| Aldershot sheds pubs and paras image to lead the rise of the mini-city
It is a garrison town known for its rough pubs and paratroopers, but Aldershot has emerged as one of Britain's most popular places to live. A survey of Britain's 60 cities has found that Aldershot and neighbouring Farnborough form part of a wave of "mini-cities" which are proving more attractive than the sprawling urban giants of London, Manchester and Birmingham. The Centre for Cities, an urban policy research unit, has found that the Hampshire conurbation, home to 4,000 soldiers, has the highest employment of any city in the country, levels of basic education that are close to those of Cambridge, and average earnings that rank in the top five areas in the country. .
What Thanksgiving means to me
What do you get when you mix five Jersey girls, Scotland and a Chinese restaurant? A: My most memorable Thanksgiving in 1971. When I started Trenton State College in 1968, my goal was to get my teaching degree. Period. This changed sophomore year when my then-boyfriend, in search of a "cheap date," took me to the International Student Festival on campus -- free entry, free food. The students talked about this golden opportunity called "Semester Abroad," where you could live in another country, see the world and get college credits. Voila -- a new second goal emerged: to be an exchange student. September 1971, my senior year: Nixon was president, the Vietnam War was raging, "All in the Family" had made its TV debut, "Maggie May" had constant play on the radio, and I arrived at Hamilton College of Education in Scotland.
Talk of KKK rally stirs outrage in community
An unsubstantiated posting on a white supremacist Web message board that publicized a Ku Klux Klan rally at an unspecified time or place Saturday in Redding sparked outrage in the community. Although it was unknown if the KKK rally was indeed held on private land somewhere in Redding, news of the possible gathering ignited indignation among many Shasta County residents. .
All have responsibility in fixing Nassau animal control concern
Today's Nassau County Animal Control mess is no different than what it was 20 years ago. Interim County Administrator Ted Selby's comment about animal control, "I need the emotions out of it," ["County wants new outside review of animal control," My Nassau Sun, Sept. 29] is exactly the sort of attitude that has allowed the mess to continue. For any kind of real change to take place in respect to animals and animal control in Nassau County, a whole lot of people are going to have to put emotions into it - positive ones - and back up those emotions with positive action. Everyone has the power to turn this mess around. Here's who - and how - from one resident's perspective. Nassau County commissioners need to: - Hire only animal control directors and staff that care about the welfare of animals and are dedicated and skilled in promoting responsible pet ownership.
Dead cats and absent camels
Any look at hieroglyphs and art in tombs and temples reveals a wealth of information about animals living in the Nile, on the river banks, in the deserts and in the skies. Some creatures were extremely dangerous and had to be hunted or kept at bay by magical spells. A famous gilded statuette from the Tomb of Tutankhamun represents the Pharaoh on a canoe throwing his spear at a hippopotamus – though the hippo is not shown in case it came to life and wrecked the king’s treasures. Sometimes hieroglyphs showing vipers were deliberately mutilated by being cut in half so that the snake could not bite the tomb-owner in the afterlife. Lions were naturally regarded with awe, and Pharaohs emphasised their prowess by leading expeditions to hunt them – one king killed more than 100 lions in the first ten years of his reign.
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