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SecurityPlanet.com publicizes their recommendations of the best security system providers in the state of Virginia. SecurityPlanet.com goes into detail on what Virginia consumers favor when deciding on a home security monitoring company.

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Virginia is the 12th most populated state in the US. In Virginia there are a stunning 182,000 property crimes that occur each and every year according to the FBI's Uniform Crime Report. Virginia consumers are aware of the significance of home security and safety and now have an unbiased resource to refer to when shopping for a home security system. Dependability and safety are a couple of key subjects that were discovered when conducting the Virginia home security company reviews.

Gavin Anders from SecurityPlanet.com states, "The SecurityPlanet.com staff discovered that Virginia homeowners had been worried about reliability and the majority of residents preferred cellular monitoring services mainly because there aren't any wires exposed outside the home. The team at SecurityPlanet.com have seen a large interest in cellular home security systems because of the increased reliabiliy and safety."

FrontPoint Security is the top home security system company in the state of Virginia as reported by SecurityPlanet.com. FrontPoint Security provides home security services throughout the United States and Canada by supplying their customers with wireless home security equipment from GE Security. FrontPoint Security's capability to keep an excellent customer service rating along with their cellular-based technology has made them a popular choice amongst consumers. ADT Security and Protect America are also on the list of top home security system providers in the state of Virginia. Protect America has delivered a significant amount of value to the home security system marketplace by providing free upfront equipment. ADT Security is the clear leader when it comes to professionally installed home security systems. ADT Security provides their customers with brand name equipment and has a number of plans and services to choose from.

SecurityPlanet.com found mobile features were an essential deciding factor when Virginia consumers were purchasing a home security system. Companies such as FrontPoint Security and Protect America offer their customers with remote features like text message notifications and the power to remotely disarm the home security system. Some Virginia homeowners stated they might take advantage of the services that allow for streaming of wireless home security cameras right to an iPhone or Android device. Consumers of Virginia can read more information about the leading security system providers online at:

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SecurityPlanet.com targets delivering consumers with unbiased home security systems reviews. Homeowners can quickly do a comparison of the top home security system companies on SecurityPlanet.com to help them select the best security system for their family. SecurityPlanet.com also released educational information on safety and security on their home security blog. Visit SecurityPlanet.com for additional info on the leading home security system companies.

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Utility industry technology helps farmers and ranchers build and repair wire fences

Thursday, March 28, 2013 1:43 PM CDT

MAYFIELD VILLAGE, OHIO - Preformed Line Products (Nasdaq: PLPC) today announced the national launch of Ranchmate, a line of measurably superior wire fence construction and repair products. The AgSystems Division of Preformed Line Products (PLP) has applied its proprietary technology - originally developed for the utility industry nearly 70 years ago - to its Ranchmate products for use with high tensile smooth and barbed wire fencing. With Ranchmate, now farmers and ranchers can build and mend fences like utility linesman have built and fixed overhead conductor lines for decades.

Founded in 1947, PLP is known across the globe as a designer, manufacturer and supplier of cable and fiber optics for communications, solar and energy markets. Ranchmate's line of fencing products includes tools that make fencing quick and easy. Ranchmate products are stronger, more durable, safer and measurably superior to anything else on the market. Ranchmate splices and dead ends are made from Class 3 or higher galvanized steel that won't crack or rust and will likely outlast the fence wire they are used to repair. The technology is so simple to use that no tools are required and anyone can easily mend or construct a fence.

As part of PLP's commitment to fostering future generations of agricultural professionals, AgSystems provides support to the National FFA organization. As officially licensed FFA products, every sale of Ranchmate products supports the National FFA organization.

Ranchmate products are available through farm and hardware supply stores nationwide. To learn more about how to use Ranchmate products and experience "Fencing with a Twist ," visit http://www.Ranchmate.com .

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A suspect running from police crashed a stolen truck through multiple fences at the Valley Animal Center in Fresno.

The facility is a non-profit no-kill shelter and had been working for months to build a dog park with money raised through fundraisers.

The truck smashed through the heavy main security gate and then drove to the back of the complex where construction on the dog park was ongoing.

Rosie Davenport with the center said, "Our contractor is estimating the damages around $100,000 at this point, which is a big chunk of change for us. We've been fundraising for this dog park for many, many years. It's been a community effort to get it up and running so to have to turn around and tell the community that we've been set back is really, really disappointing for us."

Anyone who would like to contribute to the VAC can call their office at (559) 233-8690 or click the related link to visit their website.

The Valley Animal Center is located at3934 N Hayston Ave, near Ashlan and Highway 168.

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Bullets allegedly fired at a man in December 2010 tore through fences and a home in the Greystone area of Spryfield, a Nova Scotia Supreme court jury heard Wednesday.

Terry Pipes, an RCMP firearm and tool-mark investigator testifying at Cody Alexander Muises first-degree murder trial, said he found holes consistent with gunshot damage in two fences, as well as the door of a home located near the area where Brandon Hatcher, 20, was fatally shot.

Pipes testified he found another hole below the door sill.

He said the bullet hole in the door was in line with another one in an inside wall and a hot water heater, which was located in yet another room where a bullet was found. Another bullet was discovered in the basement.

Lasers were used to trace the trajectory of the shots to an area near Regan Drive where a dozen bullet casings were found after the shooting.

Such measurements wouldnt lead to the exact spot where the shots were fired because the trajectory could be changed by various factors, but it would be in the area, Pipes said.

Earlier evidence at the trial indicated Muise, 23, and two teens each with a firearm went to the Greystone area of Spryfield the night of Dec. 3 because they thought Hatcher or another person was responsible for a shooting a few hours earlier at a home in Fergusons Cove.

That shooting wounded a man associated with Muise, and happened in a home that one witness said was a place where people in a group from the greater Spryfield area, including Muise, gathered.

Hatcher was associated with a separate group connected to the Greystone area. The two sides were at odds over drug territory, testimony has indicated.

Evidence has also revealed that Muise and his partners hiked through woods until they were behind rocks along Regan Drive, a road behind Hatchers home on Lavender Walk. One of the group had a brief conversation with Hatcher by cellphone, after which Hatcher came outside and fired a shot.

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REDLANDS -- As the wind began to pick up mid-morning Wednesday, demolition was halted on a beige building that once was a community center for residents of low-income housing off Lugonia Avenue and Orange Street.

Dust-control laws prevented workers from continuing, said workers on the site.

The demolition, expected to be completed this week - is part of the construction process to develop the Valencia Grove housing project that will replace 70-year-old rental homes.

Several phases are expected before the work is done. A groundbreaking on the project's first phase was held in early August. The Housing Authority of San Bernardino County and Housing Partners I Inc. are spearheading the project.

Once greenery, leftover buildings and other materials are cleared from the site, a foundation will be installed, and soon homes will start filling the empty dirt lot.

The first phase - which has a budget of $18 million - is expected to be completed in late summer 2014, said Gustav Joslin, senior vice president/chief operating officer for the Housing Authority.

Costs to complete the entire housing community - which will be an energy-efficient mixed-income community made up of starter homes and townhome apartments - could reach $50 million.

A multi-use recreation center with a pool and three playground areas for children will also come with the new housing complex for low-income residents. A separate housing unit will be open to first-time home buyers, Joslin said.

"The older units were extremely old and lacked the amenities that are common with modern rental housing," he said. "For example, they might have one bathroom for three or four bedrooms, so we're going to put back units that have two bathrooms where we will have large room sizes, more storage. ... We're going to put in modern amenities like carpet, for example.

How the playgrounds will look at the site that will be the future home to the Valencia Grove Housing Community. ((John Valenzuela/Staff Photographer) )

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A firm associated with former Pittsburgh Housing Authority employee Gabriel S. Fontana has been hired to do site demolition and reconstruction work related to that agency, including some that was competitively bid, some that was not, and some that was awarded through a process that has raised questions in the razing industry.

Fontana, who left the authority in 2003 following a Post-Gazette story about his 1998 guilty plea for conspiracy to sell cocaine and money laundering, is associated with a company that last year won a three-year, $1.6 million contract to train and supervise residents who will tend the authority's grounds. That company, Pittsburgh Property Maintenance, was incorporated nine days before it bid on the contract.

Fontana's demolition company, Three Rivers Dismantlement, was incorporated Oct. 31, 2011. It has done a handful of private demolition jobs since then, according to Bureau of Building Inspection online records.

Three Rivers Dismantlement has become involved in at least three Housing Authority jobs.

The first, a $117,750 contract to reconstruct a collapsed hillside in Homewood North, was competitively bid in a process that started in August, and Three Rivers Dismantlement was by far the lowest bidder. The second, for which the firm was paid $19,000 to replace a failed 8-inch water shut-off valve at Northview Heights, was awarded over the winter on an emergency basis with just Three Rivers Dismantlement's bid.

"We wanted to make sure the residents were safe," said Kim Detrick, the authority's procurement director since October, explaining the one-bid process.

It appears that Three Rivers Dismantlement's biggest job came to it through a process that has some competitors puzzled.

Three Rivers Dismantlement is handling much of the razing of Addison Terrace, a 734-unit community that will be replaced with around 400 mixed-income apartments. The authority has hired Columbus, Ohio-based developer Keith B. Key Enterprises to transform and run the community.

The prime demolition contractor, Phase One Development Corp. of Penn Hills, hired Three Rivers Dismantlement as its subcontractor. Executives at three of the largest area demolition firms -- Noralco, PRISM Response and Bristol Environmental -- said this week that they were not invited to bid on the job.

Developer Mr. Key explained in an email that Phase One got the job because of their ranking in a proposal process conducted by the authority in 2010.

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It follows a campaign by residents and councillors in Johnstone to tear down the eyesore flats in Craigdonald Place, which had become a magnet for anti-social behaviour.

Yesterday approval was given for a contractor to begin the job of demolition with an estimated cost of 200,000.

Councillor Tommy Williams, convener of Renfrewshire Council's Housing Policy Board, said: "These flats have long been an eyesore and I'm pleased to announce that demolition will start on May 15."

The Evening Times reported in December how opposition Johnstone councillor Andy Doig had accused Renfrewshire Council of dragging its feet over the demolition.

Councillor Doig has now welcomed the decision by Renfrewshire Council's Procurement Sub Committee to authorise the contract for demolition.

He added: "Issues with the Craigdonald Flats were identified by the last SNP led administration in June 2010, and the consensus at that time was that given both the cost of investment needed to bring them up to an acceptable standard, and the fact that even then this would be no guarantee of their long term sustainability, it was agreed that demolition would be the best solution.

"Over recent years the process had been held up due to the reluctance of one owner to settle with the council, and in that period the flats sadly became a focus both for vermin, and for anti- social behaviour and fire-raising, causing much anguish to Johnstone town centre constituents.

"I have consistently raised the need for action to be taken so I am delighted that the demolition is moving forward.

"Johnstone town centre has great potential and I believe the removal of the flats will herald new opportunities for further investment in the town by business, or possible use of the site for new housebuilding.

"This will bring more people into the town which, in turn, will help town centre traders to remain viable so this is another step to a new powerhouse Johnstone."

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