Martin left the home of his father's fiancee on February 26 to buy skittles and an ice tea.
The BOS ice tea robot, called BEV, connects to the Twitter Streaming API and registers the configured hashtag as a filter.
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After introducing lemonade and fruit-flavored ice tea in distinctive wide-mouth bottles, the company went public in a much-ballyhooed initial public offering in 1992.
Although details of the evening shooting remain murky, what is known is that Martin, an African-American, ventured out from his father's fiancee's home in Sanford to a nearby convenience store, where he bought a bag of Skittles and an Arizona Ice Tea.
Anyone who sends a tweet to the machine while standing in front of it will receive a free sample of BOS Ice Tea, a popular organic beverage made in South Africa from Rooibos, an indigenous plant which locals have used to make traditional tea for hundreds of years.
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Besides, flavors like green tea, ice cream, mango and mandarin orange are also present in the country.
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It commands market-leading positions in savory, spreads, dressings, tea, ice cream, deodorants and mass skin care product categories.
They dominate grocers' and shopkeepers' shelves, giving it market leadership in several categories: soaps, detergents, color cosmetics, ice cream and packaged tea.
You can buy lots of other anti-bacterial products too: tea towels, copper panels, toothpaste, ice-making machines, pyjamas and underwear.
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We crave a simple hot cup of tea with a splash of milk while they insist on adding ice cubes and a slice of lemon.
The exceptional modern French cuisine, including dishes such as tea-smoked salmon with sesame and pickled fennel, followed by heavenly lemongrass pannacotta with tarragon ice cream, makes for a special meal away from the Olympic crowds.
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