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In 1979 I described the interdependence of states as low but increasing. It has increased, but only to about the 1910 level if measured by trade or capital flows as a percentage of GNP; lower if measured by the mobility of labor, and lower still if measured by the mutual military dependence of states. Yet one feels that the world has become a smaller one. International travel has become faster, easier, and cheaper; music, art, cuisines, and cinema have all become cosmopolitan in the world's major centers and beyond. The Peony Pavilion was produced in its entirety for the first time in 400 years, and it was presented not in Shanghai or Beijing, but in New York. Communication is almost instantaneous, and more than words can be transmitted, which makes the reduced mobility of labor of less consequence. High-technology jobs can be brought to the workers instead of the workers to the jobs; foreigners can become part of American design teams without leaving their homelands. Before World War I, the close interdependence of states was thought of as heralding an era of peace among nations and democracy and prosperity within them. Associating interdependence, peace, democracy, and prosperity is nothing new. In his much translated and widely read book, The Great Illusion (1933), Norman Angell summed up the texts of generations of classical and neoclassical economists and drew from them the dramatic conclusion that wars would no longer be fought because they would not pay. World War I instead produced the great disillusion, which reduced political optimism to a level that remained low almost until the end of the Cold War. I say "almost" because beginning in the 1970s a new optimism, strikingly similar in content to the old, began to resurface. Interdependence was again associated with peace and peace increasingly with democracy, which began to spread wonderfully to Latin America, to Asia, and with the Soviet Union's collapse, to Eastern Europe. Francis Fukuyama (1992) foresaw a time when all states would be liberal democracies and, more recently, Michael Doyle (1997) projected the year for it to happen as lying between 2050 and 2100. John Mueller (1989), heralding the disappearance of war among the world's advanced countries, argued that Norman Angell's premises were right all along, but that he had published his book prematurely.
Robert Keohane and Joseph Nye in their 1977 book, Power and Interdependence, strengthened the notion that interdependence promotes peace and limits the use of force by arguing that simple interdependence had become complex interdependence, binding the economic and hence the political interests of states ever more tightly together. Now, we hear from many sides that interdependence has reached yet another height, transcending states and making The Borderless World, which is the title and theme of Kenichi Ohmae's 1990 book. People, firms, markets matter more; states matter less. Each tightening of the economic screw raises the benefits of economic exchange and makes war among the more advanced states increasingly costly. The simple and plausible propositions are that as the benefits of peace rise, so do the costs of war. When states perceive wars to be immensely costly, they will be disinclined to fight them. War becomes rare, but is not abolished because even the strongest economic forces cannot conquer fear or eliminate concern for national honor (Friedman 1999, 196-97).
Economic interests become so strong that markets begin to replace politics at home and abroad. That economics depresses politics and limits its significance is taken to be a happy thought. The first section of this paper examines its application domestically; the second, internationally.
The State of the State
Globalization is the fad of the 1990s, and globalization is made in America. Thomas Friedman's The Lexus and the Olive Tree is a celebration of the American way, of market capitalism and liberal democracy. Free markets, transparency, and flexibility are the watchwords. The "electronic herd" moves vast amounts of capital in and out of countries according to their political and economic merits. Capital moves almost instantaneously into countries with stable governments, progressive economies, open accounting, and honest dealing, and out of countries lacking those qualities. States can defy the "herd," but they will pay a price, usually a steep one, as did Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and South Korea in the 1990s. Some countries may defy the herd inadvertently (the countries just mentioned); others, out of ideological conviction (Cuba and North Korea); some, because they can afford to (oil-rich countries); others, because history has passed them by (many African countries).
Countries wishing to attract capital and to gain the benefits of today's and tomorrow's technology have to don the "golden straitjacket," a package of policies including balanced budgets, economic deregulation, openness to investment and trade, and a stable currency. The herd decides which countries to reward and which to punish, and nothing can be done about its decisions. In September 1997, at a World Bank meeting, Malaysia's prime minister, Dr. Mahathir Mohammad, complained bitterly that great powers and international speculators had forced Asian countries to open their markets and had manipulated their currencies in order to destroy them. Friedman (1999, 93) wonders what Robert Rubin, then-U.S. treasury secretary, might have said in response. He imagines it would have been something like this: "What planet are you living on? . . . Globalization isn't a choice, it's a reality, . . . and the only way you can grow at the speed that your people want to grow is by tapping into the global stock and bond markets, by seeking out multinationals to invest in your country, and by selling into the global trading system what your factories produce. And the most basic truth about globalization is this: No one is in charge."
The herd has no telephone number. When the herd decides to withdraw capital from a country, there is no one to complain to or to petition for relief. Decisions of the herd are collective ones. They are not made; they happen, and they happen because many investors individually make decisions simultaneously and on similar grounds to invest or to withdraw their funds. Do what displeases the herd, and it will trample you into the ground. Globalization is shaped by markets, not by governments.
Globalization means homogenization. Prices, products, wages, wealth, and rates of interest and profit tend to become the same all over the world. Like any powerful movement for change, globalization encounters resistanceMin America, from religious fundamentalists; abroad, from anti-Americanists; everywhere from cultural traditionalists. And the resisters become bitter because consciously or not they know they are doomed. Driven by technology, international finance sweeps all before it. Under the protection of American military power, globalization proceeds relentlessly. As Friedman proclaims: "America truly is the ultimate benign hegemony" (375).
The "end of the Cold War and the collapse of communism have discredited all models other than liberal democracy." The statement is by Larry Diamond, and Friedman repeats it with approval. There is one best way, and America has found it. "It's a post-industrial world, and America today is good at everything that is post-industrial" (145, 303). The herd does not care about forms of government as such, but it values and rewards "stability, predictability, transparency, and the ability to transfer and protect its private property." Liberal democracies represent the one best way. The message to all governments is clear: Conform or suffer.
There is much in what Friedman says, and he says it very well. But how much? And, specifically, what is the effect of closer interdependence on the conduct of the internal and external affairs of nations?
First, we should ask how far globalization has proceeded? As everyone knows, much of the world has been left aside: most of Africa and Latin America, Russia, all of the Middle East except Israel, and large parts of Asia. Moreover, for many countries, the degree of participation in the global economy varies by region. Northern Italy, for example, is in; southern Italy is out. In fact, globalization is not global but is mainly limited to northern latitudes. Linda Weiss points out that, as of 1991, 81% of the world stock of foreign direct investment was in high-wage countries of the north: mainly the United States, followed by the United Kingdom, Germany, and Canada. She adds that the extent of concentration has grown by 12 points since 1967 (Weiss 1998; cf., Hirst and Thompson 1996, 72).
Second, we should compare the interdependence of nations now with interdependence earlier. The first paragraph of this paper suggests that in most ways we have not exceeded levels reached in 1910. The rapid growth of international trade and investment from the middle 1850s into the 1910s preceded a prolonged period of war, internal revolution, and national insularity. After World War II, protectionist policies lingered as the United States opened it borders to trade while taking a relaxed attitude toward countries that protected their markets during the years of recovery from war's devastation. One might say that from 1914 into the 1960s an interdependence deficit developed, which helps to explain the steady growth of interdependence thereafter. Among the richest 24 industrial economies (the OECD countries), exports grew at about twice the rate of GDP after 1960. In 1960, exports were 9.5% of their GDPs; in 1900, 20.5% (Wade 1996, 62; cf., Weiss 1998, 171). Finding that 1999 approximately equals 1910 in extent of interdependence is hardly surprising. What is true of trade also holds for capital flows, again as a percentage of GDP (Hirst and Thompson 1996, 36).
Third, money markets may be the only economic sector one can say has become truly global. Finance capital moves freely across the frontiers of OECD countries and quite freely elsewhere (Weiss 1998, xii). Robert Wade notes that real interest rates within northern countries and between northern and southern countries vary by no more than 5%. This seems quite large until one notices variations across countries of 10 to 50 times in real wages, years of schooling, and numbers of working scientists. Still, with the movement of financial assets as with commodities, the present remains like the past. Despite today's ease of communication, financial markets at the turn of the previous century were at least as integrated as they are now (Wade 1996, 73-75).
Obviously, the world is not one. Sadly, the disparities of the North and South remain wide. Perhaps surprisingly, among the countries that are thought of as being in the zone of globalization, differences are considerable and persistent. To take just one example, financial patterns differ markedly across countries. The United States depends on capital imports, Western Europe does not, and Japan is a major capital exporter. The more closely one looks, the more one finds variations. That is hardly surprising. What looks smooth, uniform, and simple from a distance, on closer inspection proves to be pock marked, variegated, and complex. Yet here, the variations are large enough to sustain the conclusion that globalization, even within its zone, is not a statement about the present, but a prediction about the future.
Many globalizers underestimate the extent to which the new looks like the old. In any competitive system the winners are imitated by the losers, or they continue to lose. In political as in economic development, latecomers imitate the practices and adopt the institution of the countries who have shown the way. Occasionally, someone finds a way to outflank, to invent a new way, or to ingeniously modify an old way to gain an advantage; and then the process of imitation begins anew. That competitors begin to look like one another if the competition is close and continuous is a familiar story. Competition among states has always led some of them to imitate others politically, militarily, and economically; but the apostles of globalization argue that the process has now sped up immensely and that the straitjacket allows little room to wiggle. In the old political era, the strong vanquished the weak; in the new economic era, "the fast eat the slow" (Klaus Schwab quoted in Friedman 1999, 171). No longer is it "Do what the strong party says or risk physical punishment"; but instead "Do what the electronic herd requires or remain impoverished." But then, in a competitive system there are always winners and losers. A few do exceptionally well, some get along, and many bring up the rear.
States have to conform to the ways of the more successful among them or pay a stiff price for not doing so. We then have to ask what is the state of the state? What becomes of politics within the coils of encompassing economic processes? The message of globalizers is that economic and technological forces impose near uniformity of political and economic forms and functions on states. They do so because the herd is attracted only to countries with reliable, stable, and open governments--that is, to liberal democratic ones.
Yet a glance at just the past 75 years reveals that a variety of political-economic systems have produced impressive results and were admired in their day for doing so. In the 1930s and again in the 1950s, the Soviet Union's economic growth rates were among the world's highest, so impressive in the '50s that America feared being overtaken and passed by. In the 1960s President Kennedy got "the country moving again," and America's radically different system gained world respect. In the '70s, Western European welfare states with managed and directed economics were highly regarded. In the late '70s and through much of the '80s, the Japanese brand of neomercantilism was thought to be the wave of the future; and Western Europe and the United States worried about being able to keep up. Imitate or perish was the counsel of some; pry the Japanese economy open and make it compete on our grounds was the message of others. America did not succeed in doing much of either. Yet in the 1990s, its economy has flourished. Globalizers offer it as the ultimate political-economic modelMand so history again comes to an end. Yet it is odd to conclude from a decade's experience that the one best model has at last appeared. Globalization, if it were realized, would mean a near uniformity of conditions across countries. Even in the 1990s, one finds little evidence of globalization. The advanced countries of the world have enjoyed or suffered quite different fates. Major Western European countries were plagued by high and persistent unemployment; Northeast and Southeast Asian countries experienced economic stagnation or collapse while China continued to do quite well; and we know about the United States.
Variation in the fortunes of nations underlines the point: The country that has done best, at least lately, is the United States. Those who have fared poorly have supposedly done so because they have failed to conform to the American Way. Globalizers do not claim that globalization is complete, but only that it is in process and that the process is irreversible. Some evidence supports the conclusion; some does not. Looking at the big picture, one notices that nations whose economies have faltered or failed have been more fully controlled, directed, and supported governmentally than the American economy. Soviet-style economies failed miserably; in China, only the free-market sector flourishes; the once much-favored Swedish model has proved wanting. One can easily add more examples. From them it is tempting to leap to the conclusion that America has indeed found, or stumbled onto, the one best way.
Obviously, Thomas Friedman thinks so. Tip O'Neill, when he was a congressman from Massachusetts, declared that all politics are local. Wrong, Friedman says, all politics have become global. "The electronic herd," he writes, "turns the whole world into a parliamentary system, in which every government lives under the fear of a no-confidence vote from the herd" (1999, 62, 115).
I find it hard to believe that economic processes direct or determine a nation's policies, that spontaneously arrived at decisions about where to place resources reward or punish a national economy so strongly that a government either does what pleases the "herd" or its economy fails to prosper or even risks collapse. We all recall recent cases, some of them mentioned above, that seem to support Friedman's thesis. Mentioning them both makes a point and raises doubts.
First, within advanced countries at similar levels of development that are closely interrelated, one expects uniformities of form and function to be most fully displayed. Yet Stephen Woolcock, looking at forms of corporate governance within the European community, finds a "spectrum of approaches" and expects it to persist for the foreseeable future (1996, 196). Since the 1950s, the economies of Germany and France have grown more closely together as each became the principal trading partner of the other. Yet a study of the two countries concludes that France has copied German policies but has been unwilling or unable to copy institutions (Boltho 1996). GDP per work hour among seven of the most prosperous countries came close together between the 1950s and the 1980s (Boyer 1996, 37). Countries at a high level of development do tend to converge in productivity, but that is something of a tautology.
Second, even if all politics have become global, economies remain local perhaps to a surprising extent. Countries with large economies continue to do most of their business at home. Americans produce 88% of the goods they buy. Sectors that are scarcely involved in international trade, such as government, construction, nonprofit organizations, utilities, and wholesale and retail trade employ 82% of Americans (Lawrence 1997, 21). As Paul Krugman says, "The United States is still almost 90% an economy that produces goods and services for its own use" (1997, 166). For the world's three largest economiesMthe United States, Japan, and the European UnionMtaken as a unit, exports are 12% or less of GDP (Weiss 1998, 176). What I found to be true in 1970 remains true today: The world is less interdependent than is usually supposed (Waltz 1970). Moreover, developed countries, oil imports aside, do the bulk of their external business with one another, and that means that the extent of their dependence on commodities that they could not produce for themselves is further reduced.
Reinforcing the parochial pattern of productivity, the famous footloose corporations in fact turn out to be firmly anchored in their home bases. One study of the world's 100 largest corporations concludes that not one of them could be called truly "global" or "footloose." Another study found one multinational corporation that seemed to be leaving its home base: Britain's chemical company, ICI (Weiss 1998, 18, 22; cf., Hirst and Thompson 1996, 82N93, 90, 95ff.). On all the important countsMlocation of most assets, site of research and development, ownership, and managementMthe importance of a corporation's home base is marked. And the technological prowess of corporations corresponds closely to that of the countries in which they are located.
Third, the "transformative capacity" of states, as Linda Weiss emphasizes, is the key to their success in the world economy (Weiss 1998, xii). Because technological innovation is rapid, and because economic conditions at home and abroad change often, states that adapt easily have considerable advantages. International politics remains inter-national. As the title of a review by William H. McNeill (1997) puts it, "Territorial States Buried Too Soon." Global or world politics has not taken over from national politics. The twentieth century was the century of the nation-state. The twenty-first will be too. Trade and technology do not determine a single best way to organize a polity and its economy. National systems display a great deal of resilience. States still have a wide range of choice. Most states survive, and the units that survive in competitive systems are those with the ability to adapt. Some do it well, and they grow and prosper. Others just manage to get along. That's the way it is in competitive systems. In this spirit, Ezra Taft Benson, when he was President Eisenhower's secretary of agriculture, gave this kindly advice to America's small farmers: "Get big or get out." Success in competitive systems requires the units of the system to adopt ways they would prefer to avoid.
States adapt to their environment. Some are light afoot, and others are heavy. The United States looked to be heavy afoot in the 1980s when Japan's economy was booming. Sometimes it seemed that MITI (Ministry of International Trade and Industry) was manned by geniuses who guided Japan's economy effortlessly to its impressive accomplishments. Now it is the United States that appears light afoot, lighter than any other country. Its government is open: Accurate financial information flows freely, most economic decisions are made by private firms. These are the characteristics that make for flexibility and for quick adaptation to changing conditions.
Competitive systems select for success. Over time, the qualities that make for success vary. Students of American government point out that one of the advantages of a federal system is that the separate states can act as laboratories for social-economic experimentation. When some states succeed, others may imitate them. The same thought applies to nations. One must wonder who the next winner will be.
States adapt; they also protect themselves. Different nations, with distinct institutions and traditions, protect themselves in different ways. Japan fosters industries, defends them, and manages its trade. The United States uses its political, economic, and military leverage to protect itself and manipulate international events to promote its interests. Thus, as David E. Spiro elaborately shows, international markets and institutions did not recycle petrodollars after 1974. The United States did. Despite many statements to the contrary, the United States worked effectively through different administrations and under different cabinet secretaries to undermine markets and thwart international institutions. Its leverage enabled it to manipulate the oil crisis to serve its own interests (1999, chap. 6).
Many of the interdependers of the 1970s expected the state to wither and fade away. Charles Kindleberger wrote in 1969 that "the nation-state is just about through as an economic unit" (207). Globalizers of the 1990s believe that this time it really is happening. The state has lost its "monopoly over internal sovereignty," Wolfgang H. Reinecke writes, and as "an externally sovereign actor" it "will become a thing of the past" (1997, 137; cf., Thurow 1999). Internally, the state's monopoly has never been complete, but it seems more nearly so now than earlier, at least in well-established states. The range of governmental functions and the extent of state control over society and economy has seldom been fuller than it is now. In many parts of the world the concern has been not with the state's diminished internal powers but with their increase. And although state control has lessened somewhat recently, does anyone believe that the United States and Britain, for example, are back to a 1930s level, let alone to a nineteenth-century level of governmental regulation?
States perform essential political social-economic functions, and no other organization appears as a possible competitor to them. They foster the institutions that make internal peace and prosperity possible. In the state of nature, as Kant put it, there is "no mine and thine." States turn possession into property and thus make saving, production, and prosperity possible. The sovereign state with fixed borders has proved to be the best organization for keeping peace and fostering the conditions for economic well being.1 We do not have to wonder what happens to society and economy when a state begins to fade away. We have all too many examples. A few obvious ones are China in the 1920s and '30s and again in the 1960s and '70s, post-Soviet Russia, and many African states since their independence. The less competent a state, the likelier it is to dissolve into component parts or to be unable to adapt to transnational developments. Challenges at home and abroad test the mettle of states. Some states fail, and other states pass the tests nicely. In modern times, enough states always make it to keep the international system going as a system of states. The challenges vary; states endure. They have proved to be hardy survivors.
Having asked how international conditions affect states, I now reverse the question and ask how states affect the conduct of international political affairs.
The State in International Politics
Economic globalization would mean that the world economy, or at least the globalized portion of it, would be integrated and not merely interdependent. The difference between an interdependent and an integrated world is a qualitative one and not a mere matter of proportionately more trade and a greater and more rapid flow of capital. With integration, the world would look like one big state. Economic markets and economic interests cannot perform the functions of government. Integration requires or presumes a government to protect, direct, and control. Interdependence, in contrast to integration, is "the mere mutualism" of states, as Emile Durkheim put it. It is not only less close than usually thought but also politically less consequential. Interdependence did not produce the world-shaking events of 1989-91. A political event, the failure of one of the world's two great powers, did that. Had the configuration of international politics not fundamentally changed, neither the unification of Germany nor the war against Saddam Hussein would have been possible. The most important events in international politics are explained by differences in the capabilities of states, not by economic forces operating across states or transcending them. Interdependers, and globalizers even more so, argue that the international economic interests of states work against their going to war. True, they do. Yet if one asks whether economic interests or nuclear weapons inhibit war more strongly, the answer obviously is nuclear weapons. European great powers prior to World War I were tightly tied together economically. They nevertheless fought a long and bloody war. The United States and the Soviet Union were not even loosely connected economically. They coexisted peacefully through the four-and-a-half decades of the Cold War. The most important causes of peace, as of war, are found in international-political conditions, including the weaponry available to states. Events following the Cold War dramatically demonstrate the political weakness of economic forces. The integration (not just the interdependence) of the parts of the Soviet Union and of Yugoslavia, with all of their entangling economic interests, did not prevent their disintegration. Governments and people sacrifice welfare and even security to nationalism, ethnicity, and religion.
Political explanations weigh heavily in accounting for international-political events. National politics, not international markets, account for many international economic developments. A number of students of politics and of economics believe that blocs are becoming more common internationally. Economic interests and market forces do not create blocs; governments do. Without governmental decisions, the Coal and Steel Community, the European Economic Community, and the European Union would not have emerged. The representatives of states negotiate regulations in the European Commission. The Single-Market Act of 1985 provided that some types of directives would require less than a unanimous vote in the Council of Ministers. This political act cleared the way for passage of most of the harmonization standards for Europe (Dumez and Jeunemaitre 1996, 229). American governments forged NAFTA; Japan fashioned an East and Southeast Asian producing and trading area. The decisions and acts of a country, or a set of countries arriving at political agreements, shape international political and economic institutions. Governments now intervene much more in international economic matters than they did in the earlier era of interdependence. Before World War I, foreign-ministry officials were famed for their lack of knowledge of, or interest in, economic affairs. Because governments have become much more active in economic affairs at home and abroad, interdependence has become less of an autonomous force in international politics.
The many commentators who exaggerate the closeness of interdependence, and even more so those who write of globalization, think in unit rather than in systemic terms. Many small states import and export large shares of their gross domestic products. States with large GDPs do not. They are little dependent on others, while a number of other states heavily depend on them. The terms of political, economic, and military competition are set by the larger units of the international-political system. Through centuries of multipolarity, with five or so great powers of comparable size competing with one another, the international system was quite closely interdependent. Under bi- and unipolarity the degree of interdependence declined markedly.
States are differentiated from one another not by function but primarily by capability. For two reasons, inequalities across states have greater political impact than inequalities across income groups within states. First, the inequalities of states are larger and have been growing more rapidly. Rich countries have become richer while poor countries have remained poor. Second, in a system without central governance, the influence of the units of greater capability is disproportionately large because there are no effective laws and institutions to direct and constrain them. They are able to work the system to their advantage, as the petrodollar example showed. I argued in 1970 that what counts are states' capacity to adjust to external conditions and their ability to use their economic leverage for political advantage. The United States was then and is still doubly blessed. It remains highly important in the international economy, serving as a principal market for a number of countries and as a major supplier of goods and services, yet its dependence on others is quite low. Precisely because the United States is relatively little dependent on others, it has a wide range of policy choices and the ability both to bring pressure on others and to assist them. The "herd" with its capital may flee from countries when it collectively decides that they are politically and economically unworthy, but some countries abroad, like some firms at home, are so important that they cannot be allowed to fail. National governments and international agencies then come to the rescue. The United States is the country that most often has the ability and the will to step in. The agency that most often acts is the IMF, and most countries think of the IMF as the enforcement arm of the U.S. Treasury (Strange 1996, 192). Thomas Friedman believes that when the "herd" makes its decisions, there is no appeal; but often there is an appeal, and it is for a bail out organized by the United States.
The international economy, like national economies, operates within a set of rules and institutions. Rules and institutions have to be made and sustained. Britain, to a large extent, provided this service prior to World War I; no one did between the wars, and the United States has done so since. More than any other state, the United States makes the rules and maintains the institutions that shape the international political economy.
Economically, the United States is the world's most important country; militarily, it is not only the most important country, it is the decisive one. Thomas Friedman puts the point simply: The world is sustained by "the presence of American power and America's willingness to use that power against those who would threaten the system of globalization. . . . The hidden hand of the market will never work without a hidden fist" (1999, 373). But the hidden fist is in full view. On its military forces, the United States outspends the next six or seven big spenders combined. When force is needed to keep or to restore the peace, either the United States leads the way or the peace is not kept. The Cold War militarized international politics. Relations between the United States and the Soviet Union, and among some other countries as well, came to be defined largely in a single dimension, the military one. As the German sociologist Erich Weede has remarked, "National security decision making in some . . . democracies (most notably in West Germany) is actually penetrated by the United States" (1989, 225).
Oddly, the end of the Cold War has raised the importance of the American military to new heights. The United States continues to spend at a Cold War pace. In real terms, America's 1995 military budget approximately equaled the 1980 budget, and in 1980 the Cold War reached its peak. That other countries have reduced their budgets more than the United States has heightened the military dominance of one country. To say that the world is unipolar and that the world is becoming one through globalization is all too suggestive. Some say that the world is not really unipolar because the United States often needs, or at least wants, the help of others (see, e.g., Huntington 1999; Nye 1999). The truth, however, remains: The stronger have many more ways of coping with adversities than the weak have, and the latter depend on the former much more than the other way around. The United States is the only country that can organize and lead a military coalition, as it did in Iraq and in the Balkans. Some states have little choice but to participate, partly because of the pressure the strong can bring to bear on the weak and partly because of the needs of the latter. Western European countries and Japan are more dependent on Middle Eastern oil than the United States, and Western European countries are more affected by what happens in Eastern Europe than the United States is.
As expected, the beneficiaries resent their benefactor, which leads to talk of righting the imbalance of power. Yet, when the imbalance between one and the rest is great, to catch up is difficult. French leaders, especially, bemoan the absence of multipolarity and call for greater European strength, but one cannot usefully will the end without willing the means. The uneven distribution of capabilities continues to be the key to understanding international politics.
To an increasing extent, American foreign policy relies on military means. America continues to garrison much of the world and to look for ways of keeping troops in foreign countries rather than ways to withdraw them as one might have expected at the Cold War's end.2 The 1992 draft of the Pentagon's Defense Planning Guidance advocated "discouraging the advanced industrialized nations from . . . even aspiring to a larger global or regional role." The United States may at times want help from others, but not too much help lest it lose its leading position in one part of the world or another. The document, when it was leaked, provoked criticism. In response, emphasis was placed on its being only a draft, but it continues to guide and describe America's policy.
William J. Perry and Ashton B. Carter, respectively the former secretary and assistant secretary of defense, have recently offered the concept of "preventive defense" as a guide to American policy. Preventive defense is conducted by American defense officials engaging in "security and military dialogue with regional states"; it calls for "a more robust defense to defense program" (1999, 9. 11; cf., Carter, Perry, and Steinbruner 1992). Bismarck tried to keep Germany's military officials away from their opposite numbers in foreign countries lest the military's military policy become the country's foreign policy. In part, World War I resulted from his successors' failure to do this. In the United States, Treasury and Defense now make as much or more foreign policy than State does.
In a system of balanced states, the domination of one or some of them is prevented by the reaction of others acting as counterweights. The states of Europe held each other in balance through the first 300 years of the modern state system. In the next 50 years, the United States and the Soviet Union balanced each other, each protecting its sphere and helping to manage affairs within it. Since the end of the Cold War, the United States has been alone in the world; no state or combination of states provides an effective counterweight.
What are the implications for international politics? The more interdependent the system, the more a surrogate for government is needed. Who can supply it? Some Americans believe that the United States benignly provides a necessary minimum of management of the system and that, because of its moderation, other states will continue to appreciate, or at least to accept, its services (see, e.g., Ikenbery 1998/99, 77-78). Benign hegemony is, however, something of a contradiction in terms. "One reads about the world's desire for American leadership only in the United States," a British diplomat has remarked. "Everywhere else one reads about American arrogance and unilateralism" (quoted in Huntington 1999, 42).
McGeorge Bundy once described the United States as "the locomotive at the head of mankind, and the rest of the world the caboose" (quoted in Gardner 1995, 178). America's pulling power is at a peak that cannot be sustained, for two main reasons. First, America is a country of 276 million people in a world of six billion. It represents 4.6% of the world's total population. The country's physical capabilities and political will cannot sustain present world burdens indefinitely. Second, other countries may not enjoy being placed at the back of the train. Both friends and foes will react as countries always have to the threatened or real predominance of one from among them by working to right the balance (Waltz 1998). The present condition of international politics is unnatural. Both the predominance of America and, one may hope, the militarization of international affairs will diminish with time.
Many globalizers believe that the world is increasingly ruled by markets. Looking at the state among states leads to a different conclusion. The main difference between international politics now and earlier is not found in the increased interdependence of states but in their growing inequality. With the end of bipolarity, the distribution of capabilities across states has become extremely lopsided. Rather than elevating economic forces and depressing political ones, the inequalities of international politics enhance the political role of one country. Politics, as usual, prevails over economics.
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If you file your visa petition, even if it's done perfectly, there's a chance you could get the dreaded "RFE", or request for evidence. This is when an adjudicating officer requests additional evidence for your pending USCIS petition. It could be something very major, or very minor and benign. Often times, the item requested isn't even on the USCIS's list of required items. The important […]Read More »


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An installment loan typically calls for periodic payments, comprised of principal reductions and interest, until the entire loan balance is paid in full. Typical examples are car loans or student loans.
When buying a car you typically make a down payment with money from your savings and finance, or borrow the rest from a bank, credit union or auto finance company. If the car cost $10,000 and you only have $2,000 for a down payment, you will then try to borrow $8,000 from somebody and make equal sized monthly payments until the balance is paid in full, or you sell the car and must pay off the balance at that time to release the lien on the title of the car.
For our purposes as newbies, getting a car loan, without a credit file is difficult. Here is what I want you to try:
A CD or Certificate of Deposit Secured Loan.
Not all banks offer them. My daughter Shannon procrastinated with this suggestion last year and now that she wants to buy a car, her credit file is so new (only the credit card I was able to get her). She was denied for a car loan. Take a chunk of your savings into your bank and ask if they will grant you an installment loan secured with a Certificate of Deposit. Not all banks will do this. When you find a bank that will, be sure to ask them if your loan will be reported to the three major credit reporting agencies. If not, don't bother, move on to another bank. You will pledge your cash as collateral for the loan. If you miss a payment they can collect their money as your CD is held by the bank. If you have to withdraw the money you pledged as security for an emergency, you will pay a penalty and your CD loan must be paid off. Let's hope there are no emergencies during the term of your CD loan.
Example: Take $2000 of your savings and place it in a CD. Ask the bank to grant you a loan of $1000 secured by your CD. You put $2000 in, tied up with the bank for the term of the CD, and take back $1000 in the form of a loan. Put the $1000 in your checking account and use it to make monthly payments as required by your CD loan. This technique will cost you money as you will be paying interest on the loan, but you will also be earning interest on your CD. You'll find that the interest rate you pay will be higher than the interest you are earning. Welcome to the world of banking. That is how they make a profit. Giving you a small amount of interest for your deposit and charging you more interest for your loan. With interest rates as low as they are now, and the small amount of money you are borrowing, your interest costs will be minimal. But this is an important step in establishing a credit file.
You'll see your credit score take a jump up when your loan balance is less than 50% of the original loan amount.
If you followed yesterday's tip and follow with this one as well your file will be on its way. You will have an open account and installment account on your credit report. In six months or less, you'll have an improving credit score, which is the "Keys to the Kingdom". A good credit score and credit history.
Always pay on time. "Your credit is one of your most important assets"
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Brusnop- FairytalesA long time ago my mother told me not to believe in fairy tales...
"Oh Benjamin! Fairy tales are just childish nonsense!"
And I believed her until I met him...
A sixteen year old me woke up on a dark,misty night, awoken by a loud wailing sound. I swung my legs out of bed and padded barefoot over to my window, looking out of it I saw our empty driveway, darkness and a slight blur illuminated by the light from our porch. Being curious, I pulled on my dressing gown and thundered down the stairs, opening the front door and peeing outside. I heard the whimper again and grabbed a torch then stepped outside to search, it had sounded like an injured animal most likely a fox or something. I shone the beam of light to the right and found the source of the noise, a wolf lay on the ground whimpering his blue eyes gazing tediously at me.
"It's okay boy," I whispered, holding out my hand to show I was nice. "I won't hurt you," His eyes shone at me then moved away to gaze at his
The Need to Buy You Flowers: Brusnop"Why do you always want to go out with the guys?" Ben asked me from his seat on our couch like he had almost every day this week.
I let out an exasperated sigh. "Because I enjoy going out for drinks."
"You've been out for drinks with them every night and you've come home drunk every night.
"Can't you stay home with me for one night?"
"Ben, I spend all of my time at work or with you. I would like to go out and have a good time."
"So you're just going to leave me alone every night so you can have a 'good time'?" he asked, looking like he was staring to get pissed, which part of me couldn't care less about, and using his fingers to put quotes around good time.
"Yeah, pretty much. Just because you got yourself knocked up, it doesn't mean that my social life has to end."
"I got MYSELF knocked up? Whose fucking dick was in me and decided to release their fucking semen into my fucking body?"
I rolled my eyes. I wasn't going to stand here and listen to him accuse me for this.
When I started wa
Repeating Apologies.He stumbled up the stairs, fell on the last step, and cursed aloud. I bit my lip and lay there silently, facing away from the door, curled up on the sheets. I try to act like I'm asleep when he opens the door and turns the light on with a low grunt.
I quickly close my eyes and relax my breathing, hearing him shuffle to the bed and lay there, his full body weight on me. I groan softly, trying to get him off. He's kissing my neck, being so sloppy with his breath smelling pure of alcohol.
I give one last shove and he's hovering over me with glassy eyes, looking at me with a daze. I sighed.
"Guess what?" he said slowly, smirking. "Sam fell down. He was like, 'Danny!' and I was like, 'Sam, no-o-o-o-o-o!'" He cackled lowly, shaking his head. "It was hilarious!"
I nodded slowly. "That's nice."
He then starts to kiss my neck again, his hands roaming around my body in desperate want. "Baby," he breathes, "I'm so horny."
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Tampa, FL (SportsNetwork.com) - Tuukka Rask stopped 23 shots and five different players tallied, as the Boston Bruins chased previously undefeated goaltender Ben Bishop and claimed a 5-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday.
David Krejci, Adam McQuaid, Patrice Bergeron, Chris Kelly and Shawn Thornton lit the lamp for the Bruins, who have won the first two of a three-game road trip which concludes in Buffalo on Wednesday.
"I think everyone showed up from the drop of the puck tonight and it showed on the scoreboard," said Bergeron. "We kept pushing the whole game and wound up with a good result."
Rask came away with his first whitewash of the season and 17th career shutout to help Boston up its record to 5-2-0 and improve to 2-0 this year against the Lightning, who dropped a 3-1 opening-night decision to the defending Eastern Conference champions on Oct. 3.
Bishop had won all five of his starts this season, allowing just eight goals in all, but was pulled late in the second after giving up four scores on 17 shots in defeat. Anders Lindback finished the contest with four saves.
"That wasn't the way we wanted to play, especially at home in front of our fans," said Bishop. "We can play a lot better, and we will."
Boston struck just 1:32 into the contest, as Krejci beat his man to the top of the Tampa crease to whack home a Milan Lucic centering feed.
Rask came across the crease to rob Steven Stamkos on a tip in just after the two-minute mark of the second, and the Bruins eventually took a two-goal lead.
McQuaid gained a hold of a loose puck at the point, and his fluttering shot appeared to be tipped home at 4:37 by Iginla, who screened Bishop completely. However, the lumbering defenseman was credited with his first of the season.
It was a three-goal margin for the visitors with 5:08 on the second-period clock on Bergeron's tally, then Brad Marchand fed Kelly to make it 4-0 only 55 seconds later.
Thornton's first of the season gave the Bruins a 5-0 edge just 34 seconds into the final period, and minutes later Rask denied Stamkos again on a point-blank chance from the right side.
Boston has won two in a row and three of the last five meetings on Florida's
Gulf Coast ... The victory was the Bruins' first by shutout on the road
against the Lightning in the regular season since Feb. 1, 1997, a 3-0 shutout
authored by Rob Tallas ... Twelve different Boston players recorded one point
... Lightning defenseman Victor Hedman finished a game-worst minus-5 in 19:24
of ice time.
Vanderbilt quarterback Patton Robinette said Friday he is walking away from football to enter medical school.
Regan Smith substituted for Kyle Larson in the No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet in Sunday's Sprint Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway after Larson was sidelined due to additional medical tests following his fainting spell on Saturday.
If contradiction was an Olympic sport, Chip Kelly would certainly be medal-worthy judging by his performance at the NFL's owners meeting but the Eagles coach might have to settle for silver because Daniel Snyder's critics will take the gold every time.
There isn't much after that. The Miami Marlins are loaded up for a playoff push -- likely through a wild card spot -- and the New York Mets are up-and- coming but still raw. The Atlanta Braves and Philadelphia Phillies, former powerhouses of the division, are going through rebuilds and won't contend anytime soon.
The Los Angeles Clippers have signed guard Lester Hudson to a 10-day contract.
Mathieu Perreault will be back in the lineup when the Winnipeg Jets host the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday.


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I love the little Japanese eggplants
I'm eating my first eggplants of the season. If you don't normally enjoy eggplant, I suggest you try the little tiny purple Japanese ones. Sometimes they are called Ichiban at the nursery. They are crisp and sweet, not pithy and spongy. They can be eaten raw. I saute them and put them on noodles or couscous. Once they really get going, I will make ratatouille with eggplant, yellow pattypan squash, red bell peppers, and tomatoes. I have to buy the onions and garlic this year. Epicurious has a fantastic recipe.
I love them also and I was so annoyed when the 6-packs I bought last year were labeled wrong and were NOT the Japanese. That was from my most convenient source here in town and I'll make sure not to buy from them again. I need to check and see if they ordered those from the same grower that has been distributing a salvia canariensis for several years that is NOT s. canariensis.. I've noticed it at Armstrong's,Temecula... Plant Depot in San Juan Capistrano and the hardware store here in town,... not sure how far and wide their sales reach.
I have had the same problem with the eggplants from a number of places and I just pulled out two plants that were not as labeled. It's very frustrating when you have limited space. It's the growers who are at fault- they send out this mislabeled stuff to the retailers.
You've inspired me, hose'. I haven't ever grown Japanese Eggplants, but I don't think it's too late to do so this year.
Gypsy: I planted 4 jalapeño peppers from 3 different sources. One is jalapeño; two have 6" long, thin yellow peppers that aren't hot, but are prolific; and one has jalapeño shaped peppers but they are pointed up and their heat has yet to be determined. I guess if one wants something specific one will have to buy the seeds and grow them from scratch.
Well.....I don't know what to think...I've not thought of eggplant as being a perennial, but.....for the last couple of years, I've been growing my eggplant, French beans, etc in 5 gal pots and now I have eggplant coming up again in the pots from last year...the mis-labeled eggplant...lol..
So, either they're returning or there were seeds in the soil...it will give me another chance to see if any of those could be the Japanese eggplant....lol..
I've posted about this before, but the reason we are all getting mislabeled plants might be cuz of what I witnessed at a Home Depot once: a kid bored out of his mind while his parents shopped, ran around plucking labels from veggie 6-packs and randomly switched them around. He was doing this to hot & sweet peppers! Ever since then, I have been growing my vegetables from seed. Its not that hard and its the only way to know for sure.
Eggplants & peppers can live for at least 2 yrs in our climate here.The secret to reviving eggplants is to prune them in half when they have stopped producing mid-season, and fertilizing well at that time. You will see new growth soon.
I love the Japanese eggplants too!
Delicious. I sliced them lengthwise and grilled them in a grill pan on the stove. Before grilling, marinate eggplant slices for 30 minutes in the following sauce (from the internet somewhere):
ü cup honey
ü cup vegetable or peanut oil
ü cup fresh lemon juice
ü cup soy sauce
ý tsp. minced garlic
ü tsp. red pepper flakes
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1. Preheat oven to 250°F.
2. Grease a baking sheet with fat or oil.
3. Into a bowl add stiffly beaten egg white and stir brown sugar into it.
4. Mix well adding the remaining ingredients.
5. Onto a greased baking sheet, drop from a teaspoon, allowing 2 or 3 pecans to each cookie.
6. Bake in the preheated oven for about 30 minutes.
7. Remove to rack or paper immediately.
8. Serve as snacks or alongside beverages.


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- Does java.util.UUID generates special characters?
- What are the type of each character (eg- Uppercase, lower case, digits) generated by UUID.
A UUID doesn't consist of characters, unless you ask it to be converted into a string. At that point, it will be turned into a string consisting of hex characters and hyphens, as described by the docs for
(It's not documented whether the hex digits will be upper or lower case.)
The javadoc for java.util.UUID links to RFC 4122 which says
So no, it will not generate special characters.
UUID ≠ Text
To clarify, a UUID is actually a 128-bit value, not text or digits. You could think of them as 128-bit unsigned integers.
When a UUID needs to be written for human consumption, we use a hex string (digits 0-9 and letters a-f). Humans don't do well reading and writing 128 "1" and "0" characters. So we use 32 hex characters plus 4 hyphens to represent those 128 bits. For example:
No "Special" Characters
As for "special characters" mentioned in the Question, you will only see these 23 characters in a hex-string representation of a UUID:
Lowercase Required By Spec
The latest international spec dated 2008-08 states (emphasis mine):
Violations Common
However, Microsoft, Apple, and others commonly violate the lowercase rule, as does the Java documentation for the UUID class'
So do as the spec says, output lowercase but tolerate either for input.


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The Killing Kind
A Thriller
By John Connolly
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John Connolly's Every Dead Thing and Dark Hollow were international bestsellers. Now the "compulsively readable" (Publishers Weekly) Connolly returns to heart-pounding form with a crime novel that combines sinister menace with superb style.
When the discovery of a mass grave in northern Maine reveals the grim truth behind the disappearance of a religious community, private detective Charlie Parker is drawn into a violent conflict with a group of zealots intent on tracking down a relic that could link them to the slaughter. Haunted by the ghost of a small boy and tormented by the demonic killer known as Mr. Pudd, Parker is forced to fight for his lover, his friends...and his very soul.
John Connolly is the author of Every Dead Thing, Dark Hollow, The Killing Kind, The White Road, Bad Men, Nocturnes, and The Black Angel. He is a regular contributor to The Irish Times and lives in Dublin, Ireland. For more information, see his website at JohnConnolly.co.uk.
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Jimmy Kimmel announces 'National Unfriend Day' for Facebook
On last night's "Jimmy Kimmel Live," Jimmy Kimmel presented the idea of National Unfriend Day. He said that he thinks Facebook is cheapening the concept of friendship. "A friend is someone you have a special relationship with."
As opposed to Facebook friendship. "I mean, remember five years ago when no one was on Facebook and you didn't know what the guy you took high school biology with was having for lunch? Remember how that was... fine? Let's go back to that."
William Shatner appeared in a faux PSA, shaking his head. "Hello, I'm William Shatner. These people on Facebook... they're not your friends. That's all." Kimmel made clear afterward that Shatner is not his friend.
Personally, I'm always complaining that I'm following too many people on Twitter and can't decide who to unfollow. I think I'm going to take Kimmel up on his offer and trim both some friends and some folks on Twitter that I follow from my life.
San Diego Comic-Con 2011 ticket system fails, nerds outraged
The moment had finally arrived. Tickets for Comic-Con 2011 were scheduled to go on sale this morning at 9 a.m. The floodgates opened, and then... well, not so much. The ticket system apparently couldn't handle the massive amount of traffic of the eager masses (myself included) and left fans across the Internet looking at spinning icons letting them know that they weren't getting their tickets anytime soon. Twitter exploded in geek rage.
Eventually, the servers for the registration system wouldn't even pretend to load anymore. Comic-Con posted a notice to check back on November 8, not to register, but for an announcement of when the new registration date would be. They also posted the following message:
We are really sorry for the problems with registration today. We do not know what the technical issues are, so we have temporarily closed registration.
We will announce on Monday, November 8th, the new date and time that registration will reopen. This down-time will allow us to determine and address the issues.
Only a handful of badges were actually sold today.
Thank you for your patience, and again, we all are truly sorry for this inconvenience.
Whack those little links
Hark, oh neophyte Tweeters! Is that link to another video of a cat on a Roomba just a few letters over the 140-character limit? There is hope, young Twits: a website called TinyURL will shorten your horrifically long, Lovecraftian string of letters, symbols and numerics to a fraction of its former girth.
Essentially, it redirects that short link on its directory to the original long link's destination. Other link-shortening sites, like bit.ly (not to be confused with mitt.ly), have increased in use, but TinyURL has been around since January 2002. After eight years, there's a deluge of TinyURLs, and like all Internet innovations, somebody got bored.
Thus was TinyURL Whacking born.
All TinyURL short links start with the service's website - http://tinyurl.com/ - followed by random letters and numbers assigned when the long link is shortened. Since the database is solvent, if someone tries to make a new short link to a site someone had submitted before, the short link will be identical to when it was first made.
Keeping the Internet neutral a big concern for ethnic groups
Network neutrality (also known as "net neutrality") has risen from slumbering bogeyman to hot-button issue since last April's decision by a federal appeals court favored service provider Comcast over the Federal Communications Commission, effectively allowing Internet Service Providers (ISP's) the ability to block or slow specific sites.
Proponents of net neutrality fear this decision will allow ISP's to offer tiers of access to the Internet, artificially creating financial demand for performance.
But this article by California Crusader News, featured on hyperlocal ethnic news collective LA Beez, notes the potential effects failing to establish net neutrality will have on artistic, lower-income and immigrant communities:
The next Batman movie: 'The Dark Knight Rises'
The next Batman movie's title has been announced: "The Dark Knight Rises." Geoff Boucher at the L.A. Times' Hero Complex did an interview with director Christopher Nolan (recently known for the mind-bending hit "Inception") on the third leg in his Batman trilogy.
Nolan also revealed that the villain won't be the Riddler, much to the chagrin of fanboys who've been speculating that the Riddler would be the villain since shortly after "The Dark Knight" came out. This fan poster was burning up the Internet after the last movie, with casting rumors pointing to Johnny Depp, but it's not to be:
Nolan is also fighting the 3-D trend and said he won't be filming "The Dark Knight Rises" in 3-D; however, he will be using IMAX as he did for certain sections of "The Dark Knight."
I like Hero Complex's suggestion of Dr. Hugo Strange as a villain in the next film, as I think Nolan could do some interesting things with the way his storytelling explores psychological issues. I'd also love to see the trilogy brought full circle, perhaps bringing back Ra's al Ghul from "Batman Begins" and Two-Face from "The Dark Knight." It's difficult to see a logical way to explain their returns after they both seemingly met untimely ends, particularly in the grim and gritty world of the recent Batman films, but it would make a fitting cap to the series and Nolan's talent keeps it within the realm of possibility.


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Otter sculpture to take pride of place in Ballyhack village
A sculpture of an otter was unveiled in Ballyhack on Friday last.
Out & About
A sculpture of an otter was unveiled in Ballyhack on Friday last.
Esther Hayden New Ross Musical Society's Jesus Christ Superstar opened on Tuesday, March 3, at St Michael's Theatre and runs until Saturday, March 7.
The sell out performances of I'm the One for You by the Fethard Village Players has seen local charities benefit.
Esther Hayden A sculpture of an otter was unveiled in Ballyhack on Friday last.
Esther Hayden Two local organisations benefited to the tune of €1,500 each last...
David Medcalf Cricket, lovely cricket. A nation which normally associates maidens with horse racing and thinks a googly must be an internet search engine is overnight enthralled by sound of leather on willow.
Esther Hayden The 400th anniversary of the birth of famous Wexford man William Lamport, the legendary Zorro, was celebrated last Wednesday,
Cannabis which has been sprayed with amphetamine is being sold to young drug users in the county.
The tender for the €217m New Ross Bypass is due to be signed in May.
Esther Hayden There was a fundraiser in Whites Hotel on Friday last to help raise...
Campile Pantomime Society is celebrating 50 years in show business with their colourful Goldilocks show which is opening at the end of this month.
A new, more family friendly Apex pool will be available to customers when it opens in April, a council official said on Tuesday.
Fintan Lambe Just how do you give a busy working bank a complete makeover...
David Looby Marta Walsh looks impatiently at four fenced in, derelict buildings...
The American presidential race arrives in New Ross next week when local drama group, Black Widow Productions, present David Mamet's hilarious Oval Office spoof, 'November'.
David Looby Campile Pantomime Society is celebrating 50 years in show business with their colourful Goldilocks show which is opening at the end of this month.
Jim Hayes They probably won't be the 10 best albums of the year, but here's some of the most hotly anticipated releases in 2015.
The funeral of former town councillor Patrick (Paddy)...News
The Tullogher Rosbercon Vintage and Classic club...News
€2,500 in funding has been sourced to carry out some improvement works at The...News
New Ross gardai were involved in a number of armed checkpoints at the weekend in a bid...News
Draft flood maps for the New Ross area were due to be shown at The Tholsel, New Ross on March 4 between 3pm and 7pm.News
Builders and contractors throughout Wexford will be given an update on the prospects for...News
New Ross CBS Secondary School has been granted a...News
Two years of hard work will finally come to fruition on Friday, March 6 with the formal unveiling of an historical plaque in St...News
One of the greatest Irish Americans who ever lived,...News
The Style area of New Ross is looking a lot more stylish...News


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Company Overview of Hickory Farms, Inc.
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Independent Stationers announced it has entered into a partnership with Hickory Farms, Inc. to be the exclusive business gift partner to Independent Stationers members. Independent Stationers members will now have the ability to purchase and send Hickory Farms and Pfaelzer Brothers gifts to their customers, clients and employees, customize these gifts with their logo or company name and sell Hickory Farms gifts to their customer base.
Hickory Farms and Brand Licensing Team have entered into an exclusive agreement to develop and commercialize a range of new products across categories. Hickory Farms intends to expand its distribution reach through the partnership as well as create new purchase occasions for its loyal fans by offering new, innovative products.
Hickory Farms, Inc. announced a number of changes to the company's executive team in support of its mission to become the best specialty food retailer in North America. The company announced that Michael Holton, previously vice president of brand marketing, has been appointed chief marketing officer; Joe Loch, previously vice president of supply chain has been appointed vice president of franchise and retail sales; Ty Hanline, previously director of logistics, has been appointed vice president of supply chain; and Joe Herman, from Davenport, Hanf & Company has joined as interim chief financial officer. Holton first joined Hickory Farms in 2002 as manager of consumer/trade marketing and rose to vice president of brand marketing in 2009. As CMO, Holton will now be responsible for overseeing all elements of the marketing mix and all aspects of the consumer brand experience. In his new position, Loch will lead the Hickory Farms retail sales team and over 4,500 seasonal associates in their pursuit of excellence through a network of 750 kiosks the company operates each holiday season. Previous to his new role, Loch was hired at Hickory Farms in 2009 as the vice president of supply chain Hanline was first hired in 2006 at Hickory Farms as the director of logistics before being appointed to vice president of supply chain. During his tenure the logistics team has successfully transformed the company's distribution and storage network to achieve 99% on-time deliveries while at the same time significantly lowering cost. Herman recently joined Hickory Farms from a client service firm specializing in financial, operational and organizational development. Prior to Davenport, Hanf & Company, Herman served as CFO and treasurer for Therma-Tru Corporation.
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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 'Precise Pangolin' released
It's that time of the year when we get a new version of the popular Linux distro, Ubuntu. The newest version, 12.04, dubbed as 'Precise Pangolin' in their usual alliterative theme comes with some new features but mostly just refinements to those added in the previous version.
There is now a new HUD that allows the user to simply type what they want to do and then the OS suggests them applications based on the text they enter. So if you were to type "browse the Internet" the OS would display the browser among the results. The HUD can be evoked with a click of the Alt key on your keyboard. Read more »


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The cyclists of Critical Mass traditionally meet at the Daley Plaza (50 W. Washington St.) every last Friday of the month no matter what the weather is like. However, the annual Christkindlmarket event festivities and crowd caused confusion for the riders. Despite the large holiday crowds,... Rena Naltsas


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Hello, friend! Thanks for visiting our home on the web. This site is full of information about the history and operations of the Gutiérrez-Hubbell House History and Cultural Center (GHHHCC). Take a little scroll down this page to see what we've been up to here, or click on the tabs in the headers above to make your way around the site.
Did you know that our page has been visited by web-surfers in more than 20 different countries? We're growing and changing! Check out our newly revamped Facebook page to keep in the know on all things GHHHCC. We're putting forth daily updates on upcoming events, new photos of our volunteers and interns, Spring snapshots of our lovely orchard trees in bloom, and new images of the house and grounds.
Doing some online shopping? Put that tax-refund to good use and support the GHHHCC/HHA by shopping on AmazonSmile. We'll get a small amount back on eligible purchases, and the funds will go towards community educational programs and historical preservation of the Gutiérrez-Hubbell House. Check out this link for more info.
Things you should know:
Our newest upcoming event flyer is here! Please distribute widely. Wanna help us get the word out? Paper copies for distribution are now available in a variety of colors on a limited basis at the Gutiérrez-Hubbell House: call 505 244 0507 for more information.
Shout-out to Albuquerque Pack 5 Cub Scouts for their lovingly-made wooden painted birdboxes now adorning trees along the acequia madre on the GHHHCC property. Come take a walk along the acequia and take a look! Photos coming soon!
Also, our very own March 7th Plow to Pantry Garden Series was a wonderful success. Thanks to everyone who came out to make our event special!
If gardening is of interest to you, please do check out the Backyard Farming series, a free community educational opportunity offered here at the Gutiérrez-Hubbell House. This season's programming kicked off on March 14th with a presentation that drew more than 40 participants. The next session on March 28th saw even more backyard farmers come out! The next class will be held on Saturday, April 11th, 2015. Specific information on what will be covered here.
The Backyard Farming Series is a collaboration between Bernalillo County Open Space, the Hubbell House Alliance, and Jen Prosser of Sunstone Herbs.
- Please pre-register at www.bernco.gov/BCOS-Events or call (505) 314-0398 and show up early to guarantee a seat! Click here for more information, including schedules and details.
For info on our other upcoming events, please find the "Upcoming Events" tab above or click here. (Link opens in a new tab).
About the Gutiérrez-Hubbell House:
Built in the mid 1800's, the Gutiérrez-Hubbell House has served as a private residence, trading post, stagecoach stop and post office on the historic Camino Real. After a ten year rehabilitation, this 160 year-old natural adobe house has been furnished with period pieces, outdoor interpretive signs and structures, photographs and artifacts to provide a glimpse at how people lived during three forms of government. The house and museum are open from Tuesday through Saturday, 10:00 am until 2:00 pm. More details on location and visits here.
The Gutiérrez-Hubbell House and Open Space have become a special gathering place and space for neighbors and friends from all corners of Bernalillo County, the state and the country. Besides being a popular venue for retreats, workshops, meetings and weddings, we also offer a variety of educational activities. We provide agriculture and history workshops and Backyard Farming workshops. Visit us Sunday October 11, 2015 for our wonderful Local Food Festival, a free public event with food, lectures, activities for children, food tasting, live music and much more. Continue browsing to discover everything the Gutiérrez-Hubbell House has to offer.
Return to this page at any time by clicking on our name in the header above.
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WWAY alum Meghan Torjussen tells us how her new home is preparing for Irene
One of our most popular WWAY alums is Meghan Torjussen, who left our area for a news job in the state of Maine, probably thinking she could leave the hurricanes behind. Now that may not be the case. We caught up with Meghan on the phone Thursday from Portland, ME.


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An Empire of Their Own
|This article relies largely or entirely upon a single source. (March 2011)
|Neal Gabler
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An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood is a non-fiction book whose topic is the careers of several prominent Jewish movie producers in the early years of Hollywood. Author Neal Gabler focuses on the psychological motivations of these film moguls, arguing that their background as Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe shaped their careers and influenced the movies they made.
Gabler's main thesis is that these producers (whom Gabler terms 'Hollywood Jews') generally came from poor, fatherless backgrounds, and felt like outsiders in America because of their Jewishness. In Hollywood, these producers were able to run their own industry, assimilate into the American mainstream, and produce movies that fulfilled their vision of the American dream. Gabler asserts that the nature of their business and their movies can often be traced back to their feelings of alienation as immigrants.
The book also explains that the business background of the 'Hollywood Jews' in theatre-ownership, retail distribution, and the garment industry shaped the approach these studio owners took to crafting movies for a popular audience, one similar to the marketing of films as commodities as well as works of art.
The book won the 1989 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for history[1] and the 1989 Theatre Library Association Award.[2]
The book was adapted into a documentary movie in 1998, a decade after the book was published. The movie has two titles: "Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream" (original title for A&E) and "Hollywood: An Empire of Their Own" (title for video/DVD). The documentary won an award for Best Jewish Experience Documentary at the 1998 Jerusalem Film Festival.[3]
The title of the book is taken from a line in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Last Tycoon.
See also[edit]
- ^ 1989 Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winners (accessed March 31, 2011).
- ^ Theatre Library Association Award - Winners, 1974-2009 (accessed March 31, 2011).
- ^ Review summary for Hollywood: An Empire of Their Own (1998), Baseline entry reprinted in The New York Times (accessed March 31, 2011).
- Gabler, Neal (1988). An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood. Crown. ISBN 0-385-26557-3.
- Langdon, Jennifer (2009). Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood. Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-14250-1.


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Under Armour and São Paulo - Brazil's Most Decorated Football Club - Announce Partnership 03.17.2015
Baltimore, MD (March 17, 2015) Today Under Armour (NYSE: UA) announced a multi-year technical sponsorship of São Paulo, the most successful club in Brazilian Football. Beginning this May, the club's First team and Academy teams will be outfitted in Under Armour designed and manufactured match-day kit and training wear. Authentic and replica ... Read More
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Austin, TX (March 11, 2015) Today Under Armour (NYSE:UA) opened its first-ever Connected Fitness digital headquarters in downtown Austin, Texas. Located in a new commercial development near the restored City of Austin Power Plant, the office currently employs more than 100 industry-leading engineers, data scientists, designers, and product i... Read More


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How is Leo alive?
I think Leo might be god of dumbness if he comes back randomly like that...That means there is another one like me.(grabs sniper rifle) This Universe is only big enough for one ultimate stupid person...btw keep the awsome work up! :3
Then why did you come back?
I aborted you from time...
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I personally like "twelve stamps and you get anal. It's like a free sub! Only it's buttsex!"
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Even if you do have a cool ride like a deloran. Loved the flash, hope to see more whenever you get around to it.