Nationally, about 2 percent of tenured faculty are dismissed in a typical year. If it is difficult --- purposely difficult --- to fire a tenured professor, it's also very hard to become one. The probationary period averages three years for community colleges and seven years at four-year colleges.
Learn about the breed. The Russian Blue is a type of purebred or pedigree cat. The origins of the breed are unknown, but it is believed they originated in the Archangel Islands in North Russia. The weather there is extremely harsh in winter, which is why the Russian Blue developed such a thick, plush coat for insulation.
Bluestar is a pale blue-gray she-cat with long fur and silver fur tinged around her muzzle and tail, a torn ear, a scar that parts the fur across her shoulders, a long tail, and luminous, ice-blue eyes. Bluekit was born in ThunderClan. Her mother was Moonflower and her father was Stormtail. Her litter-mate was her sister, Snowkit.