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BALTIMORE (Map, News) - In the ancient world, lefties got a bad rap; suspicions of treachery stuck with the Latin word for leftie: sinistra.
Today, left-handed batter Barry Bonds isn’t helping the word’s image.
On the other, er, right hand, the Latin dextra gave us dexterous in English, which means skilled. Today, August 13th, is International Left-Handers Day.
While it may not be the most celebrated day of the year, it is a fun one that aims to “celebrate the strengths and advantages left-handers possess, and dispel many of the superstitions that have surrounded left-handedness in many cultures for hundreds of years,” according to lefthandersday.org.
In 2006, researchers and Johns Hopkins and Lafayette College discovered left-handed men who graduate from college are 26 percent richer than their right-handed counterparts. Some experts claim lefties’ brains are built in a way that widens their range of abilities.
The genes that make you left-handed also control the language centers of the brain.
Only 8 to 15 percent of the adult population is left-handed, and there seems to be a high tendency for left-handed people to be high achievers: think Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein, Bill Clinton and Link — the main character from the “Zelda” video games.
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Miki said:
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Dolphin said:
"It's natural for dolphins to pair bond in their [wild] environment" What she did miss is that such pair-trio bonds are being formed by males born the same year in the same family. And these bonds are almost never replaceable. Means, if one of them dies or disappears some other way, there will be no replacement for his mate. It definitely does not happen by just dumping some dolphins together, even if they both are lonely.
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Khuram said:
Harry is the last Horcrux perhaps. The black stone ring in the 6th book had a crack on it after it bacame a horcrux, a crack evident on harry's forhead. Perhaps R.A.B is Regullus Black. Also, as the last chapter of the last book is called 'The Boy Who Died', we can guess that Harry, if he is a Horcrux, has to be destroyed in order for Voldemort to lose his immunity. Snape might turn out to be good, for there is evidence in the 6th book that Dumbledore had previously asked Snape to carry out a task which Snape didn't want to. What 'it' is is still speculated however, many believe the order was for Snape to avoid death himself by killing Dumbledore, meaning that Snape may be very important in the destruction of Voldemort. I'm studying English Literature at uni, it helps quite a lot.
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J.P. said:
I think that Harry will destroy 5 of the 6 horcruxes, I also think that Harry will be the 6th and final horcrux and he will have to die in order to kill voldemort once and for all
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Irfan Nabi said:
I think there will be a big battle against Voldemort.I think Harry will destroy all the horcruxes and make one of his own. I think h will have help from all the greatest wizards he knows about. I think Voldemort will die one of the great wizards will die and Harry will die. I think Dumbledore has a horcrux so he can come back from the dead and help Harry. I think some will make a statue of Harry because he killed Voledemort.
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Examiner Reader said:
Harry Potter is for people of all ages -- example, residents at Riderwood, in Silver Spring, Maryland (a retirement community) have their own Harry Potter blog.
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mwigarire syson tasha said:
i think harry will kill snape and voldemort after discovering many secrets about the dark world.
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Examiner Reader said:
Thank you it was helpful
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