When was the last time you really thought about pain? I don't mean the physical kind, breaking bones and everything. I'm not talking about your hangover from the weekend either, although I am sorry if that's the case. This is something deeper, a burial, a fallout that's been covered with soil yet continues to breathe inside you. A past trauma that needed to be forgotten but somehow still exists.

If you're slightly aware of something like this, the pain you might be thinking of is likely to be still be as cracked as a broken leg. Maybe it emerges from time to time, influencing the present with its broken wounds. Perhaps it's lingering behind a wall, sealed internally with protective glue. It could even be so present it's carried around like a satchel. Whatever the case: it's there, somewhere, pulsating as an ember of the past, pushed down so deep it should be forgotten but isn't, because why else would there be remnants of a fire if there wasn't still something flammable enough to burn? Eckhart Tolle describes it as the "pain body"a kind of parasite that pops up from time to time, bringing past situations alive, trying to create present pain.

Whether it's the loss of a close friend, family issues, drug addiction, being broke or any other traumatic experience, Eminem has seemingly been through them all. For the last 21 years he's released pain through musicabout his mother (and father); his drug addiction; his recovery; his mourning for friends or family that are out of reachand done so in a way it's allowed us to reflect on our own issues.

Last weekend he brought that mirror to Reading and Leeds, where he headlined. At this point we could talk about the mechanics of the performance: he rapped his songs, which you may know, and he had a beard, which you may not. While this information may be useful to those who support beards and/or reliable expectation, it doesn't really say anything. What's more important to focus on is that feeling I mentioned earlierthe one buried in the walls of time yet unconsciously present; the one Eminem probably talks about in one of his songs; the one thing you're probably thinking of right now but never fully addressed, because it was easier to suppress.

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Most of Eminem's songs are so old it's difficult to watch him perform them and not relate in some way to the moment when you first heard them and what's happened since. Whether it's the subject matter or the way it's approached, he has something for everyoneyou're sad, you're broken, you're ignorant, you want to laugh; he's got you. That's why he's one of the best-selling artists of a decade. He can spit on your onion rings, lift the mood with a crass joke about the Discovery Channel, then expose expose his feelings in a way that's so direct you get something from it too.

Because he's a human first and a rapper second, it's likely Eminem has his own pain bodyone complete with recurring themes of sadness, anxiety, anger, or self-defeating behaviors. It would be unfair to second guess what these experiences are. But should you relate to anything he's saying in his songs (if you've ever had a shitty day and put them on) then his headline slot is a spectacle. It's hard to beat music you care about being performed in real time. Eminem's appeal has always been rooted in his ability to let loose with past experiences, often in a way that can be helpful to his audiencewhether that's confrontational, funny, obscene or so blunt it's depressing yet cathartic in the way it can be empathetically applied to a variety of situations.

When I'm watching Eminem at Reading, I can't help thinking about my own pain body and how it's possible to carry memories forever like an invisible limb. Tolle says it's possible to dissolve these past experiences, to recognize when they're starting to breathe their hurt into new situations. In his book A New Earth he writes: "We can learn not to keep events alive in our minds, but to return our attention continuously to the pristine, timeless present moment rather than be caught up in mental movie-making"which is to say we're not defined by the past but by our present, that it's possible not to feed the pain body and subconsciously repeat patterns.

As he said on "Rap God," Eminem has got "enough rhymes, to maybe try to get some people through some tough times." That's his USP and it's not a faultit's a good, cathartic, needed thing. But if there's one last grand trick he can pull that doesn't involve him battle-rapping until there's no more spaghetti left in Italy, it's how he can be a vehicle for each of us to see what emotional baggage we may still be carrying around; to learn to let go and become so fully present we're able to move smoothly between the so-called immovable parts of the past.

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The world No. 9 beat Carla Suarez Navarro 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 to book her place in the quarter-finals at the 2017 US Open.

Williams, 37, has now taken her record in majors to 19-3 this year with her win over the Spaniard.

And when asked about her longevity and what motivates her to succeed, she put it down to her sister Serena and the rest of her family.

Serena said: I dont know. If I did I would put it in a box and sell it.

I love the game and youve got to have health, fitness, skill, desire and the love.

My sister motivates me a lot and my family too.

She also gave some fighting talk after reaching her 39th career quarter-final by insisting she he is here to take the US Open title.

For me Im focused on myself and try to be aggressive as possible, Williams added.

Nobody ever gives you a Slam, youve got to take it - so Im going to try and take it.

Up next for the American at Flushing Meadows is a clash with either Garbine Muguruza or Petra Kvitova.

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Its the voice in your head that that tells you to push through past seemingly impossible fatigue on the gridiron. Its the thought that keeps your motor running at a supreme level on the hardwood.

Its getting your parents that new house, its retiring your grandmother, its, simply, never wanting to be picked last again.

Motivating factors in sports range from the simple to the simply inconceivable; but theyre all necessary factors in the production of elite talent.

Every Monday well catch up with elite athletes on all levels and get them to dish on the single most powerful motivating factor thats gotten them to where they are now.

Today we caught up with New Albanys (New Albany, Ind.) Romeo Langford, the No. 1 shooting guard in the ESPN 100.

The greatest motivating factor thats gotten me to where I am today isThinking about the outcome of what could happen if I continue to work hard. My ultimate goal is to make it to the NBA and when Im in the gym and in games I just try and focus on working harder. Every play, every possession, every rep I just try and go harder because I know that pushing it more and more will put me in the best position to accomplish my goal one day.

Here are the fruits of Romeo Langfords motivation.

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A recent study indicated that financial rewards are not enough to encourage people to perform certain tasks

In a report conducted by the National Bureau of Economic Research, they discovered that despite receiving an Amazon gift card, customers were not sufficiently motivated to visit the gym any more.

Researchers divided 800 new members of a gym into four groups. The first group received a $30 Amazon gift card after six weeks, unconditionally. The second, third and fourth groups were rewarded for going to the gym at least nine times in the first six weeks of membership (with a $30 amazon gift card, a $60 amazon gift card and an item of their choosing from Amazon worth about $30, respectively). In the first six weeks, those promised rewards made just 0.14 more visits to the gym on average than the group who did not receive a reward.

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The Roar Ambition workforce has been investigating these findings, most recently studying the results on the effect of financial incentives on motivation recall; an observation from Dan Arielys 2016 book Payoff. Ariely argued that financial incentives are not the sole source of inspiring motivation in people. Instead, a study conducted by Ariely and colleagues found workers who received compliments from their boss performed much better than those who received financial bonuses. The result, Ariely suggests, indicate intrinsic motivation is much more powerful than cash incentives. With this in mind, the Liverpool based firm recognise integral rewards provide far greater motivation when completing an activity, than being paid to do would.

The report suggests that it would be a rather difficult task to push someone into regularly exercising. Especially, if an individual found working out to be an intolerable, gruelling experience. In response to the results of the study, Roar Ambition have shared their conclusion that if someones heart is not in what that they do, it would be unlikely for them to succeed. The motivation necessary to perform a task more regularly and successfully must come from an intrinsic motivation or desire to do so, says the sales and marketing collective.

Roar Ambition understands that in the world of business, intrinsic motivation is a much more powerful and meaningful tool. The firm believe by offering a companys workforce this form of motivation, members of the workforce will be better at boosting one anothers morale and desire for meeting company targets. By creating a team and an environment team members appreciate, a company will reap the benefits by gaining a set of individuals who are passionate and enthusiastic about the industry.

Based in Liverpool, Roar Ambition aims to be king of the sales world like the lion is the apex at the very top of the food chain. By combining motivation, determination and ambition, Roar Ambition will stop at nothing to achieve their goal to become the top tier of their industry. As sales is an extremely competitive industry, Roar ambition aims to become the number one choice for outsourced sales in the UK through the unique direct marketing campaigns offered at the firm, personalised to suit the individual needs of both the client and the consumer.

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Miami has come up with an interesting way toincentivize players to force turnovers.

Hurricanes defensive coordinator Manny Diaz introduced a turnover chain to his players on Saturday before the Bethune-Cookman game, according to a report from 247 Sports.

He told us this morning about the turnover chain,linebackerShaquille Quartermansaid after the game. It goes to whoever gets the turnover. You get to rock that huge Miami-style chain it was just another incentive.

The chain apparently made its first appearance in fourth quarter when sophomore corner Malek Young intercepted a pass.

We didnt really need much, Quarterman said. But that was definitely an incentive. Seeing Malek get it was amazing because we all wanted to know who was going to be the first guy to get it. Malek did his thing and he earned it, so congrats to him.

Miami ranked fifth in the ACC in fumbles recovered in 2016 and 13th in interceptions.

Ryan Finesended the game with the chain after recovering a fumble on Bethune-Cookmans last drive, the report stated.

Cody McClure is an SEC Football Writer for Saturday Down South. He lives in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he also co-hosts a midday sports radio show for FOX Sports. Cody previously worked for Athlon Sports and The Oak Ridger.

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You get up in the morning, and start getting ready for your day. For some, the first order of business is going to the gym, for some its taking an hour of time to themselves, for others its heading straight to work. Regardless we all have motivators that get us up and at it every morning.

What is your reason? Your reason for picking the first thing you do? For deciding whether to go right to work or to hit the snooze button? It could be anything, some deep value you hold to, or as simple as you need to make money to be able to live. No matter your answer, we all have something that gets us going, and when it comes to motivation there are tons of different places we can find it. So today were going to look at a few different types of motivation and how they play a role in our development in life and fitness.

Have you ever gone out with friends and decided when getting ready that you were going to dress up a little? At first you feel a little uneasy, until you get out of the car and one of your friends immediately says how good you look or how much they like your attire. All the sudden you stand up a little taller and walk more confident because someone else affirmed your decision to dress up. Or maybe, in the context of fitness, you have been working really hard on your diet and are seeing the benefits of consistent exercise and clean eating. Youve lost 10-15lbs and people are telling you how great you look or how proud they are of your effort. It is easy to be motivated by these compliments and keep pushing ourselves or getting outside our comfort zones to because people are recognizing your efforts or results.

On the flip side, what if you had made all these changes and no one said anything? All the sudden the motivation waxes and wanes or disappears entirely. This would be an example of an external motivator. External motivators are factors that come from other people that affect how we see ourselves, how we pursue things outside our comfort zone, and how we view our progress. Other examples could include, comparing yourself and your efforts or progress with others, or focusing so much on a specific number goal or value.

Now lets take the same examples and frame them a little differently. Youre going out with a group of friends and you know that you feel your best and most confident in a particular pair of pants or shirt. You show up and no one makes any comment about your attire, and you enjoy your evening without ever second guessing what you decided to wear. Or maybe you havent been feeling your best and decide that adding in some clean eating and exercise will help you to not only feel better but to improve your overall health and longevity (both natural side effects of clean eating and exercise). You begin your new diet and exercise regimen, see all the benefits of some weight lost, gained strength, and improved health; all with no acknowledgement or recognition from others. Now while this may seem a little sad, perspective tells us that the latter is actually a more sustainable motivation.

Internal motivation comes purely from an inner desire to be your best self, intense focus on the process of improvement, and on pride in knowing the effort you gave was your absolute best. Other examples could be focusing on improving a process to reach a goal, knowing that your effort will benefit someone else, or from seeing the end result only as a cherry on top and not the whole dessert.

Ill use another example. Lets say you set a very specific squat goal with a definite deadline on when you need to hit that number. 315 by end of year or bust! With the external motivator being the 315 pound squat by December 31st, you set yourself up for either 100% success or 100% failure. Flip that perspective and say, I want to be as strong as I can be and to get there I am going to control all the variables I can, regardless of the number on the end I focus on the process of being consistent and giving my best effort each and every day. The shift in focus improves the longevity of your process and will make it easy to stay motivated for longer.

Internal motivation comes purely from an inner desire to be your best self, intense focus on the process of improvement, and on pride in knowing the effort you gave was your absolute best.

Now I want to be clear, getting compliments from others or setting goals are not bad things. They are in fact good things, when taken with the right perspective. The trick is seeing those things for what they are, finite elements reliant on external factors that we cannot control. If we can maintain our focus on the internal factors we can control, it makes the long processes more enjoyable, more fulfilling, and more realistic for long term improvements.

So where do you lie? What is your motivation? Be honest with yourself. You may need to take a step back and look big picture to see how your response to certain struggles and aspects of life is affected by external objects. Regardless of where youre at right now, stay focused on the process of being the best version of yourself. Thats all you can ask of yourself anyway.

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We all fall out of our workout routines on occasion, and getting back on the train is possible, but there are ways to ensure you will be successful.

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For many, it could be an injury that derails our fitness plan. It could be a vacation that took you out of your routine just long enough to end a habit you were only just beginning.

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn.-- Summer may have started with the best of intentions. Get outside, walk, run or maybe take up a new sport. Our dreams of finally getting into shape start to turn with the autumn leaves.

For many, it could be an injury that derails our fitness plan. It could be a vacation that took you out of your routine just long enough to end a habit you were only just beginning.

Life Time Fitness trainer Lindsay Ogden works with people at all stages of their fitness journey, and she boils it down to the three C's: Coaching, consistency and community.

Good coaching to determine where you are in your fitness journey and how to begin is a key step to creating a plan that's going to work for you.

Consistency speaks for itself. If you get into a schedule of activity, you are more likely to keep doing it.

Community simply means doing activities with people who can support you, and who are also committed to their own fitness journey. You are more likely to stick with your plan if others are expecting you to be there, and who also benefit from your support.

Ogden spoke about how Life Time's TEAM Burn is a program for people of all fitness levels to come together to encourage each other and learn how to meet their fitness goals. The classes incorporate body weight movements and interval-style cardio.

Ogden showed our KARE 11 Sunrise viewers three moves that are modified for beginners or someone who is coming back from a period of inactivity.

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A man has admitted carrying out the sexually motivated murder of a teenage college student in Greater Manchester.

Mark Buckley, 51, attacked 18-year-old Ellen Higginbottom before taking her laptop and mobile phone and leaving her for dead near a field close to Orrell water park in Wigan.

Higginbottom was reported missing after failing to return home from Winstanley College in Orrell on 16 June. Her body was found the next day. A postmortem examination confirmed she died from multiple neck wounds.

On Monday, Buckley, from Preston, Lancashire, pleaded guilty to the murder at Manchester crown court.

Mark Hayton QC, defending Buckley, asked the judge, David Stockdale QC, to adjourn the case until next week for sentencing.

Neil Fryman, prosecuting, told the court there was a sexual motivation for the murder and that it was premeditated.

David Steele, 47, of Billinge, appeared alongside Buckley charged with perverting the course of justice and handling stolen goods. He was not asked to enter a plea after an application by his lawyer, Brian McKenna. He will next appear in court on 6 October.

Two other defendants, Dean Speakman and his partner, Vicki Calland, both 30 and from Billinge, each pleaded guilty last month to a single charge of perverting the course of justice and handling stolen goods.

Both admitted they handled the mobile phone, laptop and other property belonging to Higginbottom and that they destroyed the property believing she had been murdered.

Stockdale remanded Buckley for sentencing on 14 September; Speakman and Calland will also be dealt with at this hearing.

After her murder, Higginbottoms family paid tribute to the psychology student, who loved animals and enjoyed cooking.

In a statement released at the time, they said Higginbottom had astonishingly reinvigorated her love of learning over the last few months after some difficult times and recalled her beauty, love and kindness.

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Now that Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed an education funding bill that gives the poorest school districts in Illinois more money, its tempting to think our education problems are solved.

After all, life will be a little easier for teachers working in the states most needy districts.

More money will pay for updated books.

More money will give students access to the latest technology.

And more money will ensure that more teachers can work in their areas of expertise.

But one thing that funding cant do is make up for a lack of motivation.

Motivation is what pushes students over the finish line even when they come from the poorest school districts.

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The same is true for adult learners.

Take Candace Walker. The 26-year-old single mom was stuck in a low-wage job in Little Rock, Arkansas, when she applied for the construction-carpentry program at Kennedy-Kings Dawson Technical Institute.

I wanted to learn how to build a house, Walker says. The way things were going for me working a minimum-wage job and not being able to save any money I knew I probably wouldnt be able to buy a house.

The most Ive ever made in my life was about $12 an hour, working in a Verizon Wireless call center.

An inspirational message in church got her to pack up her 5- and 7-year-old children and move to Chicago.

The pastor was preaching that we always say what we want to do and what would be better for us, Walker says. I decided to take a chance on life.

The construction-carpentry program ran 16 weeks. A company contracted to rehab public housing properties in Chicago hired her three days after she finished the course.

A year ago, Walker didnt know how to use a tape measure. Now, shes making $41.63 an hour.

I was the only girl in the class, but everything went really well, she says. It was an amazing experience.

Dawson Technical Institute has offered jobs training since 1968. In the past, it prepared students for careers in the culinary arts and health care. Today, its focus is construction technology careers.

Our students come from all walks of life and from different places, says interim dean Lucretzia Jamison. Our students come highly motivated because they are ready to work and to make money.

The program also covers welding, plumbing, concrete masonry, bricklaying and overhead lineman work. A gas utility workers program is offered in a partnership with Peoples Gas.

We have a pre-apprentice type setup that helps our students to connect with apprenticeships, Jamison says.

An apprenticeship provides on-the-job training. And apprentices are paid while they train to be journeymen. That normally takes a three- to five-year commitment.

What Dawson does is prepare our students to get in the door faster, Jamison says.

The construction-carpentry program changed Walkers life.

I cant explain the amount of joy that I have in my heart, she says. I know a trade. I know how to build. I know how to repair and remodel. They taught us how to read blueprints. And you can pretty much build anything if you can read a blueprint.

Her excitement is likely to be a positive influence on her children.

More than ever, CPS students need to bring the joy of learning into the classroom because they will start school under a microscope.

The bickering over education funding might be over, but people will have their eyes on every dime CPS spends.

Expectations are high.

Still, think CPS newly acquired funding guarantees better things for public school students.

The bulk of that burden is still on parents shoulders.

Unfortunately, many parents living in the poorest school districts cant motivate anyone because they are downtrodden. We expect them to volunteer, coach and be cheerleaders when they can barely get out of bed in the morning.

Walkers story offers some hope.

I had doubts about myself, she says. But the program let me know women can do pretty much anything.

Her achievement shows whether they do or they dont, its on us to push our children and ourselves when it comes to education.

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A man has pleaded guilty to the murder of 18-year-old Ellen Higginbottom, as reported bythe Guardian.

Mark Buckley, 51, attacked Ellen Higginbottom, stabbing her repeatedly in the neck, before taking her laptop and mobile phone and then leaving her for dead near a nature reserve in England.

Prosecutor Neil Fryman spoke to the court after Buckley entered his guilty plea.

There was a sexual motivation for this offense and also it was pre-meditated, he said.

In addition to Buckley, three other people have been charged with crimes related to Higginbottoms murder.Dean Speakman, 30, and his partner Vicki Calland, 30, each pleaded guilty last month to a single charge of perverting the course of justice and handling stolen goods. They handled the 18-year-olds laptop and phone after receiving knowledge that she had been murdered, according to Liverpool Echo.

The third person,David Steele, 47, faces similar charges but will not face a judge until October 6.

As previously reported by CrimeOnline, Higginbottom went missing in June after failing to come home from studying. After a thorough search, which included both law enforcement and members of the small community of Wigan, her body was discovered in a nature reserve. An autopsy later revealed that she died from multiple wounds to the neck. Her family remembers the 18-year-old for her beauty, love and kindness.

Her grieving boyfriend, Ryan Warren, posted a tribute on Facebook, as reported by The Sun.

Ellen, I loved you, we all loved you, sleep well and may we meet again. I am lost for words and lost without you, I miss you so much right now but I am humbled by the fact that I know you will be looking down on us all, he wrote. Thank you for everything nugget, love from your chicken.

Buckley will face sentencing next week, according to his defense attorney.

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