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Yaasa Adjustable Bed Giveaway winner receives a Yaasa Adjustable Bed, you choose the size (up to a $1799 value)! (Ends 4/17/2018)
Winner will get to choose which Limited Edition PS4 Pro Gaming Console bundle, the console may be new or pre-owned depending on availability. Max value not to exceed $450 USD. International winners will be responsible for shipping. (Ends 4/17/2018)
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Enter for a chance to win one of 3 free desk bikes. (Ends 4/29/2018)
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Enter to win an Electra Townie Bike and gear from Polar Bottle, Bern Helmets, Lems Shoes, Jungmaven, Kryptonite, Nite Ize and Green Guru. Total Value: $1,500 (Ends 4/30/2018)
SWEETWATER SOUND MONTHLY GIVEAWAY – This month Sweetwater is giving one lucky DJ a complete performance rig to keep the party going. We’ve partnered with Pioneer DJ, Serato, SoundSwitch, Electro-Voice, Ultimate Support, Mogami, Ableton, Odyssey, Gator, and On-Stage Stands to craft this gig-ready package,. This DJ GEAR is valued at over $13,000! (Ends 4/30/2018) Limit one (1) entry per household per month.
April John Petrucci Giveaway – One lucky winner will receive a Signature Sterling MAJ100 Electric Guitar in an icy Arctic Dream finish and a Dunlop Signature Wah pedal – BOTH autographed by John himself. The winner will also receive a pair of TC Electronic effects, The Dreamscape Signature Modulation Pedal, fully loaded Flashback 2 Delay Pedal, 12 packs of assorted Dunlop John Petrucci guitar picks, and 12 packs of Ernie Ball P02240 Regular Slinky RPS Nickel Wound Guitar Strings. This incredible guitar rig collection from AMS is valued at $1,600. (Ends 4/30/2018)
Roland/Sabian Drum Gear Giveaway – Enter now for your chance to take home a Roland SPD::ONE W WAV Percussion Pad & Sabian HHX Omni 19 Inch Cymbal. A $698 Value! (Ends 4/30/2018)
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United Healthcare Step Up for Better Health Pledge Sweepstakes (210 winners) – (Ends 4/30/2018) Prizes include: 10 Apple Watchs® | 100 $100 Foot Locker Gift Cards | 10 NERF® ENERGY™ Game Kits. One entry per person.
Easy Spirit Move for You Sweepstakes – Win a year’s worth of Easy Spirit shoes. (Ends 4/30/2018) One time entry per person.
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AirWick $50K Home Makeover Grand Prize is $50,000 in Walmart gift cards and First Prize is $5,000 in Walmart gift cards. (Ends 4/30/2018)
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Win a $100 Xero Shoes Gift Certificate A new winner selected at random each month. APRIL’S GIVEAWAY (Ends 4/30/2018)
Enter for a chance to win a Sports History Fan prize package that includes an Amazon Kindle Fire and four Sports History Kindle edition books to go with it.
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Kretschmar Country – CMA Fest Sweepstakes and IWG ENter daily and you could win a $10,000 trip to Nashville or hundreds of instant win prizes like banjos, YETI products, and more from this giveaway. (Ends 5/1/2018)
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2018 Billboard Music Awards VIP Sweepstakes RV of trip is $4,400 (Ends 5/6/18)
Wildwood Grilling Mother’s Day Giveaway – 5 pounds of Clear Springs Rainbow Trout Fillets (Ends 5/7/18)
$2,500 Cash Mother’s Day Giveaway – MoneyTalksNews is giving one lucky winner $2,500 this Mother’s Day! (Ends 5/12/2018)
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Win $500 with Sprouts Farmers Market Gift Card (Ends 5/14/2018)
Win A $200 Debit Gift Card! 2 Prizes Will Be Awarded (Ends 5/15/2018)
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Win a YETI Tundra 35 cooler or 2 Dollywood Season Passes {US} (Ends 5/24/2018)
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Perfect for holidays, parties, and any occasion or non-occasion these recipes are foundations that can be built upon with countless variations. Switch up fruits, fats, flours – the possibilities are endless. If time and waistline permitted, I could wake up every morning to the smell of fresh muffins baking in the oven, especially these yummy muffins!
Raspberry Muffins Recipe
Muffins packed with raspberries and topped with coarse sugar crystals – a delightful breakfast treat. Raspberries are my absolute favorites, but you could easily adapt this recipe with your favorite fruit, or toss in some nuts for a completely different taste and texture.
Ingredients
1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/3 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups fresh or frozen raspberries
Additional sugar
Directions
Combine flour and baking powder; set aside.
In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar.
Add eggs; mix well.
Combine milk and vanilla; add to creamed mixture alternately with flour mixture.
Fold in the raspberries.
Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full.
Sprinkle with sugar.
Bake at 375° for 15 – 25 minutes or until center of muffin springs back when lightly touched.
Banana Nut Muffins Recipe
This is a pretty simple recipe for easy Banana Nut Muffins. They come out perfect: soft and dense. Loaded with banana flavor, thanks to the overripe bananas and plenty of nuts for crunch. I make these banana nut muffins often. They go together quickly and disappear just as fast.
Ingredients
1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
3/4 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup shortening
2 eggs
2 tablespoons milk
1 – 1 1/2 cups mashed very ripe bananas
1/4 – 1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional)
Makes 48 Mini Muffins
Directions
Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
In a large bowl, beat shortening and sugar.
Add eggs (1 at a time) and milk; smooth after each addition.
Add flour mixture and bananas alternately; smooth after each addition.
Fold in the nuts.
Fill greased two-thirds full.
Sprinkle with sugar.
Bake at 350° for 15 – 25 minutes or until center of muffin springs back when lightly touched.
Loaf Pan 50 – 65 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of loaf comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes
Here’s the pan that I used to make these cute little muffins!
Make Fun Bite Sized Treats with the Grazia® Silicone MINI Muffin Pan!
Grazia® Silicone 24 Cup MINI Muffin Pan:
100% Pure Food Grade Silicone & FDA Approved
High Quality Construction & Manufactured in Socially Compliant Facility
Safely use in the Oven, Microwave, Dishwasher, or Freezer
Heat Resistant to 450 Degrees Farenheit
No Stick No Mess No nothing – Once you try it you won’t go back to the Rusted Old Metal Pan
My Thoughts
I used my tried and true banana nut bread recipe to test the Grazia Silicone MINI Muffin Pan. It is recommended that you place the silicone pan on a baking tray. It fit perfectly on my 9×13 cookie sheet. I mixed up my batter, placed it in a glass measuring cup, and poured it into each muffin cup. After 18 minutes my mini banana muffins were done. The muffins browned nicely and popped right out without any sticking.
Success! Everyone loved the moist bite-sized muffins! No more dry, sugar, and preservative laden ones from a bag for my family. I can’t wait to use my new Grazia Silicone MINI Muffin Pan to make several different varieties of mini muffin bites for everyone at our next family get together.
We’ve put together some of the biggest mistakes we see dronepilots making. Whether you’re an experienced pilot or just a beginner, we all make mistakes. We hope that you can learn from these tips and not make these mistakes yourself!
1. Not knowing your drone and controller.
You are now the proud new owner of a drone! After anxiously waiting to open your new aircraft, you tear the drone out of the box, put in the batteries, and rush outside to take to the skies. Of course, you gather up your friends and neighbors to witness your great first flight. Everyone is impressed with your mad skills. That is when in a split second, it all goes wrong. To prevent major failure and loss of your done, before taking to the skies you need to understand all the functions of the controller, know what each button does, how to setup all the features, and have a basic understanding of how a drone flies.
2. Not knowing how sensors work.
Drones have many types of sensors to provide you with the best user experience. From Multispectral, Lidar, Photogrammetry and Thermal sensors that are used to provide 3D models of buildings and landscape to ToF depth ranging camera sensors that can be used for object scanning, indoor navigation, obstacle avoidance, gesture recognition, tracking objects, measuring volumes, reactive altimeters, 3D photography, augmented reality games and much more.
In addition, many drones are now equipped with collision avoidance systems. These drone vision systems use obstacle detection sensors to scan the surroundings while software algorithms and SLAM technology to produce the images into 3D maps allowing the flight controller to sense and avoid the object. However, it is unlikely that they will detect small thin objects like power lines in time to avoid a crash.
3. Flying in restricted areas.
As a new drone pilot, in addition to learning how your drone operates, you should educate yourself on the airspace regulations of your country, and the general rules of safe flying. Restricted areas are typically located around airports, military installations, or other areas where flight could be hazardous. Temporary Flight Restrictions ( TFRs ) define a certain area of airspace where air travel is limited because of a temporary hazardous condition, such as a wildfire or chemical spill; a security-related event. The TFR website can help narrow down the relevant active TFRs in a specific area.
Without a camera, if your drone is less than the limit of 0.5lb, you shouldn’t need to register it. However, if your drone has a camera, you may need to get it registered with the FAA regardless of weight. Technically, you don’t have to register your drone if you are flying under the Special Rule for Model Aircraft, but it’s not always possible to fit the criteria of that rule, and it’s better to be safe than sorry. To register your drone, you will need to go to registermyuas.faa.gov. Don’t worry, it’s an inexpensive and easy process.
4. Not taking gimbal bracket/covers and sensor stickers off.
If your drone has any “remove before flight” stickers and/or foam or a plastic clamp that holds the gimbal in place be sure to remove them. Not doing so can cause your motors to overheat and irreparable damage may occur.
5. Not updating firmware
Why you should upgrade to the latest firmware.Firmware is essentially the software that operates a particular device. Nearly every device you use has a firmware, from calculators to modems, to smartphones and most other devices we’d consider ‘smart’. So, it’s no surprise then that drones have relatively complex firmware, which controls how all the various electronics within the UAV and the controller interact. If you want to keep your drone running to the best of its abilities, update the firmware!
6. Flying without a spotter.
Flying is not without risks. After all, think about it, you have a package of sensitive electronics zipping around at a range of speeds and altitudes. One mistake can easily spell disaster for what are usually expensive hardware investments. Sometimes, things just go bad. Currently, FPV technology inherently sacrifices peripheral vision. Because of the shaky beginning every novice pilot encounters, there will be the inevitable crashes that come with learning. Having another person maintaining a line of sight can be invaluable when this happens. Also, having a buddy out there with you sharing in the experience can make for a richer experience.
7. Not understanding the weather.
As a drone pilot, you should have a high-level understanding of important weather factors and how it will affect your drone. Both hot and cold environments will cause adverse reactions for various components in your drone, resulting in reduced flight performance.
Obviously, drones don’t hold up well in rain, sleet, or snow. If you’re out in the field and it’s raining even slightly, don’t fly — it’s not worth the risk. Fog may not get the same attention precipitation does, but it doesn’t mean it’s any less crucial to consider. Drones don’t handle any sort of moisture well, regardless of the form it comes in.
Higher wind speeds make it more difficult for your aircraft to hold its positioning, which will result in shorter flight times, less accurate position holds, and more difficult maneuvering. The key here is to not fly in conditions where gusts may exceed your drone’s top speed, not just the average wind speed. Terrian can affect wind speed. Going over a gorge, around a building, or other objects can cause a sudden gust of wind.
8. Not calibrating the Gyro, IMU, Compass, GPS, etc.
It would be nice if these calibrations could be set once, but things like differing magnetic pulls, a hard landing, and other factors skew the drone’s sensors, in particular, the accelerometer and magnetometer. The accelerometer is responsible for keeping the drone stable and balanced as it flies, detecting changes in rotational attributes like pitch, roll, and yaw. The magnetometer is the compass that guides the drone between cardinal directions as it flies over a field, mostly to assist against orientation drift.
A very important, but often overlooked, step in flying a drone is to calibrate the drone’s compass each time that you fly. This is especially important if you bring the drone to a new location to fly. To be safe and prevent a fly-away, complete the calibration process every time you put the machine in the air. GPS is what keeps the drone in place and from drifting. If your drone has it, keep it turned on!
9. Flying indoors for the first flight.
Flying your drone indoors presents a unique set of risks and challenges, such as flying into people, furniture, ceilings, and floors. If you have pets, you have to be concerned with their curiosity with the flying chew toy. You can easily damage something or someone. In order to avoid breaking something expensive or giving someone a haircut, you’ll want to make sure you know what you’re doing before attempting this advanced flight.
10. Not getting GPS lock on before flying.
GPS is used to help the drone determine its position and yours and is what makes it possible for the drone to stop and hover in place. There are always far more than 6 GPS and Glonass satellites visible at any given time. Barriers, such as structures, terrain and even weather (clouds, precipitation) can cause the signal to be unusable. Generally, if you have 6 or more locked before takeoff, you should have at least that while flying, unless you fly near buildings, into a tunnel, etc. If your drone includes GPS stabilization, return-to-home functionality, and other automated flight modes getting a GPS lock before each flight can make a difference in getting your drone safely on the ground or lost to you forever. For solar weather, you can check http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/.
11. Flying too far away.
Drone technology has grown by leaps and bounds over the last few years, and consumer drones have better range than ever before. But the maximum range is only achieved if there is nothing in between you and the quadcopter – if you’re in an open field and fly straight out, or if you fly high and straight out so that there’s a straight line between you and the drone. Some drones have ranges of around 2 to 3 miles – the drone can maintain a radio link to the pilot and a video link, too. Most FPV systems work on the 5.8 gHz spectrum, which has even less range than 2.4 gHz commonly used in radios. Understanding the range of your particular drone model allows you to properly operate this machine, so as to not attempt to fly out of range and damage it.
12. Overcharging and Draining the battery.
Never overcharge a LiPo battery, they do not have a safe saturation point like car batteries where they will no longer accept a charge. If you overcharge a LiPo battery, it can eventually explode. You should also never “trickle” charge a LiPo battery (use a charger designed for LiPo batteries). Also, you also should not discharge a LiPo battery below 3.0v per cell to maintain a healthy battery. It is best practice to always leave 20% of rated capacity in the pack at the end of a flight, with 10% as an absolute minimum.
Safety Tip: Always use a fireproof container such as a LiPo safety bag, metal ammo box, or fireproof safe for storage. Remember to never leave your LiPo batteries sitting around on a full charge for more than 2-3 days. If by the 3rd day you realize you are not going to use your battery today, you need to discharge your battery for safe storage until you are ready to use the battery again. If you’ve ever purchased a new battery and checked the voltage, you should have discovered that it was at approximately 40% of capacity. Over the years, manufacturers have to come to the conclusion that this is the best condition for cell storage over long periods.
13. Flying Into trees and other obstacles.
If you fly these fun machines, it’s only a matter of time – usually a very short duration – until you get one stuck up in a tree. Given murphy’s law and your luck, it will naturally be quite high up. Getting your new drone stuck in a tree can be extremely frustrating. Not only does it force you to hang up the controller, but it also leaves you feeling dejected until you get it down or get a new one. If possible, fly in a large open field away from trees and other obstacles.
It might happen the first time you fly it outside due to inexperience, or it might happen way on down the line due to overconfidence. Or it might happen just by sheer bad luck. Even experienced pilots can run afoul of the giant oak tree and need to call the local power company to save Christmas and their grandchildren’s present. Yep, that’s Santa’s helpers getting a Bugs 2 down. Grandpa was testing it out before putting it under the Christmas tree.
