![]() “We know that all things work together for the good of those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.” ( Romans 8:28) Or we can recite this verse over and over, and find encouragement to persevere. We could get tired, give up, and not try anymore. Sometimes that routine requires us to face adversity repeatedly. Many of us can relate to the experience of waking up day to day, living life as a routine. ![]() “But those who trust in the Lord will renew their strength they will soar on wings like eagles they will run and not become weary, they will walk and not faint.” ( Isaiah 40:31) This verse helps us be mindful of what we should prioritize day to day. “Now these three remain: faith, hope, and love-but the greatest of these is love.” ( 1 Corinthians 13:13) And that love doesn’t cease even when significant people leave our lives ( Psalm 27:10). “We love because he first loved us.” ( 1 John 4:19) The sacrifice of Jesus on the cross is a poignant reminder of God’s love for humanity. “For God loved the world in this way: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.” ( John 3:16) Whatever has happened or will, God is with us. Sometimes we have nightmares, sometimes we’re simply afraid of what the day will bring. “Even when I go through the darkest valley, I fear no danger, for you are with me your rod and your staff-they comfort me.” ( Psalm 23:4)Īlmost everyone can relate to the experience of waking up afraid. That truth should encourage us to live life to the fullest, serving the Lord and other people. How wonderful to wake up knowing that God created us with intention and purpose. Your works are wondrous, and I know this very well.” ( Psalm 139:13-14) I will praise you because I have been remarkably and wondrously made. “For it was you who created my inward parts you knit me together in my mother’s womb. Yet, where sin can lead people apart, Scripture can bring us back together. In marriage especially, unmet expectations and conflict can cause division. Sometimes we need reminders about how best to engage with the people in our lives. He is the Savior of the body… Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her to make her holy, cleansing her with the washing of water by the word.” ( Ephesians 5:22-23, 25-25) “Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord, because the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church. Suffering will happen, of course, but we will handle circumstances much more easily. He really does guide us from one point to another. If God is for us, who can stand against us? If God tells us not to be afraid, what is there to fear? When we fully acknowledge God’s protection and presence in our lives, living becomes that much easier. He renews my life he leads me along the right paths for his name’s sake.” ( Psalm 23:1-3) He lets me lie down in green pastures he leads me beside quiet waters. “The Lord is my shepherd I have what I need. Can we thank God for an ability to read, walk, talk, think, a bed to wake up in, shows to put on? The list of blessings we have is long, but we don’t always see those small details. Life isn’t always pretty, but there is always something pretty to see, something to appreciate. “This is the day the Lord has made let’s rejoice and be glad in it.” ( Psalm 118:24) We can also engage with God’s Word, reminding ourselves of His promises, reminding ourselves of how God has called us to live life.Īre you looking to wake up on the right side of the bed with God as your focus? If so, here a re 15 Bible verses to start your morning. We can pray to Him, thank Him for a new day, ask for His protection, ask Him who we can serve. If we want to start our day with a positive perspective, we should set a goal to focus on God first thing in the morning. Regardless, the day is here, and we just have to decide how we’ll respond. ![]() ![]() We choose whether to reluctantly begin our day or do so with a fine embrace. Not because we can control what things will happen to us, but rather, when we awake in the morning, we make a decision about our perspective. How we begin our day often gives a great indication of how the day will progress. There’s so much to do today? When your eyes first open in the morning, what’s the first thing you do? Do you start praying or reach for your cell phone? When your eyes first open in the morning, what’s the first thing you think? Thank you Lord for a new day, or Gosh. ![]()
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![]() ![]() And it’s central to the documentary that as tense as these reunions already are, the airing of this saga - and the extremes Madison goes to in seeking his truth - will produce its own layers of discomfort for the Beaches and Hamburgs. Reconciliation of an entire family tree is not exactly Madison’s goal, but in bringing people together for filmed confessionals or to make announcements, he’s maybe offering a balm, making his own new generation of very public home movies that will air on HBO. What the documentary does best, for me at least, is capture familial messiness, betrayals, slights and secrets. What’s more fruitful is Hamburg’s attempt to understand his mother’s life - not just her death - and all of the estrangements within his family. Sure, therapy might be more efficient, but there’s even some of that here, delivered by an unexpected source. Or you could accept the stumbling, and the time it absorbs, as something that reflects on the difficulty of what Hamburg is attempting. ![]() If there’s an entire episode dedicated to Connecticut’s brief infatuation with the Ponzi scheme known as “gifting tables” and that full hour yields nothing of probative value? You could blame HBO for not telling the director, “This is way too long already, trim it.” You could cynically feel that the “secret society” aspect of the gifting tables probably reminded some HBO executive of a cult and they hoped audiences would get NXIVM vibes. If you just embrace the clunkiness of Hamburg’s amateur sleuthing, the dead-ends and misdirections take on a charm of their own. Filmmaking is in his blood and his childhood is all on video and the Beach side of the family was dedicated to home movies, but what sense can you make of your identity when the happy footage from holidays and celebrations and childhood milestones seems entirely disconnected from a history of alcoholism, divorce and spousal abandonment? How do you use the technology that created an illusion of perfect suburban community to solve a murder, crack a corporate scandal, expose demons and addictions? That, of course, is not the confusion Madison (Zac Efron would be wise to acquire the narrative rights given the physical resemblance) is trying to make sense of. It’s nobody’s fault, but it’s very confusing at times. And it’s nobody’s fault that the crime took place on Middle Beach Road and Barbara’s maiden name and the name of many of her relatives is “Beach,” nor that the Connecticut town’s name is Madison and our filmmaker/protagonist’s name is Madison. Note: Barbara is part of a family line of Barbaras, including Madison’s grandmother, who appears in the documentary. The day of her murder was supposed to be a key court date for Barbara in her acrimonious divorce from Jeffrey, a former energy industry multi-millionaire and accused financial fraudster, who has also naturally been a target of some suspicion. The body was found by Madison’s sister Ali and his aunt Conway, who have both been targets of some suspicion. Hamburg was 18 at the time, away at college. ![]() Indeed, Hamburg’s mother Barbara was brutally murdered in 2010 outside of her home in coastal Connecticut. “When people get to adulthood, they get to meet their parents as human beings and I didn’t have that,” Hamburg muses toward the end of the first hour of Murder on Middle Beach. ![]() ![]() ![]() Drag the app's icon to the Trash to remove it,.Quickly, you will see a programs list on the right pane, find and locate Chrome Remote Desktop. ![]()
![]() Fine-tunes mental visualisation skills.Builds stronger mental formation skills.Betters endurance of stress and pressure.Sound too good to be true? Below we take a sneak peek at some of their many benefits. ![]() After working on an abacus for a while, a virtual picture of the abacus is formed in the mind, which means that your child will be able to perform calculations in their mind at a highly accelerated speed without a calculator. Also called a counting board or calculating table, the first Chinese abacus was invented around 500 BC and the abacus that we use today is still widely used by many in Asia, Africa, and elsewhere. Yes, it’s every parents desire to give their little one a head start in life, and while many studies worldwide have proven that the first five years of a child’s life are the most important in terms of brain development and character building, one way to give your child a head start in life is to enrol them in abacus maths classes.Īn arithmetic method based on the principles of abacus calculation, abacus maths is considered to be one of the fastest ways of calculating and learning maths. If truth be told, the moment they take their very first breath, we’re already planning their future. In today’s cut-throat competitive world, every parent wants to see their little one grow up and achieve greatness. Peggy A.Why Abacus Maths Classes Are So Important in Early Childhood Education ![]() ![]() This object and other abaci from the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History are shown at the website. Final answers are usually represented by the smallest possible number of beads-five one-beads would be replaced by one five-bead. Thus, the abacus shown in the photograph represents the number 555,615. Five can be represented by five one-beads brought up to the cross-bar or by one five-bead brought down. In the Chinese form of the instrument, two beads above the cross-bar each represent five and those below it represent one. The beads on the rods in this abacus represent numbers in base ten, reading from right to left as 1s, 10s, 100s, etc., as in European notation. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, western scientists and mathematicians sometimes exhibited abaci as examples of eastern culture, This is one such abacus, from the mathematics department of Brown University. The term “counter” eventually came to refer not only to an object used in calculations but also to the place in a store where transactions are carried out.īy the eighteenth century, the abacus was well established in China and Russia. In Medieval and Renaissance Europe, merchants commonly did calculating by moving wooden or metal counters along lines drawn on a wooden table known as counting board, a counter-board, or a reckoning-board. The abacus has taken many forms over the centuries. Our modern terms “calculate” and “calculus” come from the term calculi, while the word “abacus” comes from a Greek word meaning a board or slab, or a calculating table. Small stones known as calculi, from the Greek khalix, pebble, were moved along lines drawn in stone or sand. The instrument may have originated in the Middle East before the time of Christ. ![]() The abacus is a computing device on which arithmetic calculations are performed by sliding counters (beads, pebbles, or flat discs) along rods, wires or lines. Chinese Abacus, ca 1925, Smithsonian Institution negative number DOR 2010-0104. ![]() ![]() Each time you tap the up or down arrow key the volume will increase or decrease in 5% increments, and the volume level is displayed on-screen. You can also skip forwards or backwards in 5 seconds intervals by using the left and right arrow keys.Ĭontrol the volume by using the up arrow key to turn up the volume and the down arrow key to lower the volume. You can go back to the beginning by typing 0. If you’ve played the video all the way through, this trick still works. For example, say you want to jump ahead to the half way point of the video – just hit the number 5 on your keyboard (representing 50%) – and it will skip ahead to the middle. Instead of waiting to get to a specific part, you can use the number keys (not on the number pad) and skip ahead in intervals of 10%. To fast forward through a video you have a couple of choices. They work whether you’re using YouTube within a browser window or playing in full screen. These keyboard tricks to control YouTube should work in most web browsers – Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Microsoft Edge. Let us know in the comments if you know of any other easier way to control YouTube volume.This guide will show you how to use your keyboard to control YouTube videos – fast forward and rewind, play/pause, volume and more! Although using a third-party extension is also a good way to easily adjust volume without disrupting your focus. It’s easier to use and you won’t have to reach the mouse at all. I personally prefer using the YouTube keyboard shortcuts to adjust video volume. On top of that, it can also boost tab volume up to 8X more than the normal volume – perfect for those low-volume videos. The great thing about this extension is that it doesn’t need the video player to be in focus to work, you can adjust the volume while being anywhere on the page. Once the extension is installed, press and hold the “Alt” key and press the Up or Down arrow keys to adjust the volume. However, it serves the same purpose as the overall volume is adjusted. Technically, this extension doesn’t adjust the volume of the YouTube player, it controls the volume of the whole tab instead. This makes it much easier to adjust the volume without requiring any precision. However, you just need to keep the mouse cursor anywhere on the video player, instead of the tiny volume slider. Similar to the 2nd method, you will scroll up or down to adjust the video volume. It’s a simple extension to control both YouTube volume and seek bar with the mouse scroll wheel. YouTube Mouse Controls is no longer available YouTube Mouse Controls ( Youtube Volume Scroll) Below I am going to list two such extensions that can adjust YouTube volume in a much easier way. There are also third-party apps that can control YouTube volume and offer an easier way to adjust it. Use a third-party Chrome extension to adjust Youtube volume So yes, sometimes it can get annoying if you misplace the cursor, but it’s still easier than grabbing the slider bar. Make sure your mouse cursor is on the volume slider, otherwise the whole page will start scrolling. To make it work, hover your mouse cursor over the volume slider and scroll the mouse wheel up or down to adjust the volume. This method isn’t too different from grabbing the volume slider with the mouse click, but it’s much easier to use and doesn’t require much precision. Use the mouse scroll wheel to control YouTube volume You can also hit the “M” key to mute or unmute the volume. You can press and hold any of these keys to quickly increase or decrease the volume. Afterward, press the “Up Arrow” key to increase the volume by 5%, and press the “Down Arrow” key to decrease the volume by 5%. To adjust YouTube volume with keyboard shortcuts, first, make sure the video player is visible and in focus. ![]() YouTube also comes with a bunch of keyboard shortcuts to control the video player, including volume. ![]() Keyboard shortcuts are faster to use and don’t disrupt your focus, so they are always better than using the mouse. Use keyboard shortcuts to control YouTube volume ![]() To make your YouTube experience a little easier, I am going to list down 3 easier ways to control YouTube volume. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s not much, but works great as a go-between right now and has potential. I would assume sentry could carry the most, but be warned they are also limited in tight areas. It also has a stealth field, which needed a robotics expert level one perk to increase allies’ stealth capabilities, as well. It has a laser on one arm and a cryojet on the other, both weapons that require science level one, but offer increased damage and a chance at freezing enemies. However, that bonus does require the science perk to be at level three and robotics expert perk at level one. Automatron introduces new Companion Ada, as well as the. Eventually, I’m looking into giving it Sentry Legs, which increase its carrying capacity and movement speed. Automatron tells the story of The Mechanist, a villain who rules over an army of bloodthirsty robots. Fallout 4 - Automatron This content requires the base game Fallout 4 on Steam in order to play. Both the Proptectron arms and legs offer increased carrying capacity compared to other robots, but also don’t require high level skills to create. Prior to beating Automatron, I had one going between Sanctuary Hills and the Starlight Drive In, but it’s now connecting Sanctuary Hills to the Mechanist’s Lair.Īs an example, I have a pack mule Protectron that’s an easy-to-build, initial robot for anyone who doesn’t have the necessary armorer, blacksmith, science, or robotics expert perks to make something amazing. Or, to give one something to do while you complete enough headhunting missions to get all the parts needed to turn it into the best and baddest robot ever. They’re handy for situations where you have a new settlement, want it to grow, but aren’t ready to start recruiting more people to the place. Fallout 4 Automatron DLC Guide to Robots, Mechanist Quests, and Gameplay Features A custom-made robot in the Automatron DLC, which can be used as a robo-Companion. They’re easy to appease too, since they don’t need to eat or sleep. Automatron tells the story of The Mechanist, a villain who rules over an army of bloodthirsty robots. ![]() If it’s not there, you’ll have to update the game. Fallout 4's Automatron DLC released Mafor PC, PS4, and Xbox One. You can send them to any place you “own,” giving them the same sorts of jobs as ordinary settlers. After you’ve downloaded the add-on, check the main menu for the Add-ons option. The latest XP glitch in Bethesdas Fallout 4 Automatron DLC on patch 1.4 calls for a companion, the robot Assaultron Torso and its materials, all of your. Fallout 4 Automatron allows you to build robots that can populate your towns. Which is quite possibly the best thing people who love robots and settlement management. ![]() ![]() The rest of 1973 was spent shuttling around the country to various schools. Some were upset that they had joined now that the draft was gone. But I did notice that many who were serving around me had chosen a Navy path to avoid the Army. Since I had volunteered before I was eligible for the draft, it did not mean much to me personally. I was just beginning my submarine training at New London when the announcement was made. In January of 1973, the Selective Service announced the end to the draft and instituted an all-volunteer military. The outcry both here and abroad was fierce but it achieved the goal of bringing the North closer to desiring an end to the war. The attacks, concentrated between Hanoi and Haiphong, drop roughly 20,000 tons of bombs over densely populated regions. In December 1972, I was finishing up Machinist Mate A school in Great Lakes Illinois while President Nixon ordered the launch of the most intense air offense of the war: Operation Linebacker. The support for the military was further diminished by various scandals and secret bombing campaigns were being revealed by the press on a regular basis. Needless to say it was not a great time to be in uniform. On the day I signed up, 100,000 people in various cities around the United States protested the increased bombing. I remember my girlfriend at the time crying a bit and shortly before I joined, President Nixon escalated the bombing of NVA troops and Hanoi. ![]() The Navy used the Delayed Entry Program to pre-sign willing young volunteers and at the age of seventeen, I was anxious to leave home and see the world. ![]() ![]() I joined the Navy in April of 1972 by raising my right hand for the very first time. ![]() ![]() ![]() Portnoy denied the allegations and sued the news site, claiming the stories were “false and defamatory.”Ī spokesperson for Insider previously told The Post, “We stand behind our reporting and will defend the case vigorously. In February, three more women told Insider that Portnoy filmed their sexual encounters without their permission. He insisted at the time the allegations were “100% not true” and slammed the story as a “slander piece.” “He videotaped me and spit in my mouth and choked me so hard I couldn’t breathe.” The woman ripped Dave Portnoy as he was filming a pizza review on Long Island. Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy, who believes that rape is funny and enjoys saying the N-word, is feuding with NBC hockey commentator Gord Miller after Miller pointed out Barstool’s. Stephen Heiner, Arcelious Joyner, Ali Mahdi, Tim Miller, W. “It was so rough I felt like I was being raped,” one alleged victim, identified only as Madison, said she texted to a friend, Insider reported. , 416S, Washington, DC 20037 : Dave Lilling. The clash comes after several women told a news outlet in November that Portnoy subjected them to abusive, humiliating and painful trysts. “No, it’s good for the video,” the Barstool head says. Who is uglier: Me or Karen? (Vote below) /YoW974RTPd- Dave Portnoy July 6, 2022Īn admirer on the sidewalk then requests a selfie with the content creator, who agrees. He and his popular site has come under fire in recent years for rape jokes, use of the N-word and harassment of women journalists. ![]() In 2019, Portnoy threatened to fire any employee “on the spot” who discussed unionizing - prompting a National Labor Relations Board probe into where he illegally attempted to stop subordinates from forming a union. “Anti-union?” replies Portnoy, whose sports and pop culture site labeled the incident a “hater confrontation.” Portnoy laughed off the woman’s verbal attacks and posted memes about the interaction to Twitter. Early life Portnoy grew up in Swampscott, Massachusetts. “Because I’ve seen the s–t that you write and also your anti-union bulls–t is disgusting,” she says. David Portnoy (born March 22, 1977) 1 is an American blogger and founder of the sports and popular culture blog Barstool Sports, which was acquired by Penn Entertainment. “Why do you say that?” the 44-year-old Internet celebrity replies. ![]() Zoom in on him, and see how f–king soulless he is,” the mystery woman snaps back. When the woman calls him a “rape apologist,” Portnoy tells the person recording to zoom in on her. Portnoy posted a four-minute video at La Capricciosa Brick Oven Pizza in Greenport on Tuesday, showing a woman going off on him as he filmed one of his pizza reviews. Allison told Insider that it was common for locals in the New England area to “try to land an invitation to Portnoy’s house” for his parties.Why Penn National doubling down on ESPN Bet is so riskyĭave Portnoy bought back Barstool Sports for an absurdly low amountĭave Portnoy blasts ‘brain dead’ employees in rant to kick off new Barstool reignĭave Portnoy celebrated getting Barstool back with splashy purchase: ‘I love her’īarstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy - who’s battling disturbing allegations of rough and violent sex - was ripped as a “rape apologist” and a “f–king jerk” while picking up a pizza on Long Island, new video shows. 100 percent consensual.”Īnother woman, who went by the pseudonym Allison, also alleged that Portnoy had rough sex with her in July 2020, after her high school graduation. I didn’t have a moment of my heart dropping or panic. At no point did she ask me to stop, at no point did either us think something unseemly happened. Sydney Raines found unexpected infamy after a sex tape she made with Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy was leaked in April. The allegations were made by TSN and NBC Hockey Commentator Gord Miller. At no point during - at no point - was it not 100 percent consensual. Barstool founder Dave Portnoy released an apology video on Twitter on Thursday. “We did have pizza, hung out, hooked up,” Portnoy said. He said the two had been messaging for more than a month, but realized in person they did not get along. Barstool Sports co-founder Dave Portnoy has vehemently denied accusations of rough sex with women as young as 19 and says hes scared of cancel culture. Portnoy denied the woman ever telling him to stop in his video response Thursday, where he said he was only able to recall who it was because of a specific detail of her sleeping on his couch. Insider also included screenshots of text messages Madison allegedly sent a friend following the encounter, where she equated the experience to “being raped” and added that he choked her so hard she couldn’t breathe. ![]() ![]() The fundamental problem with DoorDash’s business model is that labor is too expensive to produce a profit at the prices DoorDash charges consumers. As of Q1 2023, the company has sufficient cash and no debt. The operating margins are not quite as good and currently hover in the mid-teens and will be more difficult to turn positive due to the structural nature of changes needed to be made in order to achieve this goal.Īlso, while not included to prevent cluttering this article with huge tables, the company's current and historical balance sheets have been healthy. As the company grows, I would not be surprised if gross margins improve due to better efficiency. ![]() It makes sense because DoorDash is providing neither the ingredients for the food nor the transportation for the worker. The FinancialsĭoorDash Historical Income Statements (TIKR) Note: One interesting side note is that the same phenomena occurs in bond ownership – the longer the duration, the more sensitive its value is to a change in interest rates. Simply focusing on top line growth in a higher rate environment, (but also, any environment) is an insufficient bull thesis for share appreciation. DoorDash’s sales are irrelevant without some prospect of bottom-line profitability. The further cash flows are pushed into the future, the less they are worth today when rates are increasing. This methodology, flawed as it is even when rates are low, becomes even more problematic when rates rise. This popular methodology of “valuing” companies based on sales is typical in a low interest rate environment where investors happily put off the bottom line if it will be higher in the future. Many analysts point to the increased revenue derived from these expansions as a point of strength and catalyst for the stock price. ![]() Much of the bull case for DoorDash is centered around its expansion into grocery delivery and international markets. For Dashers: provides a flexible way to earn money.For consumers: provides a platform for conveniently getting food without the need to pick it up or wait in line.For merchants: provides a platform to advertise and facilitate convenience for customers (which is a huge factor in getting sales).Here is a brief overview of how DoorDash provides value to its primary constituents: The problem lies in making that type of business profitable, but we will get into that shortly. Value PropositionĭoorDash’s value proposition is undeniable as there is a huge market for meal delivery services. On the consumer end, revenue is generated via service and delivery charges. On the merchant end, DoorDash has several services that enable businesses to fulfill demand via DoorDash’s platform. The company has over 32 million users and over 15 million memberships of its subscription services: DashPass and Wolt+. Steve Jennings/Getty Images Entertainment Business OverviewĭoorDash ( NYSE: DASH) is a meal delivery service company which offers to serve the needs of three primary groups: merchants, consumers, and workers (“Dashers” as the company calls them). ![]() |
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