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EDF's Krupp: The new path forward on climate change
Few people have devoted more effort to passing a climate bill in this Congress than Fred Krupp, who has led the Environmental Defense Fund for a quarter-century. His central role is spelled out in detail in Eric Pooley's must-read book on the life and death of the climate bill, The Climate War.
Like the rest of us, he is is thinking hard about what the next steps should be. He has a long piece on that subject at HuffPost on "The New Path Forward on Climate Change," which I reprint below:
Every major reform in our nation's history has suffered defeats on the path to victory. From free trade to civil rights, setbacks have been a part of progress. But ultimate victory comes to those who learn from their defeats and press forward with new determination and perseverance.
The failure of the United States Senate to pass comprehensive climate and energy legislation this year was a serious setback for America, and for the world. The continuing cascade of scientific evidence shows that we are dangerously changing our climate, and the urgent need to act remains. So what do we do?
Our view is that we must be much more aggressive in pursuing pollution reductions under existing law, through America's never-ending ability to innovate, and through partnerships with companies that can transform the marketplace. There are many companies making real change, and we intend to work with them.
However, we have well-financed enemies in this fight, and it is time to sharpen the nation's focus on the businesses that obstruct vital progress.
For EDF, that means our historic interest in cooperation over confrontation will be recalibrated. We will always negotiate where possible, and we will continue to look for collaborative opportunities and flexible solutions. That is who we are, and we will continue to pursue those goals.
But there are companies that continue to choose short-term profits over public health, and who feel they are better off opposing progress. These companies have friends in the Congress, and they believe they will have more political leverage against the Environmental Protection Agency as the balance of power shifts in Washington next year.
Meanwhile, they are already marching into the courts to challenge virtually every breath EPA takes in this area. Our view is that the public and the investor community need to have far greater awareness of the companies engaged in indiscriminate obstructionism. We will look for ways to hold them accountable through every reasonable lever at our disposal. We will learn to be as tough with them as they have been with us.
We are evaluating everything from engaging more actively in corporate governance — the annual meeting of shareholders and outreach to boards of directors — to more active involvement in state Public Utility Commissions where the rubber meets the road on the scope of pollution – or pollution reductions – associated with major capital investments. And we are looking at a variety of ways to involve the public more actively in a conversation about who the big emitters are, where they operate, and what steps they are taking to reduce their pollution.
It doesn't have to be this way, and we would rather spend our time working on smart policy and win-win solutions. But we have no choice. We cannot allow the efforts of a few powerful companies to block necessary progress for the rest of us.
At the same time, we must accept the reality that climate change has a political problem. For too many people, opposing a solution to climate change has become political and ideological dogma. As long as many in Congress feel required to oppose any measure in this area, we will not succeed.
If we are going to de-carbonize our economy, we have to de-polarize the politics surrounding the conversation. It is worth remembering that no major environmental law has ever passed without substantial bipartisan support. This has always been the case – but the incoming Congress is a fresh reminder that bipartisanship must be the foundation of future progress.
In short, while being more aggressive and vigorously fighting to achieve critical emissions reductions, we – the environmental community – must be more open. Our response to this political problem must be to engage more widely and listen more carefully, not dismiss or belittle those with whom we disagree.
We will have to reach out to new partners, make new allies, and engage new constituencies. We have done so with a large part of the business community, and we will learn to do so with others.
We cannot expect that the public will support change without understanding the reasons for it. But we cannot browbeat our way to a broader understanding of the science behind climate change and the benefits of taking action. We need to start with the real problems people face in America today – from jobs and energy security to clean air and water — and work with them to find answers to those problems and the common challenge that faces all of us.
Fortunately, even in this difficult year, there is a path emerging that will allow us to begin to solve climate change, and there is a foundation upon which to build.
Within the last year, a controversial and overly complex but important climate bill passed the U.S. House of Representatives and received serious consideration among a number of Senate offices. Even where substantive disagreements remained, a new and significant understanding of policy issues and solutions was achieved — which is essential to move forward.
More broadly, public support for action on climate change, energy security, and clean energy remains strong. Just last month, in the largest public referendum on environmental policy, millions in California voted to keep the state's landmark climate law on the books, saying that clean energy jobs are a path forward through a difficult economic climate. Californians rejected polluter-funded attempts to overturn the law by a 22 percent margin despite 12 percent unemployment in the state.
Meanwhile, the level of business support for meaningful climate and energy policy has reached new heights. A number of cities, states and regions across the country remain committed to moving forward. Plans for 130 new coal burning power plants have been cancelled. The Administration moved forward with national greenhouse gas standards for vehicles, and talks are beginning for the next phase in 2016.
In order to continue to make progress, a new openness to different solutions will be essential. For our part – long standing advocates of a cap and trade approach – we need to accept that whether policies are cap and trade or something else is less important than whether they collectively provide a clear guarantee that emissions go down. More broadly, every entity looking for solutions to climate change will need to embrace flexibility and creativity in their policy approaches.
We will be guided by three principles as we work toward our pollution reduction goal:
- We will judge ideas and policies by their potential to produce results. Performance is what matters.
- Our approaches should be cost effective. This will lead to maximum pollution reduction returns for our investments and broader and durable public support.
- We will involve as many sources of pollution, and methods for reducing and absorbing pollution, as possible.
How do we actually achieve the goal? National pollution limits established by Congress are still necessary for long term success, but in the short term we can take steps that move us in the same direction.
Our first priority must be to defend the pollution limits already in law, at the federal and state level. EPA has the responsibility under existing law to protect us from pollution, including the carbon emissions that cause global warming. It has done so thoughtfully over the years when regulating other air pollutants, and it can do so here. In fact, there may be no greater governmental success story than the Clean Air Act. We must encourage our neighbors in cities and in the countryside, to understand and protect the benefits of that law to our economy and our health, which have outweighed costs by more than 30 to 1; and to tell the stories of avoided premature deaths and childhood asthma attacks, and the shroud of smog lifted from our cities.
As with every pollution limit ever proposed, there will be some who will work to block, weaken, or delay any rules EPA tries to put on paper. We will fight them at every turn, making their full agenda clear to the American public: they seek not only to allow unlimited carbon pollution, but to derail limits on toxic mercury, lethal particulates, and other harmful contaminants in our air. We must remind America that obstructionists are attacking the fundamental public health protections of a bipartisan law that has stood for 40 years.
At the same time, we will encourage forward-thinking utilities and other businesses to reduce their pollution, and work with them to do so. And we will work on policies and programs that will allow for improved efficiency in the ways that we use and distribute energy – work that will save money as well as energy, and making our overall economy more competitive. Many businesses have already seen the benefits – lower energy bills, reduced regulatory issues, greater competitive advantage – and are making real, measurable strides.
These stories of what the world can be, both profitable and sustainable, are essential to to return to a useful discussion about national limits for greenhouse gases. These examples will be more persuasive, because they are more concrete, than any other approach. There may be no more critical work that we will do over the next few years.
And we will continue to make the case that America will be stronger when we change the way we make and use energy. We cannot depend on hostile nations for so much of our energy, or slip further behind the Chinese and Europeans in creating new energy technology and jobs. Many of the issues about which we care the most – jobs, dependence, and competitiveness – are directly related to the issues of energy and pollution. But America will not support protective pollution limits or a transition to a cleaner energy economy if it does not believe that the solutions under consideration are solutions to these concerns.
In the long run we believe the path forward will be built from a continuing focus on solutions, and an aggressive approach combined with willingness find new answers to the challenges we face. We must listen as well as speak, though speak we must. When we take this approach, we can seek out and work with people across the political and cultural spectrums with different approaches to solving our energy or climate challenges, and we can travel the path forward, together.
— Fred Krupp, reprinted with EDF's permission
32 Responses to EDF's Krupp: The new path forward on climate change
I dont think we are going to do it with just a carrot.
This is an emergency and our response should be accordingly. Even here we are not adequately realizing that this really is the only alternative now because of the narrow window available to humanity.
Obama has to step up and lead in this respect.
I'm happy about the apparent willingness to be tougher, but the contradictory ritual nod to the bipartisanship pony is unfortunate. It's a bit like those Hitler film parodies where it's pointed out that he'll notice the irony soon, but probably that will have to be left to Fred's successors.
And Earth to Fred: The public is ineducable as to the details of the science. That information needs to be available (and of course is), but the emphasis must be on a) trusting the scientists (which a substantial majority already does), b) the impacts of climate change, and c) the clear steps to get off carbon. The message needs to be kept as simple as possible, and hammered and hammered and hammered.
More exposure of the Kochs of the world is good, but politicians who are in direct denial (e.g. Inhofe and Shimkus) are either nuts or entirely duplicitous, and need to be continually called out on that, even while the media is called out for providing a platform for their views. The scientific community needs to figure out how to remove people like John Christy from the public discourse. Why did some editor at the NYT think it was fine to quote a non-expert like him in the glacier melt story of a couple of days ago without even pointing out that he lacks expertise and that *not one* expert on glaciology or sea level rise could be found to take a suitably contrary view? With enough pressure, that sort of thing is fixable.
For that matter, why are people like Lindzen and Christy still funded? Why are Judy Curry's colleagues being so publically tolerant of her? The time for being polite to such people is over. In fact, I would say the politeness itself sends a message that the problem must not be really serious.
It's time to get real.
I read the book. EDF is an impressive player but Their strategy of negotiating with big energy has not borne critical fruit. This recent election has highlighted the fact of big energy's willingness to go to great lengths to subvert our political process in order to maintain the personal power of the men and women in control of these corporations. So, I have two comments and would advise two steps;
1) Stop negotiating with these corporations. If there is any truth to what is published on this site (all the science) then the only way we survive is if these corporations just shut down. They poison the whole process. They are the enemy.
2) The only defense against big energy's money in our system of governence is active widespread public support for the great transition. Millions of concerned individuals must come forward; baby steps first followed by more aggressive actions.
I expect Fred Krupp will win a few battles with his conciliatory approach, but he will lose the war. With each new compromise offered by progressives, the bullying Right will simply get bolder and stronger.
Fred, you said:
"We cannot expect that the public will support change without understanding the reasons for it."
How about telling America that our grandchildren will likely face climate chaos and certainly water shortages in the Southwest and crop loss in the Midwest due to freakishly warm weather during the growing seasons and more intense storms during planting and harvesting seasons.
Try that for starters.
Turn up the volume even if it annoys your funders.
John McCormick
This part is iffy: "It is worth remembering that no major environmental law has ever passed without substantial bipartisan support. This has always been the case – but the incoming Congress is a fresh reminder that bipartisanship must be the foundation of future progress."
The author neglects that the GOP was a very different animal in 1970, when the big environmental legislation was passed. It was home to some real liberals and environmentalists.
Those days are gone – today's GOP is much more single minded and anti-regulation. And well-disciplined. Look at McCain. He used to make sense on global warming. Now he is in lockstep with the rest of them. Or witness Lindsay Graham's performance on the cap-and-trade bill. He was one of the group of three developing it. But he abandoned it, for fear of being outflanked on the right.
Looking for bi-partisan solutions with this bunch is foolish.
Hi Joe,
Sorry for the non sequitur, but I'm trying to track down a reference. I read your site daily, and several months ago I remember reading a piece in which you mentioned and linked to a scientific article purporting to show that, if we literally stopped emitting CO2 right now — if carbon emissions dropped to zero immediately — then global atmospheric concentrations of carbon would begin to drop, also immediately. You then went on to say this was so unlikely as to be unimaginable, so it's still useful to think in terms of a time lag between diminished emissions and slowing climate change.
I'm interesting in finding that reference, though, that shows that, if emissions go to zero now, then concentrations begin to drop now. I've been looking through the site, but having no luck. Can anyone help?
I think there are real prospects for bipartisanship, and anyway, unless we are willing to give up on any progress for the next 2-to-infinity years, bipartisanship is the only option.
For instance, the "FairTax" movement, with significant conservative and even tea party support, wants to transition to taxing consumption instead of income. Climate Hawks want to transition to taxing or pricing carbon. These goals are pretty easily combinable, and moreover, make a lot of sense economically. Taxing income made sense when we had full employment and most of the stuff we consumed was produced here. But when domestic consumption is fueling an unsustainable trade deficit despite 10% unemployment, it's wise to incentivize employment and disincentivize consumption, particularly consumption of high-carbon products and services. The problem with a consumption tax is that it is regressive, but this could be resolved with a rebate for people with incomes under a certain amount, or with higher marginal tax rates for higher-end consumption.
So a reasonable proposal would be: 1. cancel all or nearly all income- and payroll-based taxes. 2. replace that revenue by taxing a) carbon consumption; b) financial transactions including overseas currency transfers (a Tobin tax); c) wealth; d) wealthy estates; and e) luxury consumption. There's no reason even a tea-partier couldn't agree to at least 2a and 2b, and if 2c-2e would permit (1), a lot of them would presumably accept the trade-off.
A Few Thoughts
First, I applaud Fred and all his efforts.
Second, call me.
Third, I'm glad to hear that they'll be going after the culprit companies. (A first step, of course, will be to actually identify them by name!) If ExxonMobil will be the first, or second, company on the list, it will be a justified and sensible list. If, on the other hand, anyone has any idea of identifying culprit companies and going after them, and does not conclude that ExxonMobil should be at or near the tip-top of the list, then call me (before the list goes final) and I'll help set you straight. I'll say it now: Any list without ExxonMobil at or near the tip-top is simply not a credible list. Period. Double period.
Fourth, although I agree with a great deal of what Fred says in his piece, I'm doubtful (or at least far from sure) of the wisdom of his apparent stance of bipartisanship. Of course, it depends on what he means by his comments and how he intends to go about things. IF so-called bipartisanship — legislators from both parties voting for necessary climate and energy legislation — is accomplished because we have done such a great job of communication, public activism, beating up on culprit companies, and working successfully with good companies, that Republican legislators (for example) choose to vote for effective policies because they ultimately "get it", their own constituents want them to, and/or they become afraid that they'll lose their jobs if they don't, then fine. That sort of intelligence is good. BUT, on the other hand, I am not in favor of "bipartisanship" that involves watered-down compromises that aim for bipartisanship as an end in itself. No way. The "let's all be friends" strategy did not, does not, and will not work, unless the "friendship" itself RESULTS FROM, AIMS AT, and INVOLVES, both parties making entirely fact-based decisions with the public good in mind.
As I said in the Weekend Open Thread, and as I'll say here, and as I've said before, and to other organizations, get in touch if you like. I'm in California, in the Bay Area, and eager (restless is perhaps a better word).
Cheers and Be Well,
And we are looking at a variety of ways to involve the public more actively in a conversation about who the big emitters are, where they operate, and what steps they are taking to reduce their pollution.
Um… "involve the public more actively"? I want to know what that'll mean in concrete terms. (And I hope it's not 'hey, let's set up an online forum and allow it to incessantly linkspammed by deniers day in day out'.)
— frank
Fred Krupp and EDF getting tougher – a genuinely welcome thought but there's an awful lot of headroom there.
Slow your rate of depradations or we will employ STRONG LANGUAGE, o reckless despoilers of the planet!
Personally, as a lifelong activist, I think we'd have a much stronger environmental movement if the top five organizations (by fundraising) were all disbanded immediately. I completely agree that this is way too important a fight to leave to the environmental movement – but having the most important fight for the planet's future led by the weakest elements of the environmental movement is extra-double dumb.
1, 2 and 3 are excellent comments. I was hoping for some good fresh new ideas from Mr. Krupp – and its not his fault, these are the things his org can do now – but it doesn't hold much hope in the meantime. Fight to keep the authority with the EPA is the main gist – I sure hope we can keep that.
paulm – I think you are right, this is an emergency (based on where we are and how much time we probably have left before nature takes over) and it doesn't seem like even Krupp gets that. With regard to the President, it'd be great if he came to a realization and led on this issue, but I'm afraid he decided, early on, to toss this issue into the bin along with public campaign financing which he campaigned on. My guess is he would sign a bill if it was somehow successfully passed but he sure isn't going to get us there (he's already indicated he'd be willing to work on the EPA authority with the Republicans…it boggles the mind). He isn't the guy we thought he was.
I think there are real prospects for bipartisanship, and anyway, unless we are willing to give up on any progress for the next 2-to-infinity years, bipartisanship is the only option.
There's the 'let's just cave in what the GOPers want' type of bipartisanship.
And then there's the 'let's picket outside the homes of the GOPers with torches and pitchforks day in day out until they start doing the right thing' type of bipartisanship.
what Jeff Huggins said.
— frank
Glad to see the change in Krupp's tone, but he will have to take it to the next level in pointing out lies and psychopathic behavior. This will piss off people like Boyce and Tillerman, and some EDF donors. EDF has historically been a restrained, blueblood organization. Almost all of the very wealthy have oil and coil in their portfolios.
Practically all other environmental groups have abdicated. EDF is as good a candidate as any to step up and do what's right.
And good one, Steve Bloom.
"America will not support protective pollution limits or a transition to a cleaner energy economy if it does not believe that the solutions under consideration are solutions to these concerns."
fred this isn't oxford debating or an economics symposium. you're going to have to pay people to go green, there's no other proof, in this economy.
"If we are going to de-carbonize our economy, we have to de-polarize the politics surrounding the conversation."
Right. Let's not over-dramatize or exaggerate the message of climate deniers.
"In order to continue to make progress, a new openness to different solutions will be essential."
Yes. I think an openness to policy approaches that are being used in Europe (e.g., Germany and Portugal) would be productive.
"For our part — long standing advocates of a cap and trade approach — we need to accept that whether policies are cap and trade or something else is less important than whether they collectively provide a clear guarantee that emissions go down."
Absolutely, if "go down" means "go down sufficiently to guarantee aversion of catastrophic climate change". If it does not, then what price must be paid for the "clear guarantee"? If the deal is that we get the guarantee in exchange for weak, politically emasculated emission targets that aren't even close to climate stabilization targets, then the guarantee doesn't mean much. It's more important to ensure that regulatory policy does not operate to cap emission reductions at an inadequate level.
I think a more effective policy approach would recognize that there are no "guarantees" — there are only probabilities.
Steve Bloom: While I agree 100% with your comment that Christy was a very unfortunate choice to provide comment on the sea-level rise story, your comment that "…the scientific community needs to figure out how to remove people like John Christy from the public discourse" rang an alarm bell for me. Science doesn't — and shouldn't — "remove" dissenting opinions – it can only show them to be false.
Science has done and is continuing to do its job, piece by methodical piece. Hopefully someday soon the media will realize that the physical realities of climate change ("what we know to be true") are not really up for debate, and the general public can then vote for those who are willing to do what it takes to confront these realities.
Re #17: Of course scientists can't *make* the NYT not call up Christy. All I'm saying is that the current approach of being polite to both Christy annd NYT editors about this sort of thing has failed, and something else needs to be done. FYI, it would be hard to name a working scientist who has been more falsified (in the literature) than Christy. You think the NYT editor and reporter didn't know that?
This reminds me that a couple of years ago I asked Andy Revkin about his continuing use of Christy, and he responded that he did so because other scientists continued to give Christy respect. It's time for the gloves to come off.
Re #7: Tony, that would be Solomon et al. There's a new one you'll want to read as well (which I expect Joe will blog on at some point). Both papers are public-access at http://www.pnas.org.
For Tony at #7, I think the post you are looking for is
Hate to keep beating the bully pulpit, but do you wnat to continue eating?
If so, reducing the CO2 level is necessary.
This is an encouraging development — real money may be put into play: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-climate-financiers-20101117,0,6204171.story
Reporting from Washington —
A group of international investors responsible for more than $15 trillion in assets called Tuesday for the world's nations, particularly the United States, to move decisively to combat climate change or face economic disruptions worse than the global recession of the last two years.
The statement, signed by 259 asset managers and asset owners whose holdings account for one-quarter of global capitalization, was aimed at world leaders who will meet in two weeks in Cancun, Mexico, for a United Nations conference on climate change.
A comment I thought I had successfully posted here was eaten by the spam filter monstr.
"Every major reform in our nation's history has suffered defeats on the path to victory. From free trade to civil rights, setbacks have been a part of progress."
"Free Trade" is juxtaposed next to "civil rights"?!? Is Fred trying to reassure his donors? So-called "Free Trade" is a euphemism for transnational corporate rape and pillage masquerading as economic development. I applaud most of what Fred had to say, and rather admire him, particularly after reading Eric Pooley's "Climate War," but I doubt you'd find Martin Luther King Jr. celebrating "Free Trade" along with his Civil Rights victories. Nor would I.
Many dislike the term carbon tax. Instead call it a FCOAD fee, Fossil Carbon Open Air disposal fee.
We must remember that the turn out was <40% nation wide. Poles show ~70% concerned about the environmental direction of the Nation. However obviously not enough to vote in mass. The GOBP got their base riled up enough to vote, we did not. We do not have to convert the Anti-Science folks of anything, we need to convince our base that the issues are pressing enough to get them to turn out at the ballot box! About 20% of the nation is again calling the agenda for the rest of us.
Green ideas save Xerox $10.2 million! Green Pays!
#25 very true-wouldn't it be possible to make Nov 2 Vote Day a national holiday to encourage voting-there are all sorts of other things that could be done to encourage voting Why aren't they done?
The GOP represent about half the voters in the nation. We will NEVER get the essential national climate laws both passed and maintained for the decades required unless the GOP voters see it in their best interest to do so.
We need to find a national climate strategy that GOP voters see as a "win" for their high-CO2-economy states in which so many of them live. We are not going to cut fossil CO2 the required 80% to 90% without the willing participation of the biggest CO2-economy states.
I think Mr Krupp is smart to back away from cap&trade no matter how preferable it may be. Time to explore less than perfect options that get the whole nation on board with a national climate pollution price in some form.
We aren't going to get agreement for years on cap & trade. GOP have dug that hole for themselves and won't step out of it anytime soon. It will need to be something else.
Maybe the GOP and GOP voters would agree to a national carbon pollution price as long as the revenue is collected by each state and kept in that state to use however the voters want there. Texans do with their Texan carbon payments however Texans want. Californians use their own carbon pollution revenue how they want. Same for West Virginians and Iowans and every other state.
It would defuse many of the complaints GOP leveled against cap&trade. It isn't an idea tagged "Democrat". It would be easy to understand and trust. It plays to states rights and control. It keeps uppity blue-state elites out of the wallets of red-state Americans.
At this point I think any national carbon price is better than nothing. We need to say this is something America cares about and is starting to work on.
Thanks Steve Bloom (#18) and Stephen (#19)! That post about the Nature Geoscience article was exactly what I was looking for.
The atmosphere is a commons and not a free garbage dump.
In the 80s people quit smoking in droves, not because of the warnings on the pack or the surgeon general's admonishments (although they helped)… but because of changing public attitudes about the habit and about second hand smoke. As fewer people smoked the attitudes strengthened. Even getting a whiff of smoke put people off, because they perceived it to be polluting their air. Peer pressure worked where decades of government advice failed.
A similar campaign might work for CO2, although because it is colorless and odorless, it'll be more difficult. Let's start by booing everytime we see a hummer.
Waiting for the GOP is wasting precious time.
I agree with most of the comments above, especially Paulm (#1). The other side has no interest in reaching across the table. They're sneaky, no good and speak in double talk. Forget negotiations; Declare War!
It's good to see that Fred finally gets it. We have sat back and allowed the conservatives to demonize the word "liberal", demonize climate scientists, demonize President Obama, and demonize the environmental movement. It's time to turn the tables. What do the conservatives have against clean air, clean water, and an inhabitable planet? How stupid can someone be to take a position against supporting a healthy environment? It is time to expose them for what they are.
It's time to go after the lobbyist and the corporations that support the lobbyists, the disinformation campaigns, and pay off politicians. Yes, they can outspend us but their revenes come from us buying their products. Lets identify them and hit them in the pocketbooks by boycotting their products and demmonstrating in fron of their headquarters. Lets expose and demonize the lobbyists that sell future generations down the toilet for their personal fortunes.
The environmental movement has focused too much on legislators and not enough on the maney trail that buys our democracy away from us. I hope Mr. Krupp and EDF will take this tact and follow through on it. Need help? I'm available.


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Trimmed regions are a powerful tool of multivariate data analysis. They describe a probability distribution in Euclidean d-space regarding location, dispersion, and shape, and they order multivariate data with respect to their centrality. Dyckerhoff and Mosler (201x) have introduced the class of weighted-mean trimmed regions, which possess attractive properties regarding continuity, subadditivity, and monotonicity. We present an exact algorithm to compute the weighted-mean trimmed regions of a given data cloud in arbitrary dimension d. These trimmed regions are convex polytopes in Rd. To calculate them, the algorithm builds on methods from computational geometry. A characterization of a region's facets is used, and information about the adjacency of the facets is extracted from the data. A key problem consists in ordering the facets. It is solved by the introduction of a tree-based order. The algorithm has been programmed in C++ and is available as an R package.
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Earlier this week, ESPN Insider John Clayton said he wasn't sold that Ray Horton had the experience necessary to be a head coach in the NFL just yet.
While Horton's résumé suggests that he's accomplished plenty in the National Football League (10 years as a cornerback and 19 years as an assistant with the Bengals, Lions, Redskins and Cardinals), he has only be a defensive coordinator for two seasons.
Regardless, his name has already been linked to several head coaching vacancies, including Arizona, who already interviewed him twice this week.
Having also conducted interviews with the Buffalo Bills and Cleveland Browns, the 52-year-old has seemingly become 'the frontrunner' for several jobs — a fact Clayton did not try to ignore when speaking to Arizona Sports 620's Doug & Wolf Thursday.
"There isn't any doubt that he's going to be in the mix [for multiple jobs]," Clayton said. "With two interviews in Arizona, I don't think he's out of the mix in Arizona."
Although Horton has proven his pedigree as a defensive coordinator with the Cardinals (unit ranked in the top 5 in takeaways, passing defense and third-down defense in 2012), Clayton admitted there might be a small hurdle that could prevent his ascension to the position of head coach.
"I don't think there's any guarantee that he's getting a head coaching job, because the trend right now is everyone wants offensive coaches," said Clayton. "They want offensive assistant coaches and they want former head coaches who were offensive guys.
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We are putting together a training program for Vision Engineering's Metrology products in North America see http://www.visioneng.com/non-contact-measuring-microscopes-overview.php . As part of the training program we need to design a generic training part that will be manufactured in the States and used as part of this training program.
Looking for someone to design this part in CAD from the specification below and and send the design in DXF or DWG back to me once payment has been made.
The training part should have measuring dimensions of x and y of 80mm by 50mm. The thickness of the parts should be around 3mm to 5mm and manufactured from either non-translucent plastic or aluminum. Other features on the part should be holes, slots, arcs and angles. Also a bolt hole Patten as well as a angle on one of the corners. The demo part should have geometrical tolerancing for true positioning , parallelism, perpendicularity and concentricity. The main datum should be in the bottom left hand corner.
My payment terms are 10% down, 80% on submitted design and 10% plus bonus on finial acceptance, payed through Odesk.
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So I was greated at the at the front door with a happy smile and a no worries attitude about coming in without reservations as long as I wanted to wait at the bar for a table to be ready. It was a busy night and it took about 30 minutes for a table to be ready. I was out with a girlfriend that night so time flew by. Thanks to the bald headed bartender that Brett kept calling Sexy Eyes. Those 2 were laughing and having a great time together. (He does have sexy eyes and he makes great flavored Martinis) Then we were seated at a table in the middle of the dinning room which was loud from people laughing, having a goodtime and being happy. It was a great enviroment. I saw one comment that someone was complaining about a loud restaurant, "did they want to dine in a morgue?". After we were seated the Manager Brett brought 2 complentary glasses of prosecco to our table to say sorry about the long wait. And Brett said that we have one of the funniest servers he has ever worked with and he does great immations of movies. His name was Cole and he did the Godfather and True Romance. Brett came by to see how we were getting along and we said that everything was great and we asked him about wine and he told us he was 1 of 2 Sommeliers at the restaurant. He suggested a nice white wine called a Gavi that we had never heard of before and thought was DELICIOUS. The food made me feel like I was in Itlay. We enjoyed watching the kitchen work, it is so nice to see where your food is being made. Thank you to everyone for a great night.
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Kim Kardashian Mocks Her Self(ie) in New Super Bowl Commercial [VIDEO]
Kim Kardashian is not afraid to poke a little fun at her image in a new Super Bowl spot for T-Mobile.
Kim Kardashian is not afraid to poke a little fun at her image in a new Super Bowl spot for T-Mobile.
Some very memorable commercials have been released during the Super Bowl over the last 30or so years and the trend will continue this Sunday, too. Companies will hand over millions of dollars to the network for one of their ads to air, and they'll pony up tons of cash for celebrity endorsements, too.
If your mouth isn't watering just hearing the words "beer-glazed maple bacon", then you're doing it wrong.
Music fans should be excited for 2015 because there are some big albums coming out this year from big name artists along with some much anticipated tours to catch too! Looking through the first quarter of 2015 here a few things you can expect.
There were some vicious rumors circling the internet over the past few days that Budweiser was going to ditch their iconic Clydesdale horses for their 2015 Super Bowl ad campaign in favor of reaching a younger audience.
Seattle Seahawks linebacker and Super Bowl 48 MVP Malcolm Smith didn't see this one coming, and apparently neither did those working security at New Jersey's MetLife Stadium.
Few things are as exhilarating for a military serviceman (or woman) as coming home, returning to friends, family and loved ones. In Budweiser's 'A Hero's Welcome' 2014 Super Bowl commercial, Lt. Chuck Nadd's homecoming is celebrated on a grand scale. What's the song that goes along with all this heartwarming action?
Seattle forced four Denver turnovers, and the Seahawks routed the Broncos, 43-8, to win Super Bowl 48 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. on Sunday night.
Crooner Bruno Mars provided the halftime entertainment for Super Bowl XLVIII with an assist from the Red Hot Chili Peppers and a children's choir, the members of which held hands as they sang like cherubs for the first 30 seconds.
Want to be proud of the fact that you are American? Well, two American icons -- both folk singer Bob Dylan and car manufacturer Chrysler -- will likely make you feel that way in their 2014 Super Bowl commercial for the Chrysler 200.
It seems like 2014 Super Bowl commercials are the place for '90s sitcoms to reunite. Like the guys of 'Full House,' Jerry Seinfeld and Jason Alexander reprised their 'Seinfeld' roles in a hilarious Super Bowl XLVIII commercial.
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The last mile of virtualization has multiple dimensions, based on where you are going with virtualization. When you ask about the last mile of virtualization—about what it will take to get to 100% virtualized either within your data center or within a cloud (hybrid, public, or private)—the "it depends" answer is the one you will get most often. So, what will it take to get to 100% virtualized?
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Open Sorcerer, XenServer Ambassador—Tim Mackey Speaks from the Citrix Mother Ship
Recently I had the pleasure of speaking with Tim Mackey on the User Experience Podcast, Episode 8.
Tim has been with Citrix for ten years and has been working with XenServer exclusively since 2009. Our conversation revolves around what the XenServer density capabilities are. There has been an ongoing conflict between density stories about Citrix and VMware. The way Citrix defines it centers around how many VMs Citrix "supports" vs. how much VM density can actually be achieved. These are two very separate things in the Citrite dictionary. Tim goes into the actual numbers in our conversation, so if you are interested in hearing it straight from the horse's mouth, I encourage you to listen to the podcast.
VDI, a Beauty & a Beast: A Nutanix Story
Recently, I wrote an article about what Citrix has done around virtualizing GPUs and GPU sharing, based on a podcast with Derek Thorslund, director of product management for HDX at Citrix. When the story hit the social media sphere, I got clobbered with hits about Nutanix and its partnership with Citrix and NVIDIA, along with a handful of requests to lead a podcast and write about its involvement with the GRID vGPU tech in its virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) business. So, just for the folks who reached out, here is my response.
Citrix Solved the vGPU Problem, So…Where Is the Parade?
In March 2013, Citrix announced they had GPU sharing working and available for XenApp (multi-user/RDS). In December 2013, they announced it was available for XenDesktop (multi-OS/VDI). This has been a major barrier to adoption for many companies that need the ability to deliver a high-end multimedia experience to their end users in order to gain acceptance for adoption.
Mobility Bytes – Citrix's Mobile Strategy Has Sharp Teeth & It's Attacking from Every Side
As you can probably tell from the title, Citrix is leveraging their biggest advantages in the mobility/BYOD race: their understanding of ALL client operating systems, multimedia in both SBC and VDI environments, and their established partnerships with hardware and OS vendors. In a conversation I had with Chris Fleck, VP Mobility & Alliances at Citrix (@chrisfleck), we spent an hour talking about the various methods Citrix has decided to use to manage mobile devices in both multi-user and multi-OS virtual environments, while extending their function from consumption to productivity. Oh, yeah, they have also changed their product and technology names to reflect their commitment to mobility; shocking I know.
VMworld 2012: Important New Features in vSphere 5.1
While not a major version release (we will have to wait for 6.0 next year for that), the new 5.1 version of the VMware products contains some significant new functionality, in addition to the packing of all of the components into the vCloud Suite.
New Features in vSphere 5.1
- User Access – There is no longer a dependency on a shared root account. Local users assigned administrative privileges automatically get full shell access
- Auditing – All host activity from both the shell and the Direct Console User Interface is now logged under the account of the logged in user
- Monitoring – Support is added for SNMPv3. The SNMP agent has been unbundled from the VMkernel and can now be independently updated.
- vMotion – a vMotion and an Storage vMotion can be combined into one operation. This allows a VM to be moved between two hosts or clusters that do not have any shared storage.
- New Windows Support – Support for both the Desktop and Server Editions of Windows 8/2012
- Hardware Accelerated 3D Graphics – Teaming up with NVIDIA, vSphere can now map a vGPU to each VM on a system. Not only does this feature accelerate 3D graphics but provides a GPU for high performance computing needs
- Improvements in Virtual hardware virtualization support – This brings Intel-VT/AMD RVI features further into the virtual machine which will improve virtualization within virtualization. In addition, more low level CPU counters are exposed which can be further used for high performance computing and real time style applications.
- Agentless Antivirus and Antimalware – vShield Endpoint is now included in vSphere 5.1 and offloads anti-virus and antimalware processing inside virtual machines to a secure dedicated virtual appliance delivered by VMware partners. This change lowers the cost of entry for Agentless Angivirus and Malware.
- New 64-vCPU Support – Virtual machines running on a vSphere 5.1 host can be configured with up to 64 virtual CPU's and 1TB of RAM.
- Auto-Deploy – Auto-Deploy is extended with two new modes, "stateless caching" and "stateful installs". In addition the number of concurrent reboots per Auto-Deploy host has been increased to 80
- SR-IOV Support – Single Root I/O Virtualization allows certain Intel NIC's to transfer data directly into the memory space of a virtual machine without any involvement from the hypervisor. See this Intel Video
- Space Reclaiming Thin Provisioned Disks – These types of disks add the ability to reclaim deleted blocks from existing thin provisioned disks while the VM is running. To reclaim space is a two-part function of first wiping the disk marking unused blocks as free, and then to shrink the disk. These two features have been a part of VMware Tools for a number of years but now do things differently for thin provisioned disks. The underlying hardware is not initially part a part of the reclamation process. Instead the vSCSI layer within ESX reorganizes unused blocks to keep the used part of the thin provisioned disk contiguous. Once the unused parts are at the end of the thin provisioned disk then the hardware is involved.
- Tunable Block Size – Normally thin provisioned disks use a 4KB block size that is unchanging, however, this block size can be tuned indirectly as it is now based on the requirements of the underlying storage array. There is no method to tune this by hand.
- All Paths Down Improvements – When there was an all paths down (APD) situation, the vSphere management service would hang waiting on disk IO, which would cause the vSphere host to inadvertently disconnect from vCenter and in effect become unmanageable. APD handling has been improved such that transient APD events will not cause the vSphere management service to hang waiting on disk IO, use of vSphere HA to move workloads around to other hosts if APD detects a permanent device lost (PDL) situation, and implement a way to detect PDL for iSCSI arrays that present only one LUN.
- Storage Hardware/Software improvements – These improvements include the ability to boot from software FCoE, additions of Jumbo frame support for all iSCSI adapters (software or hardware), and support for 16Gb FC
- VAAI Improvements – VAAI has added support to allow vCloud Director fast-provisioned vApps to make use of VAAI enabled NAS array-based snapshots.
- vSphere S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) Implementation – vSphere has implemented SMART reporting via the esxcli commands so that SSD and other disks can report back on their status. In addition, esxcli has been upgraded to include ways to reset specific FC adapters directly as well as methods to retrieve event caching information such as link-up and link-down.
- Storage IO Contral Statistics and Settings Improvements – Finding the proper value for SIOC has been problematic, now it is possible to set a percentage instead of a millisecond value to determine when SIOC should fire. In addition, SIOC will report stats immediately instead of waiting. This allows Storage DRS has statistics available immediately, which improve its decision process. In addition, the observed latency of a VM (a new metric) is available within the vSphere Client performance charts. The observed latency is latency within the host and not just latency after storage packets leave the host
- Storage DRS Improvements – Storage DRS has been improved for workloads using vCloud Directory. Linked clones can now be migrated between datastores if there exists either the base disk or a shadow copy of the base disk. Storage DRS is also used now for initial placement of workloads when using vCloud Director.
- Improvements in Datastore Correlation for Non-VASA enabled arrays – For storage devices that do not support VASA it is difficult to correlate datastores against disk spindles on an array. There are now improvements in the datastore correlation such that vSphere can now detect if spindles are shared by datastores on the array regardless of VASA support.
By exposing virtual hardware (Intel-VT/AMD RVI) virtualization as well as more CPU counters and components VMware has exposed more capability than ever before. Tie this with virtual graphics processing units and we now have the ability to implement virtualized high performance and real-time computing environments. Add to this the storage improvements and large scale big data applications as well as high performance computing environments can be virtualized. Both require low latency networking and storage.
Virtualization has long since been the bane of high performance applications whether that is 3D graphics, high performance computing, big data, or real-time applications. vSphere 5.1 provides a possible solution to use cases while improving integration with the VMware vCloud Suite.


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I see your point, however the presence of used games ALWAYS provides a cheaper alternative. The price point is irrelevant. If new games were $10 and used were $8, people would still buy used, in the same way that pirates still pirate games which are on sale for "whatever you want to pay", or as little as a single cent. They still pirate, because it's cheaper.Making it easy for used game buyers is not a good business model for the pubs or devs.
As a follow up on this topic, I believe we wont need discs much longer.. its really an outdated form. Eventually we will be able to just download any game we want from the internet and store it on a hard drive for use. I mean when is the last time you actually bought a music CD?That cures most of the piracy problems and used game market.... I would imagine the longer a new game is available as a download the more the free market will take over reducing the price similar to what a gamestop does. I understand music and games are two different monsters, but eventually thats where we are heading IMO, bad news for the gamestops and blockbuster videos of the world.


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This 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom spacious luxury vacation home is set in the peaceful neighbourhood of Greater Groves on Highway 27 and is the ideal setting for a vacation to remember for families, couples or for those looking for a few months away to escape those winter blues. If it is relaxation you are after, then the homes'LARGE PRIVATE, SOUTH FACING, ELEVATED POOL & DECKING AREA' and gardens is the place for you. Capture the sun from sunrise to sunset. With its oversized luxury furnished decking area, there is plenty of space for both sun worshipper and those who prefer the shade. The pool area has optional child proof safety fencing to ensure children stay safe. The lanai with its table and chairs offers a relaxing shaded area to enjoy Al Fresco dining. Maybe enjoying a meal that has been prepared on the homes BBQ!. If it is the thrills of the many parks Orlando has to offer that you are looking for, then the villa is ideally located being only 12 minutes from Walt Disney World and 30 minutes from Sea World/Universal. So after a hard day at the parks you can return to the villa and relax by the pool or carry on the excitement by having a Foosball or Pool competition in the villas Games Room. We look forward to welcoming you to our home.GUEST COMMENT:"Fantastic villa with all the home comforts you could ask for. The beds are soooo comfortable. Ideal location for Disney. Games room is great and the pool area is absolutely beautiful and private. Will be back"O'Rileys - UK
|Sleeps up to 8, 3 bedrooms
|3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms of which 1 family bathroom and 1 en suite
|Car advised
|Family friendly
|Great for children of all ages
|No pets allowed, No smoking at this property
|Private outdoor pool (heated), Internet access, DVD player
|Private outdoor pool (heated), Shared outdoor pool (heated)
|Central heating, Air conditioning, TV, Video player, CD player, Telephone, Pool or snooker table, Games room, Satellite TV, Wi-Fi available
|Kettle, Toaster, Iron, Hair dryer
|Clothes dryer, Dishwasher, Cooker, Microwave, Fridge, Freezer, Washing machine
|Double Beds (1), Sofa Beds (1), Single Beds (4), Cots available (1), Dining seats for 12, Lounge seats for 8
|Linen provided, Towels provided, High chair available
|Private outdoor pool (heated), Shared outdoor pool (heated), Balcony or terrace, Private garden, BBQ, Climbing frame, Swing set
|Parking, Not suitable for wheelchair users
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FAMILY ROOM The large open plan lounge area offers plenty of seating for those families nights in and has cable HDTV and DVD player. A range of DVD's are provided for your entertainment. DENThe quiet den area offers further comfy seating, cable TV with DVD player. Why not sit back and read one of the many books available in the Den or just listen to some music on the CD player or on the IPod dock. For those extra guests, the Den area offers a queen size sofa bed which sleeps two. MASTER BEDROOM: En-suiteKing Size extremely comfy bed with matching bedroom furniture,bedside lamps, Cable TV, walk in closet and own private access to the lanai and pool area. The large en-suite bathroom has seperate toilet, walk in shower and jucuzzi bath and his and her sinks. A hairdryer is also provided. TWIN BEDROOM 1 - CAN BE CONVERTED INTO A DOUBLEWith views of the pool and gardens, this lovely sunny room can has twin beds. The beds can be joined together to make a King size bed. The room has matching bedroom furniture ,bedside lamps, large built in closet and Cable TV.TWIN BEDROOM 2The second twin has twin beds, matching bedroom furniture,bedside lamps, built in closet and Cable TV and DVD player. FAMILY BATHROOMBoth twin rooms have use of the family bathroom which features, Bath/Tub with shower over the bath, WC and wash basin. A Hairdryer is also provided KITCHEN Large fully equipped kitchen with microwave, oven and hob, dishwasher, American Style fridge freezer, coffee maker and kettle plus pots, pans, glasses, dinnerware and cutlery. Seating round the breakfast bar for 4 people. There is also a Laundry room just off the kitchen with washer / dryer, iron and ironing board. NOOK/DINING ROOMThe villa offers both a breakfast nook next to the kitchen with views over looking the pool area, which seats 6 and a more formal dining area, which overlooks the front garden which again seats 6. GAMES ROOM The home now contains a brand new Games Room installed in 2011. Equipped with a pool table, foosball, large selection of board games and chill out area, this is the ideal place to unwind as a family after a hard day at the parks. FOR INFANTSFor those with young infants the villa provides a sleeping crib, highchair and strollers for your use. Guests will have access to free WiFi and local and international calls. Plenty of Towels and Linen are provided for guests use.
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POOL & GARDENSThe villas non overlooked private elevated South facing screened pool area ensures that you have complete privacy whilst relaxing by the pool. The pool and decking area receive the sun from sunrise to sunset. The pool has child proof safety fencing to ensure that children stay safe. This can be removed if desired. Pool toys are also available for your use. With oversize decking area there is not shortage of space for sunbathing. With luxury padded pool furniture, you can lay back comfortably and enjoy the sun. If you prefer the shade the covered lanai area is the place for you. There is a large table and chairs for outdoor eating and next to the pool there is a separate BBQ area. Beyond the screen is an enclosed garden area for guests to enjoy.
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Pool heating required between November and March at extra cost. Please contact owner for further details.
We accept bookings any day of the week. Check in time is 4pm and Check out time is 11am.
Villa is cleaned before and after your stay. Local Management company on hand if any issues were to arise.
"As we look back on the holiday we have no doubt that the renting of the Butler's Villa went a great way to making the holiday as good as it was. Our grandchildren, and us, loved the pool and our youngest even learnt to swim whilst we were there. The villa provided everything we needed and if we ever do go out that way again you will be the first on our contact list".
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"The Villa was fabulous. Spotlessly clean., very comfertable and huge. And, what a lovely private pool.
We really loved our stay, and didn't want to come home. Thank you so much for renting it it us. Will definately recommend, and will book again when we return to Florida.This was our 4th visit to Florida, and have always stayed in Hotels.....Never again !!
Oldfield family - UK
We had the best time and the villa was fantastic. Location and facilities
were great.We would definitely recommend the villa to others and we will look to stay
again when we return to Florida in the future.
Kelly Family - UK
"Great home. This is our forth time to Orlando and this is our favourite home. We will be back next year. Very clean and comfortable, great privacy by the poolside. Comfortable beds" -Sciortino family, Long Island-New York
"Very pretty home, more than we expected. Thank you for allowing us to share your home with you"
Jeremy - Pittsburg, PA.
"Villa was beautiful, pool great, this is our 7th time to florida and its our best yet. Definatley come again"
Walkden family- UK
"Perfect location, perfectly spotless, by far the best superb "- Crilley family, UK
"Had a fanastic 2 weeks. Villa was perfect, loved the pool. Couches & beds very comfortable. Would recommend to other" - Brogans, Lancs UK
"Great villa, very comfortable, home from home. First time in villa and not the last, would recommend to anyone
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Whether its your 1st visit or 21st Visit there is always something new happening in the Orlando Area. Disney and it's many parks is just 12min drive away, Sea World and Universal are 25/30 min away. Daytona Beach less than 90min away and The Gulf coast a similar distance away. Orlando is also a shoppers heaven with many designer discount stores located in the area, why not grab a bargain. There is something for all the family and apart from the theme parks there are many other interesting places to visit. These include Mt Dora, Lake Louise, Kennedy Space centre, St Augustine.The climate is pleasant to hot all year round, making this an ideal winter destination.
Greater Groves is ideally situated for all your holiday requirements. Greater Groves has its own communal pool, childrens playground, tennis & basketball court. Located on US 27, there are plenty of shops, banks,restaurants and supermarkets all within a 5 min drive, with a brand new Publix located opposite the entrance to Greater Groves. 10 mins south of the villa, there is a cinema and further restaurantsFor those who enjoy golf there are around 20 golf courses nearby. With Kings Ridge just 5 minutes up the road.If you fancy walking, horse riding or canoeing why not check out Lake Louisa state Park, just 10 minutes drive from the villa.


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VSpring, Signal Peak merge venture capital firms, may raise fund in 2013
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SALT LAKE CITY — VSpring Capital, one of Utah's largest venture capital funds, will merge with Signal Peak Ventures to invest in regional companies.
The combined firm, which will keep the Signal Peak name, will manage $450 million of committed capital, partners Dinesh Patel and Ron Heinz said this week. The firm wants to raise a new investment fund of $150 million to $200 million in 2013.
Partners at the firm will include Patel, Heinz, vSpring's Scott Petty and Signal Peak's Brandon Tidwell. They will each equally split ownership. VSpring managing director Ed Ekstrom will become a venture partner and work with portfolio companies. By joining, the firm can pull from a larger pool of limited partners who invest money.
"If we're successful, there are a lot of people who will want to invest in our ongoing success," Heinz said.
Before the merger, vSpring had $400 million of committed capital and was investing in about 45 companies, while Signal Peak was investing $50 million in 10 companies.
The partners typically invest $5 million to $12 million in companies and look to own 15 percent to 20 percent at exit, Patel said. Potential investments typically will be found in Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona.
Utah has several areas to invest in, the partners said. Heinz said he likes software as a service businesses because they can scale globally and information security companies such as South Jordan-based Solera Networks. Patel said there is a lot of talent in the medical device sector.
Heinz said the intermountain region has an "expanding base of entrepreneurs."
"You combine that with what has been great innovation and great technology — as far as the type of software engineers we have, the type of people in the medical field that have always been innovators — I think that is really going to bode well for the state over the next couple of decades," he said.
The V100, which tracks venture entrepreneurs, will maintain its name, Patel said. The merger signals an end to the vSpring firm name in Utah.
Signal Peak was founded last year by Canopy Venture's venture capital team.
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Lawyers want federal case for Grand Canyon Skywalk
PEACH SPRINGS, Ariz. — Attorneys for a Las Vegas developer are asking a federal appellate court to weigh in on a dispute over the Grand Canyon Skywalk.
A judge ruled earlier this month that David Jin's attorneys must fight in Hualapai tribal court to retain Jin's contractual rights to the popular tourist attraction.
Jin's attorneys contend the court narrowly interpreted a law regarding the bad faith exception to exhausting remedies in tribal court.
They've appealed to the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.
The tribe and Jin have been locked in a yearlong dispute that led the tribe to cut Jin out of managing the Skywalk.
The glass bridge juts out 70 feet from the Grand Canyon on Hualapai land in northwestern Arizona, giving tourists a view of the Colorado River below.
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Utah county ranked 4th in nation for job creation
PROVO — Utah County ranked No. 4 in the nation for the percentage of new jobs created over a 12-month period.
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No. 1 Duke has some new company at the top of the ESPN/USA Today women's basketball poll.
Tennessee moved into the No. 2 spot to replace North Carolina, which was upset by North Carolina State last week. The Tar Heels slipped to fourth, while Connecticut climbed one spot to third.
Ohio State (24-2) dropped from fifth to sixth after a home loss to Michigan State on Sunday ended its 17-game winning streak.
Duke (28-0) led the poll for the sixth consecutive week and was a unanimous pick for the second straight week, receiving all 31 first-place votes.
The Blue Devils beat Boston College and No. 5 Maryland -- their second victory of the season over the defending national champs, who moved up a spot from sixth -- to remain the nation's only unbeaten team and clinch the Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season championship.
Duke has one more challenging game to finish the regular season, at home Sunday against North Carolina. The Blue Devils beat the Tar Heels 64-53 in Chapel Hill on Feb. 8.
Tennessee (25-2) has won eight straight after beating No. 7 LSU 56-51 on Monday night. The Lady Vols' losses were to North Carolina and Duke.
After the trip to LSU, Tennessee has another big game Sunday at home against Vanderbilt. LSU plays at Vanderbilt on Thursday.
Connecticut (24-2) has won 10 straight since a Jan. 15 loss at North Carolina and has clinched at least a tie for the Big East regular-season championship.
North Carolina (26-2) started the week with a victory at Florida State but then lost to North Carolina State 72-65 in the first game on the newly dedicated "Kay Yow Court" in Reynolds Coliseum, named in honor of the Wolfpack's Hall of Fame coach.
The Tar Heels bounced back to rout Miami 93-70 on Sunday. They play at Wake Forest on Thursday before heading up the road to meet Duke.
Ohio State (24-2) routed Wisconsin before falling to Michigan State, its first loss in 31 games against Big Ten opponents.
No. 8 Arizona State, No. 9 George Washington and No. 10 Stanford completed the top 10. George Washington hosts Temple on Sunday in a game that will decide the Atlantic 10 championship. Both are 12-0 in the league.
No. 11 Oklahoma stayed the same and No. 12 Georgia stayed the same, while Vanderbilt moved up a spot from No. 13 and into a tie with the Lady Bulldogs. No. 14 Baylor and No. 15 Purdue also remained the same, while No. 16 Bowling Green and No. 17 Middle Tennessee each moved up one spot. No. 18 Texas A&M fell from 16th to 18th after a 61-54 loss at unranked Iowa State on Wednesday, followed by No. 19 Marquette, which moved up two spots.
Michigan State made the biggest jump in the poll, climbing from 24th to 20th.
No. 21 Louisville; No. 22 Rutgers; No. 23 Wisconsin-Green Bay, which has won 18 straight; No. 24 Nebraska, which suffered two losses to unranked teams; and No. 25 James Madison held the final five places.
California (20-7), which had been 22nd, fell out of the poll after splitting a road trip, losing to Oregon 62-42 and beating Oregon State 67-61 in two overtimes.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.


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Daniel Patrick Moynihan once said, "Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not to their own facts".
But he didn't live in the modern age of internet 3.0.
Thanks to Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, we now have so many facts available to us that anyone with an agenda can carefully select a few facts that support his case, ignore those that don't, and write an opinion piece masquerading as scientifically accurate and unbiased reporting.
To wit: the recent NY Times article Don't Take Your Vitamins.
The author—Dr. Paul Offit– is the latest in a long line of vitamin naysayers going back at least to Dr. Victor Herbert and including the "non-practicing" psychiatrist Stephen Barrett, whose site Quackwatch is widely believed (including by me) to be wholly supported by front groups funded by Big Pharma.
But you don't have to attribute any ill will or malicious motives to Dr. Offit—I certainly don't– to understand why he believes as he does. You simply have to understand that he's been taught the Gospel according to Pharmaceutical medicine, and he buys it—hook, line, and sinker. And there are enough facts lying around—i.e. someone dies of iron poisoning, massive doses of selenium can kill you—for him to bolster a case for a position he already believes in and on which, for him, they jury is no longer out.
So let's look at the facts Dr. Offit reports.
He mentions a twenty year old study on beta carotene given to smokers. Yes, that study did show a slightly increased risk of cancer in these folks, but the lesson taken from that is that people with highly diseased lungs should not take high doses of this particular antioxidant, especially not in the synthetic form used in the study.
To conclude from this that people should not take antioxidants is akin to saying that because a step aerobics class is a really bad idea for people with broken legs, people shouldn't exercise.
The other studies Dr. Offit quotes are all epidemiological.
Epidemiological Studies vs. Randomized Controlled Clinical Trials
Epidemiology is the stepchild of serious scientific research. As I discussed in an article on the Huffington Post, an epidemiological study bears exactly zero resemblance to a randomized controlled clinical trial. In a controlled clinical study, you do an experiment with matched groups of subjects in which one group gets the "treatment" and one gets a placebo.
Epidemiological studies, on the other hand, simply look at massive amounts of data from massive amounts of people and see what goes with what. People who take vitamins might also be people who exercise a lot, or who eat lots of vegetables, or, conversely, are very sick and believe they could get better by taking vitamins. One study from—of all places—the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, found that adults who use vitamins differ substantially in many ways from non-users, including in nutrient intake adequacy and dietary attitudes.
Epidemiology never—repeat, never—shows cause and effect, it shows associations, correlations.
We do not know why those associations are there, and in fact epidemiology is meant to generate hypotheses that can then be tested. (The hypothesis that vitamin E increases the risk of death doesn't pass the smell test as a hypothesis, but no matter—it's never been tested experimentally.)
Epidemiological studies were not meant to be the basis of public health policy or recommendations. After all, there's a strong statistical association between television set ownership and diabetes prevalence. Should we assume televisions cause diabetes?
"Big T" Truth vs. "Little t" Truth
Dr. Ottis' article illustrates the difference between what the great Gestalt philosopher Max Wertheimer called "big T" truth and "little t" truth.
Little t truths are verifiable facts which could not in any sense be said to be untrue", but they miss the big picture. Big T truth is the "real" truth in that it contains context—it's a fuller presentation of what's really going on. It's true that during the 2004 campaign, Barrack Obama said the words, "….if we keep talking about the economy, we're going to lose". It's also true that the full statement was this: "John McCain said, 'If we keep talking about the economy, we're going to lose".
Dr. Ottis presents little t truths—the beta carotene experiment, for example—but none of the context.
Dr. Ottis believes that we should get all our vitamins from foods, ignoring the copious evidence that supplementation can make a big difference to a lot of people. Three examples follow.
- A well-controlled, large study conducted between 1983 and 1993 found that selenium supplementation (200 mcg a day) significantly diminished total cancer mortality by 52% compared to controls.
- The ARED and ARED-2 studies both found that an antioxidant formula containing such antioxidants as zinc, vitamin E, vitamin C played a major role in helping people at high risk for developing age-related macular degeneration keep their remaining vision.
- And, since Dr. Ottis apparently considers epidemiological evidence good science, how about the epidemiological evidence that multivitamin use is associated with longer telomere length among women? (Telomere length has long been considered a marker of biological aging.)
Dangerous and Irresponsible
The title of Dr. Ottiss' article—"Don't Take Your Vitamins"– is unfortunate, as it leaves confused readers with the idea that vitamins and supplements are dangerous substances that we take only because we are naive about their effects.
Millions of people will read it and decide that their omega-3's, for example, are doing them no good and may even be harming them, despite literally thousands of studies showing the exact opposite.
In fact, just recently the Bellagio Report—which I wrote about in my blog clearly concluded that too much consumption of omega-6 and not enough consumption of omega-3 was one of the two major health issues of our time. Yet according to Dr. Ottis we shouldn't take our "vitamins" and that would, for most people certainly include omega-3's.
It would also include multiple vitamins, which for many people is the primary way they get the 400-800 mcg of folic acid they need to protect against neural tube birth defects. And with survey after survey showing widespread vitamin D deficiency, and with vitamin D fortified foods one of the poorest ways to get vitamin D, the message that we should not "take our vitamins" is irresponsible to say the least.
Selective Reporting at Its Worst
I mentioned earlier that Dr. Ottis was selective in his reporting of the facts, leaving the reader with the impression that vitamins were dangerous and the studies he quoted were just mere examples of the widespread dangers he warns us against. Let's look at a few other facts he neglected to mention:
There was not even one death caused by a dietary supplement in 2008, according to the most recent information collected by the U.S. National Poison Data System.
The new 174-page annual report of the American Association of Poison Control Centers, published in the journal Clinical Toxicology shows…
- zero deaths from multiple vitamins
- zero deaths from any of the B vitamins
- zero deaths from vitamins A, C, D, or E
- zero deaths from any other vitamin
Contrast that with…
- the 59 confirmed deaths due to aspirin poisoning
- the 147 deaths associated with acetaminophen-containing products
- the roughly 100,000 deaths yearly from adverse reactions to prescription drugs
If I were to write an article quoting those studies, and a few other cases of people being clearly harmed by a prescription drug, with the title, "Don't Take Your Prescription Drugs!", would the NY Times publish it?
I doubt it.
It would be terrible science.
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In the book "The Complete Guide To Herbal Medicines" by Charles W. Fetrow, Pharm.D. and Juan R. Avila, Pharm.D., it is alleged "Co-Q!0 can damage heart tissue during intense exercise."
Your response?
I take my vitamins daily, and the question is, which ones do you think are the best ones to take? It's true, there are so many deaths yearly from prescription drugs, yet somehow, vitamins have to be locked down… I smell a rat in the 'system' – but we already know there's powers at be that are tampering with people's health… Nice post, thanks! 🙂
LOVE your work! Thanks Jonny!!
I think you should but put it in a book form and publish it like my nutritionist friend, Tom Petrie did. This was based on the ridiculous article that Reader's Digest did a couple of years ago.
Well done, again. Thanks for saying it all so well.
Great post! I love this line: To conclude from this that people should not take antioxidants is akin to saying that because a step aerobics class is a really bad idea for people with broken legs, people shouldn't exercise.
Dear Jonny,
I was waiting for this after seeing the NYT article. What I dont follow is, firstly, how NYT editors can publish such a piece with the title it has. Does NYT not hv seriously savvy editors who can at least point out that there is a counter-view, and preferably not give credence to such BS? Secondly, why dont you submit this to NYT and demand that they publish it as a rebuttal?
K.G. Rao
Excellent, enjoyed reading and totally agree with your article
Thank you
Will they ever stop???
Well put, but more globally, "Lies, Damn lies, and statistics." UK Prime Minister Disraeli.
Thank you for such a well researched and well written article. As a physician who so believes in Ultra- Prevention I find myself uncertain of when to and when not to recommend supplementation to a population of patients who have come to depend on pharmaceutical drugs. You're article has strengthened my resolve to continue to preach the benefits of supplementation and I will be referring to the studies you have highlighted that show this to be the case. Great work and thanks again!!
With the real food and holistic health movements heating up over the past few years, the food, health, and pharmaceutical industries are fighting to protect their profits. It seems we're at the 3rd stage of Ghandi's quote:
"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." ~Mahatma Gandhi
More and more consumers, organic farmers, and manufacturers are going to great lengths to protect our people and our planet, rather than making money at the expense of both. They're making ripples, and even waves of progress in recent years, despite the fact that many large, well known food, health, and pharmaceutical companies have been using their tremendous resources to distort the facts and maintain the status quo. A perfect example is the tug of war over GMOs.
The irony is that the food industry has capitalized on the whole vitamin trend. They advertise added vitamins, minerals, and fiber in order to sell their products. What they don't state is that what they're really doing is trying to replace all that's been lost during processing. Unfortunately, nature can't be picked apart and put back together like that. That which you take away can never truly be replaced.
With all that stated, I do believe that it is very possible to get too much of a good thing, and such is the case with vitamins as well. If you're not careful, you can get too much. Some people think they can eat junk of they take fish oil or other supplements. It's just not true.
The first step toward health is to eat real, pure food that our bodies actually recognize, the kind that's been grown in healthy, organic soil that's packed with the minerals and beneficial bacteria that support a healthy digestive system. These days, you can't find much of it at your local supermarket. Thanks to a few hard working and determined people out there, that's changing, one step at a time.
Thanks for sharing! Have a happy, healthy day.
Thank You
My university studies included a subject called science and the media. It only increased my scepticims of much of the reporting on health issues. The sheer volume of information, mainly press releases from academics and university PR departments, is enough to make the proper researching of facts difficult for them. The fact that much (not all) research is conducted with commercial ends in mind means their is pressure to get results that will give some commercial gain so as to keep funding for the university.
There is also the problem of "Theory Ladden Observation". We learned that no one is able to make observations or measurements that aren't influenced in some way by the researchers beliefs. We all look through glasses made of our own ideas and beliefs. Therefore it is very hard for anybody to be totally unbiased when it comes to a scientific "fact".
For us lay people it is even harder to come to conclusions when a google search on most health topics will often bring up conflicting views or mainly the main stream (medical establishment) view at the top of any search list. Unfortunately my Science Technology and Society studies has made me cynical of a lot of claims and tends to make life less simple.
I like your site as I do see science as important and appreciate the rigour of your research and your ability to do some of the hard work for me.
The truth about vitamins and research is so silly it's sad. Let's suppose, for example that multivitamins have an effect on your healthiness. There are, for example, according to NutriSearch Comparative Guide to Nutritional Supplements – over 1500 different multivitamin products on the market.
How many of those products have been tested for their effects on healthiness? Not one. Researchers have analyzed product composition, product mix and synergies, and product risks. They have created ODI (Optimal Daily Intakes) which are not recognized by government, to evaluate and compare products, production techniques and quality, because the RDA and DRI theories of vitamin nutrition are based on illness, not on healthiness.
But no one has studied their health effects in a scientific study. It's a bit sad when you think about it. Millions of people take multivitamins every day – but there are no studies of the relationship between specific products and healthiness.
Many of these products are extremely high quality. Many are cheap and low quality. But even the best products, having been on the market for decades in some cases, have not been tested for healthiness.
We can understand why easily – there are no tests for healthiness. We have well defined clinical study methodologies for measuring illness and testing the effects of drugs on illness – but there is nothing, not a single theory, on how we might effectively measure healthiness. We don't have any idea how we might measure healthiness (as opposed to illness) for such a clinical study.
So there are no clinical studies. We have no idea if some vitamins improve healthiness a bit, or a lot, or if some harm healthiness a bit, or a lot – because we don't measure. If someone did design a clinical study to measure healthiness – and then tested several of the top products for their effect on healthiness, who would publish it? There are hundreds of 'medical journals', but no 'healthiness journals'.
But that's not all. None of the top multivitamin products have been tested against illness either. That is a shame as well.
this is awesome… thanks so much for taking the time to write such a great rebuttal. Shame on the NY Times for posting such a sensational title knowing the state of health in this country!! Especially an article by someone who appears to have such disdain for the Alternative or Holistic Health movement.
Once again great reporting to give us the "T" truth about this article and taking supplements. And it's hysterical to imagine an article in the NY Times with the title "Don't Take Your Prescription Medications" but hey, the time will come I hope.
awesome response and soo needed–your explanation of epidemiology is so necessary for the lay person to understand what is going on—just outstanding!
What a masterpiece!
My PhD is in Public Health, with a focus on epidemiology of physical activity. Your comments about RCTs vs. observational studies were dead on.
I also liked your comment about Quackwatch. I never understood why he trashed Linus Pauling so hard. Now I know.
Thanks for this great post, and keep up the good work.
The more people that take their vitamins (supplements); maybe less doctor visits. No wonder the FDA approves over 20,000 prescription drugs and not one nutritional supplement…
I just learned recently that although you can use Food Stamps to buy soda pop, ice cream, and candy, you can't use them to purchase vitamins and supplements. How does someone work one's way out of dependence on aid while not feeling healthy?
I just recently found out that I have early stage endometrial cancer. A few days ago I met with the gynecologic oncologist that will hopefully be performing my hysterectomy. I have the utmost respect for him as a surgeon, but was dismayed to discover that he is adamantly anti-supplement – when he saw the list of what I was taking, he told me to quit taking everything – they could be causing my cancer to get worse! I'm not taking weird stuff – multivitamin, extra vitamin D, extra vitamin C. fish oil, COQ-10, alpha lipoic acid and chromium (for prediabetes), etc. I really don't want to stop everything – what do I do? Find another doctor? Lie to him? Maybe I should print out your article and give it to him.
There is an interesting article (at http://www.supplements-and-health.com/vitamin-benefits.html ) convincingly deflating Offit's anti-supplement claims including his Pauling-bashing "evidence", and describes the big picture of the situation.
Is "Dr. Ottis" a different doctor that you're talking about or is that a typo?
Truly very informative and really helpful blog post. Really looking forward to read more. Thanks for sharing with us.
Love your work and info but you name the author differently through this piece. Is it Dr Offit or Dr Ottis?
I've heard the "vitamin supplements are worthless " meme before. As you pointed out in your Cholesterol video, Scurvy was once a deadly mystery disease. We now know it is simple vitamin c supplementation that totally eradicates this once deadly plague. Likewise with Rickets, Beri Beri and other diseases, all eradicated with simple vitamin supplements. I have studied nutrition since the mid 80s, and have always wondered how many of the incurable diseases we face today are simple deficiencies of micro nutrients? I'm glad you and others are finally lending real medical credibility to what I have always known through my research.
Thank you so much for your well written critique on the recent "article" discouraging the general public from taking multivitamins. As a provider it is frustrating to see misleading information put out in the media. This article has been pretty much disassembled and discredited by knowledgeable health professionals such as yourself. Dr. Offit is a well known schill for the pharmaceutical industry. Healthcare providers know this, unfortunately the lay public may not know this yet. As many have pointed out, the quality of the product is key and I like to tell my patients it is inexpensive "insurance" and very safe. I know many people who have rid themselves of serious and life threatening conditions through nutritional supplementation and dietary changes. I look forward to future posts from you!
Dear Dr. Bowden,
I enjoyed this article and agreed with most of it. I believe it is important to take supplements, but I also think that the best vitamins and the easiest for us to assimilate are found in the foods we eat. The older one gets the harder it is for certain foods or vitamins to get digested well. Death comes to everyone eventually, the "fountain of youth" has been pursued by all cultures and generations, and yet the Lord I believe desires that we take care of our bodies, minds, and souls properly. With that being said, I take issue with the ADEDS study that you sited. This study was funded by the US government and Bausch and Lomb, therefore they had to come up with something positive. I have some problems not much with the way that it was conducted, but with the conclusions.
1. Zinc was reduced from 80 mg to 25 mg from ARED to ARED 2. This was probably still too much zinc to be giving some people, but they did not say why.
2. Giving this formula to people prior them developing AMD(age related macular degeneration) did not prevent drusen formation or other signs of AMD.
3. Everyone in this study lost their vision to AMD.
4. Over 70 % of the people who participated using the ARED formula lost their vision at the same rate as those using the plecebo.
5. The ARED formula sold by Bausch and Lomb and by other pharmaceutical companies is very expensive, but people will do it if they are told that it will "save" their vision.
In general, there are some good things that came from this study. One being the use of the carotids(lutein, zeozananithein, beta catotenes). As an eye care practioner for many years I found AMD one of the most difficult conditions to deal with. I also found it very difficult to recommend the ARED formula to elderly people because of the high amount of zinc, the cost, and the shear fact that it provided little benefit to the actual condition that it was intended for. There were other vitamins and supplements that were cheaper and more beneficial. The bottomline was to treat people like you would want to be treated. Each of us are unique and made in His image. God bless.
Ed Alderman


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A Wisconsin man is accused of pushing another car off the road while driving to get his son medical attention after a fish hook mishap.
Shayne Trevor Dalbec, 38, of Maple, faces one count of felony second-degree recklessly endangering safety and misdemeanor hit and run-attended vehicle from the July 20 incident.
According to the criminal complaint, Dalbec reported his child had a fish hook stuck in his carotid artery and drove to meet emergency personnel in a McDonald's parking lot. Authorities saw the child had a three-pronged treble hook stuck in his right cheek, but there was no active bleeding and no injury near the artery.
As an officer was preparing to talk to Dalbec about speeding to get to medical attention, a report came in of a Mustang striking another car.
When questioned by police at the Douglas County Jail, Dalbec admitted hitting the back of the Toyota after the driver had stepped on the brakes. He said the Toyota continued to stop, so he pushed the vehicle onto the sidewalk.
He said that after he got to the hospital with his son, Dalbec felt he'd made a mistake because the injury was nowhere near the carotid artery.
Dalbec has pleaded not guilty to the hit-and-run charge.
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