People often blame fate on what is a direct consequence of their own violent passions.
Walter Scott
Человек сумел полностью или частично приручить несколько десятков видов животных. Но, даже среди этой массы, кошкам принадлежит совершенно особая роль. Кошку принято считать одним из двух наиболее востребованных «компаньонов» среди животных. Она может соперничать в этом плане только с собакой и еще неизвестно, кому именно достанется «пьедестал почета».
The International Day of the World's Indigenous People is celebrated in the first decade of August. It arose at the initiative of the UN General Assembly in 1994. The celebration is dedicated to the issues of preserving indigenous peoples on the planet, protecting their rights, cultural wealth, and heritage.
International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples. According to UN estimates, indigenous peoples now comprise about 370 million people living in more than 70 countries.
Archibald Joseph Cronin – better known simply as A.J. Cronin – lived from 19 July 1896 to 6 January 1981. He was one of the most commercially successful Scottish writers of the 20th Century. The wider picture in Scotland at the time is set out in our Historical Timeline.
Valentine Louis Georges Eugène Marcel was born in Auteuil, Paris into an upper middle class family on July 10, 1871. His father was a well known pathologist and also an author of many books to do with medicine and hygiene. Marcel’s mother, a well read and literate lady, came from a strong background of a rich Jewish family. Proust grew up to become a world famous novelist, essayist and critic. He is best known for his epic work «À la recherché du temps perdu» (In Search of Lost Time).
Бессо́нница — расстройство сна, которое характеризуется недостаточной продолжительностью или неудовлетворительным качеством сна либо сочетанием этих явлений на протяжении значительного периода времени. Причины бессонницы могут быть разными: неблагоприятные условия засыпания, нарушения гигиены сна, психосоциальные стрессы, приём некоторых лекарств или некоторых наркотиков, различные болезни и так далее. Отрицательное влияние на структуру сна также оказывает сменная работа, авиаперелёты со сменой часового пояса.
Какие факторы могут вызвать такой недуг как бессонница?
Jean de La Fontaine was born in Chateau-Thierry, Champagne, in central France, the son of a government official. He went to Paris to study medicine and theology, but was drawn to the whirls of social life.
La Fontaine qualified as a lawyer but here turned home in 1647 and assisted his father, a super intendent of forests. He held a number of government posts, but they did not pay much money. In 1647 he married Marie Héricart, an heiress, but the marriage was unhappy and they separated in 1658.
Sir Henry Rider Haggard, English novelist best known for his romantic adventure King Solomon’s Mines (1885).
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