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Reroof America Management, Announces Reroof America Contractor’s Tips for Roof Leak Prevention During the Winter Months

On January 6, 2012, In Tips, Tricks and How-To, By T2Rman


Bloomington, MN (PRWEB) December 30, 2011

In preparation for the winter and holiday season Reroof America Management, the parent company of Reroof America Corporation and Reroof America Contractors, who installs thousands of roofs every year, knows how to make a quality roof instillation last. Unfortunately many leaks are not due to poor workmanship, they can often be the result of negligence, poor maintenance, or sometimes by unfortunate acts by Mother Nature, said Mark Lenzer, Vice President of Reroof America companies.

Reroof America lists the top ten winter roof problems/ precautions as:

10. Christmas lights Christmas lights fastened directly in to the roofs surface is one of the most common mistakes home owners can make in reducing the life of their roof and allowing the potential for roof leaks.

9. Debris removal During the fall trees shed leaves and small branches fall. With wind storms larger branches can also get blown on to roofs. Keeping a clear roof service is a matter of proper roof maintenance. Left unattended, debris and foreign objects on the roof can cause leaking or more severe roofing problems.

8. Failure to seal Most roofing manufacturers will recommend that temperatures be at least 50 degrees Fahrenheit in order for asphalt shingles to seal. Roofs installed below that are at risk to blow of and of wind driven rain and ice to get underneath them. There is no shortcut here the only thing that is capable of properly sealing asphalt shingles is the sun and warmer temperatures.

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Scoliosis Exercises for Prevention and Correction Trailer (Version 3)

On June 1, 2011, In The Internet And Your Health, By admin

It is available on amazon.com www.amazon.com The Health In Your Hands DVD is a careful selection of exercises that you can do to reverse scoliosis in the comfort of your own home. Broken down into three easy-to-digest sections, the DVD will take you through the various steps in order to start rebuilding and rebalancing your spine. The comprehensive sections cover everything from Body Balancing Stretches to Building Your Core and a number of different Body Alignment Exercises that have all been carefully designed and selected by Dr Kevin Lau. Presented in a unique and accessible way, the DVD covers all areas of non-surgical intervention in the treatment of scoliosis in order to cure you permanently. The exercises in the DVD are tried and tested by qualified personal trainers, explained in the informative and insightful voice over of Dr Kevin Lau, who guides you to a straighter spine. For anyone who suffers scoliosis, the main advantages of the DVD are: • It gives a xx-minute concise expansion of Dr Lau’s book by the same name, Health In Your Hands: Your Plan for Natural Scoliosis Prevention and Treatment. • The Body Balancing section in the DVD explains in detail the correct stretching techniques for scoliosis sufferers to relieve stiffness. • The Building Your Core section focuses on strengthening the muscles that give stability to your spine. • Body Alignment Exercises will improve the overall alignment of your spine. • All the exercises that feature in the DVD are …
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RFID: Protection, privacy and prevention

On December 12, 2010, In Security and Prevention, By admin

ccc-project SPUTNIK at the 23C3
Data Mining Threats

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CCC-Sputnik is the first public appearance of the Open Source Project OpenBeacon.org and every attendant of the 23C3 is warmly invited to take part in this realtime in-building location tracking system. The CCC-Sputnik project intends to demonstrate the actual possibilities and threats of tracking and data mining with the RFID technology.

The transmitting device is a small 36x36mm pcb, powered by a coin cell. A Nordic RF Chip and a PIC microcontroller are used to control the 2.4GHz RF communication and a red LED indicates the transmitting periods. The device also provides a touch sensor in the upper right corner for further interaction possibilities.

There will be 1000 Sputnik devices available for the expected 3000 guests at the conference. Each device will transmit its unique id. The transmitted signals will be collected by up to 25 RFID base stations within the congress building and transferred to a centralized server via Ethernet.

Every tag has its serial number printed on the back side. This number can be connected to further information within a Wiki page. The owner of a tag has the possibility to add some personal data like name, status (speaker, angel, visitor, police) or inventory, which will be visible with the corresponding tag for all other attendants.

In order to make this project attractive to hackers, the Sputnik hardware schematics and firmware source code will be published on the first day of the event, enabling hackers to enhance/replace the existing firmware, and to add new applications such as peer-to-peer communication between multiple Sputniki.

A server based software is evaluating and estimating the positions of each Sputnik based on its signal strength, occurrence and position of the receiving base station. There will be different transmission power levels to increase the accuracy of the position calculation. The data and a simple visualisation will be accessable via a IP address which will be announced at the first conference day. This means that everyone has access to all data. Feel free to improve the algorithm of position calculation and visualisation with your own ideas!

CCC-Sputnik can be purchased for 10EUR inside the 23C3 at the CCC-Sputnik table. There will also be a lecture about Sputnik on the first day in ‘Saal 2′ at 2:00 pm. We hope to see lots of you there and your tags on the screen!

Website: www.openbeacon.org/

[text source: events.ccc.de/congress/2006/Sputnik]
[picture taken on december 26, 2006 on 18.38 hours]

RFID: Protection, privacy and prevention
Some people call them smart labels. Others call them âspy chipsâ. No matter which way you look at it, radio frequency identification (RFID) tags are proliferating at a rapid pace.
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