NRI is a leader in coin validation
systems, and CashCode is a leader in bill validation, with 55 approved and 77
pending patents.

Crane Co.
Both the Leadership Network and Halftime Web sites offer free e-newsletters
and downloadable concept papers for church leaders, as well as tapes, videos
and other resources available for a nominal charge.

It sent out its first missionaries in 1732 to the West Indies and came to North America in 1742.

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noted that further information about CashCode would be provided
in the company's earnings conference call at 10 a. is a diversified manufacturer of engineered industrial products. DALLAS, Some organizations celebrating a milestone
anniversary host a big party to reflect back on all the good work they have
done.

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What we did was create
a structure to make that possible."
Twenty years later, the Dallas -based organization has helped some of the
biggest and most highly respected churches in the United States, as well as
other innovative leaders who are beginning to build the next generation of
churches . And Leadership Network is
spreading its innovative research and practical applications even further
through a broadcast initiative with Church Communication Network and book
publishing ventures with Zondervan and Jossey-Bass.800.

It is noted for its traditions of music, worship, and community life.

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"From the very beginning," says Buford, who still serves as LN's chairman
of the board , "we knew we had caught on to something. Our experience is that the interaction, dialogue and
sharing among Leadership Community participants inevitably accelerates the
innovation process.

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"
Crane Co. is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: CR). But there's
also no question that the core of what we do will remain the same --
identifying, connecting and helping high-capacity Christian leaders multiply
their impact.org or contact Rick Long at
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(NYSE: CR), a
diversified manufacturer of engineered industrial products, announced today
that it had acquired the assets of CashCode Co . Crane Co.leadnet. For more on Leadership
Network, see http://www.

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Leadership Network Celebrates 20 Years of Equipping Innovative Church Leaders

With the help of Harold Myra and Paul Robbins of
Christianity Today, Buford gathered a group of 25 senior pastors of large
churches around the country to ask a single question, "What can I do to be
useful to you?" The pastors answered unanimously that they wanted a forum for
peer-to-peer interaction and learning. Through self-
assessment tools, books, events and other resources, Leadership Network's
Halftime initiative (http://www.

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These statements
present management's expectations, beliefs, plans and objectives regarding
future financial performance, and assumptions or judgments concerning such
performance. In recognition of its 20th year of service, Leadership Network decided
to look forward -- with an even greater focus on helping innovative church
leaders multiply their reach and impact.

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Founded in 1855 , Crane provides products and solutions to customers in the
aerospace, electronics, hydrocarbon processing , petrochemical, chemical, power
generation, automated merchandising, transportation and other markets .

And, as these innovators go back into their own worlds,
their ministries grow farther and faster than they could ever have dreamed.halftime.org ) takes this a step deeper by working
directly with individuals who are looking to repurpose their lives, as well as
churches that want to encourage such transformations in their congregations.
What's ahead in the next 20 years? According to Buford, "Leadership
Network will continue to evolve along with the church itself.

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STAMFORD, Conn . We expect this acquisition will be modestly accretive to our
earnings in 2006.

The Moravian Church grew out of the small Herrnhut community in Germany, founded in 1722 by Protestant refugees from Bohemia and Moravia on the estate of the Pietist Count Nicholas von Zinzendorf.

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CashCode's head office and main manufacturing operation is located in
Concord, Ontario.
Leadership Network (http: //www. Today, much of our work is done through 'Leadership
Communities,' in which the participants are all focused on similar ministry
initiatives.

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The
Company has five business segments: Aerospace + Electronics, Fluid Handling,
Engineered Materials, Merchandising Systems, and Controls .
For more information, visit http://www.craneco. There are a
number of factors that could cause actual results or outcomes to differ
materially from those addressed in the forward-looking statements .

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com. Leadership Network became the vehicle
to fill that need.

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Current CEO Tom Wilson says , "While Leadership Network's focus has always
been on innovators, our methods have evolved over the years along with the
needs of today's church.

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, a privately held company
specializing in niche applications for banknote validation, storage and
recycling devices for use in vending, gaming, retail and transportation
applications. We will now be able to offer our customers a fully
integrated payment system leveraging our vending equipment sales on a
worldwide basis.org ) was launched in 1984 by social
entrepreneur Bob Buford, who was then owner of a successful cable television
company in Tyler, Texas. The pastors so
appreciated the chance to gather together across denominational lines, learn
from each other and step outside their comfort zones."
Another one of Leadership Network's groundbreaking initiatives -- Halftime
-- grew out of Bob Buford's best-selling 1995 book by the same name.halftime.

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, said,
"CashCode has well-recognized technology and a strong complementary fit with
our National Rejectors (NRI) business. on Tuesday, January 24.

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CashCode had sales
of approximately $48 million in 2005. While the majority of CashCode's business today is in the
gaming business, sales synergies between NRI and Crane Merchandising Systems
will provide growth opportunities in vending, amusement, transportation and
retail automated checkout industries and expands our geographical sales
coverage. With
over 450,000 copies now in print, Halftime has reoriented many high-achievers
from a life of success to one focused on significance.
Since its inception, Leadership Network has also shown a strong commitment
to capturing and distributing knowledge to the larger Christian community.

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The purchase price is $86 million in cash. Soon, Leadership
Network was also sponsoring forums for executive pastors, worship leaders,
youth leaders, and other pastoral and lay ministers in need of the same kind
of peer-to-peer experiences.6698 x 102 or rlong@sourcepub.

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Crane Co. Acquires CashCode Co. Inc.

Founded in 1992, CashCode employs approximately 350 people
worldwide serving a global marketplace with 75% of its sales outside the
United States , of which a majority are in Europe and Russia. Crane has
approximately 10,500 employees in North America, South America, Europe, Asia
and Australia.

This press release may contain forward -looking statements as defined by
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any discussions contained in this press release, except to the
extent that they contain historical facts, are forward -looking and accordingly
involve estimates, assumptions, judgments and uncertainties. Such
factors are detailed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2004 and subsequent reports filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Eric Fast, President and Chief Executive Officer of Crane Co. For example, right now we're doing a lot of work with rapidly
growing multi-site churches and other churches with a strong, externally
focused ministry."
And that's something to celebrate!

About Leadership Network: Based in Dallas, Texas, Leadership Network is a
non-profit public charity that fosters church innovation and growth through a
variety of programs, resources and strategies.

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Before long, Leadership Network found that senior pastors weren't the only
ministry professionals hungry for this kind of experience.

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