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It wasn't the competition on the gridiron that turned the Super Bowl into the world's most valuable sporting event brand. It was competition for the game's halftime television audience.
The NFL had been doing something special for the Super Bowl's halftime show since its first contest in 1967. The game plan was working fine as viewership and advertising rates kept increasing. But in 1992 Fox boss Rupert Murdoch spotted a weakness: the Super Bowl's halftime acts weren't hip. Some decent names performed. But not the really big ones. People stopped watching at halftime. Especially the young, hip audiences advertisers crave.
Fox, which had not yet become a partner of the NFL, saw a way to score: During the 1992 game, when Gloria Estefan was performing, Fox had its popular show In Living Color do a live Super Bowl spoof, complete with a game clock so viewers could see when the second half of the Super Bowl was going to start and switch back to CBS. The episode of In Living Color was a huge hit. Ratings for the second half of the Super Bowl crashed 10 points.
Makes sense. If you are twentysomething and have had a couple of beers, would you rather see a show produced by Rosie Perez with Keenan and Ivory Wayans and Jim Carrey, or Estefan?
The NFL learned this lesson: Don't skimp on your most-prized asset. Enter Michael Jackson for the Super Bowl's 1993 halftime show on NBC. The biggest act on the planet for the biggest game. The Super Bowl's ratings increased 8.6% over the previous year, and just as important, NBC kept its audience during halftime as well as the game's second half. Last year's halftime show with Madonna generated a higher rating than the game.
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Here is a short essay written by my brother DUXe (not Marcel the phony) taken from my internet forum..
The Mayan Prophecy
According to many New Age believers, the Mayan Prophecy states that the world as we know it will change on December 21, 2012. This is not a new phenomena; as landmark dates draw near, end of the world theories creep out of the woodwork with astonishing popularity.
This particular theory, though, has been around for more than 5000 years. It began when the ancient Mayans plotted our position in the Milky Way and launched the Mayan calendar. However, the astrological prediction has since been exaggerated and redefined by the media.
The Mayans believed and prophecized that around the year 1999 AD, mankind would have 13 years to recognize our own patterns of self destruction. Then, starting at the winter solstice 2012, marking a major alignment (or alliance) in our solar system, our entire lives would be tested and only those most in touch with their spiritual faith would survive. They claim a natural or man-made disaster will occur (although no-one can agree on the exact nature or date of the event) tearing apart the civilized world and taking us back to hunter-gatherer days or worse.
The prophecy is not unlike the Judgement Days discussed in Bible Revelations Scripture as well as the predictions from Nostradamus for the first part of the 21st century. They also describe a space journey led by two soldierss of Heaven to rescue the innocent and faithful that bring them to a "new Earth" or planet where peace and harmony shall reign for over a thousand years. A new planet and star system would explain the need for a new calender.
In any case, December 12th 2012 is a turning point, and if 1999 marks a point for the turning then perhaps so does 13 years after or 2025. We doubt anything picturesque or explosive will happen on December 21st, 2012, but we do know for a fact that big changes are going to offer themselves to mankind as our society crumbles around us. Just take a look around. Many are dying and suffering while others are working more and more while a few are richer than ever before. Many will die quick. Many will suffer slowly. Many will be rewarded. Perhaps this turning point symbolizes a change of "tide" where the first shall be the last and the last shall be the first, generally speaking. You get the idea...
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To The Editor:
I would like to thank Win for pointing out the $760,000 windfall in newfound tax money that the state recently collected. Seven hundred sixty thousand dollars can go a long way, but for now it is held deep in the golden bosom of the state capital building. On the other hand maybe it was spent faster than the optical transmission speed of this email.
Sigh...yes education. Do we all actually think the money actually goes to the teachers? I know it doesn't. My father was a schoolteacher and I saw that there is never any money, ever. I saw how the politicians took the teacher vote for granted. The teachers are always buying supplies for the classroom on their own. The teachers are always passed over for raises. The teachers are always put on the firing line every day as role models, psychologists, coaches and other duties. It is endless. The money simply goes to building very expensive buildings and to redundant principals and administration or, if you dare say, to fund unnecessary programs. School systems never buy new schoolbooks so the children go home and their parents see how old the books are. This is used to get the parents voting to increase school budgets even more!
See the tax system? They have tied it intrinsically to education like a Siamese twin. Every day and every session in Montpelier is only set to delay any meaningful change to it. The statehouse laughs at us, the perceived proletariat. For us to ask a simple question about the tax system or accountability is set up (by design) to put us on our heels. It is quite brilliant actually. To be a critic will yield the accusation of not wanting to help the "children." To be a critic will land you in the same camp with "those right-wing nutjobs."
I don't care what your "wing," if a "wing" is your "thing," but The Valley money simply needs to stop going to Montpelier en masse. This is too much and after these property tax bills, I am glad to go ride this weekend on the mountain to blow off some steam! Maybe Sugarbush should have called the Sneak Preview the "tax steam blowoff weekend" instead!
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Originally posted by matraque
I cannot believe that if you were after a raesoned debate you would have phrased your question in such a trollish way, especially for someone who has over 1000 posts, you know the score.
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Originally posted by AmphysvenaOriginally posted by Cthulhu23
But the target demographic is in bed by 9pm. You should check about 6pm after the homework is done and before dad gets home for dinner.
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Originally posted by RefMinor
You all need to listen to this man here, he's a grown up, he's a real man, not like all you kids playing tor. Tbh if you aren't playing the same game as this god among men, chances are you are either pre-pubescent, living in a basement at your mums, have a very small penis.... did I miss any my mature prophet?
Originally posted by mrw0lfOriginally posted by RefMinor
No, but you added a few from your own psyche
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Originally posted by RefMinor
See!!! Oh man your my hero, a role model for the mature crowd. If you want to be like this man don't play tor
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Girlfriends come and go but Epic battles are Soulbound
stating server loads at peak / non-peak is all well and good but it means little if you don't know what the exact population cap is for each server.
My guess is that one server can only handle 5k max. But only BW knows for sure.
Velika: City of Wheels: Among the mortal races, the humans were the only one that never built cities or great empires; a curse laid upon them by their creator, Gidd, forced them to wander as nomads for twenty centuries...
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playing games that you don't have to.
why dont you SWG guys go and create swg forum and talk your swg shite in there?
on the topic successfull like some noted there if server max is 5k players top.
easy to make servers look medi full allthetime.
success to fans non success to players who dont give a ***** about the saga.
it is just another hold hand singple player mmo to add in junk box period.
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LOL a success ... why ? because of the Main Single Player [boring] Story ?? Or the lack to get people to play together "longer" then the 1 or 2 Missions ?!
The only Success i see in StarWars is that i am completely cured of the, and now pls listen, really really shitty and f**king boring Quests. Even if they talk with a voice ... i dont give a shit. Endcontent is which differs the MMORPGS from each other and there is nothing beside ideas, lies and EA / Bioware Crap .... I liked Bioware, but these people are not working there anymore. And the whole community buy all the shit because of the "Firm Name" .... open your eyes and see that you play a SinglePlayer Game with Monthly Costs and a "we dont know anything about PVP but you get more Single Quests..."
My Idea EA / Bioware .... if i play only the Single Player Missions, do i need still to pay the monthly fee ?
And for all the Haters of SWTOR who see a new King appear with the Name of TERA ...... PLS !!!! reactivate your WoW-Accounts or play Diablo Shit 3 or whatever ....
TERA needs Poeple to "PLAY TOGETHER" ..... something you all forgot why we started such games the first way .... "Hell yeah, i payed 12$, so i can do what i want" ..... yes you can, but pls stay in the game you actually playing .... if i found some of you guys on my server, you will unsubscribe faster then you can say "Single Player Missions rock....." ;)
To make it all clear in a small sentence .... the new GAMES didnt get boring or bad ... its the player who sucks the most atm !! So pls dont scream "more content" when you were the playing idiot and destroyed the game yourself, because you tried to reach something when you forgot to sleep and leveled all day, just to be first of "what" ???
Think about it ;) its the players who suck and no game can compensate that :P
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Now that SWTOR is obviously a failure, this thread needs to be closed for good.
Off-topic: does anybody remember the days when the hype train was going full speed and simply thinking of mentioning EA Louse summoned a stampedo rabid fanboys in your general direction? Now when cinders are turning to ashes, it's time for he-told-you-so. He said that the best thing about SWTOR was voiceover and the rest of the game was a joke and he was right.
MMORPG genre is dead. Long live MMOCS (Massively Multiplayer Online Cash Shop).
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Hi.here are my opinions on star wars the old republic.they are not intended to offend anyone or to troll/flame.These are my genuine opinions.I waited almost a decade for this games release.
I liked the kotors alot.I like Swtor for what it is.pretty much kotor turned into a linear mmo.On that note it is very un-polished and it is still a very lack luster / easy game.Within ~1-1.5 month(s) I had lvl'd to endgame and cleared all of the content on all difficulty modes. All of this with a guild I threw together on the fly while lvling from ~40-50.
I was really looking foward to something much harder (atleast on NMM).This wasn't the case.We cleared EV and KP normal mode our first night of ops.Though at first soa gave us a bit of trouble.But nothing a few pulls didn't iron out.I never seen a normal mode ops again... went from that to clearing the hardmode versions within the next 2 ops nights.Cleared both once more for a total of only 2 times..countem..two before going onto NMM.
Going into nmm the very next week there were no new mechanics.Tighter enrage timers and more hitpoints.We were expecting atleast the introduction of a cure/cleanse mechanic or some new mechanics of some kind.There were none.We worked on EV all the way up to soa.Stopped.Went to KP..full clear lol.Went back to soa (who did give us a small headache once again) and downed her.
To say the least this frustrated me and a number of my newfound guildies.Also i'd like to bring to light, something silly. The bonus boss in Kaon flashpoint (hm) is harder than 70% of the ops encounters LOL. The only mobs we came up with that were harder, was soa,bonethrasher and mabey the 2nd to last robot boss in KP ,wich even the robot was trivial by the time we had gotten to the hardmode version.
Here is a list of problems with the game, inwich any game should have worked out by release (or even by beta phase lol).
*Swtor is ialpha phase quality!Seriously, don't be in denial about this. Soon i hope it will become beta quality.
*Can we get a fully functioning galactic trade network?
*The loot tables could have been itemized better by a 5 year old. (if you havent went through all fps and operations then dont comment please).The loot itemization just goes to show they dont give a crap and that they just threw it together.The people who have seen the content knows exactly what i mean.Its not just little things either... Seeing as how long this game has been in developement you'd think the itemization wouldnt be atleast beta worthy.
*The game engine is very poorly coded.I mean very poorly, not a little bit.
*I want the advertised textures seen in the ingame footage vids by BW... the textures on player models especially look like dog puke.This wasnt a game breaker, as i dont soley judge on graphics...
*Lack luster boss mechanics.At the very least..Where are the cure/cleanse mechanics at?!
*Clunky combat.Delayed animations.
*The UI... do I really need to say anymore about the ui??...its very bad.
*Customer service... make a ticket the next time something screwsup..and see what transpires...this is terrible.
If they hadn't pushed this game out by xmas for absurd sales figures then we may have seen a polished game at release.The stories are even linear, so there's not even any motivation to roll alts.. atleast for me there was no motivation.At this stage..if i wanted good vast SW stories id read a book and skip all of the combat and lvling in swtor.
Now I know you think im hating on the game or w/e.I really did want to like it.I wanted it to be as deep as the baldurs gate series with starwars gameplay.far from that...
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Standard MMO launch. First month is always full of subs regardless of MMO. Second month it retains those subs because people either A. hope it'll get better B. were busy doing something else and haven't played enough or C. Forgot to unsub before it renewed. Third month the game flops, though SWTOR won't flop for a while and it'll certainly have a chance at life if the development team pulls their heads out of their asses.
The game is a wash. It's not bad for the casual player looking to play a few hours a day couple of times per week, but it's not a game that anyone can play 5-7 days a week for 6-8 hours a day and enjoy. The content is too easy and a lot of it is buggy. The loot is generic and optimized poorly for classes. The PvP is boring and dull, expertise is a broken stat. I could go on and on about why I unsubbed, but the truth is that SWTOR is a great casual game. Not only will the casual audience continue to play it, but so will the fanboys. With those two audiences, they should have enough income per month to sustain the game and develop additional features.
If Bioware plays their cards right they could potentially address all of the games current problems within 3-4 months and pull in a large audience, including the hardcore players. It's certainly not a success, but it won't fail either. Not at the moment anyway.
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I got so much trouble on my mind Refuse to lose.
Originally posted by Klizzi
Well said
This why the game should have been B2P from the start.
Instead misleading lot of people, when its clear the game is on the way to F2P very soon
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I got so much trouble on my mind Refuse to lose.
Originally posted by Pilnkplonk
Good one
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Originally posted by Klizzi
Yes.The casuals will stick around.The BW fanboys will too.But the biggest audience that is BW bread and butter is the starwars audience.Especially the ones who never dabbled in mmos, but played soley because they are SW fanatics.LOL, if it's their first MMO and they are big SW fans, then nodoubt those will stay..s they will think the game is a god among games...
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Not true. Any themepark game gives you limited choices about what you can actually do. Say, if you like to explore, there's only so much terrain in the game world. When it comes to more "meaningful" activities, there's even less choice. Zones are level-based and so are dungeons. Endgame content has gear checks. Boss fights are scripted events that have a limited number of viable solutions.
PvP is less limited but even there you can't escape the power of math. If PvP is gear based, those who have the best gear always (statistically) prey on the weak and no amount of skill can change this. Instanced PvP maps can have many possible strategies but most of them are too complex (or not straightforward enough) for a pug group, so you won't see anything unusual happening unless it's a premade vs. premade. Finally, world PvP almost always degrades to either ganking or zerg depending on how many people participate. (I remember some great ~5v5 fights in WAR but even there it was mostly just zerg).
WoW Arena is pretty much the pinnacle of MMO PvP and most games don't even have anything like Arena.
MMORPG genre is dead. Long live MMOCS (Massively Multiplayer Online Cash Shop).
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Its not even a themepark mmo .... because in a themepark, you never hear Mickey Mouse or Dany der Weissigelersatzhase talk .... so you are still left with some imagination.
In StarWars you get the complete brutal package of unhidden truth .... Hard and Clear commanding voices from the NPCs, which will massage your Jagon if you do their biddings.
I am one of this players who ~never~ reads the Quest Storys or other lame stuff. Run to NPC, click Accept and search for the circle on the map :P and do Stuff to pretend that the Game has a deeper Story because i killed 2000 Worms ... to reach a level, where i can kill the Worms faster :P
So if you ask me what the "deep story" of SWTOR is, i just can tell you that "Darth Vader" wants to move his stuff for living to another starcruiser, because his Mom is shouting all the time that he should get a real job, instead of dreaming having massaging jagon nights with an ewok to create the first hobbit in space .... and maybe the DeathStar .... or whatever :-P
I even think i made some Missions on the USS-Enterprise ... and helped Sheppard to find his sheeps to prepare for Batlle "Boring and his Cutscenes" called a game :P ... who knows ... if thats the reason (the story in swtor) for the 75% to stay, then listen to my idea ;)
Go and watch a Movie .... mostly! better Stories / Effects / No Loot / .... and maybe you find a nice girl which will lessing out with you later ..,. if you are a sweet girl like me :P
So lets get all together and pull the middlefinger to EA / Bioware and give them 1 year to make a "Real MMO" in the WING COMMANDER Universe !!! And if you dont have middlefingers, then why the hell you wanna play with a Pad ?? or even the Wii-Mote ?


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Noted author and Kentucky native, Barbara Kingsolver, will be the keynote speaker at Hindman Settlement School's 36th Annual Appalachian Writers' Workshop (July 28-Aug. 2, 2013), along with several other talented writers.
Kingsolver is the author of 14 books and was named one the most important writers of the 20th Century by Writers Digest. In 2000 she received the National Humanities Medal for service through the arts. She has received multiple awards from the American Booksellers Association and the American Library Association, among many others. The Poisonwood Bible was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the Orange Prize, and won the national book award of South Africa. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle won numerous prizes including the James Beard award. In 2011, Kingsolver was awarded the Dayton Literary Peace Prize for the body of her work. Her newest novel, "Flight Behavior," was released in November of 2012. Kingsolver will speak and sign books on Thursday night.
This year's Appalachian Writers' Workshop includes sessions on Appalachian literature, nonfiction, poetry, short story, memoir, novel and special sessions on songwriting and writing for film and new media. The sessions will be taught by a group of published writers who mentor workshop participants, both in groups and individually.
Each evening, workshop staff members will read from their works. Evening programs start at 7:30 p.m. (7 p.m. on Sunday) and are free and open to the public. All readings will be in the May Stone Building at Hindman Settlement School.
The evening schedule includes:
Sunday, July 28 Silas House | Caroline Herring, followed by a Folk Dance
Monday, July 29 Glenn Taylor | Karen Salyer McElmurray | Jack Wright
Tuesday, July 30 George Ella Lyon | Alex Taylor | Tony Crunk
Wednesday, July 31 Mark Powell | Holly Goddard Jones | Fenton Johnson
Thursday, Aug. 1 Jim Wayne Miller/James Still Keynote by Barbara Kingsolver
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EASTERN - Five Allen Central scorers reached double figures on Friday night as the Lady Rebels beat 57th District and 15th Region contender Lawrence County 82-66 at J.E. Campbell Arena.
Allen Central defeated Lawrence County for its fourth straight win. The Lady Rebels remained in the win column two nights after outlasting Floyd County foe Betsy Layne in overtime.
Brooklyn Martin led Allen Central with a team-high 24 points. Hannah MacElhose scored 15 points, Sarah Rife and Alyssa Moore added 14 apiece and Krista Parsons pushed in 12 for the Lady Rebels.
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Murray State University signee Taylor Porter paced Lawrence County with a game-high 29 points. Porter led a Lawrence County offensive effort that featured three scorers in double figures.
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To The Editor:
Several pieces in The Valley Reporter over the past couple of weeks have misinformed readers about taxes and labor. Dick Kingsbury and Win Smith both bemoaned high taxes with Mr. Smith connecting high taxes to his ability to pay more decent wages at Sugarbush.
Before I go on I'll tell you that this is not a personal attack. I don't know these men personally nor do I care about them on a personal level. I'm only saying they're deeply misinformed about the facts and history of taxes and labor.
1. Our income taxes are the 18th lowest of the 20 OECD countries, being only higher than Mexico and Chile (which not coincidentally have high rates of wealth disparity just like we do). So those who complain about high income tax might want to think of relocating to one of those two countries.
2. History shows that our highest productivity and lowest inflation was during the high wage, high income tax era after WWII. Marginal income tax rates topped out at over 90 percent. Inflation was level at about 3 percent as was unemployment. So, taxes have nothing to do with hiring help. (Remember, if minimum wage had gone up the same as productivity, minimum wage would be $22 per hour, not $8.50.)
3. Employers and employees are in a symbiotic relationship. They need each other. Mr. Smith knows he needs human beings to run the ski area. He could not make money without them. He needs those workers whatever the income tax rate. Also wages come directly off of the top line of corporate income so labor is not an income tax issue.
4. Logically, if wages go up when income tax goes down, why have wages stagnated in the last four decades while income taxes on the rich have plummeted? Income taxes are grossly too low. Hence the deteriorating infrastructure Mr. Smith admits needing.
5. Just in terms of human decency, you're making enough to pay what you feel are high taxes while your fellow citizens are working 40 to 80 hours a week to barely scrape by. Doesn't that move you at all?
Robin Lehman


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Fifteen neighborhood associations in the Tysons Corner area are working together to convince Fairfax County not to build a new highway ramp that would cut into a stream valley.
Calling itself Save Tysons Last Forest, the coalition members have been lobbying officials and collecting petition signatures to oppose the road.
County transportation staff have been evaluating the ramp option as a way to alleviate traffic as Tysons continues to grow. The plans for Tysons adopted in 2010 included a new street grid with three potential new connections to the Dulles Toll Road.
One of the three, west of Va. 7, commonly is referred to as the Boone Boulevard extension. It could go through a stream valley park to connect the new road to the Dulles Toll Road, or there could be ramps snaking around the existing Sheraton hotel.
Department of Transportation Director Tom Biesiadny said the county is doing a high-level analysis of the Boone Boulevard extension and the two other possible ramp connections, looking at transportation benefits, as well as potential environmental and other effects.
�It�s a very high-level feasibility study,� he said. The ramps, if they are ever built, are not expected to be completed for decades.
The community group Save Tysons Last Forest is making several arguments against the possible extension, and hoping to get the option removed from consideration.
�It�s amazing how quickly the community came together,� said Pam Konde, president of the Greater Tysons Green Civic Association, which has about 350 members. �Now, everyone is sort of playing the role of the Lorax.�
The Old Courthouse Spring Branch property is owned by the Fairfax County Park Authority. The group thinks the land has several layers of legal protection, starting with covenants on the deeds from when the prior landowners granted the land to the county, which state the land is to remain as parkland. In addition, it has a �resource protection area� designation, which is designed to protect water quality by limiting development in flood plains and stream valleys.
In addition, the county�s comprehensive plan for Tysons also has language about protecting stream valley parks.
The forested area also serves as an important buffer between the commercial part of Tysons and the residential area, said Konde and Dean Mason, a resident of the Ashgrove Estates community who is active in the Save Tysons Forest area.
�There is precious little green space that is remaining,� Mason said. �That buffer is going to become that much more important as the commercial sections of Tysons become more developed.�
The route that would have the most impact on the stream valley is not the only option. Therefore, Mason and Konde said they have a hard time understanding why the county is considering damaging land that it has designated for preservation.
�We are saying, take it off the table right now,� Konde said. �It seems like an absolute waste of county time and money if they don�t believe it�s a viable option.�
Biesiadny said the county understands why the neighbors want to protect the land, and the community input has been valuable to the evaluation process. The county likely will have a new set of public meetings this fall to update residents on the study, he said.
Ultimately, the Board of Supervisors will decide which of the ramp options, if any, to put into county transportation plans.
�Even after the board makes a decision, then we have to get into the formal environmental review process,� Biesiadny said.


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Brand guidelines and logos
Below are the main new logos for you to use (GIF format). If you require other formats please contact Design & Photography.
It is essential that you check whether a logo is appropriate for a certain use. If in doubt please consult the Kew Brand Guidelines
Kew masterbrand logo
This is most important visual representation of the Kew brand. It is Kew's leading icon and so operates at the top of the hierarchy.
The 'Royal Botanic Gardens' strapline has a fixed relationship with the masterbrand logo. It should never appear alone or combined with any other graphic elements on communication. It will sit with the Kew logo to give greater understanding of the organisation.
Logo Application
Where possible the spot colour version should be used. Full colour variants should always be used on tonally light backgrounds. When the logo appears on tonally dark background or image the white version should be used.
The strapline is a fixed element of the masterbrand logo. Its colour is dictated by the version of the 'Kew' element. It is either whiteout or grey (PMS 432). The strapline may only be dropped from the Kew icon if clarity can not be ensured, ie stitching and size. If you encounter a problem, please contact Design & Photography.
- For all Microsoft office documents and presentations use the GIF.
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- The colour logo should always be used on a white background.
- The white logo is to be used against a coloured background or photograph. If using a photograph, please ensure the background is sufficiently saturated and strong enough for the logo to show up properly.
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Logo Application - MSBP
Where possible the 4 colour logo should be used although only on tonally light backgrounds. When the logo appears on tonally dark backgrounds the whiteout version should be used.
Always use EPS files for quality print and display work (eg in Quark, MS Word). If the software does not support the EPS format use TIF files. Use GIF files for fast screen display (eg Powerpoint) and on web pages. Spot colour EPS files are for use in specialised printing processes. Your production company will be able to advise on which file format to supply.
Logo GIFs
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Kew Masterbrand Colour
Kew Masterbrand Black
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MSBP Colour
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MSBP White