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It's pretty cold, for a Saturday.
Couldn't seem to get warm enough, I stocked the fire with whatever cord wood I had in the house, but it still wasn't enough.
The kids were complaining, they were cold. My wife, too, blaming me for not stocking enough wood.
Too chilly to go outside, to get more. Cutting down a tree would be a futile effort, I would die of hypothermia before I got half-way through the trunk.
Kids are still complaining, wife still nagging.
I busted up a kitchen chair, fed it to the fire. Still not enough.
The dining room table went next. It was fine, for a little while.
A dresser, a bureau, the china cabinet. They all fed the fire's ravenous and unquenchable appetite, the flames wavering, signalling to me to bring more.
And more, and more.
The kids were complaining, the wife was nagging.
But now it's finally warm enough, I can feel the toasty sensation of a raging fire unclenching my every nerve, relaxing every fiber in my being.
I yell for the kids and my wife to come, enjoy the fire.
But I forgot. They already are.
Yep, pretty cold, for a Saturday.
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oh goodness, it seems like he burned the house down? or that was my interperatation of it. i'd just tell them to go get a blanket :) lol
I love the chilling last two lines. One was like, "Oh yeah, they're dead." and the other was very nonchalant about the situation. Awesome short story. :D
O.o did he put them in the fire too?
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Check out my interview with Nicci Fagan here:
Q&A: Data Center Expert Shares What's Next for Higher Education IT
Check out my interview with Nicci Fagan here:
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A backup administrator's job is like that of a pilot—hours and hours of utter boredom, followed by moments of sheer adrenaline. Let's face it. We all know that backup isn't sexy – but it's absolutely necessary. In some cases, it's the last line of defense from ever-increasing malware, ransomware and just plain human error.
The most significant part of VMware PEX, for me this year, was the Solutions Exchange floor and the rather small number of vendors. My focus was on convergence of compute and storage resources. This appears to be a popular path. There were a few things along the way, other than cheap swag, that caught my eye. One interesting conversation involved FusionIO. They validated that many customers concentrate more on storage space instead of performance and that this is not good. Some more progressive enterprises are very focused on performance. For instance, eBay actually measures costs based on url per kilowatt. Read more »
I have been attending various VMware Partner Exchange (PEX) and VMworld events since around 1996. Typically, I prefer to attend PEX over VMworld. The number of attendees is significantly smaller and access to the VMware brain trust is easier. There is usually a good mix of NDA roadmaps and decent technical information. The Solutions Exchange floor is less crowded and the vendors are able to spend more time with you. The hands on labs are the same top-quality as VMworld, but typically with no lines.
I did not attend VMworld 2013, but I did attend PEX 2014 last week. Sadly, I was a little bit underwhelmed again this year, as I was last year too. There was no real feeling of innovation. No buzz. Just ho-hum. There seemed to be fewer exhibitors on the Solutions Exchange floor as compared to previous years. I did have some very educational conversations with some vendors that I will detail later.
Despite all of the drama around Veeam and Nutanix being missing in action, there was no mention of VMTurbo. The people at the Cisco booth had nothing about Whiptail or Insieme.
The push is bundled suites of software, which will offer a single management point and a common interface. But many parts of these suites will likely end up as shelf-ware to many. Let's face it, many enterprises will need to change significantly in order to fully utilize the vCloud suite. If it is not a top down directive, either the networking silo or storage silo is going to protest over lack of control. Try explaining to network engineers that you need a pool of VLANs and associated IP addresses that will be out of their control and probably will be difficult to integrate with the many manual processes that are used. Try telling a storage administrator that we can now do self-service provisioning of a storage array, including all of the parts in the middle, like zoning and masking. Like VDI, they see that ROI is heavy on "soft costs." Try explaining how you save on labor costs without reducing workforce in this economy where IT shops are already understaffed. Many people don't get it when it comes to Cloud, which suddenly became Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) and now Software Defined Enterprise (SDE). But that can be the subject of a future post.
There was a little video before the keynote on Tuesday morning that hammered it home. Think about VMware in its first ten years. No one "got" virtualization. But VMware persisted and stuck to its guns. Now it has become standard issue in a data center. VMware is taking the same approach to the Software Defined Data Center. They are even starting to call it Software Defined Enterprise instead. Their stance is that, with persistence, the SDDC message will be heard and will become the norm. There is a constant struggle between the people that deliver IT and the people that consume IT. The fundamental ideas of SDDC help calm that struggle.
Right now, Microsoft appears to be hot on the tail of VMware and I see many people seriously reconsidering their method of delivery. I think the biggest things that VMware has going for it right now are vCenter Operations Manager (vCOPS) and Site Recovery Manager (SRM). I think that SRM is possibly the only thing keeping some enterprises on VMware for business critical applications. VMware is trying to display an air of non concern. Possibly, they are ignoring the "Evil Empire." When many enterprises are already paying for Windows Datacenter Edition and System Center, there needs to be justifications to keep vSphere. I see Hyper-V taking a foothold, especially in SMB and branch offices and in places where basic server virtualization is good enough.
It is interesting to see some of the visions play out over the course of time. I remember back in 2007 or 2008, when PEX was still Technical Solutions Exchange (TSX). I remember Carl Eishenbach (http://www.vmware.com/company/leadership/carl-eschenbach.html) announcing the VCDX program. I remember he said that there would be about 200 of us by the end of 2008. Back then, customers needed someone to design their greenfield environment and assist with migration from physical to virtual. I don't find myself needing to prove that vMotion works any more. Although there are likely many greenfield opportunities out there, most of my design expertise is now spent assisting with creating higher consolidation ratios and helping customers deliver a more optimized datacenter that may not always have vSphere at the top of the list. I have seen VMware go from a stand alone hypervisor to centrally managed solution to the defacto standard then to what I describe as "meh." There is no pop anymore. No excitement. Maybe I am getting too pessimistic in my old age.
Stay tooned! I have more to come on the interesting finds on the Solutions Exchange floor.
A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of returning to the customer that was the subject of my VCDX Design Defense.
First, let's travel back into time. It was mid-December, 2008. I was a VMware Delivery Engineer for my company at the time. The customer engagement was a VMware Plan and Design delivery. I had the audacity to design a virtual datacenter running ESXi 3.5.0 Update 2 on HP BladeSyStem servers booting from USB sticks. The Virtual Center server was a VM. This was my fourth or fifth Plan and Design engagement with my company, so it was a piece of cake to me. Read more »
I received an invitation to take the VCAP5-DCD BETA Exam a couple of weeks ago and took the exam at Partner Exchange. Like Jason Boche's experience, the exam consisted of 131 questions and I was given 225 Minutes to complete. The experience was similar to my VCAP4-DCD experience over a year ago. Read more »
I've been meaning to write this post since May 2010! Never got around to it but I am starting to see and hear about it again. The costs of Windows Server systems become important if you are renewing licenses or you are in a consolidation project. I find that many businesses will purchase server hardware with a Windows OEM license. The problem with an OEM license is that it CANNOT be transferred to a different server. Some people find this out the hard way during P2V conversions. Read more »
Interesting that I stumbled on this right after I posted a How-To for the free vSphere Hypervisor.
Mike Adams over at VMware wants to know if you are using the free vSphere Hypervisor. If so, he would like you to complete a very short survey so he can understand how you are using it. Check out his post on the VMware blog.
One of the things that some of the Microsoft Hyper-V users tout is that Hyper-V is free. Sometimes, like in smaller offices or branch locations, it may even make sense to use Hyper-V where there are four or less VMs on a host. The Windows 2008 Server Enterprise Edition license will allow for the base Hyper-V installation and up to four Windows 2008 Server VMs on the hardware. But there are many valid reasons to run VMware's vSphere Hypervisor, the free version of ESXi in your datacenter. Read more »
NOTE: This is no longer required in vCD 5.1 & above!
This is one of those situations where I really start to hate computers! I was working with vCloud Director with a goal of having a winders VM run through guest customization, change the name, get a fixed IP from the network pool, join an Active Directory Domain and move to a specific OU in the AD.
There is a spot in the VM properties to specify a domain to join. You can use the settings specified in the organization or enter the domain information directly. Read more »
This post includes an important security "gotcha" that I recently uncovered with vCloud Director 1.5 running on vSphere 5. If you are using vCloud Director, you should check your settings.
The PAVMUG session on Sept 22nd, 2011 that seemed to have the second most active audience was the session where I discussed vSphere 5 licensing and some of the design considerations. There were several good questions that I would like to re-address here and share some helpful links that I promised during the session. There is a great PowerCLI script and a tool that VMware themselves offer.
For the September 2011 PAVMUG all day meeting, I participated in four sessions. To me, the session with the most audience participation was about virtualizing business critical applications. My session really dug deep into Microsoft Exchange but also covered some basics around SQL and Oracle. I wanted to expand some of the ideas that were discussed during the session and post the presentation slides.
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I was doing some research for session I am presenting at an upcoming PAVMUG session about vSphere remote management when I came across an apology by one of the PowerGUI guys. Essentially, he was apologizing for something that VMware changed in the functionality of PowerCLI that affects how the PowerGUI Virtualization Powerpack interacts with it.
If you didn't know it yet, VMware announced a while back that future releases of VMware will not include the "traditional" ESX Server. From their site:"VMware vSphere 4.1 and its subsequent update and patch releases are the last releases to include both ESX and ESXi hypervisor architectures. Future major releases of VMware vSphere will include only the ESXi architecture."
If you are in a "24/7/365" shop then the applications running in your private cloud should currently be in virtual data centers (vDC) that are contained in DRS/HA clusters and the migration can be completed with no downtime to the applications. However, there are still other systems, such as development and test systems or possibly some minor infrastructure services applications that may not benefit from vSphere's availability features. I know many people have scheduled outages, shutdowns, etc. during the upcoming holidays. It may the best time to migrate to ESXi…
I have actually been pushing ESXi since version 3.5. In every plan and design engagement where I have been involved, I have always started with ESXi as the version to be used unless there was a compelling reason NOT to use ESXi. I think the only thing right now that requires ESX is HP's Matrix. I have yet to find anyone that uses that behemoth. There have been many improvements to the features of ESXi since version 4.0. VMware has a nice "Why ESXi" web page to explain these new features. The biggest thing is that ESXi has a smaller footprint and has fewer security updates needed than the "traditional" ESX Server. For instance, the latest round of patches has 11 for ESX and only two for ESXi. The small footprint allows ESXi to be installed on a USB stick, an SDHC or just on less disk space. There is also a nice VMware KB article explaining all of the differences between the current version of ESX and ESXi.
Here are some other things that I like about ESXi:
The ESXi installation should be treated as firmware. It is even called firmware in Update Manager. This means that there is no actual upgrade. The firmware is installed fresh every time. This also brings the idea of having stateless servers at some point in time. More on that later.
Really, there are three methods for a mass deployment. One is to use Host Profiles, but this requires manual steps and the extra costs associated with Enterprise Plus licenses. A second method is to install a base install of ESXi using the method I outlined in a previous post and then use PowerCLI or the vSphereCLI to customize the server. The new preferred method is good 'ol Kickstart.
Now, you can boot from local disk, SAN Disk, a USB Key or an SDHC Card. One of the arguments some have against booting from USB or SDHC is the dreaded single point of failure (SPOF). My answer has always been that HA will cover this. And, if you think about it, an internal array controller is a SPOF as well. But, now you can boot from SAN if you wish. Just remember to create a space for logs and core dumps if you go the route of USB or SDHC.
ESXi servers can now become members of a Micro$oft Active Directory Domain so that administrators can authenticate to the directory. Setting this up is done through the vSphere Client under the configuration tab. It appears that you can call the administrators group anything you want in AD as long as it is "ESX Admins". Maybe that will change in future versions.
You can just do away with SNMP monitoring and use the Common Information Model (CIM) providers. The stock version comes with some basic CIM monitoring, but the major hardware companies provide custom baked versions of ESXi with OEM-specific CIM providers for more granular monitoring. Rather than setting up your monitoring software for SNMP, you just point it to the ESXi server and set it up for CIM or WBEM. If you are not using a monitoring server, you can use the vCenter server to handle alerts and alarms.
Using Tech Support Mode, formerly known as "Unsupported Mode," is now supported. You can log in as an administrative user and all commands run in TSM are logged. The biggest reason many people went into TSM was to kill a stuck VM. There is now a vCLI operation that will allow this.
Here is the "Super Dave Method" for migrating to ESXi. Like I mentioned before, if you have at least ESX Clusters with vMotion enabled, this will be a relatively painless process, with no downtime. Obviously, if you are also upgrading from a previous version, there will be reboots required for VMware Tools and possibly to upgrade the VM Hardware to version 7.
Yeah, you heard me. Take some time to familiarize yourself with the differences between ESX and ESXI by setting up at least one test system so you can hammer it before changing your production systems. The nice thing is that you don't need hardware to do this. You can set up a VM and run ESXi as a VM.
If you are already familiar with doing things from the ESX console, the vCLI will be very familiar to you. If you are a Winders guy, you should already know PowersHell, so the PowerCLI will be familiar. Also, get to know the vSphere Management Appliance (vMA). The vMA is a RHEL5 based VM Appliance that is pre-configured with the Perl SDK and vCLI. It also includes vi-fastpass command, which allow you to pass authentication through to the hosts and to vCenter. It also includes vilogger, which allows you to create a (very) poor man's syslog server. I think you are better served using Splunk! or phplogcon. Either will allow you to parse the syslog entries eisier if you need to do any troubleshooting or forensics. If you want a nice guide to the vMA, head over to the vGhetto for some nice tips and tricks. If you are already a Linux shop and RHEL is not your cup of tea, then you can bake your own vMA with the Perl SDK and vCLI, but you will lose the vi-fastpass and vilogger capabilites. vi-fastpass is not a huge loss and you can set up your home baked vMA to include syslogd and phplogcon.
The most efficient way of performing an installation on more than one server is to script it. VMware now supports using Kickstart. Test your KickStart script on the test ESXi server, weather it is physical or virtual, you should be able to test most of the functionality. Check out the nifty "DryRun" setting too. I am not going to rehash what has already been done or said regarding Kickstart, so here are some decent links:
Take a look at this VMware Labs Fling if you want to create a nice deployment server that automates the ENTIRE process. This brings up the idea of having stateless ESXi servers. As each one is inserted into the vDC, ESXi is automatically set up for you. All the "important stuff" is stored on shared disk.
If you decide to go the route of using PowerCLI, take a look at this nice post.
Back up EVERYTHING! 'Nuff said? There is no better feeling when the shit hits the fan than to have a good backup. Make sure you back up the vCenter database and capture the configuration settings of all of the ESX servers. If you have Enterprise Plus, capture a host profile for each server. Take screen shots of the configurations settings in the vSphere Client. Include networking and all of the tabs in the vSwitches. Include storage and all of the tabs of any iSCSI initiators. Don't forget the IQNs! Check the advanced settings for any tweaks. Document the whole thing.
If you are using DRS and HA, disable HA. Then place the first victim host in Maintenance Mode. This should automagically move the VMs to other hosts in the cluster if DRS is working. Or you can manually (*GASP*) vMotion your VMs. If they are on local storage, set up an iSCSI server – OpenFiler is free. You can then use Storage vMotion to move the VMs to the iSCSI storage.
Yep! If the server is a part of a cluster, remove it from the cluster. Before removing it from inventory, unassign the license. Then, remove it from inventory. Once it has been disassociated from the vCenter Server, shut it down.
Now is a good time to update the BIOS, device firmware, etc. Blow out the dust. Perform some hardware TLC. If you do not trust yourself, disconnect it from the SAN. If you are using software iSCSI initiators or NFS, no worries because you will need to reconfigure this stuff after the install.
Now is the time to actually perform your first ESXi installation. Go ahead, we'll wait.
Once ESXi is installed, you can add it back to the vCenter Server, add the license and perform any post configuration steps like apply the host profile or run your PowersHell script for post configuration. Once the post configuration is completed, confirm that all of the settings are correct and match what you documented previously. If all is good, add it back to the original cluster. If you want to set up Enhanced vMotion Compatability (EVC) and it's not currently set up in the original cluster, you can create a new cluster for the ESXi Servers with EVC enabled.
Repeat the process for each server. If you decided to create a new cluster, start moving VMs to the new cluster.
If you are installing ESXi to a USB Stick or an SDHC card:
Make sure that during the test phase you understand how to set up authentication, syslog settings and nay required custom settings. Also make sure you know your way around the DCUI and the Tech Support Mode console.
Yesterday, I took the VCAP4-DCD beta exam (VDCD410), like many others have done this week. There is a thread started already in the communities forum. Just like previous beta exams with VMware, I had to take the exam at a Pearson-owned facility. There are a few within an hour of me, so I didn't need to fly anywhere. It's funny, Jason Boche mentions that he couldn't take coffee into the testing center. The person at the facility where I took the exam said no food, drink, candy, etc. The center where I usually take exams is more laid back and are OK with coffee as long as there is a lid. In fact, they offer to sell you bottled water to take in with you. VMware only requires a finger print scan and a photo with the two forms of ID. I noticed some people were getting their hand vein patterns recorded. Crazy.
Passing the VCAP4-DCD exam is one of the requirements for anyone, including a VCDX3, to achieve the VCDX4 certification. So passing this exam is very important to me.
The beta exam was 131 questions/tasks with four hours to complete. (There was a guy before me that was taking a test that lasts 630 minutes!) I would think that some of these may get cast off as improper, too easy or too hard. If all of the questions prove to be OK, then VMware has a nice, fair pool of design questions. I would also think that the "GA" exam will only be a portion of these questions.
There are three types of questions or tasks: The standard multiple guess questions, a few "match the object to a category" drag and drop tasks and a few diagramming tasks.
I am under countless NDAs on this, so there will be no "scoops" here. I can say that the exam is true to the Blueprint. Rather than giving a direct link to the PDF, which could change, I will tell you to go to www.vmware.com/go/vcap. Click on the "Datacenter Design" tab. There is a link to the current blueprint there. It was just changed to fix an issue with broken hyperlinks. There are also links to a FAQ, the VCAP Communities landing page and a link to a demo of the diagramming tool.
Make sure you read and understand all of the documents and web pages that are linked in the blueprint. VMware leaves no stone unturned. I would not advise trying to memorize all of the content listed in the blueprint, your head would explode. Just comprehend what you read. Much of this is conceptual and revolves around the methodology and best practices GUIDANCE that VMware chooses to publish.
Make sure you take a look at the VCAP4-DCD Exam UI Demo. This is the exam version of a Visio tool. One of my complaints about the VI3 Design Exam was the quality of the diagramming tool. It is greatly improved in this exam. In the VCAP4-DCD beta exam, there were more than one diagramming task. I don't think VMware is looking for the Mona Lisa. This is more of a "show your work" kind of thing. The diagramming tasks are not that complex and will only cover a few design criteria in each task.
Since this is a DESIGN exam, there are plenty of scenarios that involve capacity planning. Since you will not have any tools available to do your work, you will need to understand the math involved in capacity planning. There is a simple calculator available via a link at the top of the screen. You will also need to understand the math involved with calculating HA, DRS, reservations, shares and limits.
Finally, with the beta, there was a time constraint. I think I had about 10 or 15 minutes left when I was done. Make sure you manage your time. There was no "back" button and there was no way to mark questions or tasks for review in the beta exam. This may or may not hold true for the "GA" exam. Remember: If there is no "back" button or way to mark a question, make sure you are OK with your answer before clicking the "next" button. I clicked it a few times as I was thinking "Maybe I should read that again…."
I don't want to "toot my own horn" or sound arrogant here, but I purposely did not "study" for this exam. I did read the blueprint and skim some of the documents. The hyperlinks were broken in the 1.2 version and I didn't try to find them too hard. I didn't study for the VCAP4-DCA exam either (I passed by the skin of my teeth!). In my (humble) opinion, the exams require that you have EXPERIENCE in the subject of the exam. I don't think VMware intends to have "paper VCAPs" although I am sure there will eventually be some out there.
If you want to pass the VCAP4-DCA exam, you should have experience managing a vSphere environment. If you want to pass the VCAP4-DCD exam, you should have experience in designing at least one vSphere environment. You need to go through the thought processes involved in the ASSESS – DESIGN – IMPLEMENT – MANAGE cycle. I am sure that the design workshop will assist you in gaining the knowledge and some experience in designing a vSphere environment, but it won't give you everything you need for passing this exam. Certainly, if you want to progress to the final step and submit and defend a design, you will need EXPERIENCE. This is why there is such a high fail rate for the design defense.


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Hess was wanted on a warrant for a stealing charge. There was a $50,000 cash-only bond set.
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You know that job of yours? You have to change the way you do it.
The old way wasn't working, see, so you have to learn new approaches, new techniques, to improve. And you need to master these methods by September. Oh, and don't expect much in the way of support as you make these changes, because your company can't afford it.
That's the unenviable mandate teachers are facing as Arizona school districts prepare for next year's transition to new Common Core Standards. The standards, which are supposed to enhance students' critical thinking, betray an alarming want in that department among the legislators forcing them upon our educators.
Granted, our relatively weak statewide performance demands substantial changes to the Legislature's approach to our schools. But it stands to reason the root cause of that performance is sweeping cuts to districts' budgets in recent years — not whether your 9-year-old is thinking critically enough about her language-arts assignment.
Changing statewide pedagogy without restoring funding for programs that have had to be cut is like repainting the exterior of a house that has just been blown apart by a hurricane.
It's difficult to tell just how much money the Paradise Valley Unified School District has spent training its teachers for the new standards, district spokeswoman Marty Macurak said. She explained a new Common Core training program will begin when the district receives a $299,000 three-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education.
Paradise Valley isn't the only local district spending big money training educators for the standards.
The Scottsdale Unified School District has already spent more than $100,000 on substitute teachers so full-time educators can attend training seminars, according to reporting by the Scottsdale Republic's Mary Beth Faller.
For a district that has had to lay off teachers and drastically scale back academic programs because of legislative cuts and a recent devastating defeat at the polls on a proposed budget override, that kind of expenditure is ludicrous. It could have been even worse had more than 600 teachers in that district not volunteered their time last summer to attend Common Core training sessions.
Again, the implementation of these new standards is well-meaning, and we applaud the Legislature for at least recognizing that our school districts demand attention. But this heavy-handed, tin-eared attempt to remedy their problems seems like it's already posing more trouble than it's worth.


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In Vitro Inhibition of Microsomal Lipid Peroxidation by MA-631, Student Rasayana (SR), Ladies Rasayana (LR), and Maharishi Coffee Substitute (MCS)
The Pharmacologist, Vol. 34, No. 3, p. 184, 1992 (Abstract).
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In this study, the effects of MA-631, SR, LR, and MCS on microsomal lipid peroxidation were examined in vitro. Rat liver microsomes were incubated with a sodium ascorbate and ADP-iron complex or with an NADPH-generating system to stimulate nonenzymatic or enzymatic lipid peroxidation, respectively. Aqueous or alcoholic extracts of MA-631, SR, LR, and MCS, when added to these incubation systems, inhibited hepatic microsomal lipid peroxidation in a dose-dependent manner. The alcoholic extracts were the most effective antiperoxidants in both systems. The alcoholic extract of MCS inhibited ascorbate- or NADPH-induced lipid peroxidation by 56% and 63%, with 12 micrograms and 22.5 micrograms, respectively. These findings suggest that these Maharishi Ayurvedaa food supplements may be useful in the treatment of free radical-induced injury due to their antiperoxidant properties.
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3 Big Questions About The 1,360 Same-Sex Couples Married In Utah
Although the Utah governor and attorney general attempted to clarify the situation for the couples on Wednesday, the questions — and, likely, lawsuits — are just beginning.
WASHINGTON — The fate of Utah's nearly 1,400 legally married same-sex couples is still unclear as the state challenges a ruling that overturned Utah's ban on marriage between same-sex couples.
It's been less than 20 days since U.S. District Court Judge Robert Shelby declared Utah's 2004 ban to be unconstitutional. The Supreme Court on Monday stopped Shelby's order from going into effect while Utah appeals the case to the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals; the state's first brief is due by Jan. 27.
Shelby's order had been in effect for two weeks, though, and now questions abound over the status of the same-sex couples who married in Utah while it was legal from Dec. 20, 2013, through Monday.
The Supreme Court action ended new marriages from taking place for the time being. But Utah Gov. Gary Herbert and Attorney General Sean Reyes on Wednesday went further, saying the 1,360 couples' marriages were "on hold," per a statement from Herbert's office, and would not be recognized by the state while the Supreme Court stay is in effect.
This is not an altogether surprising decision by the officials. Utah's marriage amendment does not only ban same-sex couples from marrying in the state; it also bans the state from recognizing such marriages. Because the Supreme Court stay effectively puts the marriage amendment back on the books, it prevents recognition of the very marriages the state granted over the past weeks.
Nonetheless, several questions remain unanswered and some have been made more confusing by the very statements of Herbert and Reyes.
Both officials made clear in their statements that they were not invalidating or nullifying the marriages at this time. Herbert's office, in a letter from his chief of staff, stated that "this position is not intended to comment on the legal status of those same-sex marriages – that is for the courts to decide." Reyes said in his statement, "We are unable to reach a legal conclusion as to the ultimate validity of marriage between persons of the same sex who completed their marriage ceremony in Utah between Dec. 20, 2013 and Jan. 6, 2014. That question remains unanswered and the answer will depend on the result of the appeal process."
The couples, in other words, are in a legal limbo: They have marriages that were legal when they entered into them that are not invalid now but also are not recognized by the state that granted them.
This raises three significant questions:
1. How will the state treat these marriages?
Despite Utah's attempt to answer this definitively, even Herbert's chief of staff noted that "if a same-sex married couple previously changed their names on new drivers licenses, those licenses should not be revoked." That may be a slight crack in the door, but it is sure to be emblematic of other situations moving forward. There is some recognition of those couples' marriages, and more will arise as days of this "limbo" status turn into weeks and months — a fact acknowledged in the chief of staff to the governor's letter, which noted, "We recognize that different state agencies have specific questions and circumstances that will need to be worked through."
The state, thus far, has not given much guidance. The statement from Reyes was only four paragraphs, and, asked whether the governor was given anything else in writing from the attorney general's office, a spokesman for Reyes told BuzzFeed, "No, there is no written opinion being given to the governor." The chief of staff to the governor's letter, meanwhile, was six paragraphs, and urged agencies to consult with the attorney general's office and the governor's chief counsel on those "circumstances" that are going to arise in coming weeks and months.
What's more, the American Civil Liberties Union of Utah already has announced that it is looking for plaintiffs to challenge the governor and attorney general's overall decision not to recognize the marriages while the appeal is pending. In a letter sent to Reyes, the ACLU of Utah's legal director warned that, in the organization's view, "refusing to recognize their marriages would put the state in conflict with the couples' due process rights."
Update at 5:00 p.m. Jan. 9: On Thursday, the Utah Attorney General's Office began addressing one such issue, first reported by Fox 13's Ben Winslow. The following directive was sent from Reyes to county clerks:
2. How will the federal government treat these marriages?
Posed the question, Justice Department spokeswoman Dena Iverson told BuzzFeed Wednesday afternoon, "The department is reviewing the governor's decision." Officials with the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and Internal Revenue Service likewise did not immediately respond to requests for information about whether those agencies would recognize the marriages.
Last year, before such a scenario had been raised, however, an IRS ruling suggested that they might not be recognized. The ruling states that the IRS would treat a same-sex couple as married "as long as they were married in a state whose laws authorize the marriage of two individuals of the same sex." Utah's laws authorized those marriages for two weeks, but they do not authorize those marriages currently. An OPM official, meanwhile, told BuzzFeed last year that its benefits would be available to anyone with "a valid marriage license" — something that state officials in Utah say is up in the air currently.
The primary question before federal officials when expanding recognition of same-sex couples' marriages after the Supreme Court struck down part of the Defense of Marriage Act in June 2013 was whether the marriages of same-sex couples would be recognized based on whether the marriage was valid where the couple lives (technically, is domiciled) or whether it was valid in the state where the marriage license was granted (referred to as the place of celebration). Officials' comments and rulings suggest they were not focused on the timing element when issuing its rules or, if they had, issued rules weighing against recognition of marriages in this situation.
Update at 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 10: The Obama administration will recognize same-sex couples' marriages from Utah.
3. How will other states treat these marriages?
Finally, Utah's Attorney General Reyes told Fox 13's Ben Winslow on Wednesday that the marriages could be recognized in other states, including the 17 states that allow same-sex couples to marry. "It's not invalidating it in the same way that if they went to Hawaii, they could potentially apply for benefits there based on the marriage that took place," Reyes said.
This suggests Reyes believes other states could recognize such out-of-state marriages in a situation like this, where the marriage was valid in another state when the couple was granted the marriage license but is of questionable validity currently according to that state's officials. This, though, would have to be worked out state by state — and wouldn't necessarily always result in recognition, as is suggested by the federal questions.
These three questions are just some of the immediate questions that will be facing Utah, federal and other states' officials as the marriage case proceeds through the 10th Circuit. These, moreover, don't even begin to touch on the questions that will need to be addressed — and likely fought out in court — should Utah eventually succeed in upholding the marriage amendment and attempt to then argue that these 1,360 marriages should be invalidated.
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Time is running out for you to place a bid on one of the limited edition prints to raise money for the Walk4Hearing fundraiser. Rob Jones from Towner-Jones Photography has been hosting the silent auction on his web site. The auction is nearing an end and you only have until October 11th to place your bid on the images donated by 11 great photographers (okay, 10 great photographers and me). MPIX has kindly donated to print the 11×14 images for the winning bidders, except for RC Concepcion who is donating his pano image printed on a 5 foot canvas (very sweet).
For Those That Like Concert Photography –
One of the pre-con events at Photoshop World was a concert photography workshop, hosted by Alan Hess and Scott Diussa. The class got a chance to photograph Scott Kelby's band, Big Electric Cat as the practiced on stage for their After Hours Party the following evening. I spoke to a couple of people that had attended the workshop and they were completely stoked on the class and what they learned. I hadn't actually seen any images from the class, except for one shot of Scott playing guitar, looking like a major league rock star. That shot was by Alan Hess.
Last night I found the rest of Alan's shots of the band (and students) at work on his website, Shot Live Photo. There are some great shots of the boys in the band and it's clearly obvious that Alan is the guy you want to talk to if you want to get great concert images. If you want to see more info about Alan and the other stuff he did at Photoshop World, check out his blog page.
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Energy-efficient property must be put into place between Jan. 1, 2006, and Dec. 31, 2007, to qualify for the deduction.
On June 2, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued its long-awaited notice (Notice 2006-52) on Deduction for Energy-Efficient Commercial Buildings qualification. This tax incentive was included in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 passed by U.S. Congress and signed into law in August 2005. Its passage represented a significant victory for BOMA Intl. and the commercial real estate industry.
Specifically, the new law provides for a tax deduction of up to $1.80 per square foot for energy-efficient upgrades that achieve a 50-percent reduction in annual energy costs to the user compared to a base building defined by the ASHRAE/IESNA 90.1-2001 standard. Energy costs refer only to heating, cooling, lighting, and water heating, since only these uses are within the scope of the ASHRAE standard and within the control of the building designer. A deduction of up to 60 cents per square foot will be available for upgrades to each of the three energy-using systems of a building - lighting systems; heating, cooling, ventilation, and water-heating systems; and the building envelope (adding up to the full $1.80 per square foot that is available for new construction if qualifying retrofits are made to each of the three systems). A qualifying building can be any type of commercial building that falls under the scope of the ASHRAE 90.1 standard, including multi-family properties of four or more stories. Energy-efficient property must be put into place between Jan. 1, 2006, and Dec. 31, 2007, to qualify for the deduction.
The notice sets forth interim guidance pending the issuance of regulations. While it is still unclear when the final regulations will be promulgated, the notice does indicate that the IRS and U.S. Treasury Department expect the rules set forth in the June 2 notice to be incorporated into the final regulations. BOMA Intl. and its coalition partners in the Commercial Building Tax Deduction Coalition continue to stress to the Treasury Department that time is of the essence, as it is already in the seventh month of this 2-year program. However, building owners and managers are encouraged to begin retrofits immediately if they wish to take advantage of the tax deduction and not wait for the final regulations. The federal government is notoriously slow in promulgating regulations, and BOMA Intl. and its coalition partners agree that the interim guidance currently available should prove sufficient for moving forward.
Specifically, the notice sets forth a process that allows a taxpayer who owns, or is the lessee of, a commercial building and installs property as part of the commercial building's interior lighting system; heating, cooling, ventilation, and hot-water system; or building envelope to obtain a certification that the property satisfies the energy-efficiency requirements of statute 179D(c)(1) and (d). The notice also provides for a public list of software programs that must be used in calculating energy and power consumption.
In order to claim the deduction, the taxpayer must obtain certification from a "qualified individual" stating that the required energy savings will be achieved. A "qualified individual" is defined as an individual that:
The IRS notice also prescribes the content of the certification. In addition to several other statements that the qualified individual must provide for the taxpayer's records, he/she must also include a statement indicating that the energy-efficient property incorporated into the building will reduce total annual energy and power costs by 50 percent or more as compared to a reference building that meets the minimum requirements of ASHRAE 90.1-2001 (for new construction or a building retrofitting all three systems). Or, he/she must include a statement indicating that the property/upgrades incorporated into the building will reduce the total annual energy and power costs with respect to the combined usage or the building's heating, cooling, ventilation, hot-water, and interior lighting systems by 162/3 percent (one-third of the 50-percent reduction) or more as compared to a reference building that meets the minimum requirements of ASHRAE 90.1-2001 (for a building retrofitting any one of the three systems).
Finally, the notice announces that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will create and maintain a public list of software that must be used to calculate energy savings for the purposes of providing the certification. It also provides a process that software developers must use if they desire to have their software included on that list. The list will eventually be posted at (www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/info/tax_credit_2006.html).
A copy of the IRS notice can be found on BOMA Intl.'s website at (www.boma.org/advocacy).
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Chores the farmer and his lazy dog Snores,
jumped into the pickup and set out to find more.
More signs of autumn, the changes and all,
more signs of the season, often called fall.
They went to a park just a few miles away,
a great place to go on a warm autumn's day.
The fall colors were beautiful, so brilliant and bright,
the trees of many colors were an awesome sight.
As Chores admired the colorful trees,
Snores playfully chased the falling leaves.
Squirrels were out scampering around,
gathering acorns that had fell to the ground.
A flock of geese flew overhead,
traveling south for the winter ahead.
Chores and Snores enjoyed being at the park,
but soon it was time for them to depart.
Chores had to get back to work on the farm,
and Snores had to get back to his bed in the barn.
So with Snores beside him asleep on the seat,
Chores started the pickup and drove off down the street.
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Revitalizing the U.S. tool and die industry
Tips to keep your business at home
The U.S. tooling industry has received quite a bit of press in the past few years documenting its demise. Many people believe the rise of lower-cost tooling industries in foreign countries is the main culprit.
Unfortunately, it's not that simple. The U.S. tooling industry's future is precarious, but before we place the blame on globalization, let's consider how the industry arrived at its current state.
Understanding Root Causes
If offshoring has not been the sole cause of the industry's troubles, what has been, and what realizations must be faced as we move forward? Part of the decline in demand has been because of productivity improvements.
Unfortunately, over the last 20 years, productivity improvements were slow in coming, because the industry did not view them as required. Later in the decade, this perception changed as Tier 1 customers demanded supplier consolidation and improvement as they merged.
Four major factors have affected demand in the tool and die industry.
- Fewer or delayed product launches. The automotive product cycle has changed significantly—changes are less frequent, and design platforms are consolidated.
- Increased reliability and a reduction in redundant tooling. As the automotive industry became more confident in the capability and reliability of its tooling, many OEMs reduced the quantity of their safety tools. In most cases, redundant tooling was completely eliminated.
- Part consolidation. Combining multiple parts into one resulted in a reduction in the number of tools needed. While these tools may have become larger and more complex, overall the sum of the parts resulted in less tooling. Also, the use of common parts on more than one vehicle or vehicle platform resulted in less tool building.
- End-user productivity improvements. While the tooling industry was increasing productivity, so were its end users. By increasing throughput at their facilities, OEMs were able to provide the same output with fewer tools.
|Figure 1a
This table shows the year-to-year cumulative effect of annual tooling productivity improvements and tooling need reductions.
According toFigure 1aand 1b, by compounding demand reductions over the last 14 years, in 2004 the industry needed only 52 percent of the tooling that was needed in 1990. If the industry once again decreases demand by 2 percent in 2004, the demand in 2005 will fall to 51 percent of what was needed in1990.
|Figure 1b
This graph summarizes in a graphic mode the cumulative effects of tool improvements and decline in tooling demands.
It's Time to Reorganize!
To minimize the risk of offshore sourcing of tooling, U.S. tool- and diemakers should consider taking these steps:
Recognize the Need to Add Value. Shops must identify specific products or services their customers will view as value-added. Once these items are identified, the shop should evaluate realistically in-house capabilities. If there are value-added shortfalls, the shop must complete an analysis to determine whether it can obtain the required resources.
The difficult aspect of customer analysis is determining if customers understand the value of value-added services or products. When selling added value, shops should emphasize services such as product design, low-run production support, program management, and material development expertise.
Shorten Lead-Times. By significantly reducing lead-times, U.S. tool- and diemakers can create a competitive advantage that offshore competitors will find difficult to match. Offshore shops will be forced to expedite tooling, which increases their cost of doing business and raises their prices.
Identify Productivity Improvements. Any organization can make significant productivity improvements, which decrease costs. Many tool- and diemakers argue that concepts such as lean, one-piece flow, and cellular manufacturing are unworkable in the tooling industry. Not so.
How can a company reduce its lead-time by 50 percent without significant productivity improvements? For most companies within the industry, a 50 percent reduction in lead-time can be accomplished within three iterations of tooling. While the first tool may actually cost more, the savings realized by the second iteration reduces costs to become comparable with a normal delivery. By the third tool, costs are reduced, and the tool is delivered in half the time it took to create the first. Remember, time is money.
Scrutinize Wages and Benefits. Although the tool and die industry has always been accustomed to ups and downs, when the demand was there, it knew it could count on good wages, regular overtime, and a good benefits package. Wages and benefits were good as companies competed to maintain a trained work force. With so many shops to choose from, employees knew that if one company didn't provide the overtime and wages desired, they could go down the street and get them from another company.
Now the labor force must come to the realization that their livelihood is at stake. Significant changes are required to allow U.S. shops to compete on the world stage. Unfortunately, the labor force must share in these changes. New wage scales, new work rules, new benefits packages, skill enhancement, acceptance of change, and desire to compete will require all employees to modify the way they look at the industry.
Increase Demand. How can toolmakers increase demand when the business environment seemingly is doing everything it can to push the industry into the grave? Unfortunately, they can't. By changing and changing significantly, improving productivity, adding value, reducing lead-times, restructuring labor costs, and, yes, reducing prices will the industry be able to slow the escalating offshore sourcing trend.
U.S tool- and diemakers must start thinking differently. Those who have the wherewithal to step up and are willing to offer added value to their customers will succeed.
Frank Martin is president of CPQP International, 2835 Grey Oaks Blvd.,Tarpon Springs, FL 34688, 727-944-2822,email@example.com, www.cpqp.net.
Gary Gathen is chief engineer at GCorp., 21 Elm Park Blvd., Pleasant Ridge, MI 48069, 248-543-5400, email@example.com.
Frank Martin
Gary Gathen
G Corp.
Pleasant Ridge, MI 48069
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