HUMAN BODY ANATOMY PICTURES

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TAI JUTSU – Natural Movement Heritage
Hatsumi Sensei began our instruction in Amatsu principles by explaining two
important fundamental concepts. He explained that the study of Gairon and Tai Jutsu
were connected and vital to our ability to receive his teaching. Without understanding
these principles, we could not continue.
Gairon is the underpinning or foundation of Amatsu. He describes this essence as
sensing the interconnectedness of all things in the universe. Gairon also interprets as
seeing the whole picture and its thread in any given situation.
“Gaia the Greek goddess of the earth.” “The relationship between the
biosphere and Gaia is like that between your body and you. The biosphere is
the three dimensional geographic region where living organisms exist. Gaia is
the super organism composed of all life tightly coupled with the air, the oceans
and the surface locks.” Lovelock, J. GAIA A New look at life on Earth.
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Tai Jutsu is more than just a skill or body movement, it is a feeling, an essence born
from nature.
He explained to us that without Tai Jutsu (Natural Movement), then nothing would
exist in the universe. This applies to weather patterns, water flow, opening of flowers
and human development.
The Hichi Buko Goshin Jutsu tradition holds the secret of the opening of flowers, the
very essence of life on our planet.
Victor Schauberger a natural scientist describes it in the following way:
“Were water actually what hydrologist deem it to be – a chemically-inert
substance-then a long time ago there would already have been no water and no
life on this Earth. I regard water as the blood of the Earth. Its internal
process, while not identical to that of our blood, is nonetheless very similar. It
is this process that gives water its movement. I would compare this inner
motion, the origin of all possible physical movement, to that of a blossoming
flower bud. As it unfolds, it creates a vortex-like crown of petals, in the centre
and at the end of which stands the true secret of motion-life in statu nascendi,
in the form of a concentration of movement”.
Viktor Schauberger
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Hi Chi Buko Goshin Jutsu
The school of the secret of the opening flower. The secret of the opening flower is the
interplay of nature’s forces of compression and tension in a state of equilibrium. The
expression of the opening of the flower is the bias of the dynamic power of tension
from within and the interplay of compression from without, giving form to the flower.
In the coming into being as form, the tension inside the flower overcomes the
compression of gravity and external force keeping it as a bud. As with all three
dimensional form being part of the Kyu Jutsu cycle of 50/50 balance (a concept of
balance between insubstantial and substantial form existing as one entity.) Being in
form is the footprint of its past and the precursor of its eventual degeneration. This is
the Ko/Ku cycle of birth/death creation and destruction of earthly form.

Victor Schauberger a natural scientist in the 1930’s describes this form from a watery
origin as our very metamorphis, the coming into being of form.
The form that evolves from the metamorphis of water is built from its liquid prestress
intelligence. Biological structures come into form from a liquid or water origin with a
prestress intelligence to withstand the stresses of compression and tension. As life on
earth, this can manifest as life in air with gravity or underwater depending on its
ecological circumstances.

This ease of evolvement in nature follows the concept of doing more with less known
as “ephemerialisation”. From these origins, any evolvement can be explained through
the science now known as Biotensegrity.

Dr. Stephen Levin’s research in Biotensegrity holds the view that the body is a
tensegrity truss system with tension members provided by a matrix of connective
tissues, ligaments, muscles, blood vessels, nerves and fascia.
In this model, the bones are considered as spacers, not weight bearers along with
incompressible fluids giving shape and form to a soft tissue entity.
In keeping with this theory of the body being a soft tissue continuum, Hatsumi Sensei
demonstrated to us the concept of a one point therapeutic protocol. This was possible
because of the principle of Gairon utilising the interconnectedness of all the biological
structures of our bodies.

“The continuity or global interconnectedness of the living matrix is essential
to the understanding of the body and the role of energetics in health and
disease”. Oschman, J. Energy Medicine (P232)
He taught us that to apply pressure on one point affected all parts and explained that
with the body movement “Tai Jutsu” you were able to follow the torsional directions
of vulnerable or damaged tissue. He explained that these points of interaction were
known as Kyusho, where change at one point had a critical effect on the whole.
Water in its structured form is enclosed in the body in fascial compartments. It helps
to provide shock absorption and holds shape of a tissue. The different densities of
liquids contribute to their form as either a sol or gel.
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Therefore, as we move from liquid state to a denser tissue determines how the tissue
reacts. This effect carries on through all tissues from fascia to bone.
To begin to understand how these concepts relate to Amatsu and natural movement
power we need to gain an understanding and awareness of the natural flow of energy
and the forces of nature, both on a tangible and intangible level.
In the cycle of precipitation, water falls from the clouds in the form of rain or snow
and eventually finds its way back to the sea. Water falls from the sky and flows
downhill due to the force of gravity. Once in the sea, water rises in the form of
vapour overcoming gravity via evaporation. As it moves, it forms clouds, which are
then driven, back over land where the process starts all over again.
This cycle involves FU (wind), SUI (water) and the natural forces and energies of
gravity and heat. This is a natural example of the interaction of wind and water
following the laws of attraction and minimal energy.

When we choose to ignore nature or work against it, the consequences can be both
unhealthy and energy consuming.
In modernised society, people sit, walk, drive and work in mechanically orientated
patterns. Even in sports you see repetitive and biased movement sequences. This
leads to many postural and musculo-skeletal strain patterns in the body.
Many occupations give rise to repetitive strain injuries that bring pain and
incompetence to our bodies.
Natural movement strategies are low energy consuming, omni directional, flexible
and simple.
To come to an understanding of natural movement principles we need to look at
available scientific data.
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Our role as therapists examining Ampuka (organ ecology) is to identify these
restrictions and their anatomical implications. From their organ sites, we can follow
lines of tension involvement to come to an understanding of their symptomatic and
anatomico-physiological patterns.
This helps to understand cause/effect factors and possible postural biases contributing
to a given pathology.
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Standard methods of evaluating the body were based on Newtonian physics but this
model does not fit our upright bipedal movement against gravity.
Newtonian physics can measure and calculate the strength of structures and the
stresses they become subject to.
In the construction of buildings, especially tall structures, gravity plays a big part in
their stability. The downward compressive force of gravity holds the structure in
place.
This works well until you want to add a horizontal structure to the upright one. This
horizontal structure adds a shear stress to the building and requires reinforcement.
Any additional stresses due to wind or earth tremor complicate the system even
further.
It’s estimated that if the human frame were constructed according to these rules, the
head would be too heavy for the spine to handle. All this before we even begin to
move in three-dimensional space.
Unfortunately, the body is still reviewed and described in outmoded mechanical
anatomical terms. Until the concept of Biotensegrity, the laws describing anatomical
movement were according to Newtonian principles.
Gravity Creates Stability Shear Stress
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In a tensegrity structure, compression elements float in the interspace of the tension
wires. In the body, this would relate to the vertebrae in the spine. Each subsystem
(vertebrae, disc and soft tissue) would be a subsystem of the spines meta system, like
the beehive analogy.
When viewed in this way you can understand their role in balancing tension and
compression when stress is applied to the human frame. Extracts from ‘Spine’ state
of the Art Reviews Vol , No 2, May 1995, Hanley and Belfast, Philadelphia, Ed
Thomas Deman M.D
Loads applied to the body distribute their pressure through the network of tension
elements to create a balance. Even a pressure load to a small bone will distribute the
load through the whole system.
A natural movement strategy in tensegrity truss architectural form is the closest
explanation of nature’s laws at work in the human frame.
Human beings are the only creatures that need to be taught to more naturally.
Hatsumi Lectures 1995

This bio tensegrity makes the art of upright walking against gravities compression an
effortless act for the human. In Newtonian principles when we walk the meta tarso
pharangeal junction is described as a fulcrum for the whole body weight to project
itself forward in a step.
In a lever system you can only pull down. Muscles when they contract in the body
can only pull us downward. Therefore when the small muscles in the feet contract the
downward pull generated cannot give enough power for a lever such as the meta tarso
pharyngeal joint.
This puts a whole new complexion on the natural movement principles that Hatsumi
explained to us.
Bones floating in a compression, tension network can form into trusses and extend out
from the body like a bridge. This makes the body a weight mover not a weight
bearer. So in walking and especially when your on one leg, the balanced tension
maintains the integrity. “Hatsumi says that you must learn to float in your walk”
Hatsumi (2003).

Dr. Stephen Levin in his research of Biotensegrity has studied the pelvis and its
ligamentous arrangement and likened it to a spoked wheel. The pelvis remains
balanced to forces acting both from above and below with long levers. Even the act
of standing on one leg does not compromise this structure of support.
Viewed from the front the pelvis can be likened to the same bicycle wheel analogy.
Diagrams with kind permission of
Dr. Stephen Levin
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If you imagine the bicycles wheel as being twisted it forms a leminiscate giving rise
to the paired innominate bones. The sacrum still in the centre is represented by the
hub. The tensegrity across such a structure gives omni directional stability and
power.
Even the balance of the sacrum between the two iliac bones is supported by soft tissue
elements.
To liken the pelvis to an arch suggests that the sacrum is fixed like a locking stone in
a Roman arch or flying buttress.

Form Fit Force Fit
This would require either a form fit or a force fit to secure it in place. Both of these
methods require a lot of friction and are not omni directional flexible and low energy
systems.
The boot mechanism of the sacrum is covered with a slippery surface making form fit
or force fit impractical.
The sacrum actually hangs in front of the pelvis and the angle would simple fall
forward. The tiny movements possible at the boot mechanism articulation also follow
a leminiscate pattern and mirror the pelvic analogy to a twisted bicycle wheel.
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These movements can only be made possible in a tensegrous truss system. Levin. S,
(2005).
The ligaments and soft tissues are “constructed with soft visceoelastic
materials that behave non linearly” Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and
Biology Vol 2,3 and 4, 375-388 World Scientific Publishing Co.
The difference between a mechanical structure and a human in motion is this nonlinear
flexibility of choice in movement.
“In Newtonian physics a four dimensional universe is often described as a
giant clockworks in three dimensional space manifesting linear processes in
time” Power Vs Force D, Hawkins. (2002)
In other words, movement of a structure is determined by a concept of causality.
One-step sequentially leading to the next in mechanical formation.
The human frame is not ruled by this concept and is capable of nondeterministic,
omni directional change inside of movements. This is like changing the formation of
a step when you realise you are going to trip
In the mechanical structure, movement can be created by a cogged mechanism. With
cogs of different sizes and working at different speeds, movement can be created to
drive machines. For example, smaller cogs influencing larger wheels can drive a
windmill.
In any system like this, there is a critical point where a small force exerted on one of
the cogs could exert the greatest effect on all the cogs.
In the human biological frame these critical points also exist, how many of us have
tripped over a stone? One critical point can affect the whole of our mechanism
Critical Point Even a toothpick could grind the mechanism to a halt
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because of the interconnectedness of our tensegrity members in the soft tissues of the
body.
In the human body, there are many anatomical vulnerable sites where a small force
can exert considerable damage, even death. In budo warrior craft, these points were
studied to gain victory in a fight situation. Even when a person wears armour,
vulnerable places are left exposed at the expense of movement.
Hatsumi teaches the vulnerability of these critical points in the body in his lessons on
Budo. In Japanese, they are called Kyusho and the Kanji or Japanese ideogram for
the word critical is interpreted as meaning danger or opportunity.
In the medicine Hatsumi taught us, he demonstrated the potential opportunity for
these Kyusho to bring about wellness in the body.
By observing motion of a person as they walk he can determine which tensegrity lines
of the soft tissues are compromised. On evaluation, our Orthopaedic tests and muscle
tests verify these findings in a clinical setting.
By applying, a pressure to the compromised Kyusho with an omni directional
flexibility that is delivered by his bodies Tai Jutsu, (Natural Movement) he releases
the critical point.
This pressure does not act locally on the tissue or follow a specific anatomical route
along muscles or fascia. It follows to the depth of the tissue change and can act in a
non-linear dynamic way that matches the tension/compression changes to the
damaged tissue. This is brought about by the ability to palpate deeply into tissue
without force feedback being a resistant force.

Scientific research by Oshman, J. in 1990 has shown that pressure applied to tissue
can affect the viscosity turning a sol back to gel. This has the effect of reducing a
restriction to a moveable structure instantly.
Hatsumi Sensei explained to us, thousands of years ago before pathology of organs
was understood; Ampuka relied totally on tactile feelings. The natural ability derived
from natural movement allows you to follow the directional pathway of a restriction
and angle your thumb to become a fulcrum for change.
In the art of Shinden, he told us that our energy or intent must come from the heart to
our thumb to instigate the change. My initial understanding of this concept was to be
sincere and benevolent or your intent to initiate healing in the client.
This omni directional palpation is described by him as a feeling from the heart of man
and described in an ideogram calligraphy he drew for me.
“Shin Kokoro Kara Ose”
Press from your heart to your thumb.

Although this is important, more recent research has demonstrated that the heart is the
main generator of electricity in the body in the form of energy. Science also tells us
that energy can neither be created nor destroyed, only converted.
This heart feel is the essence of Shin Den applied through the fingers of the therapist
to the critical point requiring this energy conversion. Your touch can actually inject a
behavioural message or intent into the restricted tissue to help disassemble lesion
patterns.
You can create instantaneous elicitation in tissue through the connective tissue matrix.
Your anatomical, functional and palpatory assessments allow for both a precise yet
global pressure technique.

The is the key to the Heritage of Hatsumi’s lineage of knowledge applied as a therapy.
The essence of Amatsu is to be able to detect and influence these Kyusho to bring
about change in the bodies physiology.
The science of Biotensegrity can demonstrate the dynamic and potentials of this
approach to a natural therapy. This approach has been protected and handed down as
a lineage for three thousand years.

“To know the patterns is subtle power. The subtle power moves all things and
has no name.” Hawkins. D, Power Vs Force (2002)
A ninja’s duty is surely to sneak into the world of science and ensure that it is
the servant, not the master. Hatsumi (2004) Way of the Ninja p127
Hatsumi Sensei has now passed this feeling and philosophy on to us as a heritage to
help mankind.

I have studied many systems that employ soft tissues for release of anatomical lesions.
Massage, soft tissue manipulation and ligamentous articular balancing all employ soft
tissues and ligaments in altering the pulls or stress patterns in the body.
The unique approach of Amatsu in utilising body positioning behind the contact point
makes it a powerful and dynamic method of correction.
He explained to us that techniques are born from the circumstances of the situation.
He summed it up with the following statement:

“The spirit and feeling of a technique are more important than the mechanical
ways to achieve it”. Hatsumi Lectures.
He told us that without this skill you are only pressing, in Japanese this is called a
Shiatsu, to finger press.

Its Tai Jutsu and your feeling that differentiate it from pressing to being therapeutic.
You must be able to palpate deeply and influence the directional route of the lesion.
This is the ageless heritage that brings the wellness from the person.
Takamatsu sensei: “if people remain healthy throughout their life, are
right-minded and neither rush nor are late in their actions, the natural
result is a ticket to paradise, and this also becomes a way for joining
together and uniting”

In the visceral approach, you are focussing on the tension of fascia around the organs.
We need to integrate the concept of one point approach to a tensegrous structure
changing sol to gel in the tissue matrix.
Your tactile evaluation around the anatomical location of the organs can also
determine the pulls that influence the organ restriction. With this information, you can follow lines of tension to identify other structures in the lesion stack. This helps
to identify the priority structure creating the problem. At this site or Kyusho your one
point contact, angle and body movement can create the fulcrum to dissipate the lesion
stack.

Once our anatomy and Tai Jutsu are developed, the skill you develop is addressed in
Hatsumi’s words: UNDERSTAND, GOOD, PLAY!
The Scientist knows that in the history of ideas, magic always precedes
science, that the intuition of phenomena anticipates their objective knowledge.
Gauguelin 1974.

In every culture and in every medical tradition before ours, healing was
accomplished by moving energy. Albert Szent-GyÖrgyi (1960)
Pictogram of “Nin” by Massaki Hatsumi.
Translate to mean, “To endure, to persevere.”

BIBLOGRAPHY:

Castaneda, Carlos. Readers of Infinity

Deman, Thomas. M.D. Spine state of the Art reviews.

Gaugeulin

Gyorgyi, Szent. Albert

Hatsumi. M, Dr. The Way of the Ninja

Hawkins, David R., 1995 Power vs Force

Lovelock, J. 1979 GAIA New look at life on earth.

Oshman, J. 2000 Energy Medicine, The Scientific Basis.

Schauberger,. Victor.

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All of the above are tensegrous strut structures.
Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.

©Copyright Dennis Bartram November 2004 Updated April 2005

Here are some suggestions for improving your online experience.

1) Investigate creative learning techniques.

These are techniques that make you think a little more and dig a little deeper while studying. Google creative learning and creative studying and see what you find.

Here are a few suggestions:

a) Free association: Think of what organs, tissues, bones, etc. remind you of. If you can remember how that part of the body is used to do something humorous or sexual you won't forget where it is or what it is.

b) Make flash cards but instead of just memorizing the words, place them into groups of things that go together, be it because they are part of the same system or physiological pathway or are related to the same illness. Try grouping them in different ways.

c) Practice explaining what you are learning as if a middle school age kid would have to understand it. This will help you simplify it and remember what are the most important facts or steps.

d) Approach your study as if every bit of it is fascinating and the potential for a great story. Think of what movie star the pancreas would be, what kind of clothes the lungs would wear, which bone would prefer to be joined to a different bone and why. Sounds silly, but if you add humor and interest to studying, you will have more fun and retain more.

e) Use the arts. Make collages of pictures of what you are studying. Draw lines linking them with an explanation of the connection written on the line. Look for music or poetry about your topic. Write your own! Pretend different parts or organs are people and write scripts for them to interact with nearby parts or organs.

2) Schedule your study time.

Just because the professor isn't looking at you, it doesn't mean they won't know whether you are studying or not, listening or not or actually sitting in front of your computer or not. They'll know by your work and your grades.

3) Create a study group.

Hook up with other students via your professor or by posting notices near the classrooms where A&P lecture is taught. You may well be required to attend a traditional lab setting once a week for the laboratory portion of your class and that will offer lots of opportunities to meet potential study partners.

4) Use the Internet.

Try Googling a body system, part or disease. Look for websites with interactive games and quizzes. You can also find videos of animations and lectures on YouTube.

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However, the claim of a transition from water to land is no more than a dream, because the physiological gulfs between terrestrial animals and fish cannot be overcome by any of the fictitious mechanisms of the theory of evolution. The latest attempt to make Tiktaalik roseae fit this scenario, which is supported out of blind devotion to the theory of evolution and rests on no scientific evidence whatsoever, is based on preconceptions and intentional misinterpretation. The facts the Darwinist media have concealed in their Tiktaalik roseae propaganda are set out below.

Tiktaalik roseae: A mosaic life form which is no evidence for evolution

There are three well-preserved fossil specimens of Tiktaalik roseae. Some 3 meters long, the creature exhibits various mosaic characteristics. (Mosaic life forms contain features belonging to different groups of life forms.) As in fish, it has fins and scales. Features such as its flat head, mobile neck and relatively powerful rib structure are found in terrestrial animals. The creature, whose name is derived from the Inuit language Inuktitut and means "a large, shallow-water fish," also has bones in its pectoral fins. Evolutionists distort these mosaic properties according to their own preconceptions and maintain that the animal is a transitional form between fish and terrestrial life forms.

Mosaic life forms, however, are very far from being the intermediate forms required by the theory of evolution. The present-day Platypus that lives in Australia, for instance, is a mosaic creature that possesses mammalian, reptilian and avian features at one and the same time. But nothing about it constitutes any evidence for the theory of evolution. Mosaic life forms are not what evolutionists need to find in order to back up their claims; they need to find "intermediate forms," which would have to be with deficient, only half-formed and not fully functional organs. Yet every one of the organs possessed by mosaic creatures is complete and flawless. They have no semi-developed organs, and there are no fossil series that can be proposed as evidence that they evolved from some other life forms.

The theory of evolution hypothesizes that a process based on random mutations, in other words on chance, took place. According to this claim, the millions of living species on Earth must have evolved from a vast number of intermediate forms, all subjected to chance mutations, and as a result had deformed, abnormal structures, and the fossils of these so-called intermediate forms should have been found. To put it another way, the fossil record should be overflowing with the remains of life forms that can only be described as freaks of nature. However, this is known not to be the case. When species emerge, they do so suddenly, with all their distinguishing features fully developed, and with no series of freaks among them. In his 1999 book Fossils and Evolution, Tom Kemp, curator of Zoological Collections at the Oxford University Museum, describes the position as follows:

In virtually all cases a new taxon appears for the first time in the fossil record with most definitive features already present, and practically no known stem-group forms. (Tom Kemp, Fossils and Evolution, Oxford University, Oxford University Press, 1999, p. 246)

The general picture concealed by evolutionists

Evolutionists attempt to give the impression that fossils actually support the idea of evolution. Yet the "missing link" concept is one that has been invented solely in the light of the needs of the theory of evolution and has no counterpart in the fossil record itself. The lack of fossil links alleged to connect species to one another has been known ever since Darwin's time. Excavations by paleontologists since Darwin's day have also failed to resolve this situation, which represents such a grave impasse for the theory of evolution and, on the contrary, have further confirmed the absence of any missing links among living groups.

E. R. Leach, author of the book Rethinking Anthropology, wrote this in his article in Nature:

Missing links in the sequence of fossil evidence were a worry to Darwin. He felt sure they would eventually turn up, but they are still missing and seem likely to remain so. (E. R. Leach; Nature, 293: 19, 1981)

A. S. Romer, one of the most eminent paleontologists of his time, said this on the subject:

"Links" are missing just where we most fervently desire them [to point to a transition between species] and it is all too probable that many "links" will continue to be missing. (A. S. Romer, in Genetics, Paleontology and Evolution, 1963, p. 114)

David B. Kitts, professor of geology and the history of science at the University of Oklahoma admits the absence of the intermediate forms required by the theory of evolution:

Evolution requires intermediate forms between species and paleontology does not provide them. (David B. Kitts, "Paleontology and Evolutionary Theory," Evolution, Vol. 28, September 1974, p. 467)

The picture that emerges from the fossil record is completely compatible with creation. The record reveals that living things appeared suddenly and lived for long periods of time without undergoing any change at all. These facts can clearly be seen in an evaluation of evolution's fossil impasse by the American paleontologist R. Wesson in his 1991 book Beyond Natural Selection. Stating that the gaps in the record are real, Wesson goes on to say that the absence of a record of any evolutionary branching is quite phenomenal. Species are usually static for long periods. Species and genera never show evolution into new species or genera but are replaced by another, and change is usually abrupt. (R. Wesson, Beyond Natural Selection, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1991, p. 45)

Some 250,000 fossil species have been collected to date, and there is absolutely no trace of intermediate forms in any of them. Evolutionists are behaving irrationally and unscientifically by ignoring this and embarking on campaigns of missing link propaganda.

The Error of Biological Inference from Skeletal Remains

When the bodies of vertebrates are fossilized, they generally leave no remains behind apart from bones. However, bones leave traces of only a very limited part of vertebrate biology, about 1%. When evolutionists begin interpreting the fossil remains of an organism, most of the information about its biology has been lost. Evolutionists, with almost no information concerning the organism's soft tissue biology "fill" the gap in their knowledge according to the demands of the theory of evolution, which they have adopted as a dogma long beforehand.

The intermediate form claims that evolutionists produce solely by looking at bones is no more than vague conjecture. In his book Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, the molecular biologist Michael Denton makes the situation very clear:

Because soft biology of extinct groups can never be known with any certainty then obviously the status of even the most convincing intermediates is bound to be insecure. (Michael Denton, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, Burnett Books: London, 1985, p. 180)

Even the most convincing appearing intermediate forms for evolutionists can subsequently let them down very badly. One excellent example of this is the Coelacanth phenomenon.

Sensational reports show that evolutionists have learned nothing from the Coelacanth phenomenon

As with the latest fossil Tiktaalik roseae, the Coelacanth is a fish that evolutionists once fondly imagined to be a missing link in the transition from water to land. Evolutionists examined 400-million-year-old fossil Coelacanths, which was once believed to be extinct, and drew a number of evolutionary conclusions from the remains. For example, they maintained that the bony structures in its fins were feet that helped the animal walk across the sea floor, and they also claimed that it possessed primitive lungs. The important point here is this: All these assumptions were made in the absence of any information about the Coelacanth's soft tissue biology.

The erroneous nature of producing evolutionary fantasies in the absence of any information about the animal's soft tissues emerged following an important discovery in 1938. A living Coelacanth was caught, showing that it was not, as had previously been thought, an extinct life form at all. Furthermore, many more living specimens were caught in subsequent years. Evolutionists immediately set about examining the fish's anatomy and way of moving in its natural environment, and saw that the missing link assumptions they had ascribed to it were completely incorrect. The fish, which they had assumed to live in shallow waters and to move by crawling over the seabed, actually lived at depths of around 180 meters, and they also observed that its fins never made contact with the seabed at all. The structure they imagined to be an evolving lung turned out to be a fat-filled swim bladder that had nothing to do with respiration whatsoever.

The realization that the Coelacanth, which had once seemed such a convincing-looking intermediate form for evolutionists, was just an ordinary species of fish clearly shows that the intermediate form claim being made about this latest fossil is also based entirely on uncertainties and speculation, because it, too, is based on imaginative interpretation of soft tissues from the fossilized remains of an extinct life form. In short, the ongoing propaganda through the media is based on nothing more than the exaggeration of scientifically vague information in the light of evolutionist dreams.

Evolutionists' missing link propaganda actually works against their own claims

Whenever a discovery is depicted as a missing link, the evolutionist media always give the impression that a most extraordinary finding has been made, whereas this actually conflicts with their claims regarding the truth of evolution.

Were the theory of evolution true, then the geological strata would be full of fossil intermediates, and their numbers would be far greater than that of all the species living today or that ever lived in the past. Therefore, the discovery of missing links would be such a routine matter that it would have no news value at all.

Alternatively, if, as evolutionists claim, there were as much evidence for evolution as there is for the force of gravity, then reporting on missing link discoveries would be as nonsensical as reporting on a stone thrown into the air falling back to the ground. In the same way that we would regard a news report along the lines of "We threw a stone into the air and it actually fell back to Earth" as utterly insignificant, so we would regard reports reading "Paleontologists have discovered a new missing link" as equally insignificant. In short, if evolution were a "fact," there would be no need for any missing link propaganda at all.

The evolutionary series in which Tiktaalik roseae has been placed is based solely on preconception

One can see in some newspapers that the latest fossil has been inserted as an intermediate form between Acanthostega and Eusthenopteron. By doing this, evolutionists are seeking to give the impression that the fossil record supports evolutionary transitions and that the evidence for this is mounting up with every passing day. The fact is though that these series represent no evidence that the organisms in question evolved at all. For example, laying out a row of screwdrivers in order of size does not show that they are all descended from one another.

In fact there is no known evolutionary line of descent from Eusthenopteron to Tiktaalik roseae or from Tiktaalik roseae to Acanthostega. These life forms are separated from one another by morphological gulfs based on profound differences and millions of years of time. Evolutionists reveal only their own prejudices with the series into which they place Tiktaalik roseae. Henry Gee, editor of the journal Nature and also a paleontologist, admits that "missing links" and evolutionary series are the work of preconceptions:

New fossil discoveries are fitted into this pre-existing story. We call these new discoveries "missing links", as if the chain of ancestry and descent were a real object for our contemplation, and not what it really is: a completely human invention created after the fact, shaped to accord with human prejudices. . . . Each fossil represents an isolated point, with no knowable connection to any other given fossil, and all float around in an overwhelming sea of gaps. (Henry Gee, In Search of Deep Time, Beyond the Fossil Record to a New History of Life, p. 32)

(For information on the invalidity of evolutionist claims regarding Acanthostega and Eusthenopteron see, http://www.darwinismrefuted.com/natural_history_1_07.html)

The myth of the transition from water to land: an illusory and dogmatic claim

The theory of evolution maintains that change in living things is based on the selection of beneficial differences among those produced by random mutations. However, it is a known fact that mutations have no power to cause anything to evolve by adding new information to living things' DNA. Mutations damage the genetic information in living things' DNA, producing effects that leave them deformed or dead. That is because the DNA sequences are exceedingly sensitive, and the effect on these of any mutation based on chance can only be harmful. For example, no random changes to the letters comprising a manual for an electronic device will turn it into a novel; it will merely damage the information in that manual. In the same way, it is totally impossible for mutations in a fish's DNA to acquire it a powerful skeletal structure capable of weight-bearing, to construct temperature regulating systems or systems for the use of water (involving such a complex organ as the kidney), or to cause gills to turn into lungs.

It is clear that if a fish does not undergo rapid change in different ways, such as in terms of its respiratory system, excretory mechanism and skeletal structure, it will inevitably die. Such a chain of mutations must take place that it must immediately acquire the fish a lung, turn its fins into legs, add a kidney onto it, and provide its skin with a water retaining structure. Systems of such vital importance to the animal either have to change instantaneously, or else not at all. Such a change is impossible through evolution, which is proposed as a chance-based and aimless process. Any rationally thinking person can see that the only possible explanation is to accept that fish and terrestrial life forms were created independently.

In short, the scenario of a "transition from water to land" is at a complete dead-end. Evolutionists have no consistent fossil evidence they can point to. In her book Vertebrate History: Problems in Evolution, the evolutionist paleontologist Barbara J. Stahl writes:

. . . [N]one of the known fishes is thought to be directly ancestral to the earliest land vertebrates. Most of them lived after the first amphibians appeared, and those that came before show no evidence of developing the stout limbs and ribs that characterized the tetrapods." (Barbara J. Stahl, Vertebrate History: Problems in Evolution, Dover, 1985, p. 148)

Conclusion: Evolutionists have to realize they will never get anywhere with outmoded propaganda techniques left over from Adolf Hitler

As has been demonstrated, the "missing link" notion is an unscientific one with no factual counterpart in the fossil record and used solely because of the requirements of the theory of evolution. The way that the Darwinist media cling so strongly to the idea is a method they resort to in order to spread their own ideologies among the public. Evolutionists have no evidence with which to spread their theory, which is the greatest scientific deception in history. All they can do in the face of the collapse, one by one, of such fossils as the Coelacanth and Archaeopteryx, and equine series once defended as evidences of evolution, consists of frequently and loudly ensuring that the missing link fraud is kept on the public agenda.

All these endeavors are a propaganda technique, as described in the Nazi leader Adolf Hitler's statement that a lie would be believed by many if repeated loudly and often enough.

Evolutionists must accept the fact that paleontology demolishes their theory, and must realize that constantly repeating their missing link tales will not alter the fact in the slightest.

The human body's height is about 7.5 heads high but kids have much larger heads in proportion to their body and this depends on their age. There is a difference in gender, women are slightly elongated in the leg department and men have broader shoulders with narrower hips. If you are drawing cartoons, any of these forms and proportions can be exaggerated for great effect.

The skeleton is the real basic structure of the body including animals. Over 200 bones connected by muscle and sinew - unless your spinal column has been fused a few times. Not all animals have bones and those mammals that do are varied in number.

In the 20th Century there have been several well-known anatomy teachers of human and animal forms. Burne Hogarth and George Bridgeman were masters of life drawing with their intimate knowledge of anatomy. They are worth studying. Their personal contribution to American art is exemplary.

Both theses masters built their forms using interlocking "blocks" to show the "volume" and depth. Adopting this method allows you to make your figures three-dimensional or, as Hogarth states, "Puts the form into deep space" giving it individuality. Also this will enable you to foreshorten by adding the correct perspective.

Using the block method has a drawback for the beginner in that it will lack life even with the correct perspective. It will also be void of spontaneity and individuality which is really what you might call comatose or dead. Your aim should be to create an emotive quality, in other words you have to communicate to your target audience these qualities, otherwise it is just another dull poster.

How do you put life into your drawings? It will develop with a lot of practice but the emotional quality only comes from within you, spiritually. It is basically having a mental image picture of the form you are drawing in front of you and "feeling" the form. It is the opposite of what Bridgeman called "being too tight" and so your approach should be fast and lose to obtain results that will have an emotional impact on your audience.

How to Guarantee the Successful Start Up of Your Career as a Radiology Technician?

In order to be a success and not to waste your time and hard-earned money, any prospective persons with the ambition to start a self-fulfilling and promising career in radiology technician specialization should realize a couple of things of the critical importance for career success. In the first place, such an aspiring person should get clear realization of what the radiology technician responsibilities actually involve. You should better start from the information freely available at the online sites of radiology technician schools. Do not waste time, do some careful investigation into this business. As a result, you will be able to get a pretty comprehensive picture of what keeps an average radiology specialists busy every typical day of his of her professional activities.

Basically, the responsibilities of a typical radiology technician include taking x-rays shots of different parts of the people's anatomy. Those shots (or scans, as they sometimes referred to) are essential to assist the doctor with the right diagnosis. As you can surely understand, the role played by the correct diagnosis is critical for the appropriate treatment options.

Any good professional radiology technicians has to prepare the patients for x-ray procedure, explaining its basics, and then positioning the patient in such a way so the x-ray scan will produce images of the optimal quality. The technician should take care that a patient removes all of the jewelry and other objects that might impede the successful scanning procedure etc. The ability to adjust the equipment according to bodily measurements of the patient is also a part of the technician's expertise. In this way the technician will be able to get the best image.

As you know, the x-rays are a kind of harmful radiation that can have serious diverse after-effects for a careless radiology technician. That means that they should be trained in safety procedures and regulations of their profession, and strictly adhere to them in their practice, otherwise they should forget about happy and rewarding career in health care industry. Also they should be able to work with various high tech pieces of equipment besides the ordinary x-ray apparatus, for instance, when making CT scans and MRI scans. For special cases the patients should drink special concoction for fluoroscope scanning, and that is also covered by a radiology technician responsibilities range.

You can see that the radiology technician's responsibilities are not easy, very often they require moving around the premises quite a lot, spending most of their day on their feet. In other cases some travelling around with all of their equipment can be of necessity, in order to shot the images at a patient's bedside, when a patient cannot be moved to the specialized premises.

Before making any commitments and applying for an admission at a radiology technician school, you should better get the clear realization if this field of health care specialization is, so to say, quite your cup of tea. If you want to be a success you should be able to like what you do for a living. In such a case your career would be not only rewarding, but self-fulfilling and noble.

Why is a Career in Radiology Progressively Gaining in Popularity among Prospective Students?

Yes, that is true; the schools are experiencing growing demand for radiology specialists training. There are several reasons for this boost, one of which is the great expectation for the employment prospects of health care technicians in the foreseeable future. The national economy was rocked and taken back with the economy recession. Still, some segments and industries are doing well, and the health care is one of them. The ambitious guys entering the medical industry do not find any problems with finding attractive jobs with excellent wages, even for entry-level positions. And those positions could be found all over the nation, so relocation is never a big problem for spouses! As for the employment prospects for the future - they are great. The demand for health care technicians in general, and radiology techs in particular, is expected only to increase - the more people come to be around because of the population growth, the more good professionals will be required to provide all the necessary health care services for them!

Having understood the nature of typical responsibilities of a radiology technician and their professional requirements, you should realize that such a profession opens ways to success for people with both technological and visual skills. Another requirement of critical importance would be a solid background in science. So, a student hoping to pursue this field of professional specialization should look for training program with a strong coursework in natural sciences. Another coursework of tremendous help for aspiring and ambitious radiology technicians should include anatomy (a radiology tech should get well-familiar with the inside machinery of a human body) as well as pathology, radiation exposure, positioning, as well as ethics and law course - you are going to operate inside a hospital environment, you should be prepared to find your ways inside the complex organism of a modern, highly dynamic health care industry establishment!

As a rule, the radiology technician schools offer 24-month training programs, enabling their students to graduate with an associate's degree. For people who have managed already to obtain some positions in the health care industry, there is a shortened, one year-long course. Upon the successful completion you can get the accredited certification. But the particulars depend on the specific requirements of your state of residence. For continuing educations a four-year master's degree is also offered for those with Inclination for academic excellence and better career advantages in future!

How to Tell if the Training Program Would be Right for Me if My Objective is a Successful career in Radiology Field?

When making a decision which exactly radiology technician school to join, make your choice wise and balanced! A respectable training program would be, in the first place, of accredited type. Make sure to check this right away! If the program has been accredited with the pertinent authorities (state or national) that mans the validity and acceptability of your certification of diploma with any future employer!

The school should also offer job placement services after graduation - that will be of help to gain some initial actual job experience if your are a complete newbie into the industry!

Check out the rate of graduates' employment after they have left the school - how many of them actually get good jobs in the industry. The reports and comments of the former student's could be easily found online at the specialized sites and forums, in social networks!

By observing the above-mentioned simple guidelines you will ensure a successful start up of your career as a radiology technician, joining the medical industry community!

The famous TV series stand to reason that more and more young people attend these forensic college institutions and for the same motive these interesting disciplines were put into limelight. It'
s most important that, in order to develop a profession in this field, one ought to achieve their forensic science college degree. Your documentation and studies stand for objective evidence in criminal or civil law. Forensic professions must not be begun by impressible people, as this profession faces crime scenes, corpses and criminal weapons. Each one should admit that is not easy to cope with these kinds of things.

However, there are different reasons which stand to reason for your option for a profession in forensic science. Looking for the truth is crucially important to many people' s lives. Very special preparation programs have been achieved by forensic science colleges in order to prepare the future forensic experts connect their work to the legal system. The complexity of this area has developed many departments in close connection to other fields. After finishing their studies in such an institution, the applicants for this career are capable of choosing between various areas:

- lab analysis

This segment is connected to certain medical sections. Lab analysis is very much linked to other science divisions such as biology, genetics, anatomy, and recently, toxicology (defined as the discipline that studies the possible effects the drugs and poison a human body may be affected of) has been added to this field. If you decide on this niche, you will not be so exposed to crime scenes. This job supposes an exclusive following of specialized methods for making scientific reports. In this forensic chain, this work represents the scientific link.

- investigation

Investigation is rather destined to the ones who have an interest for searching a relevant evidence that would further on enter the analysis procedure. Particular training strategies are used in forensic science colleges so as to educate efficient "criminalists". The crime scene is the "office" for this type of work. One should remain unsurprised undoubtedly, as sometimes shocking facts happen, that are so hard even to be pictured.

- psychology

To identify the psychological profile of criminals may be useful in order to obtain other relevant evidence for a legal case. Generally, it deals with the analysis of the psychological background or behavior of humans in particular criminal situation. The main purpose, the education institutions have targeted, is to provide qualified assistance in criminal and civil law. In addition to this, statistics and anthropology have become other subdomains studied in forensic science colleges. These have become very important in producing objective legal evidence. If at least one of these departments cover your area of professional aim, you should attentively look at the chances forensic science colleges offer.

What is Core Stabilization?

That's the million dollar question isn't it? If you asked 100 different sport scientists that question, you would get 100 different answers. To me, core stabilization is the ability to create uncompromising stiffness around the spine as to not allow any "energy leaks" during various static or dynamic tasks. You may agree or disagree with me on that definition, but the bottom line is this: Whether you are an elite athlete, construction worker, or receptionist, chances are you will probably go through some sort of back pain in your life. So throw the 6-pack talk out the window for now and start thinking about the spine. If we can ensure the athlete is a column of strength with no loose kinks in the chain, then we can ensure optimal power with minimal force loads on the spine.

First, let's look at the anatomy.

Internal & External Obliques (IO & EO): Involved in flexion, as their forces are redirected to the rectus abominis (RA) to enhance the flexor potential. They are involved in lateral bending, twisting, and stabilization of the lumbar spine (McGill, 1991a, 1991b, 1992; Juker, McGill, and Kropf, 1998). Lastly, they are involved in active expiration (Henke et al., 1988).

Transverse Abdominis: Rotates thorax from side to side, increases interthoracic pressure, and is involved in defecation, urination, childbirth. The TA is also an anticipatory muscle.

Rectus Abdominis (RA): The major flexor of the trunk. It forms a continuous hoop around the spine by transferring the forces from the obliques. The upper and lower RA are activated together and at similar rates during flexion (Lehman & McGill, 2001): So throw your "upper and lower abdominal exercises" out the window.

Rotatores: Have a high number of muscle spindles and thus serve more as a spinal positioner than a rotator of the spine (Nitz & Peck, 1986). They are most active when trying to resist the rotation of the spine that the obliques and latissimus are likely causing.

Extensors

Longissimus & Iliocostalis: Have thoracic and lumbar components. These are the major back extensors.

Multifidus: Extension of the spine but only through the correcting of spinal joints that are enduring stress. Line of action actually contributes to shearing forces of superior vertebrae.

Quadratus Lumborum (QL): Bilateral support wall or stabilizer for the lumbar spine. The QL is active during flexion, extension, and lateral bending of the spine and maybe one of the few muscles that doesn't turn off during the flexion/relaxation phenomenon.

Psoas: Major hip flexor. May assist in some stabilization due to its orientation (Origin is T12-L5).

Core Stabilization Mechanisms: Abdominal Hollowing vs. Abdominal Bracing. The abdominal hollowing technique was essentially developed from a group of Australian sport scientists (Richardson et al. 1999). This "Queensland group" determined that the transverse abdiminis (TA) and multifidus (MT) muscles in particular, were very important muscles for motor patterning. They found that following injury to the back, the TA and MT underwent motor disturbances that had profound effects on the motor patterning of the body. Because further injury would just add to these effects leading to a chronic state of poor patterning and pain, the Queensland group argued that only specific abdominal activation techniques could break this poor programming. Thus was born the abdominal hollowing technique: This technique involves the drawing in of the abdomen in an attempt to isolate the TA, while relaxing the surrounding musculature (RA, IO, EO).

The abdominal bracing technique was primarily developed - or more appropriately, coined - by Canadian biomechanist Stuart McGill. This technique involves the co-activation of all the muscles surrounding the spine (RA, IO, EO, TA, MT, Latissimus, QL, and the extensors) in an attempt to create 360 degrees of stability. While bracing, the individual doesn't draw in or push out, but rather "braces" or widens the trunk. If you think about what you would do if someone was to punch you in the stomach: You would set or brace for the punch and effectively create stability all the way around the spine. (For more on abdominal bracing, see Ultimate Back Fitness & Performance by Stuart McGill).

To Brace or Hollow: That is the question.

Much of the data that came out of the Queensland research was misinterpreted. Because they were working with injured individuals with malfunctioning motor patterns, the techniques they came up with were an attempt to disrupt the faulty patterns and educate the patients on abdominal control. Moreover, the TA anticipates trunk, upper and lower limb movement as well as protects the spine (Hodges, 1999). This anticipatory and protective function can be lost with acute or chronic low back pain. However, many clinicians took this information and regarded the techniques as a way of creating optimal core stability during various tasks. Thus, abdominal hollowing seems to be the preferred choice of many physiotherapists, strength coaches, chiropractors and kinesiologists for core stabilization.

Enter Stuart McGill! Not dismissing the importance of these muscles in their role as intra-abdominal pressure creators and stabilizers, McGill and others have since argued that this is simply not enough to endure tasks of even moderate intensity. Furthermore, during athletic events, unpredictable forces from all directions occur in almost any sport. Specifically, if a posterior perturbation - or unsuspected push from behind - occurs on the spine (lets say a defensive stiff-arm as you lean into a defender in basketball), abdominal hollowing produces the same resistance to the force that no activation does and results in an increase in spinal flexion (vs. 43% reduction of spinal flexion when bracing is used) (Vera-Garcia et al. 2007). As kettlebell lifter and educator Brett Jones says, if you took a cardboard box on its side and loaded it from the top, the box would crumble. Just ask Human Motion's Cliff Harvey what would have happened if he drew his stomach in while attempting world record lifts in weightlifting: He too would have crumbled. Furthermore, it is almost certain that if you try to contract only the TA, you will have activity in the IO and EO as well.

When the muscles surrounding the spine co-contract, they create a stiffness that is greater than the sum of the individual muscle stiffness (McGill, 2006). Thus, during the hollowing procedure, you are actually inhibiting the potential for optimal stiffness, ultimately limiting performance. You would think that in order to brace properly and ensure "superstiffness" that you would need to have an all out contraction during most activities. However, this doesn't seem to be the case as the first 25% of a maximal abdominal contraction creates sufficient stiffness for most activities (Brown & McGill, 2005). During 1RM lifts such as Cliff's world record attempts however, a maximum voluntary contraction (MVC) of all the surrounding musculature is necessary to withstand the massive force.

Let's hug it out: We are dealing with apples and oranges

There seems to be a lack of understanding as to the different techniques used between physios and strength coaches for core stabilization and activation. When a patient is seeing a physio, they are exactly that - a patient. Most of the time they are coming from an injury and have consequently obtained faulty patterns within their muscle sequencing. On the other hand, they could have had years of overuse injuries or poor gait biomechanics that has led to muscular imbalances. Thus, abdominal hollowing seems to be the technique of choice to help create that control that probably was never there even before the "injury" brought them to rehab. THIS IS PERFECTLY FINE. This is our group of apples. Our group of oranges are either these same patients coming from physio or our uninjured group of individuals who need to get stronger. Once these individuals are able to withstand heavier forces and are loaded up with weights, abdominal hollowing is no longer sufficient to lift this kind of weight, while sparing the spine. Thus, the abdominal brace must be taught. Herein lies the problem. We are constantly nagging each other (various health care practitioners) about the different techniques used. We need to remember that it is the needs of the client/patient that is our primary concern. WE NEED TO EDUCATE AND PREPARE THEM FOR THE NEXT STEP. Physios: Inform the patient that if they are an athlete or they are going to be lifting weights in the future, they will have to learn both techniques. Strength coaches: Actually integrate both techniques into your training. Isolate then integrate. It is a great way to allow the client to achieve initial success (abdominal hollowing) and then allow them to see the big picture of lifting heavier loads (abdominal bracing).

An integrated team approach can produce great success for the athlete, however, all members need to be on the same page even if their philosophies differ. Work with each other to produce the best results for the client/patient. Your athlete will ultimately be stronger, safer, and less confused in the process!

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What happened next was a bit of a shock. Cadavers have been soaked in formaldehyde for at least six months before they get to the lab so you might imagine that they smell like formaldehyde on the outside as well as on the inside. That wasn't the case.

When we opened the chest cavity the first thing I could smell was not formaldehyde. I could smell cigarette smoke. It was a real eye opener. Imagine my surprise when I found that this former smoker's lungs were black through and through. There were no pink spots to be found. The lungs were black on the outside and they were black on the inside.

After slicing through one of the lungs, we found that it was the same degree of blackness all the way through. Everything was black. I understood right then and there what smoking could do to the human body.

When I was a young boy, I remember that my great aunt had emphysema. I can still see the oxygen canister that was ever present in her home. It was never far away. Life has many hardships but I think some of the bitterest are the ones we bring upon ourselves.

Practically everyone knows that smoking is bad and yet so many people continue to smoke. If you are a smoker you probably have thought of quitting many times. Nicotine is very addictive. Yet, people can and do quit.

My mother was a smoker. I was stationed far away in Hawaii for my first tour in the Navy and it would still bother me whenever I thought about her smoking. One day I sent her a subliminal tape designed to help her quit. In a few weeks she reported that she did indeed quit.

Smoking increases the risk of developing many diseases such as cancer, emphysema and heart disease. Believe it or not, even the possibility of developing gum disease is increased by smoking.

The cost of cigarettes is pretty high too. I was in the store the other day and the person next to me purchased a pack of cigarettes. I was surprised to hear the clerk ask for four dollars and twenty-five cents. Some people smoke a pack or more per day. The cost adds up. Seems like cigarettes are easy prey for the taxing authorities.

I don't know how you feel, but it appears that there are plenty of good reasons to quit smoking. I still have a relative that smokes and I hope she quits too. I'd like to see her preserve and protect her health.

If you are still smoking and assuming you would like to quit, you could print this article out and read it every day for motivation. If you know of anyone who is still smoking, maybe you could send it to them for inspiration. If these stories can help a few more people it would be good.

Note: A sonographer tech is sometimes referred to as an ultrasound technician but these terms are all the exact same career.

The job of diagnostic medical sonographer

If you're searching to get a new career, the first factor to check out is the job itself. What work would be involved? Is it work that interests you? Is is one thing you can do happily for lots of years? And just as critical, do your abilities match up with those needed by the profession you're evaluating?

To have a successful career, you need, 1st and foremost, to have excellent interpersonal and communication abilities. You need to have the ability to to embrace the concept of life-long studying as this job demands it. You'll want to be able to clarify technical procedures to future patients and have excellent hand-to-eye coordination. You'll need to enjoy providing one-on-one care to a variety of men and women and working with high-tech instrumentation to make and interpret pictures from inside the human body. In addition, you'll be called on to:

• Obtain and record accurate patient histories

• Analyze technical facts

• Use independent judgment in recognizing the need to extend the scope of the procedure in light of your diagnostic findings

• Provide oral and written summaries of your findings to the physician for medical diagnosis

• Provide great patient care

• Collaborate with doctors and other members of the health care team

Does this sound like work you'd get pleasure from? Does it seem to match up to your skills? Do you enjoy working with persons? In the event you can answer yes to all these queries, you can be a medical sonographer.

The schooling required

You will need to complete at least a two-year degree (associates degree) to come to be a sonography technician. You'll find programs at community colleges, vocational schools, colleges and technical institutes. For that matter, you can even learn medical sonography online.

Even though it really is not absolutely essential, lots of individuals decide to get a 4 year degree (bachelor of science) with a major in medical sonography.

The schooling to become a medical sonographer typically includes classes in medical terminology, care and use of ultrasound (sonograpic) machines, physics and anatomy, the way to administer standard medical tests and administrative skills.

The future

Another important factor in evaluating a possible career is what kind of future does it have? While you may like work as newspaper reporter, newspapers have a extremely dim future. On the other hand, medical sonography is really a growing field and expected to keep growing. In 2008, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics forecast that jobs for medical sonographers would grow 18% by 2018. That means that medical sonography has a quite bright future as a career.

How much would you earn?

Once more, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, the mean average salary in (May, 2010) for a medical sonographer was ,380 along with the mean hourly wage was .95 - both of which are pretty good, particularly when you consider that you can get the training you'll need in just two years.

Is there a career path?

A final factor you'd choose to evaluate in selecting a career is whether or not there is a path to better jobs. In the case of a medical sonographer, the answer is a strong "yes." Should you decide to become a medical sonographer, there are numerous opportunities for advancement in education, research, administration and in working for commercial organizations. You could become competent in more than one particular speciality - for instance, if you're a obstetric sonographer, you might get trained in abdominal sonography. You could also advance by taking supervisory, managerial or administrative positions.

In summary

A career as a medical sonographer is one where you'll be able to get trained in just two years, earn an excellent living and realize that there will always be jobs obtainable. So, if becoming a medical sonographer matches up together with your abilities and interests, it really is certainly a job worth considering.

A human head is round and therefore, the face is ROUND as well. But as long as we "think" of the face as flat, we'll continue to draw it flat. And a flat face also flattens out the liveliness of a character.

Here's what you can do to improve how you draw manga faces:

Start by drawing your face with rounded sketch-guidelines. (Center Line & Eye Line).

Draw the features on and along the rounded guidelines. In the popular 3/4 view (which shows perspective), the shape of the features will stretch just slightly, as they appear to wrap around the face.

Only in the front view will the Center Line be drawn as a straight line.

Remember that the Eye Line needs to be curved to reflect its horizontal orbit around the head.

Okay, here's the recap: A slightly rounded face adds emphasis to the curves of the eyes, eyebrows, bridge of the nose, and stretched lips. A slightly curved face will add life to your characters and make you a better artist.

Was this tutorial on how to draw manga faces helpful?

A complete book on manga anatomy must be written is targeted to beginners, the widest segment of manga fans. It must be packed with dynamic step-by-step demonstrations detailing how to draw correctly proportioned manga faces and bodies, plus lots of tips and tricks of the trade.

It should also include many examples of the finished cartoon. You want to be able to understand where you are going to end up. The best way to start is through this kind of imitation of professional Manga Cartoons.

In Japan, people of all ages love manga. action-adventure, sports and games, historical drama, comedy, romance, science fiction and fantasy, mystery, horror, just about anything goes. Manga has also attained a tremendous worldwide audience.In Europe and the Middle East, U.S. and Canadian. So learn to draw Manga well and you will be amazed at the size of your audience both in the United States and abroad.

He refers to the colon as the body's sewage system, and that not cleaning it out on a regular basis is like "having the entire garbage collecting staff in your city go on strike for days on end!"

I don't know about you, but that word picture grabs my attention.

Most people may not understand that constipation is the number one affliction underlying every ailment attacking the human body. What goes into our body must come out in one form or another. If it does not come out by normal means, it stagnates and toxins build up and therefore are released back into the body resulting in disease. We then suffer from skin eruptions, fatigue, inflammation, congestion and perhaps die a painful death such as with cancer.

Utilizing charts and graphs to illustrate his points, Dr. Walker takes you on a tour of each organ and system of the body from head to toe. He explains how they function and then explains their connection to the health of the colon.

For example, did you know that the seemingly insignificant organ (or gland) known as the appendix actually plays an important role in coming to the body's defense when waste material coming from the small intestine is potentially harmful to the welfare of the individual? The answer as to how is on page 84.

Other topics of interest addressed in this small paperback are hay fever, insomnia, fatigue, tinnitus, loss of hearing, diabetes, pleuresy, heart disease and numerous other afflictions. Dr. Walker's advice is to cleanse your colon with a series of irrigations called colonics.

For the reader who is not familiar with the term colonics, it is a colon irrigation therapy which is administered by an operator trained and accustomed to this work. It can be very expensive and may not be available in your location.

Oh, and in case you did not get the point that periodic cleansing with colonics is truly the key to a vibrant life, you will be reminded of this at the end of each chapter.

Finally, who in their right mind would choose to have a colostomy (i.e. removal of sections of the colon and loss of normal function of the bowel) after his grim description of the devastating results of a neglected colon? Answer: God forbid, not me, if at all possible!

In his own words, Dr. Walker concludes: "Be prudent. Be wise. It is better to prevent what you cannot cure. Don't take my word for it. Prove it to yourself by taking colonics. My own life will not be affected in the least by what you do or don't do. But the life it may save may be your own." (p. 112)

Q&A's

Would I recommend the book? Answer: Yes.

Why? Answer: I found this book to be easy to read and understand. It was like taking a mini course in anatomy, a subject I am interested in. It is an excellent resource for laymen in the health industry.

Would I follow his advice and take colonics? Answer: I don't know. Perhaps. What I will do and have done, however, is look for other natural means to cleanse my colon.

What didn't I like about the book? Answer: The use of charts and illustrations was helpful, but I was disappointed in their poor quality. They were obviously xeroxed reproductions of colored originals, so the drawings were too dark and the captions were too small to read. My suggestion would be to maybe visit your local library and check out a pictorial book on anatomy to refer to while you're reading Colon Health. But hey, short of being an actual medical text, it is an excellent read. I highly recommend it.