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What do cats really want?

WSJ: A Pet Food Giant’s Mission to Understand Cats

WSJ: A Pet Food Giant’s Mission to Understand Cats

The Mars company makes M&M’s, Snickers and other human food, along with pet food brands like IAMS, Eukanuba, Pedigree and Sheba.

The pet food giant had a problem. Cats were rapidly catching up to dogs as America’s favorite pets, but the company was filled with people who didn’t fully understand the mercurial creatures—or their owners.

So Mars launched a mission to get its dog-loving workers inside cats’ heads.

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Tragic deaths at Camp Mystic.

New Jersey native on first rescue mission with Coast Guard helps save 165 Texas flood victims: ‘American hero’

The central Texas floods were terrible, with the Camp Mystic events being particularly tragic.  Having a guy like this on the ground at Camp Mystic, directing the rescue efforts, had to be a great comfort.

Scott Ruskan, a 26 year old rescue swimmer for the Coast Guard, is a hero, and sounds like one.

Honestly, I’m mostly just a dude. I’m just doing a job. This is what I signed up for…

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