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Honda Motor Co.
) revealed more than fourfold increase in profits to ¥131.72
billion ($1.66 billion) or ¥73.09 (92 cents) per share in the first
quarter of its fiscal year ending March 31, 2013 from ¥31.80
billion or ¥17.64 in the comparable quarter of 2011. However, the
company's profits were lower than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of
$1.15 per share.
Consolidated net sales and other operating revenues surged 42.1% to
¥2.44 trillion ($30.71 billion) driven by higher revenues in the
automobile business with the recovery in production from the twin
disaster in Japan last year, and increased revenues in the
motorcycle business, despite unfavorable foreign currency
translation effects.
Consolidated operating profits increased significantly by 679.5% to
¥176.01 billion ($2.22 million) from ¥22.58 billion a year ago,
driven by higher sales volume and model mix, despite increased
SG&A and R&D expenses as well as unfavorable foreign
currency effects.
Segment Results
Revenues in the
segment soared 60.6% to ¥1.89 trillion ($23.84 million) driven by a
10.5% increase in unit sales. Operating profits were ¥100.66
billion ($1.27 million) in sharp contrast to a loss of ¥76.23
billion in the first quarter of fiscal 2012. Improved sales volume
and model mix favorably affected operating profits, despite
increased SG&A and R&D expenses and unfavorable foreign
currency effects.
Revenues in the
segment scaled up 4.9% to ¥346.65 billion ($4.37 billion) due to a
2.1% rise in unit sales. However, operating profits fell 18.1% to
¥36.80 billion ($464.0 million) from ¥44.93 billion last year due
to increased SG&A expenses and unfavorable foreign currency
effects, despite improved sales volume and model mix.
Revenues in the
Financial Services
segment slid 3.3% to ¥131.28 billion ($1.66 billion) due to
unfavorable foreign currency translation effects. Operating income
dipped 23.8% to ¥40.84 billion ($514.94 million) from ¥53.61
billion due to a fall in residual gain of off-lease vehicle sales
and increased cost of credit risk.
Revenues in the
Power Product and Other
segment ebbed 5.6% to ¥67.47 billion ($851.0 million) due to lower
revenues in other businesses and unfavorable foreign currency
translation effects, despite higher unit sales. The segment had an
operating loss of ¥2.29 billion ($28.87 million) compared with a
profit of ¥260 million a year ago due to higher SG&A expenses
and unfavorable foreign currency effects.
Financial Position
Consolidated cash and cash equivalents was ¥1.13 trillion ($14.30
billion) as of June 30, 2012 compared with ¥1.25 trillion as of
March 31, 2012. Total debt amounted to ¥3.99 trillion ($50.30
billion) as of June 30, 2012, down from ¥4.11 trillion as of March
31, 2012. This translated into a debt-to-capitalization ratio of
47.3% compared with 48.3% a year ago as of March 31, 2012.
In the quarter, cash flow from operations decreased to ¥176.45
billion ($2.22 billion) from $201.70 billion in the fiscal
2012-quarter. Meanwhile, capital expenditures increased to ¥135.80
billion ($1.71 billion) from ¥73.55 billion in the comparable
period of 2011.
Honda has projected revenues to improve 29.6% to ¥10.30 trillion in
fiscal 2013. Operating profits are expected to increase 168.0% to
¥620 billion, net profits are anticipated to rise 122.2% to ¥470
billion and earnings per share are expected to be ¥260.78 for the
Our Take
Honda is a leading manufacturer of automobiles and the largest
manufacturer of motorcycles in the world. It is the second largest
automaker in Japan following
Toyota Motor Corp.
The company is recognized internationally for its expertise and
leadership in developing and manufacturing a wide variety of
products that incorporate its efficient internal combustion engine
technologies ranging from small general-purpose engines to
specialty sports cars. Currently, it retains a Zacks #4 Rank, which
translates to a short-term (1 to 3 months) rating of Sell.
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The actress also talked about her new passion, her marriage, and moving on from that famous vampire franchise:
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The French agency charged with investigating aviation accidents
has recovered the Cockpit Voice Recorder from Air France Flight
447, which went down in the Atlantic Ocean on June 1 2009. The find
follows the recovery of the data module for the Flight Data
Recorder earlier Monday.
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investigation team localized and identified the Cockpit Voice
Recorder (CVR) at 2150 UTC on Monday, May 2, 2011. It was raised
and lifted on board the Ile de Sein by the Remora 6000 ROV at 0240
UTC Tuesday morning.
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be usable after spending nearly two years under nearly 13,000 feet
of water. Officials hope that the data contained on the FDR as well
as an analysis of the voice recordings will provide insight as to
the cause of the accident, which killed all 228 people on board the
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|Release date
|28 November 2011 (Update)
|Combat level
|XP per kill
|982.3 (and 324.1 experience)
|Always drops
|Bones, Neem drupe
|Examine text
|Slayer info
|Slayer level
|Slayer XP
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|Chaeldar, Sumona, Duradel or Lapalok, Kuradal, Morvran
100% dropEdit
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Bones 1 Always 164 Neem drupe 1–3 Always Not sold
- Represents 90% confidence range, based on a sample of 9,295 kills.
1 charm is dropped at a time.
- Please add to the log (only if 50 or more creatures killed).
Weapons and armourEdit
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Grifolic gloves 1 Uncommon 290 Grifolic orb 1 Uncommon 28,252
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Death rune 4–10 Uncommon 1,128–2,820 Chaos rune 31–60 Uncommon 1,550–3,000
Note: Seeds are most commonly dropped two at a time. (E.G. A limpwurt and a white berry seed in a single drop.)
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Harralander seed 1 Uncommon 13 Avantoe seed 1 Uncommon 2,141 Tarromin seed 1 Uncommon 10 Kwuarm seed 1 Uncommon 66 Marrentill seed 1 Uncommon 20 Bittercap mushroom spore 1 Uncommon 15 Toadflax seed 1 Uncommon 818 Cadantine seed 1 Uncommon 654 Watermelon seed 1 Uncommon 2,908 Limpwurt seed 1 Uncommon 1,142 Whiteberry seed 1 Uncommon 9 Poison ivy seed 1 Uncommon 9 Spirit weed seed 1 Uncommon 322 Belladonna seed 1 Uncommon 83 Strawberry seed 1 Uncommon 511 Jangerberry seed 1 Uncommon 1 Wildblood seed 1 Uncommon 157 Ranarr seed 1 Uncommon 1,274 Lantadyme seed 1 Rare 27,775 Torstol seed 1 Rare 18,952 Snapdragon seed 1 Rare 2,379 Dwarf weed seed 1 Rare 30,322
Other dropsEdit
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Polypore spore 1–500 Common 2–1,000 Gorajian mushroom 3 (noted) Common 96 Grifolic flake 1–112 Uncommon 111–12,432 Fungal flake 1–2 Uncommon 3–6 Eye of newt 1 Uncommon 6 Swamp tar 3 Uncommon 486 Snape grass 10–20 (noted) Uncommon 2,020–4,040 Spirit sapphire 1 Rare Not sold Spirit emerald 1 Rare Not sold Spirit ruby 1 Rare Not sold Starved ancient effigy 1 Very rare Not sold
Universal dropsEdit
- Universal drops are dropped by nearly every monster outside of Daemonheim.
- These drops are dropped alongside main drops.
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Key token 1 Rare Not sold
- The skull of the grifolaroo resembles that of the old Slayer icon, which is depicted as an animal skull.
- The description seems to hint that the name "grifolaroo" is a reference to kangaroos.
- Occasionally while fighting the grifolaroo, it will say "Hup!". It is the only monster along with the grifolapine to have a dialogue in Polypore Dungeon rather than the "Ssss!" and "Krrr!".
- There is a glitch where if the grifolaroo says "Hup!" and soon gets its cover back and you click on your neem oil, you spray the neem oil on another monster instead rather then the monster you are targeting. This also affects attacking too.
- If a player manages to deal a killing blow on a grifolaroo when it says "Hup!" the death animation will not be seen. This also is similar to landing a killing blow on an abyssal demon during the teleportation phase.
- It is possible for a grifolaroo to jump into an inaccessible area to players, making it impossible to collect your drops unless players bring runes for Telegrab.
- The examine text resembles that of a zygomite: "A bouncy fungus" versus "a bouncy creature covered in...fungus".


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Best New Tracks
Vince Staples: "Limos" [ft. Teyana Taylor]
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By Ian Cohen; October 17, 2014
Vince Staples is the real deal—just ask him. But intentional or not, distinguishing himself as an antagonist towards the gangsta fairytales and shiny happy hip-hop supposedly dominating the radio is just good marketing. He's not exactly anti-commercial; remember, he's on Def Jam, not Def Jux. Though no more accessible than the rest of his excellent Hell Can Wait EP, "Limos" would fit most comfortably between, say, Drake and Kendrick Lamar, two rappers who developed the sounds and flows herein—witness the pitter-pat drums, echoing production recalling "No Makeup (Her Vice)", a cooed hook Teyana Taylor borrows from Mary J. Blige's "I Can Love You".
The irony of how this club-friendly track plays against the subject matter cannot be lost on Vince Staples, though "irony" implies a humor that's nowhere to be found on "Limos"; it's the most despairing track on an EP devoid of anything resembling conventional hope. Staples plays on the numerous meanings of "unprotected sex", grimly retelling a communication-free he-said/she-said with, "he don't love her at all, but he fuckin' her raw." Equally sad is how the woman in "Limos" believes she's getting over "18 years with a check coming every month."
And yet, some kind of physical pleasure is about as good as it gets in Staples' world. So this kind of thing will continue unabated, most likely by the "bastard child often lost in the story"—a line appropriately rapped almost as an aside. "Limos" does tell a story that goes back further than the police brutality and gang violence Staples seems to acknowledge as eternal constants ("tales of Adam and Eve birthin' a bitch and a dog"). But like the rest of Hell Can Wait, there's no moralizing, or even any moral, on "Limos"—from Original Sin onward, no one is innocent, and the corruption from the club to the halls of justice is total.
Vince Staples: "Limos" [ft. Teyana Taylor]
Parkay Quarts: "Uncast Shadow of a Southern Myth"
What's Your Rupture?
By Mike Powell; October 16, 2014
Parquet Courts have made no secret of their love for slow, broken-down music that conjures America's lonely corners: Witness "North Dakota" from last year's Light Up Gold or the more recent "Instant Disassembly" from Sunbathing Animal, or the fact that co-frontman Andrew Savage has on occasion borrowed stage banter from Townes Van Zandt, a Texan singer whose songs seem to have been beamed in from a quiet place near the edge of nowhere.
This week, the band—or at least a portion of it—announced an album called Content Nausea, attributed to stated "alter-ego" Parkay Quarts. (For those following along with their lineup, Nausea features Savage as well as other co-frontman and guitarist Austin Brown, in addition to a rotating group of friends.) "Uncast Shadow of a Southern Myth", which originally had life as a song with Savage's old band, Teenage Cool Kids, unfurls with the waning grandeur of a sunset—a heavy, lyric-driven piece of music that seems to circle endlessly, a long fade from a band that has often made a point of stopping on a dime.
As is his proclivity, Savage's writing is part King's English and part saloon jive, part solid object and part metaphor: "I stood there beside my companion, scratching a rumor he had heard/ 'Do you have a gun?' 'What?' He said, 'yeah, you mean this one?' Straight down the barrel was his word." And thenceforth toward the horizon, spurs jangling all the way.
Parkay Quarts: "Uncast Shadow of a Southern Myth" (via SoundCloud)
Andy Stott: "Faith in Strangers"
Modern Love
By Patric Fallon; October 16, 2014
Even with his release history approaching a full decade, Andy Stott has rarely strayed from a limited range of aesthetics; dank, dubby, and merciless are just about the only shades of techno the Mancunian deals with. Sure, Luxury Problems opener "Numb" introduced us to a new wrinkle in his smoldering fabric with its ghostly syllables, and "Violence", from the forthcoming Faith in Strangers LP, followed that idea into some unexpectedly straightforward territory. But little of that would foreshadow the title track from his next album, a brilliant curveball that hits places Stott never seemed to be aiming for.
"Faith in Strangers" pushes an unfamiliar depth and versatility into Stott's haunted electronics, and it suits him fantastically well. Everything is so wispy and luminescent, it's almost romantic. Sounding like a distant radio broadcast, vocal collaborator Alison Skidmore harmonizes between skipping drum machine patterns and a hollowed-out bass tone ripped from Manchester's post-punk history. Underneath those palpable sounds is a wellspring of metaphysical resonance you could trace back to more than a few sources, but playing connect the dots would betray the song's significance. "Faith in Strangers" is a milestone in Stott's ongoing artistic growth, and with any luck, it might also stand as a sign pointing to new directions he'll soon explore.
Andy Stott: "Faith in Strangers" (via SoundCloud)
Viet Cong: "Continental Shelf"
By Zach Kelly; October 15, 2014
There's something exciting about getting to know a band as the band is simultaneously getting to know itself. This summer, idiosyncratic post-punk outfit Viet Cong—whose members include Matt Flegel and Mike Wallace, formerly of Calgary's Women—reissued their tour-only EP "Cassette" on Mexican Summer, an almost voyeuristic look into a group of young men trying to regroup and find their footing. Channeling the mischievous angularity of early Talking Heads one minute, and a more sunburnt approach to Women's paranoid noise-pop the next, Viet Cong seemed willing to try anything once, sometimes all at once.
So while "Cassette"'s cover of Bauhaus' "Dark Entries" might have seemed a little out of place, it makes more sense in the context of "Continental Shelf", the first offering from their proper debut. This one has a strange weather about it: Dark and unwieldy, with stormy dissonance, gloom-drunk melodies, ghostly cheerleader coos, and the brief employment of the "Be My Baby" beat for good measure. Viet Cong still sound like a band being tugged in opposing directions, but here they control the discordance with confidence, transforming "Continental Shelf" into something disquietingly divine.
Viet Cong: "Continental Shelf" (via SoundCloud)
Run the Jewels: "Close Your Eyes (And Count to Fuck)" [ft. Zack De La Rocha]
Mass Appeal
By Marcus J. Moore; October 14, 2014
When was the last time you heard Zack de la Rocha on a song? You know, the dude from Rage Against the Machine. Was it with poet Saul Williams on "Shakespeare"? Or maybe with KRS-ONE and the Last Emperor on "C.I.A."? Now, you can have an updated response if someone asks you that question—the former Rage rocker has teamed with Run the Jewels (aka rappers El-P and Killer Mike) on "Close Your Eyes (And Count to Fuck)", the latest single from El and Mike's forthcoming RTJ2, out October 27.
Rocha does double-duty on "Close Your Eyes", as his unmistakable voice is looped into El-P's neck-breaking production. His verse isn't too shabby either; he name-checks Rakim and nods to Miles Davis' Bitches Brew. El and Mike say what you'd expect, with all the face-stomping grit that made Run the Jewels so necessary. Kill a warden, Mike proclaims, especially if it means freedom, "and even if some good ones die/ Fuck it, the Lord'll sort 'em." Of course, Zack's been on that tip for 20 years. Freedom? Still a lofty goal.
Run the Jewels: "Close Your Eyes (And Count to Fuck)" [ft. Zack De La Rocha] (via SoundCloud)
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Roxbury — Thirty-six Manhattan Country School students gathered on Sept. 30 with their teachers and representatives from collaborating organizations to dedicate the 14 very large solar panels that will produce 24,000 watts of electricity for the farm.
By Brian Sweeney
A black bear weighing nearly 600 pounds was killed Thursday night after it ran into a car on Route 30, just south of Grand Gorge. Tom Faraci, athletic director at Roxbury Central School, was heading home to Grand Gorge around 9 p.m. in a mix of rain and snow when the bear charged from the west side of the road and crashed into his car.
Roxbury — The Roxbury Library Association will host a farewell reception for Barbara and David Scudder, on Tuesday, Oct. 27 at 1 p.m. The Scudders will be relocating from Roxbury to a retirement community in Goshen, Ind., on Nov. 5.
By Jay Braman Jr.
It shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone in the Town of Shandaken that the political atmosphere is hostile. Long known as the wild west of the Catskills, this community has a history of tumultuous election campaigns and volatile government sessions.
The public is invited to a reception for Town of Middletown Democratic candidates for town board, Michael Finberg and John Bernhardt, on Sunday, Oct. 25 from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Margaretville Bowl. Mr. Finberg has served 12 years on the board. He is a former schoolteacher and currently operates the Margaretville Bowl, Reliable Tent Rental and the Crossroads Building in Arkville.
Mr. Bernhardt, who retired this summer as superintendent of Andes Central School, is running for town office for the first time. He has more than 34 years experience as a teacher and school administrator.
Stamford — Michael A. Jacobs of the law firm of Jacobs & Jacobs, Esqs. has announced the addition of attorney Andrew Stammel to the firm's legal staff.
Attorney Stammel is a 2008 graduate of Syracuse University, where he graduated with honors and received the Dean's Scholarship, Joseph Brecher Scholarship, and the Family Law and Social Policy Certificate.
Phoenicia — The Shandaken Theatrical Society presents Moliere's "The Miser" on November 13, 14, 15 and 20, 21, 22. You won't want to miss Miles Malleson's modern adaptation of Moliere's classic comedy in which youthful optimism and love triumph over suspicion and greed.
The Auxiliary of Margaretville Hospital and Mountainside Residential Care Center will hold its annual Harvest Moon Ball on Saturday, Oct. 24 starting with a cocktail hour at 6 p.m. and dinner at 7 p.m. at Hanah Mountain Resort in Margaretville.
Delhi — The Viviana Hansen Gallery is showing paintings by Delaware County native Celia Clark. The exhibit began on Oct. 17 and continues through Nov. 22.
By Julia Green
The much-anticipated Dollar General store officially opened its doors last Wednesday, though the official "Grand Opening" weekend will be held sometime in November. So far, however, despite a notably absent announcement of its opening, business at the new retail location, on lower Main Street next to the post office, has been steady.
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- Freeport murder suspect Damon Dixson taken into custody in Rockford
- Local gas station employee arrested for selling liquor to minor
- Renewable Fuel Standard delay 'a mixed blessing,' Bustos says
- Rockford delegation presents inaugural 'Rockford Award' to Norwegian Air
- Education in Illinois making slow progress, according to report
- Illinois GOP Congressional delegation: Obama's immigration plan undermines rule of law
- Suspect, 17, charged in Halloween hit-and-run in Roscoe
- Saint Anthony College of Nursing president to retire
- Man found guilty in deadly August 2013 crash at Mulford and Garrett Lane
- 'The Price is Right Live!' at Coronado March 1; tickets on sale Nov. 21
Anderson Gardens hosts second Guest Chef Dinner April 20
Staff Report
Rockford's Anderson Japanese Gardens will host its second Guest Chef Dinner Saturday, April 20. The dinner will feature a four-course meal prepared by Rockford chef Al Castrogiovanni of Alchemy and Giovanni's. Each course will be paired with a cocktail created with Death's Door Spirits by master mixologist Grant Hurless.
This is a family-style dinner where guests will seat themselves at long tables. Cocktail social hour begins at 5:30 p.m. with seating for dinner beginning at 6:30 p.m. Cost is $85 per person (does not include tax and gratuity). Space is limited and guests must make reservations by Tuesday, April 9. Guests must be at least 21 years old to attend.
Anderson Japanese Gardens, 318 Spring Creek Road, has been named the highest-quality Japanese garden in North America by Sukiya Living magazine since 2004. Inspired by calm and tranquility, this 12-acre, award-winning landscape is composed of koi-filled ponds, winding pathways, gentle streams, plunging waterfalls, raked gravel gardens, beautifully trained pines and more. Master craftsmanship and 16th-century traditional architecture are found throughout. Visit andersongardens.org or call (815) 229-9390 for more details.
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You shouldn't be able to get rich because you bought a house for a pittance in 1974 that's now, all of a sudden, worth a fortune. Property in the UK today is a lottery that doesn't sell any tickets to the poorest. That's unfair, and, mansion tax or no mansion tax, it ought to change.
Prudential says that two-fifths of homeowners aged over 55 are looking to downsize. Will the government come up with a 'Help to move' package to make it happen? And will planners and developers create the housing options that older people want?
When this new housing is built, this will inevitably mean changes to local infrastructure and new roads being built. At present, older people face a disproportionately high number of accidents on the road - the Department for Transport reports that older people are between two and five times more likely to be killed or suffer a serious injury on the road than a younger person.
Living in Bow in the Nineties, just one skyscraper dominated the skyline: ONE Canary Wharf. I would see it when I went to bed every night and when I woke up in the morning. With steam pouring from its air conditioning ducts through the night like some steam punk dragon, it winked knowingly at the council estates it towered over. It knew there was worse to come...
Home affects every single one of us, every day, at every stage of our lives, wherever and however we live. What can be more important than that?
An alarming number of private tenants - sixty per cent - believe UK letting fees are poor value for money, according to a recent poll. The survey, carried out by Populus, found that nearly half of private renters felt that letting fees did not reflect the time and effort put in by the letting agent.
You can almost smell the contempt from here, but if out elected representatives think they can get away with playing politics with people's homes - as we have also seen in Newham - they are quite wrong.
Our mid twenties without Google search would be a shameful series of questions to family members starting with 'I know I should know this but...' whilst gazing wearily down at our Young person railcards. Much like the deteriorative hangover, the road to 30 creeps up without warning or fan fare..
We are hearing a lot about development at the moment. The Mayor of London has released an audacious paper about what London should look like. From the Olympics to the airports debate everyone is excited about the modernising face of London. And yet too often ordinary people are promised affordable homes, then shut out of the development process whilst space is eaten up by unaccountable giants.
The grim reality of London's private renting crisis was graphically exposed to the wider world this June when in Islington we banned a tiny 'shoebox' flat from being rented out. In the widely-shared photo from the letting agent's site, you could see the bed blocking the cupboard doors under the hob; the fact it was snapped up, in less than a day, for £737 a month was a cruel expression of the desperation so many tenants' face.
When the recession hit, it wiped out livelihoods and decimated entire markets. In the face of a global slump, Britain's housing sector was no exception; buyers couldn't afford to buy and builders couldn't afford to build. Over the course of several years, the pace of the property market dropped from jet stream to tumbleweed and the UK was left with an increasingly problematic housing deficit.
Britain is rightly proud of its track record of job creation, but a successful 21st Century economy requires more. Ahead of the 2015 Election, it is time for all parties to face up to the changing face of the labour market, and set out their commitments to building a more sustainable, productive and robust economy that offers opportunities for all workers, and cities, throughout the UK.
Opening the London papers on the commute home, the almost daily stories about the housing crisis facing London make for ever more gloomy reading. Housing is becoming too expensive for all but the richest Londoners with tenants in the private sector spending 59 per cent of their wages on rent.
Despite London's housing crisis being one of the black marks on Boris Johnson's mayoral legacy, the key to making housing in our capital more affordable is straightforward and widely agreed - to increase supply and ensure this supply is genuinely affordable to your average person.
It is demeaning, they argue, to stand in line for a food parcel. But is it really any less demeaning to stand in a not dissimilar line at the door of a job centre or welfare office. Don't both turn people into state dependents?
'Northern Flight' has seldom left my mind since it finished. It provides an emotive exploration of the issues that lie at the heart of the city's identity. Patrick's words to me at the end of our interview have filled my thoughts and followed me through the streets of this beautiful city: "Liverpool is a city that tells you that you can do something, rather than that you can't."


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personal brands
Posted by Mark J. Miller on October 12, 2012 11:34 AM
Racing, sports and Lance Armstrong fans are grappling with the man, the myth and the legend this week, as Armstrong remains, it seems, unperturbed in the aftermath of what appears to be damning evidence that he took performance-enhancing drugs throughout his storied career.
The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency's report accused the U.S. Postal Service team under Armstrong of widespread doping and a cover-up that enabled Armstrong's seven straight Tour de France titles and involved a cover-up so officials never caught Armstrong via a drug test.
While many were saddened and disappointed, other fans and observers didn't care if he took performance-enhancing drugs with his teammates (who he allegedly "bullied") or on his own. For all we know, he may have taken them on a boat and on a train, with a goat and in the rain. But Armstrong himself appears "unfazed," as Reuters puts it, by Wednesday's report and the mounting accusations by others in the racing world.
Armstrong's personal response to the blow-up: he tweeted a link on Wednesday for a press release noting the 15th anniversary of the Livestrong foundation, commenting: "What am I doing tonight? Hanging with my family, unaffected, and thinking about this. http://bit.ly/Po6mXT #onward." He later tweeted a telling YouTube link, for the late singer Elliott Smith's song, "Everything's coming up roses."Continue reading...
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Posted by Barry Silverstein on October 10, 2012 03:17 PM
What is it about the living legends of sports? These larger-than-life heroes -- people like Barry Bonds, Tiger Woods, and Lance Armstrong — should be symbols of lasting integrity, yet they often seem to self-destruct, shocking their fans and shaming their sport.
Still, these personalities' brands somehow weather the storm and they move on. Woods, publicly debased for his marital infidelities in late 2009, proved the point when he finally won a tournament late last year, the first since his 2009 Australian Masters victory. The situation with Lance Armstrong, however, plays by a different set of rules. The world's greatest cyclist was disgraced by doping charges that resulted in his being stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned for life from cycling. In August, Armstrong decided not to fight the charges, a move that many interpreted as admitting guilt without saying it.
Now, the boom is officially being lowered on Armstrong by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA). The organization announced on October 10 that it is releasing its "Reasoned Decision" in the Lance Armstrong case (click here for a PDF). The USADA called it "the most sophisticated, professionalized and successful doping program that sport has ever seen."Continue reading...
More about: Lance Armstrong, Sports, PR, Doping, USADA, Cycling, Personal Brands, Tour de France, Sponsorships, Anheuser-Busch, Nike, Oakley, Livestrong, Philanthropy, Ethics, Brand Ambassadors
Posted by Sheila Shayon on October 10, 2012 02:12 PM
Marks and Spencer has started a 'shwopping' fashion revolution. "It's time to open your mind, your heart, your arms and your wardrobe. Shwopping is a way of living and thinking, because we think that old clothes shouldn't just be thrown out, they should do some good," explained Ab Fab actress Joanna Lumley at the initiative's launch back in April.
Shwopping asks every shopper to donate an old item when purchasing a new one at selected stores, and M&S will pass the clothes along to Oxfam's network of charity shops across the UK to help those less fortunate. The campaign's Facebook app lets users shwop socially and register for a monthly prize draw.
In-store Shwop Drops (two items per store visit) make donations easy, and items need not be from M&S. "Our ultimate aim is to collect as many clothes as we sell and change the way we all shop," says the brand, which just launched a "swhopped" ladies coat (above) last week: a stylish black peacoat that is also the first high street clothing product made from used clothing.Continue reading...
More about: Marks & Spencer, Retail, Fashion, Shwopping, CSR, Corporate Citizenship, Sustainability, Joanna Lumley, Brand Ambassadors, Celebrities, Oxfam, Philanthropy, Facebook, Social Marketing, QR, Mobile, Cause Marketing
start your engines
Posted by Dale Buss on October 3, 2012 04:53 PM
Despite a difficult economy for small business, savvy brands recognize the unflagging appeal of the startup. And so more of them are supporting entrepreneurs or associating themselves with the entrepreneurial spirit, ranging from PepsiCo to General Electric.
Lexus wants a piece of that action, too. The Toyota-owned luxury brand has established a contest called Lexus Ignition in which a Facebook app is soliciting votes on eight technology startups, whose four winners will split up to $100,000 in funding from Lexus US. The startups range from a maker of audio speakers out of "eco wood" to the designer of "the world's first pocket-sized video-stabilization case for a smartphone that eliminates shaky video," according to a Lexus press release. Each innovation could have some relevance to automotive technology.
Timing the social campaign, which is now in week two, to the debut of the all-new flagship sedan, the 2013 Lexus ES, the brand wants to "support other creative projects that exemplify this philosophy," Lexus CMO Brian Smith told brandchannel. The digital campaign reflects "our greater focus on multimedia and connectedness in the car," he said, echoing a key theme for automakers these days.Continue reading...
More about: Automotive, Luxury, Lexus, Toyota, Contests, Facebook, Digital, Technology, Innovation, Startups, Social Marketing, Crowdsourcing, Sustainability, Corporate Citizenship, Philanthropy, SolarPOP
branding together
Posted by Mark J. Miller on October 3, 2012 02:47 PM
Lance Armstrong came back from his deathbed to win one of the most grueling races in sports, the Tour de France, seven straight times. Along the way, he inspired a kazillion folks with his autobiography, It's Not About the Bike, and by founding one of the biggest cancer-research foundations around, the Lance Armstrong Foundation.
While Armstrong supposedly took performance-enhancing drugs during the time of those races and has seen his personal brand take a huge hit, with results from that time period now wiped from his record and his sports legacy in tatters, but many fans don't seem to care: Lance Armstrong is Lance Armstrong, one of the world's most incredible athletes with one of the most incredible recovery tales.
So, after a rough year of dealing with those drug allegations and watching his record get wiped clean, the 41-year-old got to celebrate on Oct. 2nd. A highlight of the Foundation's 15th anniversary (that's the crystal anniversary for you married folks out there) is the release of a limited edition line of Livestrong apparel by Nike for the holidays. The all-yellow (of course) gear reflects Nike's continued support of the philanthropic organization that Armstrong launched in 1997.Continue reading...
More about: Nike, Livestrong, Lance Armstrong, Corporate Citizenship, Sponsorships, Sports, Personal Brands, Tour de France, Philanthropy, Anniversaries
package design
Posted by Sheila Shayon on October 1, 2012 12:04 PM
While the Boy Scouts brand has been rocked by the organization's mishandling of pedophilia charges, the century-old Girl Scouts have gone from strength to strength in their centennial year. The latest change: the iconic Girl Scout Cookies are getting a redesign for the first time since 1999, honoring the significance and continued growth of the $790-million girl-led business.
The iconic packaging highlights five financial, literacy and entrepreneurship skills that the Girl Scout Cookie Program teaches: goal setting, decision making, money management, people skills, and business ethics and the redesign matches the embodiment of Girl Scouting in 2012, part of the brand's 100th anniversary celebrated in March.
"We have more than 50 million cookie customers across the country, and the cookie box is the most tangible and powerful way for us to communicate directly with consumers," stated Girl Scouts USA CEO Anna Maria Cháve about the new cookie box packaging, which features "stories of what Girl Scouts do today."Continue reading...
More about: Girl Scouts, Girl Scout Cookies, Non-Profit, Packaging, Design, Girls, Philanthropy, Anniversaries, Heritage Brands, Logos
doing good
Posted by Sheila Shayon on September 28, 2012 10:01 AM
America's National Coffee Day is this Saturday, September 29, and Caribou Coffee is joining the march of philanthropic campaigns using Facebook to launch initiatives and gather momentum in a new partnership with CancerCare, a national nonprofit that provides free support services for anyone affected by cancer diagnosis. Customers can stop in for a free small cup of Amy's Blend coffee on Saturday, and learn about the woman who inspired this annual philanthropic campaign.
The brand was inspired by Amy Erickson, the company's original roastmaster, who lost her battle with breast cancer in 1995 and inspired the Amy's Blend program, which originally partnered with Susan G. Komen for the Cure and is now sharing the love with CancerCare. But as you can see from the packaging, it's not just about Amy's story — it's Gretchen's, Caryn's, Gigi's, Cindy's, Lisa's and so on.
So for the 17th consecutive year, Caribou (tagline: "Life is short. Stay awake for it.") will donate 10% percent of all proceeds from Amy's Blend collection sales between Sept. 29th and Nov. 7th to CancerCare and for every new "Like" the brand will give an additional $1 to the organization.Continue reading...
More about: Caribou Coffee, CancerCare, Komen for the Cure, Komen, Philanthropy, Cause Marketing, CSR, Corporate Citizenship, Social Marketing, Facebook, Sustainability
cause celeb
Posted by Sheila Shayon on September 26, 2012 04:32 PM
Progressive is auctioning off the white gown worn on the red carpet in the brand's magazine advertising by Flo (aka comedian Stephanie Courtney) for charity. The custom-made dress, featuring 1,000 hand-placed crystals by designer Candice Held, is being auctioned on eBay to raise money for Dress for Success through October 4.
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House | 2 bedrooms | sleeps 6
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Family run property consisting of 3 identical tropical houses, surrounded by lush vegetation on the main road in Cocles, in the Puerto Viejo area. The houses include 2 bedrooms. Master bedroom has a queen size bed and air conditioning, the other bedroom has 2 single beds and a fan. One bathroom with a hot shower. Living room includes 2 cushioned sofas/ bunk beds for extra guests if needed. Fully equipped kitchen. Beautiful wooden spacious porch with dinning table and hammocks. House is equipped with a safe deposit box and alarm system for extra safety.
Houses are conveniently located on the main road of Cocles Beach, one block from the beach through a jungle trail, one block on the main road from a fully equipped supermarket, and surrounded by a variety of international cafe´s and restaurants in walking distance. Guests will have access to their own gate and car parking space.
Houses are run by a young english/spanish speaking family living in one of the 3 houses on the property, which will be happy to provide you with any help or information required.
|Sleeps up to 6, 2 bedrooms
|Will consider
|Long term lets (over 1 month), Short breaks (1-4 days)
|Family friendly
|Great for children of all ages
|No pets allowed, No smoking at this property
Features and Facilities
|Internet access
|Air conditioning, Safe, Wi-Fi available
|Cooker, Microwave, Fridge, Freezer
|2 bedrooms, 1 bathrooms of which 1 Family bathrooms
|Single beds (2), Double beds (1), Cots (2), Dining seats for 4, Lounge seats for 4
|Linen provided, Towels provided
|Balcony or terrace, Shared garden
|Secure parking
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Time is running out to grab a hefty homemade chicken salad sandwich at the Wexford Post Office Deli in Pine.
Owner Paul Mitchell plans to close the landmark café – a former trolley station built in 1906 – on Saturday.
He hopes to donate and move the building — originally the Wexford Station House on the Harmony Line — to the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum in Washington County.
"We just need to say goodbye. … That's not been an easy decision," said Mitchell, 46, president of the Post Office Catering Group in Economy, Beaver County, where a number of Mitchell's 10 employees make the salads, desserts and other foods sold at the deli.
Fans still can order their favorites through the Post Office Catering Group, but the future of the building remains uncertain.
"We would like to move and preserve it, but we need funds to do it," said Scott Becker, executive director of the trolley museum. "Our board of directors has agreed to accept the donation, once we have the funds. ... We have a trolley that once served that station."
Until last week, employees at the Wexford Post Office Deli expected Mitchell to buy an adjacent structure — the vacant, former Wexford Volunteer Fire Department — and then expand the deli. But such an expansion ultimately seemed too costly.
"It was a very large undertaking for a business of this size," Mitchell said. "It was just too big a risk."
Mitchell cited competition from nearby Giant Eagle Market District in Pine and Whole Foods in McCandless as a factor in his decision to close.
He bought the deli in 1993. He rented the former trolley station for 20 years from descendants of late Wexford Postmaster Alphonsus Brooker.
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Mercer stopped Tuesday at the deli with a business associate for a $6 egg salad sandwich on rye bread.
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Originally Posted by
I thought I might as well ask for some
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Don't mind the blue dot.
This is really good, actually. I love the concept, and since you scratched it that gets you respect from a person like me, who absolutely hates complete scratches and has only made 1 or 2 things as good as this. The colors are nice, and it's overall really cute.
Looking at it, the 3 orbs on the left side of the sprite look a bit octagonal. Even though it's rather hard (maybe impossible? i dunno) to make a perfect circle, for some reason it really stood out to me. The glow around those 2 orbs accentuates the straight lines of it too, imo.
I don't know if this is meant to be Pokemon-style or not, so kill me if this is an invalid comment- there's no black in the sprite outline. However, seeing as you were able to scratch something like this with it looking quite professional means that this was probably a decision of yours.
FigaraShark's comment on the horns is rather true, actually. On top of what he said, I can't help but think of Cleffa when i see the horns, which isn't necessarily bad, but to me it seems a bit unoriginal. Looking at the head without the horns, it looks a bit bland, but i would suggest removing them.
However, I quite like the 2 string things actually. But that's just my opinion. xD
On the right sprite coloration, the body outline on the left side looks a bit too... bright or thick. Or both, actually.
The body looks... well, square, lawl. Blatantly said.
Um, what else? I guess that's it, actually. It's sprited really well, not much to pick at.
Originally Posted by
First scratch sprite in quite a while.
For all intents and purposes, I suppose it's "finished", but I'll probably be making some edits to it. The shading on the cloak bugs me, and I'm not sure I like the angle of the fire. All in all, though, I'm fairly pleased with how it turned out.
So, comment, crit. Whatever you like. :]
Another scratch spriter, wow. Again, a great sprite. It actually looked pretty bad to me in the beginning, then when I zoomed into it it suddenly became much clearer to me. Anyways, firstly the lineart seems to be fine, but the small open space between the two sides of the cape at the bottom looks kinda flat and unrealistic to me.
The shading on the cape is hard to see, though it IS supposed to be a dark, spooky color. In fact, I couldn't tell the difference at first.
The fire on the top right looks a bit wierd also when zoomed out. Maybe increase the orange color by a bit.
I agree with you on the angle of the fire, too. Well, not really actually. I'd change the angle of the MASK rather than the angle of the fire. The twisted head would portray the ghost type nicely.
What else. Uh, I guess that the way the cloak falls reminds me of Cherrim, which isn't good or bad really. Just felt like telling you that. xD
Uh.... wellcrap. Thanks a lot, you've given me nothing else to say. Nice sprite and all that.
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i think is great tough only the blue thibgys on her paws look a bit of blurry to me
also nobody crit on me so i will post them again
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The Electric brothers are complete copy-paste jobs, so I can't say much again. It's just an Electrode with a few small edits pasted onto a Machop(?) body with geodude arms on it. I guess that that's fine and all, it looks kinda funny and cool. The concept can definitely go further, too. So all in all i liked it quite a bit.
I guess that the main problem is the copy-pasty ness of the head onto the body. Just make the parts blend a bit instead of making them look like they were pasted on top of eachother in some grotesque fashion.
That's all i have to say, really. Hopefully my first post didn't make me look like a complete idiot.
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"Soon Come Soon lives on its own, it's not part of an album: this is a singular single. DEAD is not dead and this is a reminder... - Big Dada's Young Fathers have a new single on the horizon - listen here & order from the Ninjashop / iTunes
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Cue Black Friday klaxon... Pick up 20% off all orders at the Ninjashop from now through Saturday 29 November at midday - redeem the code BLACKFRIDAY20 at the checkout.Read More
Tessela steps up in Hour 1 with a weighty selection of Jerome Hill, Dan Physics, Helena Hauff and Floorplan ahead of Druid Cloak in Hour 2 with a genre-eschewing mix-down of loose breaths of beatless compositions.
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Tune into Gilles Peterson on BBC 6Music tomorrow to hear Dorian Concept's three-piece (with Cid Rid and the cloniOUs) live in session with tracks from the newly released Joined Ends record. That evening he also joins Jaga Jazzist celebrating their 20th anniversary at London's Union Chapel.Read More
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