I chose two trouble spots in my house to test the Spotbot out on. The first was in near proximity to my litter box. Despite my best efforts, a cat upset at a unclean litter box would occasionally make her presence known on the carpet. There was not a visible stain, but I knew it was there. This brings us to the options on the Spotbot- there are two main settings to use the circlular brush underneath the device- a standard 3 minute cleaning cycle and a 6 minute deep cleaning version. I almost always chose the longer cycle- Wouldn't you want something to be cleaner with the only penalty waiting an extra 3 minutes? I did. The next option you have is the mixture of the soapy formula

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"More than 60% of U.S. households include pets," Bob Kearn, President and CEO of COIT, said. "Our goal is to help homeowners combat the common stains and odors caused by their four-legged companions. With a little help from COIT, humans and pets can live happily together in a clean, comfortable environment that is safer for people with allergies."

To promote their pet-friendly cleaning services, COIT recently invited the company's Facebook fans to describe their pet's dirtiest disaster in 500 words or less, for a chance to win a $500 cleaning coupon. The contest winner described how her pet pig, Reese, and her dog, Riley, tracked mud throughout the house during the rainy season. "Pick me and help me clean up after this pigsty I call home," she wrote.

Cook County Administrators are putting jail inmates to work in a new way -- by cleaning animal cages at a city shelter in a program that started Monday. 

Sixteen minimum-security inmates will clean cages at the center, saving Chicago taxpayers overtime costs incurred by shortages in staff and volunteers. Earlier this summer, the Cook County Board of Commissioners and Chicago City Council signed off on the plan.

Ecolab Inc. reported a strong second quarter performance led by solid sales gains in its U.S. Cleaning & Sanitizing, Asia Pacific and Latin America operations and a strong performance from acquisitions. These combined to more than offset significantly higher delivered product costs and produce a double-digit adjusted earnings per share increase.

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ATLANTA - Zep Sales & Service, a unit of Zep Inc. (NYSE: ZEP), introduces its latest Zep Dilution Solution: Safe2Dose(TM). The new closed-loop, concentrated chemical dispensing system helps facilities comply with green cleaning mandates in a safe and cost-effective manner.

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DeSimone was convicted in March of money laundering and seven counts of mail fraud. Prosecutors say he used his ill-gotten gains to fund a lavish lifestyle of fancy cars, valuable art works and ancient Japanese swords.

The trial focused on an invention called the Drink Stik, a device that connects beverage containers to respirators and gas masks worn by soldiers in contaminated areas.

Prosecutors argued that DeSimone lied about access to deep-pocketed investors and promised the inventor he would sell the Drink Stik in exchange for a one-third stake in its patent. They say DeSimone then convinced investors to buy shares in his Drink Stik stake by falsely claiming that major international corporations, including Fidelity Investments and Raytheon Corp., had offered to buy it for millions of dollars.

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Advance Management Inc., was awarded a three-year $5.7 million contract to perform janitorial services to Navy facilities on Guam.

The contract includes U.S. Naval Base Guam, Naval Magazine, U.S. Naval Hospital Guam, Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station Guam, and tenants within those areas, according to a press release from the company. AMI will provide all labor, management, supervision, tools, materials and equipment.

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Curry won a $3.4 million lottery on June 6, 2006. Over the past five years he has made no rash decisions with his $2.5 million after taxes. He purchased two new cars for himself and his wife, gave some winnings to his kids and his parents, and he made some modest upgrades to the three-bedroom house he lived in before winning the lottery.

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Two workers of a Tannery unit were asphyxiated after they inhaled poisonous gas while cleaning an effluent treatment plant here, police said. They said the duo were removing blockages at the tank outlet yesterday when they inhaled the gas and collapsed.

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Zep, a leading manufacturer of cleaning and maintenance solutions, has launched a new web site featuring the company's top 300 equipment products. The site, www.zepequipment.com , covers new Zep floor scrubbers and other items such as pressure washers, drain care equipment, hand care equipment, sprayers, and vehicle wash equipment.

"We wanted to provide an efficient information source, supported by easy-to-use drop-down menus and excellent graphics," says Mark McDonald, Director, Equipment & Service Division. "Now, customers can go to one location to find, download and copy everything they need."

The new web site features product specifications, equipment photos, application information, manuals, training videos, and contact information.

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