While new ships will continue to launch on Europe's inland waterways in 2012, the year will see some notable advancements in river cruise markets both nascent and reborn. Guilford, Conn. based American Cruise Lines is building a 140 passenger paddlewheeler, the Queen of the Mississippi, slated to enter service in August. And the Memphis based Great American Steamboat Co. is in the process of renovating the 436 passenger American Queen, which will relaunch in April. (The Delta Queen Steamboat Co. Maritime Administration in 2008 after Majestic America Line's parent company, Ambassadors International, defaulted on a guaranteed loan.) Both companies are pulling out all the stops in their effort to breathe new life into the Mississippi River cruise market. Tim Rubacky, senior vice president of sales, marketing and product development for the Great American Steamboat Co., said the new American Queen will be "significantly upgraded from [when it was owned by Majestic] in terms of food and service. They had cut everything to the bare bones. White Dining Room and the Front Porch of America, which will be open 24/7. "We're bringing the boat back to [its] mid 1990s heyday," Rubacky said, adding that back then, when the ships were owned by the Delta Queen Steamboat Co., they were considered on par with Seabourn and the Queen Elizabeth 2 in terms of food and entertainment. "We're getting away from the nickel and dime mentality." The entertainment options will include nightly dancing to swing, big band and Dixieland jazz music as well as concerts featuring the ship's calliope. Departures will run from April 13 through Dec. 28 and will range from three to 10 days in length. American Cruise Lines, which is currently building the Queen of the Mississippi in Salisbury, Md., plans to ramp up the entertainment offerings aboard its ship, as well. According to the company, the program will feature entertainment "reminiscent of America's legendary steamboating era," including Dixieland bands in the vessel's Paddlewheel Lounge. Passengers will also be invited to play the ship's calliope. Both ships will sail between Louisiana and Minnesota on the Mississippi and as far East as Pittsburgh on the Ohio River. The Mekong's maturation What was once a slow burn on the Mekong River has grown to a roaring blaze, with the planned launchings of a slew of newbuilds in Southeast Asia. In 2012, Viking River Cruises will charter Pandaw River Cruises' 66 passenger Tonle Pandaw; Avalon Waterways will lease the 32 passenger Avalon Angkor, which will launch in September; and Uniworld Boutique River Cruises is partnering with Pandaw on a three year charter of the 60 passenger River Saigon, which will launch in January. Moreover, Uniworld has already inked a second deal with Pandaw for an additional ship on the Mekong, the 60 passenger River Orchid, launching in January 2013. Those ships will join Pandaw's existing three ships on the Mekong River and Ama Waterways' two ships: the 94 passenger La Marguerite and the 124 passenger Amalotus. Ama does not plan to introduce a new ship in 2012, but the company has said that it is looking into options for more vessels in 2013 and beyond. And Viking has also hinted at plans for a possible 2013 newbuild. The classic Mekong cruise sails a route from Siem Reap, Cambodia, across Tonle Sap Lake, through the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh and on to Vietnam's largest city, Ho Chi Minh City. Many itineraries also include a flight to Hanoi for an overnight cruise through Halong Bay. Europe: Longships and Panoramas In 2012, Viking River Cruises will launch an unprecedented six ships in Europe that fall under a new class of vessels the company calls Longships. The six new ships will be the Viking Freya, Viking Idun, Viking Njord, Viking Odin, Viking Embla and Viking Aegir. The 190 passenger Longships, designed by maritime architects Yran Storbraaten, will be 443 feet long, with 95 cabins each. They will have several defining elements, not least of which will be their reconfigured layout. By shifting the central corridor over and adding two suites at the aft of the ship, Viking will be able to accommodate balcony space. Consequently, three quarters of the cabins on the new ships will feature a balcony, French balcony or both. And instead of having only larger cabins on the upper decks and smaller cabins on the lower deck, there will be a mix of larger and smaller cabins on all the decks because of the off center corridor. In addition to new cabin configurations, the Longships will have an indoor/outdoor Aquavit Terrace at the front of the ship, a feature Viking was able to add by squaring off the bow rather than having it come to a point. The plan is for the new Viking Longships to sail existing itineraries within Europe, with an emphasis on adding capacity to Viking's two most popular programs: the 15 day Grand European Tour, from Amsterdam to Budapest, and the reverse; and the eight day Romantic Danube, sailing from Budapest to Nuremberg, Germany, and the reverse. The six newbuilds will bring the Viking owned fleet to 25 by the end of 2012. 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They took the first step Sunday, when Paul George finished with 24 points and seven assists, David West added 19 points and seven rebounds, and suddenly surging Indiana led wire to wire in a 107 96 victory over the Miami Heat in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals. is just a fun matchup, George said. one that we been waiting for all year. the first time in this year playoffs, the Pacers won a series opener. And for the first time in their last three playoff battles against the Heat, the Pacers won Game 1. Game 2 is Tuesday night. The home team has won all five games in this season fiercest and most competitive rivalry, though none was more impressive or important than this one. Watson scored in double figures, helping Indiana produce its highest point total of the playoffs. The Pacers limited the Heat to just four offensive rebounds and 6 of 23 shooting from beyond the arc. LeBron James went 1 of 5 on 3s and shot just two free throws, and Miami fell so far behind so fast, it never even had a chance to tie the score. Sure, opening this best of seven series at Bankers Life Fieldhouse helped. The hometown crowd that sometimes serenaded the Pacers with boos during the first two rounds spent most of the first half on its feet, chanted every time it looked as if the Heat might come back and finished the game with its customary chant of The Heat! the biggest difference was on the court. Indiana shared the ball, limited its turnovers, maintained its poise and got contributions from everyone in a game it had to win. Roy Hibbert finished with 19 points and nine rebounds, Lance Stephenson had 17 points and eight assists, and George Hill added 15 points as the Pacers looked more like the team that was so dominant over the first half of the season, rather than the one struggled so mightily in the second half. The challengers in this matchup insist they know it only a start. nothing to celebrate. It not like we won a championship. It one game, Hill said. it was good, but if we come out and lay an egg on Tuesday, this game doesn mean anything. toughest part for the Heat will be figuring out what went wrong. Coach Erik Spoelstra used Shane Battier in the starting lineup, then replaced him with Udonis Haslem after the Pacers took a 55 45 halftime lead. It made no difference. James, who had 25 points, 10 rebounds and five assists, and Dwyane Wade, who had 27 points on 12 of 18 shooting, desperately tried to rally the Heat but got little help. Chris Bosh had nine points and two rebounds. Ray Allen finished with 12 points. While Bosh thought the primary problem was Miami inability to get stops, James wasn as sure. game still so fresh. It too hard to just say, Well, we need to do this better in Game 2, James said after the Heat lost for just the second time in 10 playoff games. need to evaluate our mistakes and things we did in Game 1 first before I can say what we need to bring to Game 2. the Pacers weren the same team that spent most of the last three months answering questions about their second half swoon. Indiana swarmed the glass, exploited its size advantage, knocked down six of its first seven 3 pointers and forced the Heat into playing catch up. When the Heat cut a 10 point, first quarter deficit to 41 37 midway through the second quarter, Stephenson scored four points in a 5 0 run to make it 46 37. When James trimmed it to 50 45 with back to back baskets late in the quarter, the Pacers ended the half with five straight points to make it 55 45. Hibbert and West then combined eight of Indiana first 14 points to open the second half, pushing the lead to 69 52. James and Wade rallied the Heat within 83 74 early in the fourth, but the Pacers opened it up again to 102 84 with 4:11 to go. been complacent many times. We just can get complacent, George said. got to stay humbled off this win and come in with the same mind set that we have to get another one. Miami has lost six straight series openers on the road. The last two games these teams have played were both decided by double digits. Former Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Carl Erskine opened the series by playing the National Anthem on his harmonica. White Cement 4s,I sulk and be pissed off: Deepika tells d. Kanimozhi, accompanied by family members, had left for Delhi on Wednesday morning. Most of the DMK MPs too are in Delhi to express solidarity with chief minister and party president M Karunanidhi's daughter.However, putting up a brave face, Kanimozhi, who spoke to the media in Delhi, said she would fight the case legally and come out of it clean. "It is a very, very serious charge, of that I am very clear and I am very sure that we will come out of it and I will come out of it clean," she told television channels when asked about the CBI court summons to her to appear before it on Friday. She has been named in the second charge sheet filed by the CBI in the 2G case. The 43 year old Rajya Sabha MP said confidently, "We will fight it legally and there is nothing to say that I am a co conspirator. We will face it legally."Kanimozhi, who has also been asked by the Enforcement Directorate to appear before it on May 12 in connection with the 2G case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, said she believed in the legal system of the country and that she would abide by it. "Whatever the court decides, I will accept," she said. In its supplementary chargesheet filed in a special court on April 25, the CBI had accused Kanimozhi of entering into a criminal conspiracy with former telecom minister A Raja for allegedly accepting illegal gratification through Kalaignar TV, the channel run by the ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu, in which the money related to the 2G scam was routed.Dismissing any difference in the DMK first family on the issue, she said, "My family is not divided on this issue. My family stands with the party's decision. My family stands together along with whatever decisions the leader and the party have made. I think this is another perception which some people in the press are trying to create."But the confidence of the DMK leadership took a beating on Thursday in the wake of the Supreme Court's observations slamming the Income Tax department for the "slow probe" against corporate lobbyist Nira Radia and others for alleged tax evasion in the spectrum case. "You (petitioner) rest assured that no person, irrespective of their chair and wealth, could get immunity in any way," the Supreme Court bench said. Details of the Thursday proceedings in the Supreme Court were apparently conveyed to Karunanidhi, who is said to have conveyed his concern to close family members and friends. The chief minister had earlier planned to accompany his daughter to Delhi, but cancelled his trip. Kanimozhi told reporters that she had dissuaded her father from coming to Delhi.
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