What You Don't Know About Electrical Appliances & Your Health
We live in affluent times. We think nothing of using ahairdryer to dry our hair, putting the washing in a machineto clean it, having a television set in our bedrooms andhaving a clock beside our beds, set to bring us ourfavorite radio station as we wake.What if you were getting more than you thought with yourelectric appliances?Research suggests that electromagnetic fields (EMFs) havean effect on the immune system, and have been linked toheadaches, cancers, blood disorders and a host ofautoimmune diseases.In October, 2002, preliminary findings from an 8 yearresearch project commissioned by the California PublicUtilities Commission, and considered the largest project to date, suggests hundreds of thousands of people, particularlychildren, are at risk from life-threatening illnesseslinked to the emissions. Pregnant women are also atgreater risk of miscarriage.Everything that uses or transmits electricity emits EMFs,however those in your bedroom will have the greatest impact on your health because it is during sleep that you are mostvulnerable to energy imbalances. You are affected indirect proportion to their strength, proximity and thelength of time you are exposed to these fields. The affectis also accumulative.Tips For Detecting And Reducing The Harmful Effects Of EMFs In Your Life1.
You can detect the presence of strong fields with a small compass. When you move towards an electromagnetic field the needle will turn to realign with the new magnetic field, swinging as you move over it. Try it on your television or computer monitor.2. Remove all plug-in clocks, television, answering machines, and electric blankets from your bedroom. If you cannot do this, move these things at least eight to twelve feet away from where you sleep, or unplug them while you sleep.3.
Look for any cables that run under your bed or close to your head. Where possible reposition the cables, keeping them as far from your bed as possible. Consider moving the bed to another part of the room if necessary.4. Take note of appliances on shared walls with the bedroom. EMFs will transmit through walls.
Check the distance between these appliances and where you lie in bed. If this applies to you, check for anxiety, insomnia, or any unusual types of illness.5. Where possible unplug a device - this will disconnect the transformer and will no longer create an EMF.6. Reduce your exposure by increasing the distance between you and your electrical appliances. Sit or lie at least 10 feet from your television set, and move your computer at least 2 feet away from your keyboard if possible.
A peace lily, or spider plant grown near electrical objects will absorb some EMFs.It is no longer enough to improve the purely Feng Shui aspects of your home and bedroom. To ensure good health you also need to be assessing levels of EMFs now.? 2003, . All rights reserved. May beduplicated with attribution and copyright notice intact.http://www.LifeDesignStrategies.com/.
Fire Safety, Prevention and Survival Tips
Ashland Kentucky (ContentDesk) June 12, 2006 -- It's not a question of luck. It's a matter of planning ahead. Heightron Systems (www.safesurge.com) presents a list of the ways people can make their homes safe.When using appliances, make sure to follow the manufacturer's safety precautions. Overheating, unusual smells, shorts and sparks are all warning signs that appliances need to be shut off, then replaced or repaired. Unplug appliances when not in use.
Use safety caps to cover all unused outlets, especially if there are small children in the home.Placing smoke detectors in rooms where you have appliances and in bedrooms is important but if you install the new wireless smoke detectors every alarm alarms when any one alarms. This technology is required in some states and my soon be required in all states.Never overload circuits or extension cords. Do not place cords and wires under rugs, over nails...
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Helpful Kitchen Remodeling Ideas
Functionality and aesthetics are the two main objectives of any kitchen remodeling plan. A kitchen must provide an efficient working place, even while it looks good.
Most kitchen designs in vogue for the last few decades have been based on three standard layouts: the U-shaped kitchen, the L-shaped kitchen and the galley kitchen. All of them make use of the classic work-triangle concept that basically positions the three major kitchen components (refrigerator, stove, and sink) in a triangular pattern.
With changing lifestyle and man-woman roles, whereby both wife and husband share home responsibilities, multiple work centers or work stations within the kitchen are gaining popularity in order to allow more than one person to work efficiently without getting in anyone else's way.
Adding an island is one of the most common ways to have multiple work centers into a kitchen.
An island creates two to four small work stations along the perimeter...
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OffMyServer Renames Company iXsystems
San Jose, CA (ContentDesk) November 10, 2005 -- OffMyServer, a full-service systems integrator and server manufacturer announced today that it has changed its name to iXsystems. The company develops BSD-based network and security appliances and advanced datacenter and network infrastructure solutions including blade servers and other open technologies.iXsystems will continue to provide a comprehensive range of server manufacturing and systems integration services for enterprise companies, government, and institutions of higher education. As it gets ready to release a new appliance and rackmount server line, iXsystems will continue to introduce new initiatives that benefit customers."We have a new name, but our mission is the same as ever. We are here to provide solutions that work for our customers," said Mike Lauth, President and CEO of iXsystems. "We do what we say we're going to do.
We approach each opportunity as a partnership, our team working side-by-side with our customers...
OffMyServer Renames Company iXsystems
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Search Cacher Announces Release of Enterprise Search Appliances
SAN FRANCISCO, CA ? October 14, 2004 ? Search Cacher?, the leading developer of enterprise search appliances, today announced the release of its innovative ESA-series appliances, an integrated hardware/software enterprise search solution for Intranet and Internet deployment. Based on the Search Cacher EIP software architecture, the ESA-series appliances helps customers search, aggregate, and manage vast amounts of information thus reducing time to market, and increasing the ability to identify and act upon opportunities.Search Cacher ESA-series enterprise search appliances allows customers in the high-tech, finance, legal, manufacturing and healthcare industry, integrate millions of documents, records, files, and other information to develop vertical business intelligence. Users and teams can easily find and manage information across the distributed enterprise thus reducing time spent looking for information, and ultimately resulting in significant capital cost savings. The following...
Search Cacher Announces Release of Enterprise Search Appliances
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A Guide to Hair Loss Products
Hair loss is a genetic/hormonal process that can affect both men and women. Hormones that bind to hair follicles can cause an imbalance in the biological processes that cause hair growth. Eventually, excess hormones on the follicle cause hair to stop growing and the follicle dies.
Shampoo, wigs, creams, pills, powders, and just about anything else you can imagine has been marketed as a hair loss product. Hair loss products, if they are at all serious, work by either promoting...
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Bult2Go Enables Thousands of Businesses
Gainesville, FL (ContentDesk) October 4, 2005 -- Built2Go.com (http://www.built2go.com), a new membership based turnkey website provider, announced today that it has released its new line of pre-made turnkey website templates and scripts, available to members of its site. The site, which provides fully developed templates and scripts designed for online businesses and websites, is owned by Florida based Big Resources Incorporated, the developer of the largest template library in the world. "Built2Go...
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