Equipment distributors.

ALABAMA  BIRMINGHAM VENDING CO 540 2nd Ave N Birmingham, AL 35204 205-324-7526 800-288-7635, Fax: 205-322-6639 storanto@bhmvending.com, www.bhmvending.com Branch: Dania, FL Orlando, FL Mfrs: API intl., American Changer Corp., Ardac, Coinco,    Conlux/Maka, Dixie Narco, FRD Systems, Imonex, MEI,    Medeco, Northwestern Corp., Other, Panasonic, Rowe    Intl., Savamco, Vendo, Vendtronics Delivery: 600 Pres: Steven Toranto  FRANCO DISTG CO INC 1469 Jean St Montgomery, AL 36107 334-834-3455, 800-998-3455, Fax: 334-264-9466 Mfrs: American Changer Corp., Coinco, Dixie Narco, MEI, R-O    Intl. Delivery: 300 Pres: Rubin A Franco  THE VENDING CENTER INC 631 Bessemer Hwy Midfield, AL 35228 205-426-2216 800-343-3265, Fax: 205-426-5656 equipmentsales@thevendingcenter.com Mfrs: AMS, American Changer Corp., Bunn-O-Matic, Coinco,    Conlux/Maka, Dixie Narco, Fastcorp, GPL, MEI, Medeco,    R-O Intl., Royal Vendors, Savamco, Sharp, U-Select-It,    Vendtronics, National Vendors, MetalMaster, Beverage    Max, Allstate, Beverage Air Bob Suddoth  ARIZONA  AMERICAN EAGLE VENDING MACHINE SERVICE & REPAIR 1428 N 27th Ave Phoenix, AZ 85009 602-233-1333, Fax: 602-233-3902 Mfrs: AMS, Ardac, Coinco, Royal Vendors, Vendtronics Rob Mullins  ARIZONA VENDING EXCHANGE 3308 N 27th Ave Phoenix, AZ 85017 602-254-9655, Fax: 602-254-3615 Mfrs: FRD Systems, Seaga, U-Select-It, Vendo Pres: Roger Powers  CROWN VENDING DISTR INC 3860 S Palo Verde Rd Ste 312 Tucson, AZ 85714 520-889-6149 Mfrs: Avanti, Coinco, FRD Systems, Hamilton, Other, Savamco,    Wurlitzer, Fawn, T-Pico, AquaStar, Edina Technical    Products, King Plush Toys Delivery: 50 Pres: Frank Castano  MOUNTAIN COIN MACHINE DISTRIBUTORS 2439 W McDowell Phoenix, AZ 85009 602-269-7596, Fax: 602-278-3224 sales@mountaincoin.com, www.mountaincom.com Mfrs: API intl., American Changer Corp., Coinco, Dixie Narco,    MEI, Mayoni, Medeco, Panasonic, R-O Intl., Standard    Change Makers, Vendo Pres: Elden Kingston  ARKANSAS  ALPHA 2 OMEGA BEVERAGE SOLUTIONS, LLC 2800 Avilla Vincintage Rd Alexander, AR 72002 501-945-9700, Fax: 501-945-9707 herringl@aol.com, www.beveragesolutions.net Mfrs: Bunn-O-Matic, Cecilware, Grindmaster, Newco VP Mtls: Donna Strabala-Pres/CEO: Larry Herring  BEST BEVERAGE EQUIPMENT SUPPLIERS INC PO Box 52 Cabot, AR 72023 501-982-6883 sales@bestbeverageequipment.com,    www.bestbeverageequipment.com Sharla Holladay  GODWIN DISTG CO INC 2024 W 38 St North Little Rock, AR 72118 501-753-1138 800-255-3261, Fax: 501-758-2499 godwin2024@aol.com Mfrs: American Changer Corp., Dixie Narco, R-O Intl.,    Standard Change Makers Delivery: 100 Pres: Jim Godwin  BRITISH COLUMBIA  BROKERHOUSE DISTRIBUTORS 4275A Phillips Ave Burnaby, BC V5A 2X4 Canada 604-421-2277, 800-661-2205, Fax: 604-421-1184 info@broderhousedist.com Branch: Toronto & Vancouver Mfrs: API intl., Amana Appliances, American Changer Corp.,    Coinco, Conlux/Maka, Dixie Narco, Fastcorp, MEI, Other,    Panasonic, Rowe Intl., Royal Vendors, Sharp, Standard    Change Makers, Avaloy, Bistros, Cafection Jeff Suitor  CALIFORNIA  A-1 DISTRIBUTING INC 169 Otto Circle Sacramento, CA 95822 916-429-7983, Fax: 916-429-6806 steve@a-1distributing.com, www.a-1distributing.com Pres: Steve Marsullo  ARROW VENDING 16529 Victory Blvd Van Nuys, CA 91406 800-435-6415 sales@arrowvending.com, www.arrowvending.com Vince  AVANTI VENDING 905 Wall St Redding, CA 96002 530-226-4699 800-822-9686, Fax: 530-226-5696 info@avantivendingmachines.com,    www.avantivendingmachines.com Mfrs: Avanti, Coinco, Conlux/Maka, MEI, Vendo, Money    Controls Delivery: USA/Int Vending Sls: Matt Plymouth  BETSON WEST 213 E Harris Ave S San Francisco, CA 94080 650-952-4220, Fax: 650-952-6819, www.betsonpacific.com Mfrs: API intl., Coinco, Dixie Narco, MEI, Rowe Intl., Royal    Vendors, Lucent Tech, Smartphone 95, Fastcorp Branch Mgr: Scott Walker  BETSON WEST DIST CO 5660 Knott Ave Buena Park, CA 90621 714-228-7500, Fax: 714-228-7510 betwest1@aol.com, www.betsonpacific.com Branch: Phoenix, AZ San Francisco, CA Mfrs: AMS, Amana Appliances, American Changer Corp.,    Coinco, Fastcorp, MEI, Medeco, Rowe Intl., Royal    Vendors, Vendcraft Gen Mgr: Ron Hunt  DAVID'S VENDING SALES & REPAIR 800 S San Fernando Blvd Burbank, CA 91502 818-848-8703, Fax: 818-848-8894 davidsvend@aol.com Mfrs: Coinco, Hamilton, Royal Vendors, Seaga, Vendtronics,    Wurlitzer, Signature Vending System Delivery: 200 Owner: David Satel. Sr.  DISTRIBUTED VENDING CO 225 W 38th St Los Angeles, CA 90037 800-462-2236, Fax: 323-233-2129 edk@multimaxtwinwin.com, www.multimaxtwinwin.com Ed Krasnof  RPM VENDING SALES PO Box 437 Carmichael, CA 95609 916-487-2024 800-993-8363, Fax: 916-487-2024 rpmven@ulink.net, www.rpmvendingsales.com Mfrs: Advance Mfg., Avanti, Coinco, Northwestern Corp.,    Savamco, Seaga, U-Select-It, Vendcraft, Vendo Michael Jouganatos  C A ROBINSON & CO NORTH INC 180 Utah Ave South San Francisco, CA 94080 650-871-4280, Fax: 650-588-8538, www.carobinson.com Branch: C. A. Robinson & Co 2891 W Pico Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90006 213-735-3001 Fax 213-735-7322 Mfrs: American Changer Corp., Coinco, Dixie Narco, MEI  VENCOA OF CALIFORNIA 2600 El Camino Real #418 Palo Alto, CA 94306 650-493-2258 800-223-4101 Fax: 650-858-0190 Mfrs: Coinco, Conlux/Maka, U-Select-It Pres: Peter Levine  VINA DISTRIBUTING 635 S Raymond Ave Fullerton, CA 92831 714-447-8462 Fax: 714-447-9188 tony@vina1.com, www.vina1.com Mfrs: Coinco, Conlux/Maka, FRD Systems, Hamilton,    Panasonic, Standard Change Makers, U-Select-It,    Vendcraft, Vendo, Vendtronics, Gabriella, National    Cabinet Lock, Ultra Lift Pres: Tony Vina  WEYMOUTH DISTG CO 944 W Venice Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90015-3230 213-748-5181, Fax: 213-748-3569 weymouthdist@mindspring.com Mfrs: API intl., Amana Appliances, American Changer Corp.,    Coinco, Conlux/Maka, Dixie Narco, Fastcorp, MEI, Rowe    Intl., Standard Change Makers, Rock-Ola/Antique    Apparatus VP Oper: Vicki Wysocki  COLORADO  MOUNTAIN COIN MACHINE DISTRS 345 W 62nd Ave Denver, CO 80216 303-427-2133 800-654-2646, Fax: 303-429-2104 www.mt.coin.com Mfrs: API intl., American Changer Corp., Coinco, Dixie Narco,    MEI, Medeco Delivery: 100 Pres: Elden Kingston  TOTAL VENDING SERVICES INC 560 Cherokee St Denver, CO 80204 303-595-8363, … 

Double-plated gold for Peak's Anthony.

PARALYMPIC cyclists Anthony Kappes and Sarah Bailey are helping Great Britain to a remarkable haul of medals at the Paralympic Cycling Open European Championships.

Anthony, from Chapel-en-le-Frith, who became visually impaired through a genetic condition while at university, only took up the sport seriously at the beginning of the year.

But this didn't stop him winning a brace of gold medals with his tandem pilot Barney Storey in the blind and visually impaired men's sprint on Tuesday.

The pair lost their first race in the best-of-three semi-final against a German tandem crew, but won the remaining two races to book a place in the final.

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VETO MAY BE OVERRIDDEN ON SENIOR CENTER PROJECT.(CAPITAL REGION)

Byline: JOE PICCHI Staff writer

TROY -- While Rensselaer County Executive Henry F. Zwack was giving legislative chairman Neil J. Kelleher some good news from Wall Street on Tuesday, Kelleher was giving Zwack some bad news about a special meeting next week.

The special legislative session ostensibly is to override Zwack's first and only veto of a resolution in which Rensselaer County lawmaker Louis Polsinello agreed to an easement over his Schodack property so a senior citizens center could be constructed.

Schodack county lawmaker Edward Swartz said that he believes the override will take place, especially in light of state Supreme Court Justice …

The new rules for expense reporting and reimbursement. (includes related article)

The New Rules for Expense Reporting and Reimbursement

IRS has implemented new policies for business expenses. Here's what you have to know to comply.

Slightly more than a year ago, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a series of new procedures governing the substantiation of employee business expenses.

As a result, associations now have to make minor but important changes to their written expense reimbursement plans. Areas covered include advances, substantiation, noncash fringe benefits, and per diem rates.

IRS claims the new rules are "clear, easy to apply, and consistent with the way taxpayers do business." That's probably true, but only in a relative sense.

For the better part of a decade, the rules governing substantiation of employee business expenses have been undergoing change. So much has changed so often that the rules--even before this latest set of changes--are not well understood by many employers, much less by employees (see sidebar, "Longstanding Confusion").

Many employees tend to regard the finance and accounting personnel who administer their employer's expense reimbursement policy as officious nuisances. Further, they may view the new policy as bureaucratic and producing false economy because the hidden cost likely exceeds any budget savings.

What they fail to understand is that the policy seems that way because IRS wrote it, practically speaking.

Primary purpose

In fact, in most associations, the primary reason for the expense reimbursement plan is not to save money or to document the association's tax deductions--the association probably doesn't pay income taxes. The primary reason is to protect employees themselves from having to include their expense reimbursements in income on their own tax returns.

Many associations could save themselves administrative hassle and employee friction by simply explaining this fundamental fact to their staff and by making it clear that it's not employer versus employee in all this, but both together versus IRS.

The point to be made …

Impressions of Two NBTF Productions: The People Could Fly

Impressions of Two NBTF Productions: The People Could Fly.

The People Could Fly, based on the award-winning book by Virginia Hamilton, was presented for children of all ages. This entertaining production was the offering of the Memphis-based Nubian Theatre Company, which tours nationally and internationally.

The play is about a group of "magic people" in Africa who could fly. When the slave trade began, many such magic people were captured along with others and forced to journey to the new world. During the Middle Passage, they lost the traditions that made it possible for them to fly. Faced with the hardships of slavery, they renewed their faith in the ancestors and …

Repsol agrees to move to service contracts in Ecuador.

(ADPnews) - Nov 24, 2010 - Spanish oil and gas company Repsol YPF (MCE:REP) agreed yesterday to replace its oil contracts in Ecuador with service contracts and promised to invest USD 293 million (EUR 219.9m) in its local fields.

The company will invest USD 282 million in oil production activities in the block 16 and Bogui Capiron field and USD 11 million in exploration works as part of the new contracts, Ecuador's Government said.

Ecuador will own the oil output and will pay a fee of USD 35.95 per produced barrel to Repsol.

The …

GE-HONEYWELL DEAL NEARS CLOSING.(BUSINESS)

Byline: JAMES ROWLEY Bloomberg News

WASHINGTON -- General Electric Co.'s planned $44 billion purchase of Honeywell International Inc. will be cleared by U.S. antitrust enforcers, people familiar with the decision said. That may pressure European regulators, who oppose the transaction, to follow suit.

To win U.S. Justice Department approval, the companies agreed to divest production of a turbo-shaft helicopter engine used mainly for military aircraft and another that powers regional jet airliners seating between 70 and 100 passengers, the people said.

The disposals by GE, the No. 1 jet engine maker, and Honeywell would address U.S. concern that the …