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High stakes | 5 years ago | August 31, 2001 | Ron Fletcher described the scene before a library book sale.
"Those of you who've waited hours for tickets on a damp Saturday morning know well that thrill of finally stepping forward at 10 am to claim your prize. The local-library book sale provides no such pleasure. Instead, it traps one in a drama of a different order.
"Before the doors open, a handful of us — those who learned sales ago to show up early — size up the competition. With sidelong glances, we try to identify potential rivals. Perfect posture? Nonfiction with, perhaps, a yen for military history. Toting a canvas bag from the local farmers' market and sipping tea? Gardens and cookbooks. A couple with bags full of bags, talking library layout and genre strategy? Dealers, a type more odious than the dilettante, that ill-shaven young man reading Rilke elegies, swilling Dunkin' Donuts coffee, and checking his watch too often. If we sense no overlap in taste with our own, we are sweetness and light; detecting a doppelgänger, though, turns neighbor into nemesis."
Still Crazy | 10 years ago | August 30, 1996 | Brett Milano attended a Neil Young and Crazy Horse show.
"In one of the more delicious ironies of the year, Neil Young and Crazy Horse opened last week's two-night stand at Great Woods with the oft-quoted rock anthem 'Hey Hey, My My (Out of the Blue).' The song peaked, as usual, with Young dropping names in the last verse — 'The King is gone, but he's not forgotten/This is the story of Johnny Rotten' — and that line was answered as usual by bassist Billy Talbot and rhythm guitarist Frank Sampedro shouting into the mike, 'Johnny Rotten! Johnny Rotten!' — grinning like two kids who've just learned a new cuss word.
"You had to remember how daring it sounded when Young wrote that line in 1978. He was the rock statesman invoking the name of an upstart punk who challenged everything that he stood for. But in 1996, he was performing that song less than two weeks after Johnny Rotten had headlined the very same stage — the two dueling icons are now part of the same touring circuit. And if you compare the spirited oldies show that Rotten played with the Sex Pistols to the churning, cathartic set that Young delivered with Crazy Horse, you have to wonder who's standing prouder as the godfather of punk rock. But you don't have to wonder for very long."
Behind the music | 15 years ago | August 30, 1991 | Peter Keough liked Alan Parker's rock flick The Commitments more than his previous films.
"A bunch of urban working-class kids struggle to escape their fates by pooling their talents and forming a band. After a rocky start, they enjoy some success, and with it comes the requisite dissension, ambition, jealousy, and developing egos. Based on the novel by Irish writer Roddy Doyle, Alan Parker's The Commitments tells a familiar story, one that Parker tried out more than a decade ago with his second film, Fame (1980). That film exploited the clichés and melodrama inherent in the premise. This time, Parker gets it right.
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"The Voice" winner Danielle Bradbery is ending the year with quite a bang! The fresh faced singer has just been announced as the new face of SKECHERS!
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Posted October 8, 2004; 05:51 p.m.
Norman Augustine, former chairman and chief executive officer of the Lockheed Martin Corp. and a Princeton alumnus, will discuss the aerospace industry at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 13, in 101 Friend Center.
The talk is sponsored by the Princeton student chapter of the American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Augustine was a lecturer from 1997 to 1999 in Princeton's Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering , from which he earned his bachelor's degree in 1957 and master's degree in 1959.
Augustine has been one of the most distinguished leaders in the aerospace industry for more than 30 years, having guided the development of space vehicles, "smart" weapons, flight and space simulators and even video games based on them. In addition to leading Lockheed Martin, he is a former chair of the NASA/White House Committee on the U.S. Space Program and a former undersecretary of the Army under President Ford.
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Some "safe" choices for risk-averse emerging-market investors are looking less safe these days.
The WisdomTree Emerging Markets Equity Income ETF (DEM) has long been a favorite of investors providing a smoother ride than the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, even while beating its returns.
That's been changing, however. During the past 12 months of trading, DEM has seen its monthly standard deviation–a measure of the fund's price swings–come in at 8.8%, compared to EEM's 9.3%–or 95% of its volatility. During the past three years, however, it's had a standard deviation of 23.3% versus EEM's 28%, or 83% of the volatility.
In a note today, Morningstar's Patricia Oey attributes the funds riskier profile to its growing stakes in Russia and China. During the fund's last rebalancing, Russia became 13% of the portfolio, from a three-year average of 2%, while Chinese stocks jumped to 16%, from a three-year average of 3%.
And the problem looks to be getting worse, Oey says. China will have make up about 16% of the portfolio–still less than the MSCI Emerging Market Index's 18%–while Russia will balloon to 18%–three times the MSCI Emerging Market's 6% position.
Oey explains why this is a problem:
This trend is the result of a ruling announced last year that state-owned firms are to pay at least 25% of net income in dividends. The intended outcome of this ruling was to boost foreign investor interest in Russian stocks, lift valuations ahead of the government's plan to sell some of its shares in state-owned firms, and provide much-needed additional revenue into public coffers. For the year to date, Russian stocks are underperforming the MSCI EM Index because of uncertainty regarding these dividends, Gazprom's (OGZPY) (Russia's largest company as measured by market capitalization) weak share price performance, and resurfacing concerns about the rights of minority shareholders in Russia.
Even the WisdomTree Emerging Markets Equity Income ETF's returns have fallen short. It has gained just 2.9% during the past 12 months, compared to the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF's (EEM) 3.9% return. Oey's conclusion: Favor the WisdomTree Emerging Markets Small Cap Dividend ETF (DGS), which has returned 16% during the past year, over the large-cap version.
Another popular choice for emerging-market investors seeking a smoother ride–the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Minimum Volatility Index ETF (EEMV)–has also been riskier than might be expected. The ETF, which buys stocks that tend to have smaller price swings than others–has dropped 8.3% during the past month equal to 8.3% drop in the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF's 8.3% plunge.
The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Minimum Volatility Index ETF has also seen its short-term volatility jump to 15% from 9% one month ago. The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF's has increased from 12% to 18% during the same time period.
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Murphy lecture to examine war and Supreme Court, April 26
Posted April 22, 2004; 05:20 p.m.
"The Effects of War on the Supreme Court of the United States" will be the topic for the fourth annual Walter F. Murphy Lecture in American Constitutionalism at 8 p.m. Monday, April 26, in 104 Computer Science Building.
Lee Epstein, the Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor of Political Science and professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis, will examine how constitutional doctrines have changed in the wake of Sept. 11. Walter F. Murphy, the McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence Emeritus at Princeton, is expected to be in attendance.
Epstein has written numerous articles and 12 books, including the "Constitutional Law for a Changing America" series, "The Supreme Court Compendium," "The Choices Justices Make" and the fifth edition of "Courts, Judges and Politics" (with Walter F. Murphy and C. Herman Pritchett). Over the past decade she has received eight grants from the National Science Foundation to conduct research on various topics pertaining to law and courts, including interest group participation in litigation and strategic interaction among judges on collegial courts.
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Diablo 3 is unfinished. Blizzard promised the game would release with player-versus-player modes, then said those modes would be released shortly after the game in 2012. With days left in the year, those modes still haven't been released and now Blizzard is saying one of those modes won't ship at all.
There will be no Team Deathmatch in Diablo 3. In a Thursday update on the official Diablo 3 website, director Jay Wilson explained why PvP modes for the game haven't been released yet, how far along in development they are, and why there will no longer be Team Deathmatch in the game.
"Our original intent with PvP for Diablo 3 was to profide more formal support for the dueling community that existed in Diablo 2," said Wilson, "This is how Team Deathmatch mode emerged, and it's been instrumental in making a lot of improvements to Diablo 3. But in continuing to develop this mode, playtest it, and put it infront of other developers within the company, we've found that it falls short of our expectations for a high-quality Blizzard experience."
"For us it comes to a few issues, one of which is depth. Simply fighting each other with no other objective or choices to make gets old relatively quickly," Wilson went on, "Another is class balance. Like Diablo 2, Diablo 3 was designed to be a PvE-first kind of game, where we never compromised on player abilities in the name of future PvP balance."
While dueling will make it into the game with patch 1.0.7 at an unspecified date in 2013, Team Deathmatch will not. Wilson explained that the studio plans to replace it with something and may eventually release the current version at some point, but for now there will be no Team Deathmatch.
Few games better represented the modern video game industry in 2012 than Blizzard's Diablo 3. Every aspect of the business is in this sequel. The unchanging reliance on franchises for big sales; the volatile nature of monetizing games; piracy protection; the difficulty of embracing creativity while also satisfying an audience in constant dialogue with the creators; and the shifting expectations for single player games. Love it or hate it, Diablo 3 is the essential modern game, a lavish product with a severe identity crisis. It's also been a changing game, updated consistently since its release despite more than four years of development and balancing.


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GLORY 9 New York Gets Ghita vs. Guidon, Valtellini vs. Ambang
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More information was revealed today about GLORY 9 New York, which takes place on June 22 in New York City at the Hammerstein Ballroom. Three super fights were added to the card and a few more light heavyweight (95kg/209lbs) tournament participants were revealed.
Starting off with the super fights, Daniel Ghita will be back in action, taking on Brice Guidon in a heavyweight fight. This is a fight between two fighters coming off losses to the elite, with Ghita losing to Gokhan Saki at GLORY 6, as well as losing to Semmy Schilt at GLORY 4, while Guidon also lost to Semmy Schilt at GLORY 4.
Joseph Valtellini, coming off his big win over Murat Direkci at GLORY 6, will be taking on Road to GLORY USA 77kg winner Francois Ambang in a welterweight (77kg/170lb) fight. Also in 77kg action, Road to GLORY USA 77kg finalist Brett Hlavacek will fight fellow American Paul Marfort.
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Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) is a test to examine the lining of the esophagus, stomach, and first part of the small intestine.
Esophagogastroduodenoscopy; Upper endoscopy; Gastroscopy
EGD is done in the hospital or medical center. The procedure uses an endoscope. This is a flexible tube with a camera at the end.
The procedure is done as follows:
After the test is finished, you will not be able to have food and liquid until your gag reflex returns (so you do not choke).
The test lasts about 5 to 20 minutes.
You will not be able to eat anything for 6 to 12 hours before the test. Follow instructions about stopping aspirin and other blood-thinning medicines before the test.
The anesthetic spray makes it hard to swallow. This wears off shortly after the procedure. The scope may make you gag.
You may feel gas and the movement of the scope in your abdomen. You will not be able to feel the biopsy. Because of sedation, you may not feel any discomfort and have no memory of the test.
You may feel bloated from the air that was put into your body. This feeling soon wears off.
EGD may be done if you have symptoms that are new, cannot be explained, or are not responding to treatment, such as:
Your doctor may also order this test if you:
The test may also be used to take a piece of tissue for biopsy.
The esophagus, stomach, and duodenum should be smooth and of normal color. There should be no bleeding, growths, ulcers, or inflammation.
An abnormal EGD may be the result of:
There is a small chance of a hole (perforation) in the stomach, duodenum, or esophagus from the scope moving through these areas. There is also a small risk of bleeding at the biopsy site.
You could have a reaction to the medicine used during the procedure, which could cause:
Pasricha PJ. Gastrointestinal endoscopy. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Goldman's Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 136.
Zurad EG. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy. In: Pfenninger JL, Fowler GC, eds. Pfenninger & Fowler's Procedures for Primary Care. 3rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Mosby; 2010:chap 101.
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Indirect Coombs test, Coombs test (indirect), blood antibody screening, IAT
This test looks for antibodies circulating in your bloodstream. Antibodies are proteins that your immune system makes in response to a possible foreign invader. If you receive a blood transfusion, these antibodies could attach to donated red blood cells and damage them.
You may have this blood test before you get a blood transfusion. Doctors need to know if your blood has antibodies that aren't compatible with a donor's red blood cells.
If you do not have antibodies to the donor's red blood cells, the transfusion can proceed safely.
If you do have incompatible antibodies, the blood will agglutinate (clump) and can't be used.
You might also have this test if you are pregnant. It could be a problem for the baby if your blood cells lack a surface protein called D antigen, but your baby has inherited the D antigen from the father. (Having the protein is also called being Rh-positive, while lacking the protein is Rh-negative.)
In this case, your body will make antibodies against the D antigen that could cause baby to develop a severe type of anemia called hemolytic disease. This usually happens with a second child, not the firstborn.
The test can be done on your blood before the baby is born. Afterward, it can be done on blood from the umbilical cord and the baby.
Your doctor may also order a direct Coombs test. This test might be needed if antibodies are found in the indirect Coombs test or if you have a reaction to a transfusion.
Many things may affect your lab test results. These include the method each lab uses to do the test. Even if your test results are different from the normal value, you may not have a problem. To learn what the results mean for you, talk with your health care provider.
A normal finding is negative. This means you do not have antibodies to donor red blood cells, and the blood is not clumping.
A positive test result could indicate your blood and the donor's blood are incompatible. A positive test result during pregnancy could mean your baby has hemolytic disease.
The test requires a blood sample, which is drawn through a needle from a vein in your arm.
Taking a blood sample with a needle carries risks that include bleeding, infection, bruising, or feeling dizzy. When the needle pricks your arm, you may feel a slight stinging sensation or pain. Afterward, the site may be slightly sore.
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These bars are fantastic. I've been making them since I found the recipe here in 2006, and they never fail to please.I make a lot of baked goods during the holidays and these bars are a huge reward for little effort - unlike many of the more complicated recipies I've tried over the years. The only substitution I make is to use 1/4 tsp. orange oil instead of the liqueur called for in the filling. Make some!
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Incredibly good. I made my own custom filling from cooked pureed dried apricots so I could control the sweetness. If you like almonds, apricots and shortbread, you will have a hard time keeping away from these. I think I ate half the pan myself, so next time I will only make them for company. They are rich and you only need a little. They would be ecxcellent for tea or coffee in the afternoon.
These are delicious. I followed the recipe exactly. I've even tried it with cherry perserves. I think any filling would be delicious in these. Thanks.
I had to make these after reading the excellent reviews. With my changes these are a 4-fork....They would have been much too sweet and too almondy for me as written. I used salted butter and omitted the 1/4 teaspoon salt. I used 1/2 teaspoon of almond extract. I added just a light sprinkling of sea salt after I tasted the finished product because it was still too sweet and I like a multi-dimensional tasting treat-almond apricot plus the sweet-salty. I also lightly toasted the sliced almonds before I added them. The almonds were perfect and not burned after baking 1 hour.
These bars are amazing. I didn't (nor would I) change one thing. Loved by all every single time I make these. My new favorite bar. Fancy them up a bit by sprinkling a little bit of powder sugar on top.
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MLB Draft Update: Waszak Selected in the 22nd Round by the Braves
Andrew Waszak is the second Spartan pitcher drafted this season.
2009: Started all 54 games at shortstop ... Hit .279 in a 204 at-bats which was second most on the team ... Stole 11 bases in 12 attempts ... Tied for second on the team with 10 doubles ... Had a career-high four hits in a 20-3 win over Central Michigan (4/1) ... Followed up his performance two games later by going 4-for-4 with career-high two doubles in a 9-4 win over Northwestern (4/4) ... Posted an eight-game hitting streak that started April 25 vs. Iowa and ended with a 3-for-5 game with a triple and two RBIs vs. Purdue (5/9) ... Hit third career home run vs. Central Michigan (5/12) ... Went 3-for-4 vs. Bethune-Cookman (3/7).
2008: One of two players to start all 53 games...led team with 197 at-bats...second on the team in hits with 59...third on the team in runs scored (35)...fourth in RBIs (32) and total bases (73)...had 18 multi-hit games...went 2-for-4 with three RBIs and one home run in the third game of the season (vs. UConn 2/24)...posted a 3-for-4 performance with three RBIs and one run scored vs. Quinnipiac (3/14)...drove in two runs and went 2-for-3 vs. Northwestern (4/5)...doubled and went 2-for-3 vs. Ohio State (4/13)...in a four-game series with Iowa (4/25-27), he went 5-for-12 with six RBIs and five runs scored...doubled and scored twice in a 2-for-4 day vs. Purdue (5/10).
High School: Captured first-team all-state honors after batting .505 with six home runs as a senior...added 26 RBIs and 29 stolen bases...named to Kentucky All-Star team...led team to a pair of regional championships...earned four varsity baseball letters under coach Billy Hodge...served as team captain as a senior...lettered three times in basketball.
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This is the view of the Pitons from Tahina on a mooring. This is the first time I've attempted a 360 from a moving boat. It worked pretty well! Make sure you look up at how tall Tahina's mast is, and down at how wide the deck of our catamaran looks.


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Everything you need to know about the latest media coverage of Israel and the Mideast.
Hussein Ibish bristles at critics calling him a "Zionist." Egyptian elections in disarray as three leading candidates are disqualified. And why the Arab eagerness to restore synagogues for non-existent Jewish communities?
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Israel and the Palestinians
• Check out YNet if you haven't seen Israel's welcome letter to arriving flytilla activists. But CNN gave it a big thumbs down.
• Gerald Steinberg notes the 10th anniversary of the Jenin "massacre" and how the media and NGOs created a new model for demonizing Israel:
The "Jenin Massacre" proved that the Durban Strategy could be used successfully to wage political war. The Israeli government and military were unprepared to defeat this attack. Eventually, the facts began to replace the myths, but by then, the demonization campaign had already achieved its goals. On the basis of the Jenin fabrications, the first round of BDS (boycotts, divestment and sanctions) efforts began.
• Is Jordan's King Abdullah trying to disengage from the Palestinians?
• Hussein Ibish rejects Palestinian claims that his support for the two-state solution makes him an Uncle Tom Zionist:
To call me a "Zionist" because of commitment to peace is to strip language of all meaning. By this logic, Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger were "Maoists" because they made peace with Communist China. And any Israeli who is committed to Palestinian statehood alongside Israel is also, therefore, a "Palestinian nationalist."
For some, the term "Zionist" is simply a useful pejorative to attack the reputation of Arabs who seek peace, or who deviate from the increasingly intolerant one-state dogma. I've been amazed at the number of one-state advocates who adamantly refuse to agree to disagree and I've lost a number of once very close personal friendships simply because I do not follow their new party line.
I don't think Norman Finkelstein was exaggerating at all when he recently described this movement as "a cult" led by self-appointed "gurus."
See Jeffrey Goldberg's reaction to Ibish.
• Where's the Outcry Over Palestinian Censorship?
• The JPost reports that the PA shut down the offices of a West Bank human rights organization. Why?
PA Interior Minister Said Abu Ali, who signed the closure order, said that the work of the Palestinian Human Rights Foundation monitor was "not consistent" with the interests of the Palestinians.


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Ben-Yehuda Street is the heart of Jerusalem, and that means more than geography. It's also the beating heart of center-city life in the capital. Shopping fun starts at the top of the street, where Ben-Yehuda intersects with King George Street, and you'll find a great selection of Judaica, jewelry, T-Shirts and other gifts. At its mid-section, Ben-Yehuda turns into a pedestrian mall with sidewalk cafes and an assortment of buskers from around the world offering their music, from Offenbach to Carlebach and everything in between. It's also the venue for some of the capital's favorite annual events like the Jerusalem March in the fall and an Independence Eve bandstand in the spring.
Your stroll down the Ben-Yehuda pedestrian mall is a good chance to meet Israelis from all walks of life, especially on Saturday night as stores and cafes re-open after the Sabbath ends and it becomes especially popular with the teenage and young adult crowd.
Zion Square, at the bottom of the street where it segues into the city's main thoroughfare, Jaffa Road, is also where Ben-Yehuda intersects Solomon Street and the neighborhood of Nahalat Shiva. One of the first neighborhoods to be built outside the walled Old City in the 19th century, Nahalat Shiva has been restored as a cluster of charming streets and lanes lined with shops, cafes and restaurants, where more good times await.


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Alessi is a family owned Italian design company, founded in 1921. Giovanni Alessi, a talented sheet metal worker, produced items by hand for the table and home out of copper, brass and nickel-silver. He was later joined by his son Carlo who was responsible for many of the designs produced in the 1930s and early 1940s. In the mid 1940s Alessi began to work with outside designers. The current Alessi catalog is the result of a collaboration with over 500 designers from all over the world.
"A true work of design must be able to move people, to convey feelings, to trigger memories, to surprise, to go against the grain. From this point of view, design intended to conjure up images in people's minds, which makes them a bit happier, still has tremendous potential." --Alberto Alessi
Massimiliano Fuksas was born in Rome in 1944. He received his degree in architecture from the La Sapienza University in 1969 in Rome, where he opened his first office, followed by firms in Paris and Vienna. He has taught in Stuttgart, Paris, Vienna, New York and Rome and has been named recipient of multiple awards.
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To many, Toyota is considered an American brand because it is one of the most popular nameplates with U.S. auto buyers, and many of its car models are built in North America. The Japanese brand is known for producing the Camry, America's best-selling car and top-selling sedan in the midsize segment. The Camry was completely redesigned for 2015 but gets a new sportier Special Edition trim level and upgraded multimedia systems for 2016. In addition, the compact Corolla, which was redesigned in 2014, was the second-best selling car in this market and globally ranked first last year. More than 40 million Corollas have been sold worldwide, according to the automaker. This year, Toyota ups the ante in interest by introducing Special Edition limited production versions of both its Camry and Corolla. Toyota—also known for creating the best-selling and most widely known hybrid gasoline electric car—is making headlines with the introduction of a redesigned Prius for 2016.
In the next few years, many of Toyota's SUVs and cars will be changing over to the Japanese automaker's global modular platform. The big news for the 2016 model year is a redone Tacoma midsize pickup. The Land Cruiser full-size luxury SUV has been refreshed with more standard safety and multimedia features. In addition, the RAV4, which was redesigned for 2013, is refreshed for 2016 with more features, technology, trim levels, and welcomes its first hybrid variant.
Most other modifications for Toyota's 2016 trucks, SUVs, and vans entail enhanced multimedia features and broader connectivity, the availability of more advanced safety systems, a few trim level additions, and exterior color changes. Expect possible full redesigns for the Sienna and 4Runner in 2017 as 2018 models. Also, the Tundra may get a refresh in 2017 and a redesign in calendar 2018 as a 2019 model, while a new Sequoia may be likely in 2019 and a new Highlander and Land Cruiser are likely to debut in 2017.
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SPOKANE, Wash. - We all know we should eat more fruits and veggies. So, why not simplify and drink them instead?
Wheat grass is its own enigma, especially to those who have never experienced its uniquely sweet grassy flavor, but at Method Organic Juice Bar in downtown Spokane there are safer bets.
"We put a lot of the right things together just the right taste and people are really delighted that 'Oh my gosh that's fantastic,'" co-owner Tyler Lafferty said.Downtown Spokane juice bar
The juice variety spans the color of the rainbow: Red, orange, yellow, green -- no purple but there is pink -- all containing your daily dose of fruits and veggies.
"It's such a great quick way to get um nutrients into your body you know and it's healthy, it's fortifying, we want to nourish people," Lafferty said.
"I feel great, like right now I feel energized and I'm ready to go just from juice which is funny," customer Sebastian Lopez said.
And there's more including smoothies and food; everything is designed and made by the team.
"Our whole plant based homemade we have salads, delicious quinoa brown rice bowls that we top with fresh veggies all of our sauces, the spicy peanut sauce and the lemon tahini dressings are some of our customers' favorites," manager Amy Robinson said.
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Whitman, Lyman to discuss U.S.-Africa policies, March 31
Posted March 20, 2006; 05:10 p.m.
Former New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman and former U.S.
Ambassador to South Africa and Nigeria Princeton Lyman will discuss
ways to
improve America's policies toward Africa in an event set for 4:30 p.m.
Friday, March 31, in McCosh 10.
Whitman recently co-chaired an
independent task force, sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations,
that examined U.S. policies toward Africa. The task force, directed by Lyman, issued a
report with recommendations for how U.S. officials can develop more
comprehensive policies on economic, diplomatic, intelligence and
humanitarian issues in the region.
The discussion, titled "More than Humanitarianism: A Strategic U.S. Approach Toward Africa," will be moderated by Jennifer Widner, professor of politics and international affairs and director of the Bobst Center for Peace and Justice.
Whitman served as New Jersey's first female governor from 1993 to 2001 and as administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from 2001 to 2003. In 2004, she founded the Whitman Strategy Group, a lobbying and consulting firm that works in the public and private sectors to manage and address policy and regulatory issues. She recently formed a political action committee that aims to elect moderate Republicans at all levels of government.
Lyman, currently a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign
Relations, is also a former assistant secretary of state for
international organization affairs. He is an authority on sub-Saharan
Africa and issues of economic development; democratization and
elections; civil reconstruction; conflict prevention; and HIV/AIDS. He
previously served as executive director of the Global Interdependence
Initiative at the Aspen Institute and as a senior fellow at the United
States Institute of Peace.
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In "Decision Time," Editor Brian Lovett will share a scenario from his 20-plus years hunting turkeys. Each hinges on a critical decision. Post what choice you would have made, then see how things actually turned out.
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For once, I had a pleasant dilemma.
During a late-season hunt in southern Wisconsin, a turkey gobbled lustily and often at my calling from across a deep draw. Another bird had chimed in from the base of a small point about 200 yards away.
Figuring I couldn't kill them both, I had to choose. The bird across the draw was red hot, but he was also across that draw. Although I could cut some distance to him, the approach was fairly open. The other turkey wasn't nearly as hot and was 50 yards farther than the draw gobbler. However, he was on a long, steep point, where I could easily work him in -- provided he was in the mood. After all, he would likely walk in one direction -- toward me -- unless he inexplicably decided to drop off the steep tip or sides of the point.
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Drugs in sports is topic for talk, Nov. 6
Posted November 1, 2006; 10:22 p.m.
The chair of the World Anti-Doping Agency, Richard Pound, will speak
on "Sports and the Use of Performance-Enhancing Drugs" at 8 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 6, in 1 Robertson Hall.
Pound has headed the agency since it was founded in 1999 in the wake of drug scandals in cycling. He is a longtime member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), formerly serving as its vice president and directing negotiations for Olympic television coverage, marketing and sponsorships.
Pound was credited with leading the investigation into scandals surrounding bids for the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City, resulting in the creation of a new IOC ethics watchdog position. He wrote "Five Rings Over Korea" about the political negotiations leading to the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul.
In addition to his work in international athletics, Pound serves as chancellor of McGill University in Montreal. His lecture is sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Department of Athletics.


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The rates reported in this guide are based on a statewide survey conducted by mail in the summer of 2012. Farmers, agribusiness firms, aerial applicators and land improvement contractors responded to questions on the rates they were charging or paying in 2012 for custom services, excluding the cost of materials being applied.
There is no assurance that the average rates reported in this guide will cover your costs for performing the service or that you will be able to hire a custom operator in your area for the rates shown. Calculate your own costs carefully before deciding the rate to charge or pay. Before entering into an a agreement, discuss with the other party all the details of the specific job to be performed.
Fuel prices have a big impact on custom rates. In 2012, the average retail price of gasoline was about $3.60 a gallon, or $1.10 a gallon higher than when our 2009 survey was conducted.
Rates in this guide reflect each respondent's judgment of a "normal" job. Operators may add charges if they consider a job abnormal, such as in distance from the operator's base location, the amount of product or labor involved, the difficulty of the terrain, or special requirements of the customer or location.
The "Number reporting" and "Range in rates" columns are important. Some items had very few responses or a wide range in rates, so the average rate may not accurately reflect rates in your area. Possible explanations of the wide ranges are the type or size of equipment used, the value of labor involved, the mix of labor and equipment used, or different income needs of full-time custom operators compared to local farmers supplementing their income.
The "Average rate" column indicates the basis of the charge for all of the rates in that row. The "Mid" rate has an equal number of responses higher and lower.
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Well anyway, according to the tell-all book, Angelina Jolie had an affair with Mick Jagger around the time she appeared on the Rolling Stones music video Anybody Seen My Baby in 1997. And not only that, the two reportedly rekindled their affair in 2003 as they were seen together in his room in a hotel in Thailand. And of course, Jagger was married at that time to Jerry Hall, and Angie was married to Johnny Lee Miller. Not that it's shocking that Angie would hook up with a married man.
The book also reveals that Angie had affairs with Ralph Fiennes, ex-husband Miller, and Colin Farrell around the time she met Brad Pitt.
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G1681, Measuring Irrigation Water in a Ditch, Stream or Reservoir
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Measuring water is necessary to efficiently use water resources in irrigation farming. Over-irrigation can be as detrimental as under-irrigation and is economically unjustified.
Management decisions must be based on the amount of water used and how this relates to plants and soil.
Acre-inch (ac-in)One acre-inch is the volume of water necessary to cover an acre 1 inch deep or the amount of water falling on an acre in a 1-inch rain. One acre-inch equals 3,630 cubic feet or 27,154 gallons.
Acre-foot (ac-ft)One acre-foot is the volume of water necessary to cover an acre 1 foot deep. One acre-foot equals 43,560 cubic feet, 325,851 gallons or 12 acre-inches.
Gallons per minute (gpm)One gallon is exactly 231 cubic inches. The gallons per minute measurement is the amount produced by a pump, stream, or pipeline in one minute.
Cubic feet per second (cfs)One cubic foot per second is a flow of water equivalent to a stream 1 foot wide and 1 foot deep flowing at a velocity of 1 foot per second.
1 cfs = 450 gpm = 1 acre-inch per hour = 2 acre-feet per day
Head (H)Head is a depth of water, usually in feet. It can also mean pressure; a volume of water exerts a pressure on the bottom of a container, lake or stream that is proportional to the depth of water above the bottom. One foot of water (head) exerts a pressure of 0.43 pounds per square inch on the bottom surface. Or, 1 pound per square inch is equivalent to 2.31 feet of head.
A good water manager needs to know:
Any one of the four can be computed if the other three are known.
Example: The flow rate in a given stream is 900 gallons per minute. If you divert all of the stream flow into a 60-acre corn field, how long will it take to apply 2 inches?
450 gpm = 1 acre-inch per hour
900 ÷ 450 = 2 acre-inch per hour
60 acres x 2 inches = 120 acre-inch
120 acre-inch ÷ 2 acre-inch per hour = 60 hours
Figure 1Stream cross section.
Float methodFlow rate of a stream is easily estimated by the float method. Use it when high accuracy is not needed and a more expensive device is not justified.
Select a section of stream 100 feet or more in length that has uniform depth and width. Measure the surface width of water and estimate the average depth of water by making depth measurements at intervals across the stream.
Place a small float in the stream a few feet upstream from the upper end of the trial section. Record the time the float takes to pass through the trial section. Make several trials and use the average time of travel.
Computation: Divide the length of the trial section in feet by the time in seconds required for the float to travel that distance to obtain the velocity in feet per second. Multiply the velocity in feet per second by the estimated stream cross-sectional area in square feet to determine the flow rate in cubic feet per second. Multiply this figure by 450 to obtain the flow rate in gallons per minute. Measure the stream in summer, during the greatest irrigation demand and the lowest natural flow rate.
Tracer methodThe tracer method of flow measurement requires the injection of dyes or salts into the stream at a given point. They are then detected at some point downstream, and the velocity is determined from the time required by the tracer to flow the measured distance. Because the dye or salt is often diffused throughout the stream, determine the velocity of the first and last portions of the dye and take the average. Multiply the average velocity of the dye by the cross-sectional area of the stream to obtain the flow rate. Computation is the same as for the float method.
Velocity head rodThe velocity head rod shown below is a fast and inexpensive method of measuring velocity in a stream. The rod, 5 feet long, can be made from wood. A 26-gauge copper sheet is sometimes fastened to the cutting edge to protect it from abuse. Mark a scale in 1/2-inch increments on the rod, starting with zero at the bottom of the rod and stopping at 18 inches.
Figure 2 Velocity head rod cross section.
Steps to find the flow rate with a velocity head rod are:
Table 1Stream velocities from head rod
The velocities in Table 1 were computed by this formula:
V = 8 x the square root of h
The velocity head rod is inaccurate for velocities less than 1.0 foot per second and for fast streams. It is practical for estimating purposes.
Figure 3 Placing velocity head rod in water.
Current meter methodA current meter can be used to determine velocity of a stream. This method is the standard used by the U.S. Geological Survey in gauging natural streams. This commercially made instrument contains a revolving wheel or vane that is turned by water movement. Mount the meter on a rod or lower it into the water with cable. Rod mountings can be used in shallow streams, but cable suspension may be needed in deep water.
Take meter readings at several measured locations in the stream cross-section and determine the corresponding velocities from the meter's calibration curve. Multiply the measured velocity by the cross-sectional area in square feet represented by that velocity to obtain the flow rate of each section. Sum the flow from each section to obtain the total flow rate of the stream.
WeirsA weir is a notch of a specific shape through which water may flow. Weirs are probably the most common device for measuring irrigation water in open ditches. Weirs are simple to construct and fairly accurate if properly maintained. They require enough slope in the ditch to allow the water to be partially held back and spill over the weir. Air space is necessary under the falling sheet of water for accurate flow measurement.
The bottom of the notch over which water flows is the crest of the weir. Of the three common shapes of weirs, the rectangular and trapezoidal weirs are useful for measuring large streams. The v-notch weir is most accurate for flows of less than 1 cubic-foot per second (450 gpm).
Follow these steps in using a weir:
A second method is to measure the depth of water next to the weir, but far enough to the side of the crest to be in still water. Drive a nail on the upstream side of the weir, so that the top of the nail is at the same level as the weir crest. Measure the head over the weir with a ruler. Refer to Tables 2, 3, and 4 to find the stream flow rate.
Table 2Approximate flow over 90-degree triangular weirs
Table 3Approximate flow over rectangular weirs
Table 4Approximate flow over trapezoidal weirs
Figure 4 Types of weirs. Figure 5 Measuring head on the weir.
Measuring flumesThe Parshall, HS, and WSC flumes are weir-type structures that require a drop only one-fourth as steep as the v-notch weir requires. They are also self-cleaning and are not greatly affected by stream approach velocity. These flumes can operate over a wide range of flow rates. They must be carefully constructed and carefully installed.
Measuring change in the water level of a reservoirDetermine the flow rate into or out of a reservoir by measuring the change in the water level for a given period of time. The reservoir dimensions must be known for this method. Install a post or gauge stick in the reservoir that can be easily read from the shoreline. Using a survey of the reservoir storage volume, mark the gauge stick for every 10 acre-feet, or some other convenient volume. For volume deliveries over a considerable length of time, estimate the evaporation and seepage.
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HonestReporting has frequently critiqued the Washington Post and New York Times for anti-Israel bias, which has been particularly apparent in staff editorials. HonestReporting subscribers have sent literally thousands of e-mails to these papers, considered amongst the world's most influential publications, demanding better, more accurate coverage of the Mid-east.
However, since the election of Hamas, both papers have made a welcome about-turn, consistently labeling Hamas for what it is, a terrorist organization whose goal is the destruction of the State of Israel. This week, both papers produced strongly worded, accurate editorials in reaction to the Hamas/PA endorsement of the terrorist attack in Tel Aviv that killed 9 and wounded scores more.
The New York Times labels Hamas' defense of the terrorist attack as "monumentally cynical and dimwitted…. (the response was) not just immoral, but stupid as well." Not willing to accept the weak argument that it wasn't actually Hamas who carried out the attack, the Times writes:
"But Hamas is no longer just a terrorist ally of Islamic Jihad. Last time we checked, it is the government of the Palestinian people. It cannot just sit on the sidelines and cheer terrorist attacks that were renounced by the same Palestinian Authority that Hamas now controls."
When Yassir Arafat headed the Palestinian Authority, we repeatedly noted that he gave speeches in Arabic supporting terrorism while paying lip service in English to the peace process. All too often, the media underreported on the PA's encouragement of terrorism. While we will continue to push the Times to show consistency and refrain from reporting on "moderation" where none exists, we do commend them for this straight forward editorial.
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The Washington Post editorial leads off with the ramification of Hamas' decision to back the terror attack (emphasis added):
"HAMAS FACED its first concrete choice this week between its ambition to govern the West Bank and Gaza and its extremist commitment to terrorism — and it chose to side with the suicide bombers…. The result was to put the Palestinian government on record as an outlaw and to raise dangerously the chances of a major new outbreak of Middle East violence."
We note, however, that Hamas has been very clear and "on the record" about its support for terrorism. From its odious charter calling for the global murder of Jews to the recent pronouncements of Hamas' elected leaders, there has been no change in Hamas' worldview. In fact, Hamas' recent appointment of an arch terrorist leader to head a special new PA military force shows quite clearly Hamas' intentions. (Above is a file photo of a special Palestinian "security" unit.)
Now that the Post understands that the PA is under the control of terrorists, lets make sure their reporting is consistent.
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While we are heartened that two of America's leading newspapers have come out so strongly against Hamas, experience has shown that we must be vigilant to ensure that coverage does not soften. Help us keep the media honest. If your local media reports at face value on Hamas moderation, ask them where the evidence is for their claims. You can also e-mail us examples of bias at firstname.lastname@example.com.
FIFA Follow-up
Last week, we reported on efforts within FIFA, the governing body of international soccer, to censure Israel for an attack on an empty soccer field in Gaza. The Jerusalem Post has now run an editorial undermining FIFA's claims that it does not engage in any politics. As the Post says:
"Maybe it is time for FIFA to admit that they are involved in politics, at least when it comes to pointing out what they see as the wrongdoings of Israel and its army, despite their lack of military expertise or exact information."
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Panel planned on Sept. 11 backlash, April 17
Posted April 12, 2002; 02:37 p.m.
Representatives from three advocacy groups will present a panel discussion titled Backlash: Discrimination Facing the Asian Pacific American Community After 9/11 on Wednesday, April 17. The event will begin at 4:30 p.m. in 302 Frist.
The panelists will be Nicholas Rathod of South Asian American Leaders for Tomorrow, June Han of the National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium and Joshua Salaam of the Council on American Islamic Relations. These three organizations have led calls for the government to further explore the hate crimes committed against South Asians and Muslims after Sept. 11, as well as to re-evaluate its own policies to prevent racial profiling and discrimination.
The event is presented as part of the Asian Pacific American Heritage Month celebration. For more information, contact Taufiq Rahim .
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We put Sir Michael Hirst, IDF President, in the spotlight this quarter. Find out how he plans to increase the Federation's presence around the globe and what past experiences have ignited and inspired his passion to tackle diabetes.
1. How did you become involved with diabetes?
My youngest child was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of five, in 1985. I became aware of the shortcomings in treatment and care, and in particular the lack of disposable syringes and blood glucose monitoring strips on prescription in the UK. As a Member of Parliament, I was in a position to campaign for them.
At a time when very few people were prepared to campaign openly for the cause of diabetes, I invoked the help of the Prime Minister to cut through the red tape. Very soon after, first syringes, then strips, were made widely available to those who needed them. I salute the thousands of volunteers who previously tried so hard to get a change in policy; this was a victory for them.
I will never forget how little my wife and I knew about our daughter's condition and the many challenges she would face, and recognise the vital importance of good educational material for people with diabetes, as much for those who care.
2. What relevant experiences do you have that can help you in your role as president of IDF?
First, I have had the experience of living with diabetes in my family for over 25 years, and an understanding of how hard it is for a young person to be the innocent victim of a serious disease. My daughter has been fortunate to have had expert medical support when she encountered difficulties. I want nothing more than the same expert care for all people with diabetes, though I know we are a long way from that.
I chaired the board of trustees of Diabetes UK from 2001-2006 and learned a large amount from that experience. Diabetes UK is the world's second oldest and second largest Member Association and a co-founder of IDF. It is a privilege to have been elected to lead two such great organisations.
My knowledge of government decision-making from 15 years at the sharp end of politics is helpful in knowing how best we can influence health policy to improve the lives of those with diabetes. I have learned a lot about how effective organisations should work. But such experience counts for little unless you also have a real passion to improve the lives of those with diabetes, and modestly, I would say that I do.
I've seen the best and also the worst of care and treatment facilities and believe absolutely that everything we do in IDF should have, as its mainspring, an absolute determination to improve the lives of those with diabetes.
3. What is your priority for IDF over the coming triennium?
The over-arching priority is to ensure that the Federation continues to be the voice of those with diabetes, collaborating with other organisations that help us to achieve our mission.
Much importance is given in the Federation's Strategic Plan to strengthening the effectiveness of our organisation on a regional level, so that we can in turn strengthen the effectiveness of our Member Associations, particularly in low and middle income countries.
We have been successful in recent years in elevating the profile of diabetes in the context of chronic disease; now we must use that same campaigning zeal in our advocacy to achieve real improvements in care and treatment, and effective prevention policies so that the tsunami of type 2 diabetes can be first slowed, and then reversed.
That is a huge ambition, but one which is vital if life is to be made better for people with diabetes and others are to be spared developing it. IDF has a hugely talented board, which I am proud to lead, and we are very united in our purpose. We all want to see our local and national champions for diabetes being empowered to be effective advocates, in much the same way as I started my work with diabetes in the UK all these years ago.
4. What are some of the challenges you expect to face in implementing the 2013 strategic plan? How can we overcome them as an organisation?
Any worthwhile organisation always has, or should have, ambitions beyond its actual reach.
We have a Strategic Plan with a number of ambitious targets and some will take rather longer to achieve than this triennium, but that should not stop us making a strong start. Inevitably, the constraints are available resources, both human and financial.
IDF has many talented people in its office and on its board and by focussing on specific goals and ambitions, we can and will make progress. Having the income to fuel these goals is very important, and that is why we shall be looking at ways in which we can broaden the base of the financial support for IDF.
There are many natural partners whom we shall seek out, and persuade that working together, we can achieve more than working separately - or worse, in competition! The guiding principle for all that we do, however, is and will remain that it should improve the lives of those with diabetes. IDF is hugely fortunate to have an army of volunteers across the globe, working in Member Associations or in clinical practice or research.
We depend on them to a very great extent and are grateful every minute of every day for all that they do for the cause of diabetes.
5. What would you like to have achieved as IDF President at the end of your triennium?
It's not about me or any legacy that I would want. I am at the end of my working life, and I just want to spend three years trying to help IDF to be an even more effective organisation.
Anything that is achieved will be result of a huge team effort, of which I happen to be the leader for three years. I would want the Federation to be a stronger, even more established organisation, not for its own sake, but because that way it can better support those whom we serve, people with diabetes.
I shall be disappointed if we have not managed to make a real difference to the effectiveness of our regional presence and if we are not providing effective support in a myriad of ways to our Member Associations.
IDF will be a bigger organisation because in many countries there are fully operational, successful diabetes associations knocking on our door to be members. We must not only be bigger, but also better, thereby better equipped to make meaningful improvements to the day-to-day living of those with this life-threatening disease.
It's amazing what a relatively small number of determined people can achieve when they have a common purpose and a clear goal.


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By Ben Levisohn
Rio Tinto (RIO) has dropped 32% this year as growth concerns in China and the end of the commodity supercycle has rattled investors.
BernsteinResearch's Paul Gait, however, believes Rio has been "unduly punished". He offers ten reasons to buy the beaten down iron miner.
Reason 1: The real return on shares bought today could be 16% a year.
Reason 2: Rio's shares are cheap. It trades at 3.9 time EV/Ebitda based on Alliance Bernstein's iron-ore forecast and five times the consensus.
Reason 3: Iron ore may not trade at $80 a ton.
Reason 4: Rio is cutting back on capital spending, which makes it "far more likely that investors will see a return on their capital that was retained by management to fund growth."
Reason 5: Rio's iron-ore business will always produce cash.
Rio Tinto is the lowest cost producer into the Asian market…three quarters of the world's industrial capacity would have to be removed before Rio's iron ore business is compromised.
Reason 6: Rio's iron-ore reserves.
Rio Tinto current resource endowment will enable it to produce indefinitely…the Pilbara is a perpetual investment and should be valued as such. In a world of shortage, lower quality ores will find a home in the market; even in a world of abundance Rio Tinto's iron ore (average reserve grade: 62%) will be required.


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The car salesman and the faux test drive from hell
Update corrects spelling of Camaro.
I admit it: I was initially fooled by an online video making the rounds online that allegedly shows a used car salesman from North Carolina taking the test drive from hell in a hot Chevy Camaro, courtesy of four-time NASCAR champion Jeff Gordon.
But as other online sleuths pointed out, the video -- sponsored by Pepsi Max -- is a fake. Fake or not, this video is getting a massive number of eyeballs today, about 100,000 hits per hour, according to YouTube.
Armed with hidden cameras, a disguised Gordon visits a used car dealership in Concord, N.C., as just another customer named "Mike" and gravitates toward a well-placed used 2009 Chevy Camaro.
After filling out the customer info sheet, "Mike" and his sales rep hop into the Camaro for a spin. As he starts to pull out, "Mike" tells the salesman that he's never driven anything so powerful, and the salesman reassures "Mike" that there's nothing to worry about.
What happens looks like a NASCAR-lover's dream and a salesman's worst nightmare. And in this case, it's also a complete fantasy.
First and foremost, the car is all wrong. It's identified as a 2009 Camaro in the video, which is a big problem, because the Camaro didn't return to production until the 2010 model year. Plus, the Camaro's interior features a prominent centerstack cupholder that doesn't exist and a navigation screen that's three years too early. Not to mention it's the wrong steering wheel.
I'll leave the veracity of the rest of the film -- such as the identities of its main characters and whether the stunts were staged -- for others to decide.
Selling cars can be a rewarding and engaging career, but it is not without its dangers. Sales reps put their lives in their customers' hands every day when they climb in a passenger seat for a test drive with a driver of unknown skill.
In the case of Pepsi's prank, everything turns out okay -- hilarious even.