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Boy's love of life, soccer lives on in donations
Ian Miller's legacy lives on with each opportunity created for others
By Ryan Loy, US Youth Soccer Communications
For weeks, Ian Miller anxiously awaited the news. Every day he'd ask the same questions.
"Did we find out? Do they have it posted yet?"
A 12-year-old from North Coventry, Pa., Ian was an 'A' student involved in many activities, but his first love was soccer. And after working so hard, the young goalkeeper couldn't wait to find out if he had made it.
Finally, one day in October 2009, his parents called him over and told him to look at the computer monitor. Ian had to do a double take. There his name was in the list of boys accepted into the US Youth Soccer Olympic Development Program (
Eastern Pennsylvania Youth Soccer ODP
) training camp. He considered it a great achievement, and it was one of the thrills of h
is life, his mother would say.
Now, thanks to Ian and his parents, kids from across the nation and around the world will get a chance to step into his shoes and have an opportunity to live out their own soccer dreams.
In Ian's Boots, Inc. was founded in July 2010 by Holly and Ron Miller to provide shoes — and in many cases, soccer cleats — to people in need. The organization was established in memory of their son, Ian, after his own soccer aspirations were cut short.
Ian began playing soccer when he was 4 years old, and it grew into his passion. While he was involved in student council, band and other sports, soccer was where he put his heart and soul.
Holly Miller said there were times when Ian would hop in the car after a baseball game and change into his soccer gear before being dropped off for a practice or a game. He would never miss soccer. Ian often played for two teams at a time, his school team and club team at Coventry Soccer Association.
Jared Cooney, 15, of Pottstown, Pa., played soccer with Ian for three years and said his former teammate was always happy when playing soccer and very reliable in goal. It's that reliability that helped Ian get recognized for his ability as a goalkeeper.
After being accepted into US Youth Soccer ODP, Ian attended a couple training sessions that fall. Unfortunately, he wouldn't get to participate in any more.
During a long-awaited skiing and snow tubing trip with his Boy Scout troop, Ian decided to take a solo ride on a plastic saucer during the last run of the night. While going down the hill, his saucer rotated so his back was facing down the hill. Ian collided with a ski lift tower and died from major trauma to the brain.
When Ian arrived at the hospital, they found a little piece of paper in his boot. On the paper was a Bible verse from
James 1:2-4
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
"There we were at 3 in the morning in this tiny little emergency room in Coudersport, Pa., having just lost our only child, which was the greatest trial of our life. And there was this little note to persevere," Holly said. "It took us a while to digest that. But ultimately, since the note was in Ian's boot, we give away shoes."
Months after Ian's passing, Coventry Soccer Association held a memorial soccer tournament for Ian as a fundraiser. When the club approached the Millers asking what they wanted to do with the money raised, their initial thought was to create a pair of scholarships.
However, the Millers realized their son, who loved to help others, left the perfect answer for how to use the money in his boot.
"We said, 'OK, a couple of kids get a prize with something like that,' " Ron Miller said of the initial scholarship idea. "It was through that process that we came up with In Ian's Boots. It benefits more people."
In Ian's Boots started in time for the tournament in July 2010, and Ron said it was a great success with a bunch of shoes and money collected. The Ian Miller Memorial Soccer Tournament continued for two years. Now, with many of Ian's peers grown up, the tournament has ceased, but the same can't be said for the collection of shoes and cleats.
The Millers estimate that in less than three years they've donated 8,000 soccer cleats and more than 20,000 shoes in total, and there's no stop in sight.
"It has grown exponentially," Holly said. "From a shoe perspective, locally, we support homeless shelters and underprivileged folks in groups and families. We've done disaster relief. We shipped shoes to victims of Hurricane Sandy."
In order to make the shoes appear fresh and new, each pair is cleaned and all soccer cleats get washed and sanitized. They're then stored in a warehouse before being delivered to the recipients.
"Washing and preparing the shoes is time consuming, but it's so worth it to help them out because it's such a good cause," said Cooney, who said he helps his former teammate's parents as much as he can.
A week ago on April 20, In Ian's Boots took about 750 pairs of cleats and sneakers to the Kensington Soccer Club in an underprivileged area of Philadelphia, which allowed many children the chance to play the game in proper footwear. But the impact of In Ian's Boots isn't limited to the Mid-Atlantic region.
Ron said they're in the process of sending 2,500 cleats to Guatemala, where orphanage managers said the kids love to play soccer on the playground despite not having cleats or balls. They've already sent cleats to Uganda and are now working on sending some to Ghana.
In Ian's Boots has also partnered with the Central American Relief Efforts (CARE) to have an annual soccer tournament in Honduras, which will likely take place for a third time in July this year. Holly said she was especially proud of last year's event, when an inadvertent act of sending both boys' and girls' shoes turned into a unique experience for the children in the area.
"In a very male-dominated society, the girls wanted to play soccer, but they were way down on the list in terms of getting anything or being able to play," Holly said. "Because we sent girls' soccer cleats down, for the first time in history in this area, the girls were permitted and encouraged to play in the tournament."
Because of the girls' games, the tournament nearly doubled. It was just another example of Ian's legacy helping a child he never met get a chance to play the game he loved.
The Millers still have some difficult days when remembering their son, but they acknowledge there are people who aren't as fortunate as they are. And with each pair of shoes donated — each one containing a little card with Ian's story and
James 1:2-4
— Ian's memory lives on in a way the caring young boy would have loved.
"To us, it helps to know that he hasn't died in vein. That through his going to heaven and being able to spread his story in this unique way, we're able to help others," Holly said, noting that Ian loved to give gifts and volunteer to help others.
"As an only child, we tried to raise him to understand that the world does not revolve around him. This is kind of in keeping with what we taught him and what he liked to do. And in a major way, that's very comforting to us."
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There's so much talk about about the photo, and my post is drawing so much traffic from various blogs — the kind that try to disqualify me as drunk/stupid — that I have to conclude this criticism — it's hardly even a criticism, more of an observation — really hurt.
Here's Andrew Sullivan:
Glenn Reynolds finds a photo in the White House Flickr basket...Flickr basket? Sullivan either doesn't know what things are called, or he's inventing a phrase to create the impression that the White House dumps all manner of images onto its public Flickr page without much thought. In fact, the White House Flickr page — which I check almost daily — gets — I would say — an average of one new photo a day — maybe 2 — and the photos are clearly chosen to flatter President Obama. I have zero doubt that if there is a photo there, the White House believes it presents the President in an excellent light.
... and publishes it to, er, point out how bad the White House's p.r. is, or how blind they are to perceptions of Obama or some such thing.Yes, exactly. It's obvious and it's easy to understand. Acting out a pretense of having difficulty understanding is hammy.
I tried to puzzle this one out and can just about see how an elusive photo of a tired Obama reacting to something unknowable might make him look tired or arrogant or something.
And then I realized why this photo immediately strikes some people are [sic] damning. Obama is a black man who looks as if he is condescending to a white man. That's political gold.It's political gold against Sullivan. And I don't just mean because he played the race card with so little provocation. It's damaging to Sullivan because the way he arrived at the racial interpretation was entirely by searching around in his own brain. He thought and he thought — he puzzled — and then he realized what looked bad to "some people." Some people? But that was you seeing that, Andrew! What you see is what you see. How much alienation from one's own thoughts there must be that you would expose your own racism like that!
If you think that's unfair, then take it as a lesson in fairness.


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which are not sinful obviously, but neither are they a part of the future life
There is no harm in laughter; the harm is when it is beyond measure, and out of season. Laughter has been implanted in us, that when we see our friends after a long time, we may laugh; that when we see any persons downcast and fearful, we may relieve them by our smile; not that we should burst out violently and be always laughing. Laughter has been implanted in our soul, that the soul may sometimes be refreshed, not that it may be quite relaxed. For carnal desire also is implanted in us, and yet it is not by any means necessary that because it is implanted in us, therefore we should use it, or use it immoderately: but we should hold it in subjection, and not say, Because it is implanted in us, let us use it.
I think St. Athanasius took a much more positive view of marriage and marital relations than saying it was "not a sin." There have always been errors on both sides of the argument. One saying marriage is barely toloerable, the other saying monasticism was intolerable. Both positions are extremes.
The same is true of laughter. Laughter can be a passion but it often is not. It can be a natural reaction to seeing something unexpected. I'll ask my priest about this issue, but I can already guess at his reaction.
TomS is right. Administrator's decision to close the thread that TomS had started is the definition of censorship.
It had nothing to do with the "rules" of the Forum or any other administrative obligation. The only logical explanation is that the administrator did not like the content of the thread, or that he did not like TomS personally.
All that administrator said was: "no need for this....closed". Let me say something that it is not so obvious: "WE ARE NOT THAT STUPID"
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Is Federer This Year's Fall Guy?
Despite coming off a title and his first 6-0, 6-0 win in almost eight years, Roger Federer enters Wimbledon perhaps more vulnerable to an early upset than he's been in a decade.
The latest results next to his name, and the grass beneath his feet, may summon memories of the Federer of old, who won Wimbledon every year from 2003 to 2007. And his obituary as a tennis player has been written prematurely many times. But troubling factors, some within Federer's game and some outside it, have made this his shakiest season in recent memory—one that could see him finish outside the top five for the first time since he was a ponytailed 21-year-old.
Federer's decline is both slight and subtle. Somdev Devvarman, who won just four games off Federer in the second round of the French Open three weeks ago, said no player is happy to see Federer in his section of the draw, and at his best Federer is as dominant as ever. But, Devvarman added in an interview Monday at the qualifying tournament for Wimbledon, "You've got to be foolish to think he's at his best right now. I don't think he's at his best consistently."
This year, Federer, who turns 32 in August, has looked beatable in more matches than ever. He already has two losses to players outside the Top 10—Julien Benneteau and Kei Nishikori—after losing to players outside the Top 10 only three times in 16 months.
After winning the tune-up event in Halle, Germany, last week, Federer said he'd enter Wimbledon in a strong position. "I've been preparing well for this part of the season and I'm happy it's paying off," he said, according to the ATP World Tour website.
But trouble looms.
Poor Returns
While grass is the best surface for Federer to encounter his biggest rivals and neutralize their defense, it's also where his service return—never his biggest strength and now bordering on a weakness—is most exposed. In the 2009 final, Federer was unable to break Andy Roddick's serve until his 38th and last return game of a match he barely won. The next two years, Federer was swept aside in the quarterfinals by big servers Tomas Berdych and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, respectively. And while Federer won the title last year, he was two points away from losing in the third round to Benneteau, whose serve isn't usually dominant but looked that way at times against Federer.
Tougher at the Top
Just as he's declined against the rest of the field, Federer has also struggled more than usual against the Top 10. When he ruled the tour from 2004 to 2007, Federer's only consistent threat was Rafael Nadal. Then Andy Murray started beating Federer more than he lost. Then Novak Djokovic started to reverse their lopsided head-to-head. But what propelled Federer to his return to the No. 1 ranking last summer was his ability to win half his matches with those rivals while dominating players just below them. That's changed. Federer hasn't beaten a Top 10 player this season and lost to both Berdych and Tsonga. He faced no Top 10 opponents in Halle.
But simple wins and losses don't fully describe a player's performance. A more detailed picture comes from Federer's dominance ratio, the ratio between his percentage of return points won and percentage of service points lost. The player in a match with a dominance ratio above 1 gave himself more chances to win.
Federer's DR was well above 1 in his 2011 Wimbledon quarterfinal loss to Tsonga. And in a quarterterfinal French Open loss in 2010 to Robin Soderling, and a semifinal loss to Djokovic at the 2011 Australian Open, his DR was just below 1.
So when Federer said last year, after he won Wimbledon and reclaimed the No. 1 spot, "I knew how close I was for the last few years," he was right. But this year against the Top 10, Federer hasn't been particularly close. In his last three losses to Top 10 players his DR was among his seven lowest of the past decade against the Top 10. In other words, he was utterly dominated.
The Nadal Factor
It's noteworthy that two of Federer's blowout losses came to Nadal. After seven months away from the tour, Federer's chief tormentor returned this winter and has been almost unbeatable, losing just twice in 45 matches. Nadal is 20-10 in his career against Federer, and this season is likely the favorite against his older rival on any surface, even grass. Federer faced Nadal just once last season, and recorded his biggest summer results—at Wimbledon, at the Olympics by winning silver, and in Cincinnati, where he won decisively in the final over Djokovic—after Nadal had played his last match of the year, in the second round at Wimbledon.
Now, in the calculation of 52-week rankings, all the points Federer earned last summer are poised to come off. The 3,450 points he accumulated at those three events represent 45% of his total. He has no way to defend the Olympic points, and if he can't come close to matching the rest, he'll likely be ranked fifth heading into the U.S. Open—behind Djokovic, Murray, Nadal and David Ferrer.
A slight decline in the rankings can turn into a vicious downward spiral. At No. 5, Federer could have to beat three of the top four to win one tournament. And if he suffers a couple of losses to one of those rivals in quarterfinals, plus the occasional earlier upset, Federer's ranking could keep tumbling.
Slumping Serve
Federer's go-to weapon when times were tough in the past was his serve. But through this point in the season, his second-serve winning percentage is the lowest it's been since a decade ago, his first-serve winning percentage is at a five-year low and his ace percentage is his lowest since 2006, according to stats website Tennis Abstract.
In his last loss, to Tsonga at the French Open, Federer failed to notch an ace in a Grand Slam match for the first time in his career. And he's lost speed: His fastest serve in his first three rounds in Paris was just 126 miles per hour (202 kilometers per hour), a speed he topped in every match at last year's event, according to the tournament website.
Still, these changes in Federer's game are all marginal. His DR heading into Wimbledon remains a commanding 1.31, compared with 1.35 last year. It was lower at this point in the season once in the past decade, in 2009, and that year Federer reached every Grand Slam final, winning two.
And dominant is the only word that could describe Federer last Friday in Halle against Mischa Zverev: Federer won, 6-0, 6-0. "Roger is able to give bagels to pretty much anyone in the world." Zverev said. "I sometimes don't really understand how he can lose to someone."
But Federer's inability to sustain that level makes it tougher than ever for him to win seven straight matches and a Grand Slam title.


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'Project Runway' Recap: Make It Work(out)
Thursday, September 05, 2013
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Last week
Project Runway
, the designers had to create little black dresses... oh wait, no. Three little black dresses were in the top looks, but the actual challenge was to design a look around shoes. I guess I'm still feeling a little salty about last week's episode, but I'll get over it soon.
Play Ball!
Well they may not be "playing ball" per se, but Tim Gunn does show up to the designers' residence wearing a referee shirt (and no tie - what a missed opportunity) to blow a whistle at them and wake them all up. He makes them get dressed in Heidi Klum active wear and drags them to Central Park, where Heidi herself is waiting.
She tells them that they are competing in five teams of two to complete an obstacle course. The winners will get first pick of fabric and they will also get an extra hour of work time at the end of the day.
The challenge is to create an active wear look for Heidi's New Balance collection. The winning design will be sold online and in select stores. Heidi also informs them that while Helen will still have immunity for this challenge, designers won't be able to win immunity for the rest of the competition.
The obstacle course is mildly amusing. Bradon and Helen were off to a quick start after the three-legged race and the tires, but they completely skip over the human wheelbarrow portion to get to the find the flag, so they have to go back. It may shock you to know that Ken has a bad attitude about being paired with Batts and about being outdoors in general. Dom and Justin come out ahead and have first pick of the stretchy active wear material that is provided to them.
Work It Out
When the designers get back to the work room, they see that their mannequins have clothes on them. Tim tells them that they are other pieces from Heidi's collections, that they can use them to help inspire their designs but not to cut up.
Helen chases after Tim to ask him if it's okay if she uses the pants on one of the forms to pattern her own pants. He says to go ahead and that he actually thinks it's a good idea.
When Helen gets back to the work room, of course her fellow designers want to know what she asked Tim about. She just smiles coyly and says she's not telling. And that sets Ken off for some reason. He tells her he thinks it's not fair and that he doesn't appreciate her attitude. It escalates with him swearing at her and telling her to "shut the f*** up" and eventually he spews a vague threat like "you haven't seen crazy until I come over there."
Helen feels threatened and goes to find Tim because she doesn't want to get stabbed on
Project Runway
. Ken cools off by calling a spiritual adviser from his church and then talking to Tim. Since Tim is both a calming presence and a papa bear, he manages to talk Ken off a cliff and then escorts him back to the work room where he apologizes to Helen. Then they hug and it's as if nothing ever happened. Except we the viewers all know all to well what a crazy person Ken is at this point, and at least I'm hoping he makes something crappy again this week and finally gets kicked off.
Sweating and Sewing
Helen wants to make a three piece look with leggings, a tank and a jacket. When Heidi and Tim visit, they're worried her tank and leggings are too boring and that she really needs to make her jacket a 'wow' piece.
Batts is working on a linear print sports bra with the same kind of linear print on the pants. Heidi is horrified when she sees it, telling her that it is awful and looks like a Martian would wear it. There are only four hours left in the day and Batts is doing her completely frazzled impression of
Madame Medusa
The Rescuers
. She does manage to scrap together a baggy pair of sweats with neon green piping.
Justin is making shorts and a sports bra. Heidi and Tim don't want it to look like a harness at the top, but Justin doesn't want it to have too much cleavage.
Even though the judges advised Bradon against getting too hung up on his intricate techniques, of course he is using complicated seaming in his pants. This time though, Heidi and Tim seem to love it.
Alexandria is making another drop-crotch pant. UGH. Also she has the same model who has been in bottom looks for EVERY CHALLENGE. So good luck with that, girl.
Kate is inspired for this challenge by her little brother who does motocross. She's making a motorcycle-like jacket with leggings with red color detail and piping.
Ken, too is making a motorcycle themed jacket. Except Heidi says it looks like a scuba suit, so he scraps the whole thing and decides to create a basic haltar top with biker shorts. Really innovative stuff here.
Alexander is making a color-blocked fitted legging with a snazzy asymetrical jacket. Heidi advises him to lessen the trim a little on the tank, which he does.
Run the Runway
It's the Project Runway dream team tonight, folks, made up of Nina Garcia, Zac Posen, Michael ("She Looks Like She's Pooping Fabric!") Kors and of course, Heidi Klum. I have to say that in general this runway show was kind of a bore where a lot of the looks resembled each other, but I suppose that's what comes with a boring challenge.
Kate- Heidi says Kate used the perfect amount of color in her look and she loves the way she used the fabric, especially the mesh sleeves. Michael loves the zipper in the back and how you can just change the silhouette with it. Zac says the look is polished and you can even wear it after you leave the gym.
Helen- Nina absolutely loves the jacket that covers your butt and your thighs. She says she would pack it in her bag when she was going away on business or even wear it on the plane. Michael says it crosses generational lines and Zac admires the work done on the jacket.
Alexander- Not everyone thinks that Alexander's look should have been in the top. While Heidi likes the color blocking in the pants, Nina and Michael think it makes the model look shorter. Michael says it looks like something you would find on the sale rack, but at least it's in a store.
Ken- Heidi says that she doesn't mind Ken's outfit but she thinks it's super safe and super boring. Nina says it still looks like a scuba suit because of the long, awkward top and Michael says he has plenty of function in the look but no fashion.
Karen- Part of me wonders what the original look that Batts made would have looked like, because her sweatsuit is just terrible. Michael says her model looks like she's going to a buffet on a cruise and smuggling cookies in her pants. Zac points out that fit and the sewing are also catastrophic.
Alexandria- Drop-crotch me once, shame on you. Drop-crotch me twice, shame on me. The drop-crotch pants are definitely not a success the second time around, which Zac is quick to point out is now repetitive and tired. Heidi doesn't hate it, but Michael is adamant about his hate for the "poopy pants" with the "pleasure me" pockets.
Helen is the winner for the the third time, and the second time in a row. She doesn't win immunity, but her look will be sold online and in stores by New Balance.
And poor crazy Batts is sent packing. While I would have loved nothing more than to see Ken get the auf wiedersehen, I can't argue with the heinous look that Karen Batts created.
Next week, Heidi makes
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Infante has 2 homers, 5 RBIs to lead Tigers 10-5
Infante has 2 homers, 5 RBIs to lead Tigers 10-5Detroit Tigers' Omar Infante, right, celebrates his three-run home run with Victor Martinez in the second inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Indians Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson)
DETROIT (AP) -- Omar Infante put on a power display that was more like his teammate Miguel Cabrera.
Infante homered twice and drove in five runs and the Detroit Tigers beat the Cleveland Indians 10-5 on Saturday.
The Tigers stretched their lead in the AL Central to 8 1/2 games over the second-place Indians.
The Tigers were without Cabrera due to irritation of the abdominal area.
The slugger left the two previous games early and has been hampered by a strained left abdominal for more than a month. He is day to day.
''Cabrera's huge. Everybody knows Cabrera's a good hitter and we're better with him in the lineup,'' Infante said. ''But we've got a good team, we've got good hitting, we've got everything, good starters. We're a great team. We've got everything.''
Infante hit a three-run homer in the second and added a two-run shot in the sixth for Detroit, which has beaten Cleveland seven in a row and 18 of the past 22.
''The first one was a slider. I was trying to make contact, the slider stayed, hanging, and I made good contact,'' said Infante, who homered off Indians starter Scott Kazmir and reliever Bryan Shaw.
''I've been trying in BP, try to hit line drives. Sometimes I make a lot of fly balls. Try to work with my top hand, that's helped me a lot.
''The second one was a good cutter, he threw a good pitch. That's why I say I'm working my top hand and try to hit line drives.''
Yan Gomes homered in the seventh and Carlos Santana added a two-run inside-the park home run for the Indians, who lost their fifth straight.
Cleveland outfielder Nick Swisher tried to explain the team's struggles against Detroit.
''Sometimes a team got your number,'' he said. ''Just got to take it on the chin and keep moving. Keep fighting, that's all we can do.''
Tigers starter Anibal Sanchez (12-7) got the win. He allowed three runs and six hits in 6 2/3 innings, walking one and striking out five.
Sanchez was replaced by Drew Smyly after Gomes' home run with two outs in the seventh made it 6-3.
Smyly got the final out and Jose Veras pitched the eighth, allowing Santana's inside-the park, two-run homer to make it 6-5.
Tigers center fielder Austin Jackson tried to catch Santana's drive to the wall by leaping as he raced back.
He got his glove on the ball, but it came out as his arm hit the wall. Jackson slumped to the ground, appearing to favor his glove arm. Santana circled the bases for his 17th homer.
Jason Kipnis, who had doubled, also scored.
Jackson remained in the game after Detroit trainer Kevin Rand and manager Jim Leyland came out to check on him.
''Just kind of jammed my shoulder a bit and knocked the wind out of me a little bit.'' Jackson said. ''Once I caught my wind, I was all right.''
Detroit increased its lead with four runs in the eighth on Jackson's two-run triple, Jose Iglesias' squeeze sacrifice bunt and Prince Fielder's run-scoring double.
''They kept coming at us,'' Indians manager Terry Francona said. ''We fought back, which was good to see, but they just kept scoring.''
Cleveland relievers Matt Albers and Cody Allen each allowed two runs in one-third of an inning in the eighth.
Kazmir (7-7) gave up four runs and seven hits in five innings.
Notes: Outfielder-DH Jason Kubel, who was acquired from Arizona on Friday, joined Cleveland on Saturday. To make room for Kubel on the roster, the Indians optioned right-hander Carlos Carrasco to Triple-A Columbus. He will be recalled on Tuesday. ... Detroit recalled the contracts of left-hander Phil Coke and infielder Hernan Perez from Triple-A Toledo and sent right-hander Jeremy Bonderman to the same team. The Tigers also optioned right-hander Luke Putkonen to Class A Lakeland. Bonderman will be recalled to Detroit on Tuesday and Putkonen will return to the major league team on Monday. ... Sunday afternoon's series finale will feature Justin Verlander (12-10, 3.73) for the Tigers against Danny Salazar (1-2, 3.67) for the Indians.


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Manchester United veteran Rio Ferdinand has been offered the opportunity to become BT Sport's main football pundit, reports the Daily Mail.
The 34-year-old defender - who will be out of contract at the end of the season - has been identified by the TV network, as the man they want as their leading analyst for the channel's Premier League coverage next season.
Ferdinand is believed to be involved in a number of his own media projects already, with one eye on his career after football.
But, at present, the Old Trafford star is still a first-choice option for Red Devils boss Sir Alex Ferguson, so it would be a surprise to see the former England international hang up his boots this early.
BT will press ahead for a marquee signing after paying £738million for the rights to 38 Premier League games in each of the next three seasons, and Ferdinand remains their first choice if he decides to retire from Manchester United in the summer.
Former Southampton and Everton striker James Beattie - now player coach at League Two side Accrington Stanley - is also believed to have impressed during pundit screen-tests, but BT ultimately want a bigger name for their coverage of the top-flight.
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New research indicates that marriage may not always be as beneficial to spouses' health as some experts have previously concluded.
But on the bright side, married people apparently feel better than their unmarried counterparts. Or at least they are more prone to describe themselves as healthier than they are.
Hui Zheng, lead author of the study at Ohio State University's Department of Sociology, said marriage is indeed good for the health of many people, but his research shows it doesn't work for everyone.
If you are already in poor health when you get married, don't expect any extra benefits. But if you are in good health, you are half as likely to die within three years as an unmarried person in good health.
Zheng concluded that marriage may help prevent people from getting sick, but it doesn't help when they are seriously ill.
The fact that married people are more likely to consider themselves healthy might have to do with the social support married people receive from their spouses, Zheng said.
And it might make it a little less sobering for a couple to pledge faithfulness "to death us do part" knowing they'll be feeling better along the way.
-- The Post and Courier of Charleston, S.C.


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How is it any more scary than having a webcam perched on top of your monitor. The only difference is the camera will record your face straight-on, rather than from 10 degrees above it...-Jesse
The result of this second "innovation"? iSight video confernces looked significantly more natural and more natural than web conferences hosted using Logitech and other web cams that (typically) sat to the bottom right or left of the computer monitor (or awkwardly on top) and, hence, gave participants really skewed views of each others' faces.
The innovation described in TFA is the logical next step of this eminently sensible design decision that Apple has been promoting for years.
(Side note: the reason why the iSight demos in Apple keynote addresses look so darn good is that the participants are looking at the iSight camera, and not at the actual screen when they're doing the demo. It's a very subtle shift, but it still matters. Kind of a clever, sneaky way to make the product look even better than it actually does.)
Number one, iSight cameras aren't even remotely as popular as all the PC USB-based webcams; they're EVERYWHERE, and ISPs for years have been giving them away as freebies. Number two, the iSight wasn't distinctive because of its interface; webcams have been available for years with USB2. I strongly suspect it was firewire because most people NEED their USB ports for keyboards and mice, but don't really use their firewire port except for occasional camcorder use, if at all.
The iSight was distinctive because:
The mounting devices just make it slightly more convenient to attach the camera, particularly if you had an Apple LCD. It's a problem solved with a little bit of tape, by the way.
Another "by the way"- the iSight cameras in the Macbook and iMac absolutely SUCK. They're basically cellphone cameras; microscopic lens and CCD, no autofocus. No privacy shutter. The picture is very noisy and low resolution, the colors are funky...
Side note: the reason why the iSight demos in Apple keynote addresses look so darn good is that the participants are looking at the iSight camera, and not at the actual screen when they're doing the demo. It's a very subtle shift, but it still matters.
I know somebody with a MacBook Pro, and when I video chat with her, it looks like she's looking into the camera, when she's actually not. That's probably caused by the camera being so close to the screen. I have a 24" TFT with an iSight on top of it, and the illusion isn't there.
Actually it was to show off the fact that he knows a female.That was a long way to go just to show off the fact that you have a 24" monitor.
You can take pictures with a scanner. A guy did it and put the pictures up on his webpage. They were amazingly good for not even having been made using any kind of jig, he just held the scanner up and rotated his viewpoint (and thus, its as well) while the scanning element moved.
If you pointed all the elements in the same direction (perpendicular to the display of course) then you could get a fairly high-resolution image of anything directly in front of the monitor, and with infinite depth of field with
What I see is Apple's lawyers descending on Slashdot for revealing their latest "Trade Secret".
Incorporating sensing elements within the display will permit sensing multiple simultaneous points of contact of arbitrary size/shape in a tablet form-factor. Neat!
Apple's been patenting lots of touch-interface concepts recently, too. Vide. [uspto.gov]
This patent is probably more about touch-screens than screen as scanner (that'd be a neat trick too, but probably would require too much resolution) or camera (would require a different but perfectly calibrated refractive element at each sensor - probably impractical).
And I'm not referring to the On-Line Dating sites.
And that explains the need for a Core Duo[tm] processor at minimum. One core to write to the screen, and the other to read from the screen and assemble the image. Putting thousands of pieces together properly will not be a minor task.
After all, if I'd told you ten years ago that by 2005, all cell phones would have a mandatory GPS tracker broadcasting your location to the phone company as you move about, with a nominal abilty to be switched off (ha), would you have believed me?
No, I wouldn't have believed you, and I still don't. Know why? Because it's not true. At least, not here in the US. Also, at least in some GPS phones, the GPS cannot be switched off, period.
At least two cellphone providers in the US balked long enough, get
Don't you realize that every cellphone since the beginning of time has had a tracking ability? It has to, by design -- otherwise, the system won't know which tower to route the call to. The only difference with the new ones is that triangulation via GPS is more accurate than triangulation via cellphone towers.I'm not kidding here. After all, if I'd told you ten years ago that by 2005, all cell phones would have a mandatory GPS tracker broadcasting your location to the phone company as you move about, with a nominal abilty to be switched off (ha), would you have believed me?
With that in mind, I'd be interested in knowing how such a microsensor would work without a focusing element...
I'll also point out a relative of mine had this happen to her. She's a pretty, vivacious, young woman, married, was then working in a public relations firm. The IT fellow was always a little too attentive for her comfort, to the degree she actively avoided calling him for issues.
Eventually she needed her speakers for a project, but rather then call in creepy IT guy she asked office clever guy to take a look, it was probably just a loose wire or something. That was indeed the issue, however he also discovered an additional cable, running to a camera, mounted under her desk staring into her crotch, feeding into a nearby cabinet with a VCR.
Much hullaballoo ensued, everyone in the building heard of it within a few minutes, much to the ire of the police. There were fingerprints, and all of the fellas in the office but for creepy IT guy offered theirs for comparison. none of the supplied prints matched, IT guy quit, relative had her desk replaced with a table.
That's who you sound like when you post stuff like that.
The good news is Steve Jobs has been here before. I remember NeXT bringing around one of their boxes to demo at my local http://www.acm.org/ [acm.org]">ACM chapter. It came with a nifty built-in microphone, to which someone immediately noted "great for spying!" The NeXT rep gave a smile and pointed to the red LED next to the microphone, hardwired to light up whenever the microphone was active.
This practice continues to this day at Apple, putting in hardwired signal LEDs to indicate when a camera is active. My expectation is that this will continue. Indeed I wouldn't be surprised if Apple were to even include a camera-active screen mode to brighten it for a better picture when the camera is active, possibly swapping in a white background.
Slashdot user Isaac mentions the idea of using this for a touch sensitive display. I couldn't find this mentioned in the patent application, so the race is on to file a follow-on patent!
But you wouldn't actually have to touch the screen. Years ago, MIT built a user interface called "put that there" that did gaze tracking and voice recognition, so that the "mouse pointer" was pointing at whatever object you happened to be looking at on the display. No need to touch a mouse, you just use your gaze. That might be possible with this technology. It could also be used to interpret hand gestures and facial expressions, and use them as input.
I personally think it would be cool to build a software-programmable mirror. Think of a bathroom mirror with zoom functionality, image enhancement functions, etc. The extra functions are activated by hand gestures, and face recognition is used to determine the centre of zoom (because in a bathroom, you normally want to zoom in on your face).
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"I shall expect a chemical cure for psychopathic behavior by 10 A.M. tomorrow, or I'll have your guts for spaghetti." -- a comic panel by Cotham


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BobB-nw writes with word that this April will be the trial date for SCO's financial reckoning. Novell will discover via the courts how much (if anything) SCO is going to be compelled to pay in compensation for the lengthy trial over Unix code rights. The NetworkWorld piece also offers an overview of the case. "In September, The Wall Street Journal described the ruling against SCO as 'a boon to the open source software movement.' But experts say Unix is filled with technology that carries copyrights tied to many different companies and that it would be a nightmare to open source the Unix code collectively. Instead, Novell would have to pick and choose pieces to open-source, a process that could begin once the trial has ended."


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Malware Attack On Mobile Access
Attackers can use malware or a phishing campaign to capture account credentials from users. Mobile malware is less likely to be a serious threat, but those surveyed by Ponemon said it was a serious concern. Sixty-six percent of respondents said it is more likely to occur during the holiday season. The study found that many firms hardened their identity and authentication systems to reduce the risk of a successful attack.
System monitoring can detect attempts to gain unauthorized access, password requirements can be strengthened and two-factor authentication can validate a user's identity, but a fine balance takes place between security controls and customer usability, say IT security pros. Retailers want to ensure the buying experience is disrupted as little as possible with security controls or the customer could turn elsewhere.


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Appropriately, the first episode is getting started. This is an introduction to some of the techniques used every day. We begin with Candie Cooper and a lesson on bead caps featured in a necklace. Then, meet Melinda Barta with tips for making beadwork more durable. Next, it's the first workshop lesson; crimping to attach a clasp. Finally, Kate Richbourg has the first of her metal work lessons and beginning steps for soldering.
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What is with LaPierre and the NRA! Can you believe this? They put a game on the IPAD, IPhone and want childres as young as 4, or as young as can hold the damn thing in their hand! Talk about sick bastards.
NRA spits on the graves of Newtown massacre victims with release of mobile shoot-'em-up app for iPhone, iPad
National Rifle Association launched free game that could allow children to play target practice and pay to unlock more powerful weapons, including an assault weapon like the one used by Adam Lanza to kill 20 children and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14.
Exactly one month after the Newtown school massacre, the National Rifle Association has launched a free iPhone and iPad shooting game offering kids as young as 4 a chance to fire guns at coffin-shaped targets.


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Carlos Tevez is refusing to give up on Manchester City's European campaign
Carlos Tevez believes Manchester City's 'team of champions' can still make progress in European competition.
Last Updated: 11/11/12 1:29pm
Roberto Mancini's men are staring UEFA Champions League elimination in the face, with a testing continental campaign seeing them collect just two points from four fixtures.
A place in the last-16 would appear to be beyond City, as they prepare for fixtures against Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid, but Tevez is refusing to give up hope.
"There's a saying that is the same the world over, whether it's in Argentina or England - the table doesn't lie," Tevez told The Sun.
"So when we look at our Champions League group and see just two points from four games, you can't disguise the position we're in.
"But when I look around the City dressing room, I see a team of champions. And I see a team of fighters when we're backed into a corner.
"It's going to be tough to get through to the knockout stages but we must draw strength from the memories of last season.
"The title was virtually at Old Trafford on the final day of the season but as a team we fought, we dug deep and Sergio Aguero's winner against QPR was a sign of our sheer mental strength.
"That made us champions and champions perform under pressure. There is a trust in the dressing room that makes us believe we can still turn things around."
The Argentina international added: "We have come a long way in a short period of time and already been successful with a title win, an FA Cup triumph and the Community Shield and my experience tells me that this big club will be a power in Europe.
"Remember, it took Chelsea nine years under the new takeover of Roman Abramovich to win the Champions League and they developed a team that was already playing in Europe for many years before the takeover, so the base was set.
"But I believe City will do it much quicker than that."


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Christine Benz: Hi. I'm Christine Benz for Morningstar.com. In certain cases Morningstar's forward-looking Analyst Ratings might seem to run counter to funds' near-term performance. Joining me to discuss some examples of that is Shannon Zimmerman. He is associate director of fund analysis with Morningstar.
Shannon, thank you so much for being here.
Shannon Zimmerman: Good to be with you, Christine.
Benz: Shannon, first, let's talk about how the analysts come about their forward-looking ratings. What sorts of factors are they taking into account?
Zimmerman: We have five analytical pillars, so among the things that we look at are the people who run the fund and the analyst team that support the managers of the fund; price; performance; process; and the parent company behind the fund, too, because if there is not a strong investment culture at the parent company, that can trickle down to the day-to-day running of the mutual fund, as well. So those are the five areas that we look into. Then, as you say, our assessment doesn't always match up certainly with recent performance.
Benz: So performance is one of those pillars, but just one. So let's take a look at a few examples of funds that have had maybe not great recent performance but that we still give very high ratings to. Let's start with Dodge & Cox Stock. It's a name that's well-known to a lot of our viewers. Let's talk about what's been going on with that particular fund over the past three and five-year periods, and also why we still have conviction in that fund's ability to outperform.
Zimmerman: Well, the reason we have conviction is, it has a fine long-term track record. The management team is very experienced, and the longest senior manager on the fund started in 1977, John Gunn. It has low costs, and we found in our research, an expense ratio can be quite predictive of outperformance if it's below-average in cost, and of underperformance if it's above-average. They prize intensive, pain-staking research. They are very much focused on fundamentals and are not trying to make sector calls in terms of what's going up and what's going down. They just focus on individual businesses to invest in for the long haul, and it's a Gold-rated fund for us from the Analyst Rating perspective.
But over the last five years, it's below-average in its category. I think it's in 53rd percentile over the last five years in the large-value category, and just outside the top third over the three-year period. So if we were only looking exclusively at performance, well, then we wouldn't have an Analyst Rating; we would just rely on the Morningstar Rating for funds. But in this case, the analyst who covers it, Dan Culloton, my colleague, thinks that the forward-looking prospects for the fund are quite strong, and it's hard to argue with him. It's a Gold-rated fund despite the sort of subpar recent performance.
Benz: One thing that I think maybe tarnished some investors' faith in this fund was its 2008 showing. People always thought of it as kind of a defensive, as you say, value-minded fund. But its losses were, in fact, quite large during that period. Does that shake your confidence in the fund or in the process there?
Zimmerman: It doesn't shake our confidence, but I think that that was a clarifying experience for a lot of people. It's a large-value fund and a lot of times folks think, well, that's a button-down category; not so. I mean, there are long-term investors with a contrarian bent at times, as well. And as with any contrarian, it could take a while for things to pan out, and value investors have a knack for getting in too early rather and getting out too soon. And that happened with Dodge & Cox Stock with their exposure to financials. But they didn't blink. They didn't double down, but they increased their position to some or foundering financials coming out of the 2008 meltdown, and that's been rewarded since then.
Benz: Shannon, let's take a look at another fund. This is one that you cover. It's arguably a more specialized fund than Dodge & Cox Stock. It's one that you've got a strong rating on a forward-looking basis for the fund. But near-term performance has not been that hot.
Zimmerman: That's right. It's a Silver-rated fund, and the five-year performance is actually subpar, below the category average for mid-cap blend funds. Its three-year number is in the 41st percentile now, so [there has been] a little bounce-back, but it's still kind of a soft patch for the fund. But as you point out, and I try to point it out every time I write about the fund, it is a niche product, the Fidelity Leveraged Company Stock. The manager there, Tom Soviero, comes from the high-yield side of Fidelity and now is managing exclusively equity money, but using a lot of the same research that he used when he was on the high-yield scene.
So these are highly leveraged companies, and in a market like 2008, which the five-year number still reflects, you would expect a fund like this to do quite poorly. But then in 2009, it didn't fully recover from its 2008 losses. But I think in 2008 it lost around 53%, and in 2009 it made about 59%. Again, that's exactly as you would expect it to perform, and that's the reason why I feel confident enough to give it a Silver rating despite the soft patch because if you look at the long-term track record of the fund under the manager, in every market where you think it would outperform, it does, and in every market where you think it would underperform, it does. So it's perfectly predictable, and if investors have the stomach for a lot of volatility, they should be able to do quite well. If you look at the 10-year return here, I think it's number two of all equity funds over the last 10 years. But investors haven't been able to use this fund very well. In fact, it's done about 14% annualized over the last decade, and the typical investor has only gotten about 2% of that. So you really have to have calm nerves and not be a quarterly performance report junkie to do well with this fund.
Benz: So let's discuss the flip side of this issue. So these are funds where we have Negative or Neutral ratings on the funds, but near-term performance has really been quite good. Let's start by looking at Vanguard Windsor. It's a big, venerable name. Let's talk about the analyst outlook for that fund and what has driven the recent performance.
Zimmerman: Sure. So Vanguard Windsor is in the 17th percentile over the last five years, so it has quite strong returns over that period. If we were focused just on returns, well, we would just be aligned with the star rating. But that's not the case here. In August 2012, Vanguard made a major shift and took AllianceBernstein, which had been a subadvisor on the fund, off the fund and gave it to [Pzena Investment Management]. Now, we think that on balance is an upgrade, but it's a little too soon to tell if it's going to work as well as Vanguard hopes and as well as we think it might.
But what is pretty clear from looking at Rich Pzena's track record at his own funds and others that his team manages is that it has a deep-value contrarian style. There can be long periods where that strategy kind of wanders in the wilderness, and this is a fund that, even before Pzena arrived and his team arrived on the management team, was quite volatile. Given the deep-value style that Pzena practices and the concentrated approach he takes at portfolio construction, that's likely to at least continue or perhaps be exacerbated.
Benz: So we've got a Neutral rating on this one rather than Negative.
Zimmerman: That's right.
Benz: I assume that the low costs are at least a big point in its favor.
Zimmerman: Right. This is an interesting fund to me because we generally admire Vanguard for numerous reasons, but low cost would certainly be at the top of that list.
Benz: Sure. The last fund I want to talk about is Gabelli Small Cap Growth. That's a fund where it has had strong recent performance, and yet we do not rate it particularly highly either.
Zimmerman: Right. A big reason is the price tag. It's 141 basis points, 1.41%, in a category where the median is 1.22%, 122 basis points. So it has considerably above-average costs relative to the broad category but then also relative to funds that are distributor-sold in the same way. Our research has shown that a fund's expense ratio can be one of the most predictive things in terms of whether or not it's going to be able to outperform its typical peer, and in some ways that's common sense because expenses are forgone returns for the investor. And so higher the price tag, the lower the returns are necessarily going to be. So at 141 basis points, that's pretty big hurdle for the manager to overcome. Now, Mario Gabelli is one of the most experienced managers in the industry. He's been at it for a long time, and he is on this fund. That is a point in its favor; however, he manages 15 other funds, as well. And our analyst who covers the fund, Flynn Murphy, says it's right for investors to be worried about succession, and I agree with Flynn.
Benz: Shannon, thank you so much for being here to provide an overview of the situations where our Analyst Rating collides with recent performance.
Zimmerman: Happy to be with you. These are very teachable moments.
Benz: Thanks, Shannon.
Zimmerman: Sure.
Benz: Thanks for watching. I'm Christine Benz for Morningstar.com.


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WASHINGTON — The D.C. Council will listen to testimony on the city's strategies for sheltering the homeless, including the practice of housing families in motels.
The city is required to provide shelter to those in need and uses motels, including some outside the district, when shelters are full. Advocates say that as of Jan. 15, there were 280 families at the District's general shelter and 349 in motels.
The Committee on Human Services, led by Councilmember Jim Graham, will hear testimony on the issues surrounding cold-weather sheltering on Monday.
Councilmember Tommy Wells visited a motel in Maryland last week and questioned whether it was the best place to house homeless families. A spokesman for Mayor Vincent Gray dismissed the move as a political stunt. Wells is running for mayor.
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Billy Connolly's Route 66 will air on KLRU Q this month! Affable Scottish comedian/actor Billy Connolly (Journey to the Edge of the World, Brave) takes the ultimate road trip as he travels the world's most famous highway, Route 66, airing at 9:45pm Fridays, February 8th, 15th, 22nd and March 1st. In this stylish miniseries, Connolly adopts a kind of "Easy Rider" approach to the trek as he makes the iconic 2,488 mile journey from Chicago to Santa Monica. With his unrivaled ability to tell a great story, he brings to life both the big and small moments of American history – the world changing event and the comic asides.
2/8 – Episode #101
Billy travels from Chicago, IL to St. Louis, MO visiting attractions along the way including: the Chicago Tribune Building, the Route 66 "Pie Man," Abraham Lincoln's home, an Amish community and the Chain of Rocks bridge.
2/15 – Episode #102
Billy travels from St. Louis, MO to Oklahoma City, OK, visiting The Gateway Arch, a Civil War re-enactment, a wolf sanctuary, a crossbow turkey hunt and the Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial.
2/22 – Episode #103
Billy travels from Oklahoma City, OK to Monument Valley, UT, visiting a cattle auction, the Devil's Rope (barbed wire) museum, Cadillac Ranch, a ghost town, Los Alamos and a Navajo healing ritual.
3/1 – Episode #104
Billy travels from Flagstaff, AZ to the end of Route 66 at Santa Monica Boulevard, visiting a meteor crater, the world's deepest motel room inside a cave, Bottle Tree Ranch, and "car culture" in Pomona City, CA.


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Notre Dame has ascended to the top of the latest Associated Press college football poll after a second straight Saturday of upsets.
The Fighting Irish improved to 11-0 with a 38-0 rout of Wake Forest on Saturday afternoon, then watched both Oregon and Kansas State fall a few hours later.
Notre Dame received all 60 first-place votes and a total of 1,500 points from a nationwide media panel. The Irish were last ranked No. 1 back in November 1993, and are now a victory over Southern California away from a likely trip to the BCS National Championship Game.
Alabama, a week after slipping to No. 4 following a loss to Texas A&M, moved up to second following a 49-0 thumping of Western Carolina. Georgia also moved up two spots to third. Should the Crimson Tide slip past a 3-8 Auburn squad in the Iron Bowl next Saturday, Alabama and Georgia will play for the SEC title the following week in Atlanta.
Ohio State, which is also undefeated after an overtime win at Wisconsin on Saturday, moved up to fourth. The Buckeyes, in their first year under Urban Meyer, are ineligible for postseason play in the wake of NCAA sanctions from Jim Tressel's tenure.
Oregon dropped from first to fifth after a 17-14 overtime loss to Stanford and is followed by Florida, Kansas State, LSU, Texas A&M and Florida State. Kansas State tumbled five spots from second after a 52-24 thrashing at Baylor.
The second 10 consists of Stanford, Clemson, South Carolina, Oklahoma, UCLA, Oregon State, Nebraska, Texas, Louisville and Michigan. Stanford's big win vaulted the Cardinal three spots from 14th, while UCLA moved up two places following its 38-28 victory over arch-rival USC.
Southern California will stand in the way of Notre Dame's perfect season next Saturday at the Coliseum and will do so as an unranked squad. The Trojans were the top team in the preseason poll, but have dropped completely out of the rankings after Saturday's loss to UCLA.
The last teams ranked this week are Rutgers, Oklahoma State, Kent State, Northern Illinois, Utah State and Mississippi State. Utah State and Mississippi State, both among this week's newcomers, are tied for 25th.
Oklahoma State moved into the poll for the first time this season after a 59-21 victory over Texas Tech, which was 23rd last week and fell out of the poll. Northern Illinois, which has won 10 straight since a season-opening 18-17 loss to Iowa, joins Kent State from the Mid-American Conference.
Utah State also joined the poll for the first time this season, knocking Louisiana Tech out of the rankings with a 48-41 overtime win in Ruston. The Bulldogs had been 19th. Mississippi State is back in the poll after a one-week absence, rolling to a 45-14 win over Arkansas on Saturday after consecutive losses to SEC heavyweights Alabama, Texas A&M and LSU.
Thanksgiving week features an abundance of ranked matchups, including the annual grudge match between Michigan and Ohio State at the Horseshoe and the Civil War between Oregon and Oregon State in Corvallis. The Bedlam Series between Oklahoma State and Oklahoma takes place this year in Norman, while Florida and Florida State square off in Tallahassee with both teams at 10-1 and clinging to slim hopes of reaching the BCS title game.
Also Saturday, Stanford and UCLA meet in the Rose Bowl with a potential second matchup set for the following week in the Pac-12 title game if the Cardinal first beat the Bruins. South Carolina and Clemson renew their annual rivalry in Death Valley.


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High Ridge, MO
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|Posted - 20 July 2013 17:46
So I am new to the world of Range E tires for towing. Door says 70 psi for max load.
What is everyone running them at? For towing and around town under light load?
Just curious.
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|Posted - 20 July 2013 20:9
I run 65 all around. I tried higher at first, but it wandered all over the road more than it does now.
(Nitto tera grapler tires, Load range E, says 80 psi max on the tire. Door sticker on truck says 65 psi front and 80 psi rear.)
St. Paul, MO
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|Posted - 20 July 2013 21:31
I too run around 65lbs on my Michelin LT's.
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|Posted - 20 July 2013 23:8
just remember, load range E tires have thicker sidewalls that retain heat... be careful not to air them down too far, or the tire can self destruct with very little weight on them. 65PSI should be fine for a 85psi tire, but ive seen people say 'just run them at 35psi', which can kill you and yours.
Crestwood, MO
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|Posted - 21 July 2013 10:27
Toyo Open Country MT (load range E). Truck door says:
Toyo's say max is 65. I run 65 all around when loaded.
Kore, the maker of my lift, recommended fairly low pressure when not loaded, for better ride, and I usually run 45 all around when not loaded (and when I bother to air down). Apparently, I'm going to die.
Oakville, MO
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|Posted - 21 July 2013 13:47
On my e s I use to run 75 but the ride sucks unless load with a good amount of weight no I run d s and rides good at 65 up front and 60 in the rear the diesel I. My ford weighs an extra 1500 pounds up front so I add five pounds for the weight and it seems to work out pretty good I'm goi g back to e s with the next set trans force 265 76 16 now that I'm pulling trailers more often again and there cheaper now than six or seven yrs ago
Arnold, MO
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|Posted - 21 July 2013 21:25
65 front/rear. dont need to run the 80 in the rear, it will ride like crap. unless youre loaded way down, you will never need the 80
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|Posted - 22 July 2013 3:33
45 may be ok for a tire with a max of 65, i don't know. I do know that Kore doesn't make tires...
I do know ive seen 'recommendations' of folks saying to just run 30-32psi when unloaded.. which is dangerous.
Randy, im sure you can reference manufacturer information as well as anyone.. heres a quote from firestone:
toyo tires themselves state:
so, I dont know.. perhaps you DO know more about your tires than Toyo, Goodyear, firestone, michelin, etc, who all have similar instructions on their website.
you may not care about your or your friends lives, but when its my life, however, i'm going to inflate them properly.
High Ridge, MO
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|Posted - 23 July 2013 20:24
Thanks for all the info, Chrispy included. Randy, apparently you may die if you don't inflate your tires to spec :)
Arnold , MO
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|Posted - 23 July 2013 20:54
What kind of truck are they on? what is the max fill per the tire? How many lbs are we looking at? I would assume the JK plus trailer. If the tire says 70 (as most do, I believe) then I would stick to the 60-65 range. As we all know, the tire pressure will increase some as the tire heats up. A little more so with E loads because of the side wall (like Chrispy said). If your load is something like a bobcat and super duty trailer, I would go more 65-70psi. when you're not towing, I would air down to like 50 or so. That's just me. I know everyone has their own opinion and experience. Mine is mostly coming from selling tires and installing them when I worked at NTB and Dobbs (at separate times of course).
Crestwood, MO
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|Posted - 27 July 2013 22:48
I realize Kore doesn't make the tires. Nor do I. And, love your suggestion that I know more about the tires than the manufacturer's. But, also, people need to realize the "maximum" pressure stamped on the tire is not necessarily what the tire manufacturer says has to be run in them.
As I noted, the truck door even says 40 psi rear unloaded, that does assume stock tires, but it also says 70 psi rear loaded. Thus, you would assume that the stock tires maximum psi was at least 70, but they aren't saying run that all the time.
Also, this is my second set of the Toyo M/T's, and I didn't die on the first ones either.
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High Ridge, MO
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|Posted - 28 July 2013 20:35
Well I tried airing them to 65. Seemed to work fine, but with the TPMS and the new Rams, apparently the truck only likes two different pressures based on a light load, or heavy load for towing. Can't fool the computer I guess.
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|Posted - 29 July 2013 6:31
correct.. but it IS the pressure required to get that carrying capability. running the tires below the pressure necessary to carry the load thats on them will ruin them and is dangerous. just because it doesnt explode the first time that it drops to that pressure, doesnt mean its safe or smart to do. think of it as russian roulette... even if the chamber you pull the trigger on is empty, doesnt mean theres not a round in the next one.
the door lable assumes you are running the exact tires (make, brand, size, etc) that came on the truck. as soon as you change that, its all up in the air.
you are correct tho, there isnt a 'specific' pressure tires must be run at.. theres a range.. with load range E and greater tires, according to EVERY tire manufacturer including toyo, will damage the tires, and put you at risk... same holds true for lighter tires, but the range is less because typically thier max is 30-40psi rather tahn 85...
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|Posted - 29 July 2013 20:0
You can go to the dealer and ask that the mechanic plug in the DRB and adjust the tire pressure limits... I know it is doable with 2008ish cars/trucks, so I suspect it can still be done... Just tell them to open up the limits to maybe 50psi... That way it will still come on if you pick up a nail or something, but will give you enough flexibility to play with ranges to suit your needs...
You might have better luck catching one of them in the parking lot and offering them a $20 to do it real fast... instead of trying to explain it to the service adviser..
Maybe tell them that you have to air down to get across a sand area on your property and the tire pressure light is troublesome..
Crestwood, MO
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|Posted - 29 July 2013 20:5
Wait, John, your door says 70 max load? Doesn't it have anything for unloaded? And, front & rear different? As I stated, my door has 4 different pressures listed.
High Ridge, MO
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|Posted - 29 July 2013 20:14
It's totally computerized actually. You first need to set up the trailer brake controller and you pick a style of trailer, for me a car hauler 2 axle. When you do that, it dictates what your pressure should be. all 4 tires on the screen. I had just aired them to 65 all around and I was under inflated all four. I tried hitting the Light load button, but then it says I am over inflated for that. The computer knows and controls it. Of course you don't Have to, but you will get the TPMS idiot light till you change it. Not really fond of that, at all.
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but what about us PC people, and even the PS3 users? No love?
Judging from your average Halo chatter, XBOX users are pretty obsessed with homosexuals. They're ALWAYS talking about the ones on the other team. Maybe Rockstar figured that playstation and PC users didn't care as much about Gay Tony.
players will struggle with the competing loyalties of family and friends, and with the uncertainty about who is real and who is fake in a world in which everyone has a price
That sounds like a description for GTA4 and the first DLC pack. In fact, rockstar has hit me over the head with that theme in every GTA game since they went 3D, and the opening to one of the 2D ones on the PS1. Every single one, you get double crossed by others, and you double cross others. GTA4 had four separate ones that I can remember, and that's not including the first DLC.
You know what would be a really shocking twist? If rockstar made it through an entire GTA -without- a "Surprise! That guy that you thought was your friend is actually a bad guy!" They're the M. Night Shyamalan of videogames.
Fortunately, it's fun regardless of how monotonous that theme gets. The first DLC was surprisingly better than the original in plot, characters, and missions.
May I suggest Saints Row 2? It mixes things up from the drab direction GTA has been going. GTA4 and the DLC so far have felt like work to me... I played them to be done with them. Heck, it isn't even fun to just mess around in GTA4 because the cops are so touchy and persistent, and the cars drive all serious-like.
FTFS: "full-time assistant to legendary nightclub impresario Tony Prince (aka 'Gay Tony')"
I will assume that he didn't get this name for being a jolly happy guy...
I dunno who'll cry louder: Censor happy stick-in-ass religious types or wannabe-gangster playing the GTA series for its "I'm so tough and dangerous... if only in pixels" image.
The partner in crime of a gay night club chief... can you imagine that and NOT grin?
Now one thing is bitching about the exclusivity and one thing is bitching about GFWL... which frankly I dont get your bitching either... if it bothers you so much, then torrent the games.
What next, "GTA IV - Fire Island expansion pack?"
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When Yoshi's New Island comes out for the 3DS on March 14, gamers will have the option to get a new Yoshi-themed 3DS XL.
What you can't see from the picture of the unit above is that this 3DS XL also has a series of Yoshi eggs on the back.
The unit retails for $199.99, while the game goes for $39.99 all by itself. This 3DS XL price is in line with most of Nintendo's themed 3DS XLs, but cheaper than the $219 top-end price.
For more on the game, take a look at its latest trailer.
Note: This Yoshi 3DS XL is not a bundle as originally stated. The text has been updated to reflect this.
Our Take:It's getting to the point where you can bet that every major release will have its own bundle. But how many handhelds can you possibly be enticed to buy?
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That's so freakin cute.
That looks really cool. Nintendo keeps making great looking 3DSs.
That's looks so nice, but I just got 3DS.


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Now standard with hands-free phone capabilities, USB Audio, and rearview camera, the 2013 Honda Odyssey is a FWD mini-van with seating for seven. The Odyssey is powered by a 3.5-liter V6 engine that produces 248 hp and 250 lb-ft of torque. Transmission options consist of a 5-speed automatic and optional 6-speed automatic. Fuel mileage falls within an EPA estimated range of 18 mpg city to 28 mpg highway, depending on transmission selection. Available features include 18-inch wheels, power tailgate, HID headlights, blind spot information system, lower storage with cool box, cargo configurations, 60/40 split 3rd row, navigation with voice recognition, hands-free phone capabilities, and rear seat entertainment system. Safety is comprised of an advanced airbags system, anti-lock braking (ABS), electronic brake distribution (EBD), vehicle stability assist, traction control (TCS), and tire pressure monitoring (TPMS). The Odyssey is backed by a 3-year, 36,000-mile warranty.


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Which is great, as long as the assessed costs to those researchers/institutions represent the cost to operate, plus a fair amortized launch cost.
And in order to lift those scopes to their viewing points, you've got to have a solid business plan that shows how these users will be committed enough to justify the investment.
When you're throwing around $billions, it's not a matter of "build it and hope they show up." (Well, at least I'd hope not.)
And in order to lift those scopes to their viewing points, you've got to have a solid business plan that shows how these users will be committed enough to justify the investment.
Business plan?
What part of Astronomy is based on business plans?
Even if someone is willing to pay to use a telescope somewhere, it's always with grant money. There is no market at work here, its pure science, with little hope of any gain other than knowledge for knowledge's sake.
You *still* have to have a financial plan.
You cannot - I hope to god you cannot - fling a $1.6 billion mission into space without doing some sort of analysis as regards costs.
If putting that telescope in the sky would be "really awesome" but ultimately you've only got 'customers' for $600 million of the costs, then understand that it's a $1 billion cost, and may or may not be worth that.
Getting time on the big telescopes has always been a bit of a trial since they are a limited resource and there are a lot of people who want to use them.
These telescopes do not need some special unique mission/purpose.. just having more capacity and schedule time for a wider group of scientists would be worthwhile right there, at least to the people who get time on them.
Wait. weren't these designed for terrestrial observation?
How can we be sure these things are even suitable for deep space imaging? Do they have the proper stabilization and aiming capabilities?
Will the NRO allow them to be used for their original purpose (earth observation), or would that reveal too much about current capabilities?
If they would allow earth observation, wouldn't NOAA or Dept of Interior or Agriculture be a better candidate agencies? What about Google Earth?
Can they be maintained in space f
Wait. weren't these designed for terrestrial observation?
This is answered in the article.
How can we be sure these things are even suitable for deep space imaging?
This is answered in the article.
Do they have the proper stabilization and aiming capabilities?
This is answered in the article.
Will the NRO allow them to be used for their original purpose (earth observation), or would that reveal too much about current capabilities?
This is answered in the article.
If they would allow earth observation, wouldn't NOAA or Dept of Interior or Agriculture be a better candidate agencies? What about Google Earth?
This is answered in the article.
Can they be maintained in space for years and years without service?
This is answered in the article.
Can they be remotely serviced and refueled?
This is answered in the article.
Could you send them to Mars?
OK, now, this is just getting silly.
I mean an Astronomer with a job is a rare thing.
According to the WSJ [wsj.com], Astronomy and Astrophysics had a 0% unemployment rate as of the 2010 census.
Your link isn't working for me, but unemployment numbers only count people who are actively looking. If they gave up and got jobs at McDonalds or Walmart to keep from starving, they wouldn't be counted as unemployed.
Make the first set of space binoculars
Just like Khan, you neglect the z dimension. You need trinoculars.
Actually, the SDO already kinda does that.
I always found it funny how NASA used the picture-taking satellites as telescopes, while the NRO and DoD uses them more like microscopes.
I have a cute neighbor...
I have a cute neighbor...
I think NASA has a slightly different idea of what kind of "heavenly body" they want to study.
I think NASA has a slightly different idea of what kind of "heavenly body" they want to study.
What're you saying, they're into fat chicks?
Take a googletour of the newer ground-based visible-spectrum telescopes. Replete w/ new mirror technology and advance adaptive optic systems, these outperform any telescope that can be put into space -- but just in the visible.
The only good reason to launch a telescope is to do IR and UV work, i.e. wavelengths that are significantly absorbed by the atmosphere.
Space based telescopes also have one other important advantage over their earth-bound siblings, namely the ability to image a target for extremely long periods of time. Except for the polar regions, telescopes on earth realistically only have 4 to 6 hours of useable imaging time per night. The rest of the time is spent waiting for it to get dark. A telescope in orbit, on the other hand, can stay pointed on a target for days, weeks or months at a time.
Canada's "Humble" space telescope (MOST), for example, stared at a patch of the sky for 5 years straight. Its mission is to continually watch a group of stars, watching for subtle variations in their brightness which could a) indicate the transit of extra-solar planets and b) help determine the composition of these stars.
Can't have enough stuff looking for possible collision sources, can we?
Or am I just another paranoid, SysFy Channel watching meat bag?
How come I never seem to find anything cool when I go to a yard sale.
Gotta get out there early, beat the blue-hairs to the punch.
and use the money to build something you really want. Has nobody here gotten useless (to you) tech from a relative for your birthday? Stick those puppies on ebay and go get some real space science stuff.
I say allow the Open community to use them to create an Open Space Exploration Foundation....
Depth Perception [xkcd.com]
Binocular galactic vision!
Depth Perception [xkcd.com]
Binocular galactic vision!
The European Space Agency is already doing this [esa.int]. HTH.
Link is bad.
Matched pair of shooting stars?
>> They're both still on the ground, dumbass.
Nevermind. Sell them to China or Russian and then use the money for general funding.
You call those spy satellite photos? Google Maps has better resolution and in color to boot.
Keep in mind that:
1. The satellite photos may have been degraded intentionally so as to not reveal the capabilities of the satellite.
2. Google Maps uses aerial photos, while the satellites have to be pretty high up to not have their orbits degrade. Reading an eye chart from 20 feet and 200 feet are very different problems.
I wouldn't be surprised if a cheap predator drone with its tiny cameras takes better photos than a satellite. The difference is that nobody is going to shoot down the satellite due to
Well, according to wikipedia the cost of a KH11 is about half the hubble. They have economies of scale as well. I never understood with things like the Hubble why they don't make more than one. At almost any step of manufacture the cost to just stick one more whatever on the rig and do what you just did 5 minutes ago is pretty cheap compared to doing the first one.
It is like saying that StupidCo spent $50M building a single smartphone, but every teenager is running around with an iPhone it seems. Well,
Just shows the difference between the level and scrutiny of funding between the military/intelligence sector and the civilian sector. NASA has to go through a long period of request and debate to get a space telescope, while the military just builds a few too many with no comment from anyone.
Note to self: Value of space telescopes greatly diminished when they are not actually in space.
Maybe Planetary Resources could buy them to map asteroids for mining.
From the article: "One way to reduce the cost of the NRO-WFIRST mission for NASA's astrophysics division would be to launch it on one of the new fleet of rockets that NASA will be eager to test at the end of the decade as it moves beyond the now-grounded space shuttles. But that would involve NASA's human space programme, an option that the science-definition team has been asked to consider. It could mean moving the mission from its intended orbit around the Sun -- at a dynamically stable spot known as a L
I don't think it's the soldiers who are the big expense in the military budget.
I think it's the "military-industrial complex" which sells lots of obscenely overpriced kit to the military.
If it were possible to cut back the military budget (unlikely), you would see a few unemployed engineers (who could probably easily find civilian jobs). You'd also see a drop in profits for all of the military contractors.
So, someone setup a crowd-tilt campaign or something to get together the money to get these things launched.
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Here's a handful of interesting tech stories from around the web for Wednesday, May 30.
Tim Cook at D10 on Steve Jobs, Apple TV and Facebook [All Things D]
The Apple CEO was unwilling to tackle questions about any future product plans during his first appearance on the D10 stage Wednesday night. But Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher were still able to extract all sorts of insight from Cook, on topics ranging from his old relationship with Jobs to his current relationship with Facebook.
New Samsung Chromebook & Chromebox review: Chrome OS grows up [The Verge]
Google and Chrome OS still face two huge questions. One, are we really ready for a computer that's entirely on the internet? And two, can Google build an operating system with the right features and performance to get us there?
How Twitter Beat Facebook At Its Own Story [BuzzFeed]
Why the biggest story in the history of Facebook didn't unfold there. The only winner in the Facebook IPO was Twitter.
Motorola: a brief history [Engadget]
It's a long and fascinating story — one likely hazy at best for those who can only remember as far back as the original RAZR or StarTAC. So, before the company embarks on the next chapter of its history, let's take a quick look back…
Netflix agrees to delete data on ex-customers [paidContent]
Turns out that nobody has to know about that copy of Bad Girls of Red Light District 6: The Extended Cut you rented from Netflix just over a year ago.
Rise Of The Machines: IP Traffic Is Poised To Quadruple By 2016, Driven By An Influx Of New Devices [TechCrunch]
According to Cisco, the amount of data in 2016 will be more than all the IP traffic transferred between 1984 and 2012.
Death To The Pixels [Fast Company]
Pixels are disappearing at an amazingly fast rate. Extinction could make a lot of money for a lot of people.
Fedora 17: Mm.. this stew of beefy source tastes just right [The Register]
Fedora 17 arrived on Tuesday following a three-week delay. Nicknamed Beefy Miracle, the Fedora Project promised "over and under-the-bun improvements that show off the power and flexibility of the advancing state of free software".
Hard drive supplies back to pre-flood levels, but prices aren't [Ars Technica]
With supplies back on the upswing, HDD prices have found a new, higher normal.
Logitech's Latest Solar-Powered Wireless Keyboard Switches Between All Your Apple Devices on the Fly [Gizmodo]
Logitech's latest creation not only allows you to switch between three separate devices on the fly, but is entirely solar-powered.
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MESA, Ariz. -- The Chicago Cubs' new spring training home in Mesa is about halfway completed, following the groundbreaking last July. Wednesday, Cubs top brass and Mesa city officials showed off the construction progress at Riverview Park.
Inside the 15,000 capacity stadium, the seats, dugouts, bullpens and infield are taking shape. The clubhouse is also enclosed and ready for interior work, including a 9,000 square foot workout facility that will be the largest spring baseball weight and training room in the major leagues, according to the Cubs.
"It is a world class place for our players to train," said Crane Kenney, Cubs president of business operations. "It's a facility that we think will be a part of our organization for the next 30 years.
The entire facility including a city park, stadium, clubhouse and practice diamonds, carries a price tag of $99 million. The City of Mesa pitched in $84 million as part of the agreement to keep the Cubs in Arizona instead of allowing a threatened move to Florida.
A large chunk of that money will be spent on an expansive city park complete with a man-made lake and promenade leading up to the stadium.
According to city leaders, Cubs baseball already brings about $140 million annually to Mesa's economy. Mesa Mayor Scott Smith hopes to entice restaurants, retail and lodging businesses to the lakeside areas withing one to two years to further augment the financial benefits on the city's investment.
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Preparations are under way for the fifth annual "March in the Park," a plant and garden art sale, to be held on Saturday, March 9, from 9 a.m. to 3p.m., at Jaycee Park in Cape Coral.
"March in the Park" is a major fund raising event for the Garden Club of Cape Coral.
All proceeds from "March in the Park" help the Garden Club achieve its goals of awarding local high school students merit awards in horticulture, civic beautification, Habitat for Humanity, Wekiva Youth Camp sponsorships, and to promote civic awareness of environmental and conservation concerns.
Last year the Garden Club had more than 40 vendors in attendance selling all kinds of plants, from ground cover to palm trees, and garden art, from stepping stones to glass reflectors. Speakers, raffle drawings, food and music will be available thru out the day.
This year plans are under way for an even bigger event.
If you are a vendor selling plants, food, or do a craft that is garden related and want to join our juried show, contact, Ginny Huffer, 239-257-2654, firstname.lastname@example.com.
The Garden Club of Cape Coral meets the second Wednesday of each month, at 7 p.m., at the Epiphany Episcopal Church of Cape Coral, 2507 Del Prado Blvd.
All meetings are open to the public, come join us to learn about Florida gardening and promote fellowship among gardeners.


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Honda plans to unveil the Urban SUV Concept at next month's Detroit Auto Show, a crossover that will be based on the Japanese maker's subcompact Fit model.The North American International Auto Show, as it's formally known, will be awash with downsized crossover-utility vehicles – including the long-rumored Lincoln MKC which will share some of its basic underpinnings with the small Ford Escape, albeit trimmed out for the luxury market.
Small cars, in general, are rapidly gaining ground as fuel prices nudge ever upward. According to Ford Chief Operating Officer Mark Fields, B- and C- segment models have jumped from 13% of the overall U.S. market to 20% since 2005. And the trend is expected to continue at an even faster pace.
Nowhere is that expected to be more apparent than in the compact and subcompact crossover niches. Manufacturers are rapidly adding ever-smaller crossovers such as the Buick Encore and BMW X1, both in mainstream and upscale market segments.
Honda is offering little detail other than to describe the Urban SUV as "a global concept model combining a sporty and dynamic SUV profile with a spacious, functional interior."