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2011 April Vol.50 No.4 Features & Columns 14 16 20 23 48 50 52 55 58 60 62 The Rug Cleaning Specialist New S100 Standard Going to Press By Aaron Groseclose 16 23 Hard Floor Maintenance Opportunities Bamboo: Maintaining The Grass That Acts Like Wood By Stanley Quentin Hulin To Your Success Avoiding the Hardscrabble Life By Steve Toburen ICS 2011 Company Spotlights Ultrasonic Cleaning: A High-Tech Alternative By Del Williams Are Groupon Coupons Good For Cleaning Companies? s? By John Braun 50 Low-Moisture Cleaning: Time to Re-think Carpet Maintenance? By Mark Warner The Inspector Knows Best What’s That Smell? By Ruth Travis 52 Cleaning Leather By Lonnie McDonald Departments 6 10 11 12 13 64 66 67 68 70 71 72 73 74 Editorial Comment ICS eRants & Raves ICS eMedia In My Experience News, Views and Events New Products & Technologies Must See Product Gallery Advertiser Index Buyers’ Marketplace IICRC News CFI News PACR News SCRT News CRA News The Gadget Man Get That Carpet to the OR, Stat! By Gordon Hanks Building a Phenomenally Successful Business Get Your Business Organized and Systematized – Part I By Howard Partridge To subscribe to ICS L!VE go to www.icsmag.com OR use your smartphone’s QR Reader and subscribe now! ICS CLEANING SPECIALIST (ISSN 1522-4708) is published 12 times annually, monthly, by BNP Media II, L.L.C., 2401 W. Big Beaver Rd., Suite 700, Troy, MI 48084-3333. Telephone: (248) 362-3700, Fax: (248) 362-0317. No charge for subscriptions to qualified individuals. Annual rate for subscriptions to nonqualified individuals in the U.S.A.: $115.00 USD. Annual rate for subscriptions to nonqualified individuals in Canada: $149.00 USD (includes GST & postage); all other countries: $165.00 (int’l mail) payable in U.S. funds. Printed in the U.S.A. Copyright 2011, by BNP Media II, L.L.C. All rights reserved. The contents of this publication may not be reproduced in whole or in part without the consent of the publisher. The publisher is not responsible for product claims and represen-tations. Periodicals Postage Paid at Troy, MI and at additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: ICS CLEANING SPECIALIST, P.O. Box 2146, Skokie, IL 60076. Canada Post: Publications Mail Agreement #40612608. GST account: 131263923. Send returns (Canada) to Pitney Bowes, P.O. Box 25542, London, ON, N6C 6B2. Change of address: Send old address label along with new address to ICS CLEANING SPECIALIST, P.O. Box 2146, Skokie, IL 60076. For single copies or back issues: contact Ann Kalb at (248) 244-6499 or KalbA@bnpmedia.com. 4 Cleaning Specialist | April 2011
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