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Tina Lyons asked this question of Ambassadors to the FGS conference that will be held in August in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Unfortunately I'm unable to attend FGS this year but I am going to two other conferences. I'll be at NGS (next week) and Jamboree (next month). So, why do I go? I go
1) To learn. I consider myself an intermediate researcher, but I have numerous "brick walls." And I'm not comfortable with some types of records. So I go to attend sessions to help me with the "gaps" I feel I have. And I've been know to attend 3 sessions during 2 conferences on the same or similar topic because I want to get different perspectives.
2) To find out what's new. The exhibit/vendor hall is an important part of my conference experience. Where else can I learn about what's new? And I can ask questions about what it does, how it works, what I can gain from using it, etc. Reading blogs is another way I learn about what's new, so I look forward to reading other's blogs to see what they have learned. Because I definitely don't always know the "right" questions to ask.
3) To buy books, CDs, DVDs, postcards and stuff. I have to set a budget, but this is the place where I can touch and look through books to see if they have info that I want. (I really have trouble buying books without touching them first.) The CDs and DVDs are for my continuing education. Postcards and other stuff help me add interest to my writing. (And I really don't like to shop. But this is different!!)
4) To be around others who have a passion for genealogy. I've met great people. But I haven't been very good at getting the meeting into the start of a long-term relationship. I'm not really a "party" person, and I don't function well staying up late. Because I attend sessions almost every time period, I'm not networking. This is something I really want to get better at.
5) To return home energized. Oh, I'm often so tired when I get home. My mind is on overload with all of the new information. I have these new ideas, new techniques to try, new web sites to look at, etc. BUT, I also have so many ideas to help me with my research and my writing. Too bad that life still interferes with genealogy once I return.
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After marriage, both men and women tend to gain some weight, but men tend to gain even more after divorce, according to a study that followed over 10,000 people to better understand the impact of people's marital status on their health.
Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth – a biannual survey of men and women from 1986 to 2008 – researchers tracked the body mass index (BMI) of folks who were never married, were married or were divorced. The results showed that within two years of marriage most couple's BMI values increased. But divorce also turned out to be a significant marker.
"After marriage, women will take care of their families and maybe eat the way their husband does or their children do," said Dr. Zhenchao Qian, a sociology professor at Ohio State University and one of the lead authors of the study. The change in routine that comes with married life can trigger weight gain, at first more so for women than for men. "Men tend to be healthier after marriage in terms of diet," said Dr. Qian.
With regards to their overall health, men clearly benefit from marriage. Married men are more likely to go for routine medical checkups and take better care of their health needs than bachelors. After divorce, however, things can quickly turn for the worse.
"Joy and grief are strong emotions that can lead to an increase or decrease in appetite," said Susan Heitler, a marriage counselor and writer for poweroftwomarriage.com. "Newlyweds often gain small amounts of weight because they're content. But in people who are newly divorced, depression can cause substantial weight gain," she said.
Of course, there are other factors besides change of marital status that must be considered. Pregnancy, parenting, career changes, financial problems, aging and widowhood all leave their own mark on people's health and wellbeing.
Interestingly enough, it doesn't seem to get easier with age. On the contrary. People who get married and/or divorced while they are still young seem to be less affected by weight gain in response to their experiences. "Both marriages and divorces increase the risk of weight changes from about age 30 to 50, and the effect is stronger at later ages," said Dmitry Tumin, a doctoral student in sociology at Ohio State University and co-author of the study. "As you get older, having a sudden change in your life like a marriage or a divorce is a bigger shock than it would have been when you were younger, and that can really impact your weight," he added.
Weight gain affects relationships
Weight problems do not only affect people's physical health but also their relationships. In a different study conducted at Cornell University, researchers found that physical appearance plays an especially significant role at the dating stage but also throughout marriage. According to the study, young normal-weight women are more willing to date overweight men than the other way around. Once married, overweight wives seem to be happier in their marriages than many normal-weight ones. Still, females tend to be more concerned about weight issues than males, regardless of marital status. At any age, men seem less tolerant of overweight partners and less comfortable in dating overweight people than women.
"While the population of this country – and the world for that matter – is getting fatter, ideals about body weight increasingly emphasize slimness. Society tends to reject obese individuals and subjects them to severe stigmatization and discrimination," says Dr. Jeffrey Sobal, a nutritional sociologist at Cornell University who studies the sociology of obesity and one of the authors of the study, which was subsequently published in a book titled "Overweight and Weight Management" (ASPEN 1997).
While the study found that body weight was not associated with most aspects of marital quality, several connections were identified as significant. For instance, men who gained weight while they were married reported more marital problems than men who kept their weight down. By contrast, married women did not seem to be as affected by their weight changes.
"One theory about why obese women are happier with their marriages is related to recognizing their decreased value in the marriage market in a society that stigmatizes obesity. As a result, obese women are more likely to be satisfied with their current marital condition compared with opportunities for seeking a new partner. In other words, women appear to internalize and accept the negative assessments of their obesity [better than men]," the study concludes.
Weight gain and sex
While many women are concerned about losing their man because of weight issues, some also use sex to pressure their partners into weight loss. "Women often withhold sex as a weapon of last resort when their partners refuse to or don't lose weight," said Dr. Laura Triplett, a professor at California State University in Fullerton who conducts research on body image and social implications of physical appearance. She found that especially women in their 20s stop having sex with partners who don't meet their expectations of what a man should look like.
It's not just a matter of vanity or loss of respect when Mr. Right turns wrong because his waistline expands. "When men gain weight and become physically unattractive to their partner, what usually happens is the woman takes it much more as a sign that he doesn't love her. Women tend to personalize things, said Mary Jo Rapini, a psychotherapist specializing in intimacy and sexuality at the Methodist Weight Management Center in Houston, TX. "At one point, women feel like their partners don't care," she said.
Women are not all that different from men when it comes to aesthetics, according to Veronica Monet, a sexologist who does research in relationship dynamics. "It's great that women are realizing that we are also visual creatures and that we are sexually stimulated by what we see and that we have the right to ask our partners to gift us with the benefit of good grooming and regular visits to the gym. But any time we threaten our partners with withholding sex or love, whether we are male or female, we take the relationship in a negative direction."
Instead, she suggests, couple should share their feelings and talk frankly about weight problems with one another. "It's extremely important to avoid negative statements, name-calling or accusations," Monet said. "Ultimately, you have to realize that your overweight partner is only going to lose weight when he [or she] wants to."
Timi Gustafson R.D. is a clinical dietitian and author of the book "The Healthy Diner – How to Eat Right and Still Have Fun"®, which is available on her blog, "Food and Health with Timi Gustafson R.D." ( http://www.timigustafson.com), and at amazon.com. You can follow Timi on Twitter at http://twitter.com/TimiGustafsonRD


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07 May The way He saw Her
I take a deep breath and look around. S is crying. N is crying. Someone who's name I don't know is crying. I'm trying to wipe away the tears from my face. Everyone around me is looking slightly dazed, slightly confused. I breathe out, feeling as if there are too many people around me, join N outside as he is enjoying a cigarette. It feels almost as if we have played ourselves, or watched something so intense that it feels as if we have played. S is expressing how she felt that she was watching something private, something which she was not supposed to watch. I'm trying to find some kinds of words for it, and N is doing the same. We give up pretty quickly.
Sometimes, you see something which hits you right in your gut. It is often unexpected and you need time to process it. Take time to find a way in which you can express what it was, because no words seem to make it justice. Not only are the words insufficient, but how can we even describe something which is so intrinsically tactile? I know photographers makes attempts, and some makes darn good ones. But it is still not the same. That is why it has taken this long to write this.
I had only seen a couple of videos with Naka Akira. Plenty of photos. But for me, none of then had really captured me, they were not luring me into the shadows of what he does so brilliantly. Beautiful rope that is for sure, but it had not left me with a lingering sensation. It had felt distanced.
That is why, when Naka and Iroha sat down on stage, I was not prepared. I was not prepared for the way in which he sat, not behind her as we usually see, but slightly off center in front of her, carefully seeking her gaze, meeting it and boom. A chill down my spine. I know that kind of look. It is one where my partner is not focussed on what I'm wearing, or what tie they will use or the next transition. It is one in which they see me, who I am. My desires, my longings, my weaknesses and my strengths. I wish I could explain this in any other way than this projecting my own feelings and experiences, but it is rather hard. That moment when he caught her eyes, she met his and looked away slightly before looking back, that is also when they caught me as an audience. This is a conversation that happens through the gaze, through the eyes and staying aware of what they express.
As he tied her into his signature highhanded gote, there was a calmness to it all. A stillness, placing her where he wants her to be and there is a different kind of objectification that usually does not appeal to me. I guess I am quite oversaturated with objectification of female bodies, how ever beautiful they are. What was not seen in many of the photos as well as being hard to detect in the few videos, is that Naka Akira's gaze is so strong you can feel it in the audience, even if his complete focus is on Iroha. Raising her to standing up, he ties her legs tightly together and she could technically stand up (there is enough space) but she is leaning her whole body into the ropes. Iroha-style. Every single moment can be a photography of Sugiura Norio, but this is different, because it is live and she meets his gaze everyonce in a while, before looking away again. As he continues to tie more and more ropes he is slowly revealing her. This is not the classical 'slowly sliding the kimono over the shoulders' move at the beginning of the performance that we have gotten so used to, it is much more methodical, not calculated but slower. Portions of vulnerability dished out and I can't stop watching, while still feeling more and more like an invader.
He gagged her, slowly, with cloth, several of them, three in fact. When the last cloth went over her mouth, there was no way she could do anything but whimper.
As the performance went on, he tied her into a twisted facedown suspension, legs high, her beauty and strength exposed. He sits, looks at her again, she is breathing and processing. Hair getting tied. A flogger comes out and he hits her. The louder she gets, the more he push through the hit of the flogger. Harder and harder as you heard him breathing out every time the flogger hit down upon her.. She starts sobbing, and when she does, he is right next to her, holding her face in his hands, and suddenly, it does not feel like its about them anymore. Naka san had mentioned his mentor, Nureki, who has passed away just a couple of weeks earlier. This was him and Iroha paying homage to him, a farewell.
During the Q&A that followed it became quite clear how fond he is of what we would call a Showa period style of rope. Akira Naka does not work with carabiners or rings, he uses rope and bamboo as points of suspension as he feels the clash of metal and rope is not compatible. In an interview that followed, he was himself left wondering of why we see his style as 'old' or 'historical', it would not be a category he would use, he just feels that he ties rope and that is it. The ties are all harder on the partners' body than even the most difficult ones showed by many other Japanese Masters. The focus is on the model, exposing her (it is almost always a her) and they are about creating angles, exposing and pulling the suffering out to be seen. Not flashy and fast, but slow and steady, a gradual build up that becomes meditative, a different type of flow and fluidity that does not seek speed at all. He is not always overtly close to his model, but always there, always present. Naka has the ability to sit back and watch, just watch, and seeing his partners inner experience unravelling. If there is something I learned from this, it was to take even more time, to dare to take a couple of steps back.
When Iroha later was asked how it was for her to show that kind of emotion on stage she answered that the audience does not matter. "You can see us but we cannot see you" , that their world is just their own. That is what we were witnessing, the world they created through the rope and through the eyes, and it was what made me cry. The way they saw each other, and the way the paid homage to someone who had just passed away.
Thank you Naka-san and Iroha-san. I will always be grateful for those moments that you share.
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NEW YORK (AP) — FedEx may be pessimistic about the U.S. economy, but it's confident about growing its earnings.
The world's second-largest package delivery company, a bellwether for economic health because of the vast number and kinds of shipments it handles, lowered its economic forecast for the U.S., saying there remains a lot of uncertainty for the country.
FedEx maintained its earnings forecast for the full fiscal year ending in May, counting on a massive cost reduction plan and a slightly more optimistic view of growth overseas. Shares rose 84 cents to close at $93.20 Wednesday, even though its forecast for the current quarter, which includes the critical holiday season, falls short of Wall Street expectations.
FedEx Corp. posted earnings of $438 million, or $1.39 per share for the quarter that ended in November, compared with $497 million, or $1.57 per share, a year ago. Superstorm Sandy shaved 11 cents per share off of earnings in this year's quarter, as shipping volumes fell and costs rose.
Revenue rose to $11.1 billion from $10.6 billion a year ago, as the company scaled back its operation to better match demand and some of its raised rates.
Wall Street expected $1.41 per share in the recent quarter on revenue of $10.84 billion, according to FactSet.
Growth in the company's freight and ground operations boosted results, but FedEx reported "persistent weakness" in its core express network. Operating income in that segment fell 33 percent. FedEx and its larger rival UPS Inc. have seen consumers and businesses opt for slower shipping options to cut costs. As a result, FedEx is offering buyouts and shedding aircraft and other assets to reduce its costs and adjust to the new normal.
Earlier this month FedEx said it will offer some employees up to two years pay to leave, starting next year. The voluntary program is part of an effort to cut annual costs by $1.7 billion within three years.
FedEx said on Wednesday that it expects earnings of $1.25 to $1.45 per share in the third quarter. Analysts predicted per-share earnings of $1.45.
The company, based in Memphis, Tenn., also estimated $6.20 and $6.60 per share for the year ending in May, excluding charges from the company's buyout plan. Wall Street is looking for $6.34 per share.


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Here's a new trailer for the upcoming Luftrausers, a game based on the very addictive flash game of the same name. The game is developed in conjunction with indie game duo Vlambeer (creators of Super Crate Box & Radical Fishing) and Devolver Digital.
More details here where the publisher guesses the game might cost $5000. Price subject to change.


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Benjamin Dylan Arthur, 26, charged with criminal solicitation of a minor
An Upstate student teacher is accused of sending sexual texts to and repeatedly calling a 15-year-old student.
Benjamin Dylan Arthur, 26, is charged with criminal solicitation of a minor.
According to an arrest warrant, Arthur solicited a 15-year-old student by texting her and asking her to participate in sexual activities.
Spartanburg Public Safety Capt. Regina Nowak said, "The message was very explicit. It wasn't like you were reading between the lines trying to figure out what he was getting at."
Arthur is also accused of sending the student a picture of himself without a shirt on. The victim said he also called her phone repeatedly.
Spartanburg police say Arthur is a student at USC Upstate, where he is seeking a teaching degree.
Police say Arthur met the victim while he was a student teacher at Spartanburg High Freshman Academy. The victim said she did not give Arthur her phone number. She said he got it from the roster.
The incident report says Arthur and the victim started talking through text messages about school and it escalated to sexual messages.
According to police, a friend of the girl called them after she told her about the text messages.
Police said when they contacted Arthur about the case, he agreed to meet them at City Hall to discuss the allegations.
Arthur bond was set at $5,000. He was released from jail Monday morning.
Tammy Whaley, assistant vice chancellor for university communications at USC Upstate said "There was nothing in Benjamin Arthur's behavior before or during student teaching to indicate the potential for this kind of behavior. He did a good job in student teaching according to his University supervisor and his cooperating high school teacher."
Whaley recalls no such incident ever taking place before in the USC School of Education. "The integrity of our teacher education program and the safety of the students in the cooperating schools are our utmost concern."
Although Arthur was on schedule to receive his diploma on Dec. 18, he will face disciplinary sanctions and his status for graduating from the University will be on hold until his case comes to trial.
Nowak said, "We don't know if this is an isolated incident. He said that it was, but there may be other people he's contacted as well. If you're a victim of this particular person we ask that you call."


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NEW YORK - April 2, 2012 - There is nothing more terrifying than being in complete darkness. When the lights go off, our imaginations take hold and our nightmares come to life. Starting Wednesday, April 25 at 10PM (ET/PT), Syfy will plunge contestants into blinding darkness to confront their deepest fears in the new weekly, unscripted competition series, Total Blackout.
Hosted by Jaleel White (Family Matters, Dancing with the Stars), Total Blackout is a half-hour, extreme game show in which contestants battle each other and their fears in a series of challenges. However, all the challenges are played in complete darkness. There are no lights, no blindfolds and no-holds barred as the players face their anxieties and unexpected surprises in a series of nerve-wracking games.
The international hit series is produced by FremantleMedia North America (American Idol, The X Factor) and was created by Henrik Nielsen (Can You Duet?, Danish versions of The X Factor, Got Talent and Pop Idol). Nielsen and Jeff Apploff (Million Dollar Money Drop, Don"t Forget the Lyrics) serve as executive producers. Jack Martin (Who"s Still Standing, Deal or No Deal) is co-executive producer.
Total Blackout joins Syfy"s growing roster of popular reality series such as Face Off, Ghost Hunters, Face or Faked: Paranormal Files, Hollywood Treasure, Haunted Collector, Destination Truth, Ghost Hunters International, Paranormal Witness, Monster Man and Dream Machines, which will premiere Tuesday, April 10 at 10PM.
Syfy is a media destination for imagination-based entertainment. With year round acclaimed original series, events, blockbuster movies, classic science fiction and fantasy programming, a dynamic Web site (www.Syfy.com), and a portfolio of adjacent business (Syfy Ventures), Syfy is a passport to limitless possibilities. Originally launched in 1992 as SCI FI Channel, and currently in more than 98 million homes, Syfy is a network of NBCUniversal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. (Syfy. Imagine greater.)
About FremantleMedia North America
FremantleMedia North America (FMNA) is the U.S. production division of global media giant FremantleMedia. Based in Burbank, California, FMNA produces entertaining and innovative programs for network, cable, syndicated and online platforms, including the Emmy-nominated musical/reality phenomenon "American Idol" (FOX), "The X Factor" (FOX), "America"s Got Talent" (NBC), "Family Feud" (syndicated), "The Price Is Right" (CBS), "Let"s Make A Deal" (CBS), "Hole In The Wall" (Cartoon Network), "Total Blackout" (Syfy) and the first scripted series "The Wedding Band" (TBS premieres 2012).


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The folks at Gearbox Software must really love Left 4 Dead, and honestly, who can blame them? Valve's survival horror first-person shooter is one of the best we've seen on Xbox 360, with the multiplayer mode a real standout, pitting the desperate humans against the zombie horde. Anyway, the reason I feel that the Texas-based developer has a love for this franchise is because of the latest inclusion in their upcoming Aliens: Colonial Marines:
Get ready for Escape Mode.
In Escape Mode, you'll notice quite a bit in common with Left 4 Dead's multiplayer. It's a four versus four stand-off online through Xbox Live or PlayStation Network, with four Marines on one side and four Aliens on the other. Your job as the Marines is to make it through certain checkpoints, or safe rooms (wink) before reaching a final objective within the allotted time limit. As the Aliens, of course, your job is to stop these Marines before they get there.
I recently has the chance to go hands-on with Escape Mode this past week at PAX Prime, and needless to say, I found it enormously entertaining – even playing as the poor humans. See, there are perspectives to each side that serve an advantage. On the Marines side, you're playing the whole thing in a first-person perspective, using weapons like the pulse rifle and a motion tracker as you move from point to point. Meanwhile, on the Aliens side, you're playing in a third-person perspective, giving you a better lay of the land, as well as positioning of your character, so you can track Marines rather easily.
Now, the Marines may not have the advantage when it comes to agility, but they've got plenty of firepower, which they can stock up on in the "safe rooms". They can also pick up turrets over the course of the game, similar to the ones you saw in the deleted cut of the film, firing on everything that moves within their range. Meanwhile, with the Aliens, you have four different character types, including ravagers that like to strike up close and "spitters" that can shoot acid from a distance, making them ideal picks for those who usually go with snipers. They're good for distance attacks.
Unfortunately, during the demo, we only got to play on the Marine side, but Gearbox continued to demonstrate their knack for making quality first-person shooting click. Playing as the Marines not only felt fluid, but also quite turbulent, running through the creepy hallways and outdoor spaces while continuously swinging around, looking for aliens that might be popping out of nowhere. The developer has done a splendid job recreating the tension of the Aliens film in the game, and the locations are great, especially in the indoor environments, packed with creepiness including dripping alien ooze and plenty of eggs that look ready to hatch.
Perhaps the most impressive effect, however, are the aliens themselves. They move rather smoothly, whether they're spitting at you from afar or running in for the kill, clawing you with everything they've got while breathing heavily over you. The Marines are no slouches, though, as they look pretty menacing in their own right – even if they do just have guns to defend themselves.
My team got wiped out pretty quickly by the aliens during our play session (blame it on the noobs who couldn't get off the damn elevator), but it did give me an idea just how much fun the mode will be.
We'll probably get the opportunity to play as the alien side this coming weekend at Gearbox's community day event in Texas, so be sure to check back for GameZone's follow-up impressions. In the meantime, I suggest getting a good team together now, as Aliens: Colonial Marines isn't too far off from its February 2013 release…


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Most recently seen in An Evening with Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin, LuPone has starred in the world premieres of Sunset Boulevard, Les Miserables and Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, as well as productions of Anything Goes, Oliver!, Working, The Old Neighborhood, Master Class, The Cradle Will Rock, Sweeney Todd and Pal Joey. She earned her first Tony Award, for Evita, in 1980, and her 2nd for the 2008 revival of Gypsy.
Her touring concerts include An Evening with Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin, Matters of the Heart and The Gypsy in My Soul.
Here is a look back at some of her life on stage:
Celebrating Patti LuPone's Stage Career
* Tony Award-nominated and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Mamet (Glengarry Glen Ross, Oleanna, Speed-the-Plow) also directs the 90-minute play that takes its inspiration from figures from the American political scene of the 1960s. It officially opens Dec. 2. The production is scheduled for a 14-week run through Feb. 17, 2013.
According to producers, "LuPone plays the title character and Winger plays a prison official. These actresses will make theatrical fireworks as one character, put away for life, wants out while the other wants to make sure she stays inside. This explosive new work by Mamet is about passion, redemption, deception, and revolution."
The Anarchist marks Winger's Broadway debut. She is a three-time Academy Award nominee for "Terms of Endearment," "Shadowlands" and "An Officer and a Gentleman." Her stage appearances include The Exonerated, How I Learned to Drive and Ivanov.
The Anarchist has scenic and costume design by Academy Award winner Patrizia Von Brandenstein and lighting by Tony Award winner Jeff Croiter. The premiere is produced by Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, and Howard and Janet Kagan.
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Title: The Babysitter
Author: Sheryl Browne
Publisher: Bookouture
Publication Date: March 8, 2018
Page Count: 362
My rating: 4 stars
About the book:
You trust her with your family. Would you trust her with your life?
Mark and Melissa Cain are thrilled to have found Jade, a babysitter who is brilliant with their young children. Having seen her own house burn to the ground, Jade needs them as much as they need her. Moving Jade into the family home can only be a good thing, can't it?
As Mark works long hours as a police officer and Melissa struggles with running a business, the family become ever more reliant on their babysitter, who is only too happy to help. And as Melissa begins to slip into depression, it's Jade who is left picking up the pieces.
But Mark soon notices things aren't quite as they seem. Things at home feel wrong, and as Mark begins to investigate their seemingly perfect sitter, what he discovers shocks him to his core. He's met Jade before. And now he suspects he might know what she wants …
Mark is in a race against time to protect his family. But what will he find as he goes back to his family home?
If you loved reading The Girl on the Train, Behind Closed Doors and The Sister, you'll love the suspense of The Babysitter. This unputdownable read will have you turning the pages until way after dark.You trust her with your family. Would you trust her with your life?
The Babysitter by Sheryl Browne is a psychological thriller but what I think readers need to know going into this one is that it isn't the type to shock and awe but more to entertain. The story to me was one that was fairly straightforward instead of full of shocking twists and turns but that in no way meant that I didn't enjoy reading it.
As the book begins we meet the players in here that alternate the point of view in the book. Mark is a police officer who is married to Melissa with whom they have two small children and a happy marriage when we meet them. Jade is a young woman who had just moved into the neighborhood that the couple had really only seen in passing until now.
One night Mark spots that Jade's house is on fire and being a police officer he feels the pull to help. While Jade and Melissa and the girls watch the first responders fight the fire Mark runs off to save Jade's cat. When it's all said and done Jade needs somewhere to go so Melissa invites her inside beginning the psychological warfare that awaits the readers.
With the point of view changing between the trio of key players in the book it immediately becomes obvious that Jade has a dark side and would be the one to watch in the story. Being fairly straightforward what one finds here is just the anticipation of how far the games will go and to what extreme.
To make a sports analogy out of this one I'd say it's like going to the hockey game and waiting for the inevitable fight to break out, or an auto race and waiting for the big crash. You just know the story is building to an explosion and it's a matter of getting to that point in the book. Will this be for every reader? Probably not. But for myself I found this one an entertaining trip to the dark side.
I received an advance copy from the publisher via NetGalley.
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About the author:
Sheryl Browne brings you powerful psychological thriller and contemporary fiction. SheryI's latest psychological thriller THE BABYSITTER – the first of a three-book deal – comes to you from fabulous BOOKOUTURE. A member of the Crime Writers' Association and the Romantic Novelists' Association, and previously writing for award winning Choc Lit, Sheryl has several books published and two short stories in Birmingham City University anthologies, where she completed her MA in Creative Writing.
So why does Sheryl write in two genres? Quoting E. L. Doctorow, Sheryl says: "Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can only see as far as your headlights…" This she thinks sums up a writer's journey, you never quite know where you are going until you get there. You might start with an outline, but a strong character will always divert from the plot. If Sheryl's not sure where a character is going, she simply has to trust him to show her the way. Plus, according to one reviewer, she also has a scary insight into the mind of a psychopath. Please do find out more about Sheryl at sherylbrowne.com or on Facebook and Twitter.
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Why do they call it "Air Conditioning"? I get that if you're going to the gym for workouts, the process is considered conditioning your body, or for that matter if you want your hair to be nicer, you condition it! But, Air Conditioning? One can do research for this kind of esoteric question and go a bit nuts trying to find an answer (I know this and I qualify) but there are some thoughts that make the title of air conditioner a bit more plausible. First, because the air in the air-conditioning procedure goes through a number of processes (unlike a furnace which singularly heats the air, period). The air is passed through a series of coils, compressed and to a certain degree and de-humidified in the process. The other more historically based reason for the name goes back to an ancient patent taken out by a textile plant owner for a machine that "conditioned the air" by introducing water vapor. The requirement for the machine was to help keep the air cooler for workers in the textile industry factories. Historical mention of "man-made" air cooling dates back to ancient Egypt where writings and illustrations exist of reeds being soaked in water and then attached to window frames in order to take advantage of the cooling provided by evaporation. In the twentieth century, the advent of refrigeration mechanical technology combined with the chemical discovery of refrigerants like Freon, has allowed truly effective air conditioning made available to the masses. Nothing like a "strange history lesson" to get things started!?
Air conditioning systems
Regardless of how air conditioners got their odd name, Canada Furnace is the BC Lower Mainland's choice for Sales, Service and Repair of these machines that are often heavily relied upon in the warm summer months. Canada Furnace has access to rainbows of air conditioner model but in recent years we've found the two best manufactures for the kind of quality, reliability and value that best represent our highly customer service oriented culture come from American Standard air conditioning and Lennox air conditioning. Air conditioning systems (or an air conditioning package) come in a variety of sizes and capabilities based primarily upon capacity which of course relates to the size of area which requires cooling. High efficiency air conditioning is the order of the day in the early 21st century and it's become quite difficult to even purchase air conditioning heating systems that don't qualify as such. For our purposes, the residential air conditioning cooling (or home air conditioning) we reference going forward will be of the high efficiency type.
HVAC technician
Air conditioning service is a very important topic because of the seasonal nature of their usage. As an air conditioning unit just sits throughout the winter months taking all sorts of abuse the season can apply to it and is then expected to be switched on and run perfectly is often a recipe for disappointment. As a "car guy" I find a similar comparison to storing an old car for the winter without any service and expecting to just jump in and go with the nice weather – it's not that simple. A properly manufactured cover for the outside air conditioning unit all by itself is a very worthwhile investment. Otherwise it is recommended to have a professional HVAC technician provide you with a full preventative maintenance (PM) service to your air conditioning system to ensure trouble free air conditioner operation. Nobody needs or wants air conditioning problems.
Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio
As a consumer, air conditioning comparisons are recommended. Two important factors to look out for are SEER numbers (Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio) which are not unlike the fuel economy numbers provided with new cars and provide evidence as to how much energy the unit will consume – the higher the SEER number, the more efficient the hvac air conditioning. The other published number to consider is the noise level (or quietness) of the ac air conditioning as represented in good old fashioned decibels. In this case, the lower the number, the quieter the unit. Noise is not only important for the consumers benefit but can also be a factor for tight space applications (where other dwellings are very close by) and can in fact be a bylaw issue in the case of Strata properties and other noise oriented legislators. Once you've done some homework as to air conditioning review, there are other factors to consider. If you live in a home with forced air heating and your ductwork is up to standard, the job of an air conditioning install is pretty straightforward. Once the best location of the outside unit has been established (which contains the compressor and coils) tying the air conditioning installation into the homes existing system is a fairly straight forward affair that doesn't generally require a lot of labour. In the vast majority of cases, air conditioning installation cost is not particularly a significant portion of the overall outlay.
Zone cooling
For those homes which are heated by boilers and hot water heat (Hydronic heating) a recent advent called "split system air conditioning" (sometimes also called mini splits) allows for the availability of central air conditioning performance without the need for ductwork. Small individual units are placed in the required rooms within the house and refrigerant lines run from them to the central outside units, providing the necessary cooling. These systems have the advantage of allowing for zone cooling and are starting to become more popular in the marketplace where traditional residential air conditionings don't apply.
Heat pump technology
What about heat pumps? Sometimes called air conditioning furnaces or air conditioning heater, heat pumps are a worthwhile consideration if air conditioning heating is on your radar or you are seriously planning to buy air conditioning anyway. Heat pumps are effectively the same as air conditioners with the added feature of being able to run in reverse. How's that you say? Through the magic of modern day refrigeration, an air conditioner in fact pulls the heat out of the inside air, compresses and cools it and then essentially blows the cooled air back inside and disposes of the heat to the outside. A heat pump just reverses the process and pulls whatever heat is available in the outside air, compresses it and this time blows the warmer air into the home. This obviously doesn't work too well when outside temperatures reach the last degree or two above freezing and at that point a conventional furnace must take over to provide heat. As we happen to live in a fairly mild climate (a fact that we all like to gloat about to folks who live anywhere else in the country) the use and effectiveness of a heat pump can provide significant energy efficiency and an overall reduction of energy consumption. That doesn't mean that heat pump technology makes sense for everyone and it's always best to consider the extra costs involved and whether the potential savings make the move worthwhile.
BBB Rating
What about air conditioning contractors? We'd love it if you call Canada Furnace but we're realistic enough to know that we can't serve everybody all of the time and to that end we recommend that a bit more homework be done when looking for a contractor. Ensure that they are correctly and properly licensed, have a solid BBB rating and have at least enough years in business to have accomplished a solid track record of good work. Canada Furnace covers all of that off in spades, but that's up to you – just sayin!
Being cool in the summer months
Ok, a little review is in order. You now have absorbed all sorts of arcane information about the history of air conditioning – you're welcome. You've decided that you have had enough sweating through sweltering summer heat, or your current air conditioner has reached its replacement point and being cool in the summer months is paramount. Perhaps you've decided that a heat pump is good idea. You've done some air conditioning manufacturers and contractors homework. Now what? We can't speak for anyone else, but if you call Canada Furnace here's what will happen. A friendly and well informed person in our office will answer your basic questions and then set up an appointment to have one of our extremely knowledgeable comfort consultants come out to your home and start with an inspection of your existing HVAC system. There is no obligation involved with this service, we just want to illustrate that our approach to customers is always one of a consultation type. Once he's had a thorough look over the system and made his notes, he/she will sit down with you to determine all of your requirements, wish list and of course, budgetary limitations (we all have those right?). It may be a simple matter to replace air conditioning that has reached the end of its service life or the enterprise might become more encompassing and involve a heat pump or other considerations for new equipment. Again, as a consultant, Canada Furnaces representative will help guide you towards a solution that makes the most sense from every angle with a minimum of compromises. Your involvement in the process and your comfort with the final decision is very important to the way we do business.
Best sales support in the business
After the final decision has been made and it's a matter of air conditioning replacement or something more involved, the wheels start to turn on the process side. Our office handles all of the administrative stuff, whether it be a permitting issue, applying and arranging any/all rebates or any other paperwork that may arise with respect to the air conditioning or otherwise installation. This process is usually ongoing throughout a project and often even after completion. To that end our office takes great pride in staying on top of and communication progress to the customer on all of these dealings. While that is going on, equipment is ordered or pulled from stock as the case may be, necessary smaller components are also arranged and your entire job is staged in a designated location within our distribution centre. An air conditioner installer crew is assigned to a predetermined install date and on that day our guys will show up on time with all of the equipment ready to go. Our crews also take a great deal of pride in their professionalism and it shows in the quality and expediency of the work they perform. They will diligently remove (and take away) all old equipment designated to go and then fabricate any specialized fitment required before completing the install of the new equipment and machinery. Once they've finished, everything on the checklist is tested, a very thorough cleanup is performed and the senior technician on site will walk you through the operation of the new system. They will not leave until you're comfortable with the way everything works. If there are any questions or problems going forward, Canada Furnace is one phone call away from the best after sales support in the business. The length of the installation process is of course directly related to the size and complexity of the job, although larger crews are frequently assigned to more complicated installs. A major surgery involving ductwork, new heating furnaces, air conditioning units, heat pumps, heck even chimney repair can definitely take some time. Having said that, the vast majority of simple equipment change outs or the installation of a single unit are accomplished over the course of a day.
Do it yourself maintenance and inspections are encouraged
We touched on service earlier and it's difficult to say too much on the subject due to the overall importance of preventative maintenance. If you've had new equipment installed, it is a perfect time to set up an annual service regimen for homes heating furnaces, air conditioners, heat pumps, boilers and even your hot water equipment. It doesn't matter what kind of mechanical stuff one looks at, the scenario remains the same. You can purchase a new machine, never maintain it properly and hope that a catastrophic failure (read expensive) will never occur. People who adhere to this theory are the same ones who have their car break down and hold up traffic halfway across the Port Mann Bridge! The numbers don't lie! Regardless of the piece of equipment, a properly adhered to maintenance program costs significantly less in the long run than the results caused by major breakdowns. Add to that the fact that inevitably, the machinery in question will quit running at the most innapropriate time. A poorly maintained furnace will die on the coldest day of winter and an air conditioner will invariably quit running on the hottest day in summer. I believe that these things happen via some law of physics which hasn't yet been discovered by science!? That's my theory and I'm sticking to it! When you rent or buy an AC unit or heat pump in Vancouver, BC, Canada Furnace has programs in place to make certain that you have your equipment in top shape at all times. If you purchase and have new HVAC equipment by us, we always make certain that our customers are well versed in the advantages gained by a proper service plan. Even do it yourself maintenance and inspections are encouraged to within your comfort zone. Things like making sure that furnace filters are changed out on a regular basis actually can add years of serviceable life to a given unit. We know that it's not much fun to go into some dark old mechanical room and have a good look (flashlight use highly recommended), especially if you don't know what you are looking for. However, even noticing a small leak or what may appear to be heavy corrosion on parts is a worthwhile indicator that a professional should look a little deeper. It's always cheaper to fix things before they blow up! What is the best air conditioning? The one that works!
Customer service experience
The technology with respect to each part of the residential HVAC picture is advancing very rapidly. It's not just efficiencies that are increasing (rapidly and significantly) but also in the type of delivery systems. Heat pumps are one example of a product that may now seem mainstream but didn't even exist for the retail market as little as twenty years ago (not even that long in fact). Where once upon a time, if your water heater required replacing you went out and bought another "hot water tank" because that was the only choice. Today, consumers have access to highly efficient and highly technological "On Demand or Tankless" water heaters. Split system air conditioning (technically known as "packaged terminal air conditioners") as previously discussed makes it much more economical to install air conditioning into homes that were not built with ductwork and other similar types of applications. Another point of pride for Canada Furnace is staying ahead of the curve with respect to advancing industry technology and what's coming down the pipe so to speak. We were very early adopters of heat pumps, on demand water heaters and investigate the efficacy of all equipment with facts or claims of "high efficiency" and other advanced progress. Devices that use less natural gas, electricity and ultimately even the effective utilization of water continuously receive our scrutiny. If we discover a promising upgrade or even technological breakthrough, we'll study it, try it and if it works while providing measurable value, we will market it – simple. Having said that entire mouthful, it should be noted as with lots of things today, many claims of "something for free" or super technical breakthroughs are often just hype or downright mistruths. We feel that keeping up with important and realistic advances in our industry is as big a responsibility as any other part of our business model. To that end, Canada furnace will always have time for you and your questions. We hold the philosophy that there are no stupid or dumb questions and we always endeavor to provide the best informed answers (because there are stupid and dumb answers). If you hear about a system (maybe an air conditioner furnace) that heats and cools and does a bunch of other stuff and here's the good part "just runs on water" let us know. We'd be highly sceptical about that one, but we'd know who to ask if there was anything to the claims – you don't have to call us about a system that runs on water though – I just made that one up! At this point, just remember to maintain and service your existing HVAC equipment in order to keep it running as long as feasibly possible and when the time comes to make a change, Canada Furnace will always have a finger on the pulse as to what is new, what works and what doesn't. That's just part of our philosophy towards the best possible customer service experience.
Major renovations
Let's review shall we. You have a broken down air conditioner that is going to cost more to fix than what it is worth. What to do? Call Canada Furnace, have us come out and help you find the best new air conditioner for your needs and budget. How about the same scenario, only you think that a heat pump might be a better alternative. Yup, call Canada Furnace and we can see if that is a truly good path for you to follow. Maybe you just require a tailored service program for your air conditioner or HVAC system in general.
Mmmm, let's see, what to do. Yea, call Canada Furnace and we'll see to it that your equipment remains in top notch shape into the future. You may be doing some major renovations that encompass changes to your HVAC system, again, Canada Furnace has the expertise to help you out and in a case like this getting us in early on a project can save you time and money because getting the HVAC system, electrical and plumbing set up to exacting specifications is priority one in such a job.
Maintained since 1984
Regardless of scope or budget and whether it be a furnace issue, air conditioning, air quality, hot water or a related in home comfort project or question, Canada Furnace is one short phone call away. Our team is always at the ready to help. Maybe you won't like us but we don't think so because of the many many happy and satisfied customers we've won over and maintained since 1984.
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Heat Pumps
It wasn't that long ago where saying Heat Pump was describing some exotic newfangled home heating (or was it cooling) device from the future. The proliferation of the home heat pump into the marketplace and ultimately residences all over North America has changed that outlook to many people. Having said that, there is still a large percentage of the home owning population that don't really know what a heat pump is, what it does or exactly and how it does it. It's frequently proclaimed that nothing is free, but in the case of the heat pump, that isn't exactly the case. In simple terms, think of the heat pump as a central air conditioning unit that runs both forwards and backwards. When used in "air conditioning" or cooling mode, a heat pump works exactly as does a central A/C unit. The refrigerant within the system is pulls the heat from the air inside of the home, expels the excess heat to the outdoors through a series of coils inside the unit. The now cooled air is blown through the homes ductwork, significantly lowering the temperature as desired by the resident using the thermostat. When the temperature outside drops to the point where the system is required to heat the home and the unit is switched to heating mode, a reversing switch inside of the heat pump, causes the process to go in the other direction. Any latent heat which can be scavenged from the outside air is compressed and blown into the inside of the home through the ducting to increase the ambient temperature inside. It should be noted that there is obviously little to no heat in the atmosphere when the outside temperature reaches freezing (0 degrees C or 32 degrees F). At this stage the heat pump shuts down and a regular or high efficiency forced air furnace compliments the system and continues to heat the home uninterrupted while the temperatures outdoor remain near or below freezing. Heat pumps used in conjunction with heating furnaces are referred to as "hybrid" systems and are hugely popular in the BC lower mainland. You may hear the terms heat pump air conditioning or heat pump furnaces, which generally relate to what the system is providing at any given time. Back to the hybrid system and our part of the world for a moment. The greater Vancouver area has one of the better climates anywhere to get the most out of heat pump units. As our winters are generally mild and the temperatures are often above the freezing mark, heat pump operation in the winter months can be significant and while the heat pump is warming the home, there is no gas energy being utilized by the furnace. In other words, the only energy being used to warm the home while in heat pump warming mode is the electricity used to operate the heat pump itself. Heat pumps have been referred to colloquially sometimes as an air conditioner furnace. An often used example of heat pump operation is that of the home refrigerator. If you feel behind a home fridge when it is running, you will detect heat. That heat has been "pulled" from the air inside of the fridge, which is of course, cold inside. Heat pumps have been called an air conditioner furnace by some in the industry and heat pump air conditioner by others.
Heat pump packages available
Since 1984, Canada Furnace has been at the forefront of HVAC technology and we've been working with heat pumps since the beginning of their market availability. Today, we are now in the realm of the high efficiency heat pump. Due to the proliferation of heat pump manufacturers now in the game, Canada Furnace has made a wide number of different heat pump packages available. There are numerous heat pump comparisons available and like most mechanical systems there are good features and not so good features/omissions from every brand. Having said all of that, the American Standard heat pump and the Lennox heat pump for a variety of treasons remain the two biggest selling brands for Canada Furnace at this time.
(SEER) is a calculation
The following examples of a new heat pump illustrate the Canada Furnace lineup that is presently our most popular. Please note the listed SEER number. Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio (SEER) is a calculation which determines the actual energy efficiency of a given heat pump model. The higher the SEER number, the greater the units efficiency. The decibel rating relates to how quiet a residential heat pump is. In that case, the lower the number the quieter the unit. Who makes the best heat pumps? Thanks to very strong competition, that pretty much boils down to some expert opinions. It should be noted that Lennox presently manufactures the quietest heat pump available, based upon laboratory tests.
Lennox 13 SEER heat pump = 76 decibels
American Standard 16 SEER heat pump = 71 decibels
Lennox 17.7 SEER heat pump = 62 decibels
These are just some examples of what we consider to be amongst the group of best heat pump currently offered.
Do you want a heat pump? Do you need a heat pump? The second question might be the one requiring initial consideration.
Central air conditioning
First of all, it should be established that heat pumps in this particular vernacular are designed to be used in homes which are heated by a forced air system. If for example your home is heated with a boiler (hydronic heat) this really isn't your conversation. Secondly, if you have a perfectly serviceable forced air furnace heating system, including central air conditioning, spending additional money to replace the A/C unit, just for the heat pump cooling effect, would tend to be more of a luxury than a necessity at least while the existing system remains serviceable.
A heat pump is an air conditioner
If your present heating system is getting near the end of its useful life (whether or not it includes central A/C) and repair costs are no longer making sense, it might be time to consider replacing the furnace with a high efficiency model and adding a heat pump to the mix. Or, you have a central air conditioning unit that has pretty much given up the ghost and are considering its replacement. In either of these cases (and others) the efficiency gains by adding a heat pump to create a hybrid heating/cooling system can make a lot of sense. While the additional cost of the heat pump is definitely part of the initial consideration, taking the energy cost savings into account, the heat pump equation must always be considered over the long run. In the case of replacing an old A/C unit with a heat pump, it's almost a no brainer. A heat pump is an air conditioner, and by replacing a dedicated A/C unit with one, you gain the heating advantages and efficiencies associated with that as a bonus.
Solution to poor air flow
Another benefit of utilizing a heat pump, particularly in an older home or a building with a "less than perfect" ductwork arrangement has to do with more even heating. As some homes have poor air flow in certain areas/rooms, it becomes noticeable that there are cooler areas and hot spots within the home, particularly in colder weather. Heat pump operation warms the home over a much greater period of time than does a conventional furnace. In doing so, the heat within the home tends to even out much more uniformly, reducing the uneven heating. As the heat rise takes place more slowly, the overall effect is much more comfortable than the typical furnace cycle which causes fairly quick heat up, then a cool down and then a heat up again – over and over. Canada Furnace also includes a new thermostat with every heat pump package. The new thermostat allows for the fan to operate continuously at a very low speed whether or not there is any heating or cooling taking place by the equipment. This continuous air flow also contributes to a more even heating effect and over time actually saves on energy, as it adds to more efficient heating.
Our field experience
Canada furnace offers a wide variety of heat pump systems. We do this because at the end of the day, every home has different requirements and each system will have some degree of customization required – some less than others of course. Before it becomes time for a heat pump install however, one should consider the process. For the sake of argument, let's say that your family has decided that you should at the very least investigate what some heat pump contractors have to say on the subject. I'm of course going to urge you to ensure that Canada Furnace is the first heat pump installer you contact – if I didn't, this could be my last writing job – but enough about my problems! Seriously, I can only speak for Canada Furnace, so here's how it will "go down" when you give us a call. As with any major new HVAC equipment consideration, the entire process for us is consultation based. Our "comfort consultants" all have field experience and know the business from both the business/sales side and the installation/repair side – and they all still carry tools which they still get to use regularly – what I'm trying to ay here is that they really know their stuff! After they arrive at your home for the appointment and introductions have been made, the first order of business is a very thorough inspection of the entire current heating/cooling system (meticulite in fact). Once that has been completed, it will be time to sit down with you to determine all of your priorities and wishes for the final outcome. Working hand in hand, our consultant will guide you to a decision that covers off all the bases from budgetary concerns through to any special requirements or additional features that may be possible/plausible. In fact, it may end up that heat pump heating isn't the most effective answer for your application. Most of the time that won't be the case, but the point is that the overall strategy for all involved is to have your homes comfort level improved in the most effective (and cost effective) manner possible. We truly mean that! You will likely want to look at a variety of heat pump costs or compare heat pumps on an apples to apples basis or even a heat pump review analysis, our representative will have all of the information at his/her fingertips. Heat pump heating systems certainly maintain some complexity and Canada Furnace wants to make certain that you are comfortable within the conversation.
We will walk you through the operation of the equipment
So, all of the needs and wishes have been reached involving your new system and the heat pump unit (or maybe it's just buy heat pump only) – either way, what's next? A schedule for installing heat pump is arranged and the Canada Furnace team will assemble the entire package of parts and equipment in the staging area of our distribution centre which is then tracked to the heat pump installation team for your project. Our teams always show up on time (unless there's a huge lineup at Tim Horton's) and have an aversion to wasting time on the job as well. After shutting off the natural gas and any necessary localized electricity, they will carefully disassemble and remove your old system, fabricate any necessary ductwork or connections as needed and put the new equipment in place. Once everything is hooked up and has been tested to ensure completely correct operation, the team will remove all of the old equipment and clean up the area to a state where you shouldn't be able to tell that they've ever been on site. At that point, the senior installer will walk you through the operation of the equipment along with tips for more effective functioning along the way and will not leave until everyone is satisfied and comfortable with how it all works. If any issues come up, call Canada Furnace right away and we'll be back out PDQ to correct the problem – as to this last statement, be assured that it almost never happens – thankfully!
Saving you energy dollars
If your present system just consists of a furnace (you don't have central air conditioning) then normally, matching a new heat pump unit to a high efficiency furnace (a package) is generally the most sensible plan. You gain the efficiencies of heat pump heating until the very cold weather comes, but when it does the new high efficiency furnace is saving you energy $$$ as well and finally when the warm summer shows up (hopefully) you now have a full on air conditioner to cool down the home on those sweltering days. Truly a win, win, win!
Cost effectiveness
Perhaps your heating system is up to date but the existing central air conditioner has about had it. You could just replace it with another A/C unit, or you could instead do a heat pump replacement (admittedly for a bit more money) and besides the air conditioning component will gain a device which will assist in heating the home from a "free" heat source, provide more even comfort year round and be overall more cost effective going forward. I know which route I would take.
New high efficiency heat pumps use less power than ever before
Maybe your home already has a heat pump system, but it was installed over a decade ago and is starting to show its age and it's starting to display costly heat pump problems!? Heat pump replacement is going to yield at least 2 benefits from the old unit. New high efficiency heat pumps use less power than ever before and are much quieter as well. You already know the benefits of the HVAC heat pump and a new one will just amplify the best parts of the situation.
Heat pump installation cost
Some people will want to know about heat pump installation cost and as we've noted throughout this discussion that this will vary fairly widely depending on what equipment you now have and what the overall heating and cooling equipment plan is. Obviously, doing a removal and replacement of an existing heat pump (or a central air conditioner) will be less costly than putting in a heat pump in conjunction with a new furnace and possibly other components.
Annual maintenance
What about heat pump repairs? Well, like any mechanical device, a heat pump will require periodic maintenance and may suffer from the occasional breakdown. The better question might be what about heat pump service. Canada Furnace has been around long enough and has compiled enough information to strongly illustrate that HVAC systems are far less costly to operate over the long haul, if they receive regular maintenance. In the case of heat pumps that would be minimally once every 24 months and as units become older, an annual maintenance schedule is the best course of action – at least if you don't like problem surprises or enjoy saving money. As an ac heat pump is for all intents and purposes an air conditioner (with some cool bells and whistles added to help it on the heating cycle) repair and service costs mostly fall in line with those of the conventional air conditioning unit. Annual maintenance (or close to it) is recommended for essentially all of a home's HVAC equipment including water heaters, furnaces, boilers and the like, so adding the heat pump is really just an extension of a sensible and wise process. Avoiding a costly and painful breakdown in the middle of a freezing winter night or conversely broiling hot afternoon only makes total sense!
Lennox brand
A localised issue with respect to heat pumps can involve the placement of the outside air heat pumps unit. There can be restrictions as to the distance a unit can be placed from the house structure and sometimes even noise bylaws that may be in effect depending upon where you live. Manufacturers have realized this and continue to make advances with smaller sized units and quieter operation. Lennox in particular, which is a brand that Canada Furnace has found to be top rated and backed up by an incredibly professional organization, manufactures the quietest and smallest space requirement unit available on the market today. These advances will continue as the proliferation of heat pump technology progresses.
Understanding people's needs
To sum it all up, considering a heat pump for a home with forced air heating system is minimally food for thought for advancing the comfort level of many homes and the available technology today really works – not to mention improving all of the time. If you think that you may be in the market to advance your homes HVAC system, all you have to do is pick up the phone and call Canada Furnace (OK sure, you can call another HVAC company, but nobody has friendlier, better informed and service oriented staff than we do). You may find that by the simple act of calling your situation isn't such that a heat pump is the most sensible answer. If however it looks like a wise choice (or at the very least possibility) why not arrange a consultation to see if things make sense once your homes HVAC system has been analyzed. There is absolutely no obligation to do anything should you decide on another course of action. Canada Furnace has been in business for a long time, we understand people's needs as well as any and to that end we don't believe that applying pressure to make a sale is a sensible course of action – we're proud of our company and we are confident that our reputation paves the road forward for us.
Heat pump technology
If you want to investigate the plausibility of installing a heat pump, give us a call. Maybe it's a replace heat pump situation, give us a call. Your air conditioner is getting on in years and is starting to pile up repair bills, give us a call. Perhaps you require an annual service on your current heat pump (and HVAC system), give us a call. The old furnace hiding down in the basement is on its last legs and you want to consider a new system which includes heat pump technology, give us a call. Not to mention the spectrum of other home comfort issues, including Furnaces, Air Conditioning, Water Heaters, Air Quality and other like services. Canada Furnace would be very pleased to help you with any or all of your particular HVAC concerns.


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Prostate cancer, once it spreads to lymph nodes and bones, generally is not curable. But basic and clinical researchers at Providence are working on this challenge.
In 2010, Brendan Curti, M.D., a medical oncologist and researcher at Providence Cancer Center received a Prostate Cancer Foundation Creativity Award for $300,000 to support a clinical research study in men with advanced prostate cancer.
The study involves treatment with anti-OX40, an immune-stimulating antibody discovered at the cancer center, along with chemotherapy and radiation therapy. PCF is the leading private foundation funding peer-reviewed research into prostate cancer. Out of 157 applications from 92 institutions, just 12 projects with the potential to deliver game-changing results were funded by PCF in 2010.
The Prostate Cancer Foundation also funded a three-year Young Investigator grant for William L. Redmond, Ph.D., at the cancer center.
"The clinical trial builds on exciting findings in animal models and our earlier, phase 1 study that showed the immune systems of men with prostate cancer could be boosted with anti-OX40," Dr. Curti says. "Because Dr. Andrew Weinberg, a basic scientist at the center, has been at the forefront of defining the influence of OX40 in the human immune response, our center is uniquely positioned to advance cancer treatments based on this substance."
Marka Crittenden, M.D., Ph.D., director of translational radiation research, and Dr. Weinberg are collaborating on the project. They have shown that chemotherapy and radiation given just before anti-OX40 can boost immune responses by releasing proteins from the cancer that OX40 cells can use as targets for attack.
"We have a small, but very innovative program here," Dr. Curti says. Providence's prostate cancer research also has been supported by the Kuni Foundation, and the U.S. Department of Defense.
"There is still much work to be done in prostate cancer," Dr. Curti adds, "but the cancer center is poised to advance innovative immunotherapy treatments for that and other advanced cancers."


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|Max Foster CNN
Kate's official title is Duchess of Cambridge but as the informative @MaxFoster CNN noted "Official titles aren't everything". It's a beautiful gift.
|Max Foster CNN
Following the meeting, the couple travelled to a cultural village, Burns Creek, in Honiara where they viewed performances by the nine provinces that make up the nation. Each performance was given in front of a house built in accordance with the traditions of that particular province.
|World Vision Asia Twitter
William and Kate watched Island warriors doing fearsome traditional dances to the sound of pan pies.
|Rebecca English Twitter
The Cambridges braved the rain to learn more about village life and poverty in the Solomon Islands.
|World Vision
William and Kate broadened their understanding of aid and development in the South Pacific when they met community members such as Louise Whitney and her baby who are working their way out of poverty with the help of World Vision. Louise has survived an abusive relationship and with business training is now able to support her family with a store.
|World Vision
Louise said she was "so excited to meet the Duchess and tell her all about my little shop in Burns Creek."
|World Vision Asia Twitter
The Duke and Duchess also met Ellison Maitaifiri who works with youth in the nearby Burns Creek settlement.
|World Vision
Ellison spoke about meeting the royals:
'They greeted me like we'd met before. I told them about our community savings project. They asked lots of questions. They wanted to know why we didn't go to the bank and I explained that people can't read or write. I was so honoured to meet them. Last night I couldn't go to bed early.
And the lasting impression he feels the visit will have:
'Our community has never seen a couple like that before, and they got to shake their hands. For the past few years we haven't felt part of Honiara. Today we feel powerful and we feel recognized'.
World Vision has been working with the community for the past eighteen months to change attitudes towards substance abuse and violence, and to create opportunities for youth through education and training.
World Vision's Country Program Director Andrew Catford spoke about the royal visit:
'We are honoured to host such an influential pair of young leaders. Our goal is that they'll walk away with an understanding about how we are empowering communities to overcome poverty in the Solomon Islands'.
Put simply, World Vision is building a better world for children and it would be wonderful to see the charity highlighted. No doubt this is exactly where William and Kate would wish the spotlight to focus.
|Rebecca English Twitter
If you wish to sponsor a child you can find all relevant information here. For about $1 a day, you'll provide children in need with access to life-saving basics such as clean water, nutritious food, healthcare and education.
|World Vision
You can also visit the World Vision Online Shop.
|World Vision Online Shop
The couple met Burns Creek piglets. William suggested 'Will and Kate' as possible names. :)
|World Vision
You can follow World Vision News via Twitter and Facebook. The World Vision Blog is an insightful and fascinating read.
|World Vision Blog
Royal reporter Rebecca English said both William and Kate thoroughly enjoyed their visit and meeting the locals.
|Rebecca English Twitter
A lovely shot of Kate.
|Rebecca English Twitter
Kate wore the Pleated Shirted Dress today by British brand Jaeger (with many thanks to Tammie who ID'd the dress via WKW FB). The summer dress features cap sleeves, shirt collar, belt loops and button fastening through the front. The lightweight dress has a full skirt and soft pleating throughout. It is currently reduced from £180 to £75.
The dress is similar to the primrose yellow Jenny Packham dress Kate wore in Calgary during the royal tour in July 2011. The lovely Carly from Kate Middleton Style noted the Jaeger dress was a great alternative at the time. Excellent prediction!
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Kate wore her trusty LK Bennett Sledge Pumps.
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Kate accessorized with her Kiki McDonough Citrine Drop Earrings. They are available for £495.
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Afterwards, the couple had separate engagements. William briefly attended a conference given for youth leaders from the Commonwealth leaders in the Pacific where he was invited to make some short remarks. The Duke subsequently awarded six Duke of Edinburgh Gold Awards to Solomon Islanders and one awardee from Vanuatu. Meanwhile, Kate attended a reception for Solomon Islands women's groups.
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William was given a baseball cap and Kate a beautiful exotic headdress.
I always find tidbits of information from the tour interesting and thought I would share one from Royal commentator Robert Jobson. Robert spoke with the general manager of the Shangri-La resort in Kota Kinabalu who told him when William and Kate left they said "We wished we could have stayed longer".
|Robert Jobson Twitter