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Brisbane Festival 2006
Australian Broadcasting Corp. - Steve Langton is a man who can make music out of just about anything - from pool filters, to railway tracks, to wheel rims, and of course, thongs. Sophia’s Picnic at Guyatt Park [16/07/2006] Lace umbrellas, boaters and picnic rugs were de rigueur at

JD Pools planning to sue rival over patent claims
Nation - Thailand - After the separation, JD Pools started making walls and swimming pool filters in a bid to directly compete with DeJoyaux. Thanusak said JD Pools started selling swimming pool equipment because DeJoyaux had struck out on its own. Shortly afterwards

Action Line: Tips from city will help control cockroaches
San Jose Mercury News - If you only have a small infestation, this may eliminate the problem. Otherwise, place boric acid or diatomaceous earth (the kind used for pest control, NOT for pool filters) under large appliances, in wall voids or inside cracks and crevices

JD Pools planning to sue rival over patent claims
Nation - Thailand - After the separation, JD Pools started making walls and swimming pool filters in a bid to directly compete with DeJoyaux. Thanusak said JD Pools started selling swimming pool equipment because DeJoyaux had struck out on its own. Shortly afterwards

Brisbane Festival 2006
Australian Broadcasting Corp. - Steve Langton is a man who can make music out of just about anything - from pool filters, to railway tracks, to wheel rims, and of course, thongs. Sophia’s Picnic at Guyatt Park [16/07/2006] Lace umbrellas, boaters and picnic rugs were de rigueur at

Action Line: Tips from city will help control cockroaches
San Jose Mercury News - If you only have a small infestation, this may eliminate the problem. Otherwise, place boric acid or diatomaceous earth (the kind used for pest control, NOT for pool filters) under large appliances, in wall voids or inside cracks and crevices

No Lifeguard on Duty
Smart Money - Jack-of-many-trades Pentair ( PNR ) got dunked 9% after confessing that the housing downturn has undermined demand for its pool filters and pumps. As a result, the low end of the company’s reduced profit forecast for the quarter trailed its previous

Peroxide sellers to lay off the health promises 
The FDA cracks down on claims that hydrogen peroxide can treat AIDS, cancer and other conditions.

4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review 
Published August 31, 2006 in issue 0535 of the HooK. Worst plane crash: A Delta commuter taking off on the wrong runway at a Lexington, Kentucky, airport crashes early August 27, killing 49 people, the worst domestic plane crash in nearly five years.

State probes YMCA 
The YMCA’s outfall for its 38-year-old swimming pool, pictured above Monday, fed directly into the South River, unbeknownst to Y officials.

War, natural disasters driving the push for smarter robots
Boise State University The Arbiter Online, Idaho - Sep 14, 2006… “It’s already started in trivial applications like vacuum cleaners, pool cleaners and lawn mowers,” he said. “Now we’re ready to go to the next level.”. …

Regulators order power conservation
North County Times - But what’s good for thrifty and ascetic might not be so good for people who keep the pool filter running and the thermostat at 75 degrees through the night. Peevey indicated in the order that Edison could recoup the higher costs through higher rates

Shrinking the yard Retiree trades lawn mower for pond, quiet retreat
Louisville Courier-Journal - Another one is an old-fashioned stainless-steel swimming pool filter that looks like a big autoclave. The original spoke of plastic arms with holes in them is augmented with filtering material of plastic hair curlers and Wiffle-type golf balls.

Be There and Be Square
Wired - In the distance, a neighbor s pool filter whirs. I ve never before given a talk that s standing room only, Murray jokes anxiously, then launches into a demonstration of basic juggling, explaining how, in the 90s, mathematicians and

Coping with Pest Problems 
Managing a relatively pest-free garden without using toxic chemicals takes a little planning. It is quite annoying to find slugs, mealy bugs, and scales feeding on our cacti and succulents.

Water park reopens after Crypto scare 
Six Flags Great America’s water park, Hurricane Harbor, reopened Sunday after tests found no traces of the parasite…

State probes YMCA 
The YMCA’s outfall for its 38-year-old swimming pool, pictured above Monday, fed directly into the South River, unbeknownst to Y officials.

4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review 
Published August 31, 2006 in issue 0535 of the HooK. Worst plane crash: A Delta commuter taking off on the wrong runway at a Lexington, Kentucky, airport crashes early August 27, killing 49 people, the worst domestic plane crash in nearly five years.

State probes YMCA 
The YMCA’s outfall for its 38-year-old swimming pool, pictured above Monday, fed directly into the South River, unbeknownst to Y officials.

Robots find work in trivial chores 
Besides military and national-security duty, robots are beginning to find useful niches in everyday life. The next computer revolution might be the personal robot (which will) physically interact with and assist people in their daily life, said Henrik Christensen, a robotics researcher at Georgia Tech in Atlanta.

Waynesboro YMCA repairs pool drainage system 
WAYNESBORO Twenty years ago, when 16-year-old Jeff Fife was putting chlorine into the pool water at the Waynesboro Family YMCA he didnt realize that the pipes might have been emptying into the South River.

Looking to save? Try these tips
San Jose Mercury News - A cover controls water evaporation, keeps the pool warmer, and keeps the pool cleaner so the filter runs less often. Get your central heating/cooling system ducts tested for air leakage. Up to 30 percent of the heated or cooled air is lost through