Aspect Problem... FCP 7

Hello,
I've posted about this once before and somehow fixed it but I messed with a lot of settings which eventually led to deleting them all because FCP kept shutting down on me.
It was my fault for not making it as clear...
1. I was given footage of Elmo & Dodo. Elmo is always in SD and Dodo is always in HD. When working in a sequence how am I suppose to make it so that Dodo has the same aspects (might be using the wrong terminology here) as Elmo. The rest of the footage is just like elmos. Here are some pictures...

Explanation: Your basic sequence should be a NTSC-DV 3:2 timeline. All the SD footage should come in without alteration and have value in the Aspect Ratio field of the Distort section of 0. The HD footage will adjust itself as it is added to the timeline. Scaling values of around 67% for 720p and 37.5% for 1080 are typical. HD aspect ratios are typically -12.5 in the Aspect Ratio field of the Distort section. All of this happens when you add the clips.
Procedure: The easiest way to get exactly what you need is to create a new sequence and (this is important) add an SD clip first so the sequence will auto-conform to SD. From there, add the rest of your clips however you like.
Then you'll want to adjust one HD clip to exactly what you want all HD clips to look like. This will mainly involve scaling the clip (increasing or decreasing its height until it fills the Canvas frame completely. Then select the HD clip and Copy (⌘ C) it. Then select all the remaining HD clips and Paste Attributes (⌥ V), choose Basic Motion, and press Enter. This will adjust all the HD clips to the same settings as the first one.
From there, you should have no problems. There is no need to alter aspect ratios unless you are creating some sort of special effect.
Good luck.

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