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#5ThoughtsFriday 04/14/2017

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Here are the 5 things we thought were worth sharing with you this week:

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5) Landon Sowell hopes to help others, like himself,      striving to achieve excellence with brain injury

From Wheelchair to White Coat, medical miracle turns into medical career.

For Landon Sowell, a first-year medical student at Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences (@Kcumb), it’s a time to reflect on his own medical miracle and his dream of offering hope to someone else. When he was 7 years old, Sowell suffered a kick to the head while feeding horses near Fulton, Kentucky. The horse’s hoof struck him just behind his right ear. The first grader was rushed to a local emergency room and immediately transferred to Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital (@VUMCchildren) in Nashville, Tennessee, with a fractured skull, brain swelling and bleeding in his brain.  “He looked like he had been in a boxing match with all the swelling,” said his mother DeAnna Reams. “He was unresponsive and did not look like my sweet, vibrant little boy.” Sowell survived the injury, but the medical team prepared his family for the possibility that he might never be that vibrant little boy they once knew; that he might have suffered permanent physical injury and learning disabilities. “The doctors weren’t sure if I would make it to 20 years old and be fully functional,” said Sowell. In the beginning, he couldn’t stand, walk or coordinate his arms and hands well enough to catch a ball. He couldn’t repeat a sequence of words to test his speech, and the kick was so forceful that he was left with impaired vision and crossed eyes. Read the rest of the PRWeb Article about Landon, CLICK HERE.

4) What does light shining at a "nanotube forest" made up of a billion nanotubes look like? NOTHING.

A new material absorbs 99.96% of light, making it the Guinness World Record holder for the darkest substance. Though it may look like a 2D cartoon wormhole, "Vantablack" is the blackest material known to science.Vantablack was first created by researchers in 2014, and was found to be the world's darkest material — capable of absorbing 99.96 percent of ultraviolet, visible and infrared light. The material is not a paint, pigment or fabric, but a special coating designed to achieve a near total lack of reflectance,  according to Surrey NanoSystems , the company that produces Vantablack. Since its initial development, researchers have increased the material's blackness. In 2016, the research team announced on YouTube that an updated version of the material was so black no spectrometer was able to measure how much light Vantablack absorbs — meaning it the first material material so 'black' that it can't be measured, according to the researchers. To watch the CNN Story, click the photo above. To reach the LiveScience story, CLICK HERE.

3) We aren't endorsing riding a motorcycle, but if you do why not wear a really cool helmet?  Getty Images What's sleek, mysterious, and black all over? The all NEW HD100 helmet of course!  Introducing the ALL NEW HD100 helmet formerly known as the Dark as Night helmet concept. The NEW HD100 is the result of months of developing a new proprietary elastomer (polymer) formula that yields soft yet flexible traits without sacrificing durability, functionality, or looks.  To Find out More, CLICK HERE

2) What We Are Reading That You Might Enjoy...

The Lost Art of Listening: How Learning to Listen Can Improve Relationships by Michael P. Nichols, PhD.

One person talks; the other listens. It's so basic that we take it for granted. Unfortunately, most of us think of ourselves as better listeners than we actually are. Why do we so often fail to connect when speaking with family members, romantic partners, colleagues, or friends? How do emotional reactions get in the way of real communication? This thoughtful, witty, and empathic book has already helped over 125,000 readers break through conflicts and transform their personal and professional relationships. Experienced therapist Mike Nichols provides vivid examples, easy-to-learn techniques, and practical exercises for becoming a better listener--and making yourself heard and understood, even in difficult situations. For More, CLICK HERE.

(If you decide to buy anything mentioned in #5ThoughtsFriday, don't forget to use  Amazon Smile  and select the Brain Injury Association of Maryland as your donation beneficiary.)

1) Quote We Are Contemplating... “ All we have to do is be the person we say we are. No need to shop for a better you, or to work overtime to make bigger promises. Keeping the promises we've already made is sufficient.  "                                               - Seth Godin

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