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I hope you’ve been enjoying my posts lately. I thought I might do something different today and rustle up a few bits of info from around the WWW. These are some of the news items and blog posts that have been popular over the last few weeks. Leave me your thoughts.
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That’s all the news for today guys, so until next time, thanks for stopping by.
You don’t have to spend hundreds, possibly even thousands of dollars on an expensive home surveillance camera setup, Instead, today you are going to learn how to make your own wireless home security camera system using a webcam and a computer; it will cost you less than $100 in total to set up, and you can even check it from a mobile phone so you can have 24/7 surveillance in your home.
To make a wireless home security camera system, the most basic component is the camera itself. This is like your “eye”, watching over whatever you need to keep track of or be able to look at when your not at home. Security cameras of a good quality are extremely expensive and difficult to fit, whilst cheaper models tend to be bulky and die quickly.
Therefore, a good solution is to actually use a webcam in place of a conventional camera. Now this may sound silly, but it is actually a good solution for three reasons. Firstly, webcams are small and a very covert way to operate a home security system; nobody would ever suspect a webcam as being a security camera. Secondly, they are cheap and you can purchase a good one for less than $50 online. Finally, modern webcams offer excellent picture quality, often far surpassing that of professional surveillance systems.
Basically, you set up your webcam in whatever position you want, then attach it to your computer (there are even wireless webcams available these days if you want a 100% wireless system) Then, using video surveillance software you can monitor your webcam’s live feed securely from any computer in the world, or even better, monitor it from a cell phone. Setting up a wireless home security camera system is frankly not that difficult and can be done in under one hour.
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Double trouble, Part 2 – Yahoo! News
Underage drinking, disregarding “strong suggestions” from the U.S. Embassy, regular appearances in Vogue fashion spreads — the Bush twins made more than their fair share of national headlines during their eight years in the White House. And it looks like they’re not done.
According to the New York Post, a new book by former Washington Post reporter Ronald Kessler details how Jenna and Barbara gave the Secret Service “fits” during Bush’s presidency. From an excerpt in the Post:
“Jenna would purposely try to lose her protection by going through red lights or by jumping in her car without telling agents where she was going. As a result, in a total waste of manpower, the Secret Service kept her car under surveillance so agents could follow her.”
And it wasn’t just the twins who stirred up trouble for the Secret Service — Kessler also claims that Jenna’s now-husband Henry Hager got so drunk at a 2005 party that agents had to take him to a Georgetown hospital.
But even months after their dad left office, the Secret Service is still on the twins’ tails — and getting trouble for it. In March, Baltimore radio station WBAL and Investigativevoice.com reported that a Secret Service van was towed from in front of Jenna Bush Hager’s home in South Baltimore for unpaid parking tickets. But why are the twins still under secret agent surveillance?
According to CBS, the adult children of former presidents lose Secret Service protection once dad leaves office. But The Reliable Source, a Washington Post blog, reported that before he left office, George W. Bush signed a presidential directive to “extend security protection for his twin daughters for an undisclosed period of time.” (Former President Clinton did the same for Chelsea when he left office).
CBS also reports that by law, the Secret Service will provide protection for Bush for 10 years. U.S. News & World Report’s Washington Whispers blog says that President Obama has quietly extended Secret Service protection for former Vice President Dick Cheney, perhaps because of “indications” of threats against him.
To be fair, time and age has mellowed the formerly troublesome twins; after college, Jenna taught at a Washington, D.C. charter school for a year and a half, leaving only for another teaching stint in Latin America. In 2007, she wrote a book about a single teen mother with HIV called “Ana’s Story,” later collaborating on a children’s book with her mother. Last year, Jenna married longtime boyfriend Hager in a low-key wedding at her family’s Texas ranch.
Twin Barbara, has maintained an even lower profile than her sister. Barbara currently lives in New York City, working for the non-profit public health group, Global Health Corps.
In January, the Bush twins gladly handed off the White House spotlight to the Obama girls, writing them a letter filled with advice and helpful hints, like “surround yourself with loyal friends” and “slide down the banister of the solarium.”
(Think you’re the master of all-things trivial about the Bush twins? Then check out the Chicago Tribune’s twin quiz and see how much you really know).
— Lili Ladaga
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