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Behavioral Distinctions: The Use of Light-Duty Trucks and Passenger Cars
Behavioral Distinctions: The Use of Light-Duty Trucks and Passenger Cars
Kara Maria Kockelman* and Yong Zhao
University of Texas at Austin
In the United States, pickup trucks, sport utility vehicles (SUVs), and minivans are classified as light-duty trucks (LDTs), resulting in a variety of regulatory protections. Production and purchase trends suggest that Americans have shifted toward a significantly higher use of such vehicles for personal travel. Using the 1995 Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey (NPTS) data set, this research explores the subtle differences in ownership and use patterns between LDTs and passenger cars. Based on a variety of model specifications and response variables, the results suggest that the average LDT is used over longer distances with more people aboard and is purchased by wealthier households in less dense neighborhoods. Pickups tend to be driven by males, be owned by smaller households, and carry fewer people. There is no indication that SUVs or minivans serve additional work purposes for American households; however, their occupancies and total annual mileages are higher than those of passenger cars. Additionally, SUVs are relatively popular for weekend travel.
Before purchasing a vehicle today, many American households consider pickups, minivans, sport utility vehicles (SUVs), and passenger cars. These first three vehicle types are classified as light-duty trucks (LDTs) and currently capture 51% of new U.S. passenger vehicle sales,1 a share much larger than the 9.8% they had in 1972 (64 Federal Register 82). Due to differences in federal regulation of passenger cars and LDTs, this shift in ownership and use is marked by reductions in fleetwide fuel economy, relative increases in pollutant emissions, and changes in crash frequency and severity. Ideally, regulatory differences across vehicle manufacturers and vehicle types should counterbalance differences in consumption externalities, both positive and negative. If regulations favor goods that do not provide external benefits, markets are likely to be inefficient (see, for example, Varian 1992). To illuminate the differences in household use of various vehicle types, this paper analyzes the 1995 Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey (NPTS) data (USDOT FHWA 1995).
When the Corporate Average Fuel Economy legislation was introduced in the early 1970s (Public Law 94-163), the argument for distinct classification was that light-duty2 pickups and cargo vans were almost exclusively used as work vehicles for hauling cargo rather than for personal travel. At that time, economic censuses suggested that about 50% of U.S. trucks under 10,000 pounds of gross vehicle weight were used primarily for personal transportation; this figure is 75% today (USDOC 1985 and 1999). Also at that time, manufacturers specializing in light trucks and vans argued that, due to differences in body and engine types, they would not be able to meet the standards set for passenger cars requiring an average fuel economy of 27.5 miles per gallon (mpg) in 1985 and beyond. These arguments prevailed, and LDTs were subjected to a significantly lower standard, 20.7 mpg.3 For reasons also largely related to body and engine differences, LDTs enjoy higher emissions caps4 and do not endure luxury goods or gas guzzler taxes. Pickups also enjoy substantial import tax protection.
On the basis of structural similarities, particularly in early models, minivans and sport utility vehicles (SUVs) also were classified as LDTs, rather than as passenger cars, in the legislation. As these vehicles become more prevalent for personal travel, policymakers may question whether these vehicles also deserve regulatory protections. Analysis of household purchase and use patterns can suggest whether certain differences exist. By employing the 1995 National Personal Travel Survey data, this research estimates a variety of models that illuminate these behaviors and identify any behavioral distinctions. In identifying such distinctions, this research aims to educate policymakers and others on American travel habits across vehicle types so that related policies can be tailored most appropriately.
Data Set, Models Used, and Results
The data come from the 1995 Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey (NPTS), which offers travel-behavior information for a broad cross-section of roughly 42,000 American households, with members of at least five years of age recording all trips on a single day. The specific NPTS data incorporated here as explanatory and response variables are shown in table 1. Unfortunately, due to non-reporting of variables like annual income and VMT, many records are not complete. However, comparisons of variable distributions before and after record removal suggests that there are no significant distinctions in the full and culled samples. Thus, the analysis of the various models presented use only complete record. These models estimate vehicle-miles traveled (VMT) per vehicle, number of person-trips per vehicle, vehicle occupancy, vehicle choice for trip making, and vehicle ownership. Several statistical specifications are necessary to model the different response variables most appropriately. Numeric results follow the description of all model specifications.
Models of Vehicle-Miles Traveled
With household estimates of annual VMT for each vehicle owned, two weighted least squares (WLS) models of VMT were developed. One model groups all LDTs together in a single class, while the second permits distinct VMT effects for each of the LDT vehicle types. With everything else constant, additional household members add driving distance to individual vehicles; therefore, the variance associated with VMT is expected to rise with household size. Thus, the weights used in these models are the inverse of household size. Finally, the decision to use only complete vehicle records required the removal of 42% of the records due to the lack of VMT information.
The results are shown in table 2, which suggests that all parameter estimates differ from zero in a highly statistically significant way, evidenced by negligible p-values. As expected, newer vehicles driven by wealthier households residing in less population-dense neighborhoods appear to be driven longer distances. Also, as the number of household members per vehicle owned increases, a vehicles annual mileage increases. What is surprising is that after controlling for all these factors, LDTs are found to be driven substantially more than passenger cars, particularly minivans and SUVs. All else unchanged, the additional mileage driven in an SUV, pickup, and minivan is estimated to represent 9.3%, 6.5%, and 20% of a passenger cars VMT, respectively. Such figures suggest that these vehicles are more popular or more useful to households or both. Their larger carrying capacity (eight passengers in many minivans and towing options for virtually all pickups) and off-road capability, in the case of many SUVs and pickups, make these vehicles more versatile. Such qualities are a large part of the reason these vehicles generally cost significantly more than passenger cars. In 1997, the average SUV, pickup, and minivan cost about 58%, 39%, and 21% more than the average passenger car sold.5 Applying the numeric results from table 2, we find that a doubling of population density, from its mean value of 3,858 people per square mile (6 people per acre or 4.9 people per hectare) to 7,716 would provoke, on average, a per-vehicle VMT drop of 590 miles. This suggests a very significant density shift, but its effect is much lesser than the extra VMT associated with SUVs (1,027 miles) and minivans (2,150). Of course, ones vehicle choice is, to some extent, a function of environmental qualities such as density since, for example, it may be harder to park a larger vehicle in a denser environment, and people seeking denser living environments may prefer to drive less. Density may be proxying for some effects of unobserved personal preferences. Thus, if LDT sales decline or densities increase, VMT is not guaranteed to fall. But, a comparison of mileages across distinct densities and vehicle types illustrates a rather remarkable magnitude of difference. This is also apparent in the effects of the income variable: if we double mean incomes per household member, the effect on VMT is a rather negligible 76 miles per year per vehicle. It seems clear that LDTs are driven substantially further, on average, even after controlling for their age.
Models of Person-Trips per Vehicle
Due to its non-negative integer nature, the number of person-trips per vehicle in the data set was estimated using negative binomial regression models.6 This variables mean was specified as an exponential function so that the expected number of trips is equal to exp(β′X). Unlike a Poisson distribution, which implies that the variance equal the mean, a negative binomial specification permits over-dispersion in observed values. Its variance equals its mean times the quantity one plus a non-negative over-dispersion parameter. Log-likelihood results are shown for the assumption of a Poisson model, alongside the results for the negative binomial specification.
The results of person-trip-per-vehicle models raise the question of whether one vehicle type is used more than another and whether this differs by trip type. Since SUVs are heavily marketed for their off-road abilities and cargo space for long trips, one may expect to find evidence of this in the nature of their use. For example, they may be used more often, particularly for trips of a recreational nature. In contrast, pickups have been portrayed as providing non-recreational, heavy work uses, and they generally safely seat no more than three occupants.7 Therefore, one may expect pickups to make fewer recreational trips.
Originally, three person-trip models were estimated: one counts trips of all purpose types, another counts only those trips of a recreational nature, and a third counts those trips with a work purpose. Almost all parameters are estimated to differ significantly from zero in a statistical sense. The empirical results of the third, work-purpose model are not provided because their overall predictive value is almost zero (pseudo-R2s < 0.01). Their low predictive value is probably due to the fact that most work trips are made solo since two U.S. workers rarely share the same workplace location.
Table 3 provides the estimates resulting from application of the all-purposes and recreational-purposes person-trip models. These data are based on a single days trips, introducing much random variation. This variation is evident in a low goodness-of-fit, as measured by pseudo-R2. While a Poisson stochastic specification superficially suggests better fit, the negative binomial specifications are statistically superior (the addition of a single parameter, the over-dispersion coefficient, increases the log-likelihood significantly).
Table 3 shows that newer vehicles belonging to households in lower density environments with higher incomes and more household members per vehicle owned carry more person-trips per day. However, these models mean values are characterized by exponential functions, and halving density from its average value reduces person-trips by just one percent. Doubling incomes (per household member) from their current mean produces only a six percent change. Of all trip types, 10% more person-trips are estimated to occur on weekends (versus weekdays); this difference becomes a significant 80% when trips are of a recreational nature.
The general distinctions among different vehicle types in table 3 are not surprising: minivans make the most person-trips per day, followed by SUVs, passenger cars, and finally pickups. SUVs are estimated to make, on average, 4.6% more person-trips per day than passenger cars, while pickups average 15% fewer, and minivans average an impressive 35% more. For recreational purposes, the figures are less than 1% more for SUVs, a remarkable 25% fewer for pickups, and 36% more for minivans. Person-trip models bundling all LDTs into a single category show the average differences translate to six percent more person-trips across all trip purposes carried by LDTs and only one percent more for recreational purposes.8
In summary, these results suggest that SUV and "average" LDT person-trip counts are very close to those of passenger cars. However, minivans are estimated to make significantly more person-trips and pickups, significantly fewer. It is surprising that SUVs are not making more recreational person-trips, on average, than passenger cars. The 58% higher purchase price and performance distinctions of the average new SUV, relative to the average new car, are not reflected in this form of use.
Models of Vehicle Occupancy
Ordered probit models were used to study vehicle occupancy during trip-making.9 Relative to the negative binomial specifications used above (for estimation of person-trip counts), an ordered probit specification can provide some important flexibility by removing implications of cardinality. For example, it can distinguish two-person vehicle occupancy from two times single-person occupancy. Additional occupants are frequently non-driving children or others whose reasons for travel may be distinct from those of the vehicles driver. For this reason, we hypothesize the existence of latent variables whose thresholds, which essentially are cut-off points for integer occupancy values, differ only ordinally. This set up contrasts with underlying, cardinal rates fundamental to Poisson and negative binomial specifications.
Tables 4a and 4b provide the results of the trip-occupancy estimations for trips of all types and for only those trips with a recreational purpose. Without cardinality, the magnitudes of ordered probit parameters are not as easily interpreted as those of the WLS and negative binomial models; however, it is clear that trips made by lower income households for shopping, eating out, or other, recreational purposes tend to exhibit higher occupancies. The same is true of weekend trips made by households having more members per vehicle. In general, minivans draw the largest occupancies, followed by SUVs, cars, and, lastly, pickups.
In the all-trip-purposes model of occupancies (Table 4a), the minivan, eating out, and weekend indicator variables have coefficients high enough to almost raise expected occupancy by one, while few of the other variables exert comparable effects. For example, occupancy appears to be negligibly influenced by income levels and population density: the parameter estimates suggest it would take more than a $47,000 reduction in the average income per household member or almost 90 more persons per acre (36 more per hectare) to find people occupying passenger cars to the degree they occupy minivans.
In the recreational-trip-purposes model of occupancies (Table 4b), the minivan indicator variable has a coefficient estimate that almost raises expected occupancy by one. Weekend day and members-per-vehicle variables also exert strong effects. In contrast, recreational-trip occupancy appears to be only very slightly influenced by income levels and population density: the parameter estimates suggest it would require more than a $53,000 reduction in average income per household member to find people occupying passenger cars to the degree they occupy minivans.
Note that the parameter sign on the variable of population density changes between the two trip-occupancy models. Neighborhood density is associated with reduced occupancies in general (that is, across all trip types) but with higher occupancies for recreational trips. In practical terms, densitys effect on recreational-trip occupancy is estimated to be effectively zero. It appears that density does not affect that decision.
In general, these occupancy results across vehicle types are consistent with expectations and the person-trips-per-vehicle results. Minivans carry significantly more occupants per trip than do passenger cars, while pickups carry fewer. In regard to the other variables, density and income do not exert very strong effects, but day of the week, trip purpose, and number of household members per vehicle owned do.
Model of Mode Choice
Another model of vehicle use emphasizes a drivers vehicle choice. When multiple vehicle types are available, the drivers probabilities of electing each type can be examined. Here the choices are clearly discrete so a multinomial logit (MNL) specification provides estimation.10 To avoid issues of correlation in unobserved components of similar vehicle types, only trip records by drivers residing in households with no more than one vehicle of each type are examined.11 Since all explanatory variables, except that of vehicle age, are constant across driver trip records, they are interacted with indicator variables of vehicle type. In addition, a reference alternative is necessary for parameter identifiability. Therefore, all parameter estimates are relative to choice of a passenger car, whose parameter estimates effectively are forced to equal zero here. As a consequence, three parameters are estimated for all but the vehicle age variable; these correspond to the three noncar vehicle types.
Table 5 shows the results of this models estimation, and they suggest that in general cars are more likely to be chosen, or assigned, depending on household vehicle use constraints. Driver age plays a role for SUV use, with drivers in their late 40s most likely to be using an SUV when other alternatives exist. The role of driver age is not practically significant, however, for minivan or pickup choice/assignment. Males are far more likely to use pickups and somewhat more likely to use SUVs, while women have a tendency to drive minivans. Employed persons have a slight tendency to favor pickups and SUVs but a stronger tendency to avoid minivans. If the trips purpose is work-related, pickups are more likely, and if the purpose is recreational in nature, the converse is true. In contrast, trip purpose effects for minivans and SUVs are not statistically significant. Population density does not show statistical significance for any of the these vehicle choices relative to passenger cars.
On weekend days, the model results suggest that an SUV is a more likely choice and a pickup somewhat less likely. Its effect, however, is not quite significant, in neither a statistical nor a practical sense. Vehicle trips made with more occupants lead to a higher probablity of SUV and minivan choice but lower likelihood of pickup. This result echoes the results of the occupancy models. Perhaps unexpectedly, trip length, as measured in time units reported by drivers, does not have an impact on SUV and pickup choices but negatively affects the likelihood of minivan choice.
Models of Vehicle Ownership
The final pair of models estimated center on vehicle ownership. Similar to the above analysis of vehicle types chosen for specific trips, a multinomial logit model was used first. This specification predicts the type of "newest vehicle owned," as measured by model year, in a households fleet. In addition, a set of simultaneous Poisson regression equations, for the various numbers of different vehicle types owned, was estimated. The simultaneity in this second form of ownership model results from restricting the parameter of vehicle price-over-income variable to be the same for all of the exponential equations.12 Tables 6 and 7 show the results of these models.
As is evident in the negative constant terms for various LDT vehicle types in both these tables, passenger cars are relatively favored, on average. However, current total sales figures indicate that LDTs as a class are catching up and starting to surpass passenger car sales. Moreover, some LDTs are held longer by households than are passenger cars, suggesting that household vehicle holdings may differ substantially in the coming years.13 As results reported above suggest, LDTs are driven significantly more miles each year and minivans serve substantially more person-trips than passenger cars. Therefore, LDTs contribute significantly more toward congestion, pollution, and crashes than ownership information alone suggests.
Results of tables 6 and 7 results also suggest that as household sizes increase, SUVs and minivans are more popular choices than passenger cars, while pickups are becoming a slightly less likely choice. Furthermore, as incomes per household member increase, SUVs become more common, and pickups become less common. Minivan ownership response to higher incomes is not as significant, statistically or practically.
Table 6 suggests that when a household owns multiple cars, the addition of minivans and pickups is favored, but an SUVs addition is not affected in a statistically significant way. Ownership of a relatively new minivan becomes less likely as a households overall fleet size increases. Finally, results of both tables 6 and 7 indicate that LDTs are more popular in lower density environments. This result may be reflective of longer travel distances in such locations and fewer parking issues for these larger vehicles.14
These ownership models are based on a single, 1995 cross-section of data. In reality, preferences, products, and markets change over time. With a panel data set, temporal ownership patterns could be analyzed, illuminating consumer trends and providing more insights to policymakers. However, the 1995 NPTS data are useful in that they validate many commonly held perceptions about present consumption of light-duty trucks versus passenger cars. For example, larger household sizes favor minivans the most, SUVs next, and pickups least. Higher income households favor SUVs but not pickups, and lower population densities favor pickups the most and passenger cars the least.
The U.S. government has taken an active regulatory stance in the area of emissions, as well as the safety, fuel economy, and size of different vehicle types. In many ways, cars and light-duty trucks, including minivans, SUVs, and pickups, are regulated very differently even though households may use them for very similar purposes. This paper presented an investigation of the 1995 Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey data set for evidence of household use differences across light-duty trucks and passenger cars in the United States.
Total vehicle-miles traveled, daily person-trips served, vehicle occupancies, drivers vehicle type choices, and household ownership choices were analyzed to illuminate any significant differences in vehicle use. Weighted least squares (for VMT), negative binomials (for person-trips), ordered probit (for occupancy), multinomial logits (for vehicles chosen by drivers [for trip-making] and for newest vehicle owned), and an MNL conditioned on a Poisson (for fleet combinations) were the stochastic specifications employed.
While the NPTS questionnaires do not target special uses of LDTs by households specifically, analysis of these data offers insights and does suggest use differences. In general, it appears that households drive LDTs significantly more miles (up to 25% more, on average). Minivans are found to carry more occupants on any given trip and serve 35% more person-trips over the course of a day than passenger cars, while pickups are associated with significantly fewer occupants per trip and 15% fewer person-trips. SUVs, on the other hand, are used for the same number of person-trips as passenger cars, and their occupancies are quite similar, except in the case of vehicle trips made for recreational purposes.
Light-duty-truck ownership decisions are strongly associated with household size, incomes, population density, and vehicles already owned. For example, SUVs are more likely to be found in higher income, larger households in low-density environments with multiple vehicles. In terms of within fleet vehicle choice for trip making, several driver and trip characteristics are relevant. For example, males are far more likely to drive a pickup, and employed persons are unlikely to drive the household minivan. Pickups are more common for work-related trips, and SUVs are a more likely choice for weekend trips.
Taken together, the various models results suggest that, when available, LDTs are used more regularly than cars for trips of a personal nature. However, the NPTS data offer no strong indications that minivans and SUVs are used as "work" vehicles, the original basis for separate classification of LDTs from passenger cars. Pickups are more popular among households than they were 20 years ago when American life was less urban, so it is not clear that pickups are performing unusual services either.
Even if LDTs perform special services for their owners, such as towing boats, hauling home furniture, or carrying many occupants, these benefits largely accrue only to their owners. In fact, such vehicles impose many negative externalities (Kockelman 2000a, Kockelman and Shabih 2000). Thus, it may be argued that their owners should be paying for these impacts rather than enjoying more lenient regulation.
The authors wish to acknowledge the University of Texas at Austin Department of Civil Engineering and the Luce Foundation for their support of this research effort.
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Kockelman, K. and R. Shabih. 2000. Effect of Vehicle Type on the Capacity of Signalized Intersections: The Case of Light-Duty Trucks. Journal of Transportation Engineering. 126, no. 6:506-12.
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Address for Correspondence and Endnotes
*Kara Maria Kockelman, University of Texas at Austin, 6.90 E. Cockrell Jr. Hall, Austin, TX 78712-1076. Email: email@example.com.
1 The source of these 1999 data is the Polk Company (without Hummer, Winnebago, and Workhorse truck makes). While these data are the most recent available, they are unpublished, and Polk restricts their use.
2 The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) defines a light-duty truck to be any motor vehicle having a gross vehicle weight rating (curb weight plus payload) of no more than 8,500 pounds, "1) Designed primarily for purposes of transportation of property or is a derivation of such a vehicle or 2) Designed primarily for transportation of persons and has a capacity of more than 12 persons or 3) Available with special features enabling off-street or off-highway operation and use." (40 CFR 86.082-2.) The "special features" enabling off-road use are four-wheel drive and at least four of the following five clearance characteristics: an approach angle of not less than 28 degrees, a breakover angle of not less than 14 degrees; a departure angle of not less than 20 degrees, a running clearance of not less than 8 inches, and front and rear axle clearances of not less than 7 inches each. (40 CFR 86.084-2.)
3 The LDT fuel-economy standard is set by Department of Transportation rule-making; it is not incorporated into formal statute, as in the case of passenger-car fuel economy.
4 The EPAs Tier II plans for 2009 call for averaging emissions across a manufacturers entire fleet of vehicles. Under this plan, LDTs are likely to continue emitting more than cars, on average, but low-emitting vehicles will have to be sold to meet the average, forcing individual manufacturers to balance emissions impacts of their LDT fleets against emissions benefits of their car sales. Ideally, manufacturers should be able to trade credits with one another, but the rule-making does not allow this.
5 These numbers come from Wards Automotive Yearbook (1997) prices and Automotive News (1998) sales data. They are based on sales-weighted values.
6 See Cameron and Trivedis 1986 discussion of such models.
7 However, this is changing via new four-door "car-plus-truck" models.
8 In the interest of space, these models are not shown.
9 See Greenes (1993) discussion of this model specification.
10 See, for example, Greenes (1993) discussion of this model.
11 A nested-logit specification would avoid the record removal used here. In such a framework, all passenger cars available to a household form one nest of choices: all minivans form a different nest, and so on. Our interest lies in distinctions across vehicle types, rather than among vehicles of a single type (that is, within a nest), so the removal of households with more than one vehicle of any type was adopted, simplifying the estimation.
12 A series of independent Poissons or simultaneous-in-unknown-parameters Poissons (as specified here), conditioned on the sum, is equivalent to a multinomial distribution for the combinations of vehicles owned. The price-over-income variable was restricted to a single coefficient because the prices were constant for each vehicle type here (using 1997 average sales prices). Thus, this variable would have simply reflected the inverse of income had its parameters been allowed to vary. A multiariate negative binomial also was attempted to allow heterogeneity across the vehicle ownership levels (see Kockelman [2000b] for an example application of this specification); however, this models maximum-likelihood estimation would not converge due to the dispersion parameters tendency for near-zero values. Finally, a series of independent, non-simultaneous Poissons was run, without the price-over-income variable, and the pseudo-R2 of this model was 4.93%.
13 For example, the average household pickup age in the 1995 NPTS data set was 8.22 years, versus 6.83 for passenger cars. The average age of minivans and SUVs in the sample was just 4.72 and 5.16 years, which may be due to the fact that these body types have not been available in the market for nearly as long as pickups and passenger cars.


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November 27, 2012
"Los músicos venezolanos arriban este lunes 26 a Berkeley, San Francisco," says the e-mail from the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington — in effect placing Berkeley in San Francisco, a common error in foreign lands.
The embassy, part of the Mininistry of People's Power for Foreign Affairs, is touting the long-awaited concerts by the Simón Bolívar Orchestra, led by Gustavo Dudamel, and an important symposium on music education and El Sistema, which is responsible for the Dudamel-Bolivar phenomenon.
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This North-American tour starts November 28th in Berkeley University, CA, when for 4 days the Venezuelan musicians will participate in a residence with seminars, master classes, chamber music concerts in schools and communities of the city and two more concerts — November 29th and 30th — at famous Zellerbach Hall, with its 2000 people capacity.
The important news here is that there are still a few — very few — tickets available for those Nov. 29 and 30 concerts on the Cal Performances website.
The opportunity to hear this amazing ensemble — in a fascinating program of music by Chávez, Orbón, Revueltas, Benzecry, Villa-Lobos, and Estévez — may not come around again any time soon.
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Andre Mack talks to MMS students at the Fuqua School of Business
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Andre Mack knows something about taking risks. He left a successful job at Citicorp Investment Services to follow his passion for wine. At 30, he was the first African American awarded the title of Best Young Sommelier in America. But he wasn't content to just serve wine. He wanted to make it. And so, in 2007, his own label, Mouton Noir, came to life. In the first year, Mack produced 378 cases. In 2012, he was up to almost 20,000 cases serving 17 markets.
Mack spoke recently to Fuqua School of Business Master of Management Studies students and explains more about his journey in a Fuqua Q and A.
What advice would you give people about finding and pursuing their true passion?
I think everybody knows what it is. Everybody at this moment knows exactly what they'd much rather be doing, or what they'd love to do. I went about it the wrong way. I did it for money. I said, "I'll go into finance because I can make money and I'll be happy." I think what happens is you get there, and you start to figure out, "Wow, this is not what I thought it was." So you aren't happy. So the idea of being able to make money just kind of disappeared. I feel like if you do what you love, you can make money. Don't do something because you want to make money.
Pursuing your passion is a big risk. How do you minimize that?
You just have to be smart about it. I didn't say, "You know what? I hate this. I want to do something else so I'm just going to quit." You still have to be practical, and at that time I didn't have a family, so it was a little easier for me.
For me, I utilize the hours between 10 p.m. and 4 in the morning. And I'm a freak like that. You have to be willing to give that commitment. I think a lot of people aren't. They say that they are but they're not. My biggest thing is to get started. Do it. Don't talk about it. Do it. Think about it. Convince yourself and do it.
How can people develop the courage necessary to take these risks?
At some point you have to not care what people think. You have to be courageous and step outside of yourself to be great. And I don't think greatness is this elusive thing that most people can't attain. I think greatness is in everybody. It's just about rising to the occasion and being prepared. I do believe in luck. But I believe you create your own luck. And how do you do that? You do that by being prepared. So that when those opportunities do come, you can take advantage of them.
How do you cultivate the leadership skills necessary to achieve your dream?
I think there is what we call natural born leaders. Those are people we would associate with having talent versus people who have skills. But skill and talent, to me it's almost the same thing. Talent is something you're born with and skill is something you acquire through hard work. So just because you're not a natural born leader doesn't mean you can't become a natural born leader. Those are things that you have to constantly work at.
People settle for mediocrity. You really only live once. So you've convinced yourself that the life you're living is good enough for you. And maybe it is. But there are other things that you aspire to do and want to do and you should make those things happen.
You stress that it's important for a business to give back. Why?
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Ryan Banta has the patience of Job. Or maybe he's just stubborn. Either way, the Parkway Central girls track and field coach is a man on a mission. Someone else would have quit running into the brick wall that Banta is trying to break down. "My mom didn't raise a fool. She taught me that if there is something right and noble and needs to be done then you carry the torch," Banta says.
He's one vote away from giving the Missouri track and field coaches a change they've wanted for years—a change the Missouri State High School Activities Association Board of Directors has already rejected.
Banta has spent the fall collecting signatures for a petition. The petition is to change the way athletes qualify for the state championship meets in Jefferson City. Currently the only way for an individual to qualify for the state meet is to finish in the top four at the sectional meet in their event. Sounds fine and dandy. But what happens when the fifth fastest kid in the state is lumped in a sectional with the four athletes who are faster? What then? As it stands, the fifth finisher is patted on the head, told it's too bad and sent home all while slower athletes in less competitive sectionals are allowed the privilege of competing at state.
That doesn't sit right with Banta, nor does it sit right with the track and field coaches across Missouri. At their annual coaching clinic this summer, the track and field coaches of Missouri, all 330 of them, voted unanimously to change the qualifying guidelines for the state meet. What the coaches want is for the top four finishers to automatically advance but allow for additional qualifiers if they hit a certain time, distance or height. Banta calls it a "sectional plus one." The purpose is to allow athletes who hit those benchmarks the opportunity to run with the best and not be penalized because their event just happens to be loaded in their sectional. "We're taking care of areas that have a talent load in certain events," Banta says.
Banta has gone back 10 years in his research to see how many kids would have been added to the state meet if the system had the proposed tweak. He found that every corner of Missouri would have been better represented. "I found 156 schools that would have been positively affected by this at the state meet," Banta says.
The qualifying standard Banta has proposed for the "sectional plus one" is the average time, distance or height of the all-state finishers over the last three years in each event. That means in order to advance to the state meet a sprinter would have to hit the average time of the eight athletes who stood on podium in that event over the last three years. His research also indicates that the state meet would not be overburdened by extra athletes. One of his many cohorts on this project is Ladue assistant coach Tim Levine. Levine built a state track meet schedule down to the minute and found this could be easily done without major reconstruction to the current meet. "There is two and a half hours of stand around time at the state meet anyway," Banta says. "The time is already built in."
Despite the unanimous vote by the coaches and approval of the Track and Field Advisory Board, the MSHSAA Board of Directors rejected this proposal. It described its reasons in a 37-page document. "There were many coaches who were flabbergasted," Banta says.
Undeterred, Banta has taken to the appeals process. He and many others have collected signatures of principals from schools across the state to petition for this change to be placed on MSHSAA's 2012 Annual Ballot, which is voted on by the state's athletics directors. The petition and proper paper work are due by the middle of December. It takes 2/3 approval for the measure to pass.
If it does, the "sectional plus one" system would go into place starting in the spring of 2013. If the measure doesn't get the required approval, Banta will go back to the drawing board and try to figure out how to get the best athletes in the state of Missouri to the state meet. He's nothing if not a patient man.


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Habits Expressed by "Will" and "Would"
In this article, I'm going to describe how habits can be expressed by
General statements
It is chiefly used in general statements. For example:
- An Englishman will usually show you the way in the street. (It is normal for an Englishman to act in this way.)
- She will always greet you.
Past routines
This is not a very important use of "will", but the past form, "would", has a much wider use and can replace "used to" when we are describing a past routine:
Take this sentence for an example:
- On Sundays he
used to(or would) get up early and go fishing. He used to/would spend the whole day by the river and in the evening used to/would come home with marvellous stories of the fish he had nearly caught.
Note, however, that when used to expresses a discontinued habit, it cannot be replaced by "would". Both "will" and "would" can be contracted when used as above.
obstinate insistence, usually habitual:
Use "will" to express obstinate insistence, usually habitual:
- If you
willkeep your watch half an hour slow, it is hardly surprising that you are late for your appointments!
"Would" is used in the past:
- We all tried to stop him smoking in bed but he
woulddo it.
Will and would are not contracted here and are strongly stressed.
Would can express a characteristic action, usually one which annoys the speaker:
- Bill objects/objected = He would object. (He always objects.)


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Subject: Re: [DNA] Y- str European database
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 17:53:25 EST
In a message dated 01/21/02 8:38:07 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> And just for fun I ask: Why are we placing our entire heredity on a
> database of
> mostly criminals?
And in all seriousness I answer: there's no *necessary* implication that the
DNA samples come from criminals. The word "forensic" in this context seems to
imply that the database could serve a purpose in legal proceedings. I checked
the article which describes the Y STR database, and it didn't have much to
say about the source of the samples -- just that each contributing laboratory
had to supply at least 75 samples of males originating in a defined
geographical region. "In most instances, the definition of a regional
haplotype pool is based upon surnames and/or birth places." The long list of
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5 STAR if you like HIGH WAISTED pants.
- Familiarity: I returned this product before using it
- Fit: True to size
- Size Bought: 4x32
They are a super light fabric and comfy, just too high waisted for me. I ordered a 4x32 fit good, big in butt area, but I have a little rear end. Wish they were cargo style and lower waisted. Remind me of Mom pants. I am a mom but you know what I mean.
Seem comfy.
- Familiarity: I returned this product before using it
- Fit: Runs large
These seem really comfortable, but unfortunately the leg was way too wide for my taste/body shape so they are going back.
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- Familiarity: I've used it several times
- Fit: True to size
I love these pants! They are very comfortable and fit great. They have just enough stretch to allow for all kinds of activities. I wore them while hiking a 14'er in CO last summer and couldn't have been happier. On the way down we got caught in a sleet storm and although these pants are lightweight, they were water resistant and kept me warm. That's an A++ in my book! I will buy more when they become available again. For reference I'm 5'11" and 156 lbs. and bought a size 10. They are perfect length and fit.
*Love* these pants
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
- Fit: Runs large
I purchased these pants for climbing and I am extremely satisfied with them. Actually I liked them so much that I bought a second pair. The full length gusset and stretchy fabric make them perfect for climbing. The material resists water and dries very quickly. They are light weight and have a really comfy waistband with draw string so you can get just the right fit.
They do run a wee bit on the large side but the fit is really forgiving. My first pair were a size 4 which was a bit big but I still get a secure fit because of the draw string. The second pair (size 2) fit perfectly. The legs have elastic drawstrings with a nice little "garage" for the cord hidden in the leg. On hot days you can pull the drawstrings and wear them at capri length.
Overall, I'm really happy with these pants and I expect that I'll use them frequently.
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These are the most comfortable pants both because of their cut and the material they are made of.
They are lightly water repellent which is great if you are caught in a short light shower but they are not water prooof so they do get soaked if you don't put raingear over them in rain. On the other hand they dry super fast.
I wear them on day hikes as well as multi day trips 3 seasons of the year. I tend to run cold so even with baselayer underneath they are not warm enough for me during winter but I love them for hiking, backpacking and climbing during the rest of the year.


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Curriculum at the Family Center is based largely on the activities of daily living. When we talk of our curriculum, we are referring to the environment, people, and routines as well as specific activities. The Bank Street developmental-interaction approach to education stresses the importance of materials in the classroom and favors some kinds of materials over others. It also suggests the role of the teachers in the room as facilitators of learning.
Below are some activities and materials central to the Bank Street Family Center classroom:
- Art
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- Music, Movement, and Gross Motor Activities
- Outings
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Josef H. Pilates developed his physical fitness system in the early 20th century referred to as "Contrology". Pilates devised a unique sequence of movements that worked the mind and muscle in harmony. The exercise method creates long, lean muscles without bulk, focusing on the body's core muscles to support the spine.
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A special variety of intercostal neuralgia is that which attacks the female breast.
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Published: January 13, 2010 at 3:25 PMLove the show. One of the most underrated attractions in Orlando. The humor keeps the show fresh and the inside look into movie make-up is very interesting as well. This show will more than likely get my vote in the first round.
Published: January 13, 2010 at 7:02 PMOne of the absolute gems in live entertainment. After so many corny, kid-friendly jokes at some of the other live theme park attractions, this feels like late night at the improv.
I give it a 9-Outstanding on the TPI scale. My only complaint is that contrary to some of the live shows at Disney, this show has too much momentum. It never slows down or takes the time to explain some actual effects. It's one of the few shows that I wish was a few minutes longer.
As of now, this and Nemo lead the live show bracket.
Published: January 14, 2010 at 2:16 AMVery entertaining show, but Aladdin should easily win in the live show category. It's really no contest; the DCA show is the best anywhere.
Published: January 14, 2010 at 4:38 AMI absolutely love this Show. There's more corn than a box of cereal but it runs along at a cracking pace. I'm always dubious about the veracity of the participating " audience member " but that doesn't much matter. It's always lively, funny and entertaining..........and we must have seen it at least 10 times.
Published: January 14, 2010 at 5:38 AMLove this show, agreed with other comments on the more adult humour. Whoever the special effects guy is that has done it the past 2 years.. Hes excellent, very funny indeed.
Plus on a hot/wet day its nice to be under cover for a while lol.
Enjoyed this show more the 2nd time round too
Published: January 14, 2010 at 7:20 AMHooray for Bryce and Russell (the actors)!!! LOVE this show! Oh, and I can vouch for the authenticity of the audience volunteers... The rule is, pick the person in the audience who least looks like they want to volunteer, and extra points if you can find someone who speaks little or no English! The volunteers are not "plants."
Published: January 14, 2010 at 7:42 AMZachary and I have been to this show a number of times, and love it. I'm a make-up geek from way back, that's monster make-up of course.
I remember one Holloween contest I made my 7 year old daughter into a nurse with all the necessary medical stuff. Then when she got to the judges stand, she smiled at them, then opened her mouth slightly to show her fangs, and drooled out the fake blood I had placed into her mouth just before she got to them. She got second place out of about 20 kids.


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SAN FRANCISCOFabless chip vendor Qualcomm Inc. raised its fiscal 2009 revenue and operating income guidance Wednesday (July 22) after hitting its own revised sales target and beating analyst revenue expectations for the most recently concluded quarter.
Qualcomm (San Diego) also posted a profit in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) after reporting a loss in the prior quarter. But the low end of the company's guidance for the current quarter missed analyst expectations, and shares declined in after-hours trading.
Qualcomm said it now expects revenue for fiscal 2009 to be between $10.25 billion and $10.45 billion, up from a previous estimate of $9.85 billion to $10.25 billion. The new revenue target would represent a decrease of 6 to 8 percent compared with fiscal 2008, the company said.
Qualcomm boosted its operating income estimate for the fiscal year to between $3.30 billion and $3.40 billion, which would represent a decrease of 26 to 28 percent compared to fiscal 2008.
For its fiscal third quarter, ended June 28, Qualcomm posted revenue of $2.75 billion, up from $2.46 billion in the previous quarter and down slightly from $2.76 billion in the same period of 2008, the company said.
Qualcomm's revenue for the quarter was in line with revised guidance the company issued last month that called for sales to be between $2.67 billion and $2.77 billion. Revenue beat consensus analyst expectations of $2.73 billion, according to Yahoo Finance.
"Our financial results reflect a record quarter for MSM chipset shipments, strong licensing and royalty revenues based on healthy end market demand in the March quarter and a 5 percent year-over-year reduction in combined R&D and SG&A expenses," said Paul E. Jacobs, Qualcomm chairman and CEO, in a statement.
Fiscal third quarter GAAP net income was $737 million, Qualcomm said, down 1.5 percent from $748 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2008, but an improvement from the company's fiscal 2009 second quarter loss of $289 million.
Qualcomm's second quarter 2009 results were skewed by a $748 million litigation settlement charge related to a settlement and patent agreement with Broadcom Corp.
GAAP net income equated to 44 cents per diluted share, compared to 45 cents per share in year-ago quarter and a loss per diluted share of 18 cents in the prior quarter, Qualcomm said.
On a non-GAAP basis, excluding charges, Qualcomm posted a fiscal third quarter net income of $903 million, compared to $915 million in the year-ago quarter and a net loss of $46 million in the prior quarter, Qualcomm said.
Qualcomm said it expects revenue for the fiscal fourth quarter to be between $2.55 billion and $2.75 billion, a decrease of 17 to 23 percent compared to the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008. Consensus analyst expectations had pegged Qualcomm's fiscal fourth quarter revenue at $2.71 billion, according to Yahoo Finance.
"Despite the global economic uncertainty, we anticipate another strong quarter for our chipset shipments in the fourth fiscal quarter," Jacobs said. "We believe the CDMA inventory channel has largely stabilized, yet remains near historically low levels consistent with our prior forecast."


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1. Re: How do I transfer contacts from my PC (Outlook) to the LG Octane?wegmand Nov 27, 2011 10:44 PM (in response to LilysDad)
LG offers a free program that allows you to sync your Outlook calendar and contacts. It's called "LG Outlook Sync." You can learn about it and download it here: http://www.lg.com/us/mobile-phones/mobile-support/mobile-lg-outlook-sync.jsp
I installed the program on Outlook 2007 and then created a new Contacts folder. I then transferred my phone's contacts into it, thereby creating a backup. You should be able to reverse the process to copy contacts from Outlook into your phone.
It takes a little work, and the program isn't very robust. That is, it doesn't copy all of the Outlook contact fields into the phone. But it should at least save you a bunch of button pushing on your phone.


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Making Medicare sustainable is not about cutting program benefits or shifting costs onto seniors. Sustainability for Medicare requires fundamental changes to the way that health care is delivered – changes that will lead to better health, better care, and lower costs. The Affordable Care Act includes new policies and authorities that will make critically needed delivery system reforms while preserving Medicare's guarantees for seniors and people with disabilities. Improved Value for Seniors and People with Disabilities Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, Medicare beneficiaries will enjoy better quality care, better access to care, and a more innovative care delivery system that will help to improve outcomes and reduce cost. People with Medicare have already experienced improved benefits that help to keep them healthy and make prescription drugs more affordable. The important changes called for in the Affordable Care Act will also produce savings for taxpayers and extend the solvency of the Medicare Trust Fund. Medicare's long-term outlook is improved as a result of the development of new systems of health care delivery that will improve health care outcomes and cost efficiency, and provide more effective tools to reduce waste and fraud. These measures will also help people with Medicare by slowing the growth of their monthly premiums, and by keeping their copayments and deductibles lower than they would have been under previous law.
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Most of you know DF (dear fiancee) and I have 6 kids between us. We also want to add another in the future. But as of this fall, all of our kids are in school full time. I was thinking of either going back to work or going back to college.
What I really want to be is a pastry chef. I studied for a semester and I loved it. Plus the extra income and the fact that I would have a career not just a job would be nice.
I love SAH but the fact I am not employed scares me. Court is expensive and every time we turn around the ex is wanting money. DF (dear fiancee) has a good job but...well you all know.


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