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Ellis Johnson, one of the best respected defensive minds in college football, has been named Auburn's defensive coordinator, head coach Gus Malzahn announced Thursday. Johnson is a 30-plus year coaching veteran who has 16 years of experience coaching in the Southeastern Conference.
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Last week over 450,00 pages of official documents relating to the Hillsborough disaster in 1989 were released into the public domain, most of them for the first time. Some of the documents are illuminating, some of them are harrowing. If you have an interest in stadia, crowds or 1980's politics and society, I would strongly reccomend having a read of some of the documents available here.
96 men, women and children were killed in crushing at the Leppings Lane End on 15 April 1989, at the FA Cup Semi-Final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. The Taylor Report immediately after the disaster largely absolved the authorities, principally the South Yorkshire Police, of any serious culpability, and senior police officers on the day have escaped responsibility in the decades since. Crucially, in 1989 Taylor did not have the wealth of material that we have available to us now.
There are hundreds of witness statements, from survivors, police officers, medics, Kenny Dalglish, Forest supporters, local Sheffield residents and many expert witnesses. There are official letters, reports and other documents covering organisations such as 10 Downing Street, the BBC, the Crown Prosecution Service, the FA, Home Office, Liverpool Echo, Liverpool City Council, Liverpool Football Club, Nottingham Forest Football Club, Sheffield Hospitals, South Yorkshire Police, Sheffield Wednesday Football Club and UEFA.
However, resolute campaigning on Merseyside led to the release of official documents before the 30 year rule, and the outcome has been significant. For years there had almost been an un-written, un-spoken assumption that Hillsborough was caused by hooliganism and crowd disorder, and the Liverpool fans in particular came in for much criticism, unfair as it turned out. Of course many fans who go to football matches drink alcohol, but having a couple of pints doesn't mean that you are incapable. And it's always been a common problem that fans wait until the last minute to enter the stadium, but that was well known and should have been adequately planned for and managed.
Whilst the South Yorkshire Constabulary have come in for particular criticism for their approach and crowd management, one wonders how much of this goes back to something that will be harder to trace – the attitude of the Thatcher Government to working class disorder, and football supporters in particular, and the pressure that was exerted on police forces post Heysel. This surely shaped how local police forces handled football matches, and how grounds were constructed. True to form Thatcher was no fan of a working class sport such as football, and it showed. After the dramatic summer of 1985 – which after riots at Luton-Millwall, Birmingham-Leeds and at Heysel, not to mention the Bradford fire, the Prime Minister is well known to have vowed to 'sort out' football. Post Heysel she even lobbied UEFA to ban English teams from European competitions. Was the prologue – and the epilogue – to Hillsborough a part of this campaign?
Viewed against the wider background of the 1980's, the Hillsborough disaster and its aftermath can be placed very firmly in the context of class tensions at the time. There was significant civil unrest throughout the period, including riots on Merseyside that would have politicised many a young working class Liverpudlian, and also and the miners strike which encompassed much of Yorkshire and involved much of South Yorkshire Police in resisting what was working class movement. It is hardly surprising that a police force that had been involved in what was essentially counter-insurgency on behalf of the government viewed football fans as a de-humanised rabble. Through all stages of the planning for the day, the dealing with the disaster and in the immediate aftermath, the Police emphasised again and again hooliganism, even when it was clear afterwards that hooliganism had not played a part. That the blood alcohol levels of those who were killed were thought relevant is telling indeed – they would have died whether that had drunk ten pints or a couple of cokes.
Witness statements suggest that most of the rank and file emergency service personnel on duty at Hillsborough performed admirably, given the nature of their training, briefing and leadership, which gave scant priority to safety and huge emphasis on hooliganism. Many police officers suffered serious psychological problems after their frantic work pulling bodies out of the crush and attempting to resucitate victims. By contrast, many of the senior commanders were paralysed, and not effectively in command and unable to make informed decisions. The match commander had minimal experience of policing football crowds. The Police Control Room was closely overlooking the Leppings Lane End, but even after the match was stopped it was still thought that a pitch invasion was underway. Consequently many police officers were deployed forming a cordon on the pitch, when they could have been assisting in the rescue.
What is even more inexcusable is that having caused the disaster by their ineptitude, senior officers in South Yorkshire Police then presided over what was a formally organised cover-up, consisting of altering large parts of police officers statements of their recollections of the day. Statements were reviewed by commanders and the force's solicitors, and many damming and critical statements were deleted. Why did the police feel the need to cover themselves? Some sources in South Yorkshire Police referred to the force as having its 'backs against the wall', and this might have led to officers to wish to give themselves some breathing space. Whilst people always want to defend their corner, to go to the extent of a de-facto smear campaign against innocent victims is inexcusable. Certainly, in the 1980's the police had been deployed by the Government to police working class unrest and disorder, and for a police force to be found guilty in such a situation would not have fitted in with the prevailing political mood regarding class tensions and football being plagued by hooliganism. Hence, there was probably not any significant pressure from above to investigate South Yorkshire Police further.
Against this background of new material, it is difficult not to look back on many of the developments of the past 23 years – not least the Taylor report, the inadequate inquests, and the lack of criminal charges – and conclude that much of the prevailing wisdom regarding Hillsborough has been undermined. The disaster was caused by inadequate and incompetent policing, combined with the perimeter fences and dividing of the Leppings Lane terrace into pens with radial fences. Factors that were supposedly contributory – drinking, late arrival for example – are still present in football grounds today. German football grounds still have terracing, and have some of the best safety records in world stadia. Whilst I know acknowledge that Taylor did not have the benefit of much of the evidence that we do have now, and was probably under much political pressure to reach certain conclusions, I remain convinced that the introduction of all-seater stadia was more about gentrifying football than ensuring that there was no repeat of Hillsborough.
As a historian, a football enthusiast and someone who keeps a close eye on access to official documents, the Hillsborough case is a landmark. It demonstrates that those in authority can no longer expect to hide behind the closure of official papers, and that they should be held accountable to the general public whom they are paid to serve and protect. It should teach people in responsible positions that they can no longer sweep problems under the carpet for them to re-emerge 30 years later when it is too late.


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Skip to comments.A Christian Manifesto, by Dr. Francis A. Schaeffer [Part 1 of 14]
Posted on 01/04/2013 9:59:38 AM PST by Alex Murphy
This address was delivered by the late Dr. Schaeffer in 1982 at the Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It is based on one of his books, which bears the same title.
[Part 1 of 14]
Christians, in the last 80 years or so, have only been seeing things as bits and pieces which have gradually begun to trouble them and others, instead of understanding that they are the natural outcome of a change from a Christian World View to a Humanistic one; things such as overpermissiveness, pornography, the problem of the public schools, the breakdown of the family, abortion, infanticide (the killing of newborn babies), increased emphasis upon the euthanasia of the old and many, many other things.
All of these things and many more are only the results. We may be troubled with the individual thing, but in reality we are missing the whole thing if we do not see each of these things and many more as only symptoms of the deeper problem. And that is the change in our society, a change in our country, a change in the Western world from a Judeo-Christian consensus to a Humanistic one. That is, instead of the final reality that exists being the infinite creator God; instead of that which is the basis of all reality being such a creator God, now largely, all else is seen as only material or energy which has existed forever in some form, shaped into its present complex form only by pure chance.
I want to say to you, those of you who are Christians or even if you are not a Christian and you are troubled about the direction that our society is going in, that we must not concentrate merely on the bits and pieces. But we must understand that all of these dilemmas come on the basis of moving from the Judeo-Christian world view -- that the final reality is an infinite creator God -- over into this other reality which is that the final reality is only energy or material in some mixture or form which has existed forever and which has taken its present shape by pure chance.
The word Humanism should be carefully defined. We should not just use it as a flag, or what younger people might call a "buzz" word. We must understand what we are talking about when we use the word Humanism. Humanism means that the man is the measure of all things. Man is the measure of all things. If this other final reality of material or energy shaped by pure chance is the final reality, it gives no meaning to life. It gives no value system. It gives no basis for law, and therefore, in this case, man must be the measure of all things. So, Humanism properly defined, in contrast, let us say, to the humanities or humanitarianism, (which is something entirely different and which Christians should be in favor of) being the measure of all things, comes naturally, mathematically, inevitably, certainly. If indeed the final reality is silent about these values, then man must generate them from himself.
So, Humanism is the absolute certain result, if we choose this other final reality and say that is what it is. You must realize that when we speak of man being the measure of all things under the Humanist label, the first thing is that man has only knowledge from himself. That he, being finite, limited, very faulty in his observation of many things, yet nevertheless, has no possible source of knowledge except what man, beginning from himself, can find out from his own observation. Specifically, in this view, there is no place for any knowledge from God.
But it is not only that man must start from himself in the area of knowledge and learning, but any value system must come arbitrarily from man himself by arbitrary choice. More frightening still, in our country, at our own moment of history, is the fact that any basis of law then becomes arbitrary -- merely certain people making decisions as to what is for the good of society at the given moment.
Now this is the real reason for the breakdown in morals in our country. It's the real reason for the breakdown in values in our country, and it is the reason that our Supreme Court now functions so thoroughly upon the fact of arbitrary law. They have no basis for law that is fixed, therefore, like the young person who decides to live hedonistically upon their own chosen arbitrary values, society is now doing the same thing legally. Certain few people come together and decide what they arbitrarily believe is for the good of society at the given moment, and that becomes law.
....I want to say to you, those of you who are Christians or even if you are not a Christian and you are troubled about the direction that our society is going in, that we must not concentrate merely on the bits and pieces. But we must understand that all of these dilemmas come on the basis of moving from the Judeo-Christian world view -- that the final reality is an infinite creator God -- over into this other reality which is that the final reality is only energy or material in some mixture or form which has existed forever and which has taken its present shape by pure chance....
....this is the real reason for the breakdown in morals in our country. It's the real reason for the breakdown in values in our country, and it is the reason that our Supreme Court now functions so thoroughly upon the fact of arbitrary law. They have no basis for law that is fixed, therefore, like the young person who decides to live hedonistically upon their own chosen arbitrary values, society is now doing the same thing legally. Certain few people come together and decide what they arbitrarily believe is for the good of society at the given moment, and that becomes law.
The entirety of Dr. Schaeffer's 1982 address at Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church will be posted over the course of the next two weeks. Section divisions and titles are mine:
Part 1: The Reason for the Breakdown
Part 2: The Source of Inalienable Rights
Part 3: World Views In Shift
Part 4: Tyranny begotton of Relativism
Part 5: Should I Save This Life?
Part 6: When Human Life has No Value
Part 7: Where have the Bible-believing Christians been?
Part 8: Where has the Christian Leadership been?
Part 9: Oppression begotten of Materialistic Chance
Part 10: Tyranny and Hidden Censorship
Part 11: True Spirituality brings Social Change
Part 12: The Cost of Spirituality
Part 13: Christ Must be Lord, Not Caesar
Part 14: Prayer
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My favorite Christian writer after The Bible. He talks about reality. Thanks for printing this.
Years ago, when Schaeffer was bringing out the "How then shall we live" series, I heard him speak about similar topics. I watched the videos & was a little non-plussed that he never really answered the question. He clearly claims to be a reformed thinker, but seemed to wander into a free-will ethos where all of this cultural shift was something which could be avoided if only we...fill in the blank. And that blank was fuzzy and moveable. Perhaps this will be a little more definitive.
Nevertheless, his trilogy is great reading for believers who think the atheistic naturalists sound smart and unassailable. He points out how bankrupt their positions are and how much they need theism just to keep their brains from exploding.
Thanks for posting the series. I'll try to catch each installment.
Agreed on all counts. I've always liked the below quote summarizing Francis Schaeffer's writings. It comes from Gary North's book Political Polytheism, which spends nearly a third of its length exploring those gaps in Schaeffer's thinking:
My essay on Rev. Schaeffer is mostly critical. I believe that he gave away far too much ground to the humanists and liberals who were the targets of his critiques. I believe that his apologetic approach, like Cornelius Van Til's, was deeply compromised by antinomianism and by eschatological pessimism. To prove my case, I have had to take a critical stand against him. This is a one-sided, specialized essay, not a well-rounded assessment of his personal ministry overall. I believe that on the whole, he (like Van Til) fought the good evangelical fight, given his self-imposed theological handicaps, his lack of formal academic training beyond seminary, and his geographical isolation in Switzerland (To some extent, all three were advantages: they kept him out of the increasingly debilitating clutches of the academic compromisers who control the humanities classrooms of the modern Christian liberal arts colleges). He inflicted serious wounds on humanists within the modern evangelical Church, which is why they are so vindictive, now that he is gone. Furthermore, his counsel and books brought many intelligent young people to saving faith in Jesus Christ in a turbulent period of Western history. Finally, he did elevate the terms of evangelical intellectual discourse from 1968 until his death. My disagreement with Rev. Schaeffer centers on the fact that he did not go far enough down the confrontational road. He waffled on key issues. He operated a halfway house intellectual ministry, with all the liabilities associated with any ideologically middle-of-the-road ministry. He did, however, sell over two million books. None of his published critics can match that performance, including me.
I am comparing him to what he could have been, had he remained more faithful to the older Puritan standards of the Westminster Confession of Faith that he affirmed at his ordination. I am comparing him to what he might have been, had he taken the Old Testament case laws more seriously. I am comparing him to what he should have been had he thoroughly abandoned the myth of neutrality that he publicly attacked, and had he really adopted the presuppositional apologetic approach that he sometimes claimed that he accepted. Most of all, I am comparing him to what we needed him to be, had he turned away from the political pluralism that he adhered to. Pluralism's moral foundation is relativism, which he forthrightly warned against--a warning which has outraged his neo-evangelical academic critics. But compared to Hal Lindsey, he was a breath of fresh air. Compared to Robert Schuller, he was a theological life-support system. Compared to Tony Campolo, he was the Apostle Paul.
Thanks for posting this.
Excellent remarks. Schaeffer almost always argued from the very perspective he claimed was deficient...man's mind. Contending that legitimate epistomological conclusions are at best unreliable if we are in fact just evolved monkeys still equivocates. It's clever, but it weakens the Scriptural claims. We cannot know anything, especially God, if God does not permit us to know Him. But, I ramble. Anyway, good stuff.
Amen, amen, and amen.
Thanks for posting this. I'll read it with interest. I always thought Schaeffer was fighting the good fight.
Spare a prayer for Franky, now just crazy.
Missed this. Seems this was taught 30 years ago. Now look where we're at.
I like Dutchboy's and your posts. I have to agree with both of you. I've read a couple of Schaeffer's work but I was never that impress with them although I couldn't put my finger on why. Your posts identifies the problems.
This excellent talk was given thirty years ago, but the problems described predate the lecture, as he states of "...the road we have walked in the last 40 years.." At that time the calamity was of a house fire, smoke billowing forth from a kitchen window. But that was 1982; this is 2013. Today there are flames shooting out of every window, soon to spread from house to house through the whole town.
The cause he supposes to be, "... merely certain people making decisions as to what is for the good of society at the given moment. - Now this is the real reason for the breakdown in morals in our country. ... Certain few people come together and decide what they arbitrarily believe is for the good of society at the given moment, and that becomes law." There exists another explanation.
Presently there is a 2010 award winning documentary available to view on-line, which not only speaks of these ills but also shows their origin and purpose; and yes, there is a purpose. The title is Agenda: Grinding America Down at the link: vimeo.com/52009124 runs about 90 minutes. It is very well produced, although it does have that annoying (to me) background music, which seems to be the fashion.
So not to be coy, the story is told by a Utah congressman, with reference to Marx and Lenin, Gramsci and Alinski, Shaw and Wells, (no- scratch Wells), Harry Hay, Betty Friedan, Jim Wallis, and scores of useful idiots.
Alex, you may do your readers a service by posting this documentary link along with the future installments, and thank you for the many interesting articles you bring to our attention.
Perhaps it is an interesting exercise to identify more accurately than Schaeffer the links through which America's demise is being delivered, namely
"Marx and Lenin, Gramsci and Alinski, Shaw and Wells, (no- scratch Wells), Harry Hay, Betty Friedan, Jim Wallis, and scores of useful idiots."
but it continues to place the focus on men. The Scriptures, however, make it plain that if it comes God has authored this trail of destruction for the nation. It is He who grinds America Down. It seems Paul continuously returned his audiences to this severe fact so that they never lost sight of their real dilemma: If God does not decide to rescue a man, he has no hope.
I would agree with the exception that I don't believe this is just an America phenomenon. This is happening on a global scale with places like Africa, Indonesia, Europe, Asia, etc all in decline of moral values, and the hostility towards God and Christianity growing more each day. There clearly is a hardening of the heart and we must attribute this to God withdrawing His hand of grace.
I realize that for centuries people have stated that Christ is returning. And while no man knows the day, I think it is a bit naive not to recognize how close this really is given the world's complete and utter rejection of His Son. We are very fast approaching the days of Noah IMO. And the signs are all there.
I believe there are direct parallels to the church and the nation of Israel. They lasted about 2100 years.
Certainly you are right, this is a worldwide phenomena. And, you have brought the discussion to a critical point. Are these kind of events the result of, "...God withdrawing His hand of grace." and then man backfilling with a rebellion/disobedience of his own design or are these events the result of, "...God withdrawing His hand of grace" and then God sending a deluding influence to bring about the decay and destruction. These are two distinct positions and I, perhaps wrongly, sensed that Daffy's video was leaning toward the first (with a new cast of players).
While it may be tempting to say "both", the law of the excluded middle eliminates this is as a possibility. Either God is managing all of His universe (and all events) or there are wills taking over where His leaves off. Irrespective of appearances, I believe the Scriptures are clear which way it is.
Schaeffer, although Reformed in name, often (the way many intellectuals do) leaves his reader/listener with the impression that many nearly co-equal forces are at work in the universe. Perhaps it is my jealous inferiority speaking, but my experience is that intellectuals tend to elevate their influence beyond that which the Scripture allows. If the king's heart is turned by God like channels of water and every throw of the dice is determined by God, our Gospel likely ought to include a repeated diminishment of man and his ego.
To some extent this is issue is different than whether we are approaching the end of time. On that point, I believe you are correct...and God is effecting every nuance.
Hmmmm...I've never thought about whether man backfills with a rebellious spirit or God is sending a deluding influence. Scripture shows that both are often the case. In the days of Noah God would no longer strive against man-clearly an indication of the first situation. But yet there are times when God influenced the situation such with Ahab or Pharoah. How God works is left to a divine mystery.
Interesting; thanks for the point of view.
Perhaps it appears as though this matter lies in the same "mystery" department as "Where does the universe end?", or "What were the Nephilim?", etc., but I believe this is one of those matters which is in fact disclosed in the Book.
It, of course, returns to the ever-troubling matter of whether there exists such a thing as "free-will" in any being except God Himself. If one is persuaded that the Bible teaches that there is such a thing, then it would follow that this matter is a mystery and that certainly the Noahic episode is evidence of this.
However, if one is persuaded that the Bible does not teach that men are "free", but rather God manages all things, then it would follow that God, alone, is the scripter of all events of the universe, all actions of history, and all matters which transpire. As you might suspect, I find this latter perspective all over the Scriptures.
What to make of God's calls for man to "decide" something? This is of course simply the Author writing into the script a situtaion wherein a character is told to decide. The outcome, however, is always determined, always planned, always the exact expectation (even the work) of the Author. This is how the Father arranged for the Son to be executed according to His, "foreknowledge and pre-determined plan". He knew it was a necessary part of the drama to save us from ourselves (and hell, too, of course).
Hundreds of seeming "free events" are pictured in the Scriptures, only to be later revealed as completely controlled by God. Even God's call to Adam, "Where are you?" was not actually a request for Adam to fill God in on something He did not know, but rather just a part of the script displaying the renegade nature of man running off from His Maker. All things are occurring exactly as determined by our Lord. Perhaps this seems Hyper-Calvinistic; so be it. The Book tells us this is the case.
You are most correct that God guides and directs the affairs of man. My statement I suppose lies in how He brings that about. I suspect that sometimes He uses demonic forces to move us into accomplishing His will. Other times He understands our nature so well that He can effect His plan just by knowing what we'll do. Probably the most famous case of these two examples is Adam and Eve. Certainly God put the tree and the serpent in the garden and then issued the command. The serpent deceived Eve into sinning and falling. Yet, there was no serpent to tempt Adam. Only the lust of his own heart which gave way to sin. God knew which direction he would go and He created the circumstance. But more important He had to show Adam what he was actually like. It wouldn't have done any good if Adam was deceived for then he would never know that he would trade Paradise over a piece of fruit.
God used two different methods to accomplish this outcome. It was clearly within God's will that both would fall-yet they fell in different ways. But, as scripture teaches us, Adam's fall was the greatest of all. Had he not been presented with this choice, we would never have know our rebellious nature or the love of God to want to reconcile His elect to Himself.
To speak to your point Harley, I wonder what would be the point of God creating a universe of puppets? I tend to believe that the overall arch of the "story" is guided to God's purposes. For example: an apostle would betray Jesus. Perhaps it wasn't pre-determined to be Judas, but something about Judas made him the most succeptible to give in to that temptation?
I hesitate to go so far as to say we can "surprise" God, or thwart his will. But unless we can choose and act with some independence, I don't understand why God would spend all this time and energy with us.
And that is EXACTLY the point. We DO choose to act with independence. We just consistently choose NOT to do the things that God would want us to do. And to do anything that God doesn't want is sinful. All God did was to show us this characteristic.
We would act like "puppets" if God created us to purposely fall. What more, God would purposely know that billions of people would be cast into hellfire just because of a test that He devised. This isn't correct theology.
The tree wasn't a "test" because God does not tempt us beyond what we are able. Rather the tree was placed there by God so that it would reveal to us what we were really like. Like Enoch, we would sell our birthright for a meal. Like Adam, he sold Paradise for some fruit. God designed us and ordain that we understand our nature of wandering-our desire to be independent from God. By this we can also understand His grace so that we may come back to the shadow of His wing and be dependent on Him.
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I have good news for government agencies wrestling with how to implement and maintain effective telework policies and procedures: In 10 years, the word "telework" will feel as outdated as a rotary phone.
Knowledge workers won't telework. They'll simply work in whatever location makes the most sense. As I look out at the evolving technology landscape, I have 10 predictions for what the future holds.
1. Wireless carriers will increase to wired speed. The next evolution of mobile technology will bring the speed of wireless carriers in line with wired networks. Along the way, a security breakthrough will occur that will change the way we access information and ease hacking concerns dramatically.
2. We'll be online all the time. The idea of "getting online" will seem antiquated. There will be no more hot spots or network connections. The network will simply be there — and we'll be on it.
3. Tablets will replace desktop and laptop PCs. Desktop and laptop PCs will be supplanted by tablet PCs that are micro-thin and foldable. Picture a foldable smart phone that expands to a 20-, 30- or 50-inch screen. The new devices will have an on/off button but no more fans or moving parts. Because we'll be accessing more information and applications in the cloud, the need to store data on the devices will decrease dramatically.
4. Everything will move to the cloud. Every application that we access will be in the cloud, and people will no longer store anything locally. In other words, you will have a hard drive, but it won't be part of your computer.
5. There will be no more boxed software. What got the big software vendors to 2011 will not get them to 2021. I believe all software will transition to a service-based approach.
6. Text messaging is here to stay. Text messaging fits the way we work and live incredibly well. Therefore, even as networks and devices evolve, the practice of sending short text messages will endure.
7. 3-D video will become the norm. 3-D technology is mainly seen as a novelty now, but in 10 years, most teleconferences will be conducted with 3-D video. Imagine working from a home office and taking part in a 3-D video conference with colleagues and partners from around the globe. Workers are going to have to shower and dress for that one!
8. There will be no more Bluetooth. The image of someone walking around with a Bluetooth device sticking out of his or her ear will feel outdated by 2021. Those gadgets will be replaced by embedded audio in or on our ears (or somewhere else on our body).
9. Holdouts will proliferate. Not everyone will want to be on the grid all the time. I believe we'll see a growing subculture of people who reject technology and form niche communities or companies.
10. The generation gap will get bigger. Previous generations will struggle more than younger generations as the workplace of the future evolves. The next generation of employees will not see the workplace as a focal point of social interaction. Being able to work will suffice, and they won't feel that they need to be in the same place as their co-workers.
Right now, what's holding many agencies back from telework are issues of control and trust in their employees. But as technology and human expectations evolve, telework will simply become "work," with a greater responsibility placed on the individual to manage the balance between personal and professional time.
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Great article Chris – we can only hope that these advancements all come to fruition in the next decade! I particularly agree with your point about teleworkers working from whatever location makes the most sense – if agencies invest in the right technology for their workers, the products are available to make this working flexibility a reality.
Flying car nonsense? The flying car was built and certified in 1956. One still flys today. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerocar#The_six_models
Something important but not mentioned in this piece is Virtual PCs. The idea of having your entire PC/desktop on a small Flash Drive or Hard Drive where all data is encrypted; this will heighten the security aspects. Imagine inserting a flash drive in any PC/Notebook/Netbook and your entire PC is right there; including secure browsing.
The only ones that seem plausible are 5, 6, and 8 (and MAYBE 2). The rest seem like futurist/marketing nonsense akin to the "flying car".
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I astral flowed and used Judgement bolt, when Mr maat decided to 2 hour me right back and I died..I did move and quick, then I died..This is what is says on Wikki about the 2 hour..
1. Avoid opening with a 2HR unless you know that it will either incapacitate or kill his avatar. There is a high probability he will 2HR before you could turn your back if his Avatar is unaffected
2. Avoid using +1 pots. They will gve you the Medicated status effect and you will be unable to take any additional potions for 4+ minutes
3. Keep your distance from Maat, especially if his Avatar is trailing along. Hate will shift and having Maat and his avatar pounding on you will lessen your chances of an easy win.
The name of this game is to keep Maat from firing off his 2HR at all costs - so seperating Maat from his Avatar will be your main objective. Best approach would be to sleep it and eliminate that risk all together. A 2HR will only increase the chance of Maat firing off a 2HR as soon as he spawns a new avatar. Fair warning - Maat is incredibly fast on his feet and summoning his avatar. Keep as much distance between you and him when you are dropping, using pots, and resummuning your avatar. Best wishes to all you Summoners out there ^^
I seen someone at level 75 just use Fenrir with no 2 hour at all and won on youtube..Then again I am level 70. If I was just going to use Fenrir and no 2 hour at level 70, what would I need to take with me? I have the testimony again, so I hope not to mess up this time around. Any help would be cool.


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A record number of children took part in Kimball YMCA CampÆs annual New Years Fest with plenty of snow to ring in the new year.
Ranging in age from 5 to 14, 38 children came from Hillsdale and surrounding counties.
The camp, located near Reading, came up with a number of ideas giving kids a safe place to go and parents a needed break over the holidays.
For New Years Fest, the celebrating began Dec. 30 and continued through Jan.1 with activities like capture the flag, flying on a giant swing and a New Years Eve parade. Program Director Amanda Norris, a 2010 Michigan Tech graduate, said the snow this year led to the increased number of children.
ōThat was helpful, plus we had a lot of siblings who wanted to come with their brothers and sisters,ö Norris said.
Camp Director Harold Campbell said the bigger turnout didnÆt affect the fun factor as kids have a good time no matter how many show up.
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Campbell extolled his ōgreat staffö this year with several counselors that once came as campers themselves.
ōTaylor Hannel, who just turned 18, has been coming here since she was a young camper,ö he said. ōShe was a CIT and now a counselor.ö
Other staffers included Sam Nutter, Kristy Westblade, Nicole Fountain and Kevin Farris. CITs were Lizzie Weeden, Lauren Mitchell, Orion Brock and Graham Ball.
Norris said the main idea is to teach teamwork in a fun setting. Between advice like ōwatch your fingersö and ōdonÆt let go of the rope,ö Norris joked with the kids and other counselors during the swing activity described by many as an ōadrenalin rush.ö
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Indoor activities included the candy store, sardines (hide and seek), watching the movie ōBraveö and making their own pizzas.
Norris said a highlight for campers was building their own sleds out of cardboard.
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Martin earned $97 million on 2010 revenues of $1.78 billion, versus $85 million on 2009 revenues $1.70 billion.[4] Growth depends on residential construction activity, which has the potential of growth. In addition, the price increases also resulted in revenue growth.
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The incident happened about 9 p.m. Wednesday at the city 's Adam D. Curtis Skateboard Park, 271 Maple St.
Officer Kevin Jusza noticed a group of kids still inside the park which had closed. He walked into the park to remove them when he saw a man standing alone at the top of the skate ramp.
Jusza shined his flashlight on the man, told him the park was now closed and he had to leave. Instead of leaving, however, police said the man walked down the ramp and lay down on the concrete.
Jusza, his flashlight still shining on the man, walked over to him. When he was within three feet of him, the man reached into his waistband, pulled out a knife and pointed it at Jusza, police said.
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LAS VEGAS and CARY, NC — SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) and SAS have unveiled a strategic partnership that is expected to advance in-memory data analysis capabilities for businesses across industries. SAP and SAS will partner closely to create a joint technology and product roadmap designed to leverage the SAP HANA® platform and SAS analytics capabilities. By incorporating the in-memory SAP HANA platform into SAS applications and enabling SAS' industry-proven advanced analytics algorithms to run on SAP HANA, decision makers will have the opportunity to leverage the value of real-time data analysis within their existing SAS and SAP HANA environments. The announcement was made at SAP® TechEd, being held October 21-25 in Las Vegas.
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The in-memory functionality is designed to improve data scientists' productivity by accelerating model development, iteration and deployment. The single environment for business applications and advanced analytics is expected to also vastly simplify IT landscape, help reduce costs and deliver real-time performance.
"The partnership of SAS, the market-leading advanced analytics provider, with SAP will simplify Big Data and analytics efforts by reducing data movement and allowing for faster decision-making," said Henry Morris, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Software and Services, Research, IDC. "It can be more efficient to move the model to the data than the data to the model. This relationship will significantly drive value to joint customers."
SAS and SAP plan to execute a co-sell pilot program to engage select joint customers to validate SAS applications running on SAP HANA. The goal of this program is to build and prioritize the two firms' joint technology throughout 2014, in particular for industries such as financial services, telecommunications, retail, consumer products and manufacturing. The applications are expected to target business areas that require a combination of advanced analytics running on an in-memory platform that will be designed to yield high value results. Such opportunities exist in customer intelligence, risk management, asset management and anti-money laundering, among others.
"Combining the power of SAP HANA platform with SAS advanced analytics applications is the first wave of innovation we plan to deliver to our joint customers," said Bill McDermott, Co-CEO and member of the Executive Board of SAP AG. "With the powerful capabilities that the two companies plan to deliver jointly , the opportunities are endless."
In-memory functionality allows businesses the ability to handle large data sources while also supporting real-time analytics.
"SAS and SAP can help companies manage the massive volumes of information they are constantly dealing with and make sense out of it," said Jim Goodnight, SAS CEO. "Between our two companies, we have the expertise and the products to help ensure that our customers can see and act on the power of performing advanced data analysis within their database and not outside of it."
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I have been in Moscow since June 9th, 2010, and working with the Andrei Sakharov Foundation. I am working in the Sakharov Archives. After the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 90's, the archives that held the KGB files, and other sensitive information, were opened to the public, and Sakharov's wife, Elena Bonner, was able to gain copies of a large amount of documents. Andrei Sakharov was a physicist in the Soviet Union, and is sometimes referred to as the father of the Thermo-Nuclear bomb for the Soviets. As you can imagine, he was greatly rewarded for doing this and lived among the elite of the Soviet Union. However, Sakharov was a man with a conscience. He became one of the most well known Soviet dissidents, pushing for the implementation of Human Rights, and warning against the dangers of a nuclear war. After his first international publication entitled "Reflections on Progress, Peaceful Coexistence, and Intellectual Freedom" Sakharov was banned from all military involved projects and was eventually sent into isolation to the city of Gorkii.
I have been able to read through these documents and work with them every day. It is interesting to compare how they treated other people as oppose to how they treated Sakharov. They almost feared him it seems. Also, just see the bureaucracy cycle that these documents would go through, because no one wanted to take the responsibility or steps.
Recently, on July 12th, the former director of the Sakharov Museum was taken to trial for an art exhibition that they had inside of their facility. It was very interesting to try and attend the court proceedings. At first I was not even allowed through the gate to the courtyard of the court. Standing on the street with 100 other people, all trying to fight their way in, was very unique. There were clashes of rhetoric between the Russian Orthodox supporters and the human rights activist community. I was asked several times what side I belonged to, and I explained that I was a neutral by stander, just trying to see how the system works. Finally, after standing on the street for almost one and a half hours, they changed the guards at the gate, so I walked up to the new guard, explained that I work with the Sakharov Foundation, showed him my visa where it shows them as the sponsoring organization, and got in to the courtyard. The only thing that was better about being inside the gates was that I didn't have to listen to all of the quarrelling, and watch the local Orthodox Church parade around the block with their cross carrier in front. After waiting there for another hour, they finally came out of the court. The verdict was guilty, charged with "having incited hatred towards believers", and they were fined around $13,000.
I have had the opportunity to go to Red Square, Tretyakov Gallery, VDNKH (look this up in Wikipedia, it is really an interesting place), Cosmonaut Museum, Arbat, Ismailovskii Park, Tsarizevno, Kosmolenskii Park, to attend Sa'ban'tue (a harvesting holiday for a lot of the Muslim Minorities in Russia) and to little city's around Moscow, such as Tyla where they have an Arms Museum as well as a Samovar Museum (tea pot like things) and Ya'snaya Polyana, where Lev Tolstoy lived and wrote his works. I was lucky enough to come to Moscow the year that they set their record for highest summer temperature, 98 degree's plus humidity. And you always thought that Russia suffered from snow all year long. I am greatly enjoying the time and opportunities. Moscow is a great city.


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Texas Passes Abortion Restriction Bill
Republicans in the Texas Legislature passed an omnibus abortion bill that is one of the most restrictive in the nation, but Democrats vowed Saturday to fight both in the courts and the ballot box as they used the measure to rally their supporters.
More than 2,000 demonstrators filled the Capitol building in Austin to oppose the bill, and state troopers drug six out of the Senate chamber for trying to disrupt the debate. The Republican majority ultimately passed the bill unchanged just before midnight, with all but one Democrat voting against it.
"Today the Texas Legislature took its final step in our historic effort to protect life," said Gov. Rick Perry who will sign the bill into law in the next few days. "This legislation builds on the strong and unwavering commitment we have made to defend life and protect women's health."
Democrats, though, promised a fight in the courts.
"There will be a lawsuit. I promise you," Dallas Sen. Royce West said on the Senate floor, raising his right hand as if taking an oath.
Democrats offered 20 amendments to the bill, which will ban abortions after 20 weeks, require abortion doctors to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital and require all abortions take place in surgical centers. They ranged from exceptions for rape and incest to allowing doctors more leeway in prescribing abortion-inducing drugs. But Republicans would have none of it.
The bill is just one of many across the nation championed by anti-abortion groups set on a constitutional challenge to Roe vs Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court decision guaranteeing a woman's right to decide on an abortion before the fetus is viable outside the womb.
Texas falls under the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, which has shown a willingness to accept more stringent limits on abortions. Passing the law also pleases Christian conservatives who make up the majority of Republican primary voters.
But the measure has also sparked protests in Texas not seen in least 20 years, with thousands of abortion rights supporters flooding the Capitol to draw out normally boring committee hearings and disrupting key votes. Protesters finished a filibuster started by Democratic Sen. Wendy Davis of Fort Worth by jeering for the last 15 minutes of the first special session, effectively killing the bill.


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Sep 6, 2010
Can you smell the bratwurst in the air? Do you even know what bratwurst is? If you do then you're probably covered in body paint and growling like a rabid dog. Whether you're that guy with no shirt on in 10° weather or an office worker just trying to win the company pool, it's time to start getting ready. Are you ready? I said "ARE YOU READY?!!â€
Football season is upon us. At this very moment an army of footballians (I just made that up) have begun planning and plotting a hostile take over of what was once their peaceful living rooms. (While their wives and girlfriends begin contemplating separation as opposed to being exposed to the usual onslaught of bean dips, chili stains, and nacho crumbs.)
All fun aside, let's hand the bullhorn over to coach Android who's going to prepare you for a Super Bowl of football apps, tips, and tricks to get the most out of the 2010 football season.


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Y'all had to know Colton Cumbie of Survivor wasn't going anywhere – heck, he may be getting more attention now that he's off the show, than when he was the resident villain on the beach!
Colton has been speaking out about his time on the show, leaving before his time, and whether he has been fairly perceived by the viewing audience. Here's a quick hint…Colton doesn't seem to have any issue with how he was portrayed on the show. Finally, a reality star (I'll use that term loosely) who isn't blaming editing – that's huge, especially for someone so hated!
He recently spoke with Jarett Wieselman with theinsider.com. Excerpts from that interview are below –
Have you been surprised by the haters?
Oh, not at all. Not at all. Once the show started airing, I knew. Coming out of it, my hope is that people would appreciate my game play. Let's be honest, a little 20-year-old gay boy convincing a group of men to do what he wanted, without ever lifting a finger? They've never had anyone like me. It would be one thing if I helped out at camp, but I did nothing. I literally was their queen.
It seems like the gay community is the most incensed about your behavior — what do your gay friends think?
Oh, here we go – I'm about to get slayed for this. But to be honest, I don't know many gay people. I really don't. I have a boyfriend but he's the straightest gay person you'll ever meet – he hunts and fishes. But he's proud of me. He thinks I did well. I just think the gays hate me because I'm a republican. Once that came out, they looked for any reason to hate me. To truly appreciate what I bring to the game, you have to like my sense of humor – I compare it to Chelsea Handler. I think people are just too sensitive.
Do you think the show presented a fair representation of who you are?
I'm not going to blame the edit. I was in control of my own actions. I did what you saw. I wish they focused more on my strategic gameplay than my comments, but then again, I'm glad I saw that because it helped me to grow as a person. Things were taken out of context, but that was me. I didn't zero in on one person. I didn't just zero in on Bill [Posely]. My hate knew no bounds [laughs].
Let's talk about that Tribal Council where Bill went home — you took a lot of flack for your comments regarding race. Take me back to that night, what happened?
I think things were misinterpreted but I also think things were left out. Obviously I know more African American people than my housekeeper, but that's what they chose to showcase. I don't know how to say it without seeming ignorant, but I was being honest in a way. We are super close to my housekeeper. She is like family. I was trying to defend myself but it came across badly.
Do you see yourself as a "Survivor Villain?"
If we're speaking strictly on gameplay, I'm totally a villain. I made it clear that you're with me or you're against me. If you don't think I was running the show, then you weren't watching [laughs]. I take pride in my villain title because it's not something that's easily earned. There are a lot of wannabes.
Many would argue you saved the most selfish move for last. Why did you keep The Immunity Idol?
I wouldn't have been a villain if I didn't do that. The irony is that I wanted to give the Idol away. I wanted to give it to Jay, but we were separated so I couldn't get it to him. I considered giving it to Christina for a millisecond, but she wouldn't have known to do with it. I didn't want to screw up Jay's game by giving the Immunity Idol to someone on Manono.
As a fan of the game, how does it feel to have been medically removed and not voted out, or won?
It feels absolutely horrible. I don't have closure. Had they blindsided me or voted me out, I would have been able to sit back and be OK with it. But they didn't get me. I got myself, basically. My body turned against me. I was my own worst enemy. It's frustrating. I lie in bed at night and wonder what got me sick. Bad crab? Evil coconut?
Do you know what it was?
They think it was a food born or water born [virus] – you know, I honestly wonder if I got taken out Caesar-style. Obviously you know I did nothing, so it would have been so easy for someone to poison my food [laughs].
Okay kids, so what did we learn? Colton seems pretty proud of being the most purposefully lazy person ever to grace Jeff Probst's presence, he really loves his housekeeper, and the gay community likely hates him for being a Republican. I am not sure what to say…but at least he's honest? The reunion is going to be interesting, to say the least!
A new episode airs tonight at 8PM ET on CBS.


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Os designers de todo o mundo estão enviando designs criativos para Adam Don and Andrew na categoria de design de logo - custom.
Sexy woman logo - I need a logo for a website skimpysales.com - the logo should say somewhere on it SkimpySales.com, and have some kind of drawing of a woman, perhaps a busty silhouette of a woman. The site is selling products, not sex/porn, so must be tasteful, but we do want it to be original not just any old woman drawing
skimpysales.com // Skimpy Sales
Attractive women are selling products at attractive prices - the logo should be something that a MAN can wear (i.e. not "cutsy" like the Coppertone logo)- it should be a sexy woman yet tasteful - must say the sites name on it otherwise I want some creative ideas. The site is not product specific, it could sell anything from electronics to clothes. Could be a silhouette of a woman, a drawing of a woman in a bikini, a drawing of a woman holding her breasts, etc. as long as it doesn't look like porn! Thanks
- I'm open to suggestions as to color and design
- Must have skimpysales.com written somewhere on it
- You can use a combination of the letters SS only if one is backwards (like if they are used to outline the busty woman), but not together (don't want just an "SS" on the site)
- Doesn't have to be a silhouette but must be a woman drawn onto the logo - but I welcome any creativity!
- Try adding a shopping bag to make it look less porn.
- As I said, don't use the letters "SS" together unless its with the full words SkimpySales or unless the second "S" is backwards or something like that
- That's it!
Saiba como um concurso de design funciona ou leia mais sobre nossos serviços de design de logo.


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Campbell Soup Company (NYSE: CPB) is the world's largest producer of soup with a 60% market share in the $4 billion soup market. Campbell's has leading market share positions in a number of food industry categories with products such as soups, sauces, snack foods, baked goods, and beverages. Campbell's products are sold in over 120 countries around the world.
Campbell's owns a diverse portfolio of food brands including Prego pasta sauces, Pace Mexican food sauces, V8 beverages, and Pepperidge Farm. As the undisputed leader in the soup category, Campbell's must continue to expand and diversify its soup offerings in order to prevent losing its dominant market share. Healthy foods are becoming increasingly popular and Campbell's has introduced a line of low-sodium products in order to attract consumers to this market, but it will be imperative for the company to adapt to evolving trends in consumer habits.
The biggest challenge for Campbell's lies in its continued growth. Campbell's is dependent on the relatively mature and slow growth US market for the majority of its sales. However, it is investing increasingly in Russia and China, which account for more than 50% of worldwide soup consumption. The company expects to be profitable in these two countries by 2014, after investing $50 million annually in these two markets since the mid-2000's and forming a strategic partnership with Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company (NYSE: CCH) to distribute Campbell's soup and broth products in Russia.[1]
Founded in 1869 as the "Joseph A. Campbell Preserve Company," Campbell Soup Company is one of the largest food producers in the world, with product sales in over 120 countries.[2] Led by its flagship brands Campbell's, Pace, Prego, Swanson, StockPot, V8, and Pepperidge Farm, the company holds the #1 or #2 position in each of the food product categories or segments in which it operates.[3] In 2010, the company posted revenues of $7.68 billion, a 1% increase from 2009; net income rose 14.7% to $844 million.[4]
In order to maintain sales growth, Campbell Soup Company is focusing on product expansion in three areas: simple meals, baked snacks and healthy beverages.[2] The company plans to improve its product lines in these areas through the introduction of new healthier and more convenient products, as well as expansion of these lines in both developed and emerging markets.[5] Additionally, Campbell Soup Company is investing in large emerging markets abroad, in particular China and Russia.
Campbell's U.S. Soup, Sauces and Beverages segment generates the bulk of the company's revenues and operating income. U.S. Soup, Sauces and Beverages include products such as Campbell's condensed and ready-to-serve soups; Swanson broth and canned poultry; Prego pasta sauce; Pace Mexican sauce; Campbell's Chunky chili; Campbell's canned pasta, gravies, and beans; Campbell's Supper Bakes meal kits; V8 juice and juice drinks as well as Campbell's tomato juice[6]. The company's 2010 market share in the "wet soup" market was 63.6%.[7]
Campbell's Baking and Snacking segment includes, Pepperidge Farm cookies, crackers (such as goldfish), bakery, and frozen products in U.S. retail. The segment also includes Campbell's Arnott's of Australia which is the largest biscuit and second largest snack producer in the country. Arnott's also has a significant presences in the Asia Pacific region.[8]
The International Soup, Sauces and Beverages segment includes the soup, sauce and beverage businesses outside of the United States, including Europe, Mexico, Latin America, the Asia Pacific region and the retail business in Canada. Campbell's sells the Erasco and Heisse Tasse soups in Germany, Liebig and Royco soups in France, Devos Lemmens mayonnaise and cold sauces and Campbell's and Royco soups in Belgium, and Bla° Band soups and sauces in Sweden. In Asia Pacific, the company markets it's Campbell's soup and stock, Swanson broths and V8 beverages. In Canada, operations include Habitant and Campbell's soups, Prego pasta sauce, V8 beverages and certain Pepperidge Farm products[9].
The North America Foodservice includes Campbell's Away From Home operations which distributes its products to restaurants, schools, colleges & universities, health care, convenience stores, vending, and delis in the United States and Canada[10].
Campbell Soup Company's products are generally resold to consumers through retail food chains, mass discounters, mass merchandisers, club stores, convenience stores, drug stores and other retail, commercial and non-commercial establishments.[11] Campbell's largest customer is Wal-Mart (WMT) which accounted for accounted for approximately 18% of the company's consolidated net sales during fiscal 2010, 2009 and 16% during fiscal 2008.[12] No other customer accounts for more than 10% of Campbell's net sales.[13]
The shift to healthy living in recent years has affected two different groups of Campbell's customers. The younger consumer group has been shifting towards soup because of its lower calorie content which qualifies it has a healthy meal alternative. The younger, "on-the-go", low-calorie conscious consumers have helped Campbell's gain 70% of the microwaveable, ready-to-serve soup category. On the other hand, baby boomers are more concerned with sodium content because of America's obesity epidemic and accompanying high blood pressure. Baby boomers comprise the majority of Campbell's consumer base, and, because of the baby boomers' dieting trends, Campbell's, as well as other food companies, have had to adjust its product line in order to adapt to the health conscious, lower-sodium diets. Campbell's has developed several new products, including Select Harvest and Healthy Request soups in order to try and win over the more mature age group.[14]
The success of Campbell's low-sodium soups will be important for holding onto the majority of the soup market. Since soup is traditionally known to have very high sodium content compared to other processed foods, Campbell's has responded by reducing the sodium content in its soups and marketing the health benefits of its products.
Besides sodium, Campbell's has also focused on other aspects of its soups. As of 2010, 30% of Campbell's soups offer a full serving of vegetables, 36% have 80 calories or less, while half contain no MSG.[15] The company hopes that these healthier offerings will help gain market share among younger, more health conscious consumers.
Campbell Soup Company has relied on the success of its soups for over 125 years. In 2006, soup sales made up 55% of total sales and a total of 65% of profits. The condensed style soup made up 15% of total soup sales alone. In recent years, Campbell's has been promoting their other branches, such as Baking and Snacking and International Soups and Sauces, in order to produce more stable profits from diverse product segments, thus mitigating the effect of declining sales growth from mature legacy products. From 2004 to 2005, the Baking and Snacking segment experienced a 19% increase in earnings, International Soups and Sauces went through a 12% increase and the Other category went through a 9% increase in earnings.
Although Campbell's has a steady foothold in the American soup market, its international sector lags far behind many other major food producers and distributors. Campbell's has lower international exposure than its competitors, which is directly reflected in its slow international growth, with Campbell's global growth rate being about 1.5% behind that of its peers. However, Campbell's has renewed its focus on the emerging markets of Russia and China, which combined account for 50% of Campbell's total international soup sales.[16] Furthermore, international exposure helped bolster Campbell's total revenues during the financial crisis as sales in Russia and China remained stable in 2008.[17] Though profits remain low in these regions as a result of the high capital expenditures necessary to establish business, the company has made significant inroads and continues to invest.[14]
In early 2011, Campbell announced a new joint venture with Swire Pacific. Swire has been Campbell's distribution partner in China since 2007 but the new venture is expected to increase the efficacy and permanency of this partnership. China is the world's largest soup market with nearly 355 billion servings of soup consumed annually, with nearly all of them being homemade.[18]
The established long term growth plan for Campbell's is focused primarily on expanding organically rather than through further acquisitions. Organic growth is when a company attempts to expand by simply increasing output and enhancing sales, and essentially represents the company's true core growth. Organic growth can be a good indicator of how well Campbell's management uses their resources to expand profits without relying on acquisitions, mergers, or takeovers. Plans by Campbell's to grow organically are likely to be realized in the form of long run gains in revenue.
Campbell's organic growth plan has kept Campbell's above the U.S. competition, but with low international exposure and a slowing soup market, accretive earnings addition from organic growth will prove problematic. As the U.S. soup segment becomes exhausted, Campbell's will lack further means for long term growth.
Recent moves, however, may signify a shift in strategy. As of June 30, 2010, Campbell's had sold $400 million of seven-year bonds, with proceeds being tagged for general corporate purposes including repaying debts and possibly financing future acquisitions. The company has said that it is aggressively seeking takeover opportunities, and with the company's increased financial flexibility, analysts are expecting the company to make an acquisition in the near future. Campbell's last acquisition was in 2009 when the company bought bread maker Ecce Panis.[19]
Furthermore, Campbell's management, at the request of major insider stakeholders, has authorized and executed a number of large share repurchasing programs in order to decrease the total number of common shares outstanding in Campbell's Soup Company. This has resulted in artificially higher per share earnings figures for the company despite much lower actual gains in net income for the company as a whole, masking the otherwise inordinately low internal earnings growth generated by Campbell's.
Campbell's uses a number of different products in order to produce, package, and deliver its soups. In the past, Campbell's has been able to keep production costs low on account of its economies of scale, but continued increases in prices for these commodities may exert negative pressure on gross margins.
In order to produce their soups, Campbell's needs products such as vegetables, tomato paste, beef and poultry. Price increases for these food products would be affected by bad weather, rising gas prices or changes to government-sponsored agricultural programs. Bad weather can contribute to a bad growing season and make these raw materials more expensive due to scarcity. Rising gas prices will increase transportation costs and ultimately increase the price of the soup itself. If the government decides to stop, or decrease, farm subsidies, the price of input ingredients will increase. Also, changes to import or export taxes could increase transport costs, which would directly lead to increases in soup prices.
In addition to soup ingredients, Campbell's uses a variety of metal, glass and paper to package its products. Price increases to these raw materials directly relate to soup product pricing. Prices would be affected by volatile oil prices and scarcity.
Campbell's main competitor is General Mills' Progresso soup brand. Progresso has low-sodium, Ready-to-Serve and Rich and Hearty soups, which directly mirror Campbell's Healthy Request, microwaveable/Soup at Hand and Chunky soups. Progresso's low-sodium soups were released shortly before Campbell's and have been successful, thus posing a challenge for Campbell's marketing team. Campbell Soup Company can stay ahead of competitors if it can adjust to meet new consumer demands, such as healthier products.
Campbell's faces an extremely competitive market because of the similarities between each soup producer. Campbell's will have to maintain its gourmet soup reputation, as well as continue to develop new soups to distinguish itself from Progresso and other smaller soup makers.
Generic soup brands are not a pressing threat to Campbell's because of the company's ability to keep production costs very low as a result of its size. This allows Campbell's to price their soup products only 20- 25% higher than generic brands while maintaining a high level of quality. Campbell's production costs would be affected by a rise in produce costs, as well as volatile gas prices. If those prices rise dramatically, then generic soup brands would be yet another fierce competitor in the already extremely competitive soup market.
|Total Sales (2010) (mil)
|Sales Growth (2010 vs 2009)
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Posted by Callvine CEO on 2010-03-08
I found S3 to be quick to offer feedback and very hands-on in a helpful way once they've decided they like the market and the company. They are not a big organization, so they are fairly picky and the deal must hit one of their sweet spots, but they are a quick study and I found their direct communications and straight-shooter style to be far superior to many other VC's. They are not just another small Austin fund that piggybacks on other VC fundings as they have strong operational experience, deep connections and access to serious capital resources without the hidden agendas or committee decision making that often come with larger funds.
I would strongly suggest technology and medical entrepreneurs looking for capital in the region approach S3 in addition to others.PRIVATE: Members Only