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		<title>Florida Roofer Makes Olympic Diving Team</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jevon Tarantino needed to call his father, Tony, back home in Boca Raton to tell him he made the Olympic team. Tarantino&#8217;s mouth dropped to the floor when he heard of the news and needed confirmation from his father that what he was hearing is true. It was.

Tarantino, 24, of Fort Lauderdale Diving, was named [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.roofinfo.com/posts/florida-roofer-makes-olympic-diving-team-107</link>
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		<title>Roof Express - Revolutionize the Way You Do Business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Always on the lookout for roofing software solutions that will impact the roofing business, we recently came across Roof Express. They have actually been around since 2006, so some of you may already be aware of them. For those of you who have not heard of them, then read on.


The Roof Express data collection tool [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.roofinfo.com/posts/roof-express-revolutionize-the-way-you-do-business-30</link>
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		<title>Universal Studio Fire Caused by Roofer&#8217;s Blowtorch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Associated Press reports that the massive blaze that destroyed part of the back lot at Universal Studios was accidentally ignited by workers using a blowtorch on the roof of a movie set building facade.

An investigation revealed that a Universal Studios work crew had been using the blowtorch early Sunday to heat asphalt shingles to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.roofinfo.com/posts/universal-studio-fire-caused-by-roofers-blowtorch-102</link>
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		<title>New Roofing Job Listings Added</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the course of the last few months there has been a steady increase in traffic here at Roof Info. Our referral logs show that this traffic to be well-informed roofing industry type folk, which is exactly what we were aiming for. 
In order to maintain readership and give them more variety, we were thinking [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.roofinfo.com/posts/new-roofing-job-listings-added-100</link>
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		<title>How to Find Tax Credits &#038; Subsidies for Solar Roofing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With energy prices rising to record levels, consumers and businesses are looking for alternatives. One alternative is solar energy captured by roofing tiles, shingles and panels. Solar technology is advancing at a rapid rate, offering new options for those who want to take the making of electricity into their own hands.

Solar roofing offers clean, efficient, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.roofinfo.com/posts/how-to-find-tax-credits-subsidies-for-solar-roofing-97</link>
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		<title>Roofers Coffee Shop Forum is Down</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to a message at the Roofers Coffee Shop they are having issues with a worm attack and have had to close down the forums. Worm attacks frequently scan the Internet for vulnerabilities in server software and it appears they have found one here.
We are not sure what the problem is. The webmaster, Steve Miller, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.roofinfo.com/posts/roofers-coffee-shop-forum-is-down-93</link>
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		<title>HelioVolt Entering Into Solar Roofing Market</title>
		<description><![CDATA[HelioVolt is one of several new solar manufacturers using different materials to produce thin-film solar cells. 
The company intends to make solar cells for rooftop panels and later get into building- integrated photovoltaics (BIPV), where cells are embedded into roof shingles, blinds, awnings, or other building components.

HelioVolt just announced this week that they are entering [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.roofinfo.com/posts/heliovolt-entering-into-solar-roofing-market-89</link>
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		<title>Another Solar Shingle Partnership &#8212; Dow &#038; Global Solar Energy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Entering into the solar-to-roofing material mix is Dow and Global Solar Energy. Both  have teamed up to take on the Department of Energy&#8217;s Solar America Initiative (SAI) to create building-integrated photovoltaic systems (BIPV) that are efficient and cost effective. 
This comes on the heels of two previously announced partnerships in this category with ASTI/Icopal [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.roofinfo.com/posts/another-solar-shingle-partnership-between-dow-global-solar-energy-88</link>
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		<title>Upcoming Roofing &#038; Industry Related Conventions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This June is a big month for conventions. Four roofing/industry related conventions will be taking place. The Construction Specifications Institute (CSI); the Western States Roofing Contractors Association (WSRCA); Florida Roofing, Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors Association Inc. (FRSA); and Carolinas Roofing and Sheet Metal Contractors Association Inc. (CRSMCA) each will host their respective conventions [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.roofinfo.com/posts/upcoming-roofing-industry-related-conventions-86</link>
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		<title>The roof repair guy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[People tend to get a visual when you mention the word roofer. Big muscular guy with toolbelt, steel-toed boots, hard hat &#038; maybe just a little bit of roofer&#8217;s crack. Roofers from one country to the next are pretty much the same.
Half way around the world in West Papua &#8212; things are a lot different. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.roofinfo.com/posts/the-roof-repair-guy-79</link>
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