Archive for May, 2006

Monday, May 29th, 2006

Defending Champs All Claim Wins at Linn County
Who Won - PLEASANTON, Kan. — It was only a matter of time before the hot shoes of the NASCAR Modified division at Linn County Speedway found a way to derail the streaking John Allen from his throne. The attempt to win an impressive five races in a row ended

Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006

Marshfield lunch menus
Marshfield Mariner, MA - May 16, 2006 snack bag. Loaded nacho’s (Frito Lay tortilla chips, taco meat and cheese sauce), lettuce, tomato and salsa, hot vegetable. Hot ham

This Summer’s Screen Sizzlers
Gwinnett Daily Post, GA - May 4, 2006 Jack Black plays the title character in “Nacho Libre,” a priest turned professional the season’s emerging cult favorite and easily its biggest chunk o’ cheese.

“Over the Hedge”: Mischievous mammals bring comic strip to life
Seattle Times, United States - May 19, 2006 Their indoctrination to the tastiness of convenience calories is an exploding bag of Day-Glo nacho-cheese chip powder so overpowering it’s visible as an orange

Melrose school lunch menus for the week of May 1-5
Melrose Free Press, MA - Apr 27, 2006 Thursday: Nacho grande, beef, salsa, cheese; or mushroom pizza. Friday: Buffalo chicken sandwich on bulkie, potato puffs; or vegetarian pizza.

Thursday, May 18th, 2006

School Menus (for May 7)
MyWestTexas.com, TX - May 7, 2006 Tuesday: Breakfast: Sausage and cheese pocket, fruit juice, low-fat milk Lunch: Nacho grande or beef enchiladas, pinto beans, Spanish rice, lettuce and tomatoes

Ballpark Frank
Nashville Scene,  USA - 23 hours ago The snow cones with the syrup and the nacho cheese are the hardest things to clean up. What is your policy on kicking people out?

Quirky Sarasota college earns ‘top value’ reputation
The Ledger, FL - Apr 16, 2006 friends to take their pants off. Students were recently planning to use student activity money to build a nacho cheese slip n’ slide.

Recipes for a Cinco de Mayo bash
Scripps Howard News Service, DC - Apr 30, 2006 chiles, tomatoes and even chocolate is traceable to the native populations, and the Spanish contributed the use of sugar and cheese (though not nacho cheese).

Sarasota college earns ‘top value’ reputation
Gainesville Sun, FL - Apr 17, 2006 pants off. Students were recently planning to use student activity money to build a nacho cheese slip n’ slide. “There’s something

School lunches
Marshfield Mariner, MA - Apr 25, 2006 Loaded nacho’s (Frito Lay tortilla chips, taco meat and cheese sauce), lettuce, tomato and salsa, hot vegetable. Steak and cheese

Thursday, May 11th, 2006

Sweet surrender 
News-Tribune.net - May 05 11:58 AM
Major soft drink distributors announcement this week to phase out most sodas from school vending machines has school officials and health professionals feeling sweet.Save to My Web

See ya later, soda 
Vail Daily - May 10 5:05 PM
EAGLE-VAIL Its lunchtime at Battle Mountain High School, and the cafeteria is hopping with activity kids buying food, trading desserts, catching up on the gossip they missed during morning classes.Save to My Web

Whirlpool to shut 3 plants, move some work to Ohio 
The Toledo Blade - May 11 3:44 AM
Whirlpool Corp., the world’s largest appliance maker, will eliminate 4,500 jobs and close three factories in the first cuts since its $1.68 billion takeover of Maytag Corp.Save to My Web

Poseidon 
Creative Loafing Atlanta - May 10 7:39 AM
Remake of 1972 adventure… By Allison C. Keene.Save to My Web

Smoking ban reaction mixed 
Pantagraph - May 09 10:11 PM
BLOOMINGTON — The City Councils 5-4 vote to ban smoking in public places was close but for many in Bloomington, the final decision was not a big surprise.Save to My Web

Fizz kill Schools take sodas out of some vending machines 
Mooresville/Decatur Times - May 07 6:26 PM
An agreement that will end the sales of sugar-carbonated beverages in public schools has Morgan County educators evaluating how it will affect their policies and revenues.Save to My Web

NFC To Supersede RFID In Contactless Payments AMonline 
ePaynews - May 09 4:11 AM
May 09 2006 : As vending machine and kiosk technologies converge, insiders expect cell phone payments using the NFC (near-field communications) protocol to increase in volume.Save to My Web

Police Report 
Centre Daily Times - May 05 8:21 AM
State police at Rockview are looking for whoever stole soda and $40 in cash from a machine at the Blanchard Little League Field in Liberty Township.Save to My Web

VIANET - VIA 
ShareCast - May 09 1:09 AM
Fri 27 Jan 2006 Vianet shares picked up as the vending machine software group predicted significant increases in orders and sales volumes in 2006, though it added it needs to conserve cash to meet the opportunities.Save to My Web

Soda’s lost its fizz 
The Auburn Citizen - 31 minutes ago
AUBURN - When local school district heads learned this month of the soda industry’s agreement to halt virtually all soda sales to public schools, their concerns leapt to revenue: Would soda sales at athletic events be curtailed?Save to My Web

Even unlimited T passes have limits 
Boston Globe - May 07 1:17 AM
MBTA employees accused Gregory of Cambridge of shirking his fare last week and threatened him with arrest, all because he did not wait 20 minutes.Save to My Web

Obituary: Johnny Paris 
Guardian Unlimited - May 08 6:26 PM
Obituary: American pop musician who led from the saxophoneSave to My Web

Sales boom at Vianet yet to materialise 
The Herald - May 09 6:00 PM
Vianet Group, the supplier of remote monitoring and information systems to the European vending industry, yesterday said it had made progress in 2005 but it remained disappointed that real volume sales had not yet materialised.Save to My Web

Friday, May 5th, 2006

Frocks rock the catwalk 
News Interactive - Apr 26 11:55 PM
DAY two of Mercedes Australian Fashion Week kicked off with a burst of colour when Australian Design label White Suede took to the catwalk.Save to My Web

Fest has ethnic flavor 
San Angelo Standard-Times - Apr 30 1:08 AM
BALLINGER - As soon as Sherry Coy arrived at the Ethnic Festival on Saturday, she did the same thing she always does - she headed straight to the German food stand.Save to My Web

Upscale food in diner setting 
The Charlotte Observer - May 05 3:02 AM
I loved the atmosphere. Everything is new (Stumptown opened in January), but owner Ed Thomas has captured the feel of the diners of old.Save to My Web

DINING: Summertimeand the Eatin Is Easy 
Nashville Scene - May 03 8:14 AM
Erratic temperatures of the last month have lent credence to the notion that spring in Nashville is becoming shorter and shorter, with conspiracy theorists claiming the season has been preempted all together.Save to My Web

BCNG Portals Page 
Red Deer Advocate - May 01 4:10 PM
Dawson Ellert, 3, gets to work on a cone of green apple ice while his cousin Caitlyn Warner, 6, digs into a cup of cotton candy ice cream at the Little Ice Cream and Soda Shop Saturday afternoon.Save to My Web

Minute by minute at the Battle of Flowers 
San Antonio Express News - Apr 29 12:55 AM
Parade day moments are marked by tradition, fun.Save to My Web

Candyman 
The Daily Targum - Apr 25 10:09 PM
Rutgers College sophomore A.J. Moon, right, gives out cotton candy to New Brunswick children at the Big Buddy Carnival held outside the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus yesterday. Big Buddy is a University organization that volunteers to provide role models to disadvantaged children in the city.Save to My Web

PICK 3 
The Plain Dealer - May 05 1:59 AM
PLAIN DEALER FILE PHOTOGRAPHWALK THIS WAY: Join the annual Walk as One-Rock as One event Saturday in downtown Cleveland.Save to My Web

Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006

Threats to W&M dont stop the party 
The Virginia Gazette - Apr 29 12:05 AM
WILLIAMSBURG A series of e-mails threatening violence at the College of William & Mary during the final day of classes never materialized on Friday, as students celebrated peacefully amid a heavy police presence.Save to My Web

Fun and Rides Kick Off 06 Edition of Apple Blossom 
Winchester Star - May 02 10:27 PM
For many area residents, the Apple Blossom Festival opened in earnest on Tuesday with plenty of thrills and treats for all.Save to My Web

Monday, May 1st, 2006

iPod Vending Machine in the Las Vegas Hilton
Mobilemag.com - Mar 29, 2006 shipping. Well, if you happen to be in the Las Vegas Hilton, you can just wander on downstairs and hit up the iPod vending machine. Okay

Business Burglarized In Pocatello
KIFI, ID - Apr 29, 2006 Guy Lanes and Tijuana Restaurant, police say the bowling alley’s vending machines were hardest hit. Burglars broke into the side of a coke machine and candy

FIVE PIPE BOMBS EXPLODE IN AND AROUND WINDSOR
CBS 5, CA - Apr 28, 2006 Kensington Lane in Windsor. A Santa Rosa Press Democrat newspaper vending machine was blown up, the Sheriff’s Department reported.

Vending-machines pump cash into schools, but at what cost?
Macon Telegraph, GA - Apr 30, 2006 As schools gain students and lose funding, vending-machine proceeds have become many schools’ largest and easiest form of fund raising.

USA Technologies Expands Contract With US Government’s General
TMCnet - Apr 27, 2006 “Each vending machine costs an average $300 a year to operate, and by equipping them with the EnergyMiser, the Government could save hundreds of millions of

Samuel Young Randolph: When trinkets for children conceal a lethal
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription), MN - Apr 28, 2006 outlets as accessories for outfits. And as for vending-machine items, forget it — not for my daughter. Parents need to speak up

Herricks Board Proposes an Energy Performance Contract
New Hyde Park Illustrated News, NY - Apr 28, 2006 Herricks High School: Three building envelope improvements (weather stripping), boiler controllers, vending machine controls. Denton

Legislators approve soda ban in schools
Stamford Advocate, CT - Apr 28, 2006 “There’s not an elementary school in the state of Connecticut that has a vending machine in it that allows them to deposit their money to buy a snack or a soda

Federal guidelines requiring healthier school lunch options
Chester Daily Local Online, PA - 8 hours ago pasta bar, a homemade soup bar and, with the purchase of a new machine, paninis Part of the effort has also been transferred to the district s vending machines

Big Mac, fries, and a movie
Boston Globe, United States - Apr 26, 2006 MINNEAPOLIS — The big red vending machine at the McDonald’s whirrs and hums and spits out rental DVDs of ‘’Chicken Little” and ‘’King Kong” — and maybe, if

When Ford goes, blue-collar institution likely to go with it: UAW
Virginian Pilot, VA - Apr 29, 2006 Outside the break room, a faded paper sign reading America works when you buy American graces an RC Cola vending machine.