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Look Over Your Vending Machine Warranty
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The Sensible Shopper
ABC 4 - For example: instead of purchasing bottle water from a vending machine, purchase a case at a time and store in the fridge at work. Or pack a lunch instead of buying out every day. The little purchases add up! 10. Try to eliminate impulse purchases
Source: www.abc4.com

Juneau schools receive poor marks for food
Anchorage Daily News - The review found vending machine and concession money at Juneau-Douglas High School diverted to the salary and health care coverage of an a la carte cook, supplies for teachers, travel expenses for teams and gifts for the social committees. The School
Source: www.adn.com

Public safety digest: Man who was beaten, shot expected to survive
Bakersfield Californian - A man filling a newspaper vending machine with copies of The Californian was robbed at gunpoint early Thursday morning. Jovany Gonzalez, 21, was approached by three men, one armed with a handgun, in the 300 block of Oak Street, according to a
Source: www.bakersfield.com

Aplicom Takes over Manufacturing and Sales of Nokia’s M2M GSM Modules
PRWeb - From home appliances and vending machines to industrial equipment, wireless machine-to-machine communication has enormous potential to increase companies’ profits and competitiveness through more efficient processes and enhanced customer service. We
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Need stamps? Have your credit card at the ready
Colorado Springs Gazette - You can buy stamps online and at the grocery store. But soon you won’t be able to use a few coins to buy a stamp at a post office vending machine. The machines don’t make enough money to pay maintenance costs, said U.S. Postal Service spokesman
Source: www.gazette.com

Missing in action in 3 Berks schools: Chips, soda, junk
Reading Eagle - Exeter School District food director Gloria L. Clay doubts high school students pay much attention to where vending machine snacks are made. They would probably be surprised to know that most items in one Exeter High School machine come from
Source: www.readingeagle.com

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Gamasutra - Bellows noted that at last year’s Tokyo Game Show, every booth had a mobile game, and they were all slot machine games. This that is willing to work with publishers, from placing games in their own mini-portal to implementing different vending systems
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PRWeb - Vending machine manufacturers who sell plastic vending machines have to maintain a large warehouse full of plastic parts. They also give you large quantities of plastic repair parts with your vending machine purchase. When you buy Vending Machines
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Start With Gumball Machines
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Asian outfits to enter scrap for 700MHz spectrum
The Inquirer - However, Asian mobile users already have access to a wide array of services on their phones, from buying food at a vending machine to watching movies on mobile TV. Docomo pioneered many of those most advanced mobile services in Japan and appears
Source: www.theinquirer.net

Why Do We Eat So Much Junk At Work?
CBS 46 - But at 3 p.m. the bag of carrots you cut up the night before is slumped lifelessly next to your computer, partially hidden from view by the bag of potato chips you just got out of the office vending machine. You might be feeling a twinge of guilt
Source: www.cbs46.com

14 Charitable Ways to Celebrate Valentine’s Day
CSR Wire - Tape the exact change for a soda to a vending machine. Send cards with joyful messages to strangers. Collect canned goods for a food bank. Shovel a neighbor’s driveway, or babysit — for free. Visit actsofkindness.org for hundreds of other ideas. About
Source: www.csrwire.com

New coffee shop opens at courthouse
Nevada Appeal - Equipment such as an espresso machine, guaranteed customers and a good location by the only public restrooms on the floor He got too busy with his other businesses, though, including a vending route and a coffee shop at the Legislative building.
Source: www.nevadaappeal.com

Paranoia aside, Sheriff Joe Arpaio and County Attorney Andrew Thomas
Phoenix New Times - They are covered with stickers of Japanese anime cartoon characters — like the ones you could buy in a grocery store vending machine. And, oddly, there is a plastic female anime figurine placed right where the clitoris would be. Surrounding these
Source: www.phoenixnewtimes.com

William Saletan
Slate - The sodas are commonly sold through vending machines. The contracts stipulate how many thousands of cases each district has to He still drinks them all the time and he’s still a lean, mean, athletic machine at 50. Teach kids healthy eating? Great! Give
Source: www.slate.com

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High lead levels found in kids’ jewelry
Seattle Times - Since a 4-year-old Oregon boy nearly died after swallowing a lead-laden vending-machine trinket in 2003, the CPSC has orchestrated the recall of more than 170 million pieces of children’s jewelry. The hazards posed by leaded jewelry have been largely
Source: seattletimes.nwsource.com

How to Make Heads and Tails of Coin-Op Machine Collecting
Street.Com - Now if you want to spend some serious coin, then you may be interested in a Caille Roulette gambling machine. Rubin, who owns op machines have been wonderful investments over the years and the best pieces in each category — gambling, music, vending
Source: www.thestreet.com

Scammed winners hit $5.7M jackpot
Toronto Sun - She said vending machines will play music for a winning ticket and, starting next month, a voice will also announce a winner. A prize of $10,000 or more will freeze the machine. “We can call the store immediately and speak to both
Source: www.torontosun.com

Companies invest in health
Charleston Regional Business Journal - For others, it’s a matter of providing healthy options in the vending machine or rolling out voluntary fitness programs where employees are rewarded for meeting self-established fitness targets, she said. The goal of the initiative is for at least
Source: www.charlestonbusiness.com

Deals of the day — mergers and acquisitions
Guardian Unlimited - UK-based buyout firm Cognetas said it agreed to buy Italian vending machine operator Gruppo Argenta alongside Italian rival Investitori Associati.
Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Vending Machines Are Big Business
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Terrell Tribune - 900 after busting into the vending machines at Tidy Tiger, located at 1200 S. Virginia St. The thief broke the lock and pocketed the money. Sansom said the thief’s method of operation matches that involving several other coin-operated machine thefts More Vending Machine Tips

Edinburgh News - THIEVES have stolen a batch of sex toys from a vending machine at a hostel in the city centre. The Naughty Vend machine, at Belushi’s bar on Market Street, was raided on Thursday night, with the thieves making off with hundreds of pounds worth of More Vending Machine Tips

Forbes - Japanese consumers use their mobile phones continually for everything from texting friends or using their phones to pay for bottled green tea at a subway vending machine via the “mobile wallet” system. “If you want to engage with young people in More Vending Machine Tips

St. Louis Business Journal - Convergys director resigns [Cincinnati] St. Paul vending machine maker sold, 230-employee plant to close [Mpls./St. Paul] Crane buying vending machine maker for $31M [St. Louis] Triton to cut jobs in Memphis [Memphis] Navy selects Butler county firm More Vending Machine Tips

Street.Com - The renowned ancient Greek inventor Hero is believed to have created the first vending machine when he designed an urn that automatically dispensed holy water when you put in a coin. Flash forward more than two millennia: in late 19th-century London More Vending Machine Tips

NBC 4 - Feeling tired is one of the first things that sends people to the vending machine to find a snack to wake them up. Other Links: Lose Weight, Save Supermarket Tips Lose 5 Pounds Fast Fat Fighting Foods More Diet, Fitness Information Is Alcohol Healthy? 10 More Vending Machine Tips

Make Small Repairs On Your Vending Machines
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Gamasutra - Bellows noted that at last year’s Tokyo Game Show, every booth had a mobile game, and they were all slot machine games. This that is willing to work with publishers, from placing games in their own mini-portal to implementing different vending systems More Vending Machine Tips

Cleveland Leader - Sick of the potato chips, cookies, cola, and candy bars found in your standard vending machine? Your prayers for more food choices on the go may soon be answered. Last week at the National Automatic Merchandising Association’s expo at the McCormick More Vending Machine Tips

Lebanon-Express - Visitors without passes must buy a $3 daily pass at a park entrance booth or vending machine. Both 12-month and 24-month passes are sold at Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD) offices, some state park friends’ group stores, Joe’s stores More Vending Machine Tips

Popsugar - Smashbox O-Gloss The $650 Orlane Crème Royale Coming Soon: MAC and Fafi Collaboration Check Out the Elizabeth Arden Vending Machine Would You Be Willing to Wait For a Wii? Geek Tip: Taking Great Photos of Xmas Lights Website of the Day: Bad Gift More Vending Machine Tips

KYW News radio - site details all the latest news and reviews of everything sugary. There’s even a top ten list of favorite candies, but I won’t spoil it for you (OK, it’s KitKat.) All in all, this is a sweet read, and a good excuse to hit the vending machine More Vending Machine Tips

New York Daily News - 5 Buy your stamps from the vending machine. Best bets Grand Central - Manhattan 450 Lexington Ave. Columbus Circle - Manhattan 27 W. 60th St. Morris Heights - the Bronx 2026 Jerome Ave. Great Kills - Staten Island 15 Nelson Ave. Flatbush - Brooklyn 2222 More Vending Machine Tips

Pick You Vending Machine Locations Wisely
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News Briefs
Times Daily - Berry has been on leave from the system since mid-April when representatives of the Alabama Department of Examiners of Public Accounts reported that $7,700 in school money was unaccounted for, mostly through vending machine receipts. The board, at
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Single-output switchers add medical options
Electronics Talk - The power supplies have low fan noise, up to 8dB less than competitive units under typical operating conditions and therefore are ideal for powering medical and laboratory equipment or a vending machine for example. Important standard features
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William Saletan
Slate - The sodas are commonly sold through vending machines. The contracts stipulate how many thousands of cases each district has to He still drinks them all the time and he’s still a lean, mean, athletic machine at 50. Teach kids healthy eating? Great! Give
Source: www.slate.com

Featured PRFirm
PRWeb - The OEM and ACT staff sat down to discuss the problem and how ACT might be able to solve the tough issue – the original tooling incorporated into the machine design proved incapable of meeting the specific requirements of the end user. - 2005-12-29
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Strange News
KCBD - The new $40 million Lexus of Palm Beach has more than stale coffee and a vending machine for patrons waiting in the service department. There’s biscotti at an Italian-themed cafe, free Internet access and even a massage chair. It’s the biggest in the
Source: www.kcbd.com

Steven B. Smith
Daily Herald - Finally, paying off holiday debt quickly will likely require some sacrifice. Cut back on eating out, vending machine snacks, post-holiday sales and other frivolous spending. It may not be ideal, but you’ll be glad when you finally unload your holiday
Source: www.heraldextra.com

Okemo Re-energizes Wind Power Commitment
Alpine Zone - Similarly, vendmisers were installed in 18 soda machines around the resort A vendmiser is a device that powers down a vending machine to conserve energy when no one is nearby. A new recycling program at Okemo began recently with the collection of
Source: news.alpinezone.com

Emerson, Crane sell joint venture
St. Louis Business Journal - Convergys director resigns [Cincinnati] St. Paul vending machine maker sold, 230-employee plant to close [Mpls./St. Paul] Crane buying vending machine maker for $31M [St. Louis] Triton to cut jobs in Memphis [Memphis] Navy selects Butler county firm
Source: stlouis.bizjournals.com

Vending Machines Practically Run Themselves
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PRWeb - The OEM and ACT staff sat down to discuss the problem and how ACT might be able to solve the tough issue – the original tooling incorporated into the machine design proved incapable of meeting the specific requirements of the end user. - 2005-12-29 Read On Vending Machines

Popsugar - Smashbox O-Gloss The $650 Orlane Crème Royale Coming Soon: MAC and Fafi Collaboration Check Out the Elizabeth Arden Vending Machine Would You Be Willing to Wait For a Wii? Geek Tip: Taking Great Photos of Xmas Lights Website of the Day: Bad Gift Read On Vending Machines

Popsugar - MAC and Fafi Collaboration Check Out the Elizabeth Arden Vending Machine Love It or Hate It? Rihanna Lengthens Her Hair 12 Days of The Votes Are in: Your Favorite New Apple Product of 2007 is. . . Last Minute Gift: Vintage Inspired Radios Facebook to Read On Vending Machines

Common Dreams - We also use it in our washing machine and for cooking, canning and for my wifes cat, __ who hates me. __ But I love the cat There is “possibly” an upside somewhere in vending, though. Those of us who ever were thirsty in a public place and Read On Vending Machines

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Unstrung.com - Inc. (NYSE: MOT - message board ), today announced the launch of G24-Lite, the newest in the flagship family of G24 Machine-to many M2M applications including telematics & fleet management, remote metering, automation & control, security, and vending Read On Vending Machines

Gumballs For Business
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BOE approves vending contracts for county schools
Crossville Chronicle - BOE approves vending contracts for county schools By Josh Hayes / jhayes@crossville-chronicle.com TNT Snacks caused more of a There’s nothing in the contract that discusses the care of the machines, for the maintenance of the machine, for the
Source: www.crossville-chronicle.com

Bottled Water Boycotts: Back-to-the-Tap Movement Gains Momentum
Common Dreams - We also use it in our washing machine and for cooking, canning and for my wifes cat, __ who hates me. __ But I love the cat There is “possibly” an upside somewhere in vending, though. Those of us who ever were thirsty in a public place and
Source: www.commondreams.org

Service a good ‘alternative’
Barrie Examiner - The only real snag was that the ticket vending machine wasn’t working properly, so most commuters got a free ride. Ferrusi said the ticket wicket was installed Friday, so there may have been last-minute network connection problems. However, he
Source: www.thebarrieexaminer.com

CHARLES STUART PLATKIN: What time do you consume most of your calories
Daily Journal - Above all, avoid the vending machine, which typically doesn’t have anything good to offer. Charles Stuart Platkinis a nutrition and public health advocate, founder and editor of DietDetective.com, the health and fitness network and author of The Diet
Source: www.thedailyjournal.com

Make Profits With Vending Machines
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KGO - Now a new high tech personal coach knows where you are and can whisper reminders in your ear throughout the day. As Owen Richter is buying something from a vending machine, a little voice in his head reminds him of his goal of eating well. No, really Read On Vending Machines

MSNBC - They also say the couple led them to a gun used in two of the robberies hidden under a vending machine in the hotel where the car chase ended. A Greenwood officer was injured during the chase. Myers was arrested for a bank robbery in Indianapolis and Read On Vending Machines

Deseret News - It would be real easy (and natural) for Latter-day Saints to want to see O’Donnell fired, or worse, for his bigoted rant. He is obviously not a Christian himself, or so it seems, because of his hatred for his fellow man. Jesus taught us to love one Read On Vending Machines

Advocate - In January the government asked students to design a better vending machine to widen distribution. The students with the best idea will win $25,000, and test machines could hit schools in 2008 Read On Vending Machines