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Spike TV Super Socializes "Guys Choice"
Network Teams With Facebook, Foursquare, GetGlue, GroupMe, Instagram, Shazam, SmileBooth, Tumblr And Twitter
"Guys Choice" To Be First-Ever Shazam-able US Televised Awards Event
"Guys Choice" Premieres On Spike TV On Friday, June 10 At 9:00 PM ET/PT
NEW YORK, June 10, 2011 -- Spike TV has launched an extensive social-media foray for today's Friday, June 10 network premiere of "Guys Choice." The network has teamed with Facebook, GetGlue, GroupMe, Instagram, Shazam and Twitter and will tap into each of its partners' specialties to help drive awareness, tune-in and multi-platform engagement with the show. The event, which taped on Saturday, June 4 at Sony Studios, has already seen a burst of activity, from its pre-show voting on Facebook, to celebrity tweeting during taping, and talent utilizing the backstage SmileBooth to pose with members of the Armed Forces. The network plans to share these special celeb photos with all social media partners during the on-air telecast. Spike is thrilled to also announce that "Guys Choice" will be the first-ever US televised award show to utilize Shazam.
"For this year's 'Guys Choice,' we wanted to explore innovative partnerships that will help our audience experience and share the show in new ways," said Erik Flannigan, evp digital media, MTV Networks Entertainment Group. "Our audience taps into social media multiple times a day already, so it is critical that we create fresh ways to extend SPIKE into those platforms. 'Guy's Choice' gave us a terrific opportunity to try several at the same time."
Spike's social strategy for "Guy's Choice" leverages each social media network's area of expertise to further engage its viewers. Below is an overview on Spike TV's social media initiatives for the pre-taping and airing of "Guys Choice."
Spike TV created an exclusive Facebook tab for its "Guys Choice" voting initiative. This was launched in May to coincide with the announcement of this year's nominees and was promoted to initially over 300,000 Spike fans. This year saw a 115% increase in voting due to fans utilizing Facebook and sharing their picks amongst their friends.
Spike TV worked with GetGlue, the leading social network for entertainment, to create exclusive "Guys Choice" stickers in advance of the show to drive awareness and generate additional buzz. There are also a number of stickers that fans will be able to unlock during the June 10 premiere by checking in on GetGlue.com or the mobile apps.
As of June 1, Spike TV's "Guys Choice" is an official GroupMe featured group. Users are encouraged to create their own "Guys Choice" group to talk about the event with their friends. Additionally, Spike TV will provide exclusive content and tune-in reminders to all of the featured groups. Spike TV promoted GroupMe during the June 4 taping, pre-show and on its Facebook and Twitter accounts. Spike TV's "Guys Choice" is also featured on: GroupMe.com/spikeguyschoice and will promote it through its social media channels.
During the June 4 taping, the network utilized its official Spike Instagram account and had a roving photographer shooting and sharing pictures from all over the event featuring MAN-bassador Stacey Keibler and talent who attended the show � including the red carpet, in-show and backstage. Pictures will be posted to Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr. Spike TV will tag pictures with the @usernames and the #guyschoice hashtag to improve discoverability and encourage user participation.
Spike TV's "Guys Choice" has partnered with Shazam�, the world's leading mobile discovery company, and will be the first-ever US based awards program to use Shazam for TV to give the audience access to additional content on a "second screen," their mobile device. The audio broadcast of the show will be ingested by Shazam and select moments of the show, including appearances by Mark Wahlberg and Ben Affleck, will invite viewers to use Shazam to access exclusive related content.
Spike TV has been Tweeting about the event since the first press release in May announcing the nominees. #GuysChoice has been actively promoted on Spike.com and Facebook driving over 1100 tweets with the hashtag and 7 million impressions to date. Spike has also been retweeting its fans who use #GuysChoice. MAN-bassador Stacey Keibler will be the Red Carpet/Twitter host in advance of airing, during taping and for the online pre-show prior to the network on-air premiere. Spike will also feature #GuysChoice and other show-related hashtags on-screen during the network premiere on June 10.
Spike also used the "Guys Choice" event to launch official channels on Foursquare and Tumblr.
The official sponsors of Spike TV's "Guys Choice" are AT&T, AXE Excite, Captain Morgan Original Spiced Rum, Corona Extra, Kia Motors America, Pizza Hut�, Inc. and Snickers� Brand.
Casey Patterson, Carol Donovan and Beth McCarthy-Miller will serve as executive producers.
Spike TV is available in 99.4 million homes and is a division of MTV Networks. A unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), MTV Networks is one of the world's leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms. Spike TV's Internet address is www.spike.com and for up-to-the-minute and archival press information and photographs, visit Spike TV's press site at http://www.spike.com/press. Follow us on Twitter @spiketvpr for the latest in breaking news updates, behind-the-scenes information and photos.


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Philo and Gunge are Marjory the Trash Heap's two rat-like companions on Fraggle Rock. The two live in the garbage pile with Marjory and act as her shills or barkers, announcing her ceremoniously to visiting Fraggles with alternating phrases: "You are in the presence of..." "The all-knowing..." "Trash Heap! Nyaaaah!"
The pair are nearly identical in appearance. However, Gunge is gray and has only one tooth, while Philo is pink and has two teeth. The pair are rarely seen apart, and usually serve minor comic-relief roles; however, they were featured more prominently in a handful of episodes. In "Home Is Where the Trash Is," for example, Philo and Gunge seek their home, and their origins and ties to Marjory are more fully explored. Also, in "Gunge the Great and Glorious," Gunge is accepted by the Doozers as their long-lost king (until a jealous Philo alters the teeth on the ancient portrait).
The duo's famous "Nyaaaah!" came from Richard Hunt, who made up the famous phrase during one of the auditions.
After Fraggle Rock, Philo appeared in the Jim Henson Hour Pitch Reel (where he is "attacked" by Jim Henson when Henson momentarily takes the puppet off Dave Goelz's hand). The Gunge puppet made cameo appearances, with different eyes, in multiple episodes of Dinosaurs, evading consumption by Robbie Sinclair and Roy Hess.
Philo appeared in Mopatop's Shop as Mabel and Magic Teeny and one of the puppets was used in the episode "Rude Dude" as the Toodlepip from Outer Space.
- Fraggle Rock
- Episode 101: Beginnings
- Episode 104: You Can't Do That Without a Hat
- Episode 105: The Thirty-Minute Work Week
- Episode 107: I Want to Be You
- Episode 110: Don't Cry Over Spilt Milk
- Episode 111: Catch the Tail by the Tiger
- Episode 112: The Finger of Light
- Episode 113: We Love You, Wembley
- Episode 115: I Don't Care
- Episode 117: Marooned
- Episode 119: The Great Radish Famine
- Episode 123: The Beast of Blue Rock
- Episode 124: New Trash Heap in Town
- Episode 203: The Trash Heap Doesn't Live Here Anymore
- Episode 218: The Day the Music Died
- Episode 305: Blanket of Snow, Blanket of Woe
- Episode 307: Home Is Where the Trash Is
- Episode 313: Scared Silly
- Episode 322: Gunge the Great and Glorious
- Episode 401: Sprocket's Big Adventure
- Episode 408: A Brush with Jealousy
- Episode 505: The River of Life
- Episode 509: Ring Around the Rock
- Episode 511: The Gorg Who Would Be King
- Episode 512: The Honk of Honks
- Episode 513: Change of Address
- Jim Henson Hour Pitch Reel
- Dinosaurs
- Episode 105: The Howling (cameo by Gunge)
- Mopatop's Shop
- Episode 145: Thingamajig (Philo as Mabel)
- Episode 150: The Magic Teeny (Philo as Magic Teeny)
- Episode 223: Rude Dude (one of them as the Toodlepip from Outer Space)
- Muppets Go Global
- The Muppets 3
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After a load of rumors, Square Enix has held it's press conference where had unveiled the next mainline entry in arguably the most popular game series of all time in Japan has just been officially announced. Dragon Quest XI is coming to both the PlayStation 4 and the 3DS, according to a live broadcast currently underway in Japan, with a release date targeted for next year.
"Additionally, we are also considering launching on Nintendo's in development NX platform," Square Enix said in a press release.
Dragon Quest XI: In Search of Departed Time Coming to multi platforme
The PlayStation 4 version is being developed internally at Square Enix, and will use the Unreal Engine 4. The 3DS version, meanwhile, is like two games in one — it runs in full 3D on the top screen and uses retro 2D sprites on the bottom. Oddly, Square Enix also announced a version for NX, the upcoming Nintendo system that we know basically nothing about.
Dragon Quest XI is directed by Takeshi Uchikawa and produced by Yosuke Saito with music by Koichi Sugiyama. Both the PlayStation 4 and 3DS versions share the same story, but differ in visuals and partially in development teams.
This will be the first traditional numbered Dragon Quest game to hit a home console in some time. Dragon Quest VIII for the PlayStation 2 was a massive hit in 2004, but follow-up IX surprised many when it was announced as a Nintendo DS release, and X is an MMO for the Wii, Wii U, and 3DS. The series has a long history with both Nintendo and Sony, bouncing between the two as their popularity rises and falls, so for this release Square Enix will get to have it both ways.
- PlayStation 4 Version
- The core development staff consists of a team at Square Enix. Because of the high amount of resources required to make the game, Square Enix is working with Orca on development. It's being made on Unreal Engine 4.
- 3DS Version
- The same core staff making the PlayStation 4 version is working on the 3DS version, with help from Toylogic.
You'll be able to switch between 3D and 2D graphics as you play.
Square Enix is aiming to release Dragon Quest XI within the series' 30th anniversary year. (The first game launched for Famicom on May 27, 1986.)
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Twitter videos work fine for me every time...
Any link to a video? Chrome doesn't pick up that tweet.
Well, I don't use Twitter, Facebook and all that stuff... Would be nice it you post us a message as soon as you got a video up somewhere.
That is looking fantastic.I love those glowy red-bullet-things in the top right corner. Very very nice pixel work.Just wondering - what was the bug that is only visible at 25+ fps?
It is related to the code that tracks time to enforce the specific number of FPS. There's a divider ; with 16 FPS that divider is 3, and it was working fine, but it didn't work with 2 (50 / 2 = 25 FPS), making some updates longer and making the animations quite choppy.
Ah, ok... very interesting.Do you do that to stop the game going too fast when there is less stuff moving on-screen?
Quick updateI finished integrating Arkos 2 in my code and... well, I'm stupid. All my efforts to get things playing smoothly at 25Hz are just not enough, because I didn't take into account the CPU cycles required by the music and effects.This is not all bad news, Arkos 2 is amazing, and I hope I'll show in the game with better music than usual; but I need to think how I can make it play smooth now.I'm using the lightweight player and I still need to spend more time reading the code. I did the conversion to SDCC assembler (that is a bit "special"), but perhaps I can find ways of reducing the CPU use.Anyway, this means that the game will have sound soon. Not sure if I'll be able to keep it running at 25Hz, though.
How are the sprites being drawn?Are you using an optimised asm routine, or a function provided by a framework you're using?Also, the code that you've written that determines which parts of the screen need to be redrawn - is that code in C or asm?I've been working on a little prototype of large sprites, and the code that determines how much to redraw makes a noticeable difference to performance, once optimised.
Is not as bad as I though, but the audio player is definitely using a good chunk of CPU. At the moment I'm using 25Hz for the audio, meaning that I can update the sound every other int (and not the same one I use for drawing). That definitely helps!
You can also cut the player in two: the code that sends the data to the PSGs can be called one frame out of two. This will "smooth" the consumed CPU.
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ODU Rowing Adds 10 To Class of 2012
By ODU Athletics
Aug. 19, 2008
Norfolk, Va. - Old Dominion University head rowing coach Heather Weisel announced today that 10 rowers, including three Canadians have joined the Lady Monarch rowing program as part of the class of 2012.
"This is an extraordinary first class for our program," said Weisel. "They are a group of fine athletes, very good students and incredibly positive, optimistic leaders. I am so excited that these women will be the face of ODU Rowing. We couldn't have asked for a better combination of athletic talent, personality and academics for our very first year. What they bring to this program will absolutely help us create a nationally competitive team in the years to come. "
Laurel Bransfield Fr. Glastonbury, Conn. / Glastonbury
Four-year letterwinner in varsity crew at Glastonbury
Heather Earle Fr Ontario, Canada / Brockville Collegiate Institute
Named Most Improved Rower at Brookville Collegiate in 2006... in 2006 helped guide the junior women's lightweight 8, junior women's lightweight 4+, under 17 women's 4+ and the high school women's 8 to first place finishes... also added a pair of fourth place finishes and a fifth place finish at the Canadian Schoolboy in 2007 and 2008... invited to compete in the Ontario Summer Games where she placed second in the 4+... four-year honor student.
Marie Gately Fr. Montclair, Va. / Forest Park
Earned two varsity letters in crew, three in swimming and one in bowling... second place in the state 2nd quad and sixth nationally in 1st quad as a senior... helped guide Forest Park to a district championship in swimming and a conference title in bowling... member of the National Honor Society.
Christina Gravelle Fr. Ontario, Canada / St. Catharines
Won gold at the Canadian Henley and the Ontario Championships in 2006 and 2007... also captured first place finishes in 2008 at the Stotesbury Cup and the Canadian Schoolboy... silver medalist at the Canadian Henley in 2006 and the Canadian Schoolboy in 2006 and 2007.
Elizabeth Hess Fr. Ontario, Canada / Brockville Collegiate Institute
Four-year letterwinner while at Brockville Collegiate Institute... helped the high school women's 8 to a first place finish at the Head of the Trent in 2007... also part of the winning senior women's 4+ team at the South Niagara High School Invitational and the Canadian Secondary School Rowing Association Championships in 2006 and 2008... in 2007 added a second place finish in the high school women's 4 at the Head of the Fish... named Brockville Collegiate's Most Improved Female Rower in 2004.
Heather Leach Fr. Virginia Beach, Va. / First Colonial
Competed in crew all four years while at First Colonial... President of the Crew Club... member of the regional championship Novice 8 as a freshman... second at the regional championship and fourth in the state in the Varsity 4 as a junior... as a senior Varsity 8 won the regional championships while placing sixth at state and 10th at nationals.
Diana Lewis Fr. Virginia Beach, Va. / Frank W. Cox
Four-year varsity letterman in rowing... as a senior captured first place in women's doubles at the Head of the Lafayette and the Head of the James Regatta... registered third place finishes in the women's varsity double at the Virginia Scholastic Rowing Championships and the Head of the Occoquan... turned in three first place finishes as a junior winning women's doubles events at the Head of the James Regatta, the Head of the Gardens Regatta and at the Head of the Lafayette.
Jenna Marcinko Fr. Chesapeake, Va. / Hickory
Four-year rower at Hickory... stroked the WV4 for Hickory in her senior year... will be transitioning to the coxswain position for ODU
Nicole Meyer Fr. Woodbridge, Va. / Forest Park
Earned two varsity letters in crew, four in indoor track, one in outdoor track and three in cross country... as a senior member of the crew team placed first in the1500m sprint at the High School Erg Sprints and in the father/daughter 500m sprint at the Mid-Atlantic Erg Sprints... helped the women's quad to a win at the Smokey Jacob's Regatta, second place finishes at the Polar Bear Regatta and the Virginia Rowing Championships and a sixth place effort at the Scholastic National Regatta... as a junior won the Boat Power Award at the High School Erg Sprints... helped the women's novice 8 take first place and the novice mixed 8 second place at the Matthew's Regatta... second in the 1500m sprint at the High School Erg Sprints... named to the all-district team... helped Forest Park win two district championships in cross country... competed in sprints, middle distance, distance, relays, high jump and the pole vault as a member of the track team.
Callie Roadcap Fr. Woodbridge, Va. / Potomac
Participated in crew during each of her four years at Potomac... honorable mention as a freshman and first team as a sophomore and junior... named captain for crew during her final two seasons... named Most Valuable Rower as a junior... finished third in the state three times and qualified for nationals twice... was a member of the cheerleading squad as well... co-captain for cheerleading as a senior.


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Self-respecting geeks living in NYC have got virtually no excuse not to meet up with the crew of NASA's Atlantis this week — the last team to fly aboard a space shuttle.
The team of astronauts will be in the Big Apple all week long meeting with members of the public at various events around the city, which include a visit to the Colbert Report and a free public event on Wednesday called "What's Your Favorite Space?" at Eventi Plaza. Here's a list of times and locations where you can catch the crew for questions, autographs, and more:
When: Tuesday, August 16 from 10:30 am to 11:30 am
Where: The American Museum of Natural History
When: Wednesday, August 17 from 10am to 4pm
Where: Eventi Plaza
When: Thursday, August 18 from 10 am to 2:30 pm
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Advanced Timing Techniques
Alright, this is where things get a little more complicated. Not much, but suffice to say these methods take more work.
As I've said before, the Premiere preview window isn't always the most reliable place to see if your video has synched. The only thing you can really trust is your ears and then finding out which exact point on the timeline you hear the right thing.
If you have timing woes, read through all of these and see which option works best for you.
I have to admit, some of these techniques I don't actually use but they might be useful to many of you. Everyone has their own style. Some people mark significant part of the audio with timeline markers, which is fine but I prefer to have the footage as the marker ^_^
Anyway, you have to find a method that works for you and I'm sure you will - these are just ideas, take them or leave them. Also, if you have any good timing methods yourself, let me know and I'll include them.
Method 1: Ultra Sonicman and the Super Cursor Ensynchrolater.
Click somewhere on the timeline. Tap the right cursor key.
You've just heard 1 frame's worth of audio.... can you work out what is was?... Maybe.
It's not an easy method but with practice you can train yourself to work out exactly what you've just heard in that tiny sample. With these superhuman skills you will then be able to just tap along the timeline and be able to find the perfect spot for your clip.
Dead easy, right? Well... it works but it's not always ideal. If there's a ton of stuff going on in the song sometimes that 1 frame will just sound like an absolute mess. Sometimes you can quickly tap along and sort of sing the 'tune' by picking up on the note in each frame which can then allow you to interpolate where you are in the song. Again, it's not always ideal.
(Note: when you do this you actually hear the 'next' frame rather than the one you've just passed over)
One thing you might want to try, though - play through it backwards. There are times when I've tried to get something to time and I've actually found it easier by working backwards and listening out for things.
Garmonbozia ^_^;;
Thankfully, there are methods that can make this process a little easier.
Method 2: High and Low Pass for added audibility.
This is a continuation of Ultra Sonicman's Super Cursor Ensyncholater which uses some Premiere Filters to help out with the audio detection.
This method is by no means perfect but it can be really useful in some situations.
High and Low pass filters work by removing sounds that are particular frequencies. So, a low pass filter is designed to let low frequency sounds pass through and be heard provided they are below a certain designated frequency. High pass does the same but for high frequency sounds.
Hence, if you are trying to sync with a bass sound then you might want to use the low pass filter so that when you are doing your timeline scrubbing, you only hear the sounds you care about for synching. The same principle can be used for high pitched sounds.
Method 3: Selective audio silencing.
This is the best thing I could think of for audio timing that was still practical. Many people will never need to use it but it does have its uses. There may be better methods too, but I can't think of them right now.
Premiere doesn't do itself any favours. You'd think that you'd be able to select a section, render it to preview and hear only that section. Well, you can't, really. Premiere will often continue playing beyond that section depending on what it feels like playing.
This is annoying. See, if it didn't do that you'd be able to select a section and then expand it frame by frame until you heard the sound you are after. So my solution is to silence the audio at a point so that when you play back a large section you can clearly hear when the audio goes silent. You then move the section along until you can finally hear the part of the audio you are after. Also, you can cut small sections out and if you don't hear your audio then you know that section is where you want to put your clip.
One way of doing this is with the audio rubber bands which is ok but I personally like to get things accurate frame by frame so you need to be able to hear exactly which frame something happens. To do this, do as follows:
1) Put another copy of your wave file in another audio channel and mute the original wav (make sure they are aligned correctly too)
2) Go to the section you are timing and use the razor tools to split up your second wave. Delete the bit on the right like follows:
3) now select the area around where you are timing and press enter to render it. You don't need to actually see the video so you can deselect your video streams if you want faster rendering. Now, using the Selection tool, extend your clipped audio frame by frame and render the section to hear it. Basically what you are doing is 'revealing' more of the clip until you get to the first frame where you can hear the thing you are timing your video to. When you get to that frame you know exactly where to put the clip.
So, by using your ears instead of your eyes, you can work out exactly which frame you need to put your clip. If you are still having trouble working out the sounds, try adding the high/low pass method to this one.
Also, there are some DirectX audio plugins that you can get for free which can single out particular frequencies, so see the next section on effects for more info on these.
Method 4: The Educated Guess and Patterns for Fast Beats
So, you have a fast beat and you want something to flash on it, eh? Finding it difficult to time each beat? Well, it's very possible that the beat may not happen at a rate which really fits the frame by frame method that Premiere requires. This can make it tough to time. So, what you have to do is guess ^_^
If there's only a couple of beats, you can usually work them out with the above methods. If there's a whole drumroll worth, then good thing to do is to find the first beat and then put in a pattern to see if it matches when you play it back.
Here is an example from my video Her Circumstance - Poor Miyazawa (or, Monkey Wrench) v2 :
Here, for the fast drums in the chorus of this Foo Fighters song, I made the image invert (just like it often does in the anime) but at such speeds that it flashes. The beat was too fast to work out the exact pattern by listening to each frame (and the whole thing is too noisy to just see the beats on the waveform) so I found the first beat and the last one and made a pattern by taking the scene and chopping it up with the Razor tool and then deleting frames.
It worked.
You may have to mess around with different patterns but you'll find that, if it's really fast, most regular quick patterns will be convincing.
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Dales Countryside Museum
This fascinating museum, managed by the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority, tells the story of the people and landscape of the Yorkshire Dales past and present. Displays interpret the development of the Dales from prehistoric times to the present day. Themes include: school days, home life, leisure time, religion, transport, communication and tourism, farming, local crafts and industries.
The Museum itself is housed in an exciting and imaginative conversion of the Hawes railway station in Wensleydale in the north of the Park. It is designed to be fully accessible for wheelchair users and a wheelchair can be borrowed on site. The Museum has many interactive and hands-on exhibits and object handling sessions can be arranged for pre-booked groups.
The Research Room is open for local and family history research and volunteers can assist on Mondays and Wednesdays. Base for the Yorkshire Dales branch of Young Archaeologists.
Hawes National Park Centre - a networked tourist information centre - can be found in the same building as the Museum. Shop, Firebox café (opens Easter 2016) Exhibitions, events and demonstrations. Outdoor sculpture and nature trail. Creation station for children on the train.
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Museum, Gallery, Archive, Industrial heritage site
Daily 10.00-17.00
Closed: 24, 25, 26 December and all of January
Adults: £4.50
Concessions: £4.00
Children: Free
Group rates also available (a group consists of 10 people) £4.00 each
Annual pass £9
- Museums Association
Collection details
Archaeology, Archives, Natural Sciences, Costume and Textiles, Decorative and Applied Art, Medicine, Music, Coins and Medals, Personalities, Science and Technology, Social History, Land Transport
Lead Mining in the Yorkshire Dales
A history of lead mining, a major industry in the Northern Pennines 1650 to 1900
- This resource was produced as part of the MLA-funded My Learning project.
Document Library
Downloadable PDF educational files, aimed at different age groups from KS2 - further education. Subjects covered include the Yorkshire Dales National Park; the story of how UK National Parks came about; conserving a changing landscape; geology; wildlife and conserving biodiversity; cultural heritage - lifestyle in the landscape; tourism in the Dales; how the National Park Authority is building sustainability into tourism; access management; a case study of tourism in the Malham area; hill farming in the past, present and future; the quarrying industry in the National Park; and changing rural communities.
Out of Oblivion: A Landscape Through Time
This website showcases the unique cultural landscape of the Yorkshire Dales.
The Timelines section examines geology, and explains 12,000 years of human history in the Dales. Themed information is arranged under topic headings such as 'Leisure' and 'Agriculture'. There's a dale-by-dale guide to exploring the historic landscape, a Kids' Zone section with creative writing and PowerPoint presentations on work done by local 'Young Archaeologists', videos and audio trails, and an illustrated database of sites and artefacts based on our much larger Historic Environment Record.
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It's easy to fake financial experience. But as you're holding court at the water cooler about your investing conquests, remember this: You're not the only one spinning tall tales.
Statistically speaking, there's a good chance that a few of your peers are savings virgins, too.
Just take a look at America's behind-closed-doors money habits: The amount of after-tax income we save has been freefalling for 30 years, from 11% in 1984 to zip (yes, nothing) in 2005. More than 40% of workers aren't saving at all for their retirement. And 30% of baby boomers (the first of whom turned 60 last year) have a net worth of less than $50,000.
Clearly, you're not the only one with issues (I'll spare you the air quotes around that word) -- afflictions like procrastination-itis, savings forgetfulness, and nightmares during which you cry out "You want fries with that?" well into your 80s. (For instant salve, scroll to the end of this article for a virtual group hug and three article links that address each. Or, if you're already in panic attack mode, head straight to the retirement savings shrinks on the Rule Your Retirement service discussion boards. The first 30 days of immersion therapy are on us.)
What's the hold-up?
In the popular movie The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Andy Stitzer (played by Steve Carell) is a hapless innocent who has never, um, you know, done it. How did Andy wind up being a 40-year-old virgin? Like a lot of people, he figured the window of opportunity had passed. So he simply gave up.
Based on box-office results, a 40-year-old virgin is good comedy. A 40-year-old savings virgin ... well, not so much.
You may be older and grayer (hey, you can still pull off the skinny-jeans look in our eyes), but that doesn't mean it's "game over" for your financial future. Trust us, the moment has not passed.
Late bloomer or bust
In love and money, setbacks are standard fare. Perhaps you've already had a few financial false starts. Every day I look at Urban Outfitters
We all have pangs of regret about the ones that got away. Motley Fool co-founder David Gardner's is Yahoo!. His brother Tom's is Starbucks
Don't let past performance anxieties stop you in your tracks like they did Andy. Inertia is an investor's worst enemy.
Sooner is better
Take the classic example of people saving for retirement. Trish, David, Jay, and Cal each invest $5,000 a year for 10 years. The only difference is the age at which they took the plunge. What follows is the hypothetical return for each:
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Even though they invested the same amount of money ($5,000), the end result at retirement age is drastically different. Trish began when she was 25 years old and stopped at age 35. Her retirement nest egg dwarfs the later bloomers.
Delaying even just one year can make a big difference. Consider another example: A 40-year-old begins contributing $3,000 annually to a Roth IRA and continues to do so until he retires from his job at an electronics store at age 65. Assuming 9% annual growth, he'll have $254,102. Now, let's assume that instead of making that first investment at age 40, he spends a year looking for the best brokerage account, hemming and hawing about which mutual fund to pick, so he doesn't make his first investment until he's 41. How much will he have at retirement?
By age 65, he'll have just $230,369 -- a $23,733 difference thanks to his late start.
Gettin' down to business
Anne Scheiber was a 38-year-old IRS auditor when she gave her life savings to her brother, a young stockbroker on Wall Street, to invest. What happened next follows a Hollywood story arc to the letter ...
He lost it all.
Our real-life heroine didn't hole up and begin collecting Beanie Babies. Instead, she relied on her own pluck, saved $5,000, studied investing, and made her second entry in to the stock market at the not-so-sprightly age of 50. When she died in 1995 (at the age of 101), she had a $20 million nest egg.
Let's say the fictional Andy had a chance meeting with Anne. What advice would she have given the inexperienced charge? Her recommendations (which we'll wrap around our stretched savings-virgin metaphor so we can justify the headline) might have gone something like this:
Lean on your buddies: You don't have to go it alone. In fact, investing is one life event where your boss' input is welcome. A tax-advantaged retirement account -- such as a 401(k), 403(b), 457, or other employer-sponsored plan -- takes some of the pain out of taking home a smaller paycheck to invest for the future. Every dollar you contribute reduces your taxes. So if you're in the 25% tax bracket, for example, a dollar deposited in your retirement plan cuts your tax bill by $0.25. Put another way, you have to reduce your spending by only $0.75 to save a buck.
Let others chip in: If your employer matches your contributions, what a catch! That's like a date who picks up part of the check at the end of the meal. To add $1,000 a month to your account, you may have to contribute only $500 to $700 (depending on the matching formula) because your employer makes up the difference.
Go for a financial chest waxing: Andy endures some tortuous grooming to prep for his re-entry into the dating scene. The financial equivalent to his chest waxing is a person's first look at their balance sheet -- what you own and what you owe. As painful as it might be, you can't afford to skip this step. It'll show you what you might need to change (budget-wise) today to improve your future financial good looks. Anyway, they say that hair grows back slower after it's waxed ...
Clean house: Andy goes through his apartment before his date comes by to get rid of all the embarrassing stuff. Similarly, a financial housecleaning can work wonders for your bottom line. (And, no, shoving it all in the closet doesn't count.) That chest waxing may expose some troublesome moles -- high credit card debt, beyond-your-means expenses (a third car or Supreme Cable Package, perhaps). In the movie, Andy's new girlfriend helps him turn his collection of action figures and comic books into money. By hawking his stuff, he comes up with a $100,000 jump-start on his nest egg.
Pick your partners carefully: It might be tempting to go for it all right out of the gate, but commitment counts. Retirement saving is for the long haul: You want to be able to proudly face your portfolio every morning (and brag about it to your mother). Be wary of get-rich-quick schemes, sexy high-flying stocks, high-fee mutual funds (e.g., those that charge a sales load), and the urge to frequently trade (triggering taxes and subpar investment results). If you seek the input of a pro, first have coffee (and review his or her recommendations) and then decide if the financial planner is worthy of a second date.
Play the market forever: Postponing retirement may be a smart move for savings virgins and experienced investors alike. Those who work a few extra years can improve their Social Security benefit. (The retirement calculators in the Tools section of our Rule Your Retirement site -- yeah, here's that free 30-day blind date link again -- can help you play out a few scenarios.) Staying on the job market is not just a financial issue, either. For many retirees, life after work ain't all it's cracked up to be. A Putnam Investments study found that the majority of people (68%) who returned to the job after retirement did so because they wanted to.
Performance matters
The habit of saving -- no matter when you start -- is the first big step for late-starters. To ease into investing, we often recommend starting with an index mutual fund (such as the Vanguard 500 Index
Perfecting your game is what comes next -- supercharging your savings, pinpointing exactly what it'll take to retire at your target date, making what you have last a lifetime through asset allocation and location, and picking investments that will provide lasting return. That's what Robert Brokamp, pack leader, does each month in the Rule Your Retirement newsletter. I don't want to seem like a pusher, but we're offering a 30-day test drive for free. You'll get access to all the back issues, as well as the service's retirement planning tools and moderated discussion boards.
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The first step for late savers is scary. But once you finally take the plunge -- like Andy did in his, um, situation -- you'll realize that it's a lot less scary and loads more rewarding than you dreamed.
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This article was originally published Jan. 24, 2006. It has been updated.
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The game recently got a re-release for the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection.
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When financial consultant Joe Ely drove an hour and a half without an appointment to see a banker on behalf of one of his clients, he found the banker wasn't in and wouldn't be in at all that day. "I needed a concession (on the exact legal description of a loan's collateral) from the banker, so it was the type of meeting where I didn't want an appointment," says Ely, whose West Lafayette, Indiana, firm, Douglas Jackson Pierce LLC, works with agribusinesses--farmers, ranchers and other businesses directly serving the agriculture industry. "I believed I needed to see the banker's body language, eyes and sense of ease (or unease) with the suggestion."
A waste of time? Not at all. "Even though the banker wasn't in, I left a handwritten note with my business card attached," Ely says. "My going there had communicated the importance of the deal, so the ensuing discussion yielded much better results."
This may be the Information Age, but a little face-to-face contact can still go a long way toward growing your business and solidifying business relationships. Business travel is a necessity, albeit an often expensive one, for most entrepreneurs. Unlike large companies that have the resources and negotiating clout to cut deals with hotels and airlines, entrepreneurs must approach travel with the same savvy they bring to other areas of their businesses. That means not only getting the best travel deals they can, but also making the most of the time and money they do spend on the road.
Whether they travel five days a week or twice a year, today's entrepreneurs have discovered ways to stretch their travel dollars, while keeping in mind that business travel is an investment that must be maximized. Here are some of the ways you can make the most of your travel dollars:
1. Determine whether the trip is necessary. A lot of work can be done via telephone, e-mail, fax and modem. Nevertheless, personal contact and one-on-one meetings are much more effective in certain situations. "I travel if person-to-person contact is mandated to make a client or resource familiar and comfortable with us personally, or if a problem needs face-to-face resolution," says Kim Baker, author of Desktop Direct Marketing (McGraw-Hill, $27.95, 800-338-3987). "This ranges from someone being unhappy with our work to getting our hands dirty resolving a problem with a project."
Scott Cole, president and CEO of Mass Music, an online music store in Davis, California, agrees that personal contact can be important in doing business. "If there are many issues that need to be negotiated, I find we usually get a better deal if I fly or drive to wherever the other person is," he says.
Projecting the return on investment you're likely to receive from making a trip can be a good way to make the Go/No-Go decision. Marvin Drobes of Diet Solutions: People Helping People, a Howell, New Jersey-based independent distributor of Herbalife nutritional products, has developed such a formula. "I only travel to meet distributors who bring in at least $20,000 per month in sales," says Drobes. "And I don't spend more on a trip than 50 percent of my monthly income from that distributor."
Following the principle of network marketing, Drobes has developed a network of customers who, in turn, have also become product distributors; Drobes earns a percentage of each sale his distributors make. When he travels to conduct sales training, give motivational talks and do product demonstrations, the increase in sales makes the expense worthwhile. Monthly sales in the visited sales territory tend to increase 15 percent to 20 percent for several months after one of his trips, he says.
2. Use your travel time wisely. When Ely worked for a consulting firm before he started his own firm, he noticed many of his colleagues didn't accomplish what they wanted on a trip. "All they could think about was going home as soon as possible," he says. It's a good idea to set goals and objectives for the trip and make sure you accomplish them before heading home.
Because the cost of travel can also be measured in lost work time, it's important to make sure you make the most of your travel time. Not surprisingly, cellular phones, pagers and laptop computers figure prominently in the arsenal of today's road warriors. In addition to these tools, Drobes also takes fliers, brochures and other sales materials on his trips and distributes them as he travels.
Cole prepares for a trip as he would for a major meeting. "I draw up an outline and a list of the points that need to be brought up and discussed during my meetings," he says.
Ely travels primarily by car and uses the driving time to rehearse his greeting and mentally outline his presentation. "I try to identify the three central points I'm trying to communicate during the meeting," Ely says. Then, at his destination, he parks and spends about five minutes going over his presentation one last time.
3. Remember, saving isn't everything. You may want to get the most return from business travel at the lowest possible cost, but be sure to maintain a balance when you're traveling. "Sometimes travel makes people so tired that loose-knit objectives, like `Sell the contract' or `Make personal (one-on-one) contact,' are more workable," Baker says. "I plan on no more than a six-hour workday to mitigate the effects of travel-related stress and too many hours waiting in airports."
By the same token, focusing only on saving money isn't necessarily the best way to get the most from your travel dollar. After all, you're traveling for valid business reasons, not to create unnecessary stress. Comfort and convenience will go a long way toward making you more effective on the road.
Smart Travel Tips
1. Check out fares using a couple of convenient airports, says Shel Horowitz, author of The Penny-Pinching Hedonist: How to Live Like Royalty with a Peasant's Pocketbook (AWM Books, $17, 800-683-9673). Horowitz cites his own experience of saving $700 on a fare by flying out of Boston rather than Hartford, Connecticut. "While the savings is not usually this pronounced, you can usually save at least $50 to $100," he says.
2. Consider using airline-ticket consolidators. But beware that consolidators, which sell unbooked commercial and charter airline seats, offer cheaper fares but no refunds. Most travel agents work with consolidators, or you can check out the Sunday travel section of your local newspaper for others.
3. Join a home-stay organization that allows members to stay for free in other members' private homes for an annual fee of about $60, suggests Horowitz. Most of these organizations have worldwide memberships, so accommodations can also be found outside the United States. Not all these organizations require members to offer their own homes for home stays. For more information, check out the Web site of Servas, one of the major home-stay organizations (http://www.exodus.it/associazioni/servas/default.htm ).
4. Look into local car-rental companies and car dealerships that may offer better rates than the national chains. Ask your travel agent for a list of these alternative rental agencies. Many car-rental companies also offer lower rates between Thursday afternoon and Sunday evening.
5. Ask for discounts. When you make hotel reservations, request the best possible rate, such as a weekend rate, even if you're staying on a weekday. If the hotel is not completely booked, you may get the lower rate, so it never hurts to ask.
6. Don't take the first rate you get. "Always call a hotel's toll-free number first, then the hotel itself," says Rick Cricow of Net Sales Inc., an online and mail order wholesaler of stickers and patches in Eugene, Oregon. He's found prices can vary a lot. "I've even shown up unannounced and gotten better rates than I would by making a reservation," he says. "You can call car-rental companies five times in 10 minutes and get a different rate every time," Cricow says. "Call them until you get a price you like."
7. Never use frequent-flier mileage for business travel. "Pay for the trip and let Uncle Sam help with the deduction," Cricow says. "Use free travel for upgrades or fun."
Ticketing Tactics
When booking airline flights, try using creative ticketing techniques to save money. You can use back-to-back ticketing to get a "Saturday stay" fare without actually staying over Saturday. For example, say you're planning two trips to the same destinations, Dallas and Seattle, on the following dates that don't include a Saturday stay:
Trip 1: Dallas to Seattle, October 7; Seattle to Dallas, October 10
Trip 2: Dallas to Seattle, November 13; Seattle to Dallas, November 14
Instead of buying two round-trip tickets for the dates above, mix and match your dates so each ticket includes a Saturday stay. While you'll still be on the same flights, the tickets actually purchased would be for the following:
Ticket 1: Dallas to Seattle, October 7; Seattle to Dallas, November 14
Ticket 2: Seattle to Dallas, October 10; Dallas to Seattle, November 13
Sales & Marketing
Tip Club Tips
By D.B. Frandsen
"Any type of networking is beneficial, but the best form of marketing is word of mouth," explains Holly Christensen, owner of Lexington Mortgage in Provo, Utah. Christensen knows, as most small-business owners do, that getting in the door is the first step to being able to show what you know and what you can do. Having referred leads can increase successful appointment rates by up to five times. To help her establish a regular and reliable source of referred leads, Christensen has organized a tip club, through which she gains up to 20 percent of her leads.
A tip club brings together a group of people on a regular basis (usually weekly or semimonthly) whose main interest is in obtaining and giving prospective leads. Members trade information on businesses in the area and recommend new products, ideas and services. But most important, they exchange referred leads with each other. The referrals can be anyone that another member of the group might be able to help.
There are several ways to locate tip clubs. Chamber of commerce offices may keep lists of them. You can also check with local associations, or just ask around. Anyone who needs referrals on a consistent basis is likely to be a tip-club member.
After you've found a club, evaluate it in terms of how well it will fill your needs.
- Are there other businesses related to yours? Other members should benefit from your referrals as well as you from theirs.
- How many referrals must each member give at the meeting? Many clubs require that each member give at least three leads per meeting. The three leads you provide could be for the same person or for three separate individuals.
- When and where do they meet? Most tip clubs meet for lunch or breakfast. Meals are generally purchased on an individual basis by each member.
- Does the club charge dues? If so, what do they cover?
Once you join a tip club, be a good member. Say "thank you" for the leads you're given, especially if a sale follows. Buy breakfast or some other gift or token of your appreciation for whoever gave you the lead. Always have relevant leads to give, and be loyal to other members of the club.
Can You Manage?
Service With A Smile
By Howard Scott
Do your sales clerks annoy your customers? Do they giggle, speak ungrammatically, chew gum, wear soiled outfits or not look your customers in the eye? According to a 1996 study by Decisioneering Group, a Paradise Valley, Arizona, consulting group focused on helping businesses understand and strengthen their relationships with customers, many retail clerks bother customers enough that they think about taking their business elsewhere the next time.
As a business owner, it's up to you to recognize these annoying ticks, and to alter your employees' behavior. But this is a delicate situation--one where you can't be so blunt that the clerk is secretly angry and will revert to that behavior when you're not around. You need to initiate a long-term behavioral change.
Richard Perkins, owner of One Hour Quality Photo Lab in Pembroke, Massachusetts, has come up with what he calls "the nonconfron-tational-meeting method."
"Because I have had problems when I challenge the person directly, I prefer a company meeting," Perkins says. "At the meeting, I'll discuss different business matters going on, then add that we are trying to improve our image, and I don't want to see certain behaviors. I'll post the guidelines in a letter so staffers can read it. In that manner, we correct the behavior."
Glenn Kidder, manager of Video To Go in Milton, Massachusetts, has a different approach. He eliminates most of the problems during the initial employee-training period, which includes a lot of role playing. "We cut out bad habits as we see them," Kidder says, "so that they don't get out on the sales floor."
Should anything come up, however, Kidder will pull a staffer aside and talk about the observed behavior in constructive way, making an effort to avoid personalizing the criticism. "I explain how a change in behavior will improve interaction with the customer. Putting a positive spin on the criticism, showing how they can benefit personally, is usually what turns the staffer around."
To make sure his employee guidelines are being followed, Kidder asks regular customers to give him follow-up comments on how they were treated when they came into his store. Other methods used include hiring a secret shopper, observing behavior on videotape and getting feedback from other staff members.
In modifying your staff's personal peccadilloes, use the following guidelines:
1. Avoid criticizing an employee in front of a customer or another employee; humiliation is counterproductive and unprofessional.
2. Phrase the comment in a positive way, saying how the suggested behavior will improve customer interaction. That way, you're giving a helpful tip instead of criticism.
3. If the staffer challenges the assertion, provide an explanation of how the behavior is annoying and ultimately detrimental to your business. Cite customer complaints. Point out that customers pay all your salaries, and must therefore be satisfied.
4. Offer gentle congratulations to the staffer when he or she complies. Acknowledging a job well done is important--and one of the cornerstones of good employee management.
Contact Sources
Kim Baker, email@example.com
Decisioneering Group, 5725 N. Scottsdale Rd., #150, Scottsdale, AZ 85250, (602) 949-8566
Diet Solutions: People Helping People, P.O. Box 107, Howell, NJ 07731, (800) 243-6409
Douglas Jackson Pierce LLC, P.O. Box 2492, West Lafayette, IN 47906, (765) 497-0130
Shel Horowitz, P.O. Box 1164, Northampton, MA 01061, (413) 586-2388
Lexington Mortgage, 190 W. 800 North, #201, Provo, UT 84601, (801) 373-5944
Mass Music, P.O. Box 4567, Davis, CA 95616, (510) 791-2689
Net Sales Inc., firstname.lastname@example.com
One Hour Quality Photo Lab, 254 Church St., Pembroke, MA 02359, (617) 826-7670
Video To Go, 550 Adams St., Milton, MA 02186, (617) 696-1100


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Northside armed carjacking leads JSO to JAX | News
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - An armed carjacking at Soutel Food Store Wednesday evening lead the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office to the Jacksonville International Airport.
The victim's car was taken at gunpoint at about 4 p.m. Police learned that the vehicle had a GPS tracker on it, and officers and the air unit used it to track the vehicle to the airport.
Airport police located three suspects from the car, including the alleged carjacker. According to JSO there was no danger to the public or the airport.
There are no injuries or property damage reported.
JSO is continuing to investigate the incident.


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