Nervous System Connection – The Brilliant Link Between the Brain and the Body

Ready, Signal, Fire: Nerve Supply
Every activity that your body performs is based on the activity of your nerve system. Whether it’s the rhythmic contractions of your heart and digestive systems, or the rhythm of your golf swing, the activity of your nerve system determines how your body functions. Your sensitive nerve system integrates the activity of every cell, tissue and organ system in your body.

The language of the nerve system is the signals that are sent across nerve fibers: the nerve impulse. In many ways, nerves act as bundles of wires that carry signals in order to transmit information. As each one of the nerve fibers in the bundle sends an impulse, or fires, a signal is transmitted so that your body is always acting in harmony. As nerve impulses reach their destination, the signals are like on/off switches that regulate and integrate every activity of your body.

The firing of nerve impulses strengthens and develops the pathways along which the impulses travel. In other words, repeating a phone number, or the motion of a free throw, strengthens the nerve pathway so that it is more powerful in the future. In this manner, nerve fibers create new pathways and reinforce existing ones to create the ability to learn, move, feel and think.

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Energy Is The Oxygen Of Civilization – (and the World is Suffocating)

Oxygen is vital for human existence. It allows the engine of life to function as it courses through out veins and feeds our cells. Our brain, heart and other organs die within minutes of their oxygen supply being interrupted. Oxygen is needed to get work done, whether that work is pumping blood, thinking, moving, digesting food or cleansing the blood. We cannot live without it. The body ceases to function without adequate oxygen.

Similarly, civilization requires its own form of oxygen in order to exist. Without its own form of oxygen work ceases, cities crumble and people live a hand-to-mouth existence. The oxygen of civilization is energy. That energy has come in various forms over the millennia. From oxen and horses used to assist in food production and transportation, to modern equivalents of combines and high-speed aircraft, energy in its various forms has both held societies together and allowed for more complex forms of societies to develop and grow.

In an examination of modern societies in a global context, it becomes apparent that energy stresses are increasing the aggressiveness of countries, trading blocks, rebel groups and private companies. As the quest for additional energy forces these groups into contact and confrontation with one another, the question must be asked:

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Learn How to Take Good Digital Photographs

So you have a brand new digital camera and you want to make use of it to take professional like shots instead of the routine ones! I will tell you that it is a very good idea. It can give you hours of fun, exercise and something to boast of in front of friends, family and your office colleagues. Did I say exercise? Well, yes. You see you need to move about the muscles of your brain and your body a bit to get good shots. But do not be put down. Put a little effort and you will see your shots turning pro.

Learn to hold your camera properly. Hold the camera as still as possible and steady especially in poor light or in shots of fast objects like sports cars and moving animals. The best solution is always to use a tripod in such situations but it is not always possible. There may not be enough room to place one.

Hold the camera as close to the body as possible even when viewing through the LCD and keep your elbows tucked in. In shots where the shutter will be open for a longish time like in low light try drawing in breath and holding it. Right handed people hold the camera with your right hand with the thumb supporting the back, the forefinger lightly placed on the shutter and the other fingers curled around the right side and clasped to the front firmly but not too tightly.

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