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• Frenchman Nostradamus was an apothecary who published several collections of prophecies, which have rarely been out of print since his death. Followers of Nostradamus credit him with predicting many major world events. There was one event he predicted very accurately – his death. On July 1, 1566, he told his assistant, “Tomorrow at sunrise, I shall no longer be here.” Indeed, it was true.

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• Once a grammarian, always a grammarian! The famous French grammar expert Dominique Bouhours lay on his death bed and spoke, “I am about to – or I am going to – die: either expression is correct.”

• And speaking of all things proper, as Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, was being escorted to the guillotine to be executed for treason in 1793, she accidentally stepped on the foot of her executioner. This very polite lady expressed the apology, “Monsieur, I beg your pardon.”

• After being diagnosed with cancer, legendary movie critic Roger Ebert

wrote to the faithful readers of his blog that he would be taking leave for his treatment. The final words of his farewell were, fittingly, “I’ll see you at the movies.”

• Who knows what Apple Computers co-founder Steve Jobs saw when he passed from this life to the next? His sister Patty reports that at the moment that pancreatic cancer claimed the life of this creative genius, he looked over her shoulder and proclaimed, “Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow.”

• One of the greatest basketball players of all time, Pete Maravich, had a magnificent ten-year career with the NBA. A severe knee injury forced him to retire in 1980. In 1988, while playing a pickup basketball game in the

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An autopsy revealed that he had been born without a left coronary artery, necessary for supplying blood to the heart’s muscle fibers. The right coronary artery had been compensating for the heart defect his entire life without his knowledge and it finally gave out.

• Many famous men had kind words for their beloved before they passed into the Great Beyond.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who penned the stories of Sherlock Holmes, died in his garden with his wife at his side. After suffering a massive heart attack, he looked at her and said, “You are wonderful.” The last words of actor John Wayne, dying of stomach cancer, directed toward his wife were, “Of course I know who you are. You’re my girl. I love you.” Legendary coach Vince Lombardi died just three days after his 30th wedding anniversary, and the last words whispered to his

wife Marie were, “Happy anniversary. I love you.”

• There’s a difference of opinion on the last words of actor Humphrey Bogart. Some sources hold to the belief that he spoke, “Goodbye, Kid. Hurry back,” to wife Lauren Bacall as she left his bedside in the hospital to go pick up their children.

When she returned, he was comatose and never regained consciousness.

Others claim his final remark was, “I should never have switched from Scotch to Martinis.”

• Baseball great Joe DiMaggio wasn’t with the one he loved when he passed on in 1999. Although married to actress Marilyn Monroe for just nine months in 1954, he carried a torch for her for the remainder of his life. After her death in 1962, Joe had roses sent to her grave twice a week for 20 years. His final words were, “I’ll finally get to see Marilyn.”

• Showman Flo Ziegfeld brought musical revues, Broadway productions, and films to the world of

entertainment, including his legendary Ziegfeld Follies, which ran from 1907 to the early 1930s. Ever the theatrical producer, his last words from his deathbed were, “Curtain!

Fast music! Lights! Ready for the last finale! Great!

The show looks good, the show looks good!”

• What was on the minds of U.S. Presidents as they prepared to face the Great Beyond? First President George Washington seemed fulfilled with his life, if his last words in 1799 are any evidence: “It is well, I die hard, but I am not afraid to go.” Grover Cleveland remains the only U.S. President to serve two non-consecutive terms as the 22nd and the 24th chief executive. Wellknown for his honesty, integrity, and fight against political corruption, it seems fitting that his last words, while in the throes of a gastro-intestinal disease, would be, “I have tried so hard to do right.”

Franklin D. Roosevelt stated, “I have a terrific headache,” just moments before he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage in 1945.

• Presidents Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy had no idea that their last words would in fact be their last. As Lincoln and his wife sat in Ford’s Theater watching the play “Our American Cousin,” Mary Todd Lincoln, worried about the opinions of the women seated next to them in their theater box, whispered to her husband, “What will Miss Harris think of my hanging on to you so?” Abe’s last words before being shot by John Wilkes Booth were, “She won’t think anything about it.” As Kennedy rode in a Dallas motorcade in 1963, the wife of Governor John Connelly commented to him, “You certainly cannot say that the people of Dallas haven’t given you a nice welcome, Mr. President.” His answer of, “No, you certainly can’t,” were his final words before his assassination by Lee Harvey Oswald.

• Ever the poet, Emily Dickinson, author of more than 1,800 poems, pronounced her last words in 1886, “I must go in, for the fog is rising.”

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GEORGE EASTMAN Folks have been taking pictures with a Kodak camera since 1888. Follow along and learn about its inventor George Eastman and his contributions to the photography industry.

• Born in central New York State in 1854, George Eastman had a difficult childhood, with his father passing away when George was eight. His sister contracted polio when he was a teen. George’s mother took in boarders for the family’s financial survival, and at age 14, George quit school to go to work, first as an errand boy at an insurance company, and later as a junior clerk at the Rochester Savings Bank.

• At age 23, an invitation from a friend changed Eastman’s life forever. He was invited on a vacation to Santo Domingo, and bought photographic equipment to document the trip. He found the gear to be enormous, heavy, and very expensive. Eastman never took the trip, but was inspired to research the invention of improved methods of taking pictures.

• For three years, Eastman experimented in his mother’s kitchen, seeking an easier way to develop negatives. He developed gelatin emulsions that led to his patent of a dry-plate coating machine. He founded the Eastman Dry Plate Company when he was 30. Continued experiments led to a patent of rollable film to replace glass negatives.

• Eastman introduced the Kodak camera in 1888, inventing the name that would be familiar for decades to come. He explained the name, “The letter ‘K’ had been a favorite with me. It seems a strong, incisive sort of letter.” He tried several combinations of letters, wanting a word that started and ended with “K”.

• The first Kodak camera cost $25 and came with 100 exposures. The user would send the camera into Kodak for the film to be developed. The advertising slogan was, “You press the button, we do the rest.”

• The following year the company developed a type of flexible film that helped establish the motion picture industry and Eastman’s success continued to surge.

• The Eastman Kodak Company was founded in 1892, bringing convenient, easy-to-use cameras to the common man. In 1900, Eastman introduced the first Brownie camera, intended for children and priced at $1, with film selling for 15 cents a roll.

• In 1902, Eastman began building a mansion in Rochester, New York, a 35,000-square-foot, 50-room house with the latest in heating and electricity, telephones, and an elevator. It took three years and $335,000 to complete. Today, the home is the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film, and is a National Historic Landmark.

• Upon his retirement, Eastman embarked on African safaris, bringing home a white rhinoceros and an elephant, which he displayed in his home. In his early 70s, Eastman was diagnosed with a crippling spinal disease. After enduring excruciating pain for over four years, in 1932, Eastman took his own life. His last words, penned in a suicide note were, “To my friends: My work is done.

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• A generous philanthropist, Eastman donated more than $100 million to education and the arts, public parks, hospitals, and dental clinics (about $2 billion in today’s dollars). He supported the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with $20 million, as well as establishing the Eastman School of Music. Having never married, he willed his entire estate to the University of Rochester.

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The month of travel covered a great deal of the United States, but it was after a terrible rainstorm that Knapp and Momo discovered the American Southwest. Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada and the Pacific Northwest were regions that truly captured what he called his sunny heart.

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1. How did Bread come up with the band's name?

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What the researchers didn’t expect was that doing housework and maintaining their own property had more of an impact on seniors than, for example, neighborhood poverty. They were able to prove what they’d seen: Seniors who lived in a neat and tidy environment were more satisfied than those whose environment was chaotic.

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The lesson here: With a small amount of effort, we can keep our environment neat (and safer) ... and the exercise is good for us. (c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.

A: The Reader's Digest books were abridged and are not of interest to book collectors. My suggestion is to donate them to a charity.

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Pregnant women are more likely to have RLS. Many drugs, especially antidepressants, can cause RLS. I had a reader tell me that hers was due to Benadryl she was taking for sleep. Magnesium deficiency is common in RLS, and several readers told me magnesium supplements stopped their symptoms.

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rettes, there is no doubt in my mind that they are at least potentially harmful to health. On the good side, if they help you quit your smoking habit, they may have a benefit to you. You should use them to help you quit smoking, then ideally quit using them as well.

However, there is a bad side, and that is when nonsmokers start using them. Some users don't think of them as cigarettes at all, calling them "hookah pens," "vape pens" or other euphemisms. They are simply devices to provide nicotine and flavorings. You used the term "hooked on them," and they probably do have the potential for addiction. *** DEAR DR. ROACH: Years ago, I was told that eating raw carrots and fresh spinach improves vision. If this is true, why am I afflicted with macular degeneration after having eaten these for a long time? I also have taken vitamins to preserve vision for 10 years. Do these have justification? -- Anon.

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• In the United States, many mistakenly believe that Cinco de Mayo is Mexico’s Independence Day. Not so!

That event is commemorated on September 16, marking the anniversary of Mexico’s call to arms against the Spanish colonial government in 1810. Cinco de Mayo is actually the celebration of the Mexican army’s victory of over the French at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862.

In Mexico, the holiday is called El Dia de la Batalla de Puebla, which translates into English as “The Day of the Battle of Puebla.”

• In 1861, after undergoing both the Mexican-American War and a civil war within their boundaries, the Mexican treasuries were nearly empty and the national

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economy was in ruins. The country was deeply in debt to France, Great Britain, and Spain, but was forced to default on its loans. President Benito Juarez declared that all payments on foreign debts would be suspended for a period of two years, and promised that payments would resume after that time. The three European countries sent armed forces to Mexico to demand payment.

Negotiations were successful with Britain and Spain and those two countries withdrew their armies, but France, under the rule of Napoleon III, opted to attempt to expand its empire and install its own leader.

• A well-outfitted and provisioned French force of over 6,500 soldiers began its march toward Mexico City. President Juarez rounded up a force of 4,000 loyal but illequipped Mexican men and sent them to the forts of Loreto and Guadalupe near Puebla. Many of them were not soldiers at all, but rather agricultural workers, armed with machetes and outdated rifles.

• Early on the morning of May 5, French General Charles de Lorencez led his attack, supported by heavy artillery, on the Mexican forces. Mexican General Ignacio Zarago-

za commanded the counter-attack and after a day-long battle, Mexico emerged the victor, having defeated the French army that was considered the “premier army in the world.” Although vastly outnumbered, the Mexicans suffered less than 100 casualties, while the French had five times that many.

• This was just one battle in the war against French occupation (which did not end for another six years), but the victory at Puebla was a great boost to the morale of the patriotic resistance movement. Napoleon III responded to the defeat by sending 30,000 more troops to Mexico, eventually taking over Mexico City and appointing Maximilian as the ruler of Mexico. His rule lasted but three years until 1867. The U.S. began providing military assistance to Mexico, France withdrew, and Maximilian was eventually executed.

• Today, Cinco de Mayo is just a minor holiday in Mexico, primarily observed only in the state of Puebla. It is much more of a celebration in the United States, where it is seen as an observance of Mexican heritage. The largest festivals in America are held in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Houston.

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Vanessa Hudgens *** Speaking of wizards, David Henrie, star of Disney's "Wizards of Waverly Place," hit the big screen in 2013 in "Grown-Ups 2" with Adam Sandler and Kevin James.

He can now be seen in "Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2" and "The Little Boy," both of which opened recently. Coincidently, he co-stars with Kevin James in all three films. Come Aug. 3, Henrie will be seen in "Walt Before Mickey," about Walt Disney's early years, and he's just completed playing Ronald Reagan, from his childhood to the Oval Office, in "Reagan," with Jon Voight.

Shelly Desai -- so recognizable to people from his roles in "Arrested Development," "Men of a Certain Age" and "Here Comes the Boom" -- nearly missed "Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2" at its New York premiere because he was signing autographs for a swarm of fans, who acted like he was Tom Cruise at a premiere. Security had to whisk him away so they could start the film, in which he stars. *** Two classic Leslie Caron MGM films have been transferred to Broadway. "Gigi," which won nine Academy Awards in 1959, has "High School Musi-

cal" star Vanessa Hudgens in the title role. The New York Times reviewer complained that the production "has been scrubbed of anything even remotely naughty or distasteful." Gigi is now 18, and not 15, Gaston, her millionaire admirer, has been reduced severely in age, making the scandal of their relationship non-existent. Why tamper with a formula that worked so well and earned so many awards?

The way our society has evolved, they should have made it MORE scandalous.

The second film, "An American in Paris," in which Caron starred opposite Gene Kelly, won six Oscars in 1951. The New York Times critic said, "It is very much a traditional Broadway musical, and while its two radiant leading performers, Robert Fairchild and Leanne Cope, are ballet dancers, they also sing quite well and deliver dialogue more than quite well." Both shows take place in Paris ... that's a lot of French pastry kicking up their heels! (c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.

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Q: I love "Instant Mom" star Tia Mowry. When will that show be back, and in what else can I see her? -- Janet F., Hartford, Connecticut A: Tia's comedy series, "Instant Mom," which airs on Nickmom, will finish out its second season this summer, and the cast and crew are hard at work on the third season. You also can catch Tia in her brand-new show on the Cooking Channel, "Tia Mowry at Home," which airs on Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET. The show centers on Tia's home life with her friends and family -- and of course, cooking. Tia told me about the show recently: "The cool thing is that it's not just about cooking or me just telling people how to cook. What I'm really excited about is that you will get to see my family and my friends. And one person, in particular, is my dad. My dad is so reserved and so private, but he loves to cook. So, when I asked him to be on my cooking show, he was like: 'Oh wow! I want to be a part of it.' There's one episode where my dad comes over and we cook an amazing meal together.

"Another episode has me doing some yoga, and I make a great post-workout meal for my friends. And then another episode we have a cool mommy day with my friends who are moms. I cook for them, and then I surprise the kids with a game of basketball with Metta World Peace. One of my favorite episodes is where I plan a dinner date with my husband, and we re-create memories from our wedding day." *** Q: I can't get enough "Downton Abbey"! Can you please give me some scoops on the show? -- Jessie F., via email A: I also can't get enough of this wonderful BBC/PBS period drama, but after season six, it will have to be enough. Se-

ries creator Julian Fellowes and executive producer Gareth Neame recently announced that the next season will be its last. Said Neame: "We wanted to close the doors of 'Downton Abbey' when it felt right and natural for the storylines to come together. We can promise a final season full of all the usual drama and intrigue, but with the added excitement of discovering how and where they all end up." *** Q: I was so happy when Netflix brought back "Arrested Development." Will there be more new episodes? -- Jack F., via email A: While series producer Brian Grazer hasn't made an "official" announcement, he did tell Bill Simmons, when he appeared on the latter's "B.S. Report" podcast, that they are making a fifth season of the cult-hit comedy series.

Grazer let slip: "I love 'Arrested Development,' but it was never a huge thing. But people are loyal to it. We're going to do another 17 episodes."

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Please Support Our Advertisers beginning, wine was made from grapes, but it wasn't long before it was discovered that grapes were wonderful dried, and there is even mention of raisins in the Bible.

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The practice of making oil from the seeds also is ancient and appears to have begun soon after cultivation began.

The same is true for the leaves, which are eaten fresh or brined, and a version of stuffed grape leaves not only is integral to Greek cuisine, but found in the foods of almost every Middle Eastern country.

The fruit itself is a good source of vitamins A and C, and antioxidants. The leaves are especially high in vitamin A and minerals, while the oil or extract from the seeds also contain antioxidants that may be helpful in lowering cholesterol and fighting heart disease.

Keep grapes in the coldest part of the refrigerator wrapped in a perforated plastic bag to allow excess moisture to escape. Unfortunately, grapes won't ripen after they've been picked.

Fruit of the Vine If you were to make a checklist of all the wonderful qualities one fruit could possess -- sweet, tart, tasty raw or cooked, fresh or dried, with delicious juice, various flavors, edible leaves and nutritious oil -- the grape and its vine would check every box. It must be for that reason that no other fruit, no matter how glamorous its reputation, is grown and produced as much as the grape.

The cultivation of grapes dates back to the beginning of civilization on the Asian and European continents. In North America, when the Europeans arrived, they found almost countless varieties of wild grapes, many found nowhere else in the world. Most of those wild grapes were considered inedible by the early colonists, although they were an elemental food of the Native Americans. Soon, however, the wild American grapes became hybridized with European varieties, and grapes became more widely consumed. One of the notable varieties is the super-delicious Concord grape.

The grapevine has a presence around the globe, and the fruit and the plant are used in a wide variety of ways. From the

When it comes to cooking with grapes, most people think of jams or pies, but even sweet grapes add an interesting dimension of flavor to savory dishes, and the more bitter grapes, such as some of the wild varieties like the Texas Muscadine, take on a sweetness when sauteed or roasted. If you've never tried grape leaves, you are missing a tangy treat. They are the perfect receptacle for a wide variety of stuffings.

Spinach Salad with Citrus Fruit Makes 6 servings - This delicious colorful salad should be eaten immediately after tossing with dressing. *Grapes are very low in Saturated Fat, Cholesterol and Sodium. They are also a very good source of Vitamin C and Vitamin K. Also Brazil nuts in this recipe provide crunch and selenium—a potent cancer-fighting antioxidant. Just one Brazil nut per day supplies your daily requirement of selenium.

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Sometimes reporters are asked if they can go "off the record." This a gentleman's agreement. Since most reporters will go to jail rather than give up a source, this is taken very serious. Other times the reporter gets a wagging index finger attached to a red-faced person saying, "Don't go putting this in your paper now!" which, of course, signals to the reporter that he or she will have a story for the paper.

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A few weeks ago, soon-to-be-fired Cincinnati Reds manager Bryan Price launched into a tirade for the ages, joining the pantheon of epic breakdowns by coaches who couldn't handle the mean ol' media asking questions and stuff. Barring an epic run to the World Series, which would seem unlikely given Price's temperment, he can count on his 77 f-bomb tirade to reporters to be cherished for the ages, up there alongside the famous rants of Dennis Green, Jim Mora, Bobby Knight, Hal McRae and Mike Gundy.

Big-time sports do bring a lot of big-time pressure, so I'm not entirely making light of the situation here.

When you're getting paid millions, or in the case of a manager, hundreds of thousands of dollars, to participate in the league, you want to keep the money train rolling because the window of opportunity closes quick. But the question Price couldn't handle wasn't about the plight of the homeless or about Russian missile sites in Cuba ... no, the crisis that Price couldn't get right was about a catcher going on the disabled list that was reported by, you know, a baseball reporter.

Well, maybe Price will turn it around and he'll get counseling or something. No matter how many games he wins, you have to figure that the Reds can't have that sort of hair-trigger leadership in place for long. In the meantime, we can always remember the age-old adage: He who loses their cool first loses.

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2. Ron Kittle, in 1983.

3. Barry Foster, with 1,690 yards in 1992.

4. It was 1982.

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* On May 13, 1607, some 100 English colonists arrive in Virginia to found Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America. The first colonial council was held by seven settlers whose names had been chosen and placed in a sealed box by King James I. * On May 14, 1904, the Third Olympiad of the modern era opens in St. Louis, Missouri. Like the Second Olympiad, held in Paris in 1900, the St. Louis Games were poorly organized. There were few entrants other than Americans

* On May 16, 1849, the New York City Board of Health is finally able to establish a hospital to deal with a cholera epidemic that would kill more than 5,000 people. The disease took hold on Dec. 1, 1848, when a ship arrived from France carrying the bodies of seven passengers who had died from cholera. * On May 15, 1937, Madeleine Albright, America's first female secretary of state, is born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic). After immigrating to the United States in 1948, her father, Josef Korbel, became dean at the University of Denver, where he would later train another female secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice.

* It was noted 20th-century British playwright Tom Stoppard who made the following sage observation: "It is better to be quotable than to be honest." * You've probably seen ventriloquists perform, but you may not realize that it's a skill not limited to humans. The crested bellbird, which can be found in the wetlands of Australia and Venezuela, throws its voice in order to misdirect predators. * Bibliophiles beware: Using a public library can carry hidden risks, as a 20-year-old woman in Wisconsin discovered when she checked out "White Oleander" and "Angels and Demons." Heidi Dalibor never returned the books, and she didn't respond to letters or phone calls requesting that she return the books and pay the overdue fine. Eventually, Dalibor was arrested by local police, who handcuffed and fingerprinted her, and she wasn't released until her bail was paid.

* On May 12, 1957, race-car driver A.J. Foyt scores his first professional victory, in a U.S. Automobile Club midget car race in Kansas City, Missouri. Foyt raced midgets and stock cars before moving up to bigger things in 1958, when he entered his first Indianapolis 500 race. * On May 17, 1970, Norwegian ethnologist Thor Heyerdahl and a multinational crew set out from Morocco across the Atlantic Ocean in Ra II, a papyrus sailing craft modeled after ancient Egyptian sailing vessels. The Ra II crossed the 4,000 miles of ocean to Barbados in 57 days. * On May 11, 1985, 50 people die in a fire in the grandstand at a soccer stadium in Bradford, England. The wooden roof, which burned in just four minutes, was scheduled to be replaced by a steel roof later that same week. (c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.

* We've all heard the childhood tale of George Washington chopping down a cherry tree, then 'fessing up because he could not tell a lie. Most history books don't mention other aspects of his childhood, though; for instance, did you know that our first president, when he was 10 years old, was a champion wrestler and long jumper?

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* If you were a member of the middle class in Victorian England, you might have spent an enjoyable afternoon with friends on a boat, searching for bizarre sea creatures. This popular pastime was known as "monster spotting." * Those who study such things say that the smallest vertebrate in the world is a type of carp: The Paedocypris progenetica grows to be less than half an inch long. *** Thought for the Day: "A husband is what is left of the lover after the nerve has been extracted." -- Helen Rowland * You may be surprised to learn that most Greek and Roman statuary and architecture weren't originally the pristine white we see today. Archaeologists have found evidence that these structures and sculptures were brightly painted in ancient times; the paint has just worn off in the intervening centuries.

* Most muppeteers are right-handed and use their dominant hand to operate their puppets' heads; therefore, most muppets are left-handed. * If you have kids between the ages of 9 and 11, you might be interested to learn that nearly half of respondents in a survey believe that is the appropriate age for kids to begin helping vacuum the house. (c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.

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Remember: If you wait too long to get an inspection and to file a claim, you won't be able to tie it to the hailstorm and your claim might be denied. Don't make the repairs yourself, as this might void your policy.

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There are other names for cats, of course. There's the scientific term for housecats, "felis catus" (which sounds a lot like a Harry Potter incantation). There's the general term for all cats, "felines," which includes big cats like tigers and lions, as well as wildcats and lynx and so on. And then there's the other common name for housecats, which is "pussycats." Fully grown male cats that haven't been neutered are called "toms," and fully grown female cats who haven't been spayed are known as "queens." (And they know it, too!)

So, why do we often call full-grown cats "kitty"? I think it's because we humans tend to see even grown domestic housecats as cute, small animals -- even though adult cats can be stone-cold killers of small birds, lizards and other creatures outdoors (which is another good reason to keep your cat indoors).

What's interesting is how most domesticated cats will respond to a call of "Here, kitty kitty." That's likely because the phrase is so frequently used in Western countries, that most cats have heard it many times throughout their lives.

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