to agents or brokers.
In general, you must meet a few requirements to receive commission for a Marketplace enrollment:
First, you need to have an appointment or compensation agreement with the QHP issuer in
accordance with state law.
Second, you must have completed Marketplace training and registration for the
applicable plan year prior to assisting with the enrollment.
And finally, you need to maintain an active health-related line of authority in the state
where the QHP is offered.
To receive credit for consumer enrollments in the Marketplace, your information, particularly
your name and National Producer Number, or NPN, should be recorded on the consumer's application.
You should note that having a consumer add you as an Agent of Record is not the same as having your
NPN listed on the Marketplace application.
However, should a QHP issuer identify a particular enrollment with which you should have been
associated, the QHP issuer may add you to the enrollment even if you were not initially included
on the enrollment transaction sent by the Marketplace.
Issuers are required to confirm that you have completed Marketplace registration and
training for the applicable plan year prior to assisting consumers before issuing compensation for
enrollments by using the Agent and Broker FFM Registration Completion List.
If you think your NPN should have been included on a consumer's Marketplace enrollment transaction,
but was not, you should contact the respective issuer directly.
If you work with a general agency and they are responsible for paying you, then check with
them along with the issuer.
CMS encourages agents and brokers to keep written evidence that they supported a
consumer enrollment, in case issues arise.
Such evidence may include a consent form from the consumer, a broker of record form, or similar
documentation that demonstrates the agent or broker assisted the consumer at the time of enrollment.
An issuer may issue compensation if there is documented evidence that the agent or broker
DID assist the consumer, BUT the NPN was left off the enrollment, IF all other requirements have
been met.
While the vast majority of compensation questions and issues should be directed to issuers themselves,
there are a few exceptions when agents and brokers should contact CMS.
One of these is equivalent compensation.
The Affordable Care Act requires that issuers must pay the same compensation for QHPs offered
through the Marketplace as they do for similar health plans offered outside the Marketplace.
If you have evidence that this may not be the case, you can contact the Agent/Broker Email Help Desk
with your concerns and ample supporting documentation.
Agents and brokers should also contact CMS if they have evidence that issuers are using discriminatory
practices that have the effect of discouraging enrollment of consumers with
significant health needs.
In terms of compensation arrangements, discriminatory practices could include
paying lower commissions for higher metal level plans, like platinum and gold plans, that are
associated with higher utilization compared to lower metal level plans, like silver and bronze plans.
If you have evidence that an issuer's Marketplace compensation arrangement or marketing practices
may be discriminatory, you can contact CMS at marketconduct@cms.hhs.gov
or the applicable State Department of Insurance.
Again, be sure to include any documentation or records that describe the compensation structure
or practice in question.
CMS does not have the legal authority to pay commissions to agents and brokers or
mandate compensation.
The Marketplace does not play a role in appointments or compensation agreements between issuers and
agents and brokers and is not a party to the contracts between issuers and agents and brokers.
If you're looking for more information on compensation in the Marketplace,
CMS has several resources available.
Check out the agent and broker general resources page.
CMS has a Marketplace compensation tip sheet entitled
"Agent and Broker Compensation for Marketplace Enrollments" available to help agents and brokers.
Enter "compensation" in the search field on the general resources page or refer to the
companion guide for this video series.
In addition, you can refer to "FAQs for Agents & Brokers" through CMS's website.
For any additional questions or concerns on this topic, contact the Agent/Broker Email Help Desk.
Thanks for watching!
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Lamentable top French guide slams standard of restaurants World news - Duration: 2:45.
Lamentable top French guide slams standard of restaurants World news
French restaurants also struggle abroad due to rise of 'very easy' Italian cuisine, says La Liste
French restaurants also struggle abroad due to rise of 'very easy' Italian cuisine, says La Liste
The standard of French cuisine is on the slide, the head of the authoritative La Liste ranking has warned, despite a Paris restaurant being declared the best in the world for the third year running.
Beyond the top gastronomic hot spots, the level of cooking was sometimes "lamentable" said Philippe Faure, a former French ambassador who also heads the country's tourism promotion council.
"Thirty or 40 years ago you could cross the country stopping randomly every 20 kilometres and eat very well; there were good bistros everywhere. But that is no longer the case," he told AFP. "Without using a guide you can now eat better in Switzerland, Spain and in Italy," he added, when it used to be "the other way around".
Faure said that while high-end French gastronomy was thriving – with Guy Savoy's riverside Paris restaurant ranked the best in the world alongside French-born Eric Ripert's Le Bernardin in New York – it has "not succeeded in pulling up the rest".
"There are too few (good) gastronomic bistros in the big towns and not enough young people doing good things. "In the provinces it's lamentable, it's not good," he declared.
The admission comes three years after the French-based La Liste was set up as a scientific counterweight to the British-based 50 Best Restaurants guide, which had long been accused of "French bashing".
La Liste's "guide of guides" ranks the 1,000 best restaurants in the world by aggregating millions of reviews from guides such as Michelin to newspapers and websites such as Yelp and TripAdvisor.
Faure said that while haute cuisine is still regarded as the best in the world, with a revival in traditional French cooking in the US, more humble French restaurants were struggling abroad.
That was also because French cooking was more demanding and needed greater technique, he argued.
"Fifty to 100 French restaurants were closing every year in Japan (when he was ambassador there in 2011) while 200 Italian ones were opening. Italian cooking is very easy" in comparison, he said. "You can't go wrong. Pasta, conserves, sundried tomatoes and parmesan cheese keep for years.
"But in a French restaurant you have to have fresh salads, fresh fish sauces, delicate fine cheeses and that is infinitely more complicated and costly and it demands a lot of know-how," he said.
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Ultimate Guide to the Best Christmas Gifts For Dogs 2018 - Duration: 12:29.
dare I say it Christmas is nearly upon us and the last thing you want to do is
to forget to buy the most important family member which is your dog of
course some Christmas gifts well as luck would have it here is a list of the best
Christmas gifts for dogs that they will not only love but that will also improve
their physical or mental health now I've split them into five categories
so you're certain to find the best present for your pampered pooch what
more could you ask for hi I'm dr. Alex from our pets health helping you and
your pet to live a healthier happier life so if that's something you're
interested in make sure you hit that subscribe button down below
so my first category is pet tech gifts we all love a new gadget or at least I
know I do but it's all too easy to waste money on
something that goes in a drawer after or weeks use it never gets recharged and it
never sees the light of day again get something instead that you're not only
used but will also help your dog to stay fit and healthy and my first item is a
Fitz Park activity tracker so there's no need for your dog to miss out on the
latest tech gadgets out there and how about something that not only tracks
your dog's activity levels but can also provide an early warning system to alert
you to the fact that your dog might be becoming unwell sounds too good to be
true well this is exactly what the fit bark two offers think of it like a
Fitbit activity tracker for dogs so the fit bark too comes in a small discreet
package it's got a super cool bone design and lots of kind of quick
changing colors that just get attached to the collar it's super I'm super
discreet your dog won't know it's there and you know they look great
so once attached to your dog's collar like I say they're not even going to
know it's there and that's really when the magic begins so the fit bark two
tracks how active and how much exercise your dog has had and it then compares it
to their normal scores as well as with other similar dogs it also lets you know
how well they are sleeping and when this is combined with activity levels you can
get some incredibly useful health indicators so activity levels you know
are they starting to fall as sleep becoming disturbed well they could be
sick you can track the improvement in your dog's activity levels as an
indicator that their arthritis treatment that used
it is actually working it's actually improving their comfort and quality of
life as your itchy dog sleep quality started to drop well they might be
having a flare-up of their allergy and they might be up to scratching all night
and you're just not aware of that so as well as fun you know this is one
Christmas gift that's guaranteed to help your dog stay fit and also stay as
healthy as possible so next up we've got the whistle GPS monitor so if you live
in the USA and you want to step things up a level then the whistle three might
be just what you're looking for as well as being an activity tracker is also a
GPS monitor and this allows you to know exactly where your dog is and track
their every movement you can even set up safe spaces online and what happens is
if your dog goes out of these safe spaces you get alerted straight away so
if your dog you know breaks out of the yard or you know heaven forbid if they
get taken then you're going to get alerted straight away now the downsides
to the whistle or that you know quite understandably for a GPS tracking
service a subscription plan is needed and all that tech means that the unit's
larger it's less discreet and not as attractive as the fit bark too but still
if GPS tracking is what you want then the whistle too is whistle three sorry
is exactly what your dog needs this Christmas ok mental stimulation is next
he ever thought how boring a dog's life can be sitting waiting for you to come
home or waiting for you to stop and play with them or grab the lead and take them
out for that walk that you've been promising them for a week well a lack of
stimulation can cause a lot of behavioral problems as well as have the
potential to worse and diseases like dementia in older dogs so keep your dog
stimulated with these food puzzle gifts and their happiness will definitely be
improved and first up I've got a snuffle mat so a snuffle mat is a great way to
make your dog actually work for their food stretch outs stretches out
mealtimes it reduces overeating and the concept is really simple you just hide
their biscuits in the mat and your dog then has to work to rummage to snuffle
their way through into every nook and cranny to get their reward you can think
of this as an indoor version of simply just throwing your dog's food out all
over the lawn for them to then look for you know it engages their nose engages
their brain it provides mental stimulation and far more enjoyment of
mealtimes you know compared to a typical dog who just vacuums up their dinner in
two and a half seconds flat so snuffle mats come in lots of
different varieties from simple wool versions to more complex creations where
you can actually vary what your dog has to do to get their food you'll still
need to supervise mealtimes especially in the early days to make sure that your
dog doesn't actually start eating their mat and you're also going to need to put
it through the washing machine every now and then just to keep it clean and keep
it hygienic but nonetheless a stuff all that could make the perfect Christmas
gift for your dog this Christmas do you feed your dog a wet food rather than a
dry food but like the idea of stuff or mats well don't worry a licky mat is the
perfect alternative so these rubber mats they're designed to have wet food or a
treat added bit like peanut butter and the ridges and the fingers then make it
a challenge for your dog to eat whatever it is that you've spread over their
licky pad while they're you know not looking for it and they don't have to
look for it lists have to work hard to get their tongue into every crevice and
work out the best way to do that and a liquid mat is bound to be their sole
point of focus for quite some time again it's a perfect way to spread out
mealtimes but it's also a great distraction for an anxious dog through
something like fireworks or thunderstorms okay so next up we have
the humble Kong and no dog Christmas gift guide won't be complete without two
Kong so these are virtually indestructible rubber toys they're
perfect for stuffing with treats and they provide hours of entertainment for
your dog if they suffer from separation anxiety fear of fireworks again or if
they're just left to their own devices for hours on end then you simply must
get your dog a calm while some people would be happy to leave their dog on the
supervise with a snuffle mat or a licky pad you know like I said before I'd
always worry about the potential for them to eat parts of that which could
then have you know potentially serious complications with Kong so if you get
the right size and the right strength there's absolutely tiny chance of your
dog destroying them they're really robust so they're definitely safe to
leave with your dog you know when they're not supervised so get one it's
that simple now my last mental stimulation toy is just a treat ball so
these are hollow balls they can be filled with kibble
then the hole means that when the ball is rolled the biscuits slowly fall out
it's important to get the right size for your dog too small and they end up may
end up just chewing and destroying the ball itself to large and they might get
their jaw stuck in the dispensing hole and certainly on reviews I've seen this
is a real a main problem funkin of our tiny toy breed dogs you know every dog
enjoys different challenges and it might be that a treat ball is the challenge
that your dog will enjoy the most that's Christmas okay so my next category is be
safe be seen so Christmas means winter and winter means dark evenings this
though is no excuse for you not to take your dog out to exercise and actually
you're fit buck might be telling you off if you don't head out but it's vital
that your dog is visible so that you can see them you can see where they are
other people can see your dog and it makes it much less likely that they
could get hit by a car or knocked over by a bike you know should they wander
off although clearly a good recall is a must for any awfully dog especially when
it's dark and my first item is just a reflective vest so a simple reflective
vest it might not be the most fashionable accessory but it's certainly
one of the best and cheapest ways to make sure that your dog won't be missed
they're lightweight they come in a range of sizes they're super visible to any
traffic but if you're in a dark field by yourself then you still won't be able to
keep track of your dog because it needs that light reflecting off it to be to be
visible so a step up then is a vest with built in flashing lights turn them on
and your dog is gonna be lit up like a Christmas tree there's gonna be no
missing them if you don't like the idea of built-in lights or want something a
bit more robust and heavy-duty then you could instead choose a
reflective harness so there are some great ones out there I really like the
high quality ones from Julia's canine as well as reflective detailing and trim
they also have a built in torch holder and they of course come in a range of
colors and that really are built to last a lifetime
so if you combine your Julia's canine power harness with a light top collar
then again visibility won't be a problem there is of course an even simpler
option than a light top collar and that's to get a clip-on collar light
they're cheap they're cheerful they do a good job but they are only visible from
the front really they're definitely better than nothing but if you're going
to use a clip-on collar light then you definitely want to combine that with
something else to make sure that your dog is definitely visible on the dark
nights around Christmas so using a combination as with many things
it's definitely the best option there okay so my next category is a touch of
luxury now there's nothing wrong with the little indulgence of luxury over
Christmas especially if it improves your dog's quality of life and first up I've
got a memory foam bed so what's more luxurious than a bed that contours to
your body well the cold weather can mean that your senior dog becomes more stiff
than normal they might be struggling with arthritis now of course it's vital
to start a proper treatment program but one part of this can be buying them a
soft padded bed and even better than that is to buy a memory foam bed this
wraps around sore joints it removes pressure points and helps ease any aches
and pains if you've got a young dog or one who doesn't suffer from stiffness
you know and they're not in pain well they still deserve a comfortable bed
don't they you'll also want to make sure you get a waterproof cover to make sure
that they stay clean and dry and they really will last a lifetime if you look
if you look after them okay next up we've got a winter jacket so depending
on where you live Christmas again means winter and winter means freezing or wet
or both so what your dog there needs is a toasty warm jacket and this is
especially important if your dog you know it's not a quick with their own
winter coat so you know an extreme example would be a whippet got no body
fat and they've got really short hair or if they're just small and so more likely
to get wet through and or succumb to the cold so for mild weather you might be
able to get away with something that just covers their their trunk their
torso and chest but when temperatures really drop you want to get something
that also covers their neck so this is really important as a lots of big blood
vessels they run very close to the skin there and without insulation they can
result in you know a lot of heat loss when it's really cold or when it's wet
okay my last category is charity so Christmas is all about giving and maybe
your dog has everything they could possibly want you've got every accessory
Under the Sun maybe they've even stopped believing in Santa
maybe they'd be delighted with nothing more than a tasty pack of dental chews
but rather than splurge then on something that won't get used or you
don't really need consider instead making a donation to charity so you
could give you a lote local shelter a ring to see if there's anything that
they're you know they're desperate for instead you might want to pick a charity
that's close to your heart and working towards a goal that you really feel
passionate out you know there are so many out there
but one that stands out for me is a tractor called Street vet so this is a
team of dedicated veterinarians who volunteer their time to help care for
the pets of the homeless and you know they've got an Amazon wishlist they
accept donations you know as do many charities so the bond between homeless
people in their pets it's really profound and it may actually be that
their dog is the only thing keeping them going and that's where you know Street
vet does fantastic work to keep the the pets of homeless people you know healthy
and safe as possible and entertain you'll see from their their wish list
you know they do ask for toys and things like that because the mental health of
our dogs on the street are just as important as you know our pet dogs and
just as important as the homeless people themselves so you know that's the
charity suggestion but you know wherever you are and whatever charities close to
you I'm sure they would be more than delighted to receive whatever donation
you can give okay so I hope my Christmas gift for dog guide gives you a few ideas
of something that you can get your dog something that you know they'll enjoy
there like that will entertain them but will also be useful and also have
long-term benefits for their health and their well-being or will help keep them
safe and if you've got any favorite gifts that your dog or you know favorite
toys that your dog likes you know please leave me a comment down below and I'd
love to to hear from them and read from them and you know give give people other
ideas of what they could give their dog but until next time I'm dr. alex from
our pets health because they're family
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Add a library research guide (Libguide) to course navigation menu in Canvas - Duration: 2:40.
Are you using a library research guide, often referred to as a Libguide, for one
of your classes? If so, would you like to make it easier for your students to
access it in Canvas? You can easily add it to your Canvas navigation menu using
the following steps. First, once you've logged into Canvas and
are in a Canvas classroom, select Settings in the left-hand navigation
menu. Now in the upper menu select the Apps
option.
In the search box search for Redirect. Click on the image for the
redirect tool and then Add App. Now, fill in the specific information about how
this option will appear in the menu and where the link will send students. First,
let's rename this Library Research Guide.
Next, we'll provide the link to the specific Libguide that we're using. I
have a Libguide open in another tab so I'll grab its URL and copy and paste
that URL into the URL Redirect box. Lastly, click on the Show in Course
Navigation box and then Add App. Refresh your page and you should see the Library
Research Guide option listed in the navigation menu down towards the bottom.
if you'd like to change the menu order, again go to Settings. Choose the
navigation option in the upper menu and then you can drag and drop the menu
items to reorder them. Make sure to hit Save at the bottom of the page. And
that's it! You now have a Library Research Guide link in your course
navigation menu. Students can easily find it and click on it to access your
research guide (or Libguide). If you have any questions about this process, please
contact the library!
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San Francisco Vacation Travel Guide - See, Do, Eat, Explore (4K HD) - Duration: 4:44.
San Francisco. The City by the Bay. Where a fog named Karl reigns supreme
shrouding everything in its mists. From the world's first cable car system to
a bay so mesmerizing, it inspired Otis Redding to write, "Sitting on the Dock (of
the Bay) in 1967. Hi, I'm Sasha and I am standing in one of the coolest spots in
San Francisco... underneath the Golden Gate Bridge. Where am I? Fort Point. A 19th
century army base that was slated to be torn down when the bridge was built in
the 1930s, but the chief engineer added an extra arch, so the fort and its
history could be preserved. On this episode of Sasha Tobago, we're going
to explore a few of my favorite things to see, do, and drink here in San
Francisco. First up, Lands End. A National Park area
on the city's west side, with increasingly stunning views of the
Golden Gate Bridge. Exploring its trails is a lovely way to soak in the city's
natural beauty. Along the way you'll pass, a meditative labyrinth. Hidden beach
coves. And the wuthering ruins of what was once the world's largest indoor
swimming pool in the 1890s. The next thing I love about San Francisco is its
stairway to heaven mosaics. Tiled staircases leading up to breathtaking
views. The eldest and grandest of them all is the 16th Avenue Steps. Inspired by the
famous Selaron Steps in Rio de Janeiro, this staircase shimmers with
over 2,000 handmade tiles storing up 163 steps. Each of these mosaics was a labor
of love for hundreds of volunteers living in neighborhoods nearby. To
transform ugly duckling thoroughfares, into gorgeous works of art.
Stair mastering hundreds of steps can work up quite an appetite.
Luckily, I'm in the birthplace of San Francisco sourdough bread, mission
burritos, the popsicle and Ghirardelli chocolate. The Bay Area's most iconic
original is the almighty martini. Born during the California Gold Rush in the
mid 1800s as a fancy alternative to champagne,
It was creatively concocted at a bar in the nearby town Martinez. Whether you
like yours shaken, stirred, or with a twist, a great place to savor martini is
at one of the swanky cocktail bars in San Francisco's Union Square.
A final thing I love to do in the Bay Area is head for the hills
for breathtaking views. San Francisco is the second highest city in the world and
this is its second highest point, Twin Peaks, which rises 922 feet above the
Pacific Ocean. If your adrenaline is pumping for even more altitude, head up
to Mount Tamalpais, where you can hike or mountain bike your way to sky high
vistas of the Bay Area and beyond. And when it comes to the city's Queen Bee,
the Golden Gate Bridge, Battery Spencer is a must-stop for picture perfect
views of San Francisco and its illustrious bay.
If you enjoyed this video and want more like it, let me know by subscribing to my channel below.
And if you'd like to tag along on my travel adventures, follow me @Sashatobago on
social media. See you there!
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