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I know! I know. My blogging calendar has been WAY out of wack this week. I skipped Christmas day AND Boxing day, and then yesterday I posted twice (make sure you check out the second post, btw- you don't want to miss it!). And then today I'm blogging a Wine Wednesday post… and yet it's Friday. I need to do a better job of keeping in step with my blogging calendar. That'll go on my ever-expanding list of New Years (Year's?) resolutions!
One of New Year's Eve's signature trademarks is champagne- you have to have something to toast with at midnight, right? What else would you pop open than a bottle of bubbly? Navigating the shelves upon shelves of options, however, can prove a little bit difficult. Up until recently, I had NO idea what the differences were between "Brut," "Prosecco," "Extra-Dry," etc. I know that "dry" when it comes to non-carbonated wines means tart and that it has a bite, but when it comes to sparkling wines, it's a totally different game.
Technically, the term "champagne" refers to a sparkling wine grow specifically in the Champagne region of France, produced under a particular set of instructions, but the term is applied liberally to most sparkling wines by the general public here in the US. Whoulda thunk it? When it comes to choosing your NYE champagne/sparkling wine, it's important to know what the terms describing a particular bottle mean. They range from unsweetened and tart to very, VERY sweet- I made a little diagram to help you tell the differences:
If you're the type of person who loves a good IPA or bold glass of merlot, you may tend more toward the Brut/Extra Dry region. But if you find yourself drifting toward fruity, sugary drinks, a Dry or Demi Sec might please your palate a bit more. Spumante and Processco are also worth checking out for those who like their champagnes a bit sweeter, but not so sweet that it's like drinking Welches grape juice. I headed over to Wegmans to find a few examples of different types of bubbly!
Below we have a Brut and a Blanc de Blanc. Most champagnes and sparking wines are made by combining both red and white grapes, but by keeping out the wine skins (tannins) it keeps the wine "white." A "Blanc de Blanc" champagne is specifically made with only the juice from white grapes. Useless trivia for your weekend :).
I love the PINK sparkling wine- it's a little bit tart, but it's such a fun bubbly! I had a couple of bottles on hand for my last boudoir marathon day and my brides loved it :). It's not too expensive either- it runs around $9-11/bottle.
Cooks is always a reliable option for those on a budget- they're in pretty much every grocery store in America and have several varieties available, running around $7-9/bottle.
And for those of you who really just don't like the taste of champagne but want to have something to toast with on New Year's Eve, I definitely suggest trying out a Moscato D'Asti! Matt doesn't like the taste of alcohol at all, but he really does enjoy an occasional glass of the Villa Jolanda Moscato D'Asti. It's really sweet, almost like drinking regular white grape juice, and the alcohol content is much lower than most wines (5.5%, vs. the typical 9-15% of other blends). It goes really well with fresh raspberries and brie!
Once you've got your bottle of whichever bubbly you prefer, make sure to give it plenty of time to chill before serving. Generally speaking, sparkling wines and champagne are best served at anywhere between 40-45 degrees. And make sure you have the proper stemware– it'll preserve the carbonation and keep your bubbly from going flat!
Happy Friday!
I like the bottle for the Moscato D'Asti as much as I like the wine. That's what got me to buy it in the first place!
thanks so much for posting this! so helpful! I love trying out new wines, and champagne is something I haven't ventured much into yet so now I can better pick what I may like! Something Dry-Sweet I think! : )
Like Matt, I'm not a fan of the alcohol taste… thus my favorite wines are Ice Wines, followed by Moscato Wines.
Also – definitely a fan of Bug Juice! It's a delicious Moscato and decently priced!
If you want a great champagne, try Moet & Chandon White Star. It's my personal favorite.
I LOVE the Moscato D'Asti! That's how I got into champagne. Good post! Happy New Year!
I LOVE sparkling wine! I have to confess – I love them even more than regular wine (maybe two years in Italy will cure that??). So yay for a post about "champagne"! What fun you must have had testing them all – wish I could have been there! 😛
Wow! That was really well explained! Now I'll feel like I know a few things before choosing my sparkling wine for NYE.
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So, this getting a job business, what do you need? Well, literacy and numeracy help. Being a team player can be useful. Work experience tends to mean you meet people who can run a business. Except in Investment banking, when almost no one can. All good advice, but how do you get the job. I mean, get the job.
I used to own a headhunting firm, where my main job was advising, for free, my now old investment banking friends on how they got jobs after the almost inevitable redundancy. Difficult, what else can what else can an investment banker do except be an investment banker?
Now it's their children, whose approach tends to be an unscripted panic, and a realisation, finally, that they should have worked harder at school, and at least have made some effort at university. So the initial conversation goes something like this;
'So, what do you want to do?'
'Investment banking'
'OK, there are 6,000 different jobs in an investment bank'
This really happens, so what is the solution. Well, in my case, Dad sent me to see a couple of 'merchant banker' friends, and the job appeared. This works no longer. Firstly, because Dad probably won't know any now. And secondly, his intervention in the process now would be hugely damaging to its chances of success. The jobseeker needs to be a bit better informed in this day and age. They need to have a rather more specific idea of what they want to do. This means a process is required. Everything needs a process. Cleaning your teeth needs a process. Without one, you could poke an eye out.
Here, for what it is worth, is the Loyd process of finding out what you want to do and how you go about doing it. The first thing anyone needs to remember is that a parent is, as a rule, less than useful at helping and, if it tries to, it tends to instil in the searcher an unshakeable urge to do as little as possible for the rest of its life whatever the cost might be. This mental affliction tends to accompany the physical one of a raised middle finger. Anyway;
- Buy a Black/Red note book. This process does not work if done on a computer (you might not agree with this, but you do need a print-out, if you use a computer);
- On page 1; write down what you are good at; communication; maths; people; whatever;
- Page 2; what you are bad at; working in the city; offices; big organisations;
- Page 3; what do you want your life style to be. City, kids privately educated, Ferrari means a vet's career in North Yorkshire is probably out. Living in Docklands? A country vet may not be ideal;
- Page 4; Set out Plan A; the first idea of what you might do, showing;
- How it fits with the criteria on Pages 1, 2, and 3;
- Which companies do it (research required here);
- Page 5; Set out Plan B (Plan A seldom works in life, look at the divorce rate); ditto Plan A;
- Page 6; Plan C; ditto.
The theory behind this process is as follows;
- You have a written record of where you have got to in the process;
- You can amend/update whenever, as opposed to waking up at 3pm, having a great idea, then forgetting it;
- You have something to read and think about;
- You have something to go through with someone else;
- The process will give you the semblance of progress, even when there is very little. There will be such moments, increasingly in this world, I suspect;
- When you have done this, you will find that there are many people who you can turn to for advice and help. But, as I know from experience, it is very hard to help someone who has no idea what they want to do;
- Then you add Page 7, which is a diary of whom you are seeing to discuss this; and
- ……….pages thereafter of each meeting and what is said. There will be very few meetings that do not result is some relevant idea/suggestion.
Maybe the answer will be to start your own business? Here the approach is somewhat different. You need three things;
- A business plan;
- A business plan; and
- Money
Same rules apply, but a parent might come in more useful.
David Loyd, 26th May 2016.
David Loyd is Director of International Market Management and friend of Jericho.
Written in response to May Jericho Notices.

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Rohrabacher to Investigate Karzai Family-China Corrupt Oil Deal
CNPC chose as its "partner" the Watan Group, a Karzai family firm run by two of President Karzai's cousins (Rashid and Rateb Popal) and includes his brother Qayum Karzai as a major stockholder. The conflict of interest displayed by President Karzai in ordering his Minister of Mines to sign the China contract with the Watan Group confirms that he is running a family-based kleptocracy.
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Washington, D.C.- Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, has expressed grave concern about the recent deal made by the Karzai family and the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), to develop oil and natural gas in the Amu Darya Basin of Afghanistan. He intends to hold a hearing into how the state-owned Communist Chinese enterprise colluded with the notoriously corrupt administration of President Hamid Karzai to gain a foothold in a strategic part of Afghanistan.
CNPC chose as its "partner" the Watan Group, a Karzai family firm run by two of President Karzai's cousins (Rashid and Rateb Popal) and includes his brother Qayum Karzai as a major stockholder. The conflict of interest displayed by President Karzai in ordering his Minister of Mines to sign the China contract with the Watan Group confirms that he is running a family-based kleptocracy.
"The strategic consequences of this "partnership" between the Karzai family and China are immense, and go beyond Beijing's desire to control new energy sources," says Rep. Rohrabacher. "The establishment of a large Communist Chinese government presence in the northern tier of Afghanistan will undoubtedly include armed security forces which Beijing always sends to its foreign oil fields. This enterprise should be seen as part of the long-term goal of the Sino-Pakistan alliance to dominate Afghanistan."
The $3 billion, 25-year deal gives Watan and CNPC access to an estimated 160 million barrels of oil from three fields in northern Afghanistan. CNPC has pledged to produce 150,000 barrels by the end of this year. CNPC is additionally interested in the larger Afghan Tajik fields, also in the north. The massive project will put a Chinese presence in the heart of Uzbek and Tajik regions which are the strongest centers of resistance to the Taliban. Local leaders of the Northern Alliance are opposed to the deal. President Karzai's response has been to threaten to send troops to put down local opposition, which he has labeled "treason."
"This is not just another example of President Karzai exercising dictatorial power to enrich his family," warns Rohrabacher. "It is an example of his growing alignment with Pakistan and China. The objective is to wipe out those northern communities most opposed to the Taliban and to Karzai. If successful, it means the U.S. has sacrificed blood and treasure for a decade only to benefit our enemies. Our brave soldiers are being stabbed in the back by corruption and subversion in Kabul working in cahoots with Beijing."
Rep. Rohrabacher is outraged that U.S. officials supervised the bidding process and allowed the award to go to the Chinese Communist firm and the Karzai family mafia.
"The Chinese state-owned and run corporation is an agent of America's greatest rival in world affairs," says Rohrabacher. "Beijing uses its rising wealth to buy influence, support rogue states and build armaments that threaten our security. To let them establish a major base in Afghanistan indicates that the Obama administration has no concept of strategy or understanding of the connection between international economics and national power.
"Instead of our failed and misguided policy of pretending Pakistan is an ally and Chinese investment is a stabilizing factor, we need to understand that we are returning to the pre-9/11 policy of permitting Pakistan's use of terrorists to conquer Afghanistan with Chinese help. We need to change our strategy. We need to support the Northern Alliance against Karzai's dangerous plot to sell his country and strengthen our alignment with India to counter Sino-Pak ambitions."
Rep. Rohrabacher's Subcommittee held a hearing on June 6th titled, "Investigating Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in Afghanistan."
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This is the inspiring moment an equestrian got back into the saddle for the first time after having three of her limbs AMPUTATED.
Jessica Thoma, 25, was forced to have both legs amputated below the knee and her left arm amputated below the elbow after she developed an autoimmune disorder.
The team lead had developed polyarteritis nodosa (PAN), a condition which causes the inflammation of the body's arteries, preventing them passing oxygen to organ systems.
Jessica, of Crossville, Tennessee, first developed an unusual a rash all over her body in February 2017 which gradually worsened.
The keen horse rider began to develop pain in her legs and thigh and was forced to quit her job in October, as her energy levels had become so low.
Although doctors believed Jessica was suffering from an autoimmune disease, they could not pinpoint what was causing her symptoms, which included an enlarged liver and spleen.
On December 3, Jessica began to experience a tingling in her hip and her feet began to change in temperature, dramatically altering between hot and cold.
Jessica was rushed by ambulance to her local hospital before being transferred to TriStar Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, where she was intubated and placed into an induced coma.
When she awoke on December 5, she noticed her feet and fingers were black and purple, as the tissues of her limbs were slowly dying.
A biopsy of Jessica's thigh allowed doctors to diagnosis her with PAN and start her on a strong course of steroids and a drug called Cytoxan, a powerful immunosuppressant used in chemotherapy.
Although she began to improve, the tissues in her lower legs and left arm had been damaged beyond repair and doctors were forced to amputate them on January 3.
As a result of the medications, Jessica also lost all of her hair.
Jessica said: "My doctors were desperately trying to figure out what was going wrong.
"They were surprised I was alive.
"They eventually biopsied the skin on my hip and thigh, and they were able to diagnose me with PAN.
"They immediately put me on a heavy dose of steroids and a chemotherapy drug Cytoxin.
"Although it helped halt my symptoms, after two weeks my doctors realized I wasn't getting better.
"My nerves in my limbs were dead, my skin was dead, my muscles were dead.
"They originally thought I would just lose some toes and fingers but eventually, they decided I they needed to amputate my legs from below the knee and my arm from below the elbow."
"Realizing I was going to be a triple amputee was devastating.
"I was so low, I begged my doctor to put me on antidepressants to cope.
Before her illness, Jessica rode her horses Albert, 15, and Sugar, 20, five times a week on her family's 17-acre farm.
Jessica said: "But in the aftermath of her surgeries, Jessica found it hard to cope with her new body and worried it would impact her passion.
"You think you're doing okay but then you have these moments where you think, 'So much of me is gone.'
"Before this happened to me I would ride four or five times a week.
"Riding is such an important part of my life, I was worried about how I would ever ride my horses again."
After her six-month ordeal, Jessica was discharged from hospital on April 6, and just two weeks later she was back in Sugar's saddle for the first time.
"When I came home I was just so determined to ride again. Riding is such an important part of my life and I knew it would help me just to try.
"I knew I had to get back on Sugar.
"Two weeks after I got home, I asked my family to help me. They got me up there and I rode her for the first time.
"It felt good but it did make me realize how much different this will be now and there's a sadness to that."
"This past weekend I was visiting an equestrian riding clinic in Texas to find ways to make riding easier for me, which will involve Velcro to make me more secure and a better handle to steering."
The horse enthusiast is still coming to terms with her life as an amputee but hopes to receive her prosthetics this summer.
Although it will be a long road, Jessica said she couldn't have done it without her navy veteran fiancé Brandon Disopell, 25, who she hopes to marry next year.
Jessica said: "I still am dealing with depression but I'd never have been able to get through this without my fiancé. He's been an incredible support to me during this difficult time.
"I've been fitted for my prosthetics which should be here by the end of the summer. I'm looking forward to getting a little bit of independence back.
"I'm looking forward to moving on from this awful time."


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December 13th, 2013
Posted December 13, 2013 at 11:33 pm
Oh, don't you start crying, or we'll all be off crying. Hey, an anthology I'm part of is being Kickstarted right now! It's another fairy tales book, this time African instead of Europeon tales, and it's got some amazing names attached, go have a look!
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I have seen this bug reported a couple of times, but closed with the reply
that fdisk is available from expert mode. However, expert mode requires a
driver disk, which I don't have. So, I had to CTRL-ALT-F1, mknod hdc, and
fdisk hdc to get it running. I would find it a lot nicer if you could put
an fdisk option somewhere around the partitioning part and label it "fdisk:
experts only" or something similar. Otherwise, the new GUI installer is
Are you sure that expert mode needs a driver disk? I just select the "Cancel"
button and step straight through that without one...
Err... no, I'm not sure... It sounds so obvious when you point it out, but I
never thought of just hitting cancel. But if hitting cancel is enough to get
past that screen, and the rest of the install proceeds just as it does in
non-expert mode (I have no idea whether it does), maybe the text on the "cancel"
button should read "Continue without driver disk" or something similar.
"Cancel" tells me that I can either insert the disk and proceed, or cancel the
install if I don't have a driver disk.
This issue has been put on a list for future features.
fdisk is available as an option in 6.2.
The problem here is that it should be more obvious how to get out of the Driver
Disk screen if the user does not have a driver disk.
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2-Bay Professional Network Video Recorder (NVR)Where to buy
The answer to expensive, outdated analog CCTV surveillance systems has arrived. When coupled with D-Link's high-resolution and feature-rich network cameras or those of other brands, the DNR-326 2-Bay Professional Network Video Recorder (NVR) offers a comprehensive video display, storage, and management solution. D-Link's DNR-326 NVR provides reliable high-quality remote monitoring functionality at a fraction of the cost of conventional surveillance systems.
Instant Live View
D-Link's intuitive GUI interface simplifies viewing live and recorded video from the NVR. The camera status page shows connection and recording status, along with frame rate and bit rate information for each camera. The total available recording time for the system is also clearly displayed for each NVR. Live Monitoring & Camera Adjustment Users are provided with a variety of options for viewing and organizing camera footage on-screen. For a system with multiple channels, users can simply drag and drop selected cameras to the viewing area. Camera names and recording status are displayed via OSD to aid in identification. Presets from within the interface can be set to instantly restore a previously saved view. A single camera may be viewed full-screen with optional two-way audio. Users can control pan/tilt/zoom (PTZ) functions from within the interface using the provided interface buttons or by directly clicking on the video.
Extensive Recording Functionality
A clear single-page interface assists with configuration including compression, resolution and frame rate for all connected cameras. The NVR records video from up to nine local and remote network cameras. Once cameras have been set up, a highly configurable scheduling system allows for continuous recording or recording during specifically allotted timeframes. Each camera can be set to record independently at preset intervals. The NVR also provides event recording based on specific triggers such as when motion is detected. The NVR can be configured to overwrite the oldest data automatically when HDD space runs out, allowing for continuous and uninterrupted recording. Users can specify the number of days the recording should be kept (within the limits of the HDD capacity). For example, if the NVR has the capacity to store 7 days of recording, using the overwrite option, the NVR will record the 8th day and delete the 1st day. The NVR also provides the option to stop recording when the HDD is full. When the disk reaches capacity, a notification can be sent via e-mail or to an external device such as an audible alarm or LED display via a DI/DO interface only.
Powerful Event Management
The NVR centrally controls the digital output, e-mail notifications, and recording for all the connected cameras. Input triggers from camera motion detection or digital input interfaces can additionally be monitored. These events will be logged, with optional notifications via e-mail or output devices. Users can set up multiple contact lists for event notification. A
straightforward logging system organizes events by date for easy recall.
Intelligent Playback
Searching through recorded data can be tedious and frustrating. However, the NVR's smart search function makes detecting notable events effortless. By selecting a target area on the video and setting search sensitivity, the smart search will traverse the video database based on specified search criteria to locate noteworthy events. Search criteria include options such as motion detection, missing or foreign objects, lost focus, or camera occlusion. After selecting a desired video period for display, the NVR can instantly begin playback. The DNR-326 supports 4 channel simultaneous playback. Playback speed control allows for up to 16x speed fast forward or fast backward play. The step playback option displays one frame at a time. Additionally, users can enhance the recorded video with controls such as brightness, contrast, and sharpness. During playback, if a user uncovers video that needs to be exported, two formats are available.
The AVI and ASF file formats will transpose a timestamp on the exported video. If a printer is connected to the user's PC, the NVR can also print the selected still image. The D-Link NVR ensures the security and integrity of IP camera footage. Administrators may filter external connections to the NVR by IP address, limiting access and thus increasing security. Administrators may also choose access privileges for users by specifying the cameras they may access for live view, playback, audio, and PTZ functions. Recorded data is stored in a secure database. This recorded data can be backed up to additional storage locations periodically or whenever needed. The NVR also includes the option to protect data using a RAID 1 configuration. RAID 1 duplicates the recordings database onto two separate drives. In the event of an HDD failure, data integrity is maintained on the secondary HDD. A UPS can be used as emergency power supply for the NVR. The UPS uses a USB interface to notify the NVR to perform a proper shutdown before battery power runs out. In the event of a power failure without a UPS, the NVR will boot up automatically once power is restored. Of course, the security of data is irrelevant unless the device itself is protected from theft. For this reason, the sleek NVR enclosure is compact and easy to conceal in a secure remote location. The rear panel features a cover lock that protects the HDD and a security lock that allows the device to be secured to a desk to prevent theft.
Complete Network Functionality
The D-Link NVR takes advantage of existing network architecture, using features such as PPPoE and ADSL services. The NVR can acquire an IP address from a DHCP server to become easily searchable during installation. Dynamic DNS is supported for systems operating without a fixed IP address. The NVR can then be accessed from the Internet using an easy-to-remember domain name provided by the DDNS service. Maintaining an accurate record of time is essential if recorded data is to be used as evidence. To ensure that the recorded time is always accurate, the NVR can update the system clock from an Internet server using the Network Time Protocol (NTP).
D-ViewCam NVR Software
The D-ViewCam NVR software bundled with the D-Link NVR consists of five main components: Playback Manager, Backup and File Manager, Verification Tool, NVR Search, and Multi-NVR Viewer. The Multi-NVR Viewer supports simultaneous display of up to 128 channels. Easily organize the view by directly dragging and dropping video onto the display window. Cameras managed by the NVR can be viewed as individual sites or categorized into groups. The Playback Manager includes a clean and simple web GUI interface that allows users to play, search, or export video. The Backup and File Manager is a flexible backup utility that simplifies the process of backing up video data from the NVR to external storage. The Verification Tool verifies whether data created by the system has been tampered with by adding a digital signature to each recorded video frame. NVR Search allows you to search for NVR devices in the local area network.
General features
• IEEE 802.3/u/z
• Auto MDI/MDI-X
• HDD control & manage via PC
• Reformat Disk
• Cover lock
• Security lock
Flash ROM
Network Interface
• Gigabit Ethernet LAN port (10/100/1000 Mbps)
I/O Ports
• RJ-45 port
• DC-in jack
• USB port for UPS status update
Power Adapter
Software Features
• Linux
Supported Cameras
• Supports all D-Link network cameras. Includes support for auto-discovery and megapixel resolution
• Supports known-brand network cameras including D-Link, Axis, Panasonic, Sony, Mobotix, Arecont Vision, IQinVision, Cisco, and Acti
Recording Performance
• Max. capacity (NVR mode only):
- H.264 1080P (bitrate): 90 Mbps
- H.264 720P (bitrate): 90 Mbps
- MJPEG 1080P (frame rate): 90 fps
- MJPEG 720P (frame rate): 192 fps
• Max. capacity (NVR+File Server mode):
- H.264 1080P (bitrate): 68 Mbps
- H.264 720P (bitrate): 68 Mbps
- MJPEG 1080P (frame rate): 70 fps
- MJPEG 720P (frame rate): 150 fps
Camera Search
• UPnP
Audio and Video Recording
• Synchronized audio & video recording
Compression Format
• H.264, MPEG-4, M-JPEG (for supported cameras)
Video Setting
• Resolution, quality, frame rate, enable audio, go to camera interface
Recording Type
• Recording by schedule, manual and event (DI trigger, motion detection from camera)
Remote Live View
• Supported via IE remote live viewer
• Maximum 9 simultaneous channels
Remote Live View Control
• Live view, preset/go, patrol, focus, PTZ functions, snapshot, full screen, digital zoom
Remote Playback Control
• Playback with normal, fast forward/rewind and step forward/rewind
• Smart Search Intelligent detection function: General Motion, Missing Object, Foreign Object, Camera Occlusion, Lose Focus
Remote Playback
• Supported via IE and NVR client
• Playback system with timeline GUI, search by event, area, cameras, date, and time
• IE & NVR client support four channel simultaneous playback
Overwrite Recording
• Auto recycling when disk storage is full
File Export
• Export videos to AVI or ASF file
• Export images to BMP or JPG file
User Account
• Additional accounts can be created to allow user access to the system and specify authorization for camera channels, PTZ, etc.
• D-Link DDNS server support
Two Reset Modes
• Reset firmware GUI button
• HW reset button (hold for 5 seconds)
System Time
• Set the system time (D-Link NTP, input time, sync with computer, Daylight Saving Time)
Remote Backup
• Remote software can backup raw data to redundant storage
• Backup recorded data to remote FTP site by daily schedule
System Status
• Camera status
• System status
Network Protocols
• DHCP Server
• DHCP Client
• NTP Client (D-Link)
• DNS Client
• DDNS Client (D-Link)
• SMTP Client
• HTTP Server
• PPPoE
• UPnP
• IP filtering
• Samba Server
User Interface
• HTTP Web browser
• Internet Explorer 7 or later
• NVR Search utility
• Multiple Language GU
Package Contents
• 2-Bay NVR
• Power Adapter
• Ethernet Cable
• Quick Installation Guide
• Power Cable Holder
• CD-ROM with:
- Software
- Product Documentation
Order info
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By Rebecca Fiedler
Staff Writer
Students on the hunt for sports equipment to play with have a new opportunity on campus. The Student Union Board, located on the first floor of the Bill Daniel Student Center, now offers free recreational equipment rentals for students.
From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., students have the opportunity to check out equipment for a 24-hour period.
"Some of these things include hammocks, soccer balls, footballs and volleyballs," said Chino Hills, Calif., graduate student Holly Smith, the graduate apprentice for the Student Union programming board. "We also have a kite and a bocce ball set and tennis balls."
Jordy Dickey is the assistant director of the Union Board and originally brainstormed the idea for the rentals with Smith.
"I would say hammocks are our most popular item," Dickey said. "When the weather is great, hammocks are at an all-time high."
Students are required to leave their name, ID and email address with the Union Board office in return for the equipment.
"It's just a really cool way to offer students equipment on campus that's free of charge so they can borrow for an amount of time and hang out with their friends and just enjoy Baylor outside," Smith said.
The Union Board launched this service mid-September.
"We're really just working on publicizing it for students to know that it's available," Smith said. "Right now all of our Union Board members know and have been telling their friends."
If Union Board members are not available at the office to check out equipment during the regular rental hours, students can tweet at @BaylorUB on Twitter and someone from the Student Union Board can make sure the rental room is unlocked. The Union Board's website allows students to see how many of each piece of equipment are available.
Whether the service will run during the summer depends on whether the Union Board has board members in the office at the time, Smith said.
"We've had a really good response so far and we're hoping that the response will continue," Dickey said.
Smith said the Union Board hasn't had any trouble with people turning things in late or stealing them. If such a thing should happen, Smith projects the Union Board will send emails as a warning first and then might eventually charge money for the missing item to the student's BearBills account, though Smith doesn't anticipate many problems.
"We really trust the Baylor students," she said.


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My kids don't often come with me to the Temple. Given its significance in my life, I often regret that the place and its people feel a bit foreign to them. Yet they looked comfortable as I watched them run ahead of me down the old brick path on the grounds early this afternoon. I would have expected an impulse to quiet or calm them, but it never arose. I caught up and we walked the twisting path together.
We were there so that I could install a piece of stone sculpture that I had done for an upcoming art exhibit. The rain was falling softly on a day that felt too chilly for late April, which made the early green of the spring seem even deeper and richer.
Working in stone is a new creative endeavor. For the last year, there have been piles of it lying across the ground in front of our barn as I have constructed a stone wall along one side of our property. As I shaped a few pieces for the wall with a chisel and point last summer, it occurred to me that perhaps I should shape a piece for something more than utility.
I began to carve a bowl out of a large piece of granite that had an almost glass-flat top. With everything I have felt the need to accomplish, there was really no cause for taking up a project with such a long timeline and that would result in, well, still having a rock sitting on the ground.
Often, as I coaxed out small pieces of stone, the bowl didn't seem to get any bigger. Perhaps for a moment it would, as a chip or flake flew, but then the shallowness of the bowl would predominate in my attention. I worried that even if I were able to approximate the right shape, I wouldn't know how to finish the job, know how to smooth the inside to match the image in my mind of how it should be.
Yet I kept working well into autumn. When winter approached and snow began to fall, I rigged up a small sled out of an old barrel cover in order to slide the stone into the barn; it is too heavy to simply lift and move. While I moved it because I had intentions of continuing to work the stone during winter, it sat in the barn mostly idle, between the chicken coop and the kids' bikes stored for the winter.
I passed by it often and began to wonder if it would always sit there, unfinished.
The first time I tried to pull it out of the barn this spring, I used the same sled on which it had moved across ice and packed snow in the late fall. On the dry barn floor, though, there was too much friction, and the sled only tipped up as I pulled on the rope, sending me backwards to fall hard on a body that has been feeling suddenly older.
As I looked up from the floor, the stone simply sat – and I began to realize that that is what it does. It accepted my dissatisfaction and sat with me.
Days later, when I did manage to move it out of the barn into a pale but warming spring sun, it sat with me there, too, reflecting my growing acceptance that the bowl might never be exactly what I expected.
Sitting outdoors in a hard spring rain, the emerging bowl filled with water and overflowed. A small stick blown by a blustery wind came to rest in the bowl, and the stone didn't question its arrival.
It listened as my daughter and talked about what I might do next to shape it, or how on earth I was planning to move it, and received them.
It sat still yesterday as I alternated sandpaper, water, and a blowtorch across its surface, and allowed me the space to work without knowing the effect of my efforts.
The stone became my teacher.
Its Buddha nature is clear and bright. For what else is our Buddha nature, but our receiving and reflecting of what the universe has to offer?
Right now, it sits at the edge of a path at the Temple, in the company of wet ground and early-spring growth. Drips from the trees above are falling into its bowl, and it is welcoming each of them. When the sun rises, it will receive that light and grow warm.
As we left the installation, I wondered aloud to my youngest as he shivered why he didn't put up his hood. My children argued gently about who would have the chance to roll the dolly (which had carried the stone to its resting place) back up the brick path, and I introduced them all to a beloved sangha mate.
"You've got your whole crew here, huh?" he said, eyes bright and laughing as we hugged.
"I do," I responded as my children and I walked back through the rain to head for home.


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From the newly redesigned five pound note to the launch later this year of the twelve sided pound coin, money matters are rarely out of the news. The true value of cash, not to mention bitcoin, banks and bargains, is the topic of frequent debates.
To help explain the facts around finance the University of Cumbria is hosting a MOOC (Massive Online Open Course) which will consider the past, present and future of money.
Tutors will take students on the Masters-level qualification through four weeks of lessons considering the status quo and examining alternative ways of buying, selling and saving.
"We're well aware that this is a subject that appeals to many yet few have the means or time to learn more about something that has such an impact on all our lives," says course designer Professor Jem Bendell, professor of sustainability leadership. "Whereas most courses on money are intended for people with an economics background or banking future, this course is for people who are interested in understanding money from a social innovation perspective – it prepares the ground for answering how to create a better future by reshaping money and currency."
To take part won't cost the earth; it's free.
Starting on 19th February 2017 and continuing online for four weeks the course is highly interdisciplinary, drawing on anthropology, sociology, history and heterodox economics.
Proving there is nothing more practical than a good theory, one student from last year's course is setting up a local currency for Cumbria.
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Debra owns her own art business and works in pastels, acrylics, metals and unique mosaic tiles. Jacobson has previously lived in Sweden and Japan. Her travels have been to many parts of the United States, Europe, Africa, and the rain forests of Peru. Her work is inspired by primitive and diverse cultures. Each one-of-a-kind jewelry piece is a combination of tribal relics and charms juxtaposed with a modern, asymmetrical colorful design. Her work includes ancient Roman and Czech glass, trade beads, resin, coral, semi-precious stones and components from around the world.
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Freebies – 2017 Simple One Page Calendar
Freebies – 2017 Simple One Page Calendar is a free Various design resource made by Dribbble user Afif Bimantara. As far as I can tell, its license is Unknown.
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The Land Trust hosted an appreciation lunch for Conservation Circle Members (donors of $1,000+). Speakers: LT President, Greg Parker; LT Vice President, Ken Marshall; Executive Director, Chet Work.
Attendees were among the first to learn of the mapping capabilities within the Santa Barbara County Conservation Blueprint and how useful this tool will be for prioritizing our work and making decisions concerning land conservation. A big thank you to Land Trust Conservation Manager, Graham Wesolowski, and our consultant, Dustin Pearce, for navigating the atlas during the show and tell session before lunch. To visit the site online, click here.
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Long known for his role as James West on the popular 60's series "The Wild, Wild, West," Robert Conrad remains one of television's most recognized personalities. Despite having left the industry over 10 years ago, Conrad is once again experiencing a resurgence thanks to a new role he had never considered before – radio show host.
Over the past five years, Conrad has hosted the nationally syndicated radio program, "The Robert Conrad Show," produced by CRN Digital Talk Radio, on Thursdays from 3 to 5 p.m. Pacific. The show features the veteran actor chatting with listeners, offering advice about the entertainment industry as well as interviewing some of the biggest names in film and television.
Conrad went on star on the long-running World War II action series, "The Black Sheep Squadron," as well as dozens of appearances on other shows and motion pictures such as "Jingle All the Way," with Arnold Schwarzenegger, "New Jersey Turnpikes," and many others.
Q: How did you get involved in radio?
A: My friend, actor Larry Manetti of "Magnum P.I." was talking to Michael Horn, head of CRN and he told him about how I could tell stories and engage listeners and that I would be terrific on the radio. So Mike contacted me and one thing led to another and I was on the radio.
Q: Did you think you would have such a huge hit show five years later?
A: No. Not at all. I thought for sure this would last just a few weeks and people would get tired of it and that would be that. I really thought this wouldn't last more than a couple of weeks. But we started getting more and more listeners and here I am, five years later. It's bigger than anybody imagined and it's just incredible. We have listeners in Canada, England, France, you name it.
Q: Why did you want to try radio?
A: My dad was a big radio guy in Chicago where I grew up so I always loved radio. It's always been a part of my life in one way or another, so I wanted to give it a try and have some fun.
Q: It's a big jump from doing television and movies, isn't it?
A: It's completely different from anything I've ever done, so I knew it would be a challenge. I didn't think I would bomb, but I didn't think it would be so popular. For me, I love talking to people and hearing what they have to say. I'm always running into fans and I have to tell you, the fans are the best. They want to get to know you and they want to talk about my shows and what I'm doing so it's a lot of fun. And that's what this show is about and I love it.
Q: You're known to everyone as Jim West, the super agent in the classic television series "The Wild, Wild West." Do you mind having that connection all these years later?
A: I love it. I had such a great time on that show that I don't mind one bit if people just remember me as Jim West. It was a great character who fought for justice and always got the girl at the end. It's not a bad gig to have.
Q: You did your own stunts on the show and you had some severe injuries at times. Why didn't you get a stunt double to do the hard stuff?
A: I've always been in great shape and I'm not going to let somebody do something that I can do. Of course, I never intended to hurt myself, but sometimes it happens. I had a Six inch lineal fracture, high temporal concussion, or broken skull in one episode. I had to go to the hospital, but that's what happens. But after I got back, I kept doing my own stunts. In fact, I am the only actor in the Stuntman's Hall of Fame, of which I'm very proud of.
Q: You also did the TV series "Black Sheep Squadron," "High Sierra Search and Rescue" and dozens of movies and TV appearances. Do you miss doing that?
A: I still get asked to do television and films and I keep turning them down because I love doing this show and I love spending time with my family. But you never know when I'll be back.


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The next few posts will involve the word "Self". I kept coming up with titles with that word, and trying to spread them out; while on the on the other hand, trying to work on a series. BINGO!!! LOL
Ok, when you talk to yourself, people question your mental faculties. That is why I have adapted the "Staff Meeting" response, when people ask if I AM talking to myself. But, I digress.
What I am talking about in "Self-Talk", is that internal dialogue - the ongoing one. From, "What are you taking for lunch, today?"; to the more important, "How can I live my life more to my TRUE potential, today?"
That is the important, rubber-meets-the-road kind of dialogue I like to have with myself. (Not that lunch doesn't matter.)
My personal goal is to have a positive effect on at least ONE, maybe two people, daily. More, if there's time - it happens.
This starts with what you say to yourself, inside your head - or out loud, if need be. What is YOUR life going to mean today?
Have you ever tried it?
Did you know that waves crashing onto the beach, started as a tiny ripple, somewhere else. On a small lake you can see it demonstrated more easily.
This is how Self-Talk can effect you, and those around you - you make the choice if that's a positive, or negative effect, by what comes out of your mouth. Did you KNOW you HAVE that much power??! Use it wisely - you, and those around you depend on it. 😉😉😉
Have a good day, and be safe...


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Philadelphia is called the City of Love, and after my recent visit there I must say that I concur.
Just a few months back I had the pleasure of being contacted by a minister from an area near Philly. His exposure to the teaching I have done over the last few years had made a dramatic impact on him. As we've talked over the last few months I learned that several other folks in the area had also been significantly affected from hearing our gospel message that all the law and
prophecy of God had been totally fulfilled at the cross. As a result, I received an invitation to come share with this small group of people who hungered to know more.
Two days and four meetings turned into an immersion experience of being engulfed in the love of God. It is an amazing thing to visit a place and people where you had never been and be greeted with unrestricted acceptance. It resulted in a sense that I have known these people forever.
One of the most poignant moments was when we were discussing the question of why Jesus went to the cross and what end had been realized because of it. I have had questions regarding this for a long time that seemed unanswerable. However, our time together revealed a crystal clear understanding.
When I was a young man I attempted suicide three times. I had been told that my own sin was in fact nailing Jesus to the cross over and over again. This perverted message of Christ, which in purity should have relieved my guilt, instead caused so much guilt that it was, to say the least, absolutely oppressive.
Here is what surfaced so beautifully in that meeting in Philadelphia. You see, Jesus did not die because you or I had done wrong. He died for the unbelief of the Adam. As Paul explained, sin was in the world 430 years prior to the giving of the law by God to the children of Israel. Paul also stated that the law NEVER made a man a sinner. So, if Jesus died to correct all of our wrong doing, than the work of the cross was a miserable, disappointing failure.
Further, if people still had to believe in order to achieve righteousness, after Jesus died for "the sin of the world" (Adam's sin of unbelief), then again this would represent a total failure to accomplish the goal.
Only two things are called "sin" in the Bible, the sin of unbelief and sin which is a transgression of God's law. Concerning the sin that was a transgression of God's law, Jesus did NOT die to free us from what we have done, not done, OR are currently doing. He did, however, die to remove the law which had held all of humanity liable for our actions. In other words, Jesus did not die to free me from my sinning. He died to free me from the requirement to believe. Then He nailed the law, which had indebted me to God for simply being human, to His tree.
Yes, in Christ is TOTAL freedom from sin. For where there is no law there is NO transgression (Romans 4). And where there is no sin of unbelief any more, no human can be held liable for their unbelief either! Oh happy Day! Oh happy day! When Jesus washed, He washed my sin ALL away! Oh happy day! And by the by, that was not the day I believed. That was 2,000 years ago on the cross of Calvary. Oh Happy day, indeed!
To my new friends and partners in this awesome Gospel work, I would like to say thank you from the bottom of my heart for your graciousness and kindness while with you in Philadelphia. I hope to see you again there soon!
Now I move on to Nova Scotia, where another new group of listeners have invited me to speak.
And to those who have supported and still do support this amazing truth of God's Word, THANK YOU!
One of my good friends and supporters Richard Mull from California will be traveling with me to the Canada meetings. Richard's wife Eva will be visiting her family in her native land during the same time. Many of you will remember Richard and Eva from some of our week long meetings a few years back. Eva sang and played her guitar. We could have listened to her for many hours.
It's all about Jesus!
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Cancellation of the 2020 League of Legends Canadian Nationals
It is with heavy hearts that, due to COVID-19, we are announcing the cancellation of the 2020 League of Legends Canadian Nationals.
We will be issuing a refund to all teams who signed up for the May qualifier. The Grey Cup Committee will be awarding an adjusted prize to the winning team of the March qualifier.
We at SKL Esports were very excited to show the regional strength of Canadian League of Legends players through this event and hope we will have the opportunity to do so again some day.
Thank you again to all teams who participated and to all members of the community for their support.
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Mopey's still in the dark about a few things, but it's getting better.
And at least she's noticed that Talk-like-a-pirate Day is over – because she's saying "Argh" instead of "AAARRRRRgh".
Other than that, her being in the dark gave me the opportunity to tie up a loose end in the shape of that sneak preview of the coming chapter that the crew got here. After all, since that was supposed to be a preview from the perspective of last chapter's cast, there logically needed to be a reverse angle shot in this chapter, representing the perspective of this chapter's cast on the same scene. Naturally requiring a similarly opaque setting.
The shots don't line up perfectly, of course, but what can you expect from a B-movie? And yeah, that means the spooky, deformed shadow from that strip back then was actually just Mopey-from-the-future raising her arms. Which isn't as much of a stretch as it may seem, since she does get mistaken for a monster quite regularly, especially at first, quick glance. The similarity disappears when you get to look at her for a moment longer.
Then reappears as she begins to speak.
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Medical marijuana measures: L.A. voters backing council on plan to …
Los Angeles voters decided Tuesday to back a City Council plan to regulate medical marijuana dispensaries and cap their number at 135, while rejecting two competing proposals from outside groups. | » Election Results.
Most of you want to limit the number of marijuana dispensaries in town to 135 or less. So says a USC Sol Price School of Public Policy/Los Angeles Times poll of 500 likely voters conducted last week and released over the weekend.
That means that you're probably favoring the City Hall-sponsored Measure D, which would do just that and shut down as many as 9 out of 10 pot shops in town. The poll, however, is flawed:
It asks which statement voters agree with, putting a "cap" on the number of dispensaries or "no limits" on pot shops.
That's not really how it's going to work on the ballot. Measure D would indeed impose a cap; it would also shut down most shops in town. Measure F, its main competition, does impose regulations, including an increase in city tax, background checks for operators, business hours and maintaining distances from schools.
As its backers would argue, that's not "no limits;" They also say shops would be shut down under the ordinance, just not as many as would under D.
Perhaps to measuring possible support for F, pollsters focus on a proposed tax increase, from $50 per $1,000 in sales to $60: 54 percent support that too. (Both measures, D and F, contain this tax hike).
Latinos (57 percent) are more likely to support the "cap." They're also more likely (60 percent) to support a tax hike.
Of course, what voters will see before them on Tuesday are D (shut down most shops), E (a mirror image of D, abandoned by its backers as they fled to support D) and F (regulate dispensaries but mostly let them be).
Read the full article at: http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2013/05/marijuana_dispensary_poll_may_21.php
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As part of National Blog Posting Month (NaBloPoMo), I am taking part in a daily blog post challenge through the BlogHer website. Today's prompt:
Which fall shows should totally be canceled already?
I looked at the prompt for today's post and immediately dismissed it as boring and uninteresting. Who cares about what other people think about TV shows? There couldn't be a more useless topic about which to discuss, let alone write.
So in the midst of my, "what the *bleep* do I write about now?" mental moment, I picked up a book I keep on my desk, opened it to a random page, and let the gods of the blogosphere direct me on my writing journey this evening.
The book is called 642 Things to Write About, a collection of writing prompts I picked up from the sale table at Barnes & Noble a couple of years ago. The topic to which I was serendipitously led is "A conversation you regret never having."
One of the weirdest moments in my life was when I came to view my father as my peer. I think I was about twenty-two years old, and we were on the phone just talking about stuff, the way you would with a good friend. The formality I carried in my eyes as a child was gone. I no longer looked at my dad with the "I have to respect him or else" perspective that rightfully dominated my youth. Instead, it was a pleasure speaking to him about soccer and power tools and just life in general. It was also a coming of age moment for me, and I remember that moment as a pivotal one which marked my development as a man in the eyes of my father.
To provide some better context, my father was forty years-old when I was born. I had no appreciation for how old he was relative to the dads of other kids my age until I got to college. Whereas the fathers of my peers were established in their careers and still spry and lively, my father was approaching retirement age by the time I graduated from college.
It came to me all of the sudden, in a flash, the understanding of all my father – and mother – did for my brother and me to provide us with housing, food, and an education. We were, by textbook standards, poor growing up. My parents' household income in the 80's was below $20k per year. Still, my brother and I attended Catholic school from Kindergarten through 12th grade, and my parents managed to provide for us while my brother was off at Purdue and I was at Tulane. Don't ask me how they did it, but they did.
So there I was, on the phone with the man that used to be my dad, but was now my peer and best friend. There wasn't anything I couldn't discuss with my dad. There wasn't a topic that was off limits or out of bounds. Obviously, he knew everything about me since the day I was born, and I quickly grew to understand and appreciate why it was everyone who knew my dad seemed to like him so much. My father was funny, witty, and clever. More importantly, he would give you the shirt off his back if you needed it. He was the first to offer up help, and despite his many, many flaws, he was the man towards which everyone seemed to gravitate.
My dad told me many things in my lifetime. He was a constant fountain of wisdom, direction, and encouragement. I can say with absolute certainty there was one phrase my father never uttered to me; "Son, I am disappointed in you." I was a straight-A student growing up. I was a scholar athlete. Not only did I excel in the classroom, I excelled on the field as well. He was at every little league football game and at every track meet. Even my physical traits came from his side of the family. I'm not saying I was his favorite, but I was his favorite.
There's a clear and obvious reason I never heard my father say, "Son, I am disappointed in you." It's because I lied to him on his deathbed.
In 2002, my father was diagnosed with Mesothelioma, a type of Cancer brought on by exposure to Asbestos. At that time, I didn't know he'd only have two more years to live. At that time, he didn't know I was several months into having an affair.
My dad was rather humble, but there was one thing he touted and in which he took pride more than anything else; he loved my mom with all he had. My dad would tell me stories about when he first met my mom, and how being married to her changed his life. And he would always wrap up his stories with the phrase, "and I never cheated on your mother." Apparently, in his younger days, my dad bore a resemblance to Elvis Presley and had several women come on to him after he was married. He took pride in turning them down and preserving the solemn oath he took when he pledged his love to my mom.
'A conversation you regret never having'. I think it's obvious where you see this blog post going.
As I saw chemotherapy reduce my father to – quite literally – half the man he used to be, I buried my burden deep inside my heart. As I stayed with him during his final days and saw him drift in and out of lucidity, the morphine shielding him from the pain but also robbing me of the precious time left with my father, I made the conscious decision to not bear my soul to my dad, to not be honest with my best friend.
I hid in my own shame because I couldn't bear the thought of my father being disappointed in me. I was thirty-one years old, my father was near death, and all I could think about was protecting my feigned innocence.
Do I regret never having that conversation with my father? I do. Every fucking day I do.
In 2011, I finally had that conversation with my father. It was in the form of a submission for a the Florida Writer's Association collection of stories told exclusively in dialogue format. My submission was selected for the book, appropriately titled "Let's Talk." More importantly, it helped put at ease the weight of never having told my dad about my infidelity. Although I wish I could go back and have that conversation with him, I know he's in Heaven looking down at me, knowing and understanding what it is I went through, as well as the growth I've experienced since then. And in my heart, despite all my many, many flaws, I know he's still proud of me.