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Written by Illustrated News Staff Saturday, 08 November 2014 00:00

Kelly Dall, a Long Island-based interior designer and participant in the Ronald McDonald House of Long Islands (RMH-LI) $5.1 million Project Design initiative, is just one of the 45 prestigious designers of the nonprofit organizations recently completed renovation. Her participation, however, is particularly unique, as her family is a former resident family of RMH-LI in New Hyde Park, a home away from home for families of seriously ill children.

During RMH-LIs designer recruitment phase, Dall stood out not only because of her interior design talents and abilities, but her personal history with the house and understanding of its mission. In 2007, the Dall family faced one of the most difficult times in their lives when their third child, Elle, was born with a diaphragmatic hernia. This diagnosis has a 15 percent survival rate.

Last year, the Dalls once again faced a life-or-death situation when their 14-year-old son suffered from osteomyelitis (an infection in the bone), an abscess in his acetabulum and a septic joint. Having RMH-LI by their side made life a little bit easier while they were caring for Elle and Sean at the hospital next door.

The house is an extremely special place to us, Dall says. When our kids were sick, the thought of not being with them every possible moment was frightening. We were away from home for weeks but RMH-LI made it possible to stay close while being able to take a shower or lay down for a quick nap.

Dall describes her work in the project as good karma and her relationship with the house as coming full circle. When I heard about this project, I immediately knew I was going to be a part of it, she said. The house provides unbelievable comfort to families during a very emotional time, and I am honored to be able to provide a calm, restful healing environment for families experiencing the pain of having a child in area hospitals.

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SLIEDRECHT, The Netherlands & HERZLIYA, Israel, November 10, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --

Verklizan, a leading European provider of emergency call center platforms, has integrated Essence Smart Care - Care@Home solution into its UMO platform for healthcare monitoring. Essence is a global company specializing in cloud-based IoT connected-living technologies, such as home care, smart home and professional home security.

"Our monitoring solution enables independent living for a growing population of elderly and vulnerable people in our society with a strong focus on healthy aging," says Marcel Roest, International Sales Manager of Verklizan. "By working together, Essence and Verklizan allow service providers to offer a highly differentiated, end-to-end solution that promotes senior independence and quality of life."

Care@Home is a connected care, self-learning solution that gathers and analyzes data related to living and behavioral patterns, monitors 24/7, and sends alerts via mobile and web apps. It learns seniors' daily activities using strategically placed motion sensors and an intelligent algorithm. An analytics engine triggers smart alerts to caregivers and family when detecting deviations in daily routines, such as skipping meals or reduced activity, which indicate health problems. Every alert is categorized by severity or emergency, providing the correct level of response. Care@Home is the next step in elder care, as its passive monitoring promotes a seamless independent living experience without the person needing to wear pendants or press buttons.

The Verklizan UMO Platform monitoring software for healthcare and security is being used to monitor more than 850,000 users across 300 service providers in 16 countries. It allows alarm receiving centers to monitor a comprehensive range of Telecare, Telehealth, video and security devices.

"Verklizan and Essence are a natural fit, both in terms of technology and the philosophy of promoting senior independence," says Barak Katz, vice president of business development. "By working together, it's a win-win for Verklizan, Essence, and families looking for solutions to increase senior independence and peace of mind for family members."

About Essence Essence is a global IoT provider of scalable, end-to-end connected-living solutions for security, communication, and healthcare service providers. Over the past 20 years, Essence has built an impressive installed base, with more than 10 million products deployed and used by Tier-1 service providers worldwide. Essence is committed to developing and supporting solutions that both enhance partners' businesses and enable people to live fuller and better lives.

About Verklizan Founded in 1983 Verklizan provides the UMO monitoring center platform to service providers in health, safety and security markets. With an independent and open structure the UMO platform enables service providers to provide and support health, security and wellness services to their customers. With the UMO concept, Verklizan strives to maintain and improve the quality of life of the growing ageing population, where financial and human resources will decrease in the coming decades.

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I recommend getting your heating equipment checked annually.

Heating specialists recommend new gas furnaces be checked every couple of years, until they are five years old. At that time, yearly servicing is recommended.

If you have an oil furnace, their nozzles and oil filters need to be changed every year. Prolonging that will greatly decrease the efficiency of your furnace.

In a forced air furnace, a filter protects the blower and motor from damage due to dust and dirt intake. A regular furnace filter should be changed every month during the heating season. During the cooling season, it's best to check monthly and replace it if it becomes dirty.

I have seen some filters so dirty that I was surprised the furnaces could even run.

Some specialty filters do not need to be changed as often, but check with a heating specialist before you use these filters. Some of the specialty filters are so dense they can restrict the air flow of the furnace and make it work harder to do its job.

Running your furnace without a filter or a dirty filter can do serious damage to some of the components, especially the heat exchanger, which is the most important part of a furnace.

If you have a new high efficiency furnace installed and it no longer needs to go to the chimney and has PVC chimneys that go out the sidewall and the gas water heater is left in the chimney by itself a chimney liner for the water heater must be installed. Without the furnace in the chimney anymore it doesn't draft as well.

If you see you have thermal vent dampers in the furnace chimney and water heater chimney they should be removed. You can easily identify them. It says thermal vent damper right on them. They are known for sticking shut and kicking carbon monoxide into the house. I had one last week that was kicking over 200 parts per million of carbon monoxide for about 30 seconds until it finally opened up. This is an easy repair; the thermal vent damper is removed and the vent pipe is extended to take the place of where the thermal vent damper was.

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Gutter Helmet by Harry Helmet, the largest dealer of Gutter Helmetthe #1 choice for gutter protection in the U.S with over 65 million feet installed, is proud to announce it has been selected as a Best Places to Work in Western Pennsylvania by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The Best Places to Work award program is based on results of an employee survey conducted at each participant company. Employees from each company provide information to the Pittsburgh Business Times on the environment of their workplace, rating their company on how fun, challenging and rewarding of a workplace it is. Gutter Helmet by Harry Helmet was selected as a winner among ninety-four companies, all located in Western Pennsylvania and all having deep ties to the greater Pittsburgh metro area.

I strive to create a fun, world-class work environment for my employees and participating in award programs such as this one gives me the opportunity to help shape the future of our firm and improve employee work experience, said Del Thebaud Sr., owner of Gutter Helmet by Harry Helmet. This program is a win-win situation because not only are we honored with a Best Places to Work award by the Pittsburgh Business Times, but employee feedback from the surveys is used to guide further positive changes across the company so we can ultimately provide a higher level of service to our loyal customer base.

For the past 30 years, Gutter Helmet by Harry Helmet has proudly served customers in the greater Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania communities, including Bethel Park, Upper St Clair, Mount Lebanon, Monroeville, Washington, Murrysville, Shaler Township, McMurray, Robinson Township, Coraopolis, Butler, New Castle, Mercer, Slippery Rock, Hermitage, Franklin, Kittanning, and Indiana among others.

An independent firm, Quantum Workplace, Inc. conducted the employee survey and Quantum staff members communicated the findings in a summary report to Gutter Helmet by Harry Helmet. The Pittsburgh Business Times is the premier business publication in Western Pennsylvania. The winners of Best Places to Work can be found by visiting http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/print-edition/2014/10/31/meet-the-best-places-to-work-in-western.html.

Harry Helmets signature productGutter Helmet, not only provides long term value for homeowners, but the system immediately minimizes the time they spend on keeping gutters working properly. Gutter Helmet comes with a lifetime performance guarantee from the manufacturer that customers will Never Clean Their Gutters Again and is installed by certified professionals over a homeowner's existing gutters.

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