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• The only sense that is fully developed at birth is smell.

Within days of birth, a newborn is able to recognize his or her mother’s smell.

• Although the tongue has the taste buds, the nose is critical to taste. While the taste buds distinguish sweet, sour, bitter, salty, and savory, any other tastes are perceived by the nose’s five million olfactory receptors.

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• Vivid memories can be triggered by our sense of smell, for example, a sadness at the aroma of roses, which may be a reminder of a loved one’s funeral. This is because scent receptors are connected to the area of the brain in charge of memory and emotions. An aversion can develop if an unpleasant experience is associated with it. For instance, a foul-smelling or tasting cherry cough syrup ingested as a child can produce a dislike for all things cherry as an adult.

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FIVE SENSES (continued): After a year, people can recall smells with about 65% accuracy. Compare this with visual recall, which is only 50% after a period of three months.

• If you think you have a good sense of smell, consider that while you have five million scent receptors, your dog has about 220 million!

• Those little raised bumps on the surface of your tongue are not actually your taste buds. They are called papillae, and the majority of your taste buds are clustered on them. The buds’ purpose is to sense sweet, bitter, salty, sour, and savory tastes. Each papilla is home to 100 to 200 buds.

• Taste buds can be found on the tongue, in the throat, on the esophagus, and on the roof of the mouth. These 9,000 cells contain chemoreceptors that respond to chemicals in food. When you eat a certain food, your mouth’s saliva helps break it down, which in turn causes the receptors to communicate to the brain through sensory nerves. Your brain then lets you know what you taste.

• By age 60, most adults will have lost about half their taste buds.

• As many cancer patients can attest, chemotherapy can seriously damage the sense of taste. Infections and blows to the head can also cause impairment.

• Due to the heat they generate, chili peppers stimulate pain receptors rather than taste buds.

• Millions of tiny nerve endings are responsible for telling you if something is hot or cold, or if something is hurting you. The home of these nerve endings is in the dermis, the bottom layer of your skin. The nerve endings carry information to the spinal cord, which informs the brain what feeling is being conveyed, all in a fraction of a second!

• There are 20 different varieties of nerve endings, all with a different significance. The most common types are temperature, pain, and pressure receptors. Pain receptors are the most numerous.

A little square patch of skin measuring .4 inch (10 mm) on each side contains 200 pain receptors, but only 15 for pressure of touch, six for cold, and one for hot. Pain receptors are very important for alerting the brain that the body is hurt.

• Some areas of the body have more nerve endings than others, making them more sensitive. That’s why it hurts so much when you bite your tongue.

Yet this area has receptors that are much less effective at sensing hot or cold, which is why you burn your mouth on hot foods.

• As skin ages, it has a decreased response to pain and temperature changes. Consequently, older folks have a greater risk of injury from burns and hypothermia.

• It’s the colored iris of the eye that makes the pupil change in size, depending on the amount of available light. It controls light levels inside the eye, much like the aperture on a camera. The eye color comes from microscopic pigment cells called melanin.

• We are able to see things because beams of light bounce off of an object and enter the cornea – the thick, transparent layer on the surface of the eye.

From there, the light rays pass through the pupil and into the lens. The lens focuses the image and sends it to the back surface of the eyeball, the retina. More than 150 million light-sensitive cells work at sending the information upside-down to the brain. The brain turns the image right-side-up and tells you what you are seeing.

• About one in every 12 males is color-blind. Some have monochromatic colorblindness, which means they see every-thing in shades of gray. Those with Continued on page 5

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Many diets appeal to fads and the vegetarian myth but the cat is an obligate carnivore.

Most of what is on cat food labels is misleading and only tells part of the story. The label reports crude protein not digestible protein, crude fat not digestible fat, there is usually no mention of the % of carbohydrates, there is no mention of the type of fiber – soluble vs insoluble and there is no mention of the calories per serving (new for 2011 will be calories per serving – the first big change in pet food labeling to help the consumer). The list of ingredients is not a true reflection of what the food actually consists of.

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Cats eat protein and fat because they are obligate carnivores! Natural and/or raw food diets can be a problem with contamination versus hunting cats with fresh kill and normal flora. Natural food diets should not be a spin-off of human natural food thinking (including apple, cranberry, rosemary, etc.) but should emphasize quality protein and fat sources. Quality cat foods have verifiable analyses and feeding trials that prove the food is healthy for cats. Reading a label does not always give you answers that you need to make a good decision.

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Have you ever thought about cosigning?

5 Easy Steps to Consignment

• Erica Pedersen – Lead Stylist at Bonne Bella Boutique Erica Pedersen – Lead Stylist at Bonne Bella Boutique

• All clothing needs to be cleaned, pressed and hung properly.

• Read and know the store’s consignment policy. Every store has different percentages and procedures.

• Follow up on your own records and items. Make calls if needed. Most stores will terminate your contract after a specific amount of time. Unsold items are usually discounted and then donated to charity.

• GET PAID! That is the fun part!

Once a month, payments are made to consignors for items sold in the store Erica Pedersen is the lead stylist for Bonne’ Bella Boutique is, “Parker’s most Unique Boutique”.

Come visit the store: 11020 South Pikes Peak Drive Suite 110A, Parker, CO 80138. (720) 851-9350. bonnebella@bonnebella.net Check us out on FaceBook: Bonne Bella Boutique Please see our ad on page 8 of Tidbits!

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Q. Who’s Birthday is it Anyway?

A. In our rush for shopping, cooking, partying, traveling, etc., it’s so easy to forget “The Reason for the Season”. Let’s just pause for a moment or two, and in the quietude of our hearts, wish “Happy Birthday” to the Christ Child.

Q. Why do some people put an “X” in front of the “------mas” of “Christmas” ?

A. I don’t know. Maybe they’re Cindy Rose just not thinking; too “busy”, or too “stressed out”, and “accidentally” take “Christ” out of “Christmas? I just don’t like that “X”.

Recently, I found a painting that has vivid colors of the Season. In it Santa is standing next to the fireplace in a darkened room lit by a single candle. The children must have wanted to give Santa a little light for his most important activities that night. Santa has noticed the Nativity on the nearby table. He’s holding the porcelain Christ Child in the manger, deep in thought. A poem on the back of the picture sets the scene, and shares what I like to call “Santa’s Prayer”: The Spirit of Christmas

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By the magical light of a small Christmas candle, A little old man tries to carefully handle, The small porcelain manger which serves as a bed, For the wee Baby Jesus to lay down His head.

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In wonder he brings the manger up to his view, Smiles at the baby and whispers, “I love you!”

I love you for bringing this season of joy, I love you for growing to a man from a boy; For being our Light and leading the way, For the Spirit which makes Christmas Day! You’ve been my mentor, my model, my hero and guide, Please continue to help me and stay by my side.

I’ve tried to follow your teachings and give as you gave, Reminding all to be kind and that it’s wise to behave.

Help me to serve others and bring them your Light, Especially, the children, please bless them tonight!

Some have so very little, scarce food for their table, You know how it feels – you were born in a stable!

Bless all their mothers and fathers with a knowledge that’s sure.

The best gift they can give is their love, strong and pure.

That’s the Spirit of Christmas when all’s said and done, God’s gift of love, that came as His Son!

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Then back to His mother the child is returned.

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In a wink the little old man slips quietly away, Some say he goes up the chimney and climbs in a sleigh.

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Whatever the case, His mission is clear – Give unto others, bringing love and good cheer.

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He flies into the night and bids us adieu, Doing for others what Jesus would do!

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