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...stubborn, but he is not standing still. Vultaggio is making a bet on the energy-drink craze, pioneered by Red Bull and the hot upstart Monster. In April he will unveil a hybrid product: Arizona's Green Tea Energy Drink, packaged in a sleek black can--a bizarre combination that promises to keep you up all night while helping your heart. Don't be surprised if Vultaggio finds another hit. "People see something exciting, and they remember it," he says. "Think they remember the first time they had C2 [Coke's low-calorie cola]? I doubt it." Sure...
...programmable thermostat. It will save you about 1,800 lbs. of CO2 annually. Invest in energy-efficient appliances. (Ones with the EPA?s EnergyStar label are a good bet.) Replacing a 20-year-old refrigerator with a high-efficiency model can lower CO2 emissions by 1 ton per year. A new washing machine that uses less water and less energy can cut emissions...
...Nostra figure who tended Berlusconi's horses in the mid-1970s. Another opposition center-left insider said charges like Violante's didn't do his own side any good. "Tossing out a Mafia accusation like that in an election campaign risks a backlash," the source told Time. In a bet that Italians are focused on their pocketbooks, Berlusconi's opponent, former European Commission President Prodi, 66, has attempted to keep the focus on economic issues and present himself as the candidate who will bring "seriousness to the government." Some in the opposition fear Berlusconi's outbursts are intended to goad...
...fair bet that global warming is going to lead to a rise in human sickness and death. But what form they will take is difficult to say. We can be pretty sure that as average temperatures climb, there will be more frequent and longer heat waves of the sort that contributed to the death of at least 20,000 Europeans in August 2003. Other predictions are more tenuous. For example, rising temperatures could--if rainfall and other conditions are right--result in larger mosquito populations at higher elevations in the tropics, which could in turn contribute to the spread...
...He’s a big kid, 6’3 and 218 lbs., and much of his game is dependant on sheer physicality. On the forecheck, along the boards, and now on a line with offensive sparkplugs Kevin Du and Dan Murphy, Maki’s best bet is to throw his weight around. “That’s what they do: they create offense,” he says of his linemates. “I try to be physical and help them out, to create space for those guys.” And what?...