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What's Got Into That Cat? Felines That Use Their Left Paws May Be Stressed Out

Just like humans, pet cats tend to favor one side, using one paw or lying down on one side more than the other.

About one-third of the cats appeared to be "right-pawed" while another third were truly southpaws.

Male cats had a higher chance of being lefties than female cats.

In that case, about half of the cats favored one paw; just one used both equally.

"Left-limbed animals, which tend to be right-hemisphere dominant, show stronger fear responses than right-limbed animals, which tend to be left-hemisphere dominant."

Right-pawed cats also appeared to be more playful to their owners than left-pawed cats.

Other signs can include hiding more than usual, eating and drinking too little (or not enough) and not using the litter box correctly. »

NFL Rejects 'Please Stand' Ad from Veterans Group

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AMVETS national commander Marion Polk called the move by the NFL as "corporate censorship" and that it denies veterans the right to freedom of speech.

The ad takes a stand against the players who have protested during the national anthem by kneeling or sitting before NFL games throughout the season.

McCarthy noted that an ad from the Veterans of Foreign Wars was approved and it read "We Stand for Veterans. »

Pirates of the Caribbean (Metric Edition)

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None other than Thomas Jefferson himself was expecting to meet with Dombey in Philadelphia at that very moment.

The marauders now swarming Dombey’s ship were a particular breed of pirate: British privateers—the state-sponsored terrorists of the 18th century.

After seizing control of the ship, the pirates came across a sailor speaking Spanish with a curiously French accent—Joseph Dombey. »

Ursula K. Le Guin, Acclaimed for Her Fantasy Fiction, Is Dead at 88

Authored by nytimes.com

There she met and married another Fulbright scholar, Charles Le Guin, who survives her.

On their return to the United States, she abandoned her graduate studies to raise a family; the Le Guins eventually settled in Portland, where Mr.

Le Guin is survived by two daughters, Caroline and Elisabeth Le Guin; two brothers, Theodore and Clifton Kroeber; and four grandchildren. »

‘Stranger Things’ Season 3 Will Introduce New Evil, Give Poor Will Byers a Break

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OK, Hopper’s still probably going to be pretty handsome, but it sounds like poor Will Byers is finally getting some much-needed R&R.

“We’re not going to put Will through hell for a third season in a row.

While we won’t get answers until late 2018, early 2019 when Season 3 premieres on Netflix, the Stranger Things writers room has already charted out the entire season. »