Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Are You Sleeping in a Sanctuary?

by Faith Ranoli
Host of Heart & Home Thursdays, 1pm PT on http://www.healthylife.net

The one room in the house where we typically spend the most time is the bedroom. We sleep or rest on average seven hours a night, usually our pet sleeps just as long as we do in the bedroom with us. This time of rest is essential for the body to regenerate, and to renew itself.

Many studies have shown the importance of a healthy immune system and it's reliance on a good night's sleep. But what if your bedroom is emitting an energy field that has a toxic impact on your body's or your pet's body's energy field?

Will your body or our pet's, find that rest and regeneration it needs to keep you healthy? Most people do not think about the electrical or magnetic fields surrounding them, especially when sleeping.

Here are 8 things you can do to create a safer environment in which to sleep:

o Move your digital clock at least 6 feel from the bed.

o If crating a pet use a plastic crate and pay attention to the outlets that are near where you have placed the crate.

o Ensure your home's electrical system is grounded and in good working order.

o Move electrical appliances such as lamps, radios, TV's and cell phones away from the bed.

o Turn off all wireless devices, digital baby monitors, cordless phones, wireless headsets, and Bluetooth devices.

o Only use an electric blanket or waterbed heater to warm the bed then turn them off.

o Replace metal box springs with non-metal platforms.

o Install an electrical demand switch that turns off the electrical power to outlets around your bed.

Monday, January 10, 2011

Internet Radio Definitions

by Linda Mackenzie

Here's the Types of Internet Radio defined to make it less confusing for listeners, advertisers and...Ahem...the industry...

1. Internet Radio Show is an individual radio show with one or more hosts, which can be aired live or pre-recorded, and is broadcasted either on a radio station or as a podcast from an individual website.
2. Internet Radio Station – A group of live and/or prerecorded scheduled programs that are grouped together and broadcast through a single channel of distribution.
3. Internet Radio Network – A 24/7 individual radio station which is linked to other radio networks and broadcasts a common program theme in a specific format (e.g., Music, Talk, News/Talk,) and is in syndication (contracted by another media channel for play) or simulcast (simultaneous broadcast on more than 1 media channel) or both on many channels of distribution.
4. Internet Radio Aggregator – A radio streaming service provider that provides streaming service for a single radio station or where 100’s or 1000’s of many different radio programs without one specific theme are grouped together to share streaming services as one station which may or may not be linked to other radio networks to syndicate/simulcast its stream.
5. Internet Radio Syndicator/Simulcaster – An individual broadcast entity that picks up, links and broadcasts many radio stations/radio networks streams to broadcast them on their site.
6. On Demand Radio Archive – An individual Internet Radio Show or an individual radio program from a Radio Station/ Radio Network which has been archived and made available for listening at any time directly from their specific website.
7. On Demand Radio Download - An individual Internet Radio Show or an individual radio program from a Radio Station/ Radio Network which can be downloaded to their computer to be made available for listening at any time via one or more various formats (e.g., .mp3, podcast, ITunes format, RSS feed, mobile).
8. Podcast Aggregator - A podcast streaming service provider that provides streaming service for 100’s or 1000’s of many different podcast program providers without one specific theme which are grouped together to share streaming services.