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Five things about College Park
College kids can be rowdy and loud. They also are an essential part of the Carolina Cup. That is why the Carolina Cup Racing Association gave them College Park 10 years ago. College Park separates the younger Carolina Cup crowd from longtime infield spectators during Camdens most popular spring event. College Park has drawn from 5,000 to 20,000 spectators a year since its 1997 inception, according to the association. Why was College Park created? The college crowd was getting bigger and needed its own area, especially with fraternities getting involved, said Pam Mosier, spokeswoman for the Carolina Cup Racing Association. College Park was a way to encourage them to have their own section so the infield could remain more of a family atmosphere, she said. Whats new this year about the area? Sixty-six spaces were created where groups can rent bigger, two-vehicle areas, with a 20-by-20 tailgating tent included, for $800.
Public urged to play more active role in election drive
THE poor participation of the public in the ongoing election campaigns of the Central Municipal Council (CMC) yesterday sparked a heated debate at a meeting with most speakers saying it was due to a lack of electoral culture.
Abdul Wahab Badrakhan, editor-in-chief of the Aljazeera newspaper which will be launched in September, said people's participation was vital for democratic changes. “In our region democracy is based on the will of the ruler, but it is very difficult for it to thrive in the absence of public participation," he said at an election tent set up by the Arabic daily Arrayah.
He suggested setting up more such tents in different areas to ensure effective participation by the people.
Mohamed al-Malki, the Doha correspondent of the London-based Alhayat newspaper, said poor attendance was a problem plaguing most of the public events held in Qatar.
Newton's laws made easy
HYDERABAD: When that particular apple fell on Isaac Newton's head, he would have never imagined small, thin boys and girls, barely 12 years old, dressed in tattered pinks, greens and khakis and with scanty knowledge of English explaining his laws to science lovers in some corner of a place called Musheerabad. But on Friday, Newton would certainly have been proud of the budding scientists, who poured their heart and soul into various exhibits that explained his three laws or the centre of gravity and several other basic science theories. Makeshift lab There was no pomp, no glitz and no fussy parent around. A few teachers, tired after preparations, experiments and tutorials spread over months, sat behind them. A makeshift tent was the lab. And 125 students from classes VI and VII from 25 upper primary schools -- Government ones and not them `internationals' -- from Adikmet, Ghasmandi, Shankeshwar Bazaar, Chudi Bazaar etc., showcased their brilliance in science with the help of Satyam Foundation at the Musheerabad Government School.
TVI Corporation to Provide Tenting and Mobile Kitchen Facilities ...
GLENN DALE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TVI Corporation (NASDAQ: TVIN), a global supplier of first receiver and first responder products and provider of event shelter and equipment rentals, today announced TVI's Signature Special Event Services ("Signature") subsidiary will provide temporary tenting and mobile kitchen equipment for the Valley View Casino in San Diego, California. Signature's facilities will be used for eight months while the establishment undergoes an extensive renovation of its kitchen and dining amenities. The contract is valued at more than $550,000. Signature will provide more than 3,000 square feet of tenting to support the space being renovated in the Valley View Casino's award-winning Market Square Steak and Seafood Gourmet Buffet. In addition, Signature will be providing 1,600 square feet of tenting for dish room services, 50 different appliances for the casino's specialty food production, HVAC, and extensive flooring and drainage units.
Army Deployed Seriously Injured Troops
The military has been deploying seriously injured troops--even including some who have been been recommended for medical retirement from the service--in order to boost manpower figures and to increase the perception of readiness, according to a new investigation by Mark Benjamin in Salon.com. A few weeks ago, Benjamin wrote a piece exposing how a group of soldiers from the 3rd Brigade-3rd Infantry at Ft. Benning, GA had their medical statuses summarily downgraded in February so they could be re-deployed to Iraq. This week, Benjamin examines how some of those soldiers, plus many others, were recently sent to the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, CA for "training," despite being physically unable to perform most usual exercises. The injured soldiers were not forced to train, but were simply housed in tents on site--their physical presence apparently being good enough to count them among the numbers cited as "trained" for the surge.
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