Even woodworkers are familiar with Aristotle's popular adage that "the whole is greater than the sum of its parts." While these words of wisdom often hold true in woodworking, proper joinery can make or break a piece of woodwork. The type and quality of joints affects the functionality and sturdiness of any piece of woodwork that is made up of more than one piece of wood. Knowledgeable woodworkers are familiar with numerous types of joinery and have the experience to determine when and how to use each type of joint.
The most appropriate joint to use for a given task depends on several factors, including the intended function of the piece being manufactured and the woodworker's skill level. Often, the strongest joints are also the most complex and difficult to accomplish. Beginner woodworkers may want to start out with simpler projects to learn basic joinery skills before attempting to create heirloom furniture pieces that will stand up to the test of time.
Mortise and tenon joints are among the strongest and most commonly used woodworking joints. They are often used to join two boards at a ninety degree angle. In this type of joint, a rectangular "tenon" protrudes from one board, and fits snugly into a "mortise," or hole of the same shape in the adjoining board. The joint is usually glued and can also be pinned for reinforcement. Mortise and tenon joints have a neat appearance and are commonly used in cabinetry, furniture and door frames.
A dovetail joint is another very strong type of joint that is commonly used in drawers as well as other types of box shaped pieces. Dovetail joints consist of trapezoidal shaped pins and tails, with the pins on one board and the tails on the other, which interlock to form a secure connection. Glue is used to reinforce the joints to further enhance stability.
While properly crafted dovetail or mortise and tenon joints will certainly help your piece stand the test of time, every woodworking project does not necessarily require this type of joinery. The woodworker's time and skill level as well as the demands that will be placed on the final piece should also be considered. For example, while a drawer or chair may call for sturdy joints that can withstand repeated and heavy use, a simple picture frame that will be hanging from a wall untouched can serve its purpose using much simpler joinery.


First Year of Blogging + Giveaway!
October 11, 2017 by Simply Megan Joy32 Comments on First Year of Blogging + Giveaway!
Guess what? This week Simply Megan Joy is celebrating its 1st year of existence anniversary! To celebrate, I'm hosting a little giveaway. Two separate winners will each receive a special Autumn-scented homemade candle!
Inside each candle will be a specially designed hand-made piece of jewelry that can be retrieved once a few layers of the wax melts! All jewelry are original pieces created by an aspiring blacksmith who is in the process of starting his own business in that field. He also happens to be my brother!
That's it! The deadline to enter is Wednesday, October 18th, 2017. The winners will be announced the following Friday. Unfortunately, I can only ship prizes within the U.S.A, so this giveaway is not available for international readers! My apologies!
Do you like autumn candles?
Which Fall candle scent is your favorite?
Thanks for reading and don't forget to enter the giveaway!
Tomorrow, all of America will celebrate Independence Day! Hot dogs, fireworks, corn on the cob, family picnics, and parties will fill our day tomorrow as we remember what happened 241 years ago. In 1776, America declared freedom from Britain when the Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This historical document was written by Thomas Jefferson and is the foundation of our country. The quote above was taken from the 2nd paragraph of the document and has become well known across all 50 states!
I have included this snippet from the document in honor of the fifty-six men who signed the Declaration of Independence even though their signature would have put them under persecution for rebelling against King George III.
I'm very grateful for all of those who fought for my freedom during the American Revolution and also in the years leading all the way up to today. Sometimes, I think I take my freedom for granted, and don't realize how much of a privilege it is to be free. This Fourth of July, I want to remember how much loss was endured for my gain and to use my freedom in the best way possible!
If you live in America, how are you celebrating July Fourth!
First, I'd like to say Happy Mother's Day to my mom! I love you!
Here's another Sunday Bests on this beautiful day!
The hints of pink are my favorite things about this outfit!
Lost in a jungle (not).
Do you like wearing hints of pink?
Mother's Day is just around the corner! What do you have planned to celebrate the person who loves you most? Sometimes, a store-bought card just isn't enough to say the words you want to say, so here's a Do-It-Yourself project that will be ready before Sunday comes around.
I made this for my mom last year for Mother's Day. It's really simple to make and is super cute. I also made one for my Grandmom, because she's a mother, too!
All of these things can be found at any craft store like Michaels or A.C. Moore.
Paint your blank canvas your mom's favorite color or colors. Let dry.
Add a sparkly or pearly border to your canvas with craft glue.
Hot glue flowers to your canvas.
Hot glue mini clothespin to canvas.
Cut out and write on colored paper, then apply to canvas with craft glue.
Set canvas on mini easel.
You can choose to put it on a stand or hang it on the wall, whatever you choose! The photo below shows one that I covered completely in flowers. It didn't quite turn out the way I had imagined, but I think it's still unique!
Happy early Mother's Day to all moms!
What do you like most about your mom?
Happy Easter Sunday, everyone! It's time to celebrate the resurrection of Christ on this joyous day! Here are a few photos of my Easter dress this year! It was so much fun wearing it, but also a hazard of either tripping on it or getting it muddy while hiding Easter eggs for our church kids! But I'm glad I wore it anyway. It's a day to forget our troubles and just be thankful for a God who loves us no matter what those troubles are.
This dress, having pink 3-D flowers all over it, is one of the most fun dresses to wear! It really says Spring and reminds me that the season is in full bloom!
What did you wear for this special day?
Wait a minute! It can't be the end of 2016 already! It just started a few months ago, right? It seems impossible that another new year is ready and eager to take the wheel and label 2016 as history! This past year held so many different events, emotions, stories, words, and thoughts in my life. It was a time for learning and growing, happiness and joy, and sorrow and heartache. Though I can't truthfully say that I had continuously remembered that God was in control all 365 days in 2016, I can now look back at the year and know that He was and IS in control.
Now we must embark on a new adventure: 2017! The train has reached the station so we must step off and board the next one, with carpet bag in hand, and chin held high! With the new year, we must all change our calendars, retrain ourselves to write a different number at the end of every date, and make New Year's resolutions that we pledge to keep, when really…they usually only last a month. Yet, a new chapter of our lives must commence, whether we're ready for it or not.
Looking beyond the unknown aspects of a new year, I find a new beginning a wonderful thing to have once a year! It's a time to set new goals and strive to accomplish certain tasks. For me some of those goals are learning how to crochet a hat, getting better at horseback riding, or practicing Irish dance more! This year, I have pledged to make a list of all the things I would like to accomplish before 2017 is over. I know that I won't complete them all, but I'm okay with that.
The one thing that I would most like to accomplish this new year, is to remember that God is good, He is in control, and He knows what's best.
P.S. I've got a special new series coming up for the new year! Check back on Monday the 2nd to see what's in store!
Does is seem like the year just flew by to you, too?
of January because you forgot that the year had changed?
What goals have you set for 2017?
December 24, 2016 January 9, 2017 by Simply Megan Joy3 Comments on Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas, everyone! It's Christmas Eve and all is busy-busy – getting ready for tomorrow's celebration! Wrapping presents and finishing the last bits of decorating always puts that excitement of my second favorite holiday in my heart! I'm so thankful for the many blessings God has given me this Christmas season to celebrate His son's approx. 2,012 Birthday!
Every year at Christmas I love to the read the story about the first ever Christmas which happened around 4 A.D. You can read the whole story in the book of Luke, chapter 2, verses 1-20!
Does your family have any special Christmas traditions?
like for Mary or the shepherds?


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So The Hypnotist will be released next week in trade paperback. Here's some information about it - and a chance to win a copy - or go here to preorder a copy and please support your local bookstores.
January Magazine called The Hypnotist one of the 10 best novels of 2010 and said "The Hypnotist is a stunningly satisfying read. Thoughtful, fast-paced and subtly sensual, this is one of the best books thus far from a really terrific writer."
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"I truly believe that some of these stories have been repeated so many times, that we have just come to believe they are true," Nancy pointed out, reaching for another chip.
Sarah leaned back in her chair at the table and let her Oberon settle to her chest. Ever since the late 1930s when her grandfather and his cousin (Margy's grandfather) first bought land on Torch Lake, family had gathered on one porch or another to share food, drinks, and mostly stories. Most of them were, in some way, true. Some had, like a game of telephone, transformed into legend. At this point, many of the participants in the stories were long dead. Only the tales remained.
Laura typed a message into her cell phone to Betz. She would know. Sarah reached for hers and typed one out to Tommy. In the back of her mind, Sarah recalled swimming out in the lake with Tommy, Betsy, and Laura. They had done that every day of every summer for as long as they could remember, so that wasn't news, but Sarah also vaguely remembered a snake in the water and running away from it. "I kind of remember this," Sarah said quietly.
Sarah's phone vibrated and she looked at Tom's response. "Sigh, are we still debating this story? Look, it went like this. We were all out swimming in front of the cottages. I was on the water bike when a snake slithered off the shore and was heading straight toward me. People started screaming about a snake in the water. I abandoned the bike in front of the cottage and swam in. The snake, perhaps in response to the screaming, turned back toward our bank. Gramps had heard the commotion and had gotten his .22, so when the snake reached the bank, Gramps shot its head off.


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Rainy Day Fund takes center stage at first House budget hearing
Budget writers in the Texas House are considering tapping the state's savings account because they have a lot less money at their discretion this session.
by Edgar Walters Feb. 13, 2017 5 PM
Longtime state Rep. John Zerwas, R-Katy, in the House Chamber on Feb. 9, 2017. Zerwas was named chair of the powerful House Appropriations Committee by Speaker Joe Straus. Credit: Bob Daemmrich for The Texas Tribune
Faced with a bleak fiscal forecast and the burgeoning needs of a growing state, Texas House budget writers on Monday spent much of their first meeting of the 85th Texas Legislature asking questions about the state's savings account set aside for times of revenue shortfall.
"I think most of you are aware of the challenges we have going into this budget period," said state Rep. John Zerwas, R-Richmond, the committee's newly appointed chairman.
"We do have a daunting task" in allocating state money, said state Rep. Oscar Longoria, D-Mission, the committee's vice chairman. "I'm confident we can roll out a budget that we can all be proud of."
Budget writers have a lot less money this legislative session — almost 3 percent less than in 2015 — at their discretion when crafting the budget. That's because a relatively sluggish economy and tax cuts from 2015 sliced into the revenue flowing into the state's coffers, and a 2015 maneuver dedicating money to the state highway fund has left the state with about $5 billion that would be difficult to redirect to other needs.
The House's base budget recommends spending $109 billion in state revenue, about $4 billion more cash than Comptroller Glenn Hegar recently predicted the state would have to haggle over. The House's budget is about $5 billion larger than the Senate's in terms of state revenue.
House leaders have called the Senate's budget projections unrealistic, noting they do not cover many of the state's health care costs and will probably require hefty cuts to programs. Senate leaders, including Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, have said the House's budget would be impossible to implement without raising taxes.
Members of the House Appropriations Committee focused many of their inquiries on the possibility of making up some of the difference by tapping into the Economic Stabilization Fund, more commonly known as the Rainy Day Fund. State Rep. Donna Howard, D-Austin, suggested the Rainy Day Fund could "cover some of the areas that we're not able to do right now."
State lawmakers will need to pass a supplemental budget this session to cover some of the carryover costs of the current budget, something they must typically do each session. State Rep. Armando Walle, D-Houston, characterized the state's conundrum this session, with less money available because of the highway spending, as having "less revenue and more responsibilities moving forward."
Phillip Ashley, a high-ranking official at the Texas comptroller's office, told the committee it was up to the Legislature to decide if it wants to tap the Rainy Day Fund to help shore up its finances. But he said his boss, Hegar, would not dissuade them from doing so.
"I think he's made the point that, in his opinion, it would not be inconsistent with the purpose of the fund to bridge the downturn," Ashley said.
Some Republican lawmakers expressed hesitancy about tapping the fund. "It's not free money, because it's all an appropriation," said state Rep. Ron Simmons, R-Carrollton.
Fiscal hawks have sometimes argued against using the fund on the grounds that it could hurt the state's credit ratings. But officials told lawmakers on Monday that those concerns were probably unfounded this year.
Even if the state were to spend money from the Rainy Day Fund,"that's not necessarily considered a negative in a credit rating agency's view of things," said Tom Currah, the comptroller's chief revenue estimator. He said credit rating agencies might look favorably at the state's infrastructure investments, for example.
As 2017 shapes up to be a tight-fisted legislative session, reconciling budget differences is expected to be lawmakers' most contentious task. But the chambers are likely to favor different tactics. At a separate budget hearing on Monday, Senate lawmakers questioned whether there might be some wiggle room in the $5 billion highway fund payment.
In January, Comptroller Glenn Hegar gave lawmakers a dour revenue estimate for the 2017 legislative session.
The Texas House and Senate budget proposals are billions apart. Explore their differences here.

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News Flash! The World Is Real!
Before I sought enlightenment, the mountains were mountains and the rivers were rivers. While I sought enlightenment, the mountains were no longer mountains and the rivers were no longer rivers. After I attained enlightenment, the mountains were mountains and the rivers were rivers.
Before enlightenment, chop wood carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood carry water.
I wrote recently about the Heart Sutra and what it means by emptiness, suggesting boundlessness as another word for it. Again, a question from my blogging buddy Karen Allendoerfer, this time enhanced by a course I'm taking on the history of Buddhism, led me to follow up and brought the two proverbs above to mind.
I'd say that pretty close to all of us, when we look at a mountain or a river, see a mountain or a river. And pretty close to all of us have to do today's equivalent of chopping wood and carrying water. Maybe we get into a car or hop onto mass transit and go to a job, where we earn a paycheck, with which we buy actual groceries and pay for real shelter. And we have to pay those pesky bills for utilities and interest on loans and various other tangible and intangible goods and services.
We wouldn't get very far toward enlightenment in today's world if we didn't chop wood and carry water (work and pay bills) or find someone to do that for us. We need to exist in the world if we expect to understand the world. In the Buddha's time, some spiritual seekers did renounce all worldly things in order to find enlightenment. The Buddha tried that, and it didn't work for him. So he invented what he called the Middle Way — avoiding extremes of both materialism and asceticism.
To understand this seeming paradox, it's helpful to think in terms of two worlds, or maybe a better way to phrase it is two levels to this one world. We live from day to day in the relative world, where things are as they seem. We know the relative world is real. The tree is there and I am here. We are two beings. If all things are one boundless entity, I should be able to walk over to the tree and merge with it, if I didn't merge first with the grass and soil under my feet. But as hard as I try, my skin won't open up and absorb the tree, nor will the tree's bark open to accept me.
On the other hand, as a somewhat enlightened human being, I can look at the tree from a distance, or envision it in meditation, and know that we are one — truly experience that oneness. That's the ultimate world, or the ultimate level of reality. Both the relative and the ultimate are real.
You and I are one. But if we are one, who is doing the writing and who is doing the reading?
Or, to put it another way: Things are not as they seem; nor are they otherwise.
Thank you for your continued blogging. Hope you are settling into your new home.
I wrote this one between unpacking boxes in the relative world.


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Key Marketing Mistakes ETF Issuers Make on Launch Day
#advertising #content #ETFs #finance #marketing #materials #PR #Public Relations #Strategy #video
Although it has become increasingly challenging for ETF issuers to make a marketing splash on launch day with new ETFs, this remain one of the most important days in the marketing timeline of an ETF. They can make or break an ETF's trading momentum and AUM, and can provide a real newsworthy moment and excellent PR opportunities to boot. In an ordinary PR life cycle, it can be challenging to interest reporters in a product-centric pitch; ETF launches are the exception—they are often one of the only opportunities issuers have to achieve a media hit focused solely on their product. The marketing lifecycle doesn't start there. On launch day, an ETF issuer's many marketing initiatives need to already be firing on all cylinders. What follows are some key marketing mistakes ETF issuers make on launch day.
No Exclusive Story Lined Up Ahead of Time
Not all PR opportunities are created equal. In a sea of new ETFs being launched, it's important to provide a prestigious news outlet with an additional incentive to cover your ETF launch. One of the best ways to accomplish this is to line up an exclusive with a top publication. This can often be a time-consuming process, so it's best to begin shopping the story around to a few candidate publications a few weeks ahead of time. Without an exclusive story lined up, there's no guarantee that your ETF launch will be picked up or covered by a top publication.
The Press Release Is Poorly Written
The launch day press release is one of the most important press releases an ETF issuer will ever send out regarding one of its products, so it's critical that you get it right. Since a press release serves as a guide to journalists about the key facts regarding an ETF launch, it needs to front-load the most important information regarding the fund, hook the audience, and also provide additional context for the reader once they're hooked. The main content of a press release should not be longer than a page (about 500 words), and should include bios of the main spokespeople, as well as a press contact for when journalists wish to reach out for additional information.
The Additional Marketing Materials Are Not Ready
The launch of a new ETF is one of the most newsworthy events in an ETF's existence. Ideally, news articles will be written about the ETF, and readers of those articles might want to learn more before they make a decision about whether to invest. That's where additional marketing materials, which include a user-friendly ETF website chock-full of investor education materials, comes into play. If these materials aren't ready ahead of time, would-be investors may never learn enough about the funds to take the plunge.
No Animated Video
Although this partly falls under the umbrella of the previous point, animated videos really deserve their own section entirely. In a world of shrinking attention spans, animated videos can be one of the most effective mediums for marketers to communicate an ETF's key value propositions quickly, efficiently, and impactfully. ETF issuers are missing a serious opportunity if they do not have an animated explainer video ready on their website for launch day.
See also: 5 Ways that Animated Videos can Boost Engagement
There are a lot of moving parts that all have to work together in order to make an ETF's launch day a success. But with a robust PR operation, a killer press release, a wide range of investor materials, and animated explainer videos ready for launch day, ETF issuers will be well-positioned for success in attracting and growing AUM.


The fight for unfreezing the operations grant – which funds support staff salaries – is continuing in this election year and in the lead-up to the Budget.
Support staff are an integral and important part of our schools. Without teacher aides, admin staff, librarians, technicians, kaiarahi and the many other roles, schools would not function.
Last year, NZEI Te Riu Roa and PPTA had a win against bulk funding in schools, but the operations grant is still frozen.
The fight for Better Funding has not stopped. The successful roadshow will continue this year, moving into rural areas to carry the message to better fund our schools, early childhood education centres and unfreeze the operations grant.
A survey of principals (see funding story page 8 of this issue) showed the impact of a frozen operations grant on support staff income and job security.
The Support Staff in Schools' Collective Agreement is also currently being negotiated with a focus on funding, access to career development options and improved professional conditions.
NZEI Te Riu Roa has also called on the Government to lift the pay of Ministry of Education support workers and teacher aides to equal that paid to corrections officers.
Corrections officers and teacher aides are both level 4 jobs on the Australian and New Zealand Standard job Classification System, yet beginner corrections officers (prior to any training) are paid $3.63 an hour more than the most experienced teacher aides.
Beginner teacher aides are paid just over the minimum wage – $15.68 per hour – $8 an hour less than beginner corrections officers.
Top level teacher aides are paid $ 20.35 an hour – $9 an hour less than top level corrections officers.
NZEI will continue the support workers' negotiations with mediation early this year on the equal pay for equal value claim. The Ministry has asked for more time for preparation.


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World Cup 2014: All eyes on Brazil as Rio hosts the anticipated quadrennial international soccer tournament
by Jacob Gooch · April 25, 2014
A month long 2014 World Cup begins on June 12th, where Brazil will host 31 other teams from around the world all playing for the World Cup Trophy.
Brazil, a five time winner of the World Cup, will be showing off its veteran status and tropical venues in 12 local cities, including Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo.
As for the United States, groups have been chosen randomly pairing America with Germany, Portugal, and Ghana in Group G.
U.S. coach and German native Jurgen Klinsmann said in an ESPN2 interview, ''I kind of had in my stomach that we were going to get Germany. Obviously it's one of the most difficult groups in the whole draw, having Portugal with Cristiano Ronaldo and then Ghana, who has a history with the United States. It couldn't get any more difficult or any bigger," Klinsmann said.
Germany will be tough competition for the United States's. The team is currently ranked number two in the FIFA world rankings, bested only by number one Spain. The United States is a promising 13 in the world. Ghana, beating the United States in the past two World Cups will also be a rival this June.
The piece in the World Cup drawing most of the attention this summer, both on and off the field by every participant, will be the Brazuca match ball. Sporting bright green, orange, blue and white colors, players will have a hard time losing sight of this work of art. And after the disastrous 2010 Jabulani that was despised by players due to the poor quality, the Brazuca looks promising.
"While the ball is pleasing to the eye, it has also gone through a rigorous testing procedure over the past two and a half years and came through with flying colours. It was tested by over 600 professional players and 30 teams in ten countries across three continents, making the brazuca the most tested ball in adidas' history," FIFA wrote on their website.
In addition to Brazil's new match ball, a new stadium, Arena Corinthians, is being built in Sao Paulo, Brazil on a tight schedule. Construction is still being done on the stadium said to hold 65,000 fans.
FIFA secretary Jerome Valcke said to BBC Sports, "If you want me to summarize, we are not ready. We have two stadiums where there is still work to do." Despite the construction the World Cup is expected to start on time.
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No more cloth masks for Fresno State students, "surgical grade" masks required
by: Gabe Salazar
Posted: Jan 12, 2022 / 02:06 PM PST / Updated: Jan 12, 2022 / 02:06 PM PST
Coronavirus pandemic. antiviral medical mask for protection against flu diseases. Surgical mask. (Getty)
FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) — Beginning in the spring 2022 semester, it will no longer be enough to wear a cloth mask for Fresno State students and staff.
In a message to students for the upcoming spring semester, Dr. Saúl Jiménez-Sandoval, President of Fresno State states that:
"Based on updated guidance from public health experts about the high transmissibility of the Omicron variant, Fresno State will require that all students, faculty and staff, regardless of vaccination status, wear a surgical grade or KN95 mask. This new requirement will be effective Jan. 18. Free surgical grade masks are available at the SHCC, Atrium, University Warehouse, Student Recreation Center, Library and USU."
Fresno State begins Spring semester online
The FDA describes a surgical mask as "a loose-fitting, disposable device that creates a physical barrier between the mouth and nose of the wearer and potential contaminants in the immediate environment."
According to the FDA, surgical masks are made in different thicknesses and are meant to block out droplets, whether they are the wearer's or others nearby. They note that surgical masks are not meant for more than one use.
Additionally, as a requirement by the California State University system statewide, booster shots are required by Feb. 28.
Fresno State offers free vaccinations held at their clinic located in North Gym 118.
For those who refuse to comply with the requirements, the message states that disciplinary action may be necessary if a student or staff member did not attest to a medical or religious exemption.
The campus is also offering free PCR testing for free and is urging everyone to get tested before returning to in-person classes on Jan. 31.


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Q: AOP expression problem I need to do few things before any method on org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean getting called. Hence I'm using an expression
@Around("execution. (*org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean.*(..)").
But I get an exception saying that
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating beanwithname 'org.springframework.transaction.annotation.AnnotationTransactionAttributeSource#0': Initialization of bean failed; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Pointcut is not well-formed: expecting 'name pattern' at character position 80.

Could you please tell me  what is that I'm doing wrong here ?

A: There needs to be a space character between the * and org.springframework.orm.jpa...
The beginning * is the wildcard for the return type of the method.

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Buddy Guy, the guitarist both Jim Hendrix and Eric Clapton cited as a major influence, sings before a capacity crowd of 15,000 at the Long Beach Blues Festival in 1999.
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Circulates only as a mono track in the left channel of a matrix recording with IEM #1 in the right channel.
Circulates only as a mono track in the right channel of a matrix recording with AUD #1 in the left channel.
Broadcast live by Absolute Radio Extra and then posted on demand on their website.
Incomplete, includes only 'Walk, 'Monkey Wrench', 'Times Like These', 'Young Man Blues' and 'Best Of You' .
Circulating recording is a soundcard loop recording of the on demand clip.
Broadcast by Sky Arts HD on June 11th a few minutes behind the live performance.
Incomplete, includes only 'Walk, 'Monkey Wrench', 'Times Like These', 'Young Man Blues', 'Best Of You' and 'All My Life'.


Veteran defender Tomasz Hajto did something not many veteran defenders do when he scored from 60 yards. The 35-year-old, once briefly of Derby County, fired in from his own half for Górnik Zabrze in their recent match against Polonia Bytom. I can't really imagine Sol Campbell attempting this!


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In accessing and/or using our online store at https://www.robinsons.com.sg, you may be required to register an account. To register for an account, you must be 18 years old and above and shall provide us with accurate, complete and updated information as may be required upon registration.
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ROBINSONS will accept requests for returns/refund of regular priced product within 30 days* from the date of order.
ROBINSONS only accept store returns in the flagship store, Robinsons The Heeren.
Several types of goods are ineligible for returns/refund including perishable goods such as food, flowers, intimate or sanitary goods, personalised items, special orders, gift vouchers, cosmetics & beauty, perfume, jewellery, hazardous materials, or flammable liquids or gases.
Items must be returned in their original packaging, with price tags intact, and must be complete, including electrical accessories and manuals where applicable. Items that have been laundered or altered in anyway, cannot be accepted for refund or exchange.
All successful requests for returns/refunds will be refunded and credited without interest into the same credit card that was used to make the order.* We will return to you all payments received from you, excluding delivery charges should your order falls below the minimum qualifier for free delivery. Requests for returns/refunds may be done in store or online. For online returns/refunds instructions, click here.
Any refunds may be made in full or in part at the sole discretion of ROBINSONS.
For 'Click & Collect' orders: ROBINSONS will hold any 'Click & Collect' order product for a maximum of 14 days from the date of order, following which ROBINSONS may, in its sole discretion, deem your order cancelled and credit the refund without interest into the same credit card that was used to make the order.
The acceptance by ROBINSONS of any request for refund/exchange shall not constitute nor be deemed to be an acknowledgment or acceptance by ROBINSONS of any breach, default or liability on the part of ROBINSONS in respect of such product being refunded/exchanged.
Amount refunded will take into consideration the total discounts given to the customer at the point of purchase.
*For offline stores, all refunds must be made within 30 days from the date of purchase and the refund amount will be credited to a giftcard with a validity of 2 years.
ROBINSONS will accept requests for exchange of product within 30 days* from the date of order.
ROBINSONS do not accept exchanges of products online. All requests for exchanges will have to be made in our flagship store, Robinsons The Heeren. Should the relevant item be out of stock and customer is not agreeable to other alternatives offered, ROBINSONS will proceed to refund the customer's credit card in accordance with the procedure for requests for refunds.
Several types of goods are ineligible for exchange including perishable goods such as food, flowers, intimate or sanitary goods, personalised items, special orders, gift vouchers, cosmetics & beauty, perfume, jewellery, mattresses, hazardous materials, or flammable liquids or gases.
Items requested for exchanged must be in their original packaging, with price tags intact, and must be complete, including electrical accessories and manuals where applicable. Items that have been laundered or altered in anyway, cannot be accepted for refund or exchange.
At the point of collection, you must present the PDF Order Invoice and the credit card used for the order for verification purposes. If you authorised another person to collect the order on your behalf, he must present the PDF Order Invoice with the authorisation portion completed and his NRIC / Passport for verification purposes. The customer service officer may contact you to verify the last four digits of your credit card.
ROBINSONS reserves the right to withhold the refunds or the replacement item (as the case may be) if the customer does not provide the relevant documents for verification.
ROBINSONS is pleased to offer complimentary door-to-door standard delivery service with a minimum qualifier. For purchases below the prescribed amount, you will be charged a flat fee for the standard delivery service.
ROBINSONS only offers delivery within Singapore (excluding offshore islands and restricted zones designated by our logistics partner) and does not deliver internationally. Delivery will be made at anytime between 9am and 10pm, selection of preferred timeslots is not provided. Customers will be notified once our logistics partner has picked up the items from our processing facility.
You are responsible for ensuring that a recipient is present at your designated address to receive the delivery. In the case of an unsuccessful delivery attempt, our logistics partner will make up to two additional redelivery attempts at no extra charge. If the third attempt is unsuccessful, the customer will have to pay an additional fee of $7.90 for the standard delivery service. If payment is not made, ROBINSONS reserves the right to return the items to its processing facility at Robinsons The Heeren for collection by the customer, thereafter the terms & conditions of Click & Collect applies.
If it is impossible for us to deliver your order to you in person, we will attempt to find a safe place to leave it. If we cannot find a safe place, your order will be returned to our warehouse.
If after 3 attempts of deliveries, and the order could not be delivered for reasons not attributable to us, ROBINSONS shall assume that you wish to cancel the Contract and it will be terminated. As a result of the termination of the Contract, we will return to you all payments received from you, including the delivery charges.
In the event that a product is unavailable after your order has been processed, we will inform you via email. Such refunds will be credited without interest into the same credit card that was used to make the order.
For items being delivered to you (as opposed to 'Click & Collect'), when your product is shipped from our stores we will send you a dispatch confirmation email.
You may pay for your order using VISA, MASTERCARD, AMEX or such other payment modes offered on this website from time to time. You agree that you will be subject to the applicable user agreement of your payment mode and may not claim against ROBINSONS for any failure, disruption or error in connection with your chosen payment mode. When you place an order, actual payment will only be confirmed and charged upon acceptance of your order by us. The mode of payment cannot be changed once payment is confirmed, whether at the online store or in store during collection.
For OCBC Robinsons Group Visa Cardmembers: Rebates will not be available for all payments made via paypal.
As part of our order processing procedures, we screen all received orders for fraud or other types of unauthorised or illegal activity. We reserve the right to refuse to process an order due to suspected fraud or unauthorised or illegal activity. In such a case, we may reject your order or contact you directly to confirm your order via the phone number or email address provided. We also reserve the right to cancel any account or refuse to ship to certain addresses due to suspected fraud or unauthorised or illegal activity. We take these measures to protect our customers as well as ourselves from fraud or other unauthorised or illegal activity.
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We reserve the right to refuse any order you place with us. We may, in our sole discretion, limit or cancel quantities purchased per person, per household or per order. These restrictions may include orders placed by or under the same customer account, the same credit card, and/or orders that use the same billing and/or shipping address. In the event that we make a change to or cancel an order, we may attempt to notify you via the phone number, billing address or email address provided at the time the order was made. We reserve the right to limit or prohibit orders that, in our sole discretion, appear to be placed by dealers, resellers or distributors.
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repair / remedial on the product.
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I was up late last night working on my grading for my online class that I am "teaching," I put teaching in quotes because I wouldn't call what I do teaching as much as I would call it merely grading.
One good thing from yesterday though is that my interview with the transgender women went exceptionally well. She was very open and forthcoming about her experiences and her transition. It was a fascinating interview.
I'm off today so I'm sleeping in.
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American Electronic Resource is a global leader in providing customers with options to locate and buy flash memory. Catering to an array of potential uses, AERI can assist you with sourcing commercial, industrial or even military grade flash memory. Our primary aim is to provide options to clients who require, but cannot find, obsolete flash memory.
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Q: not able to retrieve command line options I have been trying to put my head around this. There are no errors but I am not seeing the desired answer:
public class Clopts {
    private static Options options = null;

    private static final String InputDir = "i";
    private static final String OutputDir = "o";
    private String input;
    private CommandLine cmd = null;

    static{
            options = new Options();
            options.addOption(InputDir, false, "Input Directory");
            options.addOption(OutputDir, false, "Output Directory. " + OutputDir );
        }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Clopts cliProg = new Clopts();
        cliProg.loadArgs(args);
    }

    private void loadArgs(String[] args){
        CommandLineParser parser = new PosixParser();
        try {
            cmd = parser.parse(options, args);
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            System.err.println("Error parsing arguments");
            e.printStackTrace();
            System.exit(1);
        }

        if (cmd.hasOption(InputDir)){
            input = cmd.getOptionValue(InputDir);
            System.out.println(input); // This is always null :(
        }
    }
}

While I am passing the argument -i foo -o bar
But I am not seeing the foo or bar every time i see is null.
Also I want to println in the main module. How do i get the options from command line and then print out what the options are.

A: When you define your options with:
options.addOption(InputDir, false, "Input Directory");
options.addOption(OutputDir, false, "Output Directory. " + OutputDir );

The false means they don't take arguments. If you want an option value you must specify true here.


This Spark Bootcamp is power packed Bootcamp to get going with Apache Spark. It is one day program and would be valuable for anyone interesting in Big data and Spark.
Will this be hands-on session?
Yes, please brick your laptop with charger.


They say that it takes seven or more years to master Japanese for those who learn it as a second language, and apparently it is especially difficult for westerners to master. This can be a little daunting for the intrepid linguist or traveller looking to take in everything the world has to offer.
But if you actually want to speak a language and speak it well you're going to have to devote some time and effort to tasks like absorbing vocabulary, sentence structure, pronunciation, and of course social and cultural mores surrounding verbal interactions. You may never speak the language like a local, but with enough study you can come darn close. However, the right type of instruction can speed the process and make it easier. So here are just a few resources to consider when learning to speak Japanese.
These days most people start with software for language learning, mainly because it is inexpensive and readily available, and it allows for flexible scheduling. Programs like Rosetta Stone have made it easy for adults to continue learning new languages with proven tools that give you the best chance to learn common words and phrases, pronunciation, and even how to assemble sentences.
The next option is to take language courses, and these may be done at the college level or through schools that specialize in teaching students a second language. This is a good option for beginners, those that have some knowledge but want to take it to the next level, and those that want to learn "conversational" dialect. All can find the learning services they seek through schooling of one form or another. This is useful in a couple of ways. First and foremost, you have a teacher on hand to guide and correct you. Unlike a video tutorial, this means you can ask questions and learn in an organic way. But you'll also have access to other students, which means you'll always have someone to practice with.
Of course, the best choice when it comes to learning language is to fully immerse yourself, and this is most easily done by spending time in the country where the language is spoken. Unlike other subjects that you can devote yourself to part of the time (a masters in special education does not require you to move into a home for disabled children, for example), truly learning a language requires that you speak it 24/7. And while you can certainly watch tutorials, take classes and even enjoy the company of a native speaker, your very best resource when it comes to learning Japanese is Japan itself.
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How to watch the 2017 NCAA Tournament on CBSSports.com: The Best-of Show
When the NCAA Tournament was announced in March, the game was a big deal for the college basketball landscape.
With a record $5.5 billion TV deal with CBS, the tournament was the biggest and most anticipated sports event of the year.
The tournament was so popular that it became a staple on CBS Sports Network.
ESPN's College Basketball Tonight was the main show, with host and ESPN College Basketball Analyst, Bob Ley, breaking down every matchup of the NCAA tournament, with highlights and analysis.
However, that was only the beginning of the story.
It was also a year of controversy and controversy surrounding the NCAA.
After the Final Four was canceled, the Big Ten Conference (which includes Ohio State and Michigan) sued the NCAA, claiming that the NCAA should not have been able to penalize schools for the removal of the Big 10 from the tournament in 2019.
It's a lawsuit that has since been dropped.
In 2018, the NCAA issued a statement saying it had no plans to change the rules for the tournament.
However the NCAA did change its tournament schedule, and the tournament went to 12 teams instead of 16.
However it was not until March 2019 that the Final 4 was finally played, with four teams from the ACC and one from the Big 12 playing against each other.
In 2019, the Final 8 was played and the top four teams in each conference faced each other for the title.
The NCAA did not make the tournament tournament as a whole, but the Big East, Big Ten and Pac-12 were invited to make it, and they all made the tournament, including Ohio State.
The Big 12 made the Final 32, which included Ohio State, UCLA, Stanford, Baylor and Texas Tech.
The ACC, which had a record 23 teams and lost to Michigan, finished a disappointing fourth in the tournament behind Oklahoma and Duke.
The SEC was the only conference that finished the tournament without a team from the SEC, as Alabama and Auburn both withdrew from the conference.
The first round of the tournament is now set to take place in Atlanta, Georgia, on June 11.
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In today's age, it can be prudent to have your calls answered digitally. This is known as Interactive Voice Response or IVR. Having an interactive voice response system allows you to handle your calls effectively and drastically reduces any wait time for your customer. But an IVR technology is only effective if the voice quality is good. This means that the audio quality needs to be clear and crisp. All recordings need to have been recorded by quality artists, speaking in a polite and clearly pronounced manner. An IVR system should include an IVR voice mail. This makes sure that no customer leaves the phone call in complete frustration, there is no disconnect and no business is lost.
An IVR is a customized recorded voice for any service for customers. They can choose the suitable options from the menu for their particular query. This system can handle a large volume of calls. The purpose of IVR application is to guide customers and provide the appropriate information what they require.
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Q: Loop on two lists simultaneously I am a beginner in linux and I want to do loop on two lists simultaneously. I have written a line of script and  I want to pick up names in the same order from each list and put it in my script.
here is example of my list and script
array=(A1 A2 A3)
array=(B1 B2 B3)
....../l2gen  ifile= ..../A.hdf   Geofile= ..../B.hdf  ofile=...../A_lc

A: Here's one way:
A_array=(A1 A2 A3)
B_array=(B1 B2 B3)

for (( i = 0; i < ${A_array[@]}; ++i )) ; do
    A="${A_array[i]}"
    B="${B_array[i]}"

    ....../l2gen  ifile= ..../"$A".hdf   Geofile= ..../"$B".hdf  ofile=...../"$A"_lc
done


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Note that activating the stud multiplier cheats will be greatly helpful in achieving True Villain status on any given level. Stud multipliers are multiplicative, so if you have Studs x2 and Studs x4 cheats active, you'll be collecting studs at eight times the normal rate. If you have all the stud multipliers active, you'll be collecting them at 3,840 times the normal rate.


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Open in another window Undesirable unwanted effects associated with orthosteric agonists/antagonists of cannabinoid 1 receptor (CB1R), a tractable focus on for treating several pathologies affecting human beings, have greatly small their translational potential. 2-arachidonoylglycerol, 2-AG), and enzymes in charge of endocannabinoid biosynthesis and inactivation.1?4 Expressed in a variety of peripheral tissue, CB1R may be the most abundant class-A GPCR in human brain.5,6 CB1R-mediated signaling assists regulate many important physiological features including learning, storage, and cognition, nociception, cardiovascular function, reproduction, and neuronal development. Dysregulated CB1R ARQ 197 activity continues to be implicated in the pathogenesis of disease expresses linked to these and various other physiological processes in a way that small-molecule modulators of CB1R-mediated signaling are ARQ 197 believed to have healing potential.1,3 Alternatively, CB2R is principally expressed in peripheral tissue, particularly immune system cells7,8 aswell as CNS microglia9 and continues to be pursued for treating discomfort and irritation.10?17 Before 2 decades, structurally diverse, potent, and selective CB1R orthosteric agonists have already been identified with (pre)clinical efficiency in treating nausea, emesis, and multiple sclerosis and managing glaucoma, discomfort, and inflammatory disorders.18?20 Their salutary results notwithstanding, CB1R orthosteric agonists have already been connected with adverse events including disposition alteration (euphoria, anxiety, stress), acute psychoses, and impaired cognition and electric motor performance, which limit their clinical utility.21 Several CB1R-selective antagonists/inverse agonists also have surfaced as potential medications for cardiometabolic illnesses and nicotine- and alcohol-use disorders. Similar to CB1R orthosteric agonists, nevertheless, therapeutic program of CB1R orthosteric antagonists/inverse agonists is certainly severely restricted with the potential for undesirable psychotropic unwanted effects including despair, cultural aversion, and suicidal ideation.3,21?25 As continues to be demonstrated for many other class-A GPCRs, CB1R has allosteric sites spatially distinct in the orthosteric ligand-binding pocket, and allosteric modulators with CB1R selectivity vs CB2R have already been identified.26?29 Engagement of CB1R by allosteric modulators is thought to induce a conformational change in the receptor which may be difficult to attain with orthosteric ligands alone and fine-tune the pharmacological activity of the orthosteric ligand.30?32 Because of their generally improved CB1R selectivity, reduced inter-receptor promiscuity, and higher-resolution functional control of receptor details transmitting, CB1R allosteric modulators are expected to give several therapeutic advantages over orthosteric ligands. Exemplars of well-studied, structurally distinctive CB1R-selective allosteric ligands are proven in Figure ?Body11. Included in these are 5-chloro-3-ethyl-= 12) or 100 nM or 1 M of 20 (= 6) or 1 M of just one 1 (= 4). The mean = 6), and its own matching = 6). Mean beliefs significantly not the same as zero are indicated with the icons * (for 20), # (for 1), and ? (for CP55,940); one image = 0.05; three icons = 0.001; Learners one sample check). Positive beliefs indicate improvement of [3H]CP55,940 binding. The mean = 3 indie tests). Five microliters of allosteric modulator or automobile solution was put into each well at the correct concentrations and incubated for 30 min. Five microliters of agonist was after that put into each well accompanied by a 90 min incubation. Fifteen microliters of recognition reagent was after that added accompanied by additional 60 min incubation at area temperatures. Chemiluminescence was assessed on a typical luminescence plate audience as comparative light products (RLU). Basal RLU was thought as zero. Foxd1 Outcomes were computed as the percentage inhibition of CP55,940 maximal impact. Data were examined using the four-parameter variable-slope and allosteric EC50 change non-linear regression equations in Prism 5.0 (GraphPad, NORTH PARK, CA). The ARQ 197 outcomes of this evaluation are provided as = 3 indie experiments). Mass media was aspirated and changed with 10 L of just one 1:1 HBSS/HEPES:cAMP XS+Ab reagent formulated with 20 M forskolin (DiscoveRx). Five microliters of check compound or automobile solution was put into each well at the correct concentrations and incubated for 30 min. Five microliters of agonist was after that put into each well accompanied by a 30 min incubation. Twenty microliters of cAMP XS+ED/CL lysis cocktail (DiscoveRx) was after that added accompanied by 60 min incubation at space temperature. Finally,.
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New 'knife bins' in Preston and Chorley allow youths to hand in weapons anonymously without fear of arrest
A week long campaign targeting knife crime in Lancashire includes the introduction of knife bins at police stations. People are being encouraged to hand in their knives, anonymously, without risk of arrest.
Matthew Calderbank
Published: 12:40 Tuesday 12 March 2019
A knife amnesty has been introduced across Lancashire as part of a national crackdown targeting knife crime.
The "Bin your knife" campaign has been launched after four separate stabbings involving youths in Preston and Leyland in the last ten days.
From Monday, March 11 to Friday, March 15, the campaign will see 'knife bins' introduced at police stations across Lancashire.
Knife bins can be found at police stations in Preston, Chorley and Blackpool, as well as at Fleetwood, Morecambe, Burnley, Greenbank Blackburn, and Nelson.
The bins will be located discreetly at police stations and will offer people the opportunity to give up their weapons without the risk of arrest.
It is in response to a surge in youth-related knife crime across the UK, with ten teenagers killed in knife attacks in the first two months of 2019.
In Lancashire, between April and December 2018, police recorded 849 crimes where a knife or sharp instrument was used.
This is an increase of 167 from 682 recorded in the same period of the previous year - an increase of 19.6 per cent.
During the same period, all violent crime in these categories rose by 20 per cent.
A spokesman for Lancashire Police said: "Operation Sceptre has been launched by Lancashire Police as part of a national campaign targeting knife crime and those who carry knives.
"We're determined to do everything we can to tackle knife crime in Lancashire and as part of these efforts we're supporting Operation Sceptre, a national week long knife surrender running from today (Monday, 11 March).
"As part of this week and in the longer term we'll also be pro-actively targeting wanted offenders, working with schools and partners to educate young people and using section 60 stop and search powers in known hot spots to keep people safe, especially the young and vulnerable."
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How to get rid of unwanted knives
Police hope that the knife bins will encourage people to give up their illegal weapons by disposing them anonymously, safely and legally.
To hand in unwanted knives, people are asked to tape up the blades securely, wrap it in newspaper and place it gently into one of the knife bins at a police station.
Surrendering unwanted knives at a police station is the safest way to dispose of knives and prevents them falling into the wrong hands.
The amnesty is part of a week of action targeting knife crime in Lancashire, which will include the authorisation of stop and search powers and test purchase operations to ensure that retailers are not selling knives to people under the age of 18.
READ MORE: Boy taken to hospital after stabbing attack in Ribbleton
Clive Grunshaw, Lancashire's Police and Crime Commissioner added: "Knives are deadly weapons and you will be arrested and prosecuted if you are caught carrying one.
"If you own a dangerous knife I'd urge you to protect both yourself and those around you by handing it in safely and anonymously.
"There are temporary bins at police stations across Lancashire. If anyone is in possession of a knife and is unsure what to do about it, we would urge them to take this opportunity to dispose of it anonymously and safely."
READ MORE: Worrying increase in Lancashire's child knife criminals
Timeline of recent stabbings in and around Preston
On Saturday, March 2, a teenage boy and girl, both aged 16, were arrested over the stabbing of a 17-year-old girl in Fulwood.
On Monday, March 4, a 17-year-old boy was stabbed in the arm during a confrontation between rival youth gangs outside Runshaw College in Leyland.
Two men aged 18, both from Preston, an 18-year-old man from Kirkham and three 17-year-old boys from Preston were arrested on suspicion of public order offences. Machetes and knives were later recovered nearby by the police dog unit.
On Friday, March 8, a 17-year-old boy was stabbed in Rowan Avenue, Ribbleton at around 5.15pm in what police believe was a targeted attack.
Two days later, on Sunday, March 10, officers were given the power to stop and search people and vehicles without suspicion following the stabbing of a 14-year-old boy in Samuel Street, off New Hall Lane, at around 11.30pm.
If you have any information about people using knives or where they are being kept, you can call 101 or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.
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Q: Skewness and two-tailed hypothesis tests I have a particular question of which I am unsure of the answer:
"Using illustrative examples, explain the role of skewness of a statistical distribution in a two-tailed hypothesis test."
My initial thought is that a skewed distribution is by definition not normally distributed so would mean that the test result is in accurate?
Couldn't find anything in lecture material/notes, so thought I would ask the question directly. Any help would be appreciated.


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Twitch Hack Leads to Jeff Bezos Pogchamp Emote Appearing in Strange Places
It's been a rough week for those at Twitch. Not only was the massive streaming website the prey of a substantial hack earlier this week, but said hack resulted in a number of pieces of important information falling into public view. Now, to make this week even more stressful for Twitch, it looks like another new hack has now come about, although this new breach is seemingly meant to troll the website more so than do any real damage.
Over the course of the past day, numerous Twitch users have started to notice that images for certain games on the platform had been removed entirely. In their place, a picture of former Amazon CEO, Jeff Bezos, doing the "Pogchamp" emote was discovered. If you're not familiar with what the Pogchamp emote is, essentially, it's an image of a person where their mouth is agape, typically in bewilderment at whatever they might be seeing. This image of Bezos was one that appeared as the masthead picture for numerous games on Twitch, including Grand Theft Auto 5, Apex Legends, Minecraft, and numerous others.
More Twitch shenanigans are afoot. All game directory header pictures on the Web version of Twitch are now showing a closeup picture of Jeff Bezos. It's been like this for the last 2 hours. pic.twitter.com/LcKP9jGMCC
— AnEternalEnigma (@AnEternalEnigma) October 8, 2021
At this point in time, there's a lot that we don't know about this strange situation. For starters, it's hard to know whether or not this hack was in tandem with the one that came about for Twitch earlier this week. In addition, it's also unknown if this matter came about as a result of a hack in the first place. Some have suggested that it could have been the result of an image caching issue associated with Twitch.
Whatever the truth of the matter is, though, this problem has since been rectified by Twitch not long after it was discovered. While there are still numerous videos and screengrabs on the internet that prove this Bezos-involved situation came about in the first place, the underlying reason behind the whole ordeal isn't really known.
What are your thoughts on everything that has transpired at Twitch in the past few days? Let me know either down in the comments or over on Twitter at @MooreMan12.
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