Belgium – April 2025 – Just a few weeks ago the Salesian association for educational and sustainable tourism wrapped up another exciting international experience accompanied a group of 35 students from “Don Bosco” College of Borgomanero on a study trip to Brussels as part of the project “(B)Europe: an experience to share.” The initiative was designed as a training experience in active European citizenship with the goal of encouraging reflection on what it means to be a European citizen and to deepen students' understanding of the opportunities available to young people in an international context. Guided by some members of the school’s teaching staff and supported by partner organizations such as Don Bosco Youth-Net and Don Bosco International the participants spent four meaningful days immersed in the European experience They visited the European Parliament and the Parlamentarium gaining clearer insight into the roles and inner workings of the European Union. The group also had the chance to engage with several representatives of European civil society Through talks and discussions with delegates from organizations such as COMECE (Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Union) students explored relevant and pressing topics through open dialogue There was also time to explore the key landmarks of both Leuven and Brussels initiatives like this one are incredibly valuable for young students as they foster curiosity and inspire future projects and ideas ANS - “Agenzia iNfo Salesiana” is a on-line almost daily publication the communication agency of the Salesian Congregation enrolled in the Press Register of the Tibunal of Rome as n 153/2007 This site also uses third-party cookies to improve user experience and for statistical purposes By scrolling through this page or by clicking on any of its elements COLLEGE : Benzoni 19, Asani 3, Gaiola 15, D'Amelio 5, Bazan 20, Osagie 3, Osasuyi 13, Rupil 2, Oliveri, Giustina, Charfi, Martino. Coach: Di Cerbo.LEONARDO QUARRATA CONSORTIUM: Angelucci 28, Mongelli 2, Artioli 8, Nyuol, Balducci 8, Molteni 8, Calabrese 10, Diks, Regoli 9, Antonini 4, Babovic, Tiberti. Coach Tonfoni. Referees: Sarzano and Quattrocchi. Partials: 18-21, 34-36, 55-53. 42km solo attack delivered Powless to victory while Strong beat Aranburu in sprint for second holding off a large chase group on the run into Borgomanero to secure a memorable triumph Corbin Strong (Israel-Premier Tech) won the sprint for second place The New Zealander led home Alex Aranburu (Movistar) and the remainder of a disorganised chase group which had lay within 30 seconds of Powless for almost the entirety of the previous 20km “There aren’t many feelings in the world that can compare to this one,” Powless said later “It’s just something that every cyclist works so hard all year to hopefully put it together on a day that matters I’m just so happy that I could put it together today “I was just racing on instinct all the way from the long climb with 60km to go It was just getting really tactical because there were 20 riders at the bottom of the descent I asked Georg [Steinhauser] to follow a move when Trek attacked but I countered and then that was the move that stuck I wasn’t sure what the gaps were so I just kept looking back to gauge who was chasing and where I was I rode harder on the climbs and a bit slower on the flat just to keep it steady.” who saw his early season ruined by knee pain He thanked his family for supporting him through his battle to full fitness “I just feel so incredibly happy and thankful to have put all the bad times behind me,” he said “The spring didn’t go so smooth for me but my family stuck with me and supported me through all the rehabilitation that I needed to do it’s just incredible what my family does for me to chase my dream but today it feels like it’s paying off.” Powless had taken off alone on the second of three major climbs in the second half of the race He had earlier made it into a select lead group which caught up with the early breakaway over the Passo della Colma Finding himself out front in a group of 20 alongside riders including Aranburu Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) and Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek) he took his chance among the flurry of attacks and went solo Despite a two-man chase featuring Julien Bernard (Lidl-Trek) and Georg Zimmermann (Intermarché-Wanty) and later a larger chase numbering 40 or so Powless had built a gap large enough to stay away Powless never had more than a minute over the main group with his advantage dwindling in the final 20km but he persevered and stuck it out to score his first win since the overall title at the Etoile de Bessèges last February The ever-changing route of the Gran Piemonte this year saw the peloton take on a 182km race from Valdengo to Borgomanero suited to puncheurs over dedicated sprinters or climbers as has been the case several times in recent years An opening 110km run on the flatlands west of Milan gave way to a hiller final 70km with the Passo della Colma (8.6km at 5.5%) the first and toughest challenge of the race Barely a metre of flat ground featured the rest of the way The climbs of Cremosina (4.9km at 2.9%) and Traversagna (3.1km at 4%) featured over the next 40km before the closing circuit in Borgomanero and two ascents of the smaller Maggiora hill (800m at 5.6%) before the finish The break of the day went clear in the opening 20km of the race with Nickolas Zukowsky (Q36.5) joined out front by Luca Colnaghi (VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè) Andrii Ponomar (Corratec-Vini Fantini) and Francisco Muñoz (Polti-Kometa) DSM-Firmenich PostNL and EF Education-EasyPost joined in the pacemaking over the flat opening half the break’s advantage grew up to six minutes as the climbs approached It was on the Passo della Colma where the first fractures appeared in the breakaway with Colnaghi and then Muñoz falling away attacks from Kevin Vermaerke (DSM-Firmenich PostNL) and Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek) led to a new composition at the front The pair were joined in the new lead group by the likes of Powless The group of 17 made headway on the remainder of the climb and the way down the other side though Powless was restless and made another jump on the Cremosina climb The American was chased by Bernard and Zimmermann while further back several larger groups were split across the road the remains of the left-behind break were swallowed up by one of those chase groups a group including several fast finishers – Matteo Trentin (Tudor) Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck) and Iván García Cortina (Movistar) – dropped on the Colma chased at 1:40 behind Powless and with a minute to make up on the main chase group Powless was the sole racer left out ahead as Bernard and Zimmermann were brought back while the main chasing group closed in the group lay 30 seconds down on the EF racer while at another 1:10 behind there seemed to be little cooperation in the next chase group Despite the efforts of the main chase behind Powless of the race still holding a 30-second advantage over the chasing group as Lidl-Trek lost both Bernard and Sam Oomen to a crash the attacks were flying from riders including Alessandro Covi (UAE Team Emirates) and Andreas Leknessund (Uno-X Mobility) and the race hit the final 5km with those 15 seconds separating the leaders and he had the luxury of a few more seconds as he raced under the flamme rouge Uno-X Mobility appeared the most organised team in the final throes of the chase and the 28-year-old even had time to sit up and celebrate as he approached the line the sprint for the minor placings unfolded with Strong and Aranburu leading home the disappointed chase group to secure the remaining podium places Results powered by FirstCycling Dani has reported from the world's top races She has interviewed many of the sport's biggest stars and her favourite races are the Giro d'Italia Ever wonder what the most powerful leaders business execs and celebrities keep on their desks Our biweekly “What’s on my Desk” feature will take a look inside the offices and at the desks of the world’s most influential power players Next up is MADinItaly Owner Nadine Curmi 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Sign up here to get it nightly I don’t shy away from life,” onetime Manhattan party boy turned Florida Republican state house representative Fabian Basabe tells me on a recent Sunday at the Standard Spa in Miami Beach as a waitress delivers his brunch of shrimp grits and a screwdriver even when he tells me about how a dealer had recently offered him $140,000 for the Patek Philippe watch adorning his wrist Tropical lightning flashes in inky clouds above the ocean providing a Mephistophelean backdrop to his dark good looks and air of princely mischief State House District 106, which he has represented since 2022, is a humid Xanadu, stretching from Aventura in the north, home to Florida’s largest mall, down to the mansions of Fisher Island, one of the wealthiest Zip Codes in the country where street vendors offer lemurs or exotic snakes as props for a selfie and soi-disant paparazzi ambush tipsy tourists on the crosswalk selling them their celebrity-style guerrilla photos on the spot It might be the only place on earth where electing a Barnumesque bon vivant like Basabe to public office makes sense “IMAGINE WHAT THEY CAN DO TO PEOPLE IN POLITICS!” “Cancel culture has been controlling the market for candidates,” he tells me connecting his old life as a public figure to his new one as a public servant: “One of the most important educations I got in my life was my adult years in New York City I was at the most important events with the smartest people in the world having conversations.” He stops to sip his screwdriver “I was getting a world education over a cocktail.” He epitomized a certain kind of aughts micro-celebrity: constant red-carpet photos; a Washington Post profile that dubbed him “Paris Hilton, but the male version,” and Filthy Rich: Cattle Drive, a reality show (co-starring Kourtney Kardashian and George Foreman III among others) that aired for one season on E But even if he was no longer under the nose of New York’s gossip reporters languishing in obscurity is not Basabe’s style The next 15 years of high living in Miami Beach were sprinkled with on-brand mini-scandals. They include a 2011 lawsuit claiming he walked off with $5,000 while helping out with an immigration case; a 2017 report that he bit a waitress on the left biceps at the Faena Hotel (he said he merely chomped his teeth playfully); and the 2019 account by Black publicist Tayo Otiti who had denied him entry to an overfilled Art Basel party and whore.” (Basabe said he only called her a peasant.) This past May sued him over a botched deal to import and resell used Land Rovers from Britain Notable arrests include one for disorderly intoxication outside a South Beach gay bar in 2016 for which the police report quotes him saying “I got on the roof of the car to make a fabulous entrance to Club Twist.” (He volunteered to reproduce that pose for New York’s photographer.) And in 2020 after throwing a woman’s phone into the Bay of Biscayne over a COVID-era social-distancing dispute he was charged with “strong-arm robbery” and detained at gunpoint by U.S Marshals after docking his luxury boat on a jaunt to South Carolina None of which seems like the foundation for a successful midlife switch to local politics running for office had a certain swag to it felt he had to take a stand after a friend decided not to join a race because he was “afraid of getting canceled.” The lightbulb went off: Basabe with the means to fund his own race and no business interest to protect Basabe wonders if his most recent accusers had been put up to the task by an unknown political enemy “To have worked really hard and to have someone just cover up the hard work you’ve done when I’m really doing this in a pure spirit of good-heartedness of community service one of Basabe’s co-stars from Filthy Rich: Cattle Drive stops by the table to say “hello.” She curls up like a cat and orders a Diet Coke; it’s time to talk about something else “I’ve also had a line of people come into my office and say we embark on a six-hour tour of HD106 in Basabe’s hulking black Chevy Suburban Fitted just that day with vanity “FB4FL” official House license plates the SUV contains a lively seven-year-old toy Australian shepherd named Sodapop and is driven by Basabe’s close friend That friend believes the innuendo that may follow from having his name mentioned here could permanently damage his relationship with his conservative family in homage to one of a famously chaste pair of Muppet roommates Basabe speaks enthusiastically about the history of local development who has been working on Sunday in his Aventura atelier “I voted for Fabian because I have known him for many years and I know he’s a common-sense kind of person,” says Ruiz a gay man who is not concerned by Basabe’s support for Governor Ron DeSantis’s “Don’t Say Gay” legislation I don’t feel that bill is against my interest.” stepping in to help Basabe while he is down a legislative aide is volunteer James Davis who performs in drag as Elaine Lancaster and was once a supporting character on The Real Housewives of Miami (Davis says he lost his drag hosting gigs in 2017 after coming out as a Trump supporter.) Among Basabe’s chief antagonists is the LGBTQ-rights group Equality Florida the members of which have picketed Basabe’s office and harangued him when he appeared at the most recent Miami Beach Pride Parade chanting “Shame” as he moved slowly down Ocean Drive on the back of his own red vintage Chevy convertible has already announced his intention to run against Basabe in the next election prompting Basabe to dismiss many of his most vocal critics as “paid shills” for Equality Florida Post-brunch, we spend the day driving around the district, which he clearly knows well. Finally, around 9 p.m., we end up at Mac’s Club Deuce and the Jets-Chiefs game (featuring Taylor Swift) are playing on different wide-screen TVs as Sodapop sits on a bar stool watching staff put up Halloween decorations A FaceTime call comes on Basabe’s phone: It’s Cuba Gooding Jr inviting him and Bert to come over and watch the game One of Basabe’s tics is that he is constantly saying outrageous and revealing things but prefaces seemingly every second sentence with “Off the record …” After a round of tequila-sodas I suggest that if Basabe or Bert wants to talk about their friendship on the record and I will do whatever it takes to protect them,” Basabe says launching into a Republican family-values stem-winder with a tiny rainbow flag in its tail “My son is the most important human in the world to me although a slight ripple passes over his expression at the news he is only taking bronze in Basabe’s life Fabian Basabe was born in 1978 at New York University Hospital He likes to say his grandmother was smitten with the mid-century singer Fabian and that’s why the men in his line carry the name but his father was born a decade too early for that to be so Basabe says it’s the dregs of an inherited hospitality-and-brewing fortune plus his dad’s “entrepreneurship.” His mother worked for Pan Am and befriended hotel mogul Leona Helmsley because she also had offices in the airline’s iconic midtown building the Helmsleys had their own skyscraper across the street.) So around 1988, they bought the Bolivar on then-seedy Ocean Drive and renamed it the Boulevard (It was eventually sold for $10 as part of a bankruptcy action in 2005.) Around this time he had been kicked out of three prep schools (“I was a troublemaker”) and Pepperdine University in Malibu (for an academic infraction that is “off the record.”) Whatever his father’s fortunes, however, at Pepperdine Basabe had the good taste to fall in love with a wealthy classmate. Martina Borgomanero’s grandfather had been a partner in the successful La Perla lingerie company, then based in her hometown of Bologna, Italy. (The $270 million company was sold to a private-equity firm in 2007.) Martina describes meeting her future husband at a gathering of Pepperdine students outside a club in 1997 “He was wearing an electric-blue jacket to the knee with the MC Hammer pants and Versace loafers that were suede all around with snakeskin on top,” she says Passing her — then a stranger — by the valet parking “Someone just asked me where I rented my jacket That quote/pickup line from the 1995 film Clueless was a popular catchphrase at the time asked her friend what pie “à la mode” meant over the chatter of 50 people and the music of Madonna Borgomanero went back to Italy but kept the relationship alive with daily phone calls where no velvet rope was a match for his charisma and chutzpah He did a bit of modeling with his pal Amanda Hearst featured him on a show about the new generation of “It” kids “I used to wear T-shirts I got at Barneys; one of them said ‘Beauty Qualifies Me,’ and another one said ‘Local Celebrity,’” he recalls “I guess I was that rising wave of New York socialites.” The attention helped him pick up small endorsement deals Veteran publicist Alan Rish recalls driving cross-country in a Monarch RV with him and the society photographer Patrick McMullan on a road-trip PR stunt to various far-flung retail locations that sold designer Jhane Barnes and he knew everybody.” The trip stretched from Texas to California and points in between When everyone else was ready to go to sleep Guests at a black-tie “winter ball” the Basabes threw to celebrate their 2005 wedding are a time capsule of the era’s young socials: Barbara Bush “but he wasn’t responding to it,” Basabe says — the child associated the name with his father and grandfather he pointed to his parents and himself in turn and said Brando.” His birth certificate was updated accordingly now attends boarding school in Switzerland which gives Martina reason to spend more time with her family in Europe in addition to maintaining the marital home in Miami Beach She makes it clear that home is solid — and also nobody else’s business “The private life of a politician shouldn’t matter to the voter. It should only matter to the people that belong to his private life,” she says. (Fabian Basabe’s X profile describes him as a “common sense family man.”) Moreover the gossip about his sexuality and allegations of harassment “do not affect our family and I honestly don’t think anybody who is out there to do good And every effort lately is so cheap — it’s like But doesn’t the endless conga line of lawsuits “His behavior is definitely extraordinary in the literal sense of the word “A lot of people either don’t say what they do because who knows what people are going to think I honestly don’t think that Fabian believes he does anything wrong.” and I am very happy for where my family is and how it has evolved so I am also very pleased with myself,” she says He’s the George Santos of Florida,” says Aaron Bos-Lun, a local LGBTQ advocate who has made taking down Basabe something of a personal crusade. He helps run several anti-Basabe social-media accounts, called Stopthebully on X and Instagram which he describes as “a necessary public service to expose someone so willing to lie.” Basabe launched his post–dirty–dancing–with–a–First Daughter career in politics with a 2021 bid for a Miami Beach Commission (or council) seat as a Trumpist Republican which crashed when it was ruled he hadn’t met the residency requirements That snub created antipathy between Basabe and the city that continues to this day he eked out a surprise victory in his tilt for the state legislature winning by just 242 votes out of 52,588 cast “I did it the old-fashioned way: by knocking on doors and standing on the street with a sign,” he says his freshman year in the state capital of Tallahassee has not gone without a hitch there was an immediate backlash among some constituents over his voting record which has supported Governor DeSantis’s conservative agenda Audio from a livestream of an event for LGBTQ Democrats during the 2022 campaign has Basabe representing himself as a Republican “gay candidate.” Basabe does not deny saying this He also acknowledges he briefly signed up as vice-president of the local Log Cabin Republicans although soon vacated the role because “I just didn’t have the time.” Ask Basabe about any confusion people might have about his orientation and he responds: “Sexually Critics and allies alike agree that his support of the “Don’t Say Gay” bill may have been necessary for political survival within the state GOP Basabe claims he successfully altered language in the bill that made it less hostile to LGBTQ people and represents himself as a centrist on various issues he introduced a bill that would repeal a lingering statutory prohibition on recognizing same-sex marriages even though they have been effectively legal in the state since a 2015 U.S (Three similar bills have failed in Florida’s legislature since 2017.) Also last month he proposed a bill that would set the state’s legal abortion limit at 12 weeks splitting the difference between a current limit of six weeks and a 15-week exception in some circumstances “If you only interact with Fabian for less than five minutes they’ll be five of the best minutes of your life,” says Bos-Lun “And if you interact with him for five minutes and one second you’ll realize you’ve never met a worse person.” Basabe has other problems than just his voting record just as the new class of state representatives was being sworn in he says he was introduced to the newly minted State Representative Basabe via texts from a mutual friend a wood-paneled redoubt for Tallahassee power brokers and even Bert — who he says was introduced as Basabe’s boyfriend (Basabe tells New York this introduction did not happen.) I didn’t really care.” And Basabe made a great impression Maybe this guy can actually do something.” But Frevola alleges things quickly went south while visiting “North Beach Elementary School for the school’s Career Day and standing in the back of a classroom full of children ‘I want ALL of that butt!’ and then BASABE touched NICOLAS FREVOLA’s buttocks by slapping it with his hand “I didn’t say anything because I was scared and afraid,” Frevola says now Also he had signed an NDA as a condition for interacting with the Basabe family — which is not standard procedure for state legislative aides — “and I didn’t know if this was binding.” the inauguration day of DeSantis’s second term Frevola alleges Basabe began drinking before lunch at a social event hosted by a lobbying group he claims Basabe asked about his sex life — then slapped him across the face for the imagined infraction of “cheating” with a woman “BASABE then demanded that NICOLAS FREVOLA stand in the corner of the room,” the lawsuit states and out of fear of additional confrontation “I didn’t know how to react; I was in shock,” Frevola says “There were a bunch of high-profile people in the room But their lawsuit states: “On several occasions BASABE told CUTBIRTH and NICOLAS FREVOLA that ‘sport fucking is a thing that guys do’ and he (BASABE) encouraged CUTBIRTH and NICOLAS FREVOLA to ‘try sport fucking.’ “BASABE also told CUTBIRTH that ‘whenever men have sex with women women can be all in their feelings’ and can get emotionally attached when all men want to do is have sex and not necessarily have an emotional attachment and this is why it is better for men to have sex with other men rather than women.” Frevola says he checked himself into hospital in late March suffering a panic attack “because of the harassment.” Once his mother got wind of it she and Frevola started working with a lawyer he filed a complaint with the EEOC as well as the court case (Janette Frevola is also party to the defamation count relating to a press release posted on Twitter by Basabe calling them a “conning The stated monetary claim of the lawsuit is “individually in excess of $50,000.” But Frevola has claimed what he really wants is an apology (Myers clarifies: “Nick still wants the same apologies from Basabe and Florida House leadership But he also wants the remedy to be determined by a jury.”) “I just want to smile again and be happy and not wake up with night terrors every night.” Basabe denies the allegations contained in the lawsuit which include defamation and three counts each of sexual harassment and battery everyone would have known about it the very next day,” he says This after the Republican-controlled House hired an outside investigator Marlene Quintana of the Miami law firm GrayRobinson and it contained more gossipy details that Basabe disputes including that Frevola had stayed in Basabe’s pool house in Miami (the property is a different place from where Basabe’s family lives) they allegedly attended various parties together including one where an “unidentified guest asked if Mr Frevola could be abused for sexual purposes and Representative Basabe responded ‘you can abuse him all you want.’” (Basabe denies saying this and does not recall the event described.) Frevola had free access to both Shiloh as well as the keypad code to Basabe’s apartment in Tallahassee and has become quite fond of his boss: “Text messages produced by Representative Basabe confirm that Mr Frevola told Representative Basabe that he loved him.” (Myers counters this was merely bro-y banter detailed to the investigator an alleged incident of being hit on by Basabe (which he denies) before he became an intern and the report says that he was asked to sign the same NDA that Frevola signed And while the report noted that Basabe showed both young men the same photo of “his friend in a bikini in a movie scene,” and both “reported very similar comments being made by Representative Basabe regarding sex as a sport made only for men,” it concludes in his favor to substantiate the allegations,” wrote Quintana suggest he “exercise better judgment” with “his subordinates (and their friends) in the future.” responded: “We were expecting her to find in his favor because that’s what all of these employer defense attorney-investigators do But we weren’t expecting it to be so fraught with what appears to be deliberate misstatements and shoddiness.” She has vowed to fight on Basabe is hosting 16 officials from the ten cities and two “unincorporated entities” in his district for a working lunch at an Italian restaurant in his North Bay Village office building While servers hover with appetizer platters of calamari fritti Basabe opens by addressing the sexual-harassment lawsuit but I want to look you all in the eye and say they are absolutely false allegations and I will be victorious in court,” he says “So please be patient and I apologize for the embarrassment brought to the district.” almost everyone has something nice to say about their freshman state rep he has never failed to show up,” says Enid Weisman the Democratic mayor of Aventura from 2014 to 2022 “What impressed me was his willingness to explain his history The first thing he told me was his negatives; he owned them all Somebody running for political office usually tries to sugarcoat their past and STOP signs are not a partisan issue,” says Shlomo Danzinger so we need to work with a Republican to get entitlements,” they say referring to the discretionary financial grants the state makes to cities And does the electorate suspect he is hiding anything about his private life “I think the voters perceive him as ‘bi,’” says Weisman and loves-self.” The room politely chuckles Support among local officials is not universal Three representatives from liberal Miami Beach leave early underlining the rift from Basabe’s thwarted run for city commission That feud surfaces again the next morning at a Miami Beach pâtisserie where the city’s former mayor Matilde “Matti” Bower hosts a local politics breakfast club but Basabe never announces his attendance in advance to avoid Equality Florida arranging a picket who bulges out of his white button-down shirt as he pitches his candidacy for city commissioner The dozen octogenarian voters in attendance listen politely but the room doesn’t come alive until Basabe takes the microphone He and Bower — a supporter though a Democrat — start sparring Basabe colorfully describes his experience at the previous day’s lunch accusing the Miami Beach contingent of “walking out.” Within minutes Bower’s Apple watch is vibrating with furious calls from an aggrieved party at the Miami Beach City Commission “He wants to know how I can let Fabian say that,” she says a Democrat constituent originally from Queens waits with a thick file of documents to buttonhole Basabe about school funding She says she wasn’t concerned about the harassment allegations and compared Basabe to John F whose presidential campaign she worked on as a college student the store empties out and Basabe orders a ham-and-cheese croissant to take back for Bert we are all back in the Chevy Suburban heading to hear about a neighboring district’s pedestrian-safety initiative But then a journalist calls wanting to know about the fight with Aventura’s mayor: Is it true Basabe is backing a recall effort he remembers he has to call his wife in Italy; over FaceTime Martina raises a glass of straw-colored wine Basabe steps out of the vehicle in a tailored cream jacket and brown suede shoes (all Tod’s brands) with Sodapop on a leash Half a dozen stakeholders follow him around explaining the multiple issues related to widening sidewalks: property lines Basabe takes it all in and asks what seems to me like informed questions He poses for a picture with a white memorial cross on a street corner Strangers approach him — he is clearly some kind of big deal He spends time with everyone and thanks some passing cops for their service Back in the car and there’s more he hasn’t said his phone is pinging — the Miami Beach commissioner “walkout” claim is metastasizing in real time And has he mentioned he’s working on a book Bert pulls up in front of the Brightline train station and deposits me on the curb Basabe plans to hit a Democratic social event that night — a calculated provocation — and is disappointed New York won’t be there to document it So is schmoozing outside his district part of a bigger strategy “If I have to run for higher office to heal this divide Hugs good-bye and Sodapop bounces in the back seat and Bert restarts the car By submitting your email, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Notice and to receive email correspondence from us Things you buy through our links may earn Vox Media a commission Password must be at least 8 characters and contain: you’ll receive occasional updates and offers from New York Scouts and agents were essential. 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Part of Springer Nature re-creating the structure and lighting effects in a study on light and composition inspired by the work of art 2022 - The close relationship between the Don Bosco Boarding School and the "Mamre" Association of Borgomanero has become concrete as they have begun to provide formidable help to Ukraine and faculty in collecting basic necessities for the displaced persons the School's theater was filled with clothing with the teachers coordinating the Don Bosco students in sorting the huge amount of material and loading the vans where the material was transferred onto a truck for Lviv the Association "Compagni di Volo" and those in charge of the Ukrainian Community of Borgomanero some teachers from the "Don Bosco" Economic and Social secondary school also participated in the trip Part of the collection will benefit some orphanages thanks to the connection with the Salesians of Ukraine and Poland Italy - April 2020 - In this time of medical emergency the students of Prima Les (address of the Social Economic High School) of the "Don Bosco" College of Borgomanero and coordinated by the teacher Assia Hassanein have created elastic devices for safety masks The intuition is the result of the inspiration and creativity of Quinn Callander who made his idea available without a patent and free online allowing the students to thus implement the project and customize it before printing The device lightens the weight of the mask elastics and prevents rubbing on the back of the ears 100 straps have been supplied to the Obstetrics Department of the Borgomanero Hospital and another 100 to the Vergante Ambulance Italy - May 2020 - The Salesians of Borgomanero have implemented several solidarity initiatives to help people in need and in difficulty due to the current health emergency According to the slogan promoted by the Rector Major the “Diamoci da fare” project took the form of a fundraiser to buy smocks for nurses and doctors from the Borgomanero hospital and obtained excellent results: with the contribution obtained The initiative will end in the coming days UN - March 2017 – On Wednesday 15 March seven students of the Don Bosco College of Borgomanero landed at JFK Airport in New York City ready to undertake the simulation work at the United Nations The work was an opportunity for everyone to understand whether the diplomatic career could really be the right path for their future the context allowed them to spend some time even outside of work with young people from all over the world sharing the main reason why each young person has decided to leave scientists conducted archaeological excavations at the western wall of the Luy Lau ancient citadel in the northern province of Bac Ninh aiming to explore the historical and cultural values hidden in the citadel Vietnam currently ranks fifth among Asian U23 teams information and models of 87 Buddhist national treasures currently preserved in museums and relic sites across the country are on display The New Zealand Herald has run an article by journalist Cath Johnsen affirming that Vietnam offers one of the kindest cultures in the world held in celebration of the 75th anniversary of Vietnam–Hungary diplomatic ties aimed to strengthen connections between young overseas Vietnamese in Hungary and their cultural roots The exhibition features a dome made from do (poonah paper) combined with recycled plastic and steel to create a space that is both soft and strong The International Martial Arts Tournament welcomed participants from 11 African countries that are part of the African Vovinam – Viet Vo Dao Confederation alongside representatives from several European nations and Vietnam Deputy Minister of Culture of Venezuela Alí Alejandro Primera will perform renowned songs praising President Ho Chi Minh during an art programme titled “Forever Ho Chi Minh” on the occasion of his 135th birthday (May 19 The oil on canvas "Property of a Lady of Title" was the top-selling item at Sloane Street Auctions on May 2 and marked the first Vietnamese artwork ever auctioned at the house Vietnam will be one of 11 hosts of the AFC Asian U23 Cup 2026 qualification Coach Nguyen Dinh Hoang of Vietnam will bring 14 players who have practised hard at intensive training courses and friendlies in Vietnam and Japan to China for the AFC Women’s Futsal Asian Cup 2025 The Berlin exhibition presents a chronological narrative of the war through the eyes of artists and photographers who lived through or deeply studied the war from the early days of revolutionary movement to the great victory on April 30 Ha Long Carnival 2025 unfolded in three acts each weaving Quang Ninh’s cultural heritage into a vivid tapestry of performance The elaborately choreographed performances captured the spirit of local residents invited attendees to explore the locality's breathtaking natural beauty themed “Unity and Inclusivity for Human Dignity: Buddhist Insights for World Peace and Sustainable Development,” will take place in Ho Chi Minh City from May 6 to 8 expected to draw 1,200 delegates from 85 countries and territories Hanoi has mobilised hundreds of billions of VND for the restoration preservation and promotion of local cultural heritage every year transforming the treasures into engines for sustainable tourism development and Tourism Suansavanh Viyaket emphasised that the victory on April 30 was not only a triumph for the army and people of Vietnam but also a shared victory for the united forces and the special combat alliance between Laos and Vietnam not only won the final stage of the 37th National HTV Cycling Cup which concluded on April 30 in Ho Chi Minh City but also secured his place as the overall champion of the prestigious tournament The oil on canvas "Property of a Lady of Title" will be the first Vietnamese artwork on auction at this distinguished auction house It was on display at a solo exhibition of Vu Cao Dam in London in 1960 hosted by the prominent Frost & Reed Gallery titled “Mua xuan thong nhat” (the spring of reunification) serves as a profound tribute to previous generations soldiers and civilians who made great sacrifices for the country’s freedom and independence The exhibition showcases 42 photographs and propaganda posters created by Cuban artists reflecting Cuba’s heartfelt solidarity with Vietnam during its prolonged struggle for national defence 2008 by the Ministry of Information and Communications Email: vietnamplus@vnanet.vn Reproduction in any form is prohibited without written consent the bakery/pastry shop/pizzeria of the Salesian Vocational Training Center in Bra created pies and focaccias to be distributed through the volunteers of the Civil Protection of Bra to the numerous guests and operators of five city Health Residences (RSA) to the Poor Clares of the Braidese Monastery to the Carabinieri on leave and to the Civil Protection itself Source: http://bra.cnosfap.net/ Italy - May 2020 - In April the young people of the starters course promoted by the Missionary Animation of the Salesian Circumscription of Italy-Piedmont and Valle d'Aosta (ICP) met online on Holy Saturday for a brief sharing on the preparation to Easter and in two separate videoconferencing events they dealt with the theme of "Feeling oneself Community" an initiative to recite the Rosary was undertaken every day around 6 pm; given the many difficulties that arose for the summer experience in Benin the Missionary Rosary initiative started in May Every Saturday the group offers the possibility of praying the Missionary Rosary to young people who wish to participate and pray together Enter the official Derthona Basket website Only big smiles from the second week of the 2023 championship for the youth sector of the Derthona Basketball Lab What earns the cover is above all theU17 Excellence successful not only in the most impressive scalp but also with more pathos the comeback and practically narrow victory against the vice-leaders College Basketball Borgomanero just two days after the blitz on the pitch of College Basket Novara La Lucciola Against a team that had lost only once in the twelve games of the season Enrico Rocco's boys showed off great character even recovering from -5 with 2' left before the siren led in particular by point guard Bruno Farias with an almost quadruple double the inspiration of the comeback baskets and overtaking by Robert Paraschivu match-winner with the mid-range shot for 61-60 with 1' to go and never countered by the guests again The Bianconeri's eighth victory in twelve games puts them in solitary third place ever closer to the top four who will be able to play in the playoffs for the regional title and aspire he is aiming his bar ever straighter towards the National FinalsU19 Excellence whose sixth consecutive victory without worries against bottom runners-up CUS Torino continues the pressure from very close to the top three places which ensure access to the Italian tournament after having fully returned to the play-off zone also in Serie C Gold thanks returning to success against Zeta Esse Ti Teens Biella after two knockouts in a row Two more precious points to bring to the standings for the second regional phase if secured byU15 Excellence which makes the direct clash with Pall its own Ciriè and continues to prepare in the best possible way for the big home match on the last day against the undefeated league leaders Collegno Basket scheduled for Sunday 29 January at 11 am at PalaCamagna Where the increasingly convincing U19 Silver has just secured the play-off for second place in the standings in front of BEA Chieri and is flying on the wings of enthusiasm towards next week's away match against CB Team Casale Monferrato first in the class there was a triple match in the last weekend against Novipiù Basket Monferrato with a final balance of 2-1 for Derthona with the successes of U13 Gold and the Esordienti minibasket and the defeat of the 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