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6Webs, the independent home security system reviews website release their rankings of the top home security apps with integrated security monitoring services. The leading home security providers provide smartphone and tablet access to their home security systems with monitoring services for certain plans. These interactive plans provide customers remote features than enable them to remotely arm and disarm the home security system while on the go among many other features. To view the top homes security companies that provide home security apps and to compare them side-by-side, visit 6Webs.com at:

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Tim Smythe, the spokesperson for 6Webs.com recently stated, The home security customers the 6Webs.com review team interviewed all had good things to say about their security plans that offered remote control access to their home security systems. Many customers prefer the text message alert notifications they receive when certain events occur at home like the front door or garage door being opened.

All of the top security system providers that offer smartphone and tablet access are ranked on 6Webs.com. The 2014 Best Home Security System Award Winner, FrontPoint Security, provides interactive monitoring services to their customers on their Interactive security plan. This provides customers the ability to keep tabs on their home from an iPhone, iPad or Android device. Whether customers need to stream video from a wireless home security camera placed inside the home or remotely arm their home security system, all of the features are available at their fingertips.

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Amid a few newsworthy derailments of trains carrying crude oil, energy companies and the public alike are concerned about the future of the U.S. rail infrastructure and what can be done in the near future to mitigate potentially serious and deadly incidents. With some 140,000 route-miles of track in the U.S. as of 2011, and thousands of bridges spanning rivers or interstates that must be navigated on a daily basis, there are countless points of failure.

Civil engineers have long been aware of the way that seasonal heating and cooling can affect the very structure of the railroad ties via expansion and contraction, particularly near bridges. To mitigate those affects, engineers have been using expansion joints on bridges, but when it comes to the extreme heat that much of the continental U.S. sees on an annual basis, its difficult to engineer a system that can withstand as much as four feet of expansion in a mile-long section of rail.

When this happens, the rail can buckle, a phenomenon known in the industry as a sun kink, which are leading causes of train derailments. In the winter, extreme bouts of cold can cause enough contraction to crack ties and pull them apart, to the point where they need to be warmed by up using flaming rope or other methods.

Naturally, the companies that manufacture steel tracks are doing more work to pre-stress rails and joints to minimize these affects. But one company, Alliance Sensors Group, argues that while many engineers within railway companies and mass transit agencies are doing good work to instrument bridges for movement, structural problems or track shifting, many of these inspections are visually-based, and not often enough, which leaves routes open to unnoticed flaws.

Instead, the bridges can be instrumented to determine if there are any flaws in the tracks, which means that railway companies could divert trains and repair the issues before an incident, such as a derailment, takes place.

Alliance Sensors Group has developed a linear sensor that can measure bridge movements and create empirical data on the condition of rails and bridges that can be tracked in real-time. Theyre able to survive all the elements that leave railways buckling or cracking, such as extreme cold and heat, along with humidity, rain and snow. An IP67 rating guarantees that it wont succumb to the elements.

In the photo, the company's LV-45s have been affixed to the pier and to the bridge using ball joint swivel rodends. With this in place, the system can measure positional changes in three axes and track those changes over time, which means engineers can proactively identify potential problems, or, in the worst case, respond faster to potential derailment incidents. And if that means less trains coming off the tracks, were completely onboard.

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KUSA - Two weeks ago, 9NEWS investigated a tip about a kitchen remodel gone wrong, and a homeowner's chunk of savings gone with it.

Now, as a result of our original report and an act of generosity, that wrong has been made right.

"They walked away from my job, this was supposed to be my kitchen," said

Brian Tritz was out thousands of dollars and left with little more than a mess in his kitchen.

"It was just complete and total chaos," he said.

He had no other choice at the time, not anymore.

"We got a kitchen. We cooked in here last night, and we're excited about it," Tritz said.

Tritz's kitchen had been upside down for more than two months. He fronted Eddie's Home Services $20,000 to do the job. It wound up undone and three weeks overdue when the company had a labor issue.

Tritz's luck changed after his story ran on 9NEWS. Mark Maloney was watching.

"I felt horrible," Maloney said. "Brian and his wife have three kids."

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Using skills he gleaned through a well-traveled life starting on a farm in Ireland, a Rio Rancho man has built a handyman service from start-up to three full-time employees in a year and a half.

John Whitney runs Mr. Fix It Irish Handyman LLC, which serves Rio Rancho and Albuquerque, with occasional jobs in Santa Fe or the East Mountains. He and his employees handle remodeling, carpentry, electrical services, plumbing, wall repair, painting, roofing, swamp cooler repair and landscaping services.

I was always able to do a lot of things, and what I cant do, I can pick up pretty fast, he said. And the guys I employ are even more qualified than I am, so that helps. (I) try to build a good team.

Whitneys handyman training began as he grew up on a farm in northwest Ireland.

Youre using your hands from the age of 4, building stuff, knocking stuff down, building stuff again, he said.

In high school, Whitney learned trades such as metal work and drafting.

After he came to the United States in 1999, he worked in Massachusetts as a roofer and then as an engineer on pipelines and tunnels in California, before moving to New Mexico and working as a cowboy on a ranch near Santa Rosa. About three years ago, he moved to Rio Rancho to be with Lindsey, his then-girlfriend, a City of Vision native.

Whitney worked as a landscape maintenance employee at Santa Ana Star Casino, and then as an estimator for an asphalt company.

Two years ago, he enrolled in Central New Mexico Community College to pursue an associate degree in construction management. He found a full-time college schedule wasnt compatible with his job at the asphalt company.

So, Whitney said, he got a job as an extra for The Lone Ranger and started renovating his yard.

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This weekend, Jan. 25-26, the eighth annual Katy Home and Garden Show will invade the Merrell Center and Robinson Pavilion to bring trends in home improvement to the Katy area.

The show brings over 250 exhibits and a variety of different products for all sorts of homemakers. Jason Cameron, DIY Network host for television shows like Desperate Landscapes and Man Caves will join in to talk about trends in landscaping as well as how to make the perfect man cave. Cameron will be at the show on Saturday only.

Cameron told The Rancher that in places like Texas where water can be scarce, synthetic turf is becoming a popular low-maintenance alternative to sod. He said the product has come a long way since the days of the carpet-like turf.

Its really hard to distinguish now between authentic grass and synthetic grass, Cameron said. The TV star said many are starting to use turf in combination with putting greens in their own back yards. He also indicated that while manufacturers have worked to make the turf maintain lower temperatures in the midst of harsh weather, a little bit of shade provides an optimal experience. Cameron said that in extremely harsh climates, low-level irrigation systems could be used to keep the surface cool.

For man caves, Cameron said it really depends on who the man in question is.

Every guys different, Cameron said. He might be into cigars. He might be a baseball guy, a football guy. Maybe he brews his own beer. It all depends on what his interests are.

On the local level, James Terry from Terrys Landscape will be around to talk about the specific services his company can do to improve outdoor landscapes. Terry said that anyone who visits his booth will feel like they are walking into a backyard. Current trends Terry sees Katy area residents adding are summer kitchens, fireplaces and patio extensions.

I think more people have decided that theyre going to invest in their house, and are thinking were going to stay at home and provide our own entertainment, Terry said.

Of course, if one decided to go the route of authentic grass, they would usually need to closely monitor their lawns growth and cut it themselves, or hire an outside lawn service to take care of it. That is, until the lawn bott was released. Lawn botts are robotic lawn mowers, programmed to mow a certain area automatically at a specific height and time of day. The small robots will mow a lawn everyday, parking in their own mini garages located in a discreet area to recharge. Since the mower cuts every day, small grass clippings are merely released back onto the lawn.

Robert McCormack opened up a Lawn Bott dealership in the Katy area after witnessing their feats in Italy. He said that while there are several dealerships on the East coast, he believes hes the only major dealer in the Gulf coast area.

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One of the lesser known duties of a mayor is to unite couples in marriage.

Since he took office Jan. 1, 2008, Cambridge Mayor Tom Orr has done so on 225 occasions through the end of last year.

"I feel honored to stand at all of them," Orr said. "I've done them in some very unusual areas. The covered bridge at the City Park. I've been at Seneca Lake and Salt Fork. I've had brides and grooms come off a boat. I've had them stand in that special place where they met. I've had them [at City Hall] in different offices. I've been at swimming pools in family yards. Stood in gazebos. I've done them Christmas Eve. I've done them in front of fireplaces at special occasions. It's been a little bit of everything, quite honestly. It's a unique experience."

Among Orr's most notable officiations: The marriage of Cambridge native and stage and screen actor Corey Brill with girlfriend and actress Joy Osmanski. The ceremony took place on the steps of the Guernsey County Courthouse on Dec. 31, 2009.

Officiating the union of a man and woman did not come easily for Orr in the early years.

"I really struggled with that when I got the job," he said. "I wondered if the good Lord really wanted me to do that. It seemed to me like it was the short version of what should be a little bit more in depth. But then I realized that's between the two people who take the vow. The vow is the most important thing."

Though a wedding is often thought of as a time for happiness at the prospect of a long life together, Orr admits to a few times wondering what the future would hold for newlyweds.

"The one's that are going off to the service," he said. "Maybe they only have a 24-hour or 48-hour window of opportunity. And you see the little kids looking, and the parents ... and you just get a feeling. And no matter what the world tells you, it's easier to do with two than it is with one."

Orr averages about 38 marriages per year. His first year in office was his most officious to date, with 60 weddings performed. His slowest year was in 2011, when he wed 25 couples.

Orr's fee? He asks only for a donation.

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