What do you mean my gums have a disease?

Periodontal disease is the last thing you want to hear about when you visit a dentist, but believe it or not he hears those words almost every day. Luckily, unlike the Ebola virus, gum disease is entirely preventable, and in the long run treatable.

What Causes Periodontal Disease?

Gum disease isn’t a disease as you immediately think of it. You aren’t walking around, flossing your teeth at the mall, when someone coughs periodontal disease into your face. It’s more of a case of lack of maintenance, like when you go 10,000 miles without changing the oil in your car on a regular basis. You see, our mouths are filled with millions of microscopic bacteria swimming around. These bacteria are mostly beneficial, but when combined with mucus and other gunk in our mouths they harden to form plaque. We brush and floss our teeth to remove that plaque, and start the process all over again. Of course, sometimes we miss a spot, and some people fail to brush at all. When the plaque hardens, it causes gingivitis, which is a fancy word for “my gums are red, swollen and bleed a lot.” Gingivitis, you might say, isn’t a big deal. With regular flossing and brushing as well as attention from a dentist, it will be a thing of the past. If left alone, on the other hand, it will become extremely hard and thick. The gums, knowing that gingivitis is gross, will begin to pull away from the teeth. Retreating, if you will.

Who needs those cowards anyway, right? Well, unfortunately your gums are protecting the air pockets around the roots of your teeth. Those formerly helpful bacteria now invade the air pockets, causing infection and pain. Eventually, the process will rot away at the root of the tooth, causing them to fall out. If your mouth were a car, I’d say it’s time to take it in to the dealership.

How Do I Prevent Periodontal Disease?

First, brush and floss your teeth. I realize that most people don’t enjoy flossing their teeth. The solution is to floss your teeth anyway. Next, identify if you have some of the common risk factors:

• Smoking, which will also kill you.
• Diabetes
• Medications
• Genetics, meaning that some people are just prone to gum disease.
• Hormonal changes in women
• Other diseases

However, despite these risk factors, regularly maintaining your teeth is the best bet. You should brush twice a day using a soft brush and applying fluoride toothpaste in gentle circles. Then, you must floss at least nightly. Ideally, you would swish with a mouthwash, but brushing and flossing is the bare minimum. Concentrate on actually cleaning all of the areas of your mouth, not just moving the toothpaste around long enough to tell yourself you brushed. Generally speaking, this is enough to prevent periodontal disease.

What if I Already Have Gum Disease?

Don’t worry, it’s not the end of the world. You’re probably experiencing some pain, and your gums probably look pretty red and inflamed. Some other symptoms are:

• Persistent bad breath
• Painful chewing
• Loose teeth

Needless to say, at this point you need to see a dentist. Preferably, today. They will first most likely take x-rays to see if there is any bone loss. If they are a periodontist, a specialist, they will be able to steer you in the right direction to correct this illness. Treatment is focused on removing the bacteria that have infected your teeth, and then helping the gums to heal over the exposed air pockets. The first step is a deep cleaning, followed by medications such as an antiseptic mouth wash. Serious cases may involve periodontal surgery, which is performed under anesthesia by a dental surgeon. I know, it doesn’t sound pleasant! However, the last thing you want to do is continue with gum disease and end up losing all of your pearly whites.

Successful people are just like the the mundane, mediocre, average people around them; except for one thing, they all possess a never-give-up-no-matter-what attitude. That is the element of success that is necessary for you and I to possess if we ever hope to reach our dreams and goals in life. No, success is not for cowards!

I have been doing some research on the bloodhound dog. Bloodhounds are known for their keen and unique tracking abilities. They say you need to keep a good leash on your bloodhound at all times because if he catches the scent of a rabbit or anything he decides to track, you can scream his name as loud at you want, but he will react as if he can’t hear you. Why? Because the bloodhound is on the trail of his target and nothing or no one can break his focus.

This is an awesome picture of what we must become on our way to achieving our goals and dreams. We must “FIX” our attention steadfastly on the thing and refuse to be distracted by the outside chatter of life that causes us to become side-tracked from our focus.

When the bloodhound drops his head to the ground to track the scent he’s after, the droopy folds of skin around his eyes fall down and become like the blinders that riders place on the eyes of horses to keep them from seeing anything but the track ahead of them.

We, however, do not have the built-in blinders around our eyes and therefore we must deliberately fix our eyes on the prize and refuse to allow life to distract us from moving forward toward our destination.

The bloodhound has large floppy jowls that sway back and forth as he tracks his prey. Each time these hanging jowls swing back and forth, they are serving to fan a fresh whiff of scent into the nostrils of the dog continually renewing his mind to what it is he is after.

Your mind is the greatest tool you will have in reaching your goal. Every move you make is one that you have thought about and decided to make. Your brain tells your hand to put food in your mouth, or to walk, or to talk.

The greatest motivational took is the power to continually encourage, refresh and renew your goals each day. When you renew your commitment to tracking your goal, you are refreshing the scent of that goal in your spirit and mind. You are bringing new focus in your thoughts and turning away from everything that would distract you from your vision.

Let’s face it, life is one long succession of distractions. There are a hundred things you could be doing today so it is up to you and I to decide which ones will serve to bring us closer to our goal and which ones are only distractions.

You have the power to decide! Such a simple sentence, yet there is life-changing power in a decision. Decisions are not always easy to make. Saying Yes to your goal means saying NO to everything that does not serve to get you there. Saying NO is a learned behavior, it gets easier the more you say it. Say no to the list of distractions that accost you throughout the day. Even at the risk of sounding unfriendly, the focused person has learned to say no to the parade of parties, family functions, employee get-togethers and a hundred other distractions that do not serve to move him closer to his goal.

They say, “If you want to destroy a mans vision, give him two”. When you are doing everything you will never be able to accomplish that ONE THING you want most. Having a vision for your life is like having optical vision, double-vision is not a good thing. Double-vision causes a person to stumble, and keeps him from being able to clearly see anything. Yet, how many times have we casually set out to hit a target with one eye on the goal and the other eye on something else entirely. St. James, in the bible, said, “A double minded man is unstable in all his ways”.

It’s time to make a decision about your goals. Then renew that commitment each morning, get a fresh scent of the dream into your spirit. Place the blinders on your mind and start tracking anew and when you do, nothing will hold you back from achieving everything you have fixed your mind to accomplishing! No my friend, success is not for cowards!

The Melian Dialogue, which was written by the Greek historian Thucydides, tells about the Peloponnesian War which was fought by the Greek city-states of Athens and Sparta or Lacedaemos in 431 to 404 B. C. The war divided ancient Greece. The Lacedaemonians founded their allies among the other city-states in Peloponnesus, one of which is Melos, in order to resist the might of the Athenians. The Melians inhabited Melos and the Athenians tried to convince them to become their tribute state. The Peloponnesian War lasted for twenty-seven years and involved many other city-states besides Athens and Sparta. It was a great tragedy for all of Greece, causing widespread destruction, loss of life, and political unrest.

The Melian Dialogue started with the Athenians proposing the manner by which the discussion shall proceed. The Machiavellian Theory of the right to rule and invade based on military strength was evident when the Athenians asserted that they have the prerogative to rule and acquire Melos as their tribute state because they were the masters of the sea whose strength and power contributed to the defeat of the mighty Persians. The Melians answered that their main concern was that of their city’s preservation and a decision to remain neutral and a friend to the Athenians without becoming their subjects. The Athenians saw the Melians as insignificant islanders who were a threat to their empire. The Melians happened to be under no control and were very likely to endanger not only themselves, but also the Athenians. Upon submission to their empire, the Athenians affirmed that not only should their empire be extended and their security be increased, but also the Melians should enjoy their preservation.

The latter argued that the Athenians would just make more enemies especially among neutrals if they should continue to force them to give up their freedom in order to become Athens’s tribute state. They saw themselves as cowards if ever they chose to give up their freedom and suffer being a slave to the Athenians. The latter responded by saying that they do not care if they would make more enemies among the neutrals. Their main concern was the threat given to them by the Melians and would like to put an end to it by making Melos their colony. In that case, both Athens and Melos would have been saved from harm against the subject states which the Athenians presumed may rise up against them.

The Melians saw the Athenians as talking only for their own benefits for wanting themselves to be the masters of the former. Hence, the Melians asked the Athenians how it would be of their interest to be their slaves. The Athenians reiterated that the Melians should understand and reflect that preservation would be at hand once they yield. They were being advised by the Athenians to ponder whether to resist or to become subject to a powerful empire whose subjects never tried from a siege. The refusal of the Melians to yield to the Athenians made them weak, in addition to their blind hopes and trust given to their Lacedaemonian ally.

The Melians debated that they were satisfied even if their power was insufficient for they should always be assisted by Sparta. They said that the Lacedaemonians should never be disloyal to them since they were its ally. Their decision of refusing to yield and to give up their freedom remained unchanged. The Athenians were disappointed to hear that although throughout the discussion, the Melians’ prime concern was the preservation of their city, they never said anything that is reasonable enough to retain their freedom. They continuously insisted their reasons of their hopes and trust to the Lacedaemonians, whose power was not that good that what was being offered to them.

The Athenians said that there could never be anything greater than to surrender to a great empire, inviting them to be their colony on reasonable terms, merely paying tribute. The Melians should face the consequences of their resolution and should be of great downfall for handing over their trust to the Lacedaemonians, who the Athenians saw as inconsistent. In the end, because the Melians insisted on being neutral and in favor of Sparta, the Athenians declared war against them. Every male citizen of Melos was killed and the women and children were enslaved.

The Realist view on Bipolarity, particularly the Tight Bipolar System, could be associated to the Melian Debate. According to this system, there are two opposing sides in a conflict. There exists no neutral mediator acceptable to both conflicting parties, making it highly unstable. Athens and Sparta were the two opposing parties in the debate. There was no mediator present. In the Tight Bipolar System, neutrality is prohibited.

Non-allied countries are frowned upon. The Melians’ neutrality was not allowed, therefore, making Sparta irritated and saw the necessity for the Melians to take sides. A stalemate arrangement was apparent wherein an attack on one member would mean an attack on all the other allies. Hence, once the Melians were confident enough to yield upon the force of the Athenians, since once they were attacked, their deficiency in power would have been sufficed by their Lacedaemonian ally to which they believed should always be of assistance and defense to them once they encountered external attacks.

Are you constantly worrying about your family’s safety at night or perhaps during the day whilst they are at home? Want to know what are the best DIY home security systems available that can insure you and your family’s safety? No matter what budget you have there is always a way to offer protection for your family as well as your families possessions. Read on for some great ideas that you can “do it yourself” easily and give your home and family the protection they need.

Woof, Woof

Whether you are a lover of dogs or not there is no better solution to protect your home than having a big scary ass dog. I am talking about getting a dog that if a burglar see’s he would run a mile. Some cowards might be deterred by the dog’s presence alone whilst others will still make an attempt to burgle your home, so as an all in one solution a dog is not the answer, but in conjunction with other preventative measures they are great!

Security Flood Light

Motion activated lights can be installed quickly and easily at the front sides and rear of your home. As soon as motion is detected a barrage of light is focused in that direction meaning you is kept aware of someone’s presence and the burglar is ware that you know he is up to something. This usually is an effective solution to preventing break intrusion.

Make some noise with an alarm system

A simple DIY solution that emits a high pitched sound to scare off any potential intruders. The noise itself will usually scare a thief off and the great thing about them is that all your neighbours will know what’s going on meaning the intruder will likely disappear faster than a dump that gets flushed down the toilet. A negative side to these alarm systems is that you or your neighbours themselves will need to notify police authorities and it’s common for these security systems to suddenly go off for no reason due to sensitivity.

Monthly subscription for protection!

Many alarm system providers offer a service whereby once an alarm is set off they automatically contact the local police authorities to go check it out. Price is fairly affordable providing you install the system yourself and your all set to go! Effective in scaring off intruders, fast!

Wireless security camera

These have dropped in price dramatically over the last few years and are great as visual deterrent. When installing these cameras make sure they are in an area where a potential intruder can see it clearly, show him or her you mean business. For added protection install some of these beauties inside your home to offer more protection for you and your

That was the famous, and often-used, line of J. Wellington Wimpy, the mooch, a cartoon character created by E.C. Segar in 1934 in the Popeye comic book series. Wimpy was Popeye’s friend. Web search the name and see how Mr. Segar derived this supporting character in his Popeye series. I want to talk about the friendship between Wimpy and Popeye.

Wimpy is overweight, a slug, a coward, and perhaps worst of all, he will scam anyone out of their money in order to obtain one more hamburger, including his dear friend Popeye. He never repays his benefactors on a Tuesday or on any other day of the week. So, why does Popeye tolerate Wimpy and consider him to be his friend? My theory is that the entire cartoon was the printed version of a Vaudeville comedy routine (an early 20th century onstage performance of seemingly disconnected entertainment that somehow connects in the end).

Popeye is the hero in the routine. Yet, he is also the comedian and the fool. Popeye’s main antagonist (enemy) is Bluto (later called Brutus), and Bluto routinely gets the upper hand on Popeye early in the cartoon. You read the cartoon and wonder, “How did Popeye let that Bluto get the better of him yet again?” Well, that is what fools do. Somehow, the fool (who is also the hero in this case) must wise up, defeat Bluto, and make things right again. In his recovery, Popeye turns to his friends. Wimpy is a friend, and in Vaudeville tradition, he is also “the straight man.”

Wimpy, as the straight man, sees Popeye’s anger and frustration, and he becomes the calming influence. He reasons with his friend, advises him to think through the situation at hand, and he promises to support Popeye. Even though Wimpy is a liar, a coward, and a cheat, and cannot be counted on for support, somehow his advice invigorates Popeye to change from fool to hero. Wimpy completes Popeye. Now, you may ask yourself, “Couldn’t Popeye find a better friend than that?”

Usually, you don’t go out and find a friend. Friends just happen, and in this case, by buying Wimpy hamburgers, Popeye acquired a friend. Perhaps the lesson here is that we should not find faults with our friends. We should appreciate them, and perhaps we might buy them a hamburger now and then.

Recently our new US Attorney General, Eric Holder, pronounced that we are a nation of cowards. Specifically he was referring to our reticence to discuss matters of race. However shocking his tactless comment is, it does point to a Truth: that what we fear is where we are stuck. Until we can transform that fear-based belief, we are doomed to living that reality like the movie, Groundhog Day.

Life is really not that mysterious. In areas where we refuse to acknowledge that we are afraid, we keep getting the same reality over and over, whats more that reality gets bigger and bigger until we cry “uncle”.

Currently in America we are looking at an economic situation the likes of which haven’t been experienced since the Great Depression. How did this happen? Well, it didn’t happen over night, but rather grew inch by micro inch over a long period of time based on the belief that there isn’t enough wealth. It is a fear based belief that we don’t have enough money.

This belief then grew to have many correlating beliefs such as: in order to get mine, I’ll have to lie or fudge the facts. If I don’t go along with this group who has the big bucks, I’ll be shut out; if I tell the Truth, I won’t have access to money. Go on and create more statements of your own. They might sound like, “I stayed with GM because I was afraid to try something new; or too old to do anything else.” “I bought this house and was too afraid to ask the details of the loan.” “I lied on my loan application, because if I didn’t I was afraid I wouldn’t get the house.” Always, it is our fear when unacknowledged, causes us to make more decisions in fear, which by the Law of Attraction will create an even bigger mess.

Now, multiply this by a nation of people who believe in lack. When we are afraid, we shrink and get smaller, which is the opposite of Who We Really Are. We don’t innovate and create, when we are paralyzed or frozen by our fears. A tiny fear, left unaltered, will grow into a huge monster to finally get our attention that we have to transform that fear-based belief, into Love and Plenty. In short, we have to change – our mind.

If we are cowards, it is only in that one instance where we run from the fear, rather than name it. The freedom begins the minute we stop running, being distracted from and otherwise ignoring it. For the minute we name it, we have chosen our new course, which is natural. For example: I am so afraid that my wife will leave me. I now know what it is I do want – I want a long happy relationship with this woman. My focus is now pointed in a completely new direction from empty to full. The question I ask now that I know what it is I want is this: How do we have a long, happy relationship together?

Fear focuses us on the downward spiral to nowhere. Deciding where we consciously want to go and focusing our spirit in that direction asks the Big U to send us all the information on the subject of full, happy, relationships. We see them, we hear people talk as information is sent to us in answer to our asking. Fear begets more fear and gets us the result we don’t want. Refocusing to the fullness of what is wanted gets us what is desired.

If we knew this and if we believed this, we wouldn’t be so hesitant to face each and every fear and celebrate it as the perfect opportunity to change course and chart the desired direction. Instead, we languish in fear. We hide it and disguise it behind pills, television, food, sarcasm, and hate – whatever will distract us from that icky feeling. All the while we don’t get it that the feeling of fear is our buddy.

This buddy has come to say, “You’re thinking about this all wrong. Source, your Godchip, is living the opposite of what your human mind believes, that’s why it feels so bad to you. You think you can’t be well, but your Godchip knows you are in complete and perfect health.”

The gap between your human beliefs and your Godchip Knowing of Truth is the pain, because the absence of Source always feels lousy.

So what shall we do about all this fear? Start recognizing each one, naming them. This is homework for each American, because the collective consciousness isn’t going to shift until each individual does his personal work. How to begin?

Sit down quietly and feel the subjects that you are uneasy about. You might want to light a candle and put on some nice music, but set your intention not to scare yourself to death or try to solve anything. You are simply going to play a new game called, Name That Fear. The purpose of this Game is to refocus you from feeling powerless (separation from your Godchip) to the empowered direction (the journey back into alignment with Source).

So, you might make your list as follows:

Current Fear                                                New Desire:
I am afraid that I will lose my job.                        I desire work that is uplifting, challenging and  rewards  my energy contribution.
I am afraid that I will get a really bad disease.           I desire to live long and in complete and perfect health, with the vitality to do everything I want to do.

You get the idea. Make your list, and then immediately consider what new desires have just been birthed.

Review this list of new desires and feel the certainty in the clarity of your new focus. It feels so good to be clear about knowing that I want uplifting, challenging work all the days of my life that rewards me well for my energy and contribution. And how good does it feel to be clear about desiring to live a long and happy life in complete and perfect health. Whew! Clarity. Relief. Remember: this is only about getting a new focus, not about solving anything. Feel the relief of shifting your focus from fear to full.

The clarity and relief are the result of refocusing your Self to Truth and away from the lie. You couldn’t have found the new direction, until you looked at that fear and named it for what it was.

The next step is to make a new list, with only your new desires on it.

I wrote my first novel, Ninjas of the 512, in just three days. While that figure makes me sound like quite the masochist, today I’m here to talk about the flip side of masochism and why all writers must be sadists when it comes to their characters.

If there’s anything I’ve learned from reading great books, it’s that even the most beloved of characters must suffer. They have to be tossed into what John Cusack’s character in Say Anything describes as a “dare to be great situation,” because then we get to see what they’re really made of, and whether they’re heroes, villains or just yellow-bellied cowards. Some of them might curl up into a ball and suck their thumbs at the first sign of trouble, while others will draw their swords, strap on their shields and hurl themselves into the fray for all they’re worth.

Obviously, the latter types of characters are the more interesting ones, because even if they end up getting their asses handed to them on a silver platter, the important thing is that they tried. They took action, and they did something to deal with the situation at hand. Even if they’re only metaphorically battling demons, rather than actually slitting their throats with a fancifully carved katana, readers want to see characters that will grapple with unpleasant situations in an attempt to overcome, rather than quietly accepting their fate. After all, we want to root for the little guy, vanquish the enemy, be there to see them come out on top, right?

Okay, but here’s the problem: this means that we writers have to be the bad guys that throw all those awful problems at our favorite characters. We’re the spiteful gods that kick ’em when they’re down, the ones that keep throwing them back into the deep end to sink or swim, or the jerks inflicting insurmountable hardships like Sisyphus’ ever-tumbling boulder and Prometheus’s perpetually eaten liver.

In short: we’ve got to be sadists.

This is something I find difficult. When I like my characters, I want them to win. I want things to be nice for them, and I want their lives to be pleasant. It’s because I identify with these made-up people, and I don’t want them to suffer. They’re my friends, after all, and who wants their friends to suffer? Jerks, that’s who.

But guess what? Reading a pleasant little story about people who are nice and never have to deal with any pain is boring! For characters to truly be lovable, you’ve got to start hurting them, and fast. The sooner you get to the parts where the bones are breaking and the hearts are aching, the better, because it means that action is taking place, and therefore growth is possible.

If you don’t beat your characters up, they won’t learn anything about themselves. And if you don’t make them learn anything, then who cares whether or not they live happily ever after? They’re cardboard characters, little puppets strewn across your stage, not real human beings.

As Nietzsche said, what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. So in case you’re trying to man up to inflict some real damage to get your characters moving, here are some of my favorite ways to torture my characters until they spill their guts, grow some spines or just plain break down:

• Go for the kneecaps
• Kill someone they love
• Drive them crazy
• Delete their jobs
• Foil their friendships
• Humiliate them professionally or personally
• Force them out on terrible dates
• Have them go on great dates, but then deny them sex or love
• Foist a crazy person on them
• Seat them next to the most boring asshole at the party
• Cross their wires for some mixed-messages and hilarious misunderstandings
• Thwart their dreams
• Bankrupt them
• Smite them with lightning or other natural disasters
• Go for the jugular
• Send them to the hospital
• Give them inoperable cancer or other deadly diseases
• Put them on Mission: Impossible
• Dry up their water supply
• Take away their technology or screw up their gadgets
• Create a wild goose chase
• Insert a red herring
• Spurn their love
• Poison them slowly
• Make them think they’re seeing ghosts or hearing voices
• Addle them with demons
• Have their family members psychologically or physically abuse them
• Rip the roof off
• Incarcerate them for crimes they never committed
• Have them pursued by dangerous criminals
• Sponsor a round of disapproving glares
• Encourage their loved ones to express dissatisfaction with their chosen lifestyle
• Marry them off to spouses that don’t understand them
• Smother them
• Attack their egos
• Plague them with injuries
• Saddle them with inconvenient truths
• Force them on a physical or spiritual journey they never wanted to undertake
• Create the Apocalypse
• Unleash the hounds (or the zombies)
• Have their coffee makers explode
• Allow animals to inexplicably attack them
• Injure them
• Institutionalize them
• Make them unlovable, or unemployable, or both!
• Make them burdens to their friends and families
• Make them late for work
• Reject them again and again
• And always, ALWAYS heap more trouble on their heads the closer they come to victory

If you are the god of your writing universe, be the Old Testament god that’s spiteful, vindictive and thoroughly unpredictable. If in doubt, send a plague of locusts. Or worse: snakes. (Hey, even tough-guy Indiana Jones hated snakes.)

You must be the mirthful sadist, always twisting your characters in the wind, dangling them over a precipice, throttling them half to death. Give them hell, and see how they react. Don’t be afraid to take it to another level. You never know what kinds of heroes you’ll develop until you start slathering them with troubles.

When you are going through tough times, you should always hold on to faith. It is the faith in Almighty that will give you the right strength which will help you deal with the tormenting times.

Faith Can Move Mountains

Have you heard of the saying that faith can move mountains? While it is not meant to be taken literally, but it does signify the fact that having faith can come in handy because faith gives birth to hope which in turn gives you the right strength to see through the tough times.

Most people who quit do so because they lose hope that things will get better. The finality of defeat comes with the total loss of hope. When you have faith in God or even in your own abilities, you will always be able to gather enough courage to keep fighting until you win.

There Is A Greater Power Controlling Us

When the times are extremely tough and you cannot understand the thing to do to sort out the troubles, it is important to have faith in the larger scheme of things. There are things that are beyond our control and in such cases; you need to ensure that you do not give up.

Only cowards quit and if you believe in God, you will know that He will sort things out sooner or later. Some people believe that there is a larger power controlling us and our movements and when things are spiraling out of control; leave matters on God and He will take care of the rest.

Nothing Lasts Forever

No matter, whether you are happy or sad, whether the times are good or bad, there is nothing that is meant to last forever. Times; good or bad will always pass away. When you are going through a tumultuous time, you should remember that this is just a phase and it will pass away. How long it is going to stay is something that you may not know, but at the end of the tunnel, there is always a bright light for you. The fact that you will have better days again and the faith that some day, the clouds of darkness will end should in itself give you comfort and it will help you heal your soul.

Some people get depressed at the sight of difficulty and this perturbs them. You need to know how to deal with the tough times. Everyone faces difficulty at some point of time or the other. You are not the only one who has been picked for troubles and this is why, like everyone else, you too will be able to get over the tough days.

One of the best things that will give you strength is to remember that “when the going gets tough, the tough gets going”. Adversity is known to bring the best out of people. So, you should not give up on hope and faith as the belief in better times will help you sail through the stormy weather. As the bible says, “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want” (Psalms 23:1).

This is the review of one of the better guide for dating women… Guy Gets Girl by Tiffany Taylor. First of all, who is Tiffany Taylor? I’ll tell you who she is NOT… she isn’t that famous (or infamous) porn actress that goes by the same name. If porn is what you are interested in, you are in the wrong place and you will always be alone at night. If you are interested in sharing the evening with an attractive woman that is absolutely into you… then keep on reading.

However, Tiffany Taylor IS hot! And she is extremely attractive… and she spills the beans on women in her ultimate guide for dating other hot women like her. Now, why would you want a book written by a woman? Well, obviously you do because she has “insider” knowledge about what it takes to get a woman like her to count the spots on your bedroom ceiling.

And yeah… she gets angry emails from women trying to get her book banned because they don’t want guys to have the sexual choice…

But too bad!

For several reasons… #1 society has placed the responsibility of the man to ask the woman out for a date… to be in charge. And many guys cannot do it because quite frankly, nobody told them how to do it… and #2 women don’t have any respect for men who are cowards or with low self esteem.

And this is where having the knowledge of what turns a woman on and what turns her off comes into play. You see, if you knew exactly how women are biologically hardwired to be attracted to a certain kind of male… you my friend, would have the keys to the kingdom… of gorgeous females!

Sounds good? Let me spell it out differently, if you know how to give a woman what she wants… a confident man that understands her emotionally… she will fulfill your sexual fantasies!

And this is where Tiffany Taylor’s book comes into play. She will give you simple step-by-steps how to meet and seduce a woman of your dreams. And yes, she does have something to say about how a man looks, how much money he has, and whether he is famous…

IT DOESN’T MATTER!

That’s right… it doesn’t matter… women put more emphasis on confidence… and this dating guide will give you that.

My recommendation is that you get this dating guide for men that truly understands women and puts the odds heavily in your favor to successfully approaching and seducing them.

Defences against Knife attacks, Firstly if at all possible get yourself and anyone else out of the potential danger area…..RUN AWAY.

Yes you heard right, run away. This is not a cowards way out, this is sensible. After all your potential assailant could be on drugs or just plain crazy. Nobody needs a dead hero.

However if you can’t get away or you are cornered, try to talk your way out of the situation, tell the guy what he wants to hear or give him what he wants, if it’s a mugging, but only if you think this will pacify him…

Let me explain. If it is apparent that your assailant is going to stab you whether you give him all your money or not then you must do something about the situation before this happens, either way you may get stabbed. Thats why this is a last resort and only attempted if YOU are certain he is going to attack you no matter what.

It’s a judgement call that only you can make and if you ever do end up in that situation it won’t be easy.

So, you’re in that nightmare situation. How do you tackle him ?

Do you use the knife defences you learned in your martial arts classes ? I hope not because you’ll very soon be bleeding to death if your assailant has any idea how to use the knife.

I tried an experiment about 5 years ago now with my training partner who is very fast with his hands and can handle a knife. We used a dummy knife (Thankfully) with some red ink on the end of it and I wore a white Gi.

I had at this time been training in the martial arts for about 16 years and had learned many many knife defences from many different styles so I was sure that whatever he came at me with I would be able to handle it.

He moved the knife very quickly from hand to hand and attacked from a variety of angles, slashing, lunging and really going for it. I successfully disarmed him several times, but each time he had also stabbed me several times (This is why the Police and Prison service use riot shields and several officers when dealing with knife attackers).

We worked this scenario using all the knife defences we had both learned from many different styles over the years but the one factor that kept coming up was the fact that this was simulating a real situation, so the attacker wasn’t in stance and didn’t come with a single attack in a straight line, he’d attack several times from any angle very fast.

What we were looking for was something that kept your vital organs as far away from the knife as possible whilst allowing you to attack the assailant.

Here’s what we came up with: (This is just my opinion, based on over 20 years martial arts experience, and this one worked time after time. But remember only use as a last resort)

First you must take your attackers mind off what he’s thinking about (I.e. stabbing you !) ………Spit in his face, not nice but remember this guy wants to stab you !

This gives you a fraction of a second to move.

Next, drop to your side, fast ! (Side breakfall) As you do this hook one of your feet round the back of his front foot and with your other foot, stamp hard onto the front of his knee. This will either snap or dislocate it (Again not nice but this guys going to stab you !) It also doesn’t matter too much if you miss with the hook as you can still get the stamp in on the knee.

Either disarm him while he’s on the floor and wait for the Police or just get out of there, he won’t chase you.

The fall and hook take some practice to get fast but it’s worth it as this is one well worth having in your arsenal.

Any comments or feedback would be welcomed