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ASE IT moves into iseek’s Sydney data centre

ASE IT moves into iseek’s Sydney data centre

Company selected Gore Hill site as part of Australian expansion

Cloud services provider ASE IT has signed a contract with iseek Communications to move into the vendor’s data centre in Gore Hill, Sydney.

According to ASE IT’s chief sales and marketing officer David McGrath, the expansion was driven by Australian customers and international clients with an Australian presence wanting to have group synchronisation among all their cloud, data centre and infrastructure services.

“Rather than having one client sitting in London and another in Sydney and running cables all the way through, we can connect through from data centre to data centre,” he said in a statement.

“This means we have the power to not only move into some of those territories but provide the connectivity and networking that allows us to easily move data globally.”

ASE IT currently has data centres in Sydney, Melbourne, California and New Jersey with new locations to be built in London, Singapore and Hong Kong by the end of 2013.

ATechnology plans ahead with data centre migration

iseek Communications opens $100m Sydney data centre

Avoiding the data centre property trap

According to iseek Communication’s general manager Hugh Smith, the growing number of businesses located in northern Sydney was driving demand for hosting facilities.

“We know a lot of customers want to have their cloud-based infrastructure geographically close to them,” he said.

iseek Communications has been contacted for more information by Computerworld Australia.

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 Three ways to communicate the value of supply chain management to the board - Supply Management

Three ways to communicate the value of supply chain management to the board

Supply chains get products built and distributed into the hands of customers, which is how they contribute to the the bottom line. But in the past, the complexity of supply chains often led to executives overlooking or misunderstanding the field’s contributions.

Today, however, new supply chain solutions have allowed for the benefits to become much more tangible. And supply chain professionals are consistently getting more input into corporate decision-making, as well as a seat at the revenue table.

Now that the board is all ears, the challenge is communicating supply chain successes in a way that execs, shareholders, and directors can appreciate. To help supply chain professionals make the most of their growing status, here are three tips you can implement immediately:

1. Lead with the value proposition. Executives are judged on generating return on capital and increasing shareholder value. It’s key to align these broad goals with the day-to-day deliverables of a supply chain professional. You need to explain that what generates value in the supply chain is the cash-conversion cycle. This measures how quickly your organisation turns investment in materials into cash from the sale of end products.

An objective of any supply chain professional is to keep that cycle as brief as possible. Employing strategies like just-in-time manufacturing minimises the time that precious company assets are tied up in materials before becoming revenue. Similarly, dynamic discounting is a solution that incentivises clients with deep discounts to pay early, and therefore reduces the average time an account receivable is outstanding.

Lastly, decreasing the inventory conversion period – the time between when materials are acquired and sold - is also key for boosting a company’s cash flow. The result of all three strategies is something everyone in the boardroom will understand: larger, quicker profits.

2. Sales statistics aren’t just for sales and marketing any more. Supply chain strategy can have a profound impact on sales – this is something to advertise. Sales figures are an excellent metric to quantify your supply chain successes and illustrate what supply chain management can do for the organisation. For example, building quick and agile supplier networks will help your company respond better to customer needs by improving on-shelf availability. Demonstrate how improved on-shelf availability means higher sales with recent sales statistics.

3. Emphasise the most visible aspects of cost savings. Chief supply chain officers influence around 60-70 per cent of an organisation’s expenses, all of its inventory, and most areas of customer service. Cost savings will always interest shareholders, so showcase any supply chain improvements in these high-profile areas. For example, you might discuss efforts you’ve made to outsource, update or streamline technology, and collaborate with suppliers.

Supply chain management hasn’t been this in vogue since Henry Ford bought his own mines and mills to keep his new production lines ceaselessly turning, so don’t miss your seat at the table. Time proved that global sourcing and utilising comparative advantage was more effective than Ford’s model, but the need for top-notch supply chain management endures. The key for you is communicating all the value SCM adds.

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In past trade agreements the EU has sought to open up public procurement markets © PA Images
In past trade agreements the EU has sought to open up public procurement markets © PA Images

Procurement 'important area' for Brexit talks

A document drawn up for the European Parliament covering the nature of public procurement between the UK and EU post-Brexit has highlighted four scenarios.

The report said the value of EU public spending on goods, works and services in 2015 amounted to 13.1% of EU GDP and 13.6% of UK GDP. The value of tenders published on the EU’s electronic database for public procurement represented 3.1% of GDP for the EU and 4.9% for the UK.

“The EU has sought to include provisions on opening up of these procurement markets in all its trade agreements and is likely to be concerned to ensure a future opening of these markets between the EU and UK after the UK’s withdrawal from the EU,” said the report, which was prepared at the request of the Parliament’s Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection.

The report said EU trade agreements covering public procurement generally featured four key elements:

  • A set of provisions defining what procurement is covered (which entities and size of contracts)
  • Rules prohibiting discrimination in awarding contracts
  • Rules governing the drafting of specifications and award of contracts
  • Provisions for enforcement

The report said four models were relevant to any discussion of EU/UK public procurement post Brexit, and these were:

1. The European Economic Area (EEA) Agreement model, which represents current EU procurement law.

2. The WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA), whose rules are much looser than EU law.

3. EEA-minus, which uses the EEA Agreement but without all its elements.

4. GPA-plus, which adds to GPA provisions. GPA-plus is the approach currently being pursued in negotiations with the US in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.

The report said in the event of the UK leaving the EU with no trade deal in place and falling back on WTO rules, “the position of the UK in relation to the GPA post-Brexit is not clear”.

“One view is that the UK needs to rejoin the GPA after Brexit if it is to undertake commitments and receive benefits under the Agreement. Another view is that succession to the Agreement by the UK is possible, with no new application required.”

The report said any withdrawal agreement would need to consider measures to address the consequences of changing from one procurement regime (the EU one) to another and transitional measures to address the fact the ultimate shape of the EU-UK relationship is undetermined at the point of Brexit.

“If the final relationship is indeed undetermined when Brexit occurs, it seems likely that the UK’s current procurement regulations transposing the EU directives will remain in place pending any final determination of that relationship in public procurement,” said the report.

“However, given the absence of significant WTO rules at multilateral level, an interim EU-UK access arrangement might still be needed in a withdrawal agreement to secure rights for EU regulations pending any final agreement or… pending the UK’s accession/succession to the GPA.”

The report said any agreement would need to consider issues including treatment of ongoing award procedures, remedies for violations when proceedings are begun after Brexit, retention of records, treatment of ongoing framework agreements, qualification systems, dynamic purchasing systems and e-procurement rules.

“Public procurement is an important area to consider in the Brexit negotiations,” said the report.

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New Yorkers may be surprised to learn that they do not live in the world’s loudest city. That dubious honor goes to Mumbai where noise levels have been known to reach close to 124dB. To put this figure into perspective, 124dB is somewhere between the sound levels typically reached by chain saws (120dB) and the take off of military jets (130dB). But this is not to suggest that New York is easy on the ears. New York’s midtown traffic (75dB to 80dB), screeching subways (80dB to 100dB on average measured from an indoor platform) and jackhammers (110dB) all contribute to its status as one of the noisiest places on earth.

When it comes to noise, however, much depends on where one stands. Midtown consistently ranks among the city’s noisiest neighborhoods due to its ongoing traffic sounds. By contrast, residential neighborhoods, such as Park Slope, rank relatively low on the noise meter. Still, escaping the city’s noise altogether isn’t easy. At peak hours, many of the city’s restaurants report noise levels in excess of 90dB. The city’s caged-in schoolyards have also been known to lend themselves to the production of staggeringly loud sounds. Finally, wherever one lives, the ever-present threat of jackhammers looms.

Recent Efforts to Mute the City

Given the difficulty of escaping New York’s noise, it is no surprise that over the years many resident activists and city officials have made muting the city’s deafening noise levels a personal mandate. City Councilor Margaret Chin, the representative for District 1, is the city’s most recent crusader against noise pollution.

In November 2014, Councilor Chin proposed Local Law 527 to amend the city’s administrative code in relation to “city-wide ambient noise level monitoring.” As stated in her proposed legislation, “The Council finds that noise pollution is widely prevalent in urban areas” and “noise pollution is associated with a variety of adverse health impacts including hearing loss, elevated blood pressure, sleep loss, increased heart rates, and cardiovascular constriction and labored breathing.” Under Chin’s proposed legislation, which has yet to be enacted, the city would be responsible for collecting and making public data on ambient noise across the city and for implementing noise reduction plans in problem locations.

While welcome and admirable, Councilor Chin’s proposed legislation is simply part of the city’s long—and so far, unsuccessful—war on noise.

A Century-long Battle Against Noise

New York City’s war on noise dates back to the early 20th century when the city declared itself the “noisiest city on earth.” Since then, attempts to reduce urban noise have included research studies, awareness campaigns, legislation and aggressive crackdowns on noise offenders.
1906-1920: In the early part of the century, Julia Barnett Rice, a wealthy physician who had had enough with the whistle-blasting tugboats on the Hudson, founded the Society for the Suppression of Unnecessary Noise. Among other proposals, Rice called for the arrest of anyone who dared to set off a Fourth of July firecracker near a hospital. She believed that unnecessary urban noises, such as firecrackers, were impeding the recovery of the city’s thousands of hospital patients.
1929 to 1930: Much like Councilor Chin’s current proposal to manage urban noise, the city’s Noise Abatement Commission was a data-driven solution. The commission used instruments to measure noise levels across the city and published questionnaires in local papers asking readers to list any noises that were keeping them awake at night. In 1930, the data was compiled in a 308-page illustrated report simply titled "City Noise." Like many commission documents, "City Noise" would ultimately have little impact on the city’s soundscape. The document does offer rich insight into just how loud New York City was by the late 1920s.
1935: Under the La Guardia administration, October 1935 was proclaimed the month of “noiseless nights.” During the campaign, radio announcers were instructed to tell their listeners to turn down their radios after 11 p.m. and police officers were instructors to issue warnings but not necessarily arrest “noise offenders.”
1971: In November 1971, Project Quiet City, a citizen-led noise abatement initiative, opened a storefront on the Upper West Side. At the opening, 25 protestors carried “Make Love, Not Noise” signs as they marched down Amsterdam Avenue in a “silent parade” led by a 1972 Vanguard electric car with its signature soundless motor. The parade also included a protestor dressed as a silent film actor and a prototype for a reduced-noise garbage truck.
1980s to 1990s: Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, various New York City mayors responded to the noise problem with their own initiatives. In 1986, Mayor Koch introduced “Don’t Honk” signs in designated quiet zones and imposed a penalty on anyone breaking the ordinance (rarely enforced, these signs were finally removed in 2013). Later, in 1993, the city established Operation Soundtrap, which put inspectors from the Department of Environmental Protection in police squad cars. The goal was to locate and fine anyone found blasting music from a car stereo or boom box.
2000s: More recent efforts to address the city’s noise problems have included Operation Silent Night, and the establishment of the city’s 311 line. While 311 may provide an outlet for New Yorkers to vent about construction sounds, traffic noise and car alarms at any time of the day or night, 311 data, which can be accessed via the city’s OpenData portal, reveals that the city’s ongoing efforts to reduce ambient noise have failed. On any given day, noise complaints of all kinds top 311’s list of complaints.

Escaping the City’s Noise Pollution

Given the long and mostly unsuccessful efforts of activists and legislators alike to mute the city’s noise, the real question is not how to suppress New York’s ongoing noise but rather where and how to escape it. Unfortunately, escaping the city’s noise can be a challenge.

Beyond being a persistent problem at street level, the city’s ambient noise has a remarkable ability to travel and to penetrate materials of all kinds. This is because sound travels up and the higher up you go, the fewer obstructions there are to absorb sounds. As a result, living on the 20th floor of a high rise does not necessarily provide much more protection from noise pollution than living closer to street level. If you happen to be on the top floor of the Time Warner Center, you may hear fewer street sounds but by the time you reach the 55th floor, other sounds, including overhead helicopters, can pose a problem too.

The reality is that anyone hoping to escape the city’s noise has only two choices. First, move to neighborhood where noise levels and noise complaints are consistently low. For example, recent 311 noise complaint data suggests that Brownsville, located west of Crown Heights in Brooklyn, is a safe bet. If you don’t want to move to a neighborhood known for its silent nights, there is also the option of investing in soundproof windows. While soundproof windows will not block out all of the city’s sounds, the best products on the market can reduce outside noise by 75 percent. Combined with a pair of earplugs, this may even give midtown residents some hope of sleeping through the night.
Contributing Writer Cait Etherington Cait Etherington has over twenty years of experience working as a journalist and communications consultant. Her articles and reviews have been published in newspapers and magazines across the United States and internationally. An experienced financial writer, Cait is committed to exposing the human side of stories about contemporary business, banking and workplace relations. She also enjoys writing about trends, lifestyles and real estate in New York City where she lives with her family in a cozy apartment on the twentieth floor of a Manhattan high rise.
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Astonishing X-Ray Flower Photography

Ardent fans of the Clare Florist blog (that’s you, right guys? …Guys?) may remember some outstanding flower photography which we showed you all a few weeks back, where flowers were placed in liquid silicone before being zapped with, ooh, absolutely lots of electricity. (Complete with a gratifying BUZZZZZ noise and a mad-scientist cackle, or so I for one am choosing to believe). I speak, of course, of the epic work of photographer Robert Buelteman. The results were outstanding; vibrant, blue-glowing images which contrasted the awesome force of electricity with the delicacy of flowers. Sure, a kid with a copy of Photoshop who knew his way around the ‘filters’ menu could have knocked something pretty similar up in an afternoon, but that’s not the point, or so we’re reliably informed.

Well, a lot of you liked that blog, so now we’re happy to be able to bring you a similar experience, again featuring a photographer who approaches flower photography in an unorthodox, and scientific manner, to get some outstanding results. X-Ray flowers. The photographer’s name is Hugh Turvey, and he has been incorporating X-Rays into his work since 1996. Starting with an X-Ray image of a human skull, he has since turned his attention to some altogether more everyday objects – like these amazing flower photos. Who knew that the inside of plants would look this damn cool? Check out this gallery of Hugh Turvey's X-Ray Flowers to get a fascinating new perspective!

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  • Single Family
  • 5 Beds
  • 4 Full Baths
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  • 4,378 Sq. Ft.
  • 0.24 Acres
  • 3 Car Garage
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Dramatic entry to this luxurious 5 bedroom Avery Edwards home. Gorgeous upgrades include handscraped wood floors, slate tile, upgraded lighting and deep crown and floor moldings. Large master bedroom with ensuite on lower level. Grand staircase to exspansive game-room, media room and 3 other bedrooms. Huge backyard has abundant possibilities for a grand entertainment space such as outdoor kitchen and pool. In popular Stonebridge Ranch community.

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  • HOA FEE: $62/month
  • HOA FEE FREQ.: Annual
  • Taxes: $11,111
  • Status: Closed
  • Type: Single Family
  • MLS ID: 13331919
  • Added: 642 day(s) ago

  • Number of Rooms: 13
  • Interior Features: Cable TV Available, Decorative Lighting, High Speed Internet Available, Vaulted Ceilings, Window Coverings
  • Fireplace: Yes
  • Number of Fireplaces: 1
  • Fireplace(s): Gas Logs, Gas Starter, Wood Burning
  • Appliances: Built-in Microwave, Cooktop - Gas, Dishwasher, Disposal, Double Oven, Oven-Electric, Water Line to Refrigerator
  • Flooring: Carpet, Ceramic Tile, Wood

  • Total Bathrooms: 5
  • Full Bathrooms: 4
  • Half Bathrooms: 1

  • Total Bedrooms: 5

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  • Living Rooms: 3

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  • Exterior Features: Covered Porch(es), Patio Covered, Satellite Dish, Sprinkler System

  • Garage Description: 21 x 20
  • Garage Spaces: 3
  • Covered Spaces: 3
  • Parking Features: Attached, Front, Garage Door Opener

  • County: Collin
  • Subdivision: Wyndsor Grove
  • Driving Directions: From Hwy 380 turn south on Stonebridge Ranch Pkwy. West on Habersham and left onto Oakbury. House is on left.

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  • School District: McKinney ISD
  • Elementary School: Wilmeth
  • Middle School: Dr Jack Cockrill
  • High School: Mckinneyno

  • Home Owners Assn.: Mandatory
  • Assoc. Fees Include: Maintenance of Common Areas, Management Fees

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  • Heating/Cooling: Central Air-Elec, Central Heat-Gas

  • Utility Description: City Sewer, City Water, Curbs, Sidewalk, Underground Utilities

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  • Architectural Style: Traditional
  • Description/Design: Single Detached
  • Construction: Brick
  • Roof: Composition
  • Stories/Levels: 2
  • Square Feet: 4,378
  • Sq. Ft. Source: Appraiser
  • Year Built: 2005

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  • Lot Size (Acres): 0.24
  • Lot Size (Sq. Ft.): 10,454.4
  • Lot Size: .24
  • Development Status: Preowned
  • Lot Description: Interior Lot, Lrg. Backyard Grass, Some Trees, Subdivision
  • Fencing (Description): Wood

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  • Price Per Sq. Ft.: $101.87
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  • Association Fee: $740
  • Assoc Fee Freq.: Annual
  • Tax Amount: $11,111

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  • Legal Description: WYNDSOR GROVE (CMC), BLK A, LOT 27
  • APN: R507800A02701
  • Block: A
  • Lot: 27

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Goal: Examine black bear evolution in Arizona, current genetic structure among populations, and bear movements among sky islands of Arizona and northern Mexico. Fragmentation or perturbation of a species habitat can lead to genetic changes among the separate populations. Frequently these changes can have adverse implications for the conservation of the species. There is increasing concern about the long-term survival of black bear Ursus americanus populations in Arizona and the southwest deserts. In southwest deserts, black bear habitat occurs in mountain “sky islands” which are separated by a “sea” of desert and grasslands. A continuous and careful monitoring of connectivity among sky islands and management units is important to ensure the black bear’s continued existence in the southwest deserts of North America. Molecular markers (mitochondrial DNA and microsatellites) will be used to perform the genetic analyses on the black bear samples. These molecular markers can determine the amount of gene flow, as well as estimate the genetic variability, population size, amount of inbreeding and pairwise genetic distances among populations. This analysis of genetic structure of southwestern bear populations, from historical times through current populations, will be used to understand the ecological factors that may be influencing the long-term survival of black bears in the southwest desert habitats, and aid resource agencies to improve black bear population management.

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Rainbow trout are released in the Mountain Fork River beneath Broken Bow Reservoir because the water released from the bottom of the dam is cold enough to support them. Natural reproduction in the small tributaries of larger rivers are often overlooked because the tributaries are often thought to be too small or warm. The objective of this study is to determine if the small tributaries near the dam support rainbow trout reproduction.

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I usually don't post projects because most of what I've been making lately is for swaps, and are therefore posted there, but then I realized that not everyone reads the swap boards, so I'm posting some of my favorite items I've sent over the last year.

This is a set of oven mitts and pot holders I made for 2711 for the 12 Days of Christmas Swap. I used the heat-proof batting in both so they can withstand the heat of hot pans and pots. I machine quilted the pink fabric for the oven mitts and then sewed them on the machine and added the bias tape to the bottom. I'm not 100% happy with them because I made them a little too small originally (I couldn't get my hand through the narrow wrist part) so I had to add the blue fabric (because I was out of the pink! *$#%!). I think they turned out looking alright, but the blue part isn't lined with the batting, so that's a bit disappointing.

The pot holders, on the other hand, I LOVE. This is a "quilt-as-you-go" method that mimiw taught jenicat who in turn taught me. It was SO much fun. The back is all one of the pink fabrics. Each piece is quilted in place and several are top-stitched as well. I wish I had taken a photo of the back to show. I made my aunt placemats for Christmas using the same technique which I will post later.

I wanted to avoid cottage-style or "country kitchen" style fabrics so I went with a pink, turquoise and black with skulls theme. (Can't get much less "country kitchen" than that! Wink)

I wish I had more pictures, but I didn't think to take more as I wasn't planning on posting them at that time. Hope you like them! Grin

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Those are cute - I love potholders & things...And you're right, skulls are about as un-country as you can get.  Wink

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wow, they are really nice! You inspired me!

« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2009 02:28:44 PM »

yes, definitely very un-country!

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Peek-A-Boo CaterpillarCreative Minds Learning Centers were founded in 1997 by Ken and Jacqueline McKinster due to the overwhelming need for quality child care programs.

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A significant note from the Duke Law Journal by Joanna Huang with the above title has been posted today September 29 on the Sentencing Law and Policy blog According to Ms. Huang, “…in 1987 the United States political and social systems lost trust in the judiciary and severely limited its authority by enacting the Federal Sentencing Guidelines.” She goes on to observe that in 2005 trust was restored in the judiciary when United States v. Booker made the Sentencing Guidelines advisory; and that, although Booker provides for increase in judicial discretion, judges are still unable to correct sentences imposed during the intervening eighteen years because Booker does not apply retroactively.

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Last Sunday I received a note from Alice McQuitty in which she gave a quick update on how Andy's treatments for colon cancer are progressing. I have written about Andy here and here. We have known Andy and Alice for 26 years and count them as dear friends. I wrote Andy a note saying that we were going to "dig in" and pray for him that God might see fit to grant him healing in the deepest sense of the word. And I have recently written two sermons about Praying for the Sick because we have been overwhelmed since early July with the news of dear friends struggling either with cancer or with other dire physical conditions.

Alice's note began with these encouraging words:

You are right on, my brother!  Healing is so much more than physical: it is about wholeness in every facet of our being.  That is what I am praying for Andy and myself and IBC in these days. I loved both your messages on praying for the sick - so encouraging.  Thank you!

She added an update about the treatments and also some news about Andy's father who is currently in the hospital. "These are challenging days for sure," Alice said.

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Still believing, :)

That is the essence of the true Christian position in the world. Sometimes things don't go the way we expect or hope or pray. But our faith rests not on what we can see or figure out or even humanly understand. As a beloved hymn says,

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I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me (Galatians 2:20).

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Galatians 2:20 is the best and most concise statement of the Christian life in the New Testament. Paul makes it clear here that the new life we live rests squarely on and in the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus. And the linchpin of it all is the resurrection.

Without it we are without hope. And as Paul wrote to the Corinthians, we are still in our sins, still under the control of sin and death. Think of the implications of Galatians 2:20 if Christ had not been raised. How could Paul write “but Christ lives in me?” Or, “I live by faith in the Son of God?” These statements are meaningless apart from the resurrection.

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It means that you and I “were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life” (Romans 6:4). As Galatians 2:20 states, we “have been crucified with Christ.”

Apart from the resurrection, this is a scary statement. Why would anyone want to die in Christ if there were no hope of being raised to live a new life? But with the resurrection, we can boldly proclaim that we have died with Christ and that we no longer live. Why? Because Christ lives in us.

Let that stunning truth soak in. Here is what that means. You have a new way of life. You now live by faith in Jesus, the one who loves you and gave himself for you. This is the Christian life. This is your life in him.

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Today, say along with Paul “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” This is good news.

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Ubiquitous on the Web, but scarce in real life—that’s the reality for the Internet’s most famous hat.

Ubiquitous on the Web, but scarce in real life—that’s the reality for the Internet’s most famous hat: a wheat-brown, “A-Tooth”-style New Era Red Sox cap, otherwise known as the “scumbag hat.”

The scumbag hat derives from one the Internet’s most popular memes, Scumbag Steve, which first started appearing in online in January 2011 as a way for people to vent about that one freeloading friend that everyone seems to know.

The one who bums cigarettes, backs out of agreed-upon bets, and who definitely used to be that kid who circled Waldo in the Where’s Waldo books when you were growing up.

What started as a meme centered on reposting images of a 16-year-old Blake Boston (who by all accounts is actually a very nice guy in real life) wearing a fur coat and a tacky hat has evolved into a full-fledged phenomenon over the last three years. You can now criticize anyone or anything online by just slapping a scumbag hat on them. There’s even a convenient Add Scumbag Hat button on Imgflip’s MemeGenerator that lets you do so.

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There’s Scumbag Teacher to criticize unfair and unprepared teachers, Scumbag Brain to call you out on you questionable logic, Scumbag Body to point out things like how your body sinks when you’re drowning but floats when you’re dead, and even a Scumbag Fly to complain about how flies never want to cooperate when you’re trying to shoo them out a wide open door.

Companies and organizations find themselves in the crosshairs too. People use the hat to create Scumbag YouTube to criticize video buffer times, Scumbag Congress to condemn the government shutdown, Scumbag Bank to complain about everything from unfriendly hours to shady bank practices and even a Scumbag Reddit to self-police the sometimes hypocritical nature of its users.

The funny thing, however, is that the hat that’s ever-present online is an extremely rare commodity in real life.

The Red Sox cap was a style first made available in New Era’s Fall 2007 program.

Andy Barth, General Manager at, one of the New Era’s largest online retailers, said that New Era generally produces quantities based on the orders they’ve received from retailers by certain cutoff dates and that there are minimums that need to be met for a style to be set to production.

“I’m guessing that there were probably less than 1,000 made,” Barth said of the Red Sox version of the hat that appears in the Scumbag meme. “We carried that color and style for four teams: the Braves, Giants, Red Sox, and Yankees and in total, they probably produced less than 1,000 for each team. So it’s possible that only 4,000 of these exist in total.”

Barth said that the number of units that Hatland ordered from that group “just sat and sat until we started selling them randomly. Little did we know that that’s where this demand was from.”

The initial demand for the style was so tepid that the hat’s most famous owner, Blake Boston, said that his “mother thinks she bought it in a Marshall’s discount store because no one wanted it originally.”

Oh, how Internet fame can change everything. What was once an undesired outcast of a cap might become more rare and valuable than those Beanie Babies and baseball cards you have socked away in your parents’ attic.

“It’s actually a fluke that I still have the original,” Boston said. “When we moved it somehow got packed into a box that ended up in the basement.”

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He should keep a closer eye on his claim to fame, however.

He’s turned down offers of tens of thousands of dollars for his hat in the past, and has repeatedly insisted that it’s not for sale.  He’s attended events at SXSW and appeared publically elsewhere and has a fun time doing so.

“Wherever I go in the Scumbag Steve persona, people either ask to wear or touch it. They sometimes just look freaked and amazed by its actual existence,” said Boston. “I’ve never seen the hat on anyone else in real life.

It’s true that the scumbag hat is a hot commodity. Andy Barth at Hatland said that they sold out of the brown styles in 2012 and that only a few hundred of the white ones remain.

If you’re looking to be a Scumbag Steve for Halloween (or, shall we say, Hallo-meme? [sorry]), you can find a poorly made Chinese knockoff on eBay.

But don’t be a total scumbag and do that. Boston, who copyrighted his infamous picture, unfortunately doesn’t see a dime from the company who uses his name and likeness to sell the knockoff on eBay. He also doesn’t get a dime from the many apps that let users plaster the hat onto images or game characters.

“It’s kinda shitty in my opinion, but hey, it’s all good,” he added.

Boston does have a company willing to produce the hat but needs a minimum of $10,000 in orders before they start. It sounds like a ploy that his Scumbag Steve persona would pull to bum some cash, but after speaking with Boston, I’m convinced that he’s more of a Good Guy Greg, to be honest.

I say if ever there needed to be a Kickstarter created, now’s the time, Internet.

And if there’s ever a time to go digging through your old clothes, you should go check if you happen to have a first-edition Scumbag hat before they return to the market in droves.

This article originally appeared on the Connectivist.

Illustration by Susie Cagle

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I need to allow a user to select a value from a few available options, and to store his selection in the "users" table. So far so easy. My problem is that I need to allow him also to select "other", and then he enters free text, that also should be stored. How should I design the tables and the querys to enable this?
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Create a table ("Options" or whatever) that contains a key, and a character column. Populate the table with the allowable values, including "Other".

Create a table ("Users") that contains (in addition to keys and other columns of interest) a number (not nullable, foreign key to the "Options" table) and a character column (nullable) to hold any typed text.

In your program (not your database design) populate a combo box that allows him to select values. Also in your program, write some code that tests the selected value from the combo box and get the key value from the "Options" table, and display another window/dialog to solicit some text for "Other" if necessary.

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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Turns out, the Buffalo Bills can win without LeSean McCoy carrying the load.

With McCoy bottled up for a second straight week, the Bills leaned on Tyrod Taylor’s efficient passing attack and an opportunistic defense in a 26-16 win over the previously unbeaten Denver Broncos on Sunday.

Taylor completed 20 of 26 for 213 yards and two touchdowns. The defense closed the victory by forcing the Broncos to turn over the ball on each of their final four possessions with two interceptions and two fourth-down stops.

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“Hey, if we have to sacrifice the run game to get guys open downfield, if they want to stack the box, we’ve got to find other ways to win,” McCoy said. “Tyrod responded in a major way. And if we have to win like that, I’d bet my last dollar on Tyrod. And I’m a betting man.”

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There was nothing faulty about his second touchdown, a 6-yarder to Charles Clay that put Buffalo up 20-16 with 6:20 left in the third quarter. Rolling to his right, Taylor, stopped and threw across his body to find Clay wide open in the end zone.

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AmoeBAND: a Smarter Bandage Concept

It seems all the sudden, people get interested in designing next generation of bandage. After Chameleon Bandage, the invisible bandage, another novel bandage design that actually has the potential to become an actual product...

Chameleon Bandage: the Invisible Bandages

Getting an awkward scratch or bump before some important occasion is certainly inconvenient, which is where the ‘Chameleon Bandageis’ comes in to save the day. This Chameleon Bandage takes the concept of band-aid protection...


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Fantastic Macy’s 2011 Holiday Windows Display

Mixing modern technology with traditional animation, Macy’s holiday window displays in New York are one of the must-see experiences this Christmas season! Created by award-winning designer Paul Olszewski, this year’s six Broadway-side displays which...

Unique Jewelery Design Inspired by Spirogeaph

I am not sure should I call those artwork “Jewelery”, since they are definitely not one of those traditional jeweleries. This beautiful collection of ornaments is designed by Miette. The inspiration behind some of...