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FThereareabout100billionneurons,ornervecells,inthebrain,whichgatherandtransmitsignals.That’saboutthesamenumberofstarsthereareinourgalaxy!It’sthesenervecellsthatcomposewhatisoftenreferredtoas“graymatter.”About100trillionconnectionsexistamongthosecells,andnotoneneurontouchesanotherone.Theseconnectionsareknownassynapses,andtheyallowtheinformationtoflowfromoneneurontoanother.Eachnervecellcanhaveupto40,000synapses.FChangesinthesynapsesareassociatedwithlearningandretentionofinformation.Eachtimeyouformamemoryofsometype,anewconnectioniscreated.Whensynapsesdeteriorate,memorylossandchangesinbrainfunctionoftenoccur.Studiesindicatethatpeoplewhoperformmentallystimulatingtasksarelesslikelytodevelopdementia.Researchershavedeterminedthatstressinterfereswithtransmission,andnervecellsactuallyshrinkfromtheeffectsofstress.Deteriorationhasalsobeenlinkedtodruguseandexcessivealcoholconsumption,aswellasthechemicalsincertainpesticides.FInformationisprocessedbyyourbrainatspeedsupto268milesperhour(120meterspersecond).Therearemoreelectricalimpulsesgeneratedinasingledaybythebrainthanbyalltheworld’stelephones.Thebrain’senergyissufficienttoilluminatea25-wattlightbulb.FThetwohemispheresofthebrainarebridgedbythecorpuscallosum,tissuethatenablesthetwo

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BRAIN-Y FACTS (continued):partstocommunicate.Thispartofthebrainis11percentlargerinthosepeoplewhoareambidextrous—abletowritewithbothhands.FThecerebellum,locatedatthebaseoftheskull,coordinatesmusclemovementsandbalance.Impairmentinthisarearesultsinthelossofabilitytowalkorreachoutandgrabsomething.FYourbrainuses20percentofallthebloodcirculatingthroughoutyourbody.Itflowsthroughthe100,000milesofbloodvesselsinthebrain.Allittakesiseightto10secondsoflackofbloodtothebrainforyoutoloseconsciousness.FThebrainalsouses20percentofalltheoxygenwebreathe.Itcanliveforfourtosixminuteswithoutoxygenbeforedamagebeginstooccur.Lackofoxygenforfiveto10minuteswillresultinpermanentdamage.FThehorseshoe-shapedhippocampusiscrucialintheprocessoftransferringshort-termmemoryintolong-termmemory.It’sresponsibleforforming,organizingandsortingmemories.FThebrainbeginstoshrinkinmassbyabout0.25percentayearafterage30.Byage80,asmuchas20percentofthenerveconnectionsinthehippocampusmayhavebeenlost.Only30percentof80-year-oldbrainsperformaswellasthoseofyoungadults.FWernicke’sAreaandBroca’sAreaarebothimportantintheareaoflanguage.WhileWernicke’sisresponsibleforcomprehensionof

BenPridmoreisaworldchampionmemorizerwhomemorized96historicaleventsinjustfiveminutes.Ittookthisaccountantjustover26secondstomemorizetheorderofashuffleddeckofcards.Histrickistocreateassociationsbetweentheitemsheismemorizing.FResearchconfirmsthatbrainwavesaremoreactivewhenyouaredreamingthanwhenyouareawake.Ifyou’reaverage,you’llhavebetweenfourandsevendreamsanightoverthecourseofonetotwohours.FEverwonderwhyyoucan’ttickleyourself?It’sbecauseyourbrainisabletodistinguishbetween

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It’sbeentricklingoutinthenews:Internationalthieveshave been siphoning millions of dollars out of bankaccountsallovertheworldusingmethodsthathaven’tbeenseenbefore.What’sdifferentthistime?First,thetheftsareautomatedbyahighlysophisticatedprocess,andvirusesareabletoget around typical online security measures. Second,these thefts appear to be beyond the ability of banks’securitysystemstohandle.Now,morethanever,it’simportanttobecautiouswhenyoudoyourbankingonline.If you don’t bank online, and never have, don’t startnow. If you open an account or your bank wants toupdateyourinformationanditasksforanemailaddress,saythatyoudon’thaveone.Thatwayyouwon’texpecttoevergetemailfromthebank.Ifemaildoesshowup,itwillbefromascammerwhoishopingyou’lltypeinyourpersonalinformation.Ifyouhavebeenroutinelycheckingyourbalancesonlineordoinganyonlinebanking,takeextraprecautionsnow.Ifanythingatalllooksdifferentonthescreen(evenifithasanexplanation,suchas“Wehaveanewlook!”),donot clickany iconsor type in any information. Ifyoureceiveanemailfromyourbankthatincludesalink,donot click. It might be a phishing email designed tointerceptyourinformationasyoutypeitin.Yourmoneycan be transferred out while you’re sitting at thecomputer,withyounonethewiser.If it’snecessarytoaccessyouraccount,typeintheURLyouusuallyuse.BecarefulwhereyouwanderontheInternet.Manysitesare compromised and will automatically download avirus into your computer. Set your virus software toautomaticallyupdate.IfyouhaveJavaorAdobeReader,keepthemupdatedaswell.Visitthewebsiteofyourvirus-softwaremanufacturer.Inthepastyou’velikelyonlygonetothesitetogetanswerstoproblems,ortoupgradeyoursoftware.Nowyouneedtoreadthelatestnewsabouttheonlinetheftsandlearnasmuchasyoucanabouthowtoprotectyourself.

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speech,Broca’sisinvolvedintheproductionofspeech.IfWernicke’sAreaisdamaged,apersonlosestheabilitytounderstandlanguage.Heorshecanspeakclearly,butthecombinationofwordsmakesnosense.ThosewithanimpairedBroca’sAreaunderstandlanguage,butcan’tproperlyformthewordstoproducespeech.FIfyou’rehavingtroublefocusingonataskandcan’tcompleteasequenceofmovementsorsolveaproblem,youmayhaveanimpairmentofthefrontallobeofthecerebralcortex.Thisareacanalsoproducemoodchanges,changesinpersonalityandsocialbehavior,andaninabilitytointeractwithothers.FTalkaboutusingyourbraintoitsfullpotential!

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Challenging The Way We Think and Live in the Coming Week

In Luke 22:31-32 Jesus tells Peter “Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”

In this scripture Jesus introduces us to the idea of sifting. To be sifted means “to be turned upside down, shaken and separated — to be shocked through the agitation of sudden trials.” In our lives these trials can take many forms — sickness, death of a loved one, loss of reputation, financial disaster, loss of employment, broken relationships, etc. The whole purpose Satan’s sifting is that we would turn from our faith!

Think about it for just a minute. We all know that just as He has big plans for us, Jesus has big plans for Peter so we might expect Jesus’ reply to Satan’s request to be not just no, but heck no, no way Jose, absolutely not.

But in verse 32 we see that Jesus doesn’t say no. Instead He responds “But I have prayed for you, Simon that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”

Two points here. First is the power of prayer. Our creator prays for us so how important is it for us to increase our prayer life. Second did you catch that Jesus does not pray that Peter would be spared from Satan’s sifting? Rather He prayed that Peter’s faith would not fail. Do you see that in a period of sifting our faith is of course Satan’s prime target? When Satan separates us from our faith he has an opening to kill, steal and destroy our hopes, dreams and aspirations.

So the questions has to be why does God who agape loves us allow Satan to sift us. Well you see God wants us to base our lives on His promise, not on our expectations. He wants us to base our lives on His promises found in His book of promises not on our expectations found in our

mind, heart or flesh.I don’t know about you but when I read this scripture

I can almost hear the devil saying to God, “So, You think Peter is a rock, do You? You think you can build your church on his kind of faith. Well, let me put him to the test. Let me place him in my sieve and shake him for a while. He won’t last. He’ll cave in. He’ll separate from you.” By the way, that is exactly what Satan is saying about you and me. He believes that our faith will fail us in times of storms.

What the Lord was really saying was to Peter 2000 years ago and what He is saying to us today is that, “Peter is worth saving. Satan desires him, but He desires him more.” Judas could not be saved; he had no heart for the Lord. He was sold out to greed and that became an open door for the devil. But Peter truly loved the Lord and Jesus said to him, “I have prayed for you.” Can you imagine sweeter words in all the world? Well know this you don’t have to imagine it. Right now your King, Lord and Savior is praying for you, praying that your faith will not fail.

In closing Jesus is the ultimate recycler. He takes the trash in our lives and converts it into treasure. Each of us is broken and we are all just one sinful decision away from being targets of sifting. We are all targets of deception. Don’t be fooled. Satan is after you and he is after your family. We will all be sifted, you can count on that. The trick is to allow yourself to suffer according to His will. The trick is to let God to come into our story of sifting. The trick is to know that one day soon, the sifting process will end. Satan will have done his worst but our Advocate, the Lord Jesus Christ, will win this battle for us.

Just maybe we should allow the real life example of Jesus to challenge the way we think and live in the coming week.

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BIBLE TRIVIAby Wilson Casey

1. Is the book of Micah in the Old or New Testament or neither?

2. From Judges 13, to whose wife did an angel appear telling she’d conceive a son? Samson, Manoah, Josiah, Cain

3. Who was thrown out a window, trampled by horses and eaten by dogs? Deborah, Vashti, Candace, Jezebel

4. What godly son was born to Hannah and Elkanah in answer to prayer? Ezekiel, Paul, Samuel, Hosea

5. How many times was Naaman dipped into the Jordan River when healed of leprosy? 1, 2, 4, 7

6. Which prophet referred to “Hell” the most often? Amos, Jonah, Habakkuk, Isaiah

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BRAIN-Y FACTS (continued):unexpectedtouchandyourowntouch.FThinkaboutit!Theaveragebraindoesjustthat—Itproducesabout70,000thoughtsonanormalday.FCertainscentscantriggermemories,forexample,thesmellofrosesmightbringafamilymember’sfuneralintovividfocus.Thisisbecausetheolfactorynerve,theonethatregisterssmells,isveryclosetotheamygdala,thatpartofthebrainconnectedtoemotionsandtheirmemories,andalsotothehippocampus,anareaassociatedwithmemory.Iftheseareasaredamaged,theabilitytoidentifycertainscentscanbeaffected.FWanttoincreaseyourbrainpower?Readingaloudpromotesbraindevelopment,asdomusiclessons,whichboostthebrain’sorganizationalability.Childrenwholearntwolanguagesbytheageoffivewilldevelopadensergraymatter.Thosewhogrowupinastimulatingenvironmentcanhaveuptoa25-percentgreaterabilitytolearn.FDoallyoucantokeepyourbrainhealthy!Avoidstress,whichhasbeenshowntoaffectbrainstructureandfunction.StudiesshowthatartificialflavoringsandpreservativesalsohaveanegativeeffectonIQ.Andaseven-yearstudyreportedthatthosewhoeatseafoodatleastonceaweekhavea30-percentloweroccurrenceofdementia.FThethirdleadingcauseofdeathinAmericaisbystroke.Thisoccurswhenbloodsupplytoapartofthebrainisdisturbed,theresultofablockage,suchasaclot,orbyalackofbloodflow,suchasaburstbloodvesselorhemorrhage.Thefunctionoftheaffectedareaisseverelyaffected,includinginabilitytomovelimbs,understandspeechorsee.FAnelephant’sbrainmaybelargerthanahumanbrain,butitspercentageoftotalbodyweightismuchsmaller.Thehumanbrainisabout2percentoftotalbodyweight,buttheelephant’sisjust0.15percent.

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host the Stand Downs — community homelessagencies, the Department of Veterans Affairs,veterans service organizations — all for onepurpose:tohelphomelessveterans.Ifyou’rehomeless(oryouknowsomeonewhois)andcanget toacomputer,goonlinetothelistofStand Downs held in conjunction with the VA:www.va.gov/HOMELESS/standdown.asp. Thelistingsincludeacontacttelephonenumberinyourarea. If you can’t get online, call the HomelessVeteransProgramsOfficeat202-461-1857.TheNationalCoalitionforHomelessVeteransalsosponsorsStandDowns.Finditonlineathttp://nchv.org/index.cfm. Click “Stand Down” on the leftcolumn.TheNCHVsite includes resource,healthand job fairs. As with the VA list, each listingincludesa localcontactnumber,orcallNCHVat1-800-VET-HELP.Don’t let a lack of transportation keep you fromgettingthehelpyouneedataStandDown.Ifyouinquireinadvance,it’slikelythatyou’llbegivenaridetoandfromtheevent.

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Homelessveteransarefrequentlyatadisadvantagewhen itcomes togettingservicesandhelp.StandDowneventsareheldspecificallytoassisthomelessveterans.While StandDowns can be held almostyear-round, most communities and organizationshosteventsduringthesummer.Ifyouorsomeoneyou know is a homeless veteran in need of anyservices,nowisthetime.ServicesprovidedatStandDownsincludeassistancewith food, shelter, clothing,health screeningsandbenefitscounselingforbothVAandSocialSecurity.Ifaveteranneedsreferralsforjobs,drug-oralcoholabuseorhousing,theycanfindthat,too.Eventsrunfromonetothreedays,dependingonlocation.Manypeople,volunteersandgroupsstepforwardto

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INGREDIENTS4 (4-ounce) lean pork tenderloins or cutlets1 (10 3/4-ounce) can reduced-fat tomato

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Being FirstThere is a peculiar desire in all of us to be first in something, and there are very few activities we can engage in that exemplify that characteristic more than in sports or journalism. (Even politicians don’t want to win all the time…there are some jobs you just don’t want.)Through the centuries, numerous maxims have been handed down regarding this unceasing need to be first. “First come, first served,” “There can only be one,” “If you’re not the lead dog, the view never changes,” are but a few that immediately come to mind. Often, being first is associated with winning. “Winning isn’t everything; it’s the only thing.” That comment, of course, gets challenged by many deep thinkers who would like to see people evolve a little bit. In many situations, the drive to be first can lead to lots of collateral damage, such as a stampede.A few weeks ago, the mediaverse was all atwitter when CNN announced, wrongly, that the federal healthcare bill had been repealed by the U.S. States Supreme Court when, in fact, it did just the opposite. Instead of being first with the news,

CNN lost credibility and are last in the cable news game.Being second really has little worth in our society. Neil Armstrong was the first man to set foot on the moon. Who was the second guy? But it’s better to be right than first in something. If Neil Armstrong and the moon crew were off on their calculations by just a fraction, they would have ended up hurtling into space, lost forever.Charles Lindbergh became the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, and he did it without a front windshield (the term “flying blind” applies here). Amelia Earhart attempted to fly around the world, and we all know how that ended…uhh, actually, we don’t.In June we watched Nik Wallenda walk across Niagara Falls on a tightrope. Some thought he was the first to do so, but we know he was not. Popular theory has Emile Gravelet doing the stunt first in 1859, but nobody can really be sure. What we do know is that he was the first (and only) tightrope walker to cook an omelet on a wheelbarrow filled with hot stones and then lower the frying pan to passengers floating on the “Maid of the Mist” below him. The first person to win a marathon was a Greek soldier, but it wasn’t a game for him…he was delivering a message from the battlefield of Marathon to Athens — 26.2 miles. Upon delivery, legend has it, he died. So remember, when you’re breathing your last breath, make sure you can say that whatever it was that drove you in life, it was worth it in the end.

* * *Mark Vasto is a veteran sportswriter

who lives in Kansas City.

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