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Despite Milan's reputation as the center of the fashion universe, the capital of Italy has plenty of (non-Gucci related) attractions for Cheapos to explore. Take, for instance, the Sforza Castle, or the "Castello Szforesco," as it is known in Italian.
This impressive structure was built by the Sforza family in the 14th century to replace the Visconti Castle after it was destroyed. The Sforza castle played an important role in the history of Milan, serving as a fortress and barracks during various military confrontations. Napoleon seized the castle in May 1776 and it remained under French rule until 1799. The castle was soon back in French hands, when Napoleon defeated the then-ruling Austrian army. The castle was restored after the unification of Italy in 1861, with the help of the renowned architect Luca Beltrami.
Today the castle is best known for the civic museums it houses. Among the items on display are Michelangelo's last sculpture, the Rondanini Pieta, and da Vinci's Codex Trivulzianus manuscript. Besides the museums and its stately towers, the castello boasts a beautiful garden and the original moat that surrounded medieval Milan.
You can browse the castle grounds for free, though museum admission costs €3. Afraid you can't afford to glimpse the works of your favorite Renaissance artists? Never fear: if you stop by between 4:30 pm and 5 pm (between 2 pm and 5:30 pm on Fridays), you'll get into the castle museums liberare! (Who says being late is always bad?)
The Castello Szforesco is open daily from 7 am to 6 pm in winter, and 7 am to 7 pm in summer. Take the MM1 Cadorna to Cairoli or the MM2 Cadorna to Lanza. Visit the castle's official site for more info.
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Napolean seized a castle in Italy is 1776? REALLY? What war was he fighting then? Being he was only 7 years old at the time (he was born in 1769), I kind of think that might have been a wee bit difficult, if not impossible.
CLUE: The French Revolution began in 1789. Perhaps you meant 1796.


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LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - Jordan Tolbert scored 19 points and grabbed nine rebounds to lead Texas Tech to a 68-54 win over South Dakota State on Thursday night.
Dusty Hannahs added 12 points and hit on all nine free throw attempts and Jaye Crockett had 10 points and seven rebounds.
Brayden Carlson led South Dakota State with 14 points, hitting 4-of-11 3-pointers, and Cody Larson added 12 points.
The Red Raiders got out to a quick lead with four points from Dejan Kravic and led the whole way. The Jackrabbits cut it to six at 56-50 with 5:48 left in the game on a Carlson 3-pointer but Hannahs responded with one of his own to help Tech run away with it.
The Red Raiders (4-1) dominated SDSU (1-4) in points in the paint, 33 to 18, and scored 22 points off of turnovers compared with seven for SDSU.
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Caterpillar says it is expanding its market-leading line of mini excavators.
The company announced the addition of three new models, which broaden the appeal of the line and extends choices for industry sectors.
The new addition to the micro market is the Cat 300.9D, which is hailed as the smallest machine in the Cat range. Coming in at just 2,061 pounds, the model is small enough to fit through a standard doorway and is expected to be used widely among home-builders, rental companies, and demolition contractors.
Cat's 301.4C model expands choices in the popular 1.5 ton market. Fitting into the line-up below the current 301.8C, the model is available with choice of cap or FOPS/TOPS canopy and with a standard or extending width undercarriage.
The Cat 302.7D CR joins the compact radius line as one of the lightest models. Caterpillar says the 302.7D is perfect for rental companies or contractors because it is easy to transport. Of the model's defining features is a load sensing hydraulic system and joystick for fine movement of powered attachments.


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The Christian Science Monitor carried an interesting story last week. Michael Spencer wrote the article that was headlined, "The Coming Evangelical Collapse". He says an anti-Christian chapter in Western history is about to begin. He writes of a coming apostasy and predicts millions of evangelicals will quit.
The Saturday, March 14 edition of the Pensacola News Journal carried Leonard Pitts editorial entitled, "Religion is Driving Us Away from God." He bases the column on the recent study, the American Religious Identification Survey. Conducted by researchers at Trinity College of Hartford, Connecticut, he cites the findings that those calling themselves Christian is down 10% since 1990. The number is now 76%
We cannot deny that the American church is in trouble. And the troubles are ours. The need of the hour is repentance within the body of Christ. We need to return to our first love and be open to the fresh leading of the Holy Spirit and to His manifestation of Bible faith in our culture.
Today is St Patrick's Day. All most know of the day is wearing green, having a parade, drinking beer and eating corn beef. However, if you go back and read of Patrick you will find him a Gospel preacher calling people to repentance in Ireland. He died March 17, 461 A.D. We would be wise to look at history and ask God to raise up others to call us to repentance.
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For 10 years, I have taught the creative writing class at the Swampscott Senior Center. During that time, I have come across a wide variety of intelligent, thoughtful, talented, and wise people who have had one thing in common: they loved to write.
Like any creative endeavor, the ability to write is a life-sustaining gift. It clarifies your thoughts, it allows you to share what's important with others, it heals past injuries, and for those reasons and more, I have always felt grateful that people have been willing to walk into my class and share part of their lives.
One writer, however, stands out—Maria Mello. Her drive to perfect her work is matched by a perfect ear for rhythm, acute perception of the human condition, and a gift for words that conjure pictures.
In her melodic and sonorous voice, she has read her work to acclaim at local libraries, senior centers, and regularly at the Barnes and Nobles Bookstore in Peabody. An elementary school teacher for almost 40 years in Salem, Mello is modest by nature, and has been disinclined to market herself or her work. For years, however, people have asked her when she will put out a book of her writing.
Now that time has come in the form of a poetry collection, Bird Calls. Bird Calls is arranged into sections, each named for a different species of bird, and each corresponding to a theme: longing, discovery, loss, communion and wisdom.
The poems are wide-ranging in subject matter—an uncle who returned from WWII, a rogue storm on Plum Island, her husband's tattoos, but they are informed by her years spent volunteering at the Audubon in Topsfield, her painting and her music.
In Blue Spruce, her potent mix of nature and spirituality is evident. "I am the elder lady/child of foreigners/sister of a simple brother/holding life tenuously by my blue spruce," she writes of the tree that has grown outside her window for decades. With its lilting cadences, the poem goes on to depict how she and the tree have interacted over the years. The poem ends with these lovely lines: "I will cherish his final days,/our final days,/knowing, where love has grown,/the earth is sacred."
And Witch Hazel notices the green-gold flowers that bloom almost into winter, long after leaves leave their branches. "There is a promise in these November woods/the witch hazel pledges./Out of the twisted, yellow flowers/comes hope."
The Swampscott Senior Center is hosting a tea for Maria this coming Wednesday, November 7, 3-4:30. All are invited to come, listen to Maria read some of her poems and enjoy the festivities. For more information, please call the Senior Center at 781-596-8866.
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A small storage room stuffed with torn-up mattresses in the Doral headquarters of Carnival Corp. offers a glimpse into the evolution of the mammoth cruise company.
In an effort to create the most comfortable and durable beds for the operators 101 ships, a global sourcing manager at the corporate office has ripped open mattresses from across the companys 10 brands to see exactly how they deteriorate.
Using that information and carefully mined customer feedback on beds, Carnival Corp. and its brands are working with manufacturers to come up with ideal cruise ship mattresses and then order directly for all the lines, cutting out distributors and getting a better deal for the mass purchase.
Were going to build the best mattresses at sea, said Josh Leibowitz, hired in September for the new role of chief strategy officer.
The mattress project is just one of nearly 30 initiatives under way across Carnival Corp. that signal a more unified way of doing business at a company that has long fostered a sense of individuality and even competition among its brands. Areas ranging from beverages to brochures to global deployment and shore excursions are under consideration for how they might benefit from a broader look.
More than ever before, Carnival is now embracing three Cs communication, collaboration and cooperation between brands, while at the same time digging deeper into market research about customers to ensure that individual lines maintain their identities.
The shift follows a rough patch in Carnivals history due to high-profile disasters that cut into the companys bottom line. The changes are being swept in under the watch of a new CEO, Arnold Donald, and a revamped corporate structure.
As we went from very, very strong financial performance pre-crisis to what has been weakened with highly publicized incidents, we had that need to become a little bit more focused on efficiencies and where you can do things that dont harm the product and dont in any way, shape or form negatively influence the brand perception, said Stein Kruse, CEO of Holland America Group.
Alan Buckelew, former president and CEO of Princess Cruises who was named the parent companys chief operations officer in November, said the changes have come about because the company needed to do several things: manage costs, take full advantage of scale; raise ticket revenue; understand customers better; and keep brands differentiated.
To accomplish all this, we needed to really change our business approach and that meant in many ways changing our culture, Buckelew said. We just cant operate as silos any longer.
Carnival Corp. got its start in 1972 when Ted Arison founded Carnival Cruise Lines in Miami with one ship. Fifteen years later, with Arisons son Micky serving as president and CEO of the company, Carnival went public and soon started amassing a portfolio of global lines that would eventually mushroom into the worlds largest cruise ship company.
By 2003, when Carnival won a hard-fought battle with competitor Royal Caribbean Cruises to acquire P&O Princess Cruises, the company included brands with long histories such as Cunard Line and the Italian Costa Cruises, as well as former rivals Holland America Line and Princess Cruises. The portfolio also includes luxury Seabourn, P&O Australia and European lines Ibero Cruises, AIDA Cruises and P&O Cruises.
Micky Arison really respected the people who built these brands over the years, said Mike Driscoll, editor of the trade publication Cruise Week. They were fairly strong brands in general, well run, but they succeeded by doing business in their own ways and he didnt break it up and it worked.
But then, said Driscoll, it sort of reached a point where it wasnt working as well as it could have.
The past several years have presented challenges that took a toll on the companys finances, from economic recession in the United States and Europe to incidents that damaged the reputation of individual lines.
Carnival shifts course in the wake of a vexing couple of years when high-profile disasters drew negative publicity and annual profits dropped 43 percent. The deadly Costa Concordia shipwreck in Italy killed 32 and forced Costa Cruises to heavily discount sailings in order to fill ships. In February 2013, fire broke out on the Carnival Triumph, leaving the ship without power for days at sea and leading to the now-infamous poop cruise nickname.
Last summer, the company announced that it was splitting the chairman and CEO roles; Micky Arison, who had filled both positions, announced he would step back as chief executive while remaining chairman. Although Arison said his departure from the role was not prompted by the incidents, he typically preferred to stay out of the limelight and let individual brands handle their crises publicly.
Longtime Carnival board member Arnold Donald, whose background included executive roles at a chemical company and nonprofit leadership positions, was named CEO.
Chief operating officer Howard Frank, who had served nearly 25 years at the company, announced his retirement late last year; with his departure, Donald rearranged several corporate positions and grouped some operating companies in ways that would make collaboration easier.
I think there have been a lot of changes in the very top level in the company already, said Teijo Niemelä, editor and publisher of Cruise Business Review. Its not only the new CEO, its a new structure. We have seen very powerful figures retiring.
Donald said his 12 years on Carnivals board of directors left him familiar with the companys operating style, but he realized the potential for greater leverage of scale as he spent time with staff at each brand.
Depending on whom he spoke to, Donald said, there was some disconnect between individual brands and the corporate level.
There was a general feeling of, there needs to be more control in the center, he said. And the brands, of course, were feeling there was too much control in the center. The main thing was to blow all that up. We have brands and then we have all brands as opposed to corporate. Its one for all and all for one.
David Dingle, CEO of Carnival UK, remembers one of those early town hall sessions.
Arnold said to everybody, You only work for one company, and that company is Carnival, he recalled. And of course that, I think, rather came as almost a surprise to some people whose singular allegiances had been to their operating company to the exclusion of everyone else.
Dingle and Buckelew both joined Carnival from P&O Princess, which shared more back-office centralization. Buckelew said he told Donald that he worried the company was missing out on potential by not managing our brands like a true portfolio.
Donald agreed and asked Buckelew to leave his Princess Cruises post in California to help him make that change as COO, a position that would require him to split his time in Miami.
I said, Ive complained about it for 10 years, so Id be a hypocrite if I said no, Buckelew recalled.
In the months since Donald stepped into the chief executive role, top leaders have already spent significantly more time with each other, starting with a retreat in Asheville, N.C., late last year for the executive team. That was followed by a first-of-its-kind gathering in Miami of about 64 people in senior leadership from the parent company and all the brands.
Also new: Every week, Donald holds a meeting by video conference with some of his top executives from the corporate office and brands around the globe.
Because we are now sharing all our issues, both day-to-day ones and strategic, its fascinating to watch the dynamics of the call to see how more and more people are willing to chip in on other peoples issues, Dingle said. You really get this excellent dynamic at the working level.
Donald and others say the company is examining an array of areas where they can operate more efficiently, including crew travel, port agreements, shore excursions, global deployment and orders for items as diverse as beverages and mattresses.
In a conference call with analysts late last year, CFO David Bernstein gave an example of one initiative that has already saved money: commercial printing. He said the company had reduced its use of more than 70 vendors to just a handful, saving millions.
Individual brand CEOs as well as divisional leaders and corporate-level executives are heading up the initiatives with care to avoid another C central-ization.
Arnold is meticulous about making sure the word centralization is never used, Dingle said. It is a case of preserving brand individuality while at the same time supporting those brands and the profitability of those brands by being able to call on corporate leverage.
Andrew Coggins, clinical professor of management at Pace Universitys Lubin School of Business, said buy-in from the rest of the companys managers is crucial to make such an effort successful.
As long as you have the support of the rest of the management, you can make the change, he said. But if theres resistance with the other management, then it can become very difficult.
Donald said his approach is to make sure everyone agrees on what really matters which is not necessarily what brand of vodka or tour company a brand uses for a shore excursion.
People have to take pride in what they do to really be all in on it, he said. The singular thing we take pride in is exceeding guest expectations.
Donald said Carnival Corp. spends $6 billion a year, not counting payroll and fuel, and figures that even trimming 5 percent of that would save an enormous amount of money. He also believes the company can maximize revenues by sharing business practices across the fleet that have proven successful at one brand.
But he has not yet set a target savings amount, and said he expects the entire process to take three to five years.
That has left some analysts wondering whether they can expect significant improvements to the companys financial performance, especially as Carnival invests more in advertising and enhancing products.
Robin Diedrich, a consumer analyst with Edward Jones, said Carnival has traditionally been focused on keeping its cost growth in check.
I think it just remains to be seen how much more they can do without losing some of the benefits you get by having folks really focused on one brand, she said.
Matthew Jacob, an analyst at ITG Investment Research, said the timing might be right for Carnival to change some strategies, but cautions that the company must not sacrifice distinctions that make each brand unique.
I think there are some things they can do to operate more efficiently by combining the management of their brands, but on the other hand they want to make sure that theyre careful to not blur the lines too much, he said.
Massive study
The company is determined to make the lines between brands even more clear with the help of a massive new customer segmentation study that will examine those who have cruised in the past as well as the coveted new-to-cruise market.
Donald said that individual brands already had planned their own such studies, but pouring more resources into one will make it much richer, much deeper.
The study will look not just at demographics, but at psychographics a word Donald frequently uses when talking about the business. That means looking at the experience that each brand offers and what segment of the population would prefer that type of vacation.
The results of the study, Donald said, will shape how the company communicates, advertises and refines the onboard experiences from menus to entertainment and spa.
If we can identify the psychographic mix, its a much more powerful differentiator, Donald said. We can get with our travel agents and help guide people to the right experience.
The differences that kept Princess Cruises and Holland America Line fierce competitors for years, as an example, will not be disappearing even though both are now part of the same group with a shared leader.
Kruse, who oversees those lines and Seabourn, said Holland America where he was previously president and CEO and Princess really were kind of Coke and Pepsi or oil and water.
Both operate heavily in Alaska, though Princess has larger ships that are more geared to families while Holland America is more intimate and refined. The two have coordinated behind the scenes at some level over the years, but not to the extent they are now.
Driscoll, the Cruise Week editor, called the formation of a Holland America Group huge for bringing together the two biggest competitors under one leader.
And Kruse said he often hears clues of the three Cs at work in management meetings at each brand.
Im always encouraged when someone says, I was just working with Princess on this, or Princess says, I was working with Holland on that.
Driscoll said the collaboration is probably a few years overdue, but a positive change.
Everyone hopes it works, because its obviously for the betterment of Carnival Corp., he said. And as weve learned the hard way, thats to the betterment of the whole industry.


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A legal complaint has been filed against the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) for allegedly trying to hide a $10,000 donation from former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
NOM was formed in 2007 to pass Proposition 8 in California, a constitutional amendment to prohibit same sex marriage. According to the group's 2008 Federal Tax Return, they received a $10,000 contribution from Romney's Alabama PAC, Free and Strong America, in October 2008. However, that donation was allegedly not reported on NOM's filing with the California Secretary of State.
"That was only 3 weeks before the Prop 8 election in which NOM was heavily involved," explained Fred Karger, who filed the lawsuit with the California Fair Political Practices Commission. "Funny that NOM appears to have reported all the contributions that it received before and after Romney's, but failed to report Governor Romney's $10,000 to ban gay marriage in California."
Karger, the head of Californians Against Hate, has previously worked as a senior consultant for Republican Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush and Gerald Ford. He was also the first Republican to enter the 2012 presidential race.
Karger began tracking the activity of NOM in 2008. The following year, he filed a complaint with the Maine Ethics Commission regarding NOM's refusal to disclose its donors.
The ensuing investigation forced NOM to turn over several confidential documents, which explained the group's plan to "drive a wedge between gays and blacks" and other political strategies.
"The Maine Ethics Commission and Attorney General's office have done a phenomenal job of gathering evidence in the money laundering case I filed against NOM on August 24, 2009," Karger said. "The 29 Exhibits they collected are proving to be NOM's undoing. NOM's veil of deceit and lies has finally been lifted."
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COVINGTON -- The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is looking into the shooting of a man by two Newton County Sheriff's Office deputies in the early morning hours Saturday.
According to NCSO Lt. Tyrone Oliver, deputies were summoned to Milton Way in western Newton County around 2:15 a.m. with reports of a man out in the street firing his gun.
"When deputies arrived, they confirmed that is what the man was doing and when they ordered him several times to put his gun down, he pointed the gun at them. Both deputies fired," Oliver said.
He said the man, who lived around the corner from where the incident took place, was taken to a local hospital. His condition was unknown at 5 a.m. and Oliver said at that time his name was being withheld. No one else was hurt in the incident.
It is standard procedure for the GBI to investigate cases of an officer-involved shooting. The two deputies involved will be on administrative leave pending the completion of the investigation, according to NCSO spokesman Mark Mitchell.
He said the man will be charged with six counts of aggravated assault on a police officer, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony and reckless conduct.
Milton Way is located near the intersection of Ga. Highways 212 and 20.
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Monday night's basketball game at St. Petersburg High School
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The school is retiring the basketball jersey of Brittany
Gordon, the Bay area woman who was killed while serving in Afghanistan.
Gordon, the Bay area's only female killed in the conflicts
in Iraq and Afghanistan, played basketball at St. Pete High.
The school will honor her at halftime.
Gordon was killed in October. It was her first deployment.
She wore the number 33. Her jersey will be framed and hung
in the gym in her memory.
LINK: St. Petersburg mourns fallen soldier
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An Affair Discovered
In late 2008, Robert McClain was a 34-year-old ex-Marine – a Desert Storm veteran working as an LA County Sheriff's Deputy in the downtown county jail. He had been married to his 31-year-old wife for 12 years; the couple had four children together. The couple had both worked as real estate agents until the economic downturn when business dried up. His wife took a job in the leasing office of an Irvine apartment complex, where she met a 23-year-old man who had come to LA from Missouri to begin a music career – he'd even auditioned (unsuccessfully) for American Idol. The two began to see each other romantically.
When McClain discovered the affair and his wife's plans to leave him and end their marriage, he told hi
s wife that he wanted to meet her lover, the man that might be spending considerable time with his children in the future. "All I am gonna do is shake his hand," he told her.
But a peaceful meeting was the furthest thing from Robert McClain's mind. Instead, he terrorized the new couple for hours on end in one of the most heinous attacks in Orange County history.
Torture in the Leasing Office
At roughly 9 pm on September 28, 2008, Robert McClain's wife brought her husband to the apartment complex where she worked to introduce him to her lover. She had no idea that the next ten hours would bring unimaginable torture. McClain took control of the situation and forced them into a secluded kitchenette in the leasing office. First, he demanded to know how many times they had had sex. Then the beating began, with the 245-pound McClain attacking the 145-pound young man with his fists. McClain then took out a knife and guns and ordered his wife and her lover to undress. McClain took off his own clothes and ordered his wife to perform oral sex on them both. She refused, and the beatings worsened.
The ex-Marine continued his assault, punching and kicking both victims until the young man was prone on the ground. When his wife threw herself on the ground to protect the man, McClain kicked her in the side. The wife would later report that she begged McClain to stop for the sake of their children, but he would not. Instead, he exclaimed: "Look at this white boy. You're cheating on me with this. This is what you're leaving me for?" He ordered his wife to have sex with her wounded lover, but they could not because they were terrified and gravely injured – the young man drifting in and out of consciousness. McClain put a knife in his wife's hands and told her to castrate her young lover – and she pretended to do it. Investigators later found puncture wounds in the victim's testicles and groin area.
At one point, McClain gave his wife a gun and told her to shoot him or her lover, telling her there was one bullet in the gun. She turned and fired the gun at her captor but McClain had not loaded any bullets. The wife's actions infuriated McClain even more and he attacked his victims with the butt of a gun. McClain furthered the pain and humiliation of his wife and her lover by urinating on them, and sodomizing the man with a knife and slashing his face.
Two hours after the attack began, McClain forced his wife out of the building and into his car where he sodomized her at gunpoint and chopped off her hair before driving them back to their home in Irvine. At the home, McClain continued to beat her repeatedly. When she thought he had fallen asleep, the wife tried to escape but McClain rose up and tackled her – breaking her clavicle and knocking her out.
When she regained consciousness the next morning, she found McClain really had fallen asleep. Seizing her chance at freedom, the woman gathered the four children and drove to a hospital for treatment and to report the incident.
At around 7 am on September 29, 2008, a cleaning crew found the young man lying bleeding in the leasing office and called 911. He would need extensive surgery to repair his face, and his jaw would be wired shut. In addition to the numerous stab wounds (five to his scrotum, and two to his penis) and massive blood loss, the man suffered extreme brain damage. He would have to undergo months of rehab to regain his ability to walk and talk.


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Calif. police uncover 800 pot plants after car crash
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Walnut Creek, Calif. — A car crash and a routine traffic stop led the California Highway Patrol to seize more than 800 marijuana plants, worth an estimated $2 million on the street, during three raids in Vacaville, Walnut Creek and Martinez, the agency said Wednesday.
Four Bay Area men have been arrested and the investigation is continuing, the CHP said.
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Multicultural Greek Congress
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Kappa Alpha Psi (Κ Α Ψ)
Lambda Sigma Upsilon (Λ Σ Υ)
Lambda Theta Phi (Λ Θ Φ)
Pi Alpha Phi (Π Α Φ)
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Lambda Pi Chi (Λ Π Χ)
Lambda Theta Alpha (Λ Θ Α)
Sigma Gamma Rho (Σ Γ Ρ)
Zeta Phi Beta (Ζ Φ Β)
There is a NEW FRATERNITY coming to the University of Delaware in Fall 2013!
Pi Alpha Phi was founded in 1929 at the University of California, Berkeley and is the oldest Asian-Interest fraternity in the country.
As a new chapter at the University of Delaware, new members have the opportunity to build the chapter's foundation for generations to come. You will have a very unique experience and one that will allow you to leave your legacy on campus.
The purpose of Pi Alpha Phi is to perpetuate brotherhood, academic excellence, Asian American awareness, leadership and philanthropy. If these are the values you believe in or seek, we give you Pi Alpha Phi Fraternity.
Although exploring and learning about Asian and Asian American issues and culture is a core experience of our Fraternity, our membership is not limited to those of Asian descent. We encourage men of all races and walks of life to participate in our Brotherhood.
Pi Alpha Phi is much more than a mere social organization, more than a way to meet people or a place to live. Pi Alpha Phi men are committed to our Pillars and the traditions that our Founding Fathers established in 1929. Pi Alpha Phi provides many fantastic opportunities to grow and prepare our members for personal and career development. The experience that one gains as a member of Pi Alpha Phi does not end at graduation. You will reap the benefits throughout the rest of your life.


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The larger-than-life energy that Lil Buck brings to any space—an outdoor masterclass in Vail, CO; onstage at the Koch Theater at Lincoln Center; and in front of the camera at a photo studio in downtown Manhattan—is totally infectious. At just 25 years old, he's still at the beginning of what we predict will be a long and fruitful career (we named him a "25 to watch" just last year), but we felt compelled to delve deeper into his story—into his ever-growing artistry and sense of style. Read his cover profile, "Mesmerizing Moves," by Marina Harss, here.
And as a bonus, here are some onset photos by Jayme Thorton, and a video from the cover shoot, (Damian Woetzel, Lil Buck's mentor, makes a cameo in both):


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Why go?
There's been plenty of buzz about Darwin in the last year. Aside from being named one of Lonely Planet's Top Cities for 2012, Australia's tropical north is gaining a reputation as an excellent holiday destination, with its steamy climate, relaxed, outdoor living and easy access to spectacular wilderness areas like Kakadu and Litchfield National Park.
Darwin is closer to Asia than to the Australian cities "down south" and the wonderful Asian markets held each weekend typify this. The Northern Territory also has a large Aboriginal population, and a trip to Darwin is a chance to experience contemporary indigenous Australia, with its enchanting art, mesmerising culture and its present-day challenges.
No longer the wild frontier of old, Darwin has been transformed from a hard-drinking region into a boom town, enriched by a multi-billion dollar gas project. As the NT News likes to report on a regular basis, sipping a coffee will cost you more in a café on Cullen Bay than on the Champs-Elysées in Paris. It's a city on the move, but it still runs at the leisurely pace of a rural country town – occasionally frustrating for the locals, but absolutely perfect for a laid-back Top End holiday.
When to go?
In a region known for extreme weather, Darwin is undoubtedly at its best in the Dry season, which runs through the Australian winter from May to early September. The Dry is a time of gorgeous, balmy weather, endless blue-sky days and cool nights. The dragonflies are out, the sunsets are glorious and, compared to the rest of the year, the city is positively buzzing.
A visit during the monsoon months of the Wet (January to April) brings vivid green landscapes, electrifying afternoon storms and the chance to explore with fewer visitors. Unless you're a glutton for punishment, avoid Darwin in the Build-Up (mid-October to late December). This is the pre-monsoon season of humid hot weather that drives the locals "troppo" and makes it almost impossible to muster the energy to do anything, let alone sightsee.
Getting there
Arrival at Darwin International Airport
Darwin International Airport is about a 15-minute drive from the centre of town and is served domestically by Qantas (qantas.com.au), Jetstar (jetstar.com), Air North (flyairnorth.com) and Virgin Australia (virginaustralia.com). Malaysia Airlines will fly Heathrow to Darwin, via Kuala Lumpur, in the latest A380 airbus, five times a week from November 1. Prices from £1,005 return (malaysiaairlines.com). Singapore Airlines also flies Heathrow to Darwin with a stop-over in Singapore (singaporeair.com).
Darwin is a great jumping-off point to Asia – it is closer to Indonesia than to Sydney or Melbourne – and many carriers serve the region. Jetstar flies to Bali, Manila and Singapore. AirAsia often has very cheap flights to Bali (airasia.com), while Philippine Airlines has recently started flights to Manila (philippineairlines.com), and SilkAir to Singapore (silkair.com). Airnorth flies daily to Dili in East Timor.
Transport airport to the city
The Darwin Airport Shuttle (darwinairportshuttle.com.au) meets all domestic and international flights and departs from the front of the Terminal.
Cars, taxis and buses
Darwin is very spread out and having your own set of wheels is highly recommended, particularly if you want to get out of town. Hertz, Avis, Europcar, Budget and Thrifty have car rental desks at the airport and taxis operate from immediately outside the terminal.
Try City Radio Taxis (138 294) or Darwin Radio Taxis (131 008). From the airport expect to pay around $25 to $30 (£14.50-£17) to Darwin city centre. A $3 (£1.70) exit toll payable by the passenger applies on exit from the ranking lane at the airport.
Buses are the only public transport option. A regular service runs between the Harry Chan Avenue interchange, just minutes from the top of the Smith Street Mall, to the other major interchanges at Casuarina Square and Palmerston. Tickets are a flat $3 for adults and are valid for three hours.
Telegraph tip: During the Dry season, Darwin is great for cycling. Traffic is light and there are some good bike tracks around town and out to the northern suburbs. Hire a bike and ride up through Fannie Bay to East Point Reserve, stopping for a dip in Lake Alexander. Alternatively, ride out to Nightcliff where there's a beautiful bike track along the foreshore. Bike hire is available for $25 (£14.50) a day at Darwin Holiday Shop (darwinholidayshop.com.au) and Mantra on the Esplanade (00 61 (0) 8 8981 0227).
Know before you go
Useful numbers
British High Commission: 00 61 2 6270 6666; UKinaustralia.fco.gov.uk; Commonwealth Avenue, Yaralumla, ACT 2600.
Police, fire and ambulance: Dial 000.
Darwin Visitor Centre: 00 61 8 8980 6000; tourismtopend.com.au; Corner Smith Street and Bennet Street, Darwin.
Currency: Australian dollar
Flight times: Around 18 hours from London. Darwin is a four-hour flight from Australia's southern cities, so if coming from Europe it can be easier to fly direct from Singapore (4.5 hours). The Darwin International Airport (darwinairport.com.au) website carries all international arrival and departure times.
Local etiquette
Darwin is a very relaxed place. Shorts and flip-flops are de rigueur, even in the smarter restaurants.
Tips for families
Local Darwin families love a sunset picnic and every night you will find them throwing a rug on the grass, a barra (barramundi fish) on the free barbies and a few bottles of beer in the cool box. Pick up some supplies from the supermarkets in town (Coles on Mitchell St/Woolworths on Smith St) or for something more gourmet try the deli section at Parap Fine Foods (40 Parap Rd, Parap) and head to either East Point Reserve or the Nightcliff Foreshore (Sunset Park is particularly popular) for a relaxing evening.


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I just keep going back for more. Of that field that is. I'm determined to learn more about how to separate my values while painting greens (sounds boring, right?).
Values are the differences between black and white on the gray scale. For me out there in a field with all of that green, it seems to mush together sometimes: a little more yellow here and little lighter and blue there, and on it goes like that.
Oil on Panel
© Kelly Medford, 2012
I just wasn't able to get a good photo today of this one, the thick brushstrokes made a glare that wouldn't quit.
Since I was thinking about values and wondering how to separate mine more, I took today's painting and turned into a black and white image to see it better.
Here I can see that the tree melds with the background behind it in places. Next time I go out (will it be tomorrow?!) I will keep this in mind. Maybe I can work to overstate the differences and see what happens.
Hey, it's all a work in progress and I know I'm learning something: values!
You can see today's painting here on the website.
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It's been apparent for some time that the Blazers just aren't physical enough. They got pounded on the boards last season, and they've since lost two of the most physical players from that team--Zach and Ime. Even apart from rebounding, the Blazers just get pushed around a lot. In today's Oregonian, Nate acknowledged the problem. But the question is: can anything be done about it, or are we doomed to a sub-30-win season?
As Nate mentioned, the plan was for this team to get out and run. But you can't run if you can't rebound. You also can't run if you can't force turnovers, and that also requires physical toughness (as well as speed). Even next year, when Oden comes aboard, physicality will be a problem for this team unless changes are made. Travis Outlaw is just not a power forward, and wishing won't make it otherwise. And while Frye is bigger than Travis, he's too soft and too slow. Even with Travis playing the three, the Blazers are in trouble on the boards. Neither he nor Martell is a strong rebounder (although Martell is showing some improvement in that area.)
During the recent homestand, the Blazers' glaring physical shortcomings were obscured by their all-out hustle. But in the course of an 82-game season--with half of those contests on the road--your weaknesses will come to light. And the Blazers now stand exposed at the "96-pound weaklings" they are.
I'm a big KP fan, but I suspect that, as a former point guard, he may have had a blind spot concerning the need for rebounding and general physicality. Unloading Zach was necessary, and Ukoka's agent made resigning him unworkable. But effectively replacing those guys with Frye and James Jones made a bad problem much worse. This could get really ugly. (Some might say it all ready is.)
You could argue that this is a learning season, and that the Blazers should just stand pat and fix the "beef problem" next year. But what does getting pummelled night in and night out do for a team's learning curve? I'd suggest that it could badly damage morale, and even lead to injuries to the "Big 2."
So I feel KP and Paul Allen need to bite the bullet and try to unload Frye, Jones, and others in order to bring in at least one big, strong, fast guy who can rebound and defend (not necessarily score). Is that do-able? Is that advisable? What do you think?


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A Toledo man lead Highway Patrol troopers on a high speed chase Friday night.
According to the State Highway Patrol, troopers tried to stop a black Honda Civic at King Road and Central Avenue, in Sylvania Township, around 7:40 p.m.
The driver, 33-year-old Duane Curtis Jr. of Toledo, fled at a high rate of sped before getting onto the expressway, authorities say.
Curtis allegedly continued to flee down IR475 to IR75 and onto IR280.
Troopers say he eventually pulled over on Woodville Road, where he then took off on foot.
Curtis was arrested shortly after at his residence and taken to the Lucas County Jail.
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SOHH Whatcha Think: Jay-Z 'Disappointed' With Chris Brown & Rihanna + Trick Daddy Goes In On Plies?!?
Friday, Feb 24, 2012 9:00AM
Yes, yes y'all. It's Friday. Time to get ya mind right for the weekend, but first -- we're gonna hit you with a few interesting music news bites. Enjoy.
Trick Daddy is gonna keep it real. Always. Like DMX's interview on Power 105 yesterday, Trick recently let his feelings be known about a few artists. But his thoughts on fellow Florida rapper Plies definitely raised some eyebrows.
Plies is a bitch. Me and Plies' problem started because I walked up on Plies [in Orlando at the Roxy] talking about he didn't want me at his show, and I was only coming to support. Ever since then he has refused to even get on the phone like a man and talk to me about it. Anytime I walk by accidentally they start running. When I shot the [DJ Khaled] "Out Here Grindin'" video shoot in New York, Plies wouldn't come because he didn't know I was on the record.(Ozone Mag)
Trick went on to add that Plies has a good education so he ought to fall back with all the goon talk.
I just think Plies should just realize that it's easier to be amongst us than on top of us. When I listen to [Plies'] music, he tries to be so ghetto and hard. Then I research and find out the nigga graduated at the top of his class. The nigga went to college. I would trade for that. You could be Trick Daddy, shit. If I could go to college and have a clean record and graduate as valedictorian, I'd trade Trick Daddy for that.(Ozone Mag)
In other news ... a source has revealed that Hov is still not cool with Chris and Rihanna working together. The music mogul is reportedly disappointed that RiRi has run back to her "Mr. Wrong." Well, Jay, she's a grown woman now: Gotta let her make her own decisions.
"Jay was absolutely disgusted by what Chris did to Rihanna. Jay doesn't understand how a man could ever lay hands on a woman; it just goes against who he is and about. Chris is absolutely dead to Jay, he wants nothing to do with him ever. Now that Rihanna is hooking up with Chris and recording songs with him, Jay is deeply disappointed in her actions. He can't fathom why Rihanna is doing the things she is doing. He understands the need for forgiveness, but he is adamant that Rihanna shouldn't forget what Chris did to her. Jay wonders what kind of message this is sending to Rihanna's young female fans. Rihanna knows how Jay feels about Chris, but she doesn't care, she is going to do what she wants," a source close to the situation tells us.(Rap Radar)
The story went on to say that the Jigga Man believes that their situation will never be right and that Chris still has an anger problem. Jay might be right: Just recently, Chris was accused of snatching a chick's celly because she took some unapproved pics of him.
Now that Jay-Z is a proud daddy to daughter, Blue Ivy, with wife Beyoncé, "he is even more protective of the women in his life. Jay has told Rihanna he will never give his blessing for what she is doing with Chris. He has told her, this isn't going to end well, it never does. In Jay's opinion, Chris has rage issues that he doesn't think have been dealt with," the insider says.(Rap Radar)
SOHH Watcha Think -- Does Hov have a right to still be upset over the Chris/RiRi incident, or should he forgive and forget as she has?
Oh yeah. Peep this new track by Nicki Minaj f/ Lil Wayne.
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Print the pdf: The Star Spangled Banner Coloring Page and color the picture.
This copy of the Star-Spangled Banner was published around 1830. American Publisher, John Cole, was the first to include a picture on the title pages of his sheet music.
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Zdenek Zeman has opted for a strong trident upfront, and finally plays Daniele De Rossi in his favoured central midfield position.
Goalkeepers Maarten Stekelenburg and Bogdan Lobont are injured, so Mauro Goicoechea is thrust into his first derby between the sticks.
Elsewhere, Mattia Destro is suspended after picking up two quick bookings during last weekend's win over Palermo.
AS Roma: Mauro Goicoechea; Ivan Piris, Marquinhos, Nicolas Burdisso, Federico Balzaretti; Michael Bradley, Daniele De Rossi, Alessandro Florenzi; Erik Lamela, Pablo Daniel Osvaldo, Francesco Totti
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TRAVEL - ROADS: Surrey - J9/J8 M25, 9 mile tailbacks
Two lanes closed, queueing traffic for nine miles and long delays due to fuel spillage on M25 anticlockwise between J9 A243 / A245 / B2430 (Leatherhead) and J8 A217 (Reigate), congestion on M25 to Before J9 A243 / A244 / B2430 (Leatherhead).
Lane one and two (of four) are closed for the clean up operation following the earlier diesel spill from a broken down crane which happened in the early hours of the morning. The broken down lorry in the queues before J9 has been recovered.


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The sparkling wines of Champagne have been revered by wine drinkers for hundreds of years, and even today they maintain their reputation for excellence of flavor and character, and are consistently associated with quality, decadence, and a cause for celebration. Their unique characteristics are partly due to the careful blending of a small number of selected grape varietals, most commonly Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. These grapes, blended in fairly equal quantities, give the wines of Champagne their wonderful flavors and aromas, with the Pinot Noir offering length and backbone, and the Chardonnay varietal giving its acidity and dry, biscuity nature. It isn't unusual to sometimes see Champagne labeled as 'blanc de blanc', meaning it is made using only Chardonnay varietal grapes, or 'blanc de noir', which is made solely with Pinot Noir.
New York state has a relatively long history of wine-making and vineyard cultivation, with vineyards in the region dating back to the Dutch settlements of the 17th century. As such, the region has slowly discovered the unique qualities of their terroir, and has developed a distinctive set of grape varietals which have gone on to represent the state and make their wines both unique and highly regarded. New York state has four key wine producing areas Lake Erie AVA, Finger Lakes AVA, Hudson River and Long Island, each making the most of their relatively cool climate and characterful terroirs. The strong blend of both traditional and contemporary wine making methods found in this region has led to New York state being responsible for many of the finest and most interesting wines to come out of the United States.
For three hundred years now, the United States has been leading the New World in wine production, both in regards to quantity and quality. Wine is actually produced in all fifty states across the country, with California leading the way by an enormous margin. Indeed, as much as eighty-nine percent of all wines to come out of the United States are produced in California, where the fertile soils and sloping mountain sides, coupled with the long, hot summers provide ideal conditions for producing high quality, European style red, white and rosé wines. With over a million acres of the country under vine, the United States sits comfortably as the fourth largest wine producer in the world, where imported grape varietals from all over the Old World are processed using a successful blend of traditional and contemporary techniques.


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Travel disruption for commuters as Peterborough station closes for expansion work
There's disruption for commuters using Peterborough train station today which has been closed while work to expand the station takes place.
It's part of a £43 million pound improvement scheme which is due to be finished in three months.
The closure today is to install a new signalling system.
As part of the project, the station's already seen extra platforms added and new footbridges.
The work will mean Peterborough can cope with more services and longer trains in the future.
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Franklin Co., VA- Virginia State Police are investigating a fatal crash that happened early Sunday morning in Franklin County.
Police say 26-year-old Carl Jacob Hinkle of Hardy was driving a pickup northbound on Route 679 around midnight when he ran off the left side of the road. Hinkle then over corrected, running off the right side of the road, where he hit several trees.
Police say Hinkle was not wearing a seatbelt. He was pronounced dead at the scene.


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