Jim

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Hurtful Impulses
The stories I've seen hurt my heart. There was the one about the woman who accosted a teenage boy who'd been invited to swim in a neighborhood pool, telling him to get out or she'd call
Moving a Mountain
We've participated in the construction of lots of great golf courses through the years, but this one was something special. It started for us at Pinnacle Design (Palm Desert, Calif.) with a call from one of the world's top golf-course architects, Ted Robinson, Jr., who let us know that we had to rush to prepare a presentation for a client in South Korea. As he explained the situation, if we couldn't win over the chairman of the conglomerate that was building the 27-hole course, the job would go to
2018/8.2, August 22 — Playing the Angles, Grand Landshaping, Halprin in L.A. and more
THE ESSENTIAL E-NEWSLETTER FOR WATERSHAPE DESIGNERS, ENGINEERS AND BUILDERS August 22, 2018 www.watershapes.com FEATURE ARTICLE…
New Aqua Slides from Water Odyssey
Water Odyssey (San Marcos, TX) has introduced Fun Forms Aqua Slides for use in aquatic-play…
Little Giant Introduces Pool-Cover Pumps
Little Giant (Oklahoma City, OK) makes pool-cover pumps that prevent the accumulation of rainwater or…
Oase Launches ScreenMatic 2 Pond Filter
Oase (Corona, CA) offers the BioTec ScreenMatic2, a flow-through filter designed for use on koi…
AutoPilot Offers the Eco Nano Salt Chlorinator
AutoPilot (St. Petersburg, FL) manufactures the Pool Pilot Eco Nano, a salt-chlorine generator for swimming…
Retaining-Wall Waterfalls from Blue Thumb
Blue Thumb Distributing (Saginaw, MI) makes Formal Falls waterfall systems for use in a variety…
Signature In-Pool Seating from Ledge Lounger
Ledge Lounger (Houston, TX) offers the Signature line of in-pool chaises. Designed to provide contoured,…
Healing Ways
Through the years, Bruce Zaretsky has designed enough healing gardens that he knows just how comforting they can be for patients, caregivers and loved ones.  But they only work, he notes, when designers keep some basic principles and several user-specific design factors in mind.