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I have know Greg Cangelosi for a long time – about nine years to be exact. We met during the first dot com boom. I was working on my first start up while he was working for a web site design firm. We both eventually moved on from each of those respective ventures. Right before the bubble went bust Greg started Blue Sky Factory, an e-mail marketing solutions provider. He grew through the down times of the early part of this decade and has emerged as one of the premier email marketing solutions providers in the country.
This past August, Shashi Bellamkonda (AKA Social Media Swami) and I had the opportunity to attend Gnomedex 2008. Gnomedex is like the TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) in that it has innovative speakers, a cutting edge variety of topics and is focused in one track. It is different in that anyone can come, costs $500 vs $8000 (for TED) to come and everyone is accessible. It is put on by Chris and Ponzi Pirillo who are wonderful people and put on one of the best events of the year.
I was able to spend some time with Greg and he shared some important advice on creating great email campaigns:
- Sponsoring Events is important for branding and being an influencer
- The basis of all successful email campaigns start with a great database
- There must be frequency (but not too much) with relevant content along with functional opt-in/opt-out capabilities.
They also launched a few months ago their blog for customers and practitioners in the email marketing space. It is called "The Thinking Inbox". Check it out but before you do, check out the full interview below:
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Feminism's Motivational Sequiturs - Redux
I resurrect this essay now because it think it would add a useful element to the intellectual crystallization of the MRM and NF sector that is presently underway. Also, it is possibly more relevant and topical now than it was then:
I hope that proved illuminating. Now, in the interest of further intellectual crystallization on the non-feminist side, I will send you to the following items on a different blog. You will find them to be a worthy investment of your reading time:I would like to undertake an interrogational scrutiny of feminism's motivational sequiturs.
As the word implies, sequiturs are things which "follow", logically and consequently, from one to the next, with a discernible nexus running through them all. Motivational sequiturs then, are sequiturs of motive—that is to say, stages along an operative sequence decipherable in terms of a unifying goal or ambition.
Feminism's motivational sequiturs lie buried beneath the seeming non-rationality and non-coherence of feminism's outward manifestations.These sequiturs operate at the occulted core of the women's movement. Among such sequiturs, we may discern the following tacit presumptions which embody the vector sum of feminism's seemingly non-rational and non-coherent outward manifestations:
If you allow the truth of certain presuppositions embedded in these items, you will see that the items entail each other logically enough in terms of sequence.
Feminism implicitly seeks revenge. Revenge may be named as a goal or ambition which operates, for feminism, as a motivator. But...revenge against WHOM? Revenge for WHAT? Answer: Against MEN, owing to something that "MEN" collectively have done to "WOMEN" collectively. Or so the narrative would have it.
In other words, feminism's revenge is the revenge of one Collective (women), against another Collective (men).
Understand, that under any collectivist scenario, customary models of assessment which presuppose individual identity and agency will necessarily suffer infringement. The actual extent of such infringement will vary to the same extent that collectivism has been embodied in the broader culture. In practical terms, it means that they will push things to a prudential limit - meaning, what they can prudently get away with under the circumstances, often with a barely restrained "champing at the bit" to push things even further.
At a THEORETICAL limit, if women are collectively the "victim", then by the terms of the alien logic in question no PARTICULAR female can be held to account for her behavior—for that would compromise the internal unity of the paradigm.
So in summary, the innocent female Collective cannot (if ostensive consistency were valued) be assembled from particles which are either 1.) guilty, or 2.) morally accountable for themselves in any way.
Note that accountability entails the power to make any moral choice at all—meaning, to be a moral agent. The alternative to being a moral agent is to be a moral robot, an automaton, a toy of some mysterious "fate".
Accordingly, the Innocent Female Collective we are describing cannot but be composed of moral robots. Were it otherwise, it would be inconsistent with its own terms, thereby compromising the internal unity of its paradigm. Understand that we are not presently interrogating the actual truth or falsehood of that paradigm—only attempting to display its internal logic.
So the only way to sustain the paradigm is to abrogate the idea of individual moral accountability altogether. Therefore, by the terms of the Innocent Female Collective paradigm, every woman ipso facto becomes a moral robot. And, I might add, an INNOCENT moral robot - even though it is nonsensical to suppose that guilt or innocence could enter into the composition of a moral robot. But remember, we are only laying out the internal logic (such as it is) of the paradigm. So bear with me.
Must individual accountability as applied to MEN remain in effect? Even though it is nonsensical to suppose that guilt or innocence enters the composition of a moral robot, is it the case that men too are moral robots? Note that a guilty Collective cannot by its nature encompass particles which are even potentially innocent, since to allow even potential innocence defeats the purpose of collective guilt. So it must perforce be the case that men are guilty...but if guilt implies choice, how can such a thing be? It doesn't appear to make sense, but this is emphatically not my own thinking which I describe, so I am not responsible for that. Thus, it would appear that men are somehow "guilty moral robots". Absurd as that may sound, the collectivist guilt paradigm requires it.
Feminism's paradigm deprives everybody—men and women alike—of moral agency. Is THAT the epistemic consequence feminism wants to live with? Even if it leads feminism into trouble? Even if somewhere down the road this idea becomes a political stumbling-block?
However, I pass that by....
Feminism's motivational sequiturs are continually striving beneath the surface to actualize occult ends through a variety of conflicting means. We have spoken of this elsewhere, as the drive for female supremacy. We have touched upon it also in our discussion of "cognitive fragmentation". Many things contribute to female supremacy in the long run, even if they are doctrinally conflicting. All that is necessary is for each item to enhance the worldly advantages of women in some manner. When you strip away the truly contradictive bits, you find that the various items share a core agreement insofar as they all point toward the goal of "more for women". Anything that puts women more at ease in any way puts them at an advantage - which in turn makes them more powerful, both personally and politically. And empowerment of any sort cannot but boost women closer to a state of supremacy—or autocracy of the female will, if you will. As a German feminist , Renate Solbach, remarked, "whatever is of use to women is a good thing."
Feminism, for nearly a half-century, has been walking a fine line of respectability. They cannot declare openly their drive for female supremacy—that wouldn't sound very nice. Granted, a few feminists are honest enough to admit this openly—but only a few. A larger number are willing to say incredible things that might seem to condemn men to the doghouse, yet they deploy all manner of wafflebuggery and piddle-paddle to explain why they don't actually mean what they seem to be saying, and that if YOU think they actually mean what they appear to mean, then the fault lies with YOU somehow. Finally, the largest and least vocal number will act innocent and say "I'm not that kind of feminist; I don't hate men; we're not all alike; don't be judgmental!"
Little by little, feminist ideas have seeped into the culture at large—a mainstreaming effect. Alongside of such seepage has come substantive political victory and power gain. Those two things - the seepage and the political gain—are mutually reinforcing and mutually propellant.This has led to an emboldenment of the more radical spirits who, having once tasted the comfort of a growing power base, have made bold to say rash things more openly in the belief that the culture at large is finally prepared to hear such things without raising any fuss about it. And to a certain extent they are correct in this assumption - although they are courting trouble nonetheless.
Even so, when the radfems periodically get ahead of the curve and become too intemperately overconfident and frankly embarrassing—which they tend to do—we can predict a general movement (on the part of the lessrads) to hustle them out of sight and put a more respectable face on the movement, in order to dampen the suspicions of the world even while feminism's occult machinations continue to creep in the night.
The point is that feminism's motivational sequiturs are always chugging away like an unfailing engine, and always deadly consistent in what they aim to accomplish even when they hide behind a baffling smokescreen of incoherent tendencies and declarations of innocence.
Feminism's occult unity of purpose operates like a submarine, sometimes diving deep and other times surfacing for a spell. We need to recognize it when we see it, and educate the rest of the world to such powers of recognition also.
For example, during the Duke lacrosse affair the submarine broke surface in all of its glory and ploughed the swells many a day in blazing sunlight for all the world to behold...........
Other times, you'd scarcely know it. Perhaps it is only a bit of deck or a periscope that appears, and only for a moment in the murky light.
Finally, there are long spells where we can only rely on counter-feminist sonar—which, happily, is good and getting better! As the war escalates, we'll want to to drop our depth charges with greater and greater precision.
In summary: Feminism strives continually toward the goal of female supremacy, based upon a theory of collective guilt which is philosophically unsound and apt to trigger a paradigm meltdown at some future date. However, feminism manages its affairs rather effectively for the present by generating a cloud of confusion about its activities in order to cloak the advancement of its designs.
Feminist readers should also visit the links given above. I understand that you might not wish to do so, and that you would find it distasteful to do so. Yet distasteful though it be, you really, really ought to visit those links. It is the "adult" thing to do, like eating your brussels sprouts! It will "build your character" and all of that good crap — know what I mean?
You undoubtedly don't want to think about the things that you will be made to think about when you read that material, but see, here's the deal: you will eventually be forced to think about such things anyway, when they finally force their way into the common ideosphere and even the less radical members of your very own peer group are flapping their yappers about it, damn them!
When that time comes, you will be sucked into a conversation about those things whether you like it or not, because it will so pervade the ambient intellectual "buzz" that you'll find you cannot afford to pretend not to know about it any more; your "pose" will be transparent to one and all.
So you might as well get a jump on the game, and start NOW, and fortify yourself for the assault. This will be to your advantage because forewarned is forearmed. So, you will be ready to face the onslaught from a position of strength because you will not be taken by surprise. Hey, isn't it cool when your enemy offers useful tips on how to fight your enemy? ;)
Now, I realize that you'd like us MRAs to believe that you are "not that into" us, and I am bound to admit that you maintain your elaborate charade fairly well most of the time. However, it is far from the truth. For in point of fact you are very much indeed "into" us; you are obsessed with us in much the same way that ancient Romans would be obsessed with a horde of Langobards or Visigoths marching toward the city gates. You are compulsively scrutinizing us, whether you purport to be doing so or otherwise. Yes, you are very very into us, because you fear our growing numbers and our growing power!
And don't forget that MRAs are only a small part of the picture; the non-feminist revolution is indescribably more vast and pervasive than little old MRA world could ever hope to be, and includes groups and forces that you can't even begin to imagine yet! And it surrounds you everywhere, fools!!
All right. Now get over there and spend a few hours studying what you will find behind those links. Go along!!


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It's like, I feel like I'm standing at the precipice of a great mountain screaming to the top of my lungs...and all around me are people who are in my life, not even paying attention or listening to my screams.
If you read my journal entry a while ago you probably read that I was going to do this youth panel (go around to schools and talk about what its like to be gay) thing for Outright Vt a queer youth support thing. The catch was that I had to go to this training thing which I knew nobody and I suck at meeting new people so yeah I was freaking out.
Well I went yesterday and at first I was just yawning on the couch wondering what the fuck I was doing there. Then this girl started talking to me and then I started talking to other people and had a blast. Its so wierd thinking about how all 15 people that were in the room are queer. Its cool.


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Just when you thought there were no more interesting ways to write a Latin love song, along come Chichi Peralta y Son Familia, who demonstrate that doing things the old-fashioned way -- harnessing well-wrought lyrics to traditional rhythms -- is the best way. Peralta developed his Latin pop chops during an eight-year stint as the percussionist for Juan Luis Guerra y 4:40, one of the world's most commercially successful merengue bands, and has now rallied his own formidable group of musicians and songwriters in Son Familia.
On Pa' Otro La'o (To the Other Side), his debut album for Caiman Records, Peralta assumes the arrangement and production duties. The result is a disc that taps the rhythmic mines of the Caribbean to find the mythic depths of the love song. At the same time, this music swings with such seductive force that it could easily find a home in any nightclub or cruisemobile's stereo system.
Pa' Otro La'o ranges from world beat to disco beat. "Amor Narcotico" is like a cannonball of love shot out of a tropical fortress of rhythm. Though the track begins with a delicately fingered acoustic guitar, the naive timbre of Jandy Feliz's alto pipes, and the wispy adornment of the London Symphony Orchestra, it quickly explodes into a pop merengue. That's just one of the album's many surprises. Others include an African-tinged call-and-response on "Un Dia Mas," a nod to dance-club nightlife on "Techno Son," and a reggae rhythm on "La Ciguapa" (which pays homage to a woman who is as tasty as a cigua fruit). The happy-go-lucky title track finds its counterpoint in brokenhearted lyrics, while "Un Dia Mas" is a song of unrequited love brought to sorrowful depths by Chichi's deft blending of African and Pakistani rhythms.
These Latin love songs are feel-good music at its best. Peralta knows how to light up the bulbs of the highbrows with his savvy production skills -- and still stir things up from the waist down.
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Dwelling in a sub-counter-pop culture in which Pavement is passe and trashy TV shows are tres hip, the band Lotion is practically soaking in its own coolness. Lotion got the reclusive novelist Thomas Pynchon to write the liner notes for its second album, Nobody's Cool. In 1996 the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in Manhattan included the band's stickers and posters in an exhibit. This past January, Lotion made a cameo appearance in an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Such hijinks have made Lotion the darling of the college-educated, indie-rock crowd. But all gimmickry aside, these four sly New Yorkers -- Tony Zajkowski on vocals, Jim Ferguson on guitar, Rob Youngberg on drums, and Bill Ferguson on bass -- create some of the snappiest, freshest, most appealing pop songs around.
In fact there's no reason Lotion couldn't fit into a radio playlist along with the Foo Fighters, Soundgarden, or even Third Eye Blind. "Mr. President" is a harmony-driven, grunge-rock number with a chugging guitar riff, "Feedback Queen" rides along on a sunny chorus, and "Drop Dead" boasts one of those great stuttering refrains ("C-C-Californ-i-ay"). For the most part, these twelve songs are the kind that jump right into the unconscious and cause involuntary head-nodding and perhaps even air-guitar-playing. Even the brief excursions into indie-rock experimentation are built around good hooks. "My Name Is Prince" -- perhaps a nod to The Artist who inspired the glyphlike title of this CD -- is edgy and rhythmic, but the backing vocals and ringing guitar still make for a hummable tune. With Zajkowski's earnest, gutsy voice leading the band, Lotion might be mistaken for any number of commercial rock outfits like Everclear or Creed.
But Lotion likes to play with convention ever so slightly. In the middle of the melodic "Rich Cop, Poor Cop," Lotion briefly turns itself into an '80s metal band accompanied by the sound of screaming concertgoers. "I Love Me (Vol. 1)" incorporates an alarm clock, disembodied laughter, and a bullwhip and ends with a distinctly Beatlesque chorus. The band's lyrics are sometimes archly postmodern (alluding to everything from Steve McQueen to the musical Chess), but they can also be emotionally powerful. "No. 99" is a particularly affecting song, hinting at an illicit love affair. "Be careful what you say/She reads your writing," Zajkowski warns. "You play astronaut/And I'm a pirate/She's already heard/Though we keep quiet."
Lotion is probably a little too clever for mainstream FM radio, so don't expect to hear "5th Fret - Distant Cousin" on anyone's playlist soon. Still, the band has achieved an appropriately underground sort of fame: The idiot savant singer Wesley Willis recently recorded an homage to the band, titled "Lotion Are Assholes."
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John Kimball(Kim) DietrichAssociate Professor of Finance and Business EconomicsUSC Marshall School of Business
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0808Phone:213-740-6539Education:PhD, University of Michigan; MA, University of Chicago; AB, Yale UniversityOverview
Kim Dietrich is an expert on banking and financial intermediation. His research has been published in the Journal of Finance, Journal of Monetary Economics, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Banking and Finance, and Review of Economics and Statistics. He is a member of the Board of Directors at the USC Credit Union and chairman of it service organization board. Professor Dietrich has consulted for a variety of organizations and firms, including the APEC Busines Advisory Council, and the U.S. Treasury.
Dietrich, J. K., "Bank Acquisitions and Strategy since the GLB Act," in Barth, J., Chen, L., and Wihlborg, C., eds., Research Handbook in International Banking and Governance, Edward Elgar Publishing, Northhampton, Massachusetts (USA) 2012.Dietrich, J. K., ""Bank Holding Company Acquisitions Since Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act"," in Barth, J., Chen, L., and Wihlborg, C., eds., Research Handbook on Banking and Governance 2010.Dietrich, J. K. (2008) ""Lender Liability: U.S. Banks' Exposure" (translated into Swedish)," Finans- & Kapital Marknadsdebatt, 2 (3), 9-14.Dietrich, J. K. (2007) "Improving the Quality of Information on International Capital Flows,".Dietrich, J. K. (2006) "Data Requirements to Support Early Warning Systems Ameliorating the Impact of Adverse Volatile Capital Flows,".Dietrich, J. K. (2006) "Optimal Pension Policy Issues,".Dietrich, J. K., Benefits of Financial Market Liberalization, APEC Business Advisory Council 2005.Dietrich, J. K., Chen, B., and Feng, Y., eds. China's Financial Markets Reform: Problems, Progress and Prospects, Westview Press 2000.Dietrich, J. K., "What Lessons U.S. Financial Markets can Provide to China," in Chen, B., Dietrich, J. Kimball, and Feng, Y., eds., China's Financial Markets Reform: Problems, Progress, and Prospects, Westview Press 1999.Dietrich, J. K., "Universal Banking: Policy Issues for an Emerging Market," in Privatization and Financial Sector Reform in Transition Economics, Elsevier Science, Amsterdam 1997.Dietrich, J. K. (1997) "Comment on 'Integrating Financial Markets in the APEC Region' by Sven Arndt," Korean Economic Institute, 8.Dietrich, J. K., Financial Services and Financial Institutions: Value Creation in Theory and Practice, Prentice-Hall 1996.Dietrich, J. K. (1993) "Bank Mergers: Who Gains?," USC Business.Dietrich, J. K., "Industrial Policy and International Trade," in Canto, V., eds., Industrial Policy and International Trade, JAI Press 1992.Dietrich, J. K., and Canto, V., "Economic Determinants of U.S. Trade Policy: An Empirical Analysis," in Canto, V., and Dietrich, J. Kimball, eds., Industrial Policy and International Trade, JAI Press 1992.Dietrich, J. K., "Consequences of 1992 for Competition in Financial Services: Banking," in Contributions to Economic Analysis: Financial Regulation and Monetary Arrangements after 1992, North-Holland 1991.Canto, V., and Dietrich, J. K., "Determinants of U.S. Intervention in Trade in Industrial Foods and the Impact on Returns and Employment," in Agmon, T., and Hekman, C., eds., Business Corporate Decisions and Changing Trade Policy, Oxford University Press 1989.Dietrich, J. K. (1987) ""Safe and Sound Banking" by G. Benston, R. Eisenbeis, P. Horowitz, E. Kane, and G. Kauffman," Journal of Finance.Dietrich, J. K., Dale-Johnson, D., and Larezetics, T. (1987) "A Legal and Economic Analysis of Due-on-Sales Clause: A Retrospective Examination," JAI Press.Dietrich, J. K., and Canto, V. (1986) "Determinants and Consequences of Across-the-Board Trade Restrictions in the U.S. Economy," International Trade Journal, 1 (1), 65-78.Dietrich, J. K., Canto, V., and Mudaliar, V. (1986) "Protectionism and the Stock Market," Protectionism and the Stock Market.Dietrich, J. K., and McNees, D. (1986) "The Top Ten Banks Since Deregulation," Banker's Magazine.Dietrich, J. K., Dale-Johnson, D., and Langetieg, T. (1986) "A Legal and Economic Analysis of the Due-on-Sale Clause: A Retrospective Examination," Research in Law and Economics.Dietrich, J. K. (1986) "Banking on Your Future," Moving Up.Dietrich, J. K. (1985) "Some Evidence on Banking Holding Company Regulations: The Question of Expansion into the Insurance Business," Bank Structure and Competition: Conference Proceedings, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.Dietrich, J. K., and Sorenson, E. (1984) "An Application of Logit Analysis to Prediction of Merger Targets," Journal of Business Research.Dietrich, J. K., and Joines, D. H. (1983) "Rational Expectations, Informational Efficiency and Tests Using Survey Data," Review of Economics and Statistics.Dietrich, J. K. (1983) "Regulation and the Determination of Bank Capital Changes: Note," Journal of Finance.Dietrich, J. K., and Heckerman, D.G. (1983) "Determinants of Systematic Risk and Electrical Utilities: Theory and Estimation," Applied Economics.Dietrich, J. K., and Campbell, T. S. (1983) "The Determinants of Borrower Default on Insured Conventional Residential Mortgages," Journal of Finance.Dietrich, J. K., and Agmon, T. (1983) "International Lending and Income Distribution: An Alternative View of Country Risk," Journal of Banking and Finance.Dietrich, J. K., Langetieg, T., Dale-Johnson, D., and Campbell, T. S. (1983) "The Economic Effects of Due-on-Sale Clause Invalidation," Housing Finance Review.Bhattacharya, P.K., Dietrich, J. K., Heckerman, D.G., and Myers, D.E. (1981) "Variable Wages and Prices and the Demand for Capital in the Discrete and Continuous Time Case," International Economic Review.Dietrich, J. K. (1981) "Financial Futures: Why all the Commotion?," L.A. Executive.Dietrich, J. K., and Heckerman, D.G. (1980) "Uncertain Inflation and the Demand for Capital," Economic Inquiry.Dietrich, J. K. (1978) "Weekly Variations in the Growth Rate of the Money Supply," Journal of Portfolio Management.Dietrich, J. K. (1978) "Comparative Statics of a Two-Country Money-Capital Model," Journal of Monetary Economics.Dietrich, J. K., and Cornell, W.B. (1978) "Mean-Absolute-Deviation versus Least-Squares Estimation of Beta Coefficients," Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.Dietrich, J. K. (1976) "Modeling Sectoral Employment at the SMSA Level: Finance Insurance, and Real Estate," Review of Regional Studies, 7 (3).Dietrich, J. K. (1974) "Lack of Mortgage Money Reflects Slowing Arizona Growth Rate," Arizona Review 12-17.Dietrich, J. 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Rev. Peter Morales, President of the Unitarian Universalist Association, Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray of the UU Congregation of Phoenix, Arizona, Mr. Salvador Reza, leader of Puente Arizona, and ten others were sentenced on August 23, 2011 in Phoenix. They had previously been found guilty on charges of failure to obey the order of a peace officer, after physically blocking the driveway entrance to the Madison Street Jail in Phoenix. The purpose of their action was to stop the neighborhood raids the Maricopa County Sheriff's Department planned for that day, despite federal district court judge Susan Bolton's preliminary injunction on parts of SB 1070.
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(2:15 p.m. EDT) -- Europe's river cruise season got off to a more glittery launch than usual this weekend in Amsterdam when
christened the S.S. Antoinette, its first-ever newbuild. The 164-passenger vessel, built at Holland's Shipyard De Hoop, is the most innovative ship sailing on Europe's rivers today.
S.S. Antoinette is the first of three Uniworld vessels to debut in 2011; ships in Russia and Portugal will be introduced later this spring by the Los Angeles-based company.
Suitably held two days before the official start of spring, Saturday's ceremony was unusually intimate in scope and much more personal than recent big-ship christenings like
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Of course, there were the traditional accoutrements of a ship christening, including speeches from cruise line executives, tourism officials and the Amsterdam harbormaster. The traditional dedication, complete with the smashing of a Champagne bottle against the hull (in this case, it required two tries), was the highlight.
A Boat-Load of Innovations
Uniworld, one of the world's fastest growing cruise companies, is owned by the far-reaching Travel Corporation, whose holdings include a variety of brands ranging from Trafalgar Tours to the super-luxe Red Carnation Hotels. Three generations of family members (under patriarch Stanley Tollman) are intimately involved in many if not all of its ventures.
Perhaps no one is more passionate about Uniworld than Antoinette "Toni" Tollman, his oldest daughter. Not only is the new ship named after her, but she also served as its godmother and, as the project's lead designer, oversaw nearly every detail. Beyond Antoinette, Tollman has played a lead role in Uniworld's effort to transform its fleet into the
of river cruising.
"It's easy to say you're a five-star boutique [cruise ship], but it's not easy to deliver it," she said at Saturday's ceremony. "But Antoinette is bigger, better and more luxurious than anything else. And what makes us different all does begin with my mother [Beatrice Tollman was the inspiration for the decor and namesake of Uniworld's 2009 launch,
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"This design," she added, "has been a true labor of love."
Uniworld's penchant for whimsical and daring interior design (Antoinette, for instance, is based on an interpretation of Marie Antoinette's France), lush cabin appointments and superb service and cuisine is apparent on all the company's vessels. But creating its first ship from scratch offered the company a chance to innovate, and did it ever.
S.S. Antoinette offers a serious wow factor with its new unique-to-river-cruising features, including suites with alcoves that can be converted from glassed-in conservatories to open-air balconies by pushing a switch. Plus, it's got the first full suite on Europe's rivers to feature separate living and sleeping rooms (in all other cases the term "suite" merely means larger-than-standard staterooms).
There's also a beautiful 22-seat cinema with Dolby Surround Sound that's atmospherically housed in a room adorned with vintage movie posters. The popcorn cart wasn't yet in place over the weekend, but it will be in time for the ship's first "Castles Along the Rhine" sailing on March 27.
In addition, the vessel's top deck showcases several innovations. Traditionally, river boats use their upper decks as observation areas in good weather only; height-wise, they contain no furnishings taller than a chaise lounge so that the vessels can fit under low-slung bridges.
For Antoinette, Uniworld has constructed a pair of all-weather rooms: the South Beach-like Leopard Bar (which is a classic lounge tradition in many of its Red Carnation hotels) and the elegant L'Orangerie, an indoor/outdoor dining venue. Both have air conditioning and heating. The reason that Uniworld can build such structures: Their ceilings and windows can collapse on demand if the ship needs to pass under a low bridge.
Another twist: Few river boats have swimming pools (only a handful even have top-deck whirlpools); on Antoinette, there's a glassed-in facility with gorgeous mosaic tiling, a wall of windows and an adjacent spa. Interestingly, the pool serves in another capacity. The few river boats that have one typically locate them in their midsections, said Patrick Janssens, owner of Shipyard De Hoop, which has been building vessels for more than a century. In Antoinette's case, placing the pool in the rear gives it an operational advantage. With its heavy weight, it creates mass where vibration tends to be a problem, helping to ensure an extra-quiet ride.
The ship has three engine rooms, each with separate propulsion systems, which allow the vessel to operate efficiently -- and with double-resilient mounted frames that reduce vibration of engines and thrusters. And on the environmental front, De Hoop developed a state-of-the-art waste management system.
Coming Soon: More New Ships Rolling Down the River
If ocean-going cruise lines are slowing down their once-rapid pace of expansion, river operators -- including Uniworld,
-- are all in aggressive fleet growth modes. For Uniworld, Antoinette's debut will be followed by the introduction of Douro Spirit, which will sail the rivers of Spain and Portugal. Its River Victoria, which launches later this spring, will mark the company's return to Russia's Volga River after a multi-year absence.
In addition, the Travel Corporation's effort to refurbish all of the river boats it acquired when it bought Uniworld comes to an end this year with the completion of upgrades to
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They're even tougher when you find out you're going to be down a co-worker for the next month. In most offices, that increased workload might be met with a sense of dread by those employees remaining, but in the NFL, there's a silver lining in that dark cloud.
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"I don't really know what's going to happen, as far as the depth chart, but I'll definitely be preparing to get a more active role this week," he told reporters. "If it does increase, I feel I'll be ready for it. I can't control what goes on, but I will control what I do on Sundays.
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Bestselling DJ/producer Mark Knight has gained substantial commercial success in the late 2000s through residencies at famed club Amnesia in Ibiza and London's Ministry of Sound, while his chart-topping Toolroom Records label boasts releases by everyone from Underworld and Deadmau5 to David Guetta and Dirty South. With his eclectic but always booming big-room sound, Knight will no doubt be making the Space terrace crowd his bitch on Saturday.
Space's Techno Loft will also be featuring DJs Alexi Delano and Paul Ritch that night. Chilean-born Delano spent his formative years in Sweden where he was part of the first wave of notable Swedish EDM producers in the mid-'90s. He has since gained steady international accolades as a techno and house producer whose output for such labels as Poker Flat and Plus 8 consistently surprise and win over listeners. His last performance at the Electric Pickle in May blew the roof off the place, and will no doubt be bringing back a lot of fans on Saturday.
Paul Ritch is a Paris-based minimal techno producer closely affiliated with Berlin's Resopal Schallware imprint and whose tracks have been featured on several high-profile compilation mixes by the likes of John Digweed, M.A.N.D.Y. and Gui Borrato. His sleek minimal stylings should finely complement Delano's stripped-down sound and make for a night of exceptional techno.
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La Campina Reviews
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La Campina Corona
"Very happy with this smoke"
La Campina Robusto
Recieved my first box of La Campina Corona two days ago. Three cigars later I am very impressed with the taste and quality. Smooth enjoyable smoke. Will definitely buy again.
Todd S in Middleton, Wisconsin August 25, 2011
"Great Cheap Alternative"
La Campina Toro
Got a box of 20 for a pittance at auction, not expecting much. Boy was I wrong!
Great burn and an excellent draw combine with good consistency and wonderful taste to create a terrific every day smoke.
Give them I try, throw them in your humidor for a month or two and you're golden!
Andrew in Tuscaloosa, AL August 23, 2011
"Inexpensive Fantastic Selection"
La Campina Robusto
Ok, These taste a whole lot like , Don Tomas SE, Fonseca F-50, Rocky AMS, but closest to a Perdomo Champagne,but not quite as sweet. These gems are obviously much cheaper. If you are looking for mild-med body solid, tasty smoke you are in the rt section. The ones that I got were GREAT but the tag said that they were Sept 2010. So they obviously had been chillin at famous for a little while. If ya got the time age them for a couple of months and you will realize a truly fantastic bargain. I find myself reaching for it when I'm indecisive, and I've never been let down. I think I might love the Plasencia's. La Floridita Gold , Pai Gow, La Campina I love Em!! I'm not a fan of the fuerte's or stronger blends, just my taste. However if you pleasure tended to run in that direction I'm sure the Plasencias' will have something in the wide selection that will fit your taste. Gosh I wished tellin good stuff got ya some kind of discount. I only buy @ famous and one other. Thanks for being the best. You handled a customer service issue today...no prob thank you for fixxing my issue in 5 min.
Marty in Carrollton Ga August 22, 2011
"Love 'em"
La Campina Corona 5 Pack
Bought a box on auction and I couldn't be happier. This cigar fits all of my favorite traits of a good smoke.
Josh P in Winter Springs, FL July 4, 2011
La Campina Corona
I'm reviewing this cigar for the second to check for it's
cigar-to-cigar, consistency-- The La Campina Corona, sports a fine, honey brown wrapper, with only minor veins. It's a mild to medium bodied cigar, that burns even, with a clean whitish, gray ash. Upon lighting this corona, notes of wood, and almonds, with a slight hint of Amaretto, caress the inside of nose. Creamy notes of nuts, with a hint of white pepper, were noted on the palate, throughout the second half of the burn. This corona burns well without leaving any bitter aftertaste in the mouth. The approximate burn time is 70 minutes.
On a scale of 1 to 10 I'd rate this cigar 9.
Note--Opinion--This is a great smoke when you'd like something a little milder...
Robb Hughes in Michigan June 22, 2011
"Time out and enjoy"
La Campina Toro
Nice mild smoke, taste constant throughout.
Angelo in Mississauga,Ontario May 6, 2011
"Don't buy."
La Campina Robusto
My brother and I both tried these, and we thought they were just awful cigars. 2 out of three of the leafs were still green, and the taste was too bitter and underaged. Take my advice and try something like the Casa Torano or any other Connecticut wrapper.
michael March 18, 2011
La Campina Churchill
I have to say this is one of the worst cigars I smoked. Will not light easily, terrible taste. Don't go for these, should be trash.
Tom Carpenter in Rochester, NY March 18, 2011
"nice pleasant smoke"
La Campina Robusto
Nice, pleasant smoke. Good Mild to medium body that is very smooth and clean on the finish. If you like Romeo 1875 and Perdomo 10th Champagne, this is worth a try. Get the wise guy sampler to compare if you need to, and you'll probably end up buying a box.
Gerard in Atlanta, GA March 12, 2011
"Not bad, but belongs in a bundle"
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Nice flavor/aroma, but the construction is not top notch and the wrappers are blemished. If these were a $2/stick bundle cigar they would be great, they are overpriced for what they are.
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"If I were there, I certainly would not have been a part of the mob who shouted 'Crucify him!'"
How many of us have thought that? I know I have.
As Good Friday approaches, it is likely that we are reflecting on the disturbing reality of Jesus being brutally slain for our salvation. Although we acknowledge the necessity of this sordid event, it is often difficult to understand what prompted that "mob" to suddenly rise up against Jesus. It is hard for us to imagine what possessed people, who just a few days earlier were hailing him as the King of The Jews, to now be calling for his death.
With that, it is also possible that we may be tempted to look with scorn, through our mind's eye, at those who directly or indirectly took part in the cruelty inflicted upon our Lord. And…it is probable that we may even admonish them by whispering through our gritted teeth, "How could they do that to him?" Right?
Surely we would have never been a party to such an atrocity. We would have stood firm and defended him. Yes…of course we would have!
Or not.
Let's be honest here. I would venture to say that even if we would have not been a part of the actual mob, most, if not all of us would have likely remained silent or even run off and hid like Peter.
Want proof?
Fast forward to today and one can easily see that Christ is being crucified on a daily basis, albeit verbally. His modern crucifixion comes in many forms—the taking of his name in vain; the denials that he is the God of all creation; the assertions that he was just a good man and teacher; the accusations that he was a liar and a false prophet; the refusals to believe that he rose from the grave…or that he even existed.
How many times have we failed to defend him? How many times have we failed to speak boldly for him? How many times have we been like Peter and run off to hide in order to avoid confrontation?
For me, the times I have failed to defend my Savior are too numerous to count. And by not defending him, I am reminded that I am no better than those that once did and continue to crucify him. For that matter, I'm no better than the man who drove the nails into his hands and feet.
It is not my intent to guilt anyone into going out and defending Christ to an antagonistic world (although if this inspires anyone to do so, I won't discourage them :-)). I only seek to provide some perspective and a reminder during this Passion season that we are all sinners and have fallen short of God's glory. As such, we are all equally guilty of partaking in Jesus' crucifixion in some fashion.
Ironically, it was because of this fact that Jesus let those nails be driven into him. It was our individual and corporate guilt that compelled him to come and live a perfect life, endure suffering and death, and ultimately rise victoriously to conquer sin and death. He did it all because we are all sinners deserving condemnation; we are all "the man who drove the nail." Every single one of us.
Praise be to Jesus for redeeming us anyway!
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@wander – You're absolutely right! We have had a huge surge in the break in of homes that are being renovated or built. The copper wiring and pipes are being stripped, even if they have to go through new sheetrock to reach it!
I know that there was an old high school friend of mine who was building a new home. It was broken into three times, and all of the wiring stripped and all of the copper pipes were cut out each time.
Others, who live just down the street from my parents, were renovating a burnt out home, and it was broken into and stripped so many times that they finally took a huge loss and sold the property to braver people!
It seems that most of the culprits here are addicted to drugs and alcohol. Copper scrap prices are good so selling it is an easy way to get some fast cash, and it is not really traceable.


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Robert Crawford, corporate risk manager for Roller Bearing Co. of America Inc., better known as RBC Bearings, remembers what prompted him to change leasing companies when he assumed the company's fleet duties some eight years ago.
"Under our last lease program, cars stayed in fleet until someone complained," says Crawford, regarding some sales fleet cars that had 150,000 miles and were in need of major repairs. "I said, 'This is nuts.'"
"It's great that the car gets depreciated down to zero, but what kind of an image are you portraying?" he asks. "Taking someone out to lunch in a junker is a bad idea."
Some of the cars were so beat up they were taking as much as a $6,000 hit in residual value when it was time to turn them in. To Crawford's disappointment, his leasing company at the time was not helpful in figuring out a solution. He switched to Farmington, Conn.-based Motorlease Corp., which specializes in small- and midsize-fleet leasing and management.
For RBC, Motorlease structured a modified closed-end lease in which cars are turned in at three years or 60,000 miles, whichever comes first. Motorlease handles registration, tax, title and licensing in all states as well as fleet transfers and maintenance.
Save for routine oil and filter changes, maintenance expense is all but eliminated. Moreover, the new leases cut $40,000 in lease expenses. And Crawford says his lease includes primary liability for less than what he could do himself.
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Headquartered in Oxford, Conn., the RBC fleet is divided among 25 facilities across the United States as well as international locations. The fleet consists of 57 vehicles, including 45 sales cars that service different regions in the U.S., a pool vehicle at headquarters as well as pickup trucks, vans and a 22-foot straight truck that supports the factories.
For the field sales cars, Crawford runs primarily Toyota Camrys and Honda Accords along with a few Ford Fusions, Tauruses and high-end SUVs for executives. Though Honda does not offer a fleet rebate on the Accord, Crawford says its high residual value keeps lease costs in line with the other models, and his drivers love the car.
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Criminal records are created when a person is convicted of a crime. There is not one standardized form that each state uses, so the information may vary from state to state. The main information remains the same: the person's name, aliases, past names used, past addresses, victims' names, evidence, date of each crime, laws broken, court dates and the final outcome of each court appearance.
One common use for criminal records is whenever a background check is performed. Background checks can show you a person's tendencies, and give you clues as to whether or not a person is right for a job. Other reasons people use background checks include: employment, licensing, obtaining a visa and adoption.
Local Law Enforcement
For local law enforcement and police records, contact Robert Grundek, who is the current Carroll County Sheriff. You can visit him at 210 West Church Street Berryville AR 72616 or call the non-emergency phone line at (870) 423-2901. The sheriff's office also has a webpage at http://co.carroll.ar.us/sheriff/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1
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Perhaps you have a relative in prison and want to know when he or she is moved. Or, perhaps you are a victim of a crime and want to watch the person who has wronged you. With the VINE (Victim Information and Notification Everyday) service you'll be notified by either an email or phone call when your designated criminal moves through the justice system; you can register your email or phone number at https://www.vinelink.com/vinelink/siteInfoAction.do?siteId=4999.
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The Carroll County Sheriff's Department hosts an informative website about sex offenders located at http://co.carroll.ar.us/sheriff/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=26.
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U.S. spokesperson Jen Psaki said that Washington is keeping a close eye on Egypt's domestic politics, and has been following the trials of Muslim Brotherhood leaders with keen interest. (AFP/File)
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The US State Department is following the trials of Muslim Brotherhood Guidance Bureau leaders, according to remarks made by spokesperson Jen Psaki in Wednesday's daily press briefing.
"Certainly, we follow it very closely," she said in response to a press inquiry on the matter.
Psaki expressed a tempered support for recent developments in Egypt's legal climate.
"I know there have been a range of reports about Badie as well as others, including sentence reductions, et cetera. While we welcome the sentence reductions and release of some pro-Muslim Brotherhood female demonstrators, concerns remain about the overall climate leading to arrests and detentions in Egypt," she said.
Psaki re-affirmed American commitment to a just legal system.
"We continue to look to the Government of Egypt to ensure the Egyptians are afforded due process with fair and transparent trials, and continue to convey our belief that civilians should be sent to civilian courts. We have consistently called for an end to politicized arrests and detentions, and we will continue to do so."
When asked how this call is heard, Psaki said it is communicated on the ground, meaning through the Embassy, and publicly.


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