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...Flavonols are bitter,” he said. “Virtually every cocoa tree in the world makes a high-flavonol cocoa, but human beings have intervened to make [cocoa] taste better and they’ve gotten rid of the flavonols.” Confectionery giant Mars, a multinational corporation that produces a slew of candies including M&M’s, is already rushing to fill that niche. Mars recently debuted a new brand of chocolate snacks called Cocoavia, which is advertised to be high in flavonols, according to the Mars website. Mars sponsored Hollenberg?...
...Google rushes forward, it's reasonable to ask whether it is making the right bets on the Internet's future. For one thing, Google has tempted Microsoft into battle by developing new Web-based software and exploring partnerships that could challenge the Seattle giant's desktop dominance. But it's Yahoo!--which has a significantly different vision--that could most threaten Google. At stake is the future of search. For Google, it is all about harnessing the vast power of the Internet to get results as quickly and accurately as possible. (Google maintains tens of thousands of servers to store...
...with the aim of evoking an icy wonderland on television, since Torino has been unseasonably warm and there is no real snow in town. But it turned out they were leaving in the eighth inning. Massive ruby drapes had appeared beneath the cauldron and they parted to reveal a giant chandelier and Luciano Pavarotti in a setting suggesting an outdoor opera house. H?e performed "Nessun Dorma," the Puccini aria he made immortal. In English, it would be, "With the dawn I will win! I'll win! I'll win!" Or even, "I will conquer." The brief fireworks that followed were...
...America came between Spain and South Africa. Some of the smaller, tropical delegations were crowd pleasers ? Kenya with two athletes got big cheers, as did Senegal, with three. New Zealand wore menacing black. Team USA brought much of the crowd to its feet. The athletes entered under the five giant Olympic rings, which represent the five continents and rose through the early part of the ceremony and then took on their traditional colors in a burst of flame...
...charm. Rather than reveling in excess, the concern seems to be something closer to an accurate portrayal, or at least a more realistic fantasy: 40 gets a haircut, Keak performs at a fast food joint, and video vixens are conspicuously absent, although everyone involved does seem to wear a giant chain.As a bonus, it all ends with a visual glossary of Bay Area slang, which is nice because the vernacular is otherwise incomprehensible (“ghost ride the whip”, anyone?). If there’s any justice, by March it will be common knowledge...