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A leader in mosquito control and tick control, the New England-based firm has officially launched the Mosquito Shield Franchise Corporation to begin awarding franchises for 2013. North Attleboro, MA (PRWEB) June 17, 2013 Touting a suite of innovative, custom-developed technologies for mosquito and pest control franchising, Mosquito Shield formally launched its Mosquito Shield Franchise Corporation at The New England Franchise & Business Opportunities Expo in February. “For several...

By Sherry Koonce, The Port Arthur News, Texas Jul. 29--BEAUMONT -- By Sherry Koonce The News staff writer BEAUMONT -- Increased fuel costs combined with a decrease in the production of some herbicides has county officials refiguring the cost of controlling the area's mosquito population. On Monday, Jefferson County Commissioners voted to amend a Mosquito Control District contract for the purchase of insecticides, herbicides and sprays. For the purchase of Roundup, a petroleum-based...

NEW YORK (AP) - Students are using a new ring tone to receive messages in class -- and many teachers can't even hear the ring.Some students are downloading a ring tone off the Internet that is too high-pitched to be heard by most adults. With it, high schoolers can receive text message alerts on their cell phones without the teacher knowing.As people age, many develop what's known as aging ear -- a loss of the ability to hear higher-frequency sounds.The ring tone is a spin-off of technology...

LONDON (Reuters) - A Welsh inventor claims to have found the perfect solution to rowdy youngsters -- noise.Howard Stapleton says his device, the "Mosquito," emits an uncomfortable high-pitched ultrasonic sound that can be heard by children and teenagers but almost no one over 30.It has successfully driven away noisy teens from a grocery store in the Welsh town of Barry and a shop in Stapleton's home town Merthyr Tydfil, making smoking, lounging and foul-mouthed youths a thing of the...