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Negative - Two Men Installing a Television Antenna, St Kilda, Victoria, 1958 Reg. No: MM 125475
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- Black and white negative depicting two men installing a television antenna in St Kilda in 1958. This image is one of approximately 85,000 negatives from the Laurie Richards Collection taken by the Melbourne based Laurie Richards Studio between the 1950s -1970s.
Laurie Richards was a professional photographer who began his career as a photo-journalist, in 1953, he opened his own business and set up a photographic studio at his home in Alphington. At its peak, in the late 1960s, the Laurie Richards Studio was one of Melbourne's pre-eminent commercial photographic studios, employing twelve photographers.
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- Black and white cellulose acetate negative.
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- Two men are pictured at the base of a ladder preparing to install a television antenna. A woman holding a child is pictured standing next to the men.
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The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission announced last week that bird-watchers across the Mid-South have been reporting sick and dead birds, primarily pine siskins, at their feeders and in their yards.
AGFC officials are advising people who observe sick or dead birds in all states to immediately take down feeders to avoid the spread of avian diseases.
One common disease spread at feeders this time of year is salmonellosis.
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While many view this as some first step toward a larger role such as maybe being a manager one day, Gordon Edes points out something you don't think about too often: one of the reasons that teams like to have former players in the front office is that they have contacts with current players on other teams which can come in handy during free agent hunting season.
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Today I learned Craig doesn't read the blog that employs him.
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Better than assistant to the traveling secretary to be sure:
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Uh oh. Whoever replaces Valentine better be looking over his shoulder.
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Film: 'Jhootha Hi Sahi'; Music Director: A.R. Rahman; Lyricist: Abbas Tyrewala; Singers: Rashid Ali, Shreya Ghoshal, Sonu Niigaam, Karthik, Vijay Yesudas, Javed Ali and Chinmayi; Rating: ***
Director Abbas Tyrewala reunited with music maestro A.R. Rahman for his forthcoming film 'Jhootha Hi Sahi' to repeat the musical success of 'Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na' and the music maestro has composed a beautiful track in the guise of 'Do nishaniyan'. The rest of the album has hits and misses, but it's worth listening to once.
The film, a home production of Saregama, has nine songs.
To begin with, the album offers 'Cry cry' crooned by Rashid Ali and Shreya Ghoshal, which is occupying airwaves and broadcasting time currently. The song is different owing to the lyrics and the interesting composition. It is zippy and exudes freshness.
Next in line is 'Maiya yashoda' that is doing the rounds of TV channels. It has two versions - one is the Jamuna mix with Chinmayi and Javed Ali and the Thames mix by the same singers. The song has a complete Indian flavour and is quite upbeat.
The Thames mix is quite similar, just that more electronic beats are added to this one.
Then there is Karthik singing 'Hello', a song that totally revolves around the telephone. It's more of a situation number and even the dialling tone is used in the composition. Not hummable but worth a listen.
Then comes the best song of the album 'Do Nishaniyan' with Sonu Niigaam behind the mike. The track has a poignant beginning and Sonu's silken voice is perfect for this slow-paced rendition. The orchestration is subtle and enjoyable. One of Rahman's great tracks that shows his prowess of being different.
The track also has a reprise version, sung by the same singer. The version is just a little slower and has more depth, but both the songs are equally interesting.
Next Shreya goes behind the mike yet again for 'Pam para', a foot-tapping and high-on-energy track. It's neither bad nor brilliant.
'Call me dil' starts with a beautiful acoustic piece that gives it an edge. Rashid Ali does a great job with the vocals. The song is quite melodious and grows on you when you keep listening to it in loop. The soft track manages to create its mark.
Finally, there is a half-English half-Hindi song 'I've been waiting', crooned by Vijay Yesdus. The song oozes softness and creates a balmy effect on the listener. A wonderful composition.
On the whole, Rahman has yet again created an album that has a mix of various genres and keeps the listeners' interest intact.
(Ruchika Kher can be contacted at [email protected])
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I love Cry Cry and Maiya Yashoda.
I really like all the songs but my fav are cry cry & do nishaniyan.
A.R Rahman rocks once again.
Can't wait for the movie!
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tooo coool to describe!!!!........AR Rehman the bosssssssssssssssss
really the songs of this movie are so nice.......................really love them ...................................maiya yasoda then cry cry are my fav..............................................................................so looking forward 4 this movie
Currently 'Cry cry', 'Do Nishaaniyaan', 'Call me dil' and 'PamPara' are my favs...!! :)
I LOVE "Hello Hello"
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awesome album by ARR :D I've been waaaiting for something like this xD
I love the song Cry cry, its lovely. A R Rehman is too good!
thank for the news..................
I love the songs of Jhootha Hi Sahi.....very melodious, very nice. Well done and congrats to Rahman.
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Market Cap: [Rs.Cr.] 50,130.86 | Face Value: [Rs.] 1
Industry: Personal Care - Indian
The global economic environment continued to remain challenging in fiscal 2013-14 withslower than expected growth in GDP. This was largely due to deceleration of growth in someof the emerging market economies triggered by domestic policy weaknesses, tight monetaryconditions and investment and supply constraints. According to an update published by theInternational Monetary Fund (IMF) in April 2014, the global economy is expected to recoverduring 2014-15, mainly led by advanced economies. Growth in emerging market and developingeconomies is expected to pick up modestly. Fig. 1, provides IMF estimates for GDP growthof key economies during 2014.
The Indian economy hasn't remained unscathed from the global economic slowdown andwitnessed deceleration in GDP growth rates. Interestingly though, India's share in theWorld GDP based on purchasing power parity (PPP) has continued to move up and despite theslowdown in growth over the last few years, it continues to show an upward trend, implyingthat India is doing better than the rest of the world and its share of global GDP (PPP)continues to increase. Fig. 2 provides the trend of India's share in global GDP.
As per IMF, India's GDP growth is expected to recover from 4.4% in 2013 to 5.4% in2014, supported by slightly stronger global growth, improving export competitiveness andimplementation of recently approved investment projects. Pickup in exports in recentmonths and measures to curb gold imports have contributed to lowering the current accountdeficit. Policy measures to bolster capital flows have further helped reduce externalvulnerabilities. Overall growth is expected to firm up on policies supporting investmentand a confidence boost from recent policy actions, but may remain below trend. Consumerprice inflation is expected to remain an important challenge, but should continue to moveonto a downward trajectory. Fig. 3 shows consumer inflation in India as estimated by IMF.
The macro-economic slowdown which had earlier impacted most of the sectors of theIndian economy such as autos, consumer durables and industrials, now has a bearing on theFast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) industry. Fiscal 2013-14 has been a tough year forIndian consumer sector. On the one hand, food inflation remained high during the year andon the other, there were uncertainties about job prospects and the state of the economy.Given these factors, there has been a deceleration in FMCG growth rates.
According to AC Nielsen, FMCG sector growth rates slipped to single digits in themiddle of fiscal 2013-14. However, they inched up marginally towards the end of fiscal2013-14. Refer Fig.5.
Towards the middle of fiscal 2013-14, there was a sharp depreciation in the IndianRupee (INR) and it touched record lows, primarily as an outcome of widening currentaccount and fiscal deficits. There has been some improvement on this front and the INR hasrecovered from the lows it witnessed around the middle of fiscal 2013-14. Refer Fig. 4.
Despite deceleration in FMCG sector growth rates, India continued to occupy the topspots as per global consumer confidence index study by Nielsen in addition to an uptick inconsumer confidence in the later half of fiscal 2013-14 as presented in Fig.6.
We expect the resilience of India's economic fundamentals combined with increasingconsumerism driven by the factors stated below to lead to brighter times ahead for theFMCG sector:
Favourable demographics and rising income levels
Total consumption expenditure set to increase - expected to reach nearly USD3600 billion by 2020 from USD 1328 billion in 2012
Working population (aged between 15 and 64 years) estimated to increase from 780million in 2011 to 900 million by 2030
India's middle income population estimated to reach 267 million by 2016 from 160million in 2011
Rural FMCG market size to grow from USD 12 billion in 2011 to USD 100 billion by2025 driven by increase in per capita disposable incomes.
Building on its enhanced rural retail footprint and innovative consumer-connectinitiatives, Dabur India Ltd sailed through the challenging business environment to post astrong growth in Sales and Profit during the 2013-14 financial year. The Company's Salescrossed the Rs. 7,000 crore mark as was envisaged in the four year strategic plan whichwas completed in fiscal 2014. Your Company is now set to embark upon the next strategicplan starting 1st April 2014 which would guide the Company forward into thenext 4 years.
Good growth momentum was witnessed across key categories and geographies with both theDomestic FMCG business and the International Business reporting strong volume drivengrowth during fiscal 2013-14.
As a company, Dabur is well connected to its consumers and endeavours to provideproducts that meet their needs and requirements. We recognize that understanding consumerbehaviour and needs is critical to not just creating efficacious products but alsodeveloping effective marketing communications. Dabur has been engaging with consumers allthrough the year, basis which a host of new products and variants were developed, acrossproduct categories and geographies, which received encouraging response.
The new product launches in India during the year include a premium health supplementcalled Dabur Ratnaprash, Vatika Olive Enriched Hair Oil, Vatika Enriched Coconut Oil withHibiscus, Vatika Premium Naturals Shampoo with Hibiscus and Reetha, Fem Fairness Naturalswith no added ammonia, besides u
new Ayurvedic ethical medicines in different therapeutic areas, India's first range ofdrinking yoghurts under the brand Real Activ and fruit-milk shakes under the brand Real.In addition, we have also launched a new Anardana variant of Hajmola tablets, which hasemerged as a fairly successful variant. The pace of new launches was kept up in ourInternational Business as well with the introduction of Amla Leave-On Oils, Fem Gold HairRemoving Cream, Dermoviva Face Wash, Dermoviva Face Scrub, Vatika Hair May onnaise, VatikaHair Color Creme, Fem Halawa, Straightening and Strengthening Treatment by HAIRepairunder the brand ORS and other products during fiscal 2013-14.
Project Double which was launched during 2012 to double our direct distribution reachin rural India was consolidated and taken further during fiscal 2013-14. Today, ourproducts directly reach over 38,250 villages as compared to a reach of 14,865 villages inMarch 2011. This initiative has not just helped us manage the overall slowdown by boostingsales from the rural markets but also expanded our product basket in rural India, whichhas translated into higher and more profitable sales. As a result, we are now witnessingdemand from the hinterland for products like packaged juices under the brand Real, Femfairness bleaches and Home Care products which were till now considered as very urbancentric. This clearly indicates that the aspirations of rural consumers are increasinglyaligning with their urban counterparts, leading to a steady shift in consumer preferencetowards branded consumer products.
We continued to leverage the various melas and haats organized across rural Indiathrough the year to build greater consumer connect and generate trials for our variousproducts. These initiatives not only gave the rural consumers an opportunity to experienceDabur products, but also generated a huge buzz and positive word for the brands.
In addition to the haats, we engaged with our consumers throughout the year withvarious initiatives such as our mass awareness campaigns (Immune India, Oral Hygienecamps, Health Camps etc.), informative sessions and other promotional events. Appreciationby means of consumer recognitions and awards as well as sustained improvement in customersatisfaction is testimony to our improving customer relationships.
Fiscal 2013-14 also saw Dabur take its beauty, health and wellness products to thedigital world with four dedicated portals. The Company invested in creating an onlinecontent warehouse for its brands in Oral Care, Skin Care, Hair Care and Health Carecategories. Digital media like YouTube, Facebook etc. were used to popularize the productsand create awareness about them. These web initiatives have helped us better connect withthe internet savvy and particularly the younger generation.
The FCMG retail landscape in urban India is witnessing the emergence of chemist outletsas a key trade channel. Today, the chemists play an active role in promoting OTC productswith the flexibility to drive sales of particular brands and products and are fastemerging as retailers of a larger range of health and personal care products. Besidesbeing critical retail points, chemists also act as advisors to consumers seeking solutionsto treat moderate and non-critical health problems. As consumers are increasingly shiftingto self-medication and tend to visit a doctor only for serious ailments, they value theadvice of chemists in the context of OTX/OTC products. The chemists are better educatedand informed as compared to grocers, and give practical suggestions to consumers regardingspecific healthcare issues, hence influencing OTC purchase in a big way.
As India's most trusted healthcare brand, Dabur has already set in motion an initiativeto tap the chemist network in a more focused manner. We have organized our sales teamsspecifically to cater to the demands of this channel and also enhance distribution ofHealth Care and personal products portfolio through the chemist network. In the firstphase, Dabur plans to significantly increase its direct coverage in the chemist channel inurban markets and increase the availability of its product range in this channel. Theproject is already under implementation and we expect to derive benefits from theincreased coverage going ahead.
Riding on these initiatives, Dabur drove demand and generated strong volume-led growtheven though the environment remained challenging. Though there was emergence of pockets ofinflation driven by factors such as adverse exchange rate movements, we continued toinvest strongly behind our brands and enhance our distribution network.
The highlights of Dabur India Ltd's performance during fiscal 2013-14 on a consolidatedbasis are:
Net Sales grew by 15.1% to Rs. 7,073.2 crores in fiscal 2013-14 from Rs. 6,146.4crores in fiscal 2012-13
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA)increased to Rs. 1,287.9 crores in fiscal 2013-14, from Rs. 1,096.7 crores in fiscal2012-13, recording a growth of 17.4%
Profit After Tax (PAT) increased to Rs. 913.9 crores in 2013-14, up 19.7% fromRs. 763.4 crores in 2012-13
Earnings Per Share (EPS) increased to Rs. 5.21 in 2013-14 from Rs. 4.35 in2012-13
Our business structure today stands as below:
Consumer Care Business incorporating the Health Care and Home &Personal Care (HPC) verticals, which accounts for 53.4% of consolidated sales
Foods, comprising fruit-based beverages and culinary pastes business,which contributes 11.2% to consolidated sales
International Business, which includes Dabur's organic overseas businessas well as the acquired entities of Hobi Group and Namaste Laboratories LLC. This verticalnow accounts for 32.4% of Dabur's consolidated sales
The Consumer Care Business is the largest business vertical of Dabur India Ltd. Thisvertical includes our core FMCG business, comprising Health Supplements, OTC &Ethicals, Digestives, Hair Care, Skin Care, Oral Care and Home Care. With strong growthacross most of the key categories, this vertical ended fiscal 2013-14 with a growth of12.8%.
India is witnessing a marked increase in the incidence of lifestyle-related diseases,such as cardiovascular, diabetes etc. With increasing urbanization and problems associatedwith modern-day living, the disease profiles are shifting from infectious tolifestyle-related, particularly in urban India. Rural India is also seeing a higheroccurrence of non-communicable lifestyle related diseases.
With this, matters of health are today taking prime space in the minds of everyindividual. This growing awareness is today seen across age-groups, pop-strata andgeographies. As a result, people, largely in urban India, are increasingly taking to thevirtual world to meet their need for information on preventive health care.
With a legacy and experience of nearly 130 years, brand Dabur evokes trust in itsconsumers and is well placed to cater to the consumers' increasing demand for holistichealth care. Health Care is a key pillar of growth for Dabur, and we have been rolling outa slew of new initiatives aimed at further deepening our commitment towards the health& well-being of every household.
Besides a range of digital initiatives, Dabur has also built a network of doctors andexperts who regularly interact with consumers/patients, addressing their health care needsand offering health solutions. Recognizing the fact that schools play a paramount role inshaping a child's future since they are the primary caregivers during the formative years,Dabur also undertook a host of initiatives focused on schools to educate kids on varioushealth and nutrition matters. These initiatives have resulted in Dabur being named theMost Trusted Leader in the Ayurveda category in the Brand Trust Report 2013, released byTrust Research Advisory.
Dabur's Health Care vertical comprises Health Supplements, Digestives, OTC andAyurvedic Ethical Products. Dabur has a highly experienced R&D (Research &Development) team and access to the centuries old knowledge of Ayurveda, the benefits ofwhich are now being validated with science, to develop efficacious products that arecontemporary and in ready-to-use formats offering our consumers holistic health andwell-being.
Health Supplements
Dabur's Health Supplements portfolio comprises three key brands - Dabur Chyawanprash,Dabur Honey and Dabur Glucose. Together, these brands now contribute to 22.0% of ConsumerCare sales. Fiscal 2013-14 saw Dabur roll out a series of new communication campaigns andconsumer activations, both on-ground and in the virtual world, which helped this categoryend the year with a strong 16.4% growth.
Dabur Chyawanprash, the largest brand in this portfolio, continued to be positioned asan immunity specialist. This specialist positioning was taken forward with the brand usingthe advocacy route to spread the message of building immunity and protection fromdiseases. Towards this end, we identified key opinion leaders and doctors to spread theword around the need to strengthen immunity as a foundation of health and well being. Thebrand also signed up Bollywood celebrity Madhuri Dixit for the campaign, which was verywell received and ranked amongst the best advertising campaigns by Brand Equity.
A host of innovative marketing initiatives, integration with popular television serialsand adoption of specialist advertising networks further improved the brand's visibility. Aspecial online campaign was launched which helped us reach out to over 40 millionconsumers in the virtual world. A team of professionals have also been deputed to interactwith the medical fraternity and spread awareness regarding the product benefits andvarious scientific studies conducted on the product to support the claims. Theseinitiatives helped the brand, including the fruit-flavoured variants and the sugar-freevariant, report strong double digit growth during the year.
For the past few years, Dabur Chyawanprash's Immune India campaign has been reachingout to schools across the country to educate students and teachers on the need forimmunity. This year, we took this campaign a step further with the Dabur ChyawanprashImmune India School Challenge through which Dabur Chyawanprash, along with FortisHealthcare, ran a five-month-long competition that sought to spread health awarenessamongst school kids. This initiative helped us reach out to a large number of childrenacross 2,500 schools.
While reaching out to kids on the one hand with education-led initiatives, Your Companyhas also been aware of the growing needs of its adult consumers and has taken steps toaddress them. In order to meet their combined need for immunity, vigour and vitality,Dabur has introduced a premium health supplement called Ratnaprash. Test-launched in sevenkey states, Ratnaprash is a power-packed formula that fights fatigue and keeps one activeall-day long. Enriched with the power of potent natural ingredients like Moti, Kesar,Musali, Brahmi and Amla, Dabur Ratnaprash has been specially developed for adults andhelps rebuild strength, stamina, vigour, vitality and energy which are drained by thestress of day-to-day living. The product has been well received by consumers across thetarget states, and will be rolled out nationally in fiscal 2014-15.
The other major brand in this category, Dabur Honey, which is the largest branded honeyin India, continued to report strong growth despite stiff competition from regionalplayers and price increases due to a surge in raw material prices. Dabur rolled out acampaign, featuring cine star Bipasha Basu to establish Dabur Honey as a weight managementexpert. A high-decibel initiative was also launched - both in the digital space and alsoin the print media to engage consumers and introduce them to the world of Honey-basedrecipes that are simple to cook and are tasty & healthy. Celebrity chef Vikas Khannawas signed up to promote recipes based on Dabur Honey. A compilation of Honey-based easyrecipes is also shared through magazine integration and visitors to the Dabur Honeywebsite are invited to share their own recipes. Riding on these initiatives, the brandgrew well across regions, SKUs and channels.
The Glucose category faced some compression due to a relatively cooler and shortersummer, which had some impact on Dabur Glucose as well. However the brand managed toperform better than the category and ended the year with a gain in market share. DaburGlucose moved away from the generic positioning of 'energy' to a more focused anddifferentiated proposition of 'cooling energy. This proposition was communicated through amega campaign featuring cine star Ajay Devgn.
The Digestives portfolio, which contributes 7.5% to Consumer Care sales, grew by 17.2%in fiscal 2013-14. While Hajmola is one of the major brands in this portfolio, thisbusiness vertical also has a variety of other brands such as Pudin Hara, Hingoli, NatureCare, Sat Isabgol, Lavan Bhaskar Churana and Triphala Churana.
The Hajmola franchise performed well during fiscal 2013-14 and the Anardana variantintroduced at the beginning of the year, emerged as one of the most successful variants inrecent years. Fiscal 2013-14 witnessed brand Hajmola roll out a mega sampling exercisethat helped it reach out to over 30 lacs individuals. Moving away from the earlierstrategy of targeting on-the-go consumption, we decided to focus on in-home sampling. Thisproved to be a major success, helping the brand not only reach out to a large audience butalso generate significant word-of-mouth publicity. A host of new initiatives and specialpacks are being planned to further drive in-home consumption of Hajmola tablets.
Following the successful consolidation of Pudin Hara franchise within the overallDigestives vertical, we saw the Pudin Hara franchise grow by strong double digits with allformats - Pearls, Liquids and Lemon Fizz - performing well. Dabur Pudin Hara undertook aunique initiative in Kanpur -- Dabur Pudin Hara Thandak Ki Chaaon -- under which a 20 feethigh umbrella, with a diameter of 34 feet and 120 kg in weight, was erected in the city.This campaign engaged the residents of Kanpur and sought to establish the cooling &instant relief properties of Pudin Hara. This initiative entered the Limca Book of Recordsas the World's largest Umbrella. Dabur has continued with Ram Kapoor as the brandambassador for Pudin Lemon Fizz and a new campaign is proposed to be launched this summer.Your company is now re-launching the entire Pudin Hara range giving it a common lookacross all formats. This will also help target lookalikes and spurious products. NatureCare, Lavan Bhaskar Churana, Triphala Churana and Sat Isabgol, which are the other brandsin the Digestives portfolio, performed well during fiscal 2013-14.
OTC Products
Dabur's OTC portfolio, which accounts for 7.4% of Consumer Care, offers a variety ofproducts in categories such as Cough & Cold, Men's Health Care, Women's Health Careand Baby Care. This portfolio ended the year 2013-14 with a 10.1% growth.
The Indian over-the-counter or OTC market is growing at a fast pace driven byincreasing reliance on OTC products to address common ailments, increased awareness levelsand greater penetration of OTC products in rural areas.
In this category, it is highly important to build a relationship of trust and comfortwith the customers to ensure loyalty and generate repeat purchase. As a company, Daburmakes efforts to connect with its consumers and develop products that meet their needs andrequirements. The Company has been undertaking a host of initiatives both on-ground andthrough mass media to spread awareness about various OTC products and their benefits,besides executing new visibility campaigns across chemist outlets to reach out toconsumers and enhance the availability of our OTC range.
Dabur's flagship brand in the Baby Care category - Dabur Lal Tail, today controls athird of the baby massage oil market. A new series of campaigns was unveiled this year topropagate the benefits of Dabur Lal Tail and also address some of the queries raised byconsumers. Specially targeted TVCs were made to convey the benefits of key ingredients inthe product, a move that worked well with the brand witnessing an uptick in market shares.As part of a consumer-connect initiative, the product was also sampled with over 300,000new mothers through maternity clinics across India. An encouraging aspect is the fact thegrowth has been all-round with demand from Metro cities growing at a much faster clip,reflecting the fact that a growing number of urban mothers are also opting for Dabur LalTail.
In the Cough & Cold category, Honitus continued to perform well. To drive deeperinto rural India on the back of increased footprint, your Company has introduced a 50mlpack of Honitus cough syrup. In addition, the year marked the re-launch of HonitusLozenges range with a new packaging that aligns it with Honitus syrup. A new Honey Tulsivariant in Honitus lozenges was launched and well received.
A special drive was also undertaken targeting paediatricians and chemists under whichwe initiated doctor detailing of Honitus and Dabur Lal Tail in key cities this year inaddition to in-clinic consumer education.
The new launches and campaigns were supported by on-ground sampling exercise coveringnearly 5 lac kids and consumer activations, which added excitement around the brand. Aspart of its efforts to reach out to kids, Dabur Honitus joined hands with a private FMradio channel and launched a nation-wide hunt to identify child radio-jockeys. Thisinitiative, christened 'Dabur Honitus BIG Junior RJ', was conducted across the country andthe winners got a chance to host on-air shows. The Men's Health Care category tooreported strong growth, led by the flagship energizer brand Shilajit Gold. Riding on thestrength of focused print media advertisements and word-of-mouth publicity, demand forDabur Shilajit Gold grew at a robust pace. The product has been re-launched with a newpack to give it a premium look and feel.
During fiscal 2013-14, Dabur initiated Project CORE (Chemist Outlet and RangeExpansion) to significantly enhance direct reach in the Chemist channel and increase therange of products that are made available through this channel. The project aims to giveDabur the widest reach in the Chemist channel amongst competitors in the OTC segment. Theprogramme has been initiated in top 150 towns, which contribute the largest share of theOTC business in urban India. In these 150 towns the Company's coverage is expected toincrease from 31,385 chemists to around 53,217 chemists in the first phase. The initialphase of rollout is focused in North, East and West regions of the country.
In fiscal 2013-14 special visibility drive was conducted across 5,000-plus chemistretail outlets for Dabur's key OTC brands like Dabur Lal Tail, Dabur Janma Ghunti,Dashmularishta, Ashokatrishta and Shilajit Gold across Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh,Gujarat and Maharashtra. In addition, awareness campaigns and health camps were conductedfor the two women's Health Care brands - Dashmularishta and Ashokarishta Asavs. The newcommunication sought to extend the brands' usage and relevance beyond the post-natalperiod and established them as excellent products for overall rejuvenation.
For the first time, some of smaller emerging brands like Dabur Mahanarayan Tail, DaburShankhpushpi and Dabur Badam Tail were supported with special campaigns in the mediaacross key markets, a move that paid rich dividend and helped these brands grow in strongdouble digits.
Ayurvedic Ethicals
Dabur has a wide range of ethical healthcare products based upon the age-old system ofAyurveda. These products are derived from natural sources and form part of this holistichealthcare system, focusing on all-round well-being. The Ayurvedic Ethicals portfolio,which now contributes 4.2% to Consumer Care, performed well growing by 14.9% during fiscal2013-14.
The entire Ethical & Classical umbrella range, covering 418 products and 623 SKUs,was re-launched this year with a contemporary look and feel. During fiscal 2013-14, therange was promoted aggressively through focused activities at Dabur Ayurvedic Centres, inaddition to special Health Camps and Vaid (Ayurvedic doctors) meets throughout the year.
In all, 500 Health Camps were organized across the country during fiscal 2013-14, whichhelped us reach out to more than 3 lac consumers. In addition, a large number of doctormeets were organized and Dabur initiated visits to nine medical colleges in Delhi,Varanasi, Handia and Amritsar to conduct special activations aimed at educating the futureAyurvedic medical professionals about the Dabur range of ethical and classical medicines.
A mega visibility drive was launched under which in-clinic communication andinformation guides for consumers were placed at outlets, besides counter branding wasenhanced at 3,000 key Ayurvedic outlets across the country. Your Company has also put inplace an initiative to educate the people manning counters at key Ayurvedic outlets aboutthe Dabur range.
Engagement programmes were conducted for Vaids throughout the year and nearly 700practising Vaids and key opinion leaders visited our Sahibabad unit, a move that helpedenhance Dabur's brand equity and perception amongst Ayurvedic practitioners. Specialinitiatives were also run on the digital medium to create more awareness about ourproducts and brands.
The year saw Dabur expand its Ethical range with the introduction of two new products-- Kanak Makara Dwaj and Taruni Kusumakar Churna.
As part of its plans to propagate the benefits of Ayurveda, Dabur has launched India'sfirst Ayurvedic Medical Journal, 'Ayurveda Samvad'. This quarterly journal, first of itskind in India, will cover detailed information about the various clinical trials beingconducted on Ayurvedic medicines. It is a part of Dabur's constant endeavour to propagatemessages on the Ayurvedic way of life to manage health and diseases. It will also featurearticles covering original scientific studies in the field of Ayurvedic medicines withdirect clinical significance, addressing health care issues and public health policy.
The home and personal care market in India has been growing at a steady pace year onyear, driven by increasing per capita income, rapid urbanization and the risingaspirations among young Indians. While personal grooming products have largely beentargeting the discerning female consumer, beauty and personal care products are nowincreasingly becoming gender-specific. There is a rising aspiration among Indian men tolook better groomed and this, interestingly, is not restricted to big cities only but isvisible in smaller towns too. We have been responding to these emerging trends in themarket with offerings to cater to the beauty and grooming needs of every section of thesociety.
The Home & Personal Care (HPC) vertical in Dabur's Consumer Care Business coverscategories like Hair Care (Hair Oils and Shampoos), Oral Care (toothpastes andtoothpowder) and Skin & Body Care, besides a host of Home Care products like AirFresheners, Mosquito Repellents and Toilet Cleaners. Almost all of these categories havebeen witnessing high levels of competitive intensity in the recent years in a bid tocapture the consumer's mind space.
Dabur, on the strength of its well established brands and a highly differentiatedproduct range, has performed well in spite of stiff competition and ended the year withstrong volume-led growth. We believe that consumer satisfaction is the single mostimportant measure of success for us and the increasing demand for our products validatesthe trust that consumers place in them.
Hair Care
Indian consumers consider hair care as an integral part of their daily beauty andgrooming regime. As the incidence of hair styling grows in the country, the fear ofchemicals harming the hair has also emerged as an area of great concern. Dabur, with itsportfolio of natural hair care solutions, has been addressing this concern and providesthe most-preferred natural hair care brands in the country today.
Our Hair Care portfolio comprises a range of natural hair oils and shampoos. This rangehas now been extended with the launch of natural hair conditioners. During fiscal 2013-14,Dabur's Hair Care portfolio grew by 7.1% and now contributes to 28.1% of the Consumer CareBusiness.
After few years of reporting strong double-digit growth, the Hair Oil industry showedsome signs of weakening in the later part of fiscal 2013-14. This slowdown was prevalentacross all segments of the Hair Oil market with categories like coconut hair oils,perfumed hair oils, light hair oils and cooling hair oils slowing down.
Even during these trying times, Dabur's key hair oil brands -Dabur Amla Hair Oil andthe recently-launched Dabur Almond Hair Oil performed well. Our flagship hair oil brandDabur Amla Hair Oil reported good volume growth during the year and further cemented itsposition as the largest and most preferred perfumed hair oil brand in the country with aconsumer base of over 60 million users.
The company continued to move forward on its two-pronged strategy with Dabur Amla,targeting the mustard oil users in the Hindi belt on one hand and communicating thebenefit of Dabur Amla to consumers in South India on the other. To drive home this messagein South India, we organized a regional beauty contest, 'Hunt for Black Beautiful Hair'and joined hands with a leading private FM radio station in Tamil Nadu to host a megainitiative that helped us reach out to over 3 lac women in the state. These initiativeshave helped build a strong base in South India for Dabur Amla hair Oil and this region isreportin
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sensing terrain elevation using the weather radar system; and
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This application is related to U.S. application Ser. No. 11/900,002 entitled "SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A TERRAIN DATABASE AND/OR POSITION VALIDATION" by Woodell et al., and U.S. application Ser. No. 11/851,323 entitled "SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SENSOR-BASED TERRAIN AVOIDANCE" by McCusker, both filed on an even date herewith and assigned to the Assignee of this patent application and incorporated herein by reference.
The present specification relates to terrain warning systems. Conventionally, pilots use terrain warning systems such as terrain awareness and warning systems (TAWS), ground proximity warning systems (GPWS), and enhanced GPWS (EGPWS). Terrain warning systems have been designed to provide critical information to pilots and flight crews to reduce aviation accidents related to controlled flight into terrain.
Terrain warning systems generally can provide visual and audio warnings to prevent controlled flight into terrain. Terrain warning systems generally are coupled with a visual display and an audio system and receive positional information related to the aircraft's actual or relative position. Terrain warning systems receive various input criteria about location (e.g., latitude, longitude, and altitude) of the aircraft as well as its speed and direction of travel (e.g., heading). Terrain warning systems map the input criteria to a terrain database. The result can be used to indicate that the aircraft is in danger of hitting the terrain as represented by the terrain database.
The visual or audio warning issued by the terrain warning system can include instructions for evasive maneuvers to the pilot. The warnings can be generated from a conventional terrain awareness algorithm or from a radio altitude/aircraft state system.
The terrain warning system can receive input criteria from a variety of sources. For example, the aircraft's position can be provided by a flight management system, a global positioning system, an inertial navigation system, pilot input, or any other position sensing device. In addition, redundant sensors can be utilized. For example, altitude can be determined both from a GPS system and an onboard altimeter.
The terrain database can be referenced to particular locations (e.g., latitude, longitude, altitude, etc.) and stored on non-volatile memory such as hard drives. Some databases are local or regional while others are global. Generally, conventional terrain warning systems have utilized databases based upon information generated prior to the flight of the aircraft. Some of the data can be relatively old and require updated information related to man-made objects, such as buildings, radio towers, bridges, etc. Such systems can be prone to false alarms due to database inaccuracy/resolution and missed hazardous states due to new terrain obstacle/features.
Accordingly, there is a need for a system that can generate an in-flight estimate of terrain elevation for a TAWS, RTAWS, or GPWS. There is also a need to determine a terrain elevation estimate using an aircraft sensor. There is further a need to sense terrain elevation in real time or pseudo real time for a terrain warning system. Yet further, there is a need for an accurate low cost method of generating terrain elevation.
It would be desirable to provide a system and/or method that provides one or more of these or other advantageous features. Other features and advantages will be made apparent from the present specification. The teachings disclosed extend to those embodiments which fall within the scope of the appended claims, regardless of whether they accomplish one or more of the aforementioned needs.
An exemplary embodiment relates to a method of generating a terrain elevation database for a terrain avoidance system on an aircraft using a weather radar system. The method includes sensing terrain elevation using the weather radar system, and storing the terrain elevation.
Another exemplary embodiment relates to an aircraft weather radar system for use with a terrain avoidance system. The weather radar system includes an antenna, and a processor coupled to the antenna. The processor uses weather radar returns received from the antenna to determine terrain elevation data for use by a terrain avoidance function.
Still another exemplary embodiment relates to a terrain elevation database for an aircraft terrain avoidance system. The terrain elevation database includes an input, and a storage. The input is configured to receive terrain elevation estimates derived from an onboard weather radar system.
It would be desirable to provide a system and/or method that provides one or more of these or other advantageous features. Other features and advantages will be made apparent from the present specification. The teachings disclosed extend to those embodiments which fall within the scope of the appended claims, regardless of whether they accomplish one or more of the aforementioned needs.
The invention will become more fully understood from the following detailed description, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to like elements, in which:
Before describing in detail the particular improved system and method, it should be observed that the invention includes, but is not limited to a novel structural combination of conventional data/signal processing components and circuits, and not in the particular detailed configurations thereof. Accordingly, the structure, methods, functions, control and arrangement of conventional components and circuits have, for the most part, been illustrated in the drawings by readily understandable block representations and schematic diagrams, in order not to obscure the disclosure with structural details which will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, having the benefit of the description herein. Further, the invention is not limited to the particular embodiments depicted in the exemplary diagrams, but should be construed in accordance with the language in the claims.
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Weather radar system 10 can be similar to the system described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,388,608. Alternatively, weather radar system 10 can be a radar-based wind shear detection system or a monopulse radar system. Advantageously, system 10 is capable of providing terrain elevation estimates or data to a terrain database 150 for use with terrain warning system 225. According to one embodiment, the terrain elevation estimates are provided real time or almost real time as aircraft 100 is operated.
Aircraft 100 preferably includes an antenna system 200 including a tilt control 203, a radar antenna 104, and a receiver/transmitter circuit 102. System 100 preferably includes a processor 208 and a memory 206. System 100 is coupled to display 110 which can be a multi-function flight display, a dedicated display, or any type of visual display.
In a preferred embodiment, weather radar system 10 is configured to provide terrain elevation estimates and system 225 utilizes terrain elevation database 150 to provide terrain warnings or terrain avoidance instructions via display 110 or an audio system 112. Although system 10 and 225 are shown as distinct systems, they can be provided as a single system or as parts of other systems or other electronics associated with aircraft 100.
System 225 can be any type of TAWS system that uses a terrain elevation database. System 225 is preferably coupled to a terrain elevation database 150 for receiving terrain elevation estimates. System 225 can be configured to provide warnings and corrective actions to prevent controlled flight into terrain. System 225 can include basic ground proximity warning system (GPWS) alerts, forward-looking terrain avoidance (FLTA), and premature descent alerting (PDA) functions. System 225 can operate according to FAA technical standard order TSO-C115b.
Processor 208 can utilize a variety of techniques for determining or generating terrain elevation estimates for terrain elevation database 150. In one embodiment, processor 208 is configured to have system 10 provide multiple beams swept in azimuth that have different beam elevations. The multiple beams can be used to determine an angle to terrain features using the difference in return power to estimate the target angle within the beam. Using the range with both this intra-beam angle and the beam's center angle, the altitude of the terrain can be determined relative to the altitude of aircraft 100. The use of multiple beams is similar to target angle estimation by lobing between different antennas, each pointing at a different elevation in the terrain detection case. Just as amplitude can be compared between two beams so can the received signal phase to produce a classic monopulse or sequential lobing estimate of the target angle within the beam set.
In another alternative, antenna 104 can be controlled in a single azimuth sweep while the data used to support terrain height estimation is taken with either a vertical monopulse antenna or vertically orientated sequential lobed antenna. In yet another alternative, the antenna may have vertically swept beams using monopulse antennas and receivers to create terrain data or estimates. Such systems have been utilized in military terrain following and terrain alerting (TF/TA) systems. Advantageously, the use of system 10 allows an existing onboard system of aircraft 100 to provide a low-cost integration for onboard calculation of terrain elevation estimates for a terrain elevation database 150.
Processor 208 can receive altitude information from aircraft position sensor 114 to determine the elevation of the terrain, obstacle or feature of the terrain. Sensor 114 can be a GPS system, an altimeter, radar altimeter, etc. Alternatively, processor 208 can provide a relative terrain data which is used by terrain warning system 225 to determine the sensed terrain elevation.
The terrain elevation estimates can be provided in a variety of forms. In the preferred embodiment, terrain elevation estimates are referenced to mean sea-level in height. Aircraft altitude is generally referenced to mean sea-level. The terrain data is preferably referenced to location (e.g., latitude, longitude, etc.). Images representative of the terrain data can be displayed as a grayscale or color on an X-Y plane, where colors, darkness or lightness represent altitude. The terrain data can also be provided as a relative terrain with respect to the altitude of the aircraft or flight plan.
Database 150 can be configured in variety of fashions. In one embodiment, database 150 is addressed with respect to geographic location. In another embodiment, database 150 can be addressed with respect to its relative position with respect to the aircraft.
In a preferred embodiment, weather radar system 10 is a pulse Doppler radar system. System 10 preferably includes a weather radar return processing unit (e.g., processor 208) that can calculate standard deviations of wind velocities, a mean velocity parameter, a spectral width parameter, a range parameter, a weather height parameter and reflectivity parameter to generate turbulence alerts, and to provide a display signal to display 110. System 10 is also capable of recording historical data for use in cell growth analysis. In one embodiment, system 10 detects reflectivity by measuring the power of the returned signal. Velocity is measured by detecting changes in phase angle of returned pulses. Spectral width is measured by detection variation in change of phase angle of returned pulses. Cell height is determined by comparing return power levels at different tilt angles or by examining data from a volumetric memory representing different altitudes. Alternatively, system 10 can be a monopulse system.
Display 110 preferably provides color graphical images corresponding to the intensity of the radar returns. The graphical images can represent weather regions, rainfall densities, turbulence regions, etc. System 225 can cause display 110 to provide visual indications of potential hazards (e.g., obstacles and terrain) including icons. In one embodiment, audio alerts are also provided on audio equipment 112.
System 10 can be a WXR-2100 MultiScan™ radar system or similar system manufactured by Rockwell Collins configured to include the features associated with terrain database 150. According to certain embodiments, system 10 can be an RDR 4000 system or similar system manufactured by Honeywell International, Inc. configured to include the features associated with terrain elevation database 150. The principles of the present invention are applicable to any aircraft weather radar system. The present invention is not limited to any type of hardware platform.
In operation, processor 208 of system 10 provides signals, either directly to receiver/transmitter circuit 102 or indirectly through memory 206, to provide radar beams at radar antenna 104. Preferably, processor 208 is configured to operate system 10 as a pulse Doppler multi-scan, multi-tilt angle radar system or a volumetric radar system in which radar beams are produced at more than one tilt angle. Processor 208 receives radar returns through receiver/transmitter circuit 102.
Processor 208 can receive the radar returns (or signals/data related thereto) directly or through memory 206. Receiver/transmitter circuit 102 can be a single path or can have separate circuits for a receive path and a transmit path. Processor 208 can use radar returns to determine a reflectivity parameter, a mean velocity parameter and/or a spectral width parameter for use by system 10. Processor 208 executes software to effect terrain sensing and weather sensing operations.
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Preferably, processor 208 includes a weather detection software module 211 for determining the presence of weather in response to weather radar returns and a terrain detection software module 209 for determining the presence of terrain and obstacles in response to weather radar returns. Modules 211 and 209 preferably operate on the weather radar computing platform associated with system 10. System 10 preferably alternates between weather detection and terrain detection as the flight of aircraft 100 occurs or uses antenna/transmitter pulse patterns that may be used for both the weather and terrain detection function. Dual pulse patterns advantageously reduce the total number of antenna sweeps needed to collect the different kinds of needed data (e.g., for windshear, weather, terrain, obstacle, and runway confirmation).
In one embodiment, system 10 removes data that is related to weather detected by processor 208 before it is stored in storage 151. In this embodiment, system 10 advantageously filters or subtracts out returns from the terrain elevation estimates that are associated with weather features but not with terrain features.
Such a system 10 can utilize various weather detection techniques to determine whether the feature is actual weather. For example, the estimated altitude of the feature associated with the weather radar returns can be compared to a generalized terrain database to determine if it is weather or terrain feature. (E.g., a feature at an unusually high altitude in a plain region is more likely to be weather than terrain.) System 10 can be configured to ignore a feature if its height is well above known parameters (e.g., height is above an error factor for the region).
Alternatively, other radar features and signatures can be utilized to determine whether the return is associated with terrain. Doppler conditions can be monitored to detect movement. Doppler mean frequencies can be estimated from radar return data. The difference between the estimated ground modeled Doppler and the radar derived target estimated Doppler frequency may be used to separate ground returns from weather returns. Alternatively, the radar data may be filtered in the frequency domain to reject weather information.
In one embodiment, storage 151 is sized to provide terrain data associated with the flight path. As aircraft 100 passes locations with stored data, storage 151 can over-write these locations with new data from locations in front of the aircraft 100. Alternatively, storage 151 is a global storage base or regional storage base associated with aircraft 100. Storage 151 is gradually built as aircraft flies from destination to destination. If aircraft 100 passes over the same terrain, the existing data in storage 151 can be rewritten or can be averaged to provide new data for the location. In this way, inaccuracies associated with a particular flight path can be reduced as the aircraft passes over the same route. In one embodiment, the averaging can be a weighted average in which older data does not contribute as much to the average as newer data.
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While the detailed drawings, specific examples and particular formulations given describe preferred and exemplary embodiments, they serve the purpose of illustration only. The inventions disclosed are not limited to the specific forms shown. For example, the methods may be performed in any of a variety of sequence of steps. The hardware and software configurations shown and described may differ depending on the chosen performance characteristics and physical characteristics of the radar system devices. For example, the type of device, communications bus, or processor used may differ. The systems and methods depicted and described are not limited to the precise details and conditions disclosed. Furthermore, other substitutions, modifications, changes, and omissions may be made in the design, operating conditions, and arrangement of the exemplary embodiments without departing from the scope of the invention as expressed in the appended claims.
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