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...loss in 2007. Peter Bianchi, founder and CEO of Innovative Beverage, says first quarter '09 revenues, fueled by Drank's success, are up 534% year over year. During the past few months, the company has signed a slew of distribution deals in places like Atlanta, St. Louis, Mo., and Grand Rapids, Mich. And at the end of April, the emerging brand scored the big one: 7-Eleven announced it would roll out Drank to stores nationwide. During the testing phase, Drank doubled 7-Eleven's sales expectations. While it takes the convenience chain five to six months to test...
...quarter-century after his debut feature, The Element of Crime, won the Technical Prize at Cannes - and after showing Europa/Zentropa (Jury Prize, or third place) in 1991, Breaking the Waves (Grand Jury Prize, or second place) in 1996, and Dancer in the Dark (finally, the Palme d'Or) in 2000 - von Trier presents his eighth film in the competition. Antichrist is both his most familiar film - a horror film of a soul gone mad, as in Psycho and The Shining - and one of his most transgressive, which is reviewer's jargon for gross-out gruesome...
...that need is at its most pressing in Champagne. The aroma of old sneakers or wet newspaper that signals the presence of TCA drives wine lovers to dump grand crus of all stripes down the drain. The problem is accentuated in sparkling wines like Champagne, whose bubbles only serve to volatilize the taint, making it all the more noticeable. Various studies suggest TCA affects anywhere from 1% to 7% of wines, but for Liem, arguing the exact percentage misses the point. "We are talking about a rate of failure - this renders wine undrinkable," he says. "What...
...take an extraordinary race even to medal,” senior co-captain Anna Kendrick said. “To be less than a second behind a national champion crew was really exciting for us.”Brown, Dartmouth and Northeastern rounded out the finishers in the Grand Final. By beating Brown, the No. 4-ranked school in the nation and the No. 1-seeded school going into this event, the Black and White has a strong chance of being in the top 16 to qualify for the NCAA championships taking place later this month. The rest...
...taxi in Thailand and singing karaoke with “Mai Tai trannies,” Tammy said. For her, one of the most valuable experiences was learning to travel without money or credit cards to serve as a safety net. “Victor and I, in the grand scheme of things, have lived fairly privileged lives,” she said, noting that the rules of The Amazing Race put them on an equal playing field with everybody else. While both Victor and Tammy thought they had a shot at claiming the prize, Tammy said...