Historian Will Durant began work on a massive series called "The Story of Civilization". The first volume was "Our Oriental Heritage", published in 1935. Of note is the Foreward, in which Durant says that a war with Japan is almost certain, and it is his hope that a greater understanding of the relationship between Eastern and Western civilization will help to reduce the damage of such a war, or even prevent it.
My daughter is just going to France to study an insect that is a carrier for some kind of fungus. She'll get a summer stipend, and travel/living expenses, but she'll have to buy her own beer.
One of our cats was hit by a car, and so I enclosed our yard in a cat-proof fence. It was over 10 feet tall, and I also covered the trunks of our trees with a piece of smooth aluminum to keep the cats from climbing over a certain height. One of our cats still kept escaping. I was puzzled, until one of my daughters said that she saw this cat jump onto our roof from a standing start! I gave up after that. The fence does keep neighborhood cats from getting in, though.
One of our cats still kept escaping. I was puzzled, until one of my daughters said that she saw this cat jump onto our roof from a standing start!
I gave up after that. The fence does keep neighborhood cats from getting in, though.