Location: The Harmonie Club NYC

Date:
6 November 2017

Lifetime Achievement Awards presented to:

George Beach II , Superintendent New York State Police

Robert K. Boyce , Chief of Detectives , Police Department City of New York

Angel Melendez, Special Agent in Charge-Homeland Security Investigations

Ashan Benedict, Special Agent in Charge, ATF New York

Members of the following organizations as well:

DEA, FBI, HSI, IRS-CI, USSS,USMS,NYPD, NYSP and other state , local and federal law enforcement agencies

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FABIO Lanzoni ( Italian pronunciation: [ˈfaːbjo lanˈtsoːni]); born March 15, 1959 or 1961),^[1][2] widely known simply as Fabio, is an Italian fashion model, spokesperson, author, actor, who appeared on the cover of hundreds of romance novels throughout the 1980s and 1990s.^[3]

Career

Television and media

Fabio starred in the syndicated TV series Acapulco H.E.A.T. as the role of Claudio. He was also featured in calendars, led a fragrance campaign for Mediterraneum by Versace, and landed a role in commercials for “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter!“. He appeared in “The Bold and the Beautiful” a number of times, as a close friend of the character Sally Spectra (Fabio and Darlene Conley, who played Sally, were close friends in real life). He appeared in one episode of Step by Step called “Absolutely Fabio”. Fabio appeared as well on Ned’s Declassified. He was also in a Big Time Rush episode and reprised his role in the Nickelodeon television series once again in their third TV movie, Big Time Christmas. In 2010, he appeared in an episode of The Suite Life on Deck called “Senior Ditch Day” as Captain Hawk. He has also cameoed in the films Dude, Where’s My Car?, Spy Hard and Zoolander.

In 1994, Fabio released an album titled Fabio After Dark, which included soliloquies on his philosophy of love.^[3]

Fabio can also be seen posing as the hero Kuros on the cover of the 1989 video game Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors II for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Fabio hosted the American reality television series Mr. Romance in 2005. The series featured a dozen male contestants competing for the title of “Mr. Romance” and the opportunity to appear as a romance novel cover model.

In 1992, Robert Gottlieb became Fabio’s literary agent. Fabio became the first best-selling male romance writer who did not use a pseudonym.^{[citation needed]} In collaboration with Eugena Riley, Fabio’s first few books were titled Pirate, Rogue,Comanche, Viking and Champion. The genre of his first books were historical romance. He wrote three more books in collaboration with Wendy Corsi Staub titled Dangerous, Wild, and Mysterious.

Spokesperson

One of Fabio’s most memorable advertising campaigns was for I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter!. He was the spokesperson for the company since 1994. He was also the spokesperson for the Geek Squad in 2007, Oral-B’s Sensitive Advantage Toothbrush in 2006 (whose ad was featured in Times Square), and one of his most popular ads to date is for Nationwide Insurance. In 2006, the commercial for Nationwide aired during the Super Bowl and was the most viewed commercial for the game, garnering over 1 million views within two weeks. Other endorsements included Wicks Furniture, Ames Hardware, Old Spice, and the American Cancer Society.^[4]

On July 26, 2011, Old Spice launched a new campaign on YouTube in which Fabio challenges Isaiah Mustafa to try to replace him as the New Old Spice Guy. The online challenge was entitled Mano a Mano in el Baño (hand-to-hand in the bathroom). Mustafa emerged as the winner, though Fabio’s Old Spice YouTube Channel received more than 9 million views in the week after its debut, rising to Number 4 on YouTube for the week.^[5]

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Set in one of the author’s most beloved locations, the mist-shrouded coast of Maine, HERON’S COVE offers a gripping story of a priceless collection Russian jewelry that’s about to be stolen … again. For millions of readers, the popular New England author’s books mean edge-of-their-seats suspense, complex plotting, multi-faceted characters and romantic tension. HERON’S COVE, which hits stores August 2012, is no exception.

In the gripping novel, FBI agent and art crimes expert Emma Sharpe and her new love, FBI undercover agent Colin Donovan, fight to uncover the connection between an illegal arms operation and a collection of Russian Art Nouveau jewelry. When Russian billionaire Dmitri Rusakov docks his yacht in Heron’s Cove, he claims he is there to recover a priceless collection of jewelry that was stole four years earlier. Colin suspects he’s there for another reason altogether – and he wonders how much Emma knows about the Russian’s mission. To get to the bottom of the mystery, Emma and Colin must reveal their secrets and trust each other’s expertise to outwit their ruthless enemies.

Carla’s careful research and attention to detail always come into play when she creates the mysterious plots for her characters. “Art has been an ever-present influence in my life,” Carla says. “My mom was very visual, an inspired quilter. One of my uncles, who was captured by the Nazis during World War II, was an avid painter, and my roommates in college were artists. I’m fascinated by high-stakes international art theft and the motivations behind it.”

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Dear Entrepreneurs,

Thank you for joining us at last week’s STARTUPALOOOZA. We would like to congratulate the winner, Ben Wolff of FasterPants and the runners up, SplitSpace, BumpAgent and MyPackagePlace.

We are preparing a full report on the pitches and the judges’ analysis which we will share with you shortly. This will help with the angles that can make your plan fundable

In the mean time, Andrew Edwards of Technology Leaders wrote a great piece about the event: http://bit.ly/Laal6u Read and enjoy!

Best,

Alan Brody and the Startupalooza Team

Convean: iBreakfast/iEvening

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