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How to Be the Real You
Two Methods:Living Your Life TodayGetting Over the Past
Learn how to be the real, unique you. Take off that mask and let's get busy.
Method 1 of 2: Living Your Life Today
1Realize that life exists one moment, the now. Your life is very much shaped by past events and past actions. - All that has gone before is indelibly stamped on your body and within your soul. It is important to realize that this is not the primary determinant of your future actions, - your attitude is! Likewise, your life is not your dreams or imaginings of tomorrow. Rather, it is a series of actions that you perform in the now, the fleeting moments of living.Ad
2Voice your thoughts. Don't wait for others to give their input; you may not get another chance to speak your mind. If you disagree with something, bring up the issue, but do so with respect. Remember you want to solve a problem, not create a new one.
3Get over peer pressure. Real friends aren't afraid to give you the painful truth, but they do so in a loving way. Peers, on the other hand, are just people you want to impress or fit in with. This is fine, unless they try to get you to do something against your beliefs or something you know is wrong. Real friends don't put friends in compromising situations, but instead encourage each other to be the best they can be.
4Be transparent with others. Don't wear a mask. Don't be afraid to let people see the real you. Be open and honest.
5Accept your individuality. You are unique (think you-nique)! Write down a big list of things you like about yourself and that make you you. It's also good to write a list of things you need to work on and would like to become, but remember this list is to help you be the best you can be, not to make you feel bad about yourself.
6Don't fake anything. People can see right through that, and those who can't will figure it out or be told soon enough. Eventually, the truth is going to slip out and it will be painful. Living a lie is not being true to the real you.
7Don't do things just because other people are. Once you figure out who you really are, doing something for the sake of just fitting in won't even seem cool anymore.
8Develop your natural talents. Take up piano, or painting. Sign up for a dance class. Pursue your passion and do something you've always wanted to do.
9Be upfront with people. Consult them if you're struggling or if you have a problem with the way things are being done, but again, do so with respect. Figure out a way things can be done better, and don't be passive.
10Break the mold of what's cool -- just be you. Don't wear what everyone else is wearing if it doesn't look good on you or fit your lifestyle. Don't go for something crazy that you'll regret later -- substance abuse (drugs, alcohol), partying, getting a tattoo, etc. It's most likely a spur-of-the-moment fad that you'll wish you hadn't gotten into.Ad
Method 2 of 2: Getting Over the Past
1Stop regretting past actions and start paying attention to the present moments, the moments you are living now. if you constantly remind yourself of something you did but aren't proud of, you always stay stressed. You cannot change what has gone before, so tuck that away in a little corner called experience and move forward with confidence that future actions will reflect the learning you have experienced. Dare yourself to be confident!
2Do something that makes you happy. Sing a song, dance a dance, play with the kids or your pets. Banter with your partner and cohorts. Try to be active and engaging as you move through life.
3Be spontaneous and fully engage the power of each moment. Don't think before doing something. If something is in your mind, do it without analyzing and over-thinking. Don't think will it work? Do i have to do this? Just be confident in your ability to do what is right for you each moment. - Now and forever.
4Remember that people don't think about you all the time. People don't go to bed saying that they don't like you or you are ugly or stupid. They can laugh if somebody does something awkward but after five minutes or so, they forget the actual incident and your spirit fills that void, the essence of you. They have their life too, and, most often, that is their primary focus. So live yours fully and without regret. Others will enjoy this in you and will put those memories in the vault of their heart.
5Practice being overly kind to people. People are the force which brings you energy and fuels your soul. Gather an army of good folks (or just a few good friends) by spreading kindness and understanding. Trust that the positive waves you send out will splash back over you and enable you to be more confident in your walk of kindness and consideration.
6Become an action oriented person, not a spectator. Actively engage in life and drink deeply of its delights. Always try to react when people talk and join in when they present an activity or idea. Enter each experience with the mindset of improving the outcome.Ad
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MMA NEWS | Respecting His Lineage | Nate Diaz Wants No Part Of Edgar Fight
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i would love for nate to be tha champ but i dnt c him beating ben
i agree but i do see him beating frankie
so do I thats what kills me about this comment of his If I am him I hope Frankie beats Ben then beat Frankie like a pro and still be the best of friends
I am a big fan of him and his brother, but these guys cant hold down an interview, wtf? They are great fighters, but damn, man up for an interview and speak clearly. It's like super freakin ADHD!!!!! Learn how to talk to interviewers, it's like watching Rocky Balboa giving an interview!!!!
i agree dana always said ppl in the ufc are highly educated. he shoulda said excluding the diaz brothers. they are half retarded and have slack jaws. and thinks its "cool" to act black and gangster.. lol they are the definition of unprofessionalism
Not at all racist…..
act black how does some one act black u raciest asshole and he acts like a gangster huh training all the time and teaching kids is acting gangster wow u my friend are the one who is half retarded
Dennis is an uneducated fool. He's probably married to his sister in Kentucky.
Sure the Diaz can't articulate themselves as well as others while on the spotlight but they're smart enough to successfully master mixed martial arts!!
You guys are funny. Calling him stupid when you fools cant even write a paragraph without spelling errors.
Now who's being prejudice?
Amen brutha!
Dustin, you are an asshole. You racist piece of shit.
i act like dustin
an uninformed, uneducated, pee drinking, poop eating,
and ye… still a virginator
that…was stupid.
Diaz brothers have both said they dont care for the camera time and stuff they just want to fight. Its not a big deal i personally dont do well infront of camera's either so i can respect their position on that. I don't think that makes either of them stupid and im not even a fan of theirs. they're both intelligent and have done will with their sport and their money
Obviously you are a racist. Don't judge all black people from what you see on television or the few that you know. I don't think that act like our President at all.
dustin just go kill yourself already nobody gives a shit about your "2 cents"…Tell me one thing dustin what kind of fucking gangbanger does triathlons? Im sick of hearing people calling the diaz bros gangsters there not fucking gangsters there ordinary adults who had a hard way to live and they dont deal with fuckin punks like your bitch ass they dont put on a front like every ufc fighter in the organization..and yes they are very educated how did they get as far as they got without being educated? oh yeah and one more question dustin were do you live? cause im black and i just got out of d block 6 months ago and i got a big fat sausage for you to suck on motherfucker
Someone says something that should not be said and everyone attacks – yes, Dustin is ignorant but the best cure for ignorance is education. How about educate and not attack? All the attacking will probably just have Dustin dig in to his position (a potentially harmful position) – what you are doing will in no way shift his attitude.
Also, you jump on Dustin for being racist and at the same time you use ablest language ("retard"). Dustin is being attacked for being discriminatory and people are using discriminatory language to attack him – ironic.
Which of the following would best describe Dustin:
A – young
B – ignorant
C – racist
D – donkey
E – all of the above
Only dumbass hicks think they are gangster if you ever met a REAL gangster you would see that's something they are not they just don't give good interviews who the fuck cares they come and fight harder than most people in the UFC without a doubt and that should be all that matters they put on a show not run like pussies or stall and do any of that bull
Your so stupid I would love to see you actually say that kinda of stuff to either of them you would get your ass kicked…you probably fight like kip from napoleon dynamite that's why you have to be a bad ass behind your keyboard. you pussy
hahahahahah fight like kip from napolean dynamite. that was classic.
They are smart at fighting. Thats all that matters
so the fk what if they cant hold down a interview. Dont judge a man by his words judge him by his actions. You sheeps are more retarded to judge these guys with talent by their words.
nate will fight frankie if presented with a title shot, thats a no brainer.
Nah, Nate doesn't care about a title shot. He just cares about having awesome fights. And that's a real fighter if you ask me.
Agreed. To some fighters, there is more to life than a title shot. Friendships and relationships are more important. Like Nick Diaz said, If Jake Shields had have won the title from GSP, he would have been happy to be called number two. Nate Diaz would been fine being number two.
FYI nobody asked you. Now get your ass back to the bottom of the gene pool.
sounds like an excuse to me. He scared…
Sounds like you're in a great position to judge from behind your computer. Idiot.
Sounds like you're in a great position to have that opinion sitting behind your computer. Idiot.
Nate, thats great you have respect for him but so did your bro for BJ Penn…Go out there and do your job and lay off the pipe!
Him not fighting Edgar because of them both being Gracie fighters is understandable to a certain extent. It's just like his brother fighting GSP. he was going to do it even if GSP is a "Gracie" Barra Black belt. Yeah they had issues with it but in the end you need to just suck it up and progress in your career.
WTF Nate I like you your a tough MF but that is the stupidest thing I have ever heard. I could see if you were in the same camp,I would dissagree but I could see it. You are a pro fighter you are suposed to be reaching for number 1. I would fight my friend and try to kill him in the cage. After the fight I'd sit by his hospital bed and nurse him back to health and we would the number 1 and 2 in the world and thatd be bad ass. You fight who is in the way to the top not personal just buisiness.
EXACTLY! The one thing I don't understand about MMA. Teams are ruining the competition. Oh I can't fight him, he's the champ we're best friends. Then what did you get into this for? Eventually there will be only 4 big teams and a huge bottleneck due to the fact that teammates won't fight teammates.
The same reason I don't get nascar. You spend 4 hours driving around the track then you have a chance to win and you decide to block for your teammate? huh?
Why are people complaining about his on camera shyness? Some people are shy and don't like being interviewed on camera. He does the best he can. Im a very shy anti social person except to people I really know well. But when it comes to sports I can be infront of hundreds to thousands and not give a fuck. Just don't ask me to talk infront of all them.
Of course he would fight for the title if given the chance.
Great to see that Diaz brothers have some respect.
You fight who's put in front of you! Dana white needs to put his foot down on this "I'm not fighting my friends" bullshit.
well said where u at Danna
Seriously! The Diaz brothers suck…I hate hate hate Frankie Edgar but he'd own Nate hell Jim miller is gonna own him no point in conversing over Nate and title fight cause he will never get one in the UFC
For fuck sake these guys are suppose to be professional fighters! They should be professional and fight each other. The contract should say they should fight who they are told to fight with the amount of money they are earning, the only time you can opt out is if you're called in on short notice due to injury or if you're a champion fighting in a different weight class like aderson silvas does.
Ahhhhh…….So many opinions…….So many narrow minds……
I like the Diaz brothers, they are exciting to watch, unlike a lot of other atheletes who call them selves "fighters." Everyone hates on them for not being able to express themselves vocally…but someone who is that good and talented at something (jiu jitzu, and fighting in general) then they can't be dumb.
It's better to have respect and show it than to potentially burn a bridge with a friend over a belt and some money. The only person you answer to at the en of the day is yourself and to God, and if, in your heart of hearts, you don't want to fight a friend due to your respect to him, then that's fine by all counts. It isn't a matter of fear of his skill, it's simply being respectful.
if that is the case where he and frankie could potentially fight i say suck it up and go for the gold, brian stann and chael sonnen had no problem brawling for a shot at the middleweight title, you can be friends and still fight, at the end of the day the UFC is a business and you have to take care of yourself and make some money and potentially a legacy to be remembered for a long time. I think the whole friend thing is just a cop out because you think you could lose to your friend and thats bragging rights. I had to play football againist friends and wrestle friends in high school and we would still knock each other on our asses and throw each halfway across the mat if we got the chance and we always shook hands afterwards and said good job
Why the hell Edgar getting a rematch? Ben won decisively.
WTF nate, you can't fight at 170 because Rory tossed you around like a rag doll and now you fight edagr because he's a gracie fighter. Plus you wouldn't Gilbert either. I understand not wanting to fight Gilbert but Edgar. Seriously nate.
All joking aside nate needs to see a speech specialist before doing any more interviews because that lisp and bad acne make it hard for him to pass as a badass.
This is bullshit Nate. What happens if your in one of those staked camps like Jackson, blackzilians, AKA or blackhouse. Who you going to fight if you won't fight someone you know. It's not like Edgar is your brother. Edgar probrably doesn't give a fuck about you. He just wants his belt back even if that means fighting you nate.
both the diaz bros would be champs in pride or another organization that scores fair and correct….the problem is the diaz bros fight to finish and fight to hurt you only,,they dont think about wrestling for points or winning points always,,they are the best fighters in there weight classes…its just to bad they dont get the credit they deserve cuz of the fake fukin scoring
An interview does not have shit to do with the way they fight
OBAMA been proved a fraud a few days ago and nobodies saying anything,BLIND BLIND BLIND BLIND…Thats all.
jesus lives
Uh fuckin retard….its obvious your uneducated with MMA and your Diaz brothers knowledge. Neither of them finished high school so they are as about as intelligent as a 14 year old. Actually I think Nate didnt even finish 8th grade. So unless either of them are rainman then they're retarded. Oh yeah all you shut up with this racist shit. Because im sure all black people love whites right?? This double standard with racism is old as hell already. Cain has a tattoo that says brown pride and he's a mexican hero. If a guy had a tattoo that says white pride all the blacks and mexicans would bitch and moan just like blacks still do about slavery. In other words get over the shit already, move on and shut the fuck up. My point is proven especially after all the whining about the guy with the white steel tattoo. So stop hating white people and kill each other because thats what yous do best. Dumbasses commit genocide on your own race and you fuckin useless cry babies call us racist. Look at one other first and then speak fuckin morons!!
man there are so many grammar mistakes in your comment @ILLSPELLITOUTFORYOURETARDS!! that i think you might be the one that never finished 8th grade LMAO. The racism is a double standard, that i can agree on but you dont combat racism with more racist rehtoric MORON. BROWN PRIDE !!! GUAM PRIDE!!
all you diaz brother haters can suck it up !
I dont think nate would want all the media attention that comes along with being the champ
He will fight him. He just would prefer not to fight him. But if a title is on the line he will go through with it.
As long as Aldo stays in the 45 division he will remain the champ, I just don't see anyone at that weight capable enough to take it from him.
As long as Aldo stays in the 45 division he will remain the champ, I just don't see anyone at that weight capable enough to take it
no one was talking about aldo.
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While the treatment strategies discussed so far are promising and should benefit Alzheimer's patients, they do not directly address the underlying neurodegenerative process that leads to the loss of brain cells in this disease. Ideally, we would like to have a natural medication that would not only protect brain cells from damage, but would also cause the brain to produce more of the chemical messenger, acetylcholine.
Surprisingly, a natural medication of this sort already exists. It is called nerve growth factor. Nerve growth factor is a natural protein produced by the human brain. Pharmaceutical companies have gone so far as to isolate the human gene for nerve growth factor and use that gene to produce large amounts of this potentially therapeutic protein for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.
Unfortunately, nerve growth factor is too large of a molecule to cross from the blood stream into the brain. Finding a solution to this drug delivery problem has been a major challenge for medical researchers. However, at the Alzheimer's Research Center, we have shown that therapeutic proteins, when administered intranasally as nose drops, can enter the brain directly without ever entering the blood. This is possible because of the direct connection that exists between the brain and the nasal cavity, via olfactory nerves, which are necessary for sensing odors.
When we administered nerve growth factor as nose drops, we found that it too could enter the brain by this olfactory route. The US Department of Commerce has awarded us a patent on this new method of drug delivery. This is especially exciting since Italian researchers have recently shown that decreasing the level of nerve growth factor in mice causes the mice to develop Alzheimer's symptoms and pathology as they age.
Even more importantly, intranasal nerve growth factor largely reversed the brain degeneration in these animals with Alzheimer's pathology and rescued their memory loss.
We have also demonstrated that another type of nerve growth factor called insulin-like growth factor-1 can be delivered to the brain following intranasal administration. This growth factor has potential as a treatment not only for Alzheimer's disease, but also for stroke and head injury. Studies in animal models of stroke show that intranasal treatment with this growth factor dramatically reduces brain damage and improves neurological function. While we have made a lot of progress, we still have a long way to go to prove that intranasal delivery of nerve growth factors will effectively protect the brain cells of patients with Alzheimer's, stroke and other neurological disorders.
Adult stem cells, or cells which can differentiate into a variety of tissue specific cells, have been the focus of many recent neurological studies. A 2008 study revealed that neural stem cells exist in every part of the adult brain. Furthermore, the same study revealed that these stem cells are prevented from developing by chemical signals from near'by cells called astrocytes. Tapping into the brain's intrinsic ability to regenerate itself is a promising stratergy for treating many brain disorders and injuries, including Alzheimer's disease. California researchers have stimulated stem cells in the brains of adult animals to develop into new nerve cells using our intranasal method of delivering nerve growth factors. We are pursuing this approach and others using adult stem cells to develope better ways to treat Alzheimer's disease and other brain disorders.
The Dementia Brain Bank Research Program has been operated by the Alzheimer's Research Center for more than 30 years. The Brain Bank has collected over 2,500 brains obtained from individuals enrolled in our autopsy program who suffered from some form of dementia. It is one of the world's largest collections of brain tissue, which contributes to research on the neurochemistry, physiology, and diagnosis of dementing illnesses. In conjunction with the brain tissue itself, clinical records and a family history are obtained for each donor in order to better understand each dementing illness and to work towards the improvement of diagnosing, treating, and preventing these diseases. To date, the Brain Bank Research Program has resulted in a number of important publications and findings. One highlight of this research was the discovery that the APOE allele is altered in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease. This finding alone resulted in thousands of publications from other researchers on this topic. Also it was discovered that glucose uptake and utilization is decreased in the brains of Alzheimer's patients, which contributed to the discovery that intranasal insulin improved memory in patients with the disease. It is evident that the Brain Bank has and will play a critical role in unlocking the mystery behind Alzheimer's disease and other dementing illnesses.
Alterations in a gene that codes for the protein APOE are present in the majority of cases of Alzheimer's disease with an onset after 60 years of age. In 1991, we, along with our colleagues, showed that alterations in the APOE protein could be seen in the areas of the brain affected by Alzheimer's disease. While a blood test for this genetic alteration has been developed, we do not recommend that individuals take the test, as interpretation of its results are as yet unclear. People who have this genetic alteration may exhibit decreased metabolism in the areas of the brain affected by Alzheimer's disease as many as 5-10 years or more before they actually have symptoms of the disease such as memory loss. This discovery could help researchers determine if new experimental treatments are effective at delaying or preventing the onset of dementia symptoms.
APOE functions to transport cholesterol into the brain. Recent studies have shown that patients who took cholesterol-lowering medications, called statins, were 70% less likely to develop dementing illnesses like Alzheimer's disease. It will be interesting if further research can demonstrate that lowering cholesterol can help prevent Alzheimer's disease.
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I was on set at the taping of the Basketball Wives reunion special recently and was fortunate enough to chat with all the ladies on the show about what they thought of the dramatic third season: The fights, the fun moments, the drink throwing, everything. Here now is my first dispatch from the day, my interview with "motormouth" Suzie Ketcham, who is taller and more beautiful in person than I expected, and one of the friendliest people I've ever met. I spoke to her the morning of the shoot, before the reunion taped, and she opened up about why you won't see her throwing drinks in anyone's face these days, and talked about how if she and Tami ever get thrown in prison, she'll be Tami's bitch.
Hey Suzie! So, do you have expectations for today, or is it just anything goes?
I always try to stay pretty cool and even because I hate drama. Maybe I'm doing the wrong thing by being on the show because it gives me such bad anxiety [laughs], but there's definitely going to be drama and fighting because that's just the way it is with these girls.
You find yourself at the center of a lot of it and I understand you don't want to be dishonest, so you tell people everything—
—And people are like "Oh, she's running her mouth."
Right, but what do you consider yourself to be?
You know what's funny, I don't think I run my mouth any more than any of the other girls, I think it's that I try to be cool with everybody and because of that, I'm put in these awkward situations. But if you look at my Twitter, I don't run my mouth on Twitter, I don't run my mouth on blogs, I mean, some of the girls blog all the time or Tweet all the time and that's not me, that's not who I am. But for me to try to stay in the middle and stay cool with both sides is like "Oh, she's running her mouth."
Do you think the comparison to Meeka is appropriate? People say you both talk too much, so what do you say to that comparison?
I think I would kill myself. All she does is talk s—. That is all she does. And I'm definitely not that person. I think people misconstrue it as running my mouth or whatever, but I'm just put in bad situations.
Do you wish that when you hadn't told Tami and Evelyn the things Meeka said hadn't in Rome?
No. Because if Tami were to find out what Meeka told me, when I'm closer to Tami, then it's me being a shady friend. And my loyalties lie with Tami. Meeka came on this show being like this tough chick from Queens, and she's going to come on here and take it over. I mean, she had so many opportunities to tell Tami "Well, you said this," but why the hell wouldn't she say it directly to her face? Why are you telling me? And that puts me in a bad situation because I do feel closer to Tami and care more about her. So here I know this information, do I just keep it inside and be a shady friend to Tami? So I talked to Evelyn and was like, look, I don't feel comfortable, and then Tami walked in. So if that's me running my mouth, then I'll run my mouth all day long.
What's funny is how you're in the middle of so much drama but you can also provide moments of comic relief —
I don't watch it, so I don't really know. I have really bad anxiety, sometimes I have to take anti-anxiety pills because it's too much to watch myself.
But what about how you wanted to do broadcast journalism? You'd have to watch yourself there.
That's different, I think just with all the drama and the fighting I'm like, I'm just not a dramatic, aggressive person and it really makes me feel anxiety inside.
What I was going to say before is the moment that was really funny to me was when Tami was laying it all out to Meeka in Rome saying that she heard Meeka was like "People are comparing us, but we don't have the same clothes or the same hair," and your reaction was "I don't wear a weave."
They showed me saying that?? See, the thing is, that's the honest truth! People are always like, oh, you seem like a bimbo or an airhead and for me it's just that I don't like to focus all the time. I can tune in and tune out very easily. If it's getting too stressful, I'm like [snaps fingers] I can't deal. Tune out. I just turn my brain off. Or I'll say something that doesn't relate to the conversation because I haven't listened.
You didn't really have a major storyline this season as far as having your own drama or tension with anyone—
Thank God!
But do you wish there was anything that was focused on more in your personal life or anything this year?
I'm happy to keep things the way they are and not have beef with anyone, because the second season was all about me and Evelyn fighting and I hated that. I honestly, truly cared about her and I still do, so for me having the third season off of me was great, it was like thank God.
What about showing your romantic life on-screen?
I mean, I'm dating but there's nothing that major that I want to bring it out. And then I'm worried that if I do bring it out, it's like, there you go making that person more well-known, and more girls are going to be like "Ahh! It's him! It's the guy from Basketball Wives!" and he's like "Oh, s—!" If ever there was someone who means a lot to me, I'd keep him off the show. I'd be worried that if I do value it, it would get ruined. I don't even want the guys I date to talk about it or be involved in that part, because for me it's just kind of like a job, and it's come to the point where we go out people are like "Suzie! Oh my God!" and I don't want anyone to be like "Oh, she's quasi-famous," or whatever and like me for that. I want people to like me for me.
Do you worry that if kids are watching the show and they see you guys behaving badly toward each other you'll become a bad influence?
That's a big thing for me, because in season one I threw a drink. And then I threw a bucket. And there were kids at my daughter's school who were like "I saw you on the show! Why did you throw water on that girl?" And I was like "Oh. My. God. Little kids are watching," and that's not who I am and I hated being portrayed like "Oh, that's the water girl!" and I was like no, it's not, I've never done that in my life. So I did want to show more of me and who I am. I don't like fighting, I like to have fun. Life is so short. For me it took my dad battling cancer, dying and really trying to enjoy every minute of his life so happy and stress-free up until the end for me to be like, wow, I need to enjoy every single day and not let stupid drama overtake me.
Do you think this season was more dramatic than the others?
Yes! The crazy thing is that it just all happened, nothing was really set up, the whole Eric and Jen thing and Meeka and Tami, like, here comes this girl Meeka and she's just talking s— and at polo she was just like "Ahhhh!" and it was insane.
What did you think about that, at first you were really trying to be her friend but then she gets aggressive at the polo match and goes off.
For me, even when I first met her she was kinda like "I'm the s—," and she was coming into our world and I think that's why she was pigeonholed, because word got out that here she's on the show and is going to take it over, but I mean, Tami is a force to be reckoned with. Tami will kill you with her pinkie if she needs to. I even told her, if we're ever thrown in jail, I'm going to be Tami's bitch. Tami's my wife. I don't want to be that fighter. I did it in season one and everyone was like "Oh my God, she's this and that," and I was like, that's not really me, I did it to make a good show. So I threw a drink in her face. Why not?


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Hayden Baptist Church members are doing what they can to help their congregation as well as the community around them.
The fifth annual Neville K. Burris Golf Tournament will be held Sept. 22 in efforts to raise funds to build a new church that will include a community center.
Golf Tournament Director and church member Donald Davis said the event has been held in the past to build a community center near their place of worship but this year, a recent tragedy changed the direction of that plan.
On July 10, lightening struck the church, located at 175 Hayden Road, and was totally lost to a fire. Nobody was injured and the congregation has celebrated that fact.
We look at it as we lost our church but we didnt lose anybody, said Davis wife and secretary of the event, Allie. You can replace a church but you cant replace a body. We look at it as were blessed but also as a loss. We really want some place that we can call home.
Since the fire, the church has held service in the gymnasium at the Smith-Hazel Recreation Center.
Davis said that they still plan to build the community center but it will go inside the new church rather than in a separate building. This center will include classrooms for computer skills training and tutoring in elementary, high school and college levels. Programs to assist recovering alcoholics, drug addicts and former incarcerated individuals as well as those who are unemployed will also be housed in this center.
Were still trying to help the community in any way we can despite our troubles, Davis said. Thats the main thing, to help the community.
The event itself is named after Neville K. Burris, a young member of the church who lost his life in a car accident on Jan. 3, 2008, he was only 21. Davis said Burris was an individual who loved learning and was working on a degree in computer animation at Midlands Technical College after graduating from Lower Richland High School and attending South Carolina State University for a year.
The golf tournament and cause was established in Burris honor.
The tournament, a two-man captains choice, will be held at the Cedar Creek Golf Course. The first place winners will have their names added to a trophy thats been passed around since the tournament began. The winners will be able to keep the trophy for a year until the next tournament.
A continental breakfast will be served starting at 8 a.m. during registration and the shotgun start will be at 9 a.m.
An individual player fee is $60 and a team of two is $120. The cost covers 18 holes of golf, range balls and cart fees as well as lunch and a chance to win door prizes.
The deadline to sign up is Sept. 16, but Davis said they will accept registration the day of the tournament.
Davis is also looking for sponsors. So far, WZZW, Allstate Insurance Bryant Agency, Fishburnes Glass Works, Burris Tax Service, R. Johnson Sales and Supply and J & L Home and Construction are sponsoring the event.
To become a sponsor or to sign up to play, call Davis at 522-5299. Mail the entry and payment to Donald Davis, 528 Red Oak Drive, Aiken SC, 29801. Checks can be made out to Hayden Baptist Church.
The rain date of the event is Oct. 6.
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First and foremost, since this is my first attempt at doing this, I want to recommend the supremely excellent hard cover book, Blood, Sweat & Chalk by Tim Layden. If you have even a passing interest in either the history of football or the strategy involved (or if you're like me, both), this is an essential read. In terms of becoming a "better" fan (which is sort of the point of this whole exercise), this book will do that for you in spades. I honestly can't recommend it enough.
All that said, I'm guessing some links to some content you can read now might be of interest as well. So here you go. Let me know if you find any of this stuff helpful/interesting.
* Smart Football (another essential read as a general rule) recently checked in with some playaction concepts, and how they can decimate a defense. Specifically, the article deals with the idea of pulling linemen during playaction, which might seem essential to some and risky to others (or if you're like me, both), but the visual evidence supporting the maneuver … in the form of Andrew Luck and Robbert Griffin III dominating … is certainly compelling. If nothing else, the videos after the jump are a great watch.
* One of my favorite K-State wins of the 2011 season gets disected by Barking Carnival.
* When it comes to the NFL Draft, we've all been guilty of going with the flow on offensive lineman analysis, I think, as it's generally easier to watch a highlight pancake or two and then just accept whatever Kiper/Mayock/whoever is telling us. I like this read from Football Outsiders, because it delves into actual technical proficiencies and deficiencies and makes a nice primer for draft night. (It is not surprising to me that he likes the two Stanford guys and is very meh on Cordy Glenn — I wonder where I read that already…)
* Finally, I've embedded a video of some ESPN Sports Science fun (via Dr. Saturday): Oklahoma State quarterback Brandon Weeden smashing clay pigeons to pieces with only his cannon arm and a football. Absurdly awesome.


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Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis - Other Places To Get Help
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The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) and the Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals (ARHP, a division of ACR) are professional organizations of rheumatologists and associated health professionals who are dedicated to healing, preventing disability from, and curing the many types of arthritis and related disabling and sometimes fatal disorders of the joints, muscles, and bones. Members of the ACR are physicians; members of the ARHP include research scientists, nurses, physical and occupational therapists, psychologists, and social workers. Both the ACR and the ARHP provide professional education for their members.
The ACR website offers patient information fact sheets about rheumatic diseases, about medicines used to treat rheumatic diseases, and about care professionals.
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The NIAMS website provides health information referrals to the NIAMS Clearinghouse, which has information packages about diseases.
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My research focuses broadly on how belief systems affect the means by which we make evaluations and pursue important goals. I am especially interested in how ideology influences the use of different types of evaluative information and how gender role traditionalism influences motivational approaches to gender-related goals. I am also interested in how expressions of positive intergroup emotions (specifically pride) affect how we evaluate social groups, as well as how our general beliefs about the importance of different types of evaluative information intersect with the means by which evaluations are made.
Evans, C.D., & Diekman, A.B. (2009). On motivated role selection: Gender beliefs, distant goals, and career interest. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 33, 235-249.
Evans, C. D., & Claypool, H.M. (2009, January). Pride and prejudice: Status and expressions of intergroup pride shape evaluation and perceived legitimacy. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Tampa, FL.
Evans, C.D., & Diekman, A.B, (2009, April). Implicit theories of judgment: Effects on attitudes and evaluation. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Evans, C.D., & Diekman, A.B. (2007). Gender differences in career interest are mediated by life goals. Poster presented at the 8th annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis, TN.
Diekman, A.B., Goodfriend, W., & Evans, C.D. (2006) Ideological and sociostructural influences on dynamic gender stereotypes. Poster session presented at the 7th annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Palm Springs, CA.
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Spotlighted Student: William (Jake) Riiska '14
William (Jake) Riiska '14 became acquainted with Haverford College during his junior year at St. George's school in Newport, Rhode Island, through his academic advisor. Jake recognized early in his college process that a small school, with rigorous academics, easy access to professors, and proximity to New York City and Washington, D.C. would be a good fit for him.
Although he anticipated majoring in Political Science, Jake changed his major to Economics after his freshman year. Highlights of his course work include Professor Banerjee's Exchange Rates Economics Junior Research Seminar and Professor Kontorovich's Intermediate Microeconomics course. In fact, during his junior year abroad at Oxford Jake took a course on Command and Transition Economies where one of the assigned papers was co-authored by Professor Kontorovich.
Haverford has offered Jake many opportunities. During his freshman year, Jake had a short internship at Llenroc Capital LLC (Now named Underhill Investment Management LLC), an investment management firm outside San Francisco, under the tutelage of Haverford alum, Michael Tannenbaum '96. Later that summer, he participated in a summer scholars program at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business where he studied accounting, financial analysis, marketing, strategy and bargaining. From February through to the end of June during his sophomore year, Jake worked as a research assistant for Professor Indradeep Ghosh on a project analyzing the efficacy of Central Bank intervention in the foreign exchange markets. After his work with Professor Ghosh, Jake received a Whitehead Internship grant to move to New York City for the remainder of the summer for an internship. He interned at the OTC energy derivatives brokerage firm Dorado Energy Services with founder, and Haverford Economics alumni, John Michals '04. During the internship, Jake learned about options trading, trade reconciliation, the language of options brokerage, and the day-to-day operations of a back office. This past summer Jake lived in New York City interning as a financial analyst with the J.P. Morgan Private Bank.
Outside of career opportunities, Jake spent his junior year abroad studying at the University of Oxford's Mansfield College. He found the educational framework surprisingly different from Haverford, and he has emerged energized and richer from the experience. Though extremely demanding, his Oxford coursework offered him the opportunity for stimulating economic analysis and a great deal of refinement of his writing.
Apart from academics, during his time at Haverford Jake has served on the Committee on Investments, Social Responsibility and the Microfinance Impact Investing Initiative, and has captained the Haverford Men's Rugby Team. While at Oxford, he played mid-field on their lacrosse team (First Team), one of the oldest teams in the UK, and he travelled to 15 cities and numerous countries, with highlighted moments in Turkey, Switzerland (especially Zurich) and Hungary.
The work Jake did with Professor Ghosh has parlayed into a senior thesis that analyzes the efficacy of Central Bank monetary policy intervention on exchange rate volatility and exchange rate level within the context of Slovakia during the period from 1999-2007. He is currently working with a unique dataset provided by the National Bank of Slovakia and Biswajit Banerjee, his thesis advisor.
Following graduation and before he starts his career, Jake plans to travel across the US and to begin studying for the CFA Level 1 Exam. For now, though, he is looking forward to a position in the asset management sector of the financial services industry. After a few years of experience in the field, he plans on applying to graduate school.
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Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Poll: Is Adrienne Being a Hypocrite?
In Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Season 3, Episode 14, Kyle Richards's White Party became a battleground between Brandi Glanville and Adrienne Maloof over the allegations Brandi made that Adrienne used a surrogate to have her three children.
Brandi attempted to have a civil conversation with both Adrienne and Paul during the soiree, but things turned especially ugly when the rest of the housewives — and househusbands — jumped into the fray.
Taylor Armstrong in particular accused Adrienne of being a hypocrite, referring to last season's legal dispute between Taylor and Russell Armstrong and Camille Grammer. In both cases, no one was sued, but letters discussing the intent to sue were sent. Plus, Taylor and Russell were promptly kicked out of last year's White Party for their litigious move. The Maloofs, however, were never asked to leave Kyle's party this year.
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Birth Date :1995
Birth Place :Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
Claim to fame :Single "Bring Me to Life" from album "Fallen" (2003)
Evanescence is a nu-metal band from Little Rock, Arkansas. The band was formed in 1994 by frontman Amy Lee and guitarist Ben Moody. Ben was later replaced by Terry Balsamo, the guitarist of an alternative metal band, Cold. The rest of the members were bassist William Boyd, drummer Rock Gray, and guitarist John LeCompt.
Evanescence was formerly considered as Christian band. The label was given because they sent Christian message through their lyrics. During 2000s, many people said that Evanescence was goth rock band, but the band itself refused to be categorized in any label. Before choosing Evanescence, the band went by several short-lived names, including "Striken" and "Childish Intentions."
Evanescence was formerly considered as Christian band. The label was given because they sent Christian message through their lyrics. During 2000s, many people said that Evanescence was goth rock band, but the band itself refused to be categorized in any label. Before choosing Evanescence, the band went by several short-lived names, including "Striken" and "Childish Intentions."
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Evanescence have just premiered a music video for "My Heart Is Broken", the latest single from their self-titled album "Evanescence". Taking inspiration from the 1988 British fantasy/horror film "Paperhouse", the clip sees frontwoman Amy Lee holding light in her hands while belting out lyrics from the song. Meanwhile, her bandmates play in a dream-like state....
Artist of the Week: EvanescenceOctober 31, 2011 06:58:27 GMT
Evanescence are back on the music scene after a five-year hiatus to reclaim their fans' hearts. As their first offering since they released "The Open Door" in 2006, the Amy Lee-fronted band debuted their self-titled album which soared to the first place on Billboard 200 earlier this October....
Evanescence Thrilled by Triumphant Comeback at No. 1 on Hot 200October 20, 2011 01:40:23 GMT
After going on a hiatus for about four years, Evanescence come back big this year. The band fronted by Amy Lee claim No. 1 position on Billboard Hot 200 with their self-titled album "Evanescence" which sells a total of 127,000 copies in its opening week....
Evanescence's 'What You Want' Music Video Arrives in FullSeptember 13, 2011 07:39:50 GMT
Evanescence rock out with plenty of energy in a music video supporting their new single "What You Want". In the dark visuals, the Amy Lee-fronted band perform the furious rock song at a makeshift stage inside a Brooklyn warehouse. "This video is sort of, like, the history of the band," she told MTV....
Evanescence Say They Have Perfect Song for 'Breaking Dawn Part I'August 11, 2011 06:51:37 GMT
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You're here looking for something.
What exactly that is, I'm not sure of yet.
BUT we believe it is to help your business…
Increase Profitability
Give us 15 minutes and we'll teach you 3 strategies that will definitely increase your profitability right now. But you have to take the fist step…
by Talking to Us.
Attract More Customers
This conversation may take a little bit longer, but we have several strategies and techniques that consistently attract qualified sales ready leads for our clients.
Want to discuss that too?
Improve Performance
Call us and we can discuss all the opportunities for improving your business right now. This will help you decide what is right for your budget, priorities, and timeline.
You owe it to yourself to make an informed decision.
We help B2B service-based businesses Increase Revenue
by Maximizing Lifetime Customer Value
by assisting you in Improving ROI On Your Marketing Efforts.
How We Help You Grow
How will you help me CREATE growth?
At BestFit Solutions we help you integrate ALL the tools, systems, and STRATEGIES you need to CREATE GROWTH.
What does MANAGE growth even mean?
Find out how we match the solutions we provide to not only what you need but what will work for your company with Business Development Consulting.
Why do I need to AUTOMATE for growth?
How can I SUSTAIN my growth once I get it?
Sustaining growth is about knowing your clients so well that you constantly have another cup to offer them. This means knowing what your clients need, having that next offer available to them, and evolving with your clients and the market as it grows and changes. Being able to do this successfully comes first from understanding your client base very clearly and second from having the proper business intelligence available to you. This business intelligence can be an easy outflow of your automation and tracking process.
Find out how a No Hype approach rather than marketing hype you can't deliver on can make sure your clients keep coming back for more results.
Is it even possible to PREDICT my growth?
Prediction is all about having the right information and the right strategy to create a high confidence on results. Discover the difference between strategy and tactics.
Keep reading below and we'll attempt to answer that question. But here's more clarity. We DON'T BELIEVE IN HYPE. You'll always get an honest, direct, opinion or answer from us about whatever question you've asked Also, you will get NO SALES PRESSURE from us. We'll tell you if we can help you or not and assist you in finding the criteria to base your decision on. After that, it's all up to you. Additionally, we believe TRUE BUSINESS GROWTH IS NOT INSTANTANEOUS and you'll never hear us talk about an instant-anything. Lastly, we are constantly focused on YOUR BEST INTEREST. You'll never catch us recommending something just to make us more money – it's bad for our reputation.
We take great pride in being CALL IT AS WE SEE IT, LET YOU DECIDE consultants. Our reputation and testimonials speak for themselves. But your best way of assessing how we are different… is to TALK WITH US. We have proven over and over that in UNDER 30 MINUTES YOU'LL GET WHAT'S DIFFERENT ABOUT US!
Why it's hard to differentiate who can help you…
You search and surf the web, flying from one website to another, desperately trying to find the information you need to attract more leads and customers, improve your profits, and grow your business.
Too Fast Decisions
Research says you will spend less than 30 seconds here determining whether my team and I can help you or not. Is that really enough time for you to make that decision? You might read some more this site; but most likely fly off to another site and repeat the process all over again. Of course, if you do that; then neither of us will know whether BestFit Solutions can help you or not.
The Reality Is…
Because we have evolved into a society with expectations of instantaneous results. But, True Business Growth Is NOT Instantaneous.
So… You can continue wasting more of your time, effort, and money as you sift through all the marketing hype that fills the worldwide web today. Trying to determine in less than 30 seconds, on any site, whether their hype is true and will help you.
Plan B
Stop chasing over hyped magic silver bullets that seldom help you and spend a few minutes talking to us. It will almost always get you closer to actually getting the results you want. If we can help, we'll tell you. If not; we'll tell you that too and make some recommendations for where to look next.
Do YOU know what you want?
You're here looking for something to help you grow your business. What is that specifically?
We can only guess because we have no idea what kind of help you need right now. We might get it right in some cases, but mostly we will guess wrong. Again because right now you're just a visitation hit in our log file, with only an IP address, a date and time stamp. No real information and definitely no information about what you want or need.
Where The "Experts" Get It Wrong
Every marketing consultant tells us, and you too if you'll listen, that we should have page upon page of convincing words that address all your questions, eliminate your fears and convince you to spend your money with us.
The first problem we see with that is almost all of it will be marketing hype that you probably won't read anyway.
The second problem is that it takes a ton of time away from what we really love to do.
What We LOVE To Do
Which is helping people, like you, achieve their goals and get their most desired results.
Can we help you too? We don't know yet and neither do you.
But there is a way to find out. if you spend a few more minutes and read just a little farther.
Or better yet, call us and let's talk about the specific problems you have and the results we can help you achieve. After all, you want real answers, right?
We have a big dose of reality to share with you about growing your business.
That reality is "There is no MAGIC BULLET that allows you to: increase your sales revenue growth, grow your business, or get all the leads you want in 30 days or less, by working 2 hours a week, or even 15 minutes a day."
PERIOD, end of story!
If that is what you are looking for then move on now, because reading the rest of this page is just going to be a waste of your time.
Why Hype Still Works (Even If It's FALSE)
The truth is that although everyone *wants to believe* there are "Make Me Rich Today", "Drive a Million leads to my website in a week" , or "this _________ (Software/program/coaching/ enter the claim you hear) made $87,000 in 1 week for a Stay at Home Mom with no business experience, no computer, and no internet connection" . . .
. . . the sad truth is that these claims still work
(even on people you wouldn't think it would work on).
- It works on smart people and a lot of not-so-smart-people.
- It works on people with graduate degrees.
- It especially works on people who have no business experience at all.
- It works on people who have been in business for a while.
- It works on most of the people who complain about marketing hype and scams. (that's why they're complaining about it in the first place . . . they've been scammed before).
- It works on smart people and a lot of not-so-smart-people.
- It works on people with graduate degrees.
- It especially works on people who have no business experience at all.
- It works on people who have been in business for a while.
- It works on most of the people who complain about marketing hype and scams. (that's why they're complaining about it in the first place . . . they've been scammed before).
And there is a really good chance, to at least some extent; it has worked on you too at some point. That may even be how you got to this page to begin with.
We know it has caused us to purchase more than few items ourselves.
(That is something we are not proud to admit in most circles)
We'll even share that with you…
How Do We Know This Hype Works?
As an IT professional Dave is in my estimation completely capable of delivering the services he provides with a high level of customer satisfaction. While an excellent qualification, it is not as unique as the other vital skill Dave brings to his work; which is solid understanding of the needs of each customer, how best to serve them and a no-BS manner in doing so. If you like dealing with no fluff, and to the point, skilled professionals; Dave is the professional you should be considering.
– Mike Shafer of Kennametal
-Berry Kruijning of Crowning Communications
– Gary Jones of Oregon National Primate Research Center
What People Say About Us
David is all about helping companies to grow and increase profit.
His recommendations to clients are practical and effective, drawing on his broad business experience and best practices. There is no one who understands business processes and business automation better.
He will give you the blunt truth that you need, but so seldom get, and do so gently. I have seen him turn down business being pressed on him by clients, because it wouldn't move the client forward.
I trust David, and cannot say that about many in the business world.
– Tom Daly
President at T.G. Daly & Associates, Inc
[4 Simple Steps] How To Lock In ResultsFebruary 1, 2015
Jennifer was the epitome of professionalism in her casual business suit. A clear-minded, astute, and energetic woman in her mid-40's… You could see the purpose and conviction oozing from her steady gaze. Her eyes were gleaming and she had a slight southern drawl leftover from her childhood. Even the casual observer would notice the sophistication she carried herself with as she carefully answered my questions.
"I want my business to run itself, so I can go help other entrepreneurs succeed."
"Why?" I asked.
"Because marketing development is no longer the passion it once was for me. Now I want to


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