Matthew Evans
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Blockchain & Bitcoin
Blockchain and bitcoin. For the past 10 years, these words appeared on your social media feeds many times. For the past 10 years, still nobody really understands what bitcoin means... or that Blockchain is a digital money technology advertised as an antidote to the death of civilization.
By Matthew Evans4 years ago in The Chain
Factors That Affect Motivation
In truth, there are many factors which affect motivation. You might be tired or hungry, which would demotivate you. You might feel the will of the divine sweep through you. You might have a fear of something horrible. Here are eight factors which affect your motivational levels.
By Matthew Evans4 years ago in Motivation
The Motivation to Lose Weight
Although it hurts, running is one of the best things you can do for your body. An incredible cardiovascular activity can help you lose weight in addition to training several other muscles in your body. After all, you use almost your entire body when you run, so it is only logical that your legs and abdominal muscles receive some training as well. For example, I am trying to turn a six-pack into an eight-pack now, and one of the key exercises I’m doing is running; it helps burn the excess fat that covers the abdominal muscles.
By Matthew Evans4 years ago in Longevity
Fielding Drills for Baseball Pitchers
Three letters that strike dread among pitchers of all calibers and skill level—from the majors, to high school, to even little league: ‘PFP.’ The reviled Pitchers Fielding Practice has probably been maligned since its inception, but it has its benefits and purpose. Just ask the 2006 Detroit Tigers, who saw numerous chances bobbled away through errant fielding by their pitchers throughout that World Series loss.
By Matthew Evans4 years ago in Unbalanced
Music Is Losing Depth
Music, like all forms of expression and art, is subjective. What one finds offensive, another hangs in a museum. What one finds deep, another finds utterly worthless. The entire art genre, and all of its offshoots, is subjective to the ones subjecting themselves to it. I can look at Picasso’s "Three Musicians" and see a bunch of boxes and colors. Someone standing next to me can see the same piece and find it to be layered, exotic, exploratory, and yes, deep.
By Matthew Evans4 years ago in Beat
Serial Killers
Child abuse, through mental and physical abuse, affects the psychological makeup of a person. It corrupts the person and can create the very horror that we know as a serial killer. Some of the most famous serial killers that we know of were abused as children. However, does this atrocity limit itself to victims of abuse or can genetics play a role in the outcome of a person in addition to or in light of child abuse?
By Matthew Evans4 years ago in Criminal
Style or Success?
With style comes success. Great soccer players are remembered for their style and their performance in the game rather than the number of goals they scored. Ronaldinho, Zidane, and C. Ronaldo are all players who have achieved great success, yet they are known for their different playing styles. Zidane over the years has become the playmaker who opens up shots for others, does incredible moves, and when the time comes, scores a few goals.
By Matthew Evans4 years ago in Cleats
Skin Care: What Is the Secret?
What is the secret of beautiful skin? Of course, good genes are the optimum precondition. But, there are a few tricky tricks that you can use in everyday life to make your skin shiny. There are a unique set of skin care challenges for every season of the year. During the summer months, the skin has to cope with increased heat, sun, air conditioning and outdoor pursuits like swimming. This article looks at several summer skin care tips that can help keep your skin in tip top condition whilst contending with these elements.
By Matthew Evans4 years ago in Blush
Should Marijuana Be Legalized?
The state of California recently had the issue of whether or not to legalize all forms of marijuana use as a ballot measure during the last election. At the ballot box, people seem either too embarrassed to admit their support, or those that supported the measure to legalized Marijuana did not show up and vote.
By Matthew Evans4 years ago in Potent
The Banking Industry
It was deja vu in a truly high stakes, high drama meeting. It was reminiscent of a depression era Reconstruction Finance Corporation meeting of seventy-five years ago. On that day, nine large bank CEOs were told by US Treasury Secretary, Henry Paulson, Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke, and FDIC Chairman, Sheila Bair that it was in their own best interest to agree to the partial nationalization of their banks by the US Treasury Department. When the meeting was over, the CEOs had agreed to a $125 billion stake by the US government in their firms. They had no choice and history was made again.
By Matthew Evans4 years ago in The Swamp
Curbing Anxiety Attacks
Anxiety attacks, also known as panic attacks, are episodes characterized by intense symptoms for the sufferer such as trembling, a racing heart, sweating, dry mouth, nausea, and dizziness. These attacks can be triggered by a stressful situation or they may occur completely unexpectedly. People who suffer from anxiety attacks can end up feeling helpless and isolated, but there are a variety of treatments to choose from that can help prevent anxiety attacks.
By Matthew Evans4 years ago in Psyche
American Woman as Wage Earner
The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes. ~Bella Abzug The U.S. Department of Labor reports that women made up 46 percent of the workforce in 2006. 60 percent of America’s women were employed either full time (75 percent of working women) or part-time (25 percent). Of 136.5 million women in the labor force, over 30 million of them (22 percent) are employed within the service industry (kitchen work, food prep, waitresses, maids, janitors, etc). It is projected that women will account for 51 percent of the "total labor force growth" between 2004 and 2014. According to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, in 2006, women were earning an average of 80.6 cents for every dollar her male counterpart brought home. In middle school, when the teacher asked what we wanted to be, I didn’t hear one little girl say she dreamt of a career in the service industry.
By Matthew Evans4 years ago in Viva
