Baby monitor with web connection where the in home monitor will work even if my internet goes down?

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Jennifer

I am looking for a reliable video baby monitor that I can view on my computer at work, but that is independent in that it will continue to work as a monitor even if my internet connection goes down.
I already found one , the Sassy Web Watch Video Monitor, so I know they exist. I am looking for more options...

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I think you are a bit in the future. Internet connections have to come from somewhere. Do you know how expensive a camera with its own internet connection would be? My home comcast goes down. My cell phone's 3G goes down. Even if you get a dedicated T1 line to your house it can and will still have down time.

Usually holes in the internet services are less then a minute long. While I realize a lot can happen in 1 minute, I doubt your nanny will be wonderful the whole day then magically know the net is down and start beating your kid.

how can I use a webcam as a video baby monitor?

00000

I need to know how I go about setting up a webcam as a baby monitor and if so can i view it over my wireless network?
Man, That was alot of help :( "Just Set it"?? I need to know if I can view it over a wireless network.
I am actually a computer tech and i know about all of this, Not practical? what about tablet PC's, palm pilots, PSP and all of these things how can it not be practical.

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Not convenient, you need PC and a web cam turn on in order for it to work.

Try exploring IP or internet camera, it include microphone and speaker for remote audio.

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Where can I buy a baby monitor for 2 different room?

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Angela

I have 2 babies and would like to find a baby monitor for both rooms in one. Is there such a thing? Someone help please!

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Target, Walmart, Babies R Us

What is the best baby monitor out there?

KanKan

Im going to be a first time mom & my baby's nursery is on a different floor in my house. Im looking for the best portable baby monitor, possibly a picture one. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks!

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I would go for a basic sound only monitor. When I was setting up my nursery we bought a motion and sound monitor. I found it to be useless for a new born as the baby was too small to set it off. It needed an adult or something bigger to set it off as it needed big movements (a hand waving in front of it.) I have one by fisher price that came with 2 speakers and the base. It is really good and picks up all sounds (it is so sensitive that it picks up the grand father clock chiming in the dinning room!) I love it. It only cost us about $80 from baby target.

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How do you get back to horses after having kids?

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horsin1787

I'm a stay at home momma to two wonder kids, but I really miss riding. Just wondering how other horsey moms do it.

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It is not easy to juggle ;-) I have 4 girls, they are 7yo twins, 5yo and 3yo.

I found it particularly hard to get back into riding after my twins. I was fine for the initial 3 months and bought a new dressage horse and was even back having lessons.

Unfortunately one had a brain haemorrhage and I was not able to ride for virtually 2 years. We live on our own large property and my horses are at home with me. However I have no family support near by (we are in a rural area) or anyone that can watch my children for me to ride.

Once I had made my decision to get back in the saddle on a regular basis, I needed to find a way to make it work without inconveniencing my husband too much as he is busy on the farm.

I took one of the paddocks right beside my house and turned it into an arena. This way I was close enough to the house that the baby monitor worked. I have one with a LCD screen and sound, so I never missed anything and could literally get off the horse and into the house in the time it would take someone to get up the stairs. A 2 hour nap was plenty of time to ride.

I built a child proof pool fence play area between my house and arena. I could watch them play while I was riding and they could sit there if they wished and watch me riding. A great way to desensitize a horse to trampolines and other child noises ;-)

As the girls got older it certainly got easier when they were going to school. Although I still have one at home during the day, one child is easier for hubby to take in the tractor or for me to arrange to ride on days he is doing work he can have a toddler with him in safety.

I'm counting down to next year because she will be in preschool and I will be able to have regular set lesson days (unless kids are sick).

~ My main way of being out with the horses with only one child (way too hard with twins) is to get the 3yo involved also. If I'm leading horses I throw her on top of the quietest one (with a helmet), she comes with me to rug and unrug twice a day and when my older girls are riding I put her on the Shetland so she is apart of the action also.

You have not said how old your children are? If they are older then get some lessons for them also, it is lovely to ride with your children. If they are younger and you don't have someone to mind them, then leave them in the pram at the gate. I spent many hours at the gate of the dressage arena while my mum was riding.

My mum rode with all 3 of us kids and never missed a beat in competition (eventing). Dad was a truck driver so he did not mind us much. She either had us in the pram at the gate or on the front of the saddle with quieter horses. We were all 5 years apart, so she got one child off to school and then had the next one arrive ;-)

If your riding at a lesson school, I would seriously ask the people if they had someone available to watch your children while you had a 30 minute lesson. You pay the staff member for their time, it should only be their hourly wage and would not be much. Any smart business person would do this on a fortnightly or monthly basis until your kids are at school. They get business and have not lost money if you have paid the staff member. Worth a shot!

If you don't have support and are riding at a place that wont allow you to have the child on site. Don't forget about community based programs for child care. There are a few around that will offer parents respite care for people with multiple children, children with disabilities or single parents. I don't know if any of those fit your situation, but it is worth looking what is available in your area.

Last but not least, ask hubby for some "me" time. I'm happier when I'm physically active and riding. It keeps me strong physically and mentally. The benefits run right through the family home when your feeling good about yourself and fulfilled.

Good luck ;-)

My baby is almost 7 months and tonight is the first night he'll be sleeping by himself in his crib. Of course?

angela

we have the baby monitors on. If he cries tonight should I go in and calm him or let him cry? The doctor says he needs to calm himself and doesn't need to be fed at night. Should I though? Doctors are all about the "cry it out method". I cried it out just putting him into bed and hearing his scared cry tonight even with the night light on. With the fear of sids on my mind I don't know if I'll be able to sleep.

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I have four kids. My first two I let 'cry a few minutes' and ALWAYS ended up in their rooms multiple times a night. And it lasted until they were both around two. Babies aren't stupid. Sure they don't know when three or five minutes have passed, but they do know 'if I cry, mom comes'

Well my third child started on solids, same pedi tells me its time to get her sleeping all night, he said DO NOT GIVE IN! He said let her cry and I PROMISE after two nights... DONE. Well she cried a lot the first night, it was tough, very tough. The second night, she slept all night. I realize not all babies will adjust after just one night. I sure wished I had listened with my first two kids. I guarantee the chances of your baby sleeping thru the night are next to zero if you keep going in when they cry.

Also, I'm not sure I would even use a blanket if it were a good temp and baby has pajamas on. And nothing big enough or thick enough to restrict breathing. The whole sleeping thing is very controversial, and SOME say its more dangerous for baby to be in bed with parents. But I had mine in my bed sometimes. Baby #4 is in my bed now.

If you are doing this don't give in, you can sneak a peak at baby, check on baby while he/she is asleep. But don't give in! I am proof of what works and what doesn't. And even tho its heartbreaking listening to baby cry, I PROMISE you will be forgiven and greeted with a smile when you come in in the morning.

Good luck

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We need a baby monitor for 2 different bed rooms, is there such a thing?

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MegM0930

My husband and I are expecting our second baby in 4 weeks. We also have a 2 year old. We have been looking every where for monitors to have in each of their rooms. I would need to receivers because we have a 2 story home. It seems to be impossible to find. I know Im not the only mom out there with 2 children who need monitors in their room...Please help!

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You need two monitors and two recievers or just one reciever? If it is 2 reciever just buy two monitors with different frequencies like the summer infant hand held.

What kind of baby monitor do you have?

cricket

Do you like your monitor?
What special features does your monitor have that you find useful?
Are there any bad things about your monitor?
Would you recommend it to a friend?
How many stars out of 5 would you give your monitor?

I'm looking to buy a monitor and would like all the info that I can get to make an informed decision since there are so many different ones out there. Thanks.

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I think mine is a Safety 1st one from Walmart. I received it as a gift from someone before I had my baby and shower. It's nothing special - not the cheapest basic one but not the most expensive either. It's got 2 receivers, and like someone else said it picks up the noise really well. My daughter is 3 1/2, and I still use it when she's in bed and I'm at the other end of the house still up. I have had times where it's had interference, being able to hear other people in other places, but not often enough to be annoying or to stop me from being able to use it. I love it, and would definitely recommend it, I give it a 4 out of 5.

EDIT - this is almost exactly the same one I have, except mine has the light-up nightlight base and 2 receivers. Just to give you an idea...
http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2815255

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How do you send internet to other devices, using a computer?

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Vanessa

We get internet in one spot in our house with our computer, but I would like to know if there is a way to send it the internet to other devices like home theater systems, and i-pods from the one computer.

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It is possible, however often not cost effective or the best solution.

There are methods such as Internet Connection Sharing (ICS). You can set up ICS on a PC with a Internet connection and connect it to another PC or other device. This requires two network cards in the first PC. The Internet connection can be Ethernet or WiFi. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/using-ics-internet-connection-sharing. This method also requires the first PC to be active any time you need to access the Internet on the second PC.

The best solution for your application is to just add a wireless router. http://www.amazon.com/s/?_encoding=UTF8&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957&field-keywords=wireless%20router&url=search-alias%3Daps&sprefix=wireless%20ro%2Caps%2C490&tag=excharge-20
This is a efficient way to share a single Internet connection with multiple devices. The router can connect to your devices via Ethernet cables or using WiFi (wireless) connections.

Many people would be likely be surprised at how many active connections their wireless router has. I have dozens. Cell phones, tablets, iPods, game consoles, laptops, desktops, ROKU boxes, Internet enabled devices such as TVs and audio receivers, and the list goes on.

That being said,

Go here http://speedtest.net and test your Internet connection speed.

This is your Internet speed. No wireless router, or connection method can make it any faster.

If you are going to have multiple users or simultaneous devices such s ROKU boxes to do HD streaming such as Netflix, then you'll want a minimum of 10 Mbps or faster.

Your Internet bandwidth is shared among all of the users of your LAN. So any bandwidth others are using will be deducted from the total WAN (Internet) bandwidth that is available to you.

In simple terms, the more users you have the more speed will be required. Streaming video, such as Netflix and Hulu require a lot of bandwidth. Here are the minimum recommendations from Netflix. https://support.netflix.com/en/node/306

The only way to Improve your Internet speed is to upgrade your plan or switch to a faster ISP.

WIRELESS ROUTERS:
Wireless signals are affected by many factors including distance, wall density, electrical interference, directional antenna range, etc.

All of these factors will affect your actual wireless range. As wireless connection quality varies the connection speeds are renegotiated. The WLAN connection may start at 150 Mbps and end up at less than 10 Mbps or drop entirely.

2.4 GHz WiFi connections also experience interference from microwave ovens and cordless phones which interfere with the 2.4 GHz band.

Dual band routers have multiple wireless radios enabling broadcast on the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands simultaneously. Using the 5 GHz band cuts down on interference from cordless phones and microwave ovens.. Not all devices can use the 5 GHz frequency. Many laptops and other devices only operate at 2.4 GHz. Thus the need for dual band routers.

You should try to centrally locate your wireless router or gateway up high and away from dense walls and electrical and 2.4 GHz wireless interference such as microwave ovens, cordless phones, baby monitors, etc.

Your best bet is always a direct Ethernet connection. Ethernet is unaffected by wireless interference and will give you a rock solid, stable network connection.

If it is not feasible to run Ethernet cable the next best option would be a set of powerline network adapters http://isp1.us/reviews/netgear-xavb2101-powerline-adapter/

You plug one in by your router and one in the room where you need access and connect them to the devices with standard Ethernet patch cables. The network signals are transmitted over your existing home electrical wiring which will not be affected by wireless interference. There is still overhead in the connection but it is much more stable than WiFi.

Good Luck...

How do i get my desktop to have wifi?

Jarrod

How do I get my desktop to connect to the wifi without a cord. Like whats the thing i buy for my pc. (its a windows 64 bit)
Can you leave some links to where I could buy these?

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What you need for a wireless connection is a WiFi network adapter.

It is easy to add WiFi to a desktop. You can get a wireless adapter for your desktop PC, they are very inexpensive. Many are under 10 bucks. http://www.amazon.com/s/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=excharge-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957&field-keywords=wireless%20adapter%20for%20desktop&url=search-alias%3Daps&sprefix=wireless%20a%2Caps%2C377

There are two types, the easiest is a USB that just plugs in, the other is a card that involves opening the PC and installing in a card slot.

Any wireless g or wireless n WiFi adapter will work for Internet.

Wireless n is currently the most common.

There are various backward compatible wireless standards.

802.11b = 11 Mbps
802.11g = 54 Mbps
802.11n = 150 (300+) Mbps
802.11ac = 500 (1000+) Mbps

For either Ethernet or WiFi, the connection speed will always negotiate to the speed of the slowest device.

For example, a super fast 300 Mbps wireless n router can only connect to a wireless g laptop at a maximum of 54 Mbps. Remember, this is the speed of the WLAN connection between your WiFi device and the router, not the Internet speed.

Internet speed is determined by your ISP and no type router or connection will change the speed. You can test your Internet speed here. http://speedtest.net

However, Unless you specifically need a wireless connection, I would not recommend it especially for a fixed device such as a desktop PC.

Although WiFi connections are convenient for mobility and ease of installation, wireless interference can cause it's connection speed and quality to vary wildly.

Wireless signals are affected by many factors including distance, wall density, electrical interference, directional antenna range, etc.

All of these factors will affect your actual wireless range. As wireless connection quality varies the connection speeds are renegotiated. The connection may start at 300 Mbps and end up at less than 20 Mbps or drop entirely.

For serious gaming or video streaming your best bet is a direct Ethernet connection. Ethernet is unaffected by wireless interference and will give you a rock solid, stable network connection.

If it is not feasible to run Ethernet cable the next best option would be a set of powerline network adapters http://isp1.us/reviews/netgear-xavb2101-powerline-adapter/

You plug one in by your router and one in the room where you need access and connect them to the devices with standard Ethernet patch cables. The network signals are transmitted over your existing home electrical wiring which will not be affected by wireless interference. There is still overhead in the connection but it is much more stable than WiFi.

If you still decide to use a wireless connection,

You should try to centrally locate your wireless router or gateway up high and away from dense walls and electrical and 2.4 GHz wireless interference such as microwave ovens, cordless phones, baby monitors, etc.

Remember, there are two sides to a wireless connection, Naturally your WiFi device(s) also needs to be kept away from sources of interference and WiFi blocking objects.

Good Luck...

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What is the range of a video baby monitor?

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Charlie

We are thinking of getting a video baby monitor. We are wondering what is the distance the signal can be picked up. People are telling us burglars and pedophiles will drive around and pick up the signals. But what distance does it take, because we can see around our house where someone might park to view our monitor and that is in plain sight. Thanks for the help.

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Video monitors don't have a long range but according to the article below, the picture is scrambled. The sound monitors can be heard as far as 900 feet, which is pretty much a small corner of your neighborhood.

How much do we need to monitor radiation in our home?

FF GURU

Ever since we had our daughter, my husband is obsessed with eliminating any sources of radiation in our house. He wants to turn off our wireless router, stop using cell phones, and stop using the video baby monitor in the nursery because he has read that all of these things give out harmful amounts of radiation, especially impacting the development of children's brains.
Is there any validity to his concerns? Or is he just being an overprotective parent?

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he,s a little overboard, and misdirected. you get much more radiation on a long distance plane flight than you do from those sources. living in high elevations is a greater risk than living downwind from a nuclear power plant. you get more radioactivity from living downwind of a coal fired power plant.

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Moms: What are things that I should absolutely register for?

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Betrdz

for my baby shower. In other words, what will I not be able to live without. So far, I have:

high chair
travel system
breast pump
baby monitor
safety gate
thermometer

diapers and wipes go without saying but I don't think people actually register for them.

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well, u can go to babies r us website and they have a list for ppl who are going to register..of course it has a lot of things on there that you don't need, but if you weed through you can get what you need out of it...the things i liked;found most useful, etc......

.i would def recommend:
a diaper genie 2; idk why ppl don't like them, there is NO smell in my dd 's room
changing table..will save your back, good for diap changes, clothes changes, sponge baths, etc and you have shelves to store your new baby must haves....i have canvas bins on the shelves to store things that are good to have in reach or easily available...
monitor--i like the graco imonitor, recently bought a second one for another room in the house bc i liked the other one so much, it has been working well for over 8 mos now, and it has good range, battery life, and i can hear EVERYTHING; never any interference....it works great..
boppy pillow with cotton covers, soft ones don't fit as well for some reason
lots of baby hangers, and baby hangers with clips to keep outfits together
primo euro bathtub
prince lionheart diaper depot and wipewarmer; ours works well and the wipes are still very warm when we get them to out dd's bottom; and she doesn't freak out when we are out and they aren't warmed, but seems to appreciate it when they are..
health kit: brush, comb, thermometer (not an ear one, not as accurate), nail clippers, etc.
baby meds, generic is just as good and a lot cheaper...desitin(or plain zinc oxide if you can find it)..not creamy, has less zinc ox in it....infant mylicon and tylenol
lots of diapers , make sure wherever you buy them will let you exchange them for a diff size if you need to even after the return period...brus let me do that, and buy a small pack of a couple brands to see which you prefer before you open the big boxes...wipes, lots of them, without alcohol or fragrance! we use swaddlers diapers and pampers sensitive wipes; no rashes, no reactions to their ingredients, diapers hold a lot when they have too and the netting tends to keep the wet off her bottom...
lots of baby washclothes, you may have to use them on baby's bum if it is really sensitive and gets a rash....and baby towels, but you could use your reg towels if money is an issue

swing, pref swings two ways and plugs in instead of batteries
bouncy seat
infant travel system! easy, easy, easy--we got the graco tour deluxe; it is great, folds with one hand, several seating positions, lays flat for sleep; has a big basket underneath and cup holders for mom and dad, one for baby , place for snacks for baby, and a 'pocket' up top for keys, cell phone, whatever you wanna put there...
play yard, get one with bassinet feature if you want to, easier to keep baby in your room for a while before putting them in crib in their room=we have chicco discovery and it is awesome, has more padding than most, easy to wash..machine wash, most are wipe down...very sturdy, has nightlight, vibration, etc and a flip up change table, has wooden slats that slide in under mattress for support...not that much more exp than the others and much better in my opinion
passys--she loves soothies and that is all she will take..
baby wash, again frag free, dye free
frag free , dye free laundry detergent
clothes hamper or basket
lingerie bag for socks, mittens, anything little so they don't get lost in the wash...
something to put baby toys in
extra toy links
lullaby cd and small cd player; my dd has come to love white noise, she naps with a fan and a womb bear; sleeps at night with a fan....
oh, mosquito cover for your infant carrier..it's where you can see in , baby can see out, but strangers cant just walk up and touch your baby, and they will!!!!!
all i can come up with now...LOL
diaper bags; big one for everything you may need, leave in car unless you will be somewhere a long time, and a small one to stick what you will need for a short run in so you don't have to haul the bigger one

if ffing:
avent formula dispenser; has better review than the ones made by sassy, and convert to a snack cup later...i loved it so much i bought a second one!
bottles--really liked playtex ventaire advanced when she was young, more pieces but it's easy to get them clean when the top and bottom comes off...and they vent through the bottom instead of the nip so no bubbles or foam going back up into baby's milk; they will leak if you don't put them together correctly, but we have had no probs with them and have never had to replace any parts on them..if u decide on them and have leaks, email me and i will explain how to keep them from leaking...:O)
bottle and nip brushes--i really like the ones by munchking that don't have a sponge on the end of the brush, they come in diff colors mixed with white and have a great nip brush in the handles....
drying racks--again, i really like munchkins...
formula mixer: i like dr brown's formula pitcher bc you don't shake it it is only abo

Something really weird happened to my baby early this morning?

Ohmehlord

I want some input. I'm not freaked out but kind of interested in finding out what's going on. My baby is 8 weeks old. We have an angel care monitor that is under the crib mattress and only goes off if my son happens to stop breathing and moving. We've only had it go off twice before this and it goes off for about 5 seconds and turns off before we even get to him. We've tested this thing according to the manual several times and it's always passed the tests.

This morning about 5:45 am the alarm went off and I shot out of bed and started to go in there. The alarm stopped. So I didn't go in his room I just went back to bed. Checked the monitor that's integrated into the sensor and I could hear the fan blowing so I knew it was working. Fell asleep and 15 minutes later it went off again. This time it stopped before I got to his room but it was twice so I went and checked on him. He was sleeping and breathing fine. Content as can be.

I started to leave but realized something.... My baby can't lift himself or roll around at all. But he was completely uncovered and turned at a 90 degree angle to where I always lay him! I ALWAYS lay him with his head under the mobile so he can watch it as he falls asleep because I always put him to bed still awake.

His head was pointed to the back of the crib now. This is how my husband might lay him down but he's 100 miles away working right now. I got a little freaked out. But picked him up and turned him back how I normally would have laid him down.

I went back to sleep but something told me he was visited by someone that knew him and loved him, God, an angel, or is great grandmother that passed away about 3-4 years ago that was very close to my husband. Some of her chairs we brought to our house because my husbands grandpa offered them to us. He lives about 5 or 6 hours away.

I just want to know if I'm going crazy or if this is something that can happen? I'm not scared but I felt almost at peace. My son didn't even wake up he was so peaceful and didn't change positions the next time I came in there at 7am.

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It was weird, you're right.

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Has anyone seen then summer infant peek plus baby monitor?

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Steph

I just had my mom buy it for me because I am about two months away. It is so cool and I cant believe more people aren't buy them. I set it up and my husband wont stop messing around with the app on his iphone lol

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Hi summer monitor rubbish lol I had mine 3 day suddenly touch screen stop working

Is There An App Like This?

Hayley

Ok so I Want An App On My Iphone 4 (Free) That Can Allow Me To Have My Iphone In My Daughters Room (as a baby monitor) And I am watching From My Laptop. I Don't Have Time To Go Get A Monitor And This Will Be Much Easier. Please Help Me! I Really Want A Free App :]
There Actually Is One BTW But It Is A Trial I need One I Can Use For A While

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Either buy a baby monitor or buy the app, either way you have to spend money and I'd buy the monitor from the shop as you can take it back and get your money back if it doesn't work.

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How can I get faster internet?

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Eric

Please, no smartaleck answers please! I'm willing to spend money.

Okay, so to start off with, I have horrible internet. It might be average compared to standards, but my friends literally have internet that is 100x faster than mine. No joke, I'll show the specs later.

Now, I know a bit about internet. There's 802.11a/b/g/n/ac. I'm pretty sure 802.11ac just came out and most people have 802.11n. However, after some simple investigation, I discovered that I was still on 802.11a, and of course then had WEP encryption. WEP is easily hackable, and 802.11a, as I understand it, has a very bad range. It gets interference from nearly EVERYTHING (microwaves, baby monitors, etc.)

As everyone knows, 802.11a has a LIMIT of 54mbps. However, I usually get around 0.7 mbps, at best. I sure would love to see that 1080p icon at least once in my life. However, at my friend's house, I downloaded a 50MB app for my iPod, and I saw that it installed within seconds. After the initial shock, I ran a quick speed test and it said that I was getting 33mbps down and 19mbps up! At my school, speeds are even higher with 92mbps down and 47mbps up (but of course they use ethernet so that doesn't mean anything)! At my house, I get around 0.65mbps down and 0.28mbps up, usually. As you can see, this is literally over 20X slower than other areas I have ran a speedtest.

Therefore, how can I get either 1) faster 802.11a or 2) what type of router should I get (either 802.11n or 802.11ac) as a replacement?
I have the $29.95/mo plan from AT&T.

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Stick with 802.11n for now. To get faster internet talk to your ISP, or several ISPs if you have a choice, to see what speeds they have on offer. Start by finding out what ISP your friend uses. Also, ISPs often will provide a good router for free or nearly free, so check out that aspect before shelling out your own $$ for one.

What should the humidity be in my baby savannah monitors enclosure?

Raymundo

Ive been reading alot of different things about humidity levels, and my sav is pretty skinny and not eating so much (could be because i got him 2 weeks ago), his temps during the day are 100-110 at the basking spot, about 90 in the general area and 80-85 at the cool side, but now im not sure if my humidity is correct

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Humidity should be around 35% - but your monitor needs water deep enough to submerge in.

See these 2 booklets we have written on rearing baby monitor lizards:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/95075161/Care%20of%20Young%20Varanids%20v1-5.pdf
and
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/95075161/Raising%20Bosc%20Monitor%20Lizards.pdf

There is also an excellent book you can use for reference, just download and save it to disc first:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/95075161/The%20Savanah%20Monitor%20Lizard%20X.pdf
.

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Will supporters demand probation for Illegal Gerardo Espinosa 20 minutes and done: Jury convicts?

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I'm gonna

Jurors spent just 20 minutes this morning concluding that a 19-year-old man was guilty of child abuse through violent shaking, which caused substantial bodily harm to his 11-week-old daughter.




Gerardo Espinosa was scheduled an Aug. 25 sentencing, where he faces a minimum of probation and maximum of 20 years in prison.


Chief Deputy District Attorney Dan Greco said the verdict was one of the swiftest he's aware of in the county.


Greco said that on Oct. 29, Espinosa was baby-sitting baby Areli Rubi while his 20-year-old wife and her mother were at work. Areli's crying was frustrating Espinosa, whose video game playing was being disrupted. Unable to comfort the girl, Espinosa shook the infant whose brain slammed back and forth against her skull, causing near fatal injuries, Greco said.


Espinosa drove his daughter to Renown Regional Medical Center after she stopped breathing and went limp. He told investigators that after he shook her she became "disabled" because her head became loose and her body went limp. Next, he said he fell while carrying the baby, who then accidentally struck the back of her head on a wooden entertainment system.


Greco said medical personnel said if he waited any longer to get medical treatment, Areli would have died.


Espinosa told sheriff's investigators that Areli's crying angered him, and that he was frustrated he could not quiet the girl.


Greco said Espinosa's explanation of the injuries did not support the medical evidence.


Doctors testified that Areli has significant and permanent brain injuries that will cause her to be monitored the rest of her life my medical personnel. They concluded her injuries were the result of shaking, and/or inflicted traumatic head trauma.


Areli has significant vision and hearing loss, and her gross motor skills are very impaired, doctors said. She has no reaction to faces, voices or objects. She is reliant on a feeding tube. Doctors testified Areli's condition will never improve.


Espinosa's court-appointed attorney, Robert Bruce Lindsay, told jurors that if the girl hadn't struck her head on the entertainment system, "we wouldn't be here." He claimed the shaking was not enough to cause the brain injuries. Greco said outside of court he doubts Espinosa fell.


"One minute she was a happy and healthy baby, and the next she is a brain damaged victim inside a shell of a body," Greco told jurors. ". . .all because the defendant was angry because she was crying louder than before and interrupting his video game playing.


"He took out his anger on a helpless, fragile girl."


Espinosa is an illegal immigrant from Mexico who authorities said snuck into the country five years ago. At the time his daughter was injured, he was unemployed. Greco said his job was to care for his daughter.


Immigration and Customs Enforcement has placed a hold on Espinosa.


Trial began Tuesday with Washoe District Court Judge Patrick Flanagan presiding. Espinosa declined to testify on his own behalf.
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Poor little baby... Espinosa`s lawyer is a liar !!!

Abusive head trauma/inflicted traumatic brain injury or AHT (also called shaken baby/shaken impact syndrome or SBS) is a form of inflicted head trauma.

AHT can be caused by direct blows to the head, dropping or throwing a child, or shaking a child. Head trauma is the leading cause of death in child abuse cases in the United States.

How These Injuries Happen
Unlike other forms of inflicted head trauma, abusive head trauma results from injuries caused by someone vigorously shaking a child. Because the anatomy of infants puts them at particular risk for injury from this kind of action, the vast majority of victims are infants younger than 1 year old. The average age of victims is between 3 and 8 months, although these injuries are occasionally seen in children up to 4 years old.

The perpetrators in these cases are most often parents or caregivers. Common triggers are frustration or stress when the child is crying. Unfortunately, the shaking may have the desired effect: although at first the baby cries more, he or she may stop crying as the brain is damaged.

Approximately 60% of identified victims of shaking injury are male, and children of families who live at or below the poverty level are at an increased risk for these injuries as well as any type of child abuse. It is estimated that the perpetrators in 65% to 90% of cases are males â usually either the baby's father or the mother's boyfriend, often someone in his early twenties.

When someone forcefully shakes a baby, the child's head rotates about the neck uncontrollably because infants' neck muscles aren't well developed and provide little support for their heads. This violent movement pitches the infant's brain back and forth within the skull, sometimes rupturing blood vessels and nerves throughout the brain and tearing the brain tissue. The brain may strike the inside of the skull, causing bruising and bleeding to the brain.

The damage can be even greater when a shaking episode ends with an impact (hitting a wall or a crib mattress, for example), because the forces of acceleration and deceleration associated with an impact are so strong. After the shaking, swelling in the brain can cause enormous pressure within the skull, compressing blood vessels and increasing overall injury to its delicate structure.

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How can a person with alzheimers drive a car or wonder from home and not get in a car wreck,or hit by a car.?

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Leta

I've heard that some end up in another city. I'm only 47 and I forget things a lot and it scares me.

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You bring up a great question. Someone with Alzheimerâs should not be out wandering the streets, but it does happenâand it generally ends badly. Many nursing homes that serve the dementia population have monitoring systems in place, such as Wanderguard. These systems can also be used in the home environment. It may seem cruel to put a tracking bracelet on someone who isnât a criminal, but it goes a long way in assuring safety.

If you think your memory is weakening, thereâs a lot you can do to strengthen it. While it is unlikely you are currently experience early onset dementia, it wouldnât hurt to keep your mind limber. I recommend a video game called Brain Age. I actually wrote a blog on this a while back for Gilbert Guide, a resource for long-term care. Hereâs an excerpt:

âIn addition to detecting and improving the effects of Alzheimerâs, computerized games can also help keep middle-aged minds agile. Nintendo, a staple of my youth, has come up with a game called Brain Age. The company contends that using the game for only minutes a day and engaging in âcerebral workoutsâ can stimulate the mind enough to actually decrease oneâs âbrain age.â All you need is a Nintendo DS to jump right in and start reading literary classics aloud, solving math problems and drawing from memory, just to name a few tasks. The game was founded in Japan, released as âDr. Kawashimaâs Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain?â in Europe and released in the US as âBrain Ageâ in April of 2006. Some skeptics have asserted that improvement in Sudoku is hardly an indication of oneâs capacity to better conduct activities of daily living. One thing is certainâmarketing to baby boomers and seniors is a smart move for a company with vast competition in targeting the teen market.â

Click here to read the rest of the post:

http://www.gilbertguide.com/blog/2007/01/30/detecting-and-improving-your-brain-age/

If you donât see yourself playing video games to strengthen your memory, try sudoku. A little mental challenge goes a long way!

I hope this information helps,
Lori

what hopes are there in future earthquake predictions?

lorenz

can someone tell what are new eartquake prediction equipments? or wats going to happen in earthquake prediction industry?

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Basically the scientists need more time and much more knowledge to make any kind of earthquake prediction--we are still constantly finding new fault lines that add to the complexity of even trying to understand what might happen in a region. Weather forecasting has had decades of research to reach the levels that it has and it is far ahead of earthquake forecasting. Mathematical modeling holds the most promise but it needs far more data points and historical information than is available at present. see the quote below

After the setbacks of the 1990s, the field of earthquake prediction seemed to go fallow for a while. But today groups in the USA, Russia, Japan and elsewhere are laying new groundwork for predictions.

First we should be clear about a few terms. A prediction is a statement specifying the time, location and magnitude of an earthquake. The consensus of the 1990s ruled out this kind of true prediction as a fruitful subject of research. Today, anyone doing this is not taken seriously, and you can assume that outfits like Geoforecaster or Syzygy.com are about as reliable as astrology.

Before weather predictions became widely accepted, we had to spend decades learning about climatology, fluid dynamics and the physical laws that govern the ocean and the atmosphere at all scales. We also had to collect immense amounts of historical data and set up satellites to monitor the ocean-atmosphere system. If earthquake predictions are to become as effective as weather predictions are today, we must take seismology to a comparable level. Today's research is aimed at that more fundamental goal, and the nearest that scientists will come to issuing predictions is making long-term and medium-term forecasts on a strictly experimental basis.

Ross Stein of the U.S. Geological Survey champions a promising line of research based on stress triggering that may show where, if not just when, the next earthquake may occur. This kind of knowledge could become useful for long-term preparation, as in Japan's Tokai project.

Other theorists are exploring advanced statistical analyses and subtle patterns of seismic activity that are reminiscent of the behavior of stressed beams. Some formulas appear to have some traction at a very weak level. The Regional Earthquake Likelihood Models (RELM) group organized a contest of earthquake models whose forecasts were published in 2007. It will take many more baby steps like these to gain any ground. But because even the vaguest, most academic forecasts can make people overreact, most researchers don't share them on the Web. Also, history has not been kind to scientists who tried predictions, and science itself has suffered damage. For now, the Web remains the playground of untrustworthy operators.

PS: Even if we could issue earthquake predictions, Stathis Stiros asked the RAS-JAG meeting, should we? In his presentation he argued that earthquakes claim so few lives in Greece these days, it would be cheaper to fix the few unsafe buildings that kill people and avoid the costs of panic, unnecessary shutdowns, and false alarms. Just upgrading the five worst street intersections in Athens would save as many lives as are lost in all of Greece due to earthquakes, he said.

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