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Elusive Victories: The American Presidency at War (Hardcover)
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On April 4, 1864, Abraham Lincoln made a shocking admission about his presidency during the Civil War. "I claim not to have controlled events," he wrote in a letter, "but confess plainly that events have controlled me." Lincoln's words carry an invaluable lesson for wartime presidents, writes Andrew J. Polsky in this seminal book. As Polsky shows, when commanders-in-chief do try to control wartime events, more often than not they fail utterly.
In Elusive Victories, Polsky provides a fascinating study of six wartime presidents, drawing larger lessons about the limits of the power of the White House during armed conflict. He examines, in turn, Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama, showing how each gravely overestimated his power as commander-in-chief. In each case, these presidents' resources did not match the key challenges that recur from war to war. Both Lincoln and Johnson intervened in military operations, giving orders to specific units; yet both struggled with the rising unpopularity of their conflicts. Both Wilson and Bush entered hostilities with idealistic agendas for the aftermath, yet found themselves helpless to enact them. With insight and clarity, Polsky identifies overarching issues that will inform current and future policymakers. The single most important dynamic, he writes, is the erosion of a president's freedom of action. Each decision propels him down a path from which he cannot turn back. When George W. Bush rejected the idea of invading Iraq with 400,000 troops, he could not send such a force two years later as the insurgency spread. In the final chapter, Polsky examines Barack Obama's options in light of these conclusions, and considers how the experiences of the past might inform the world we face now.
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Move over, simple syrups: Your more sophisticated French cousin, the gastrique, has arrived. This acid and sugar reduction cranks up cocktails' flavors (and keeps for up to a month in the fridge). Here, it complements the heady sugarcane rum in the Garden Variety by Daniel Shoemaker of Portland's Teardrop Cocktail Lounge.
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1. Make gastrique: Bring sugar and 1/4 cup water to a boil. Reduce heat to medium and cook until syrup starts to brown. Remove from heat. Slowly whisk vinegar into syrup. Add rum and figs; simmer 15 minutes and chill.
2. Make cocktail: Muddle 8 basil leaves, 2 strawberries, gastrique, and ice in a cocktail shaker, until fruit is in small chunks. Add rum, Cointreau, and bitters and shake. Strain into 2 ice-filled glasses and top with a splash of soda. Garnish each glass with 2 strawberry quarters and a basil leaf.
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U.S. stock-index futures declined after the benchmark Standard & Poor's 500 Index rallied last week to its highest level since 2007.
Alcoa Inc fell in German trading as copper led base metals lower in London amid rising stockpiles. Bank of America Corp. (BAC:US) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM:US) also slid after two weeks of gains for their U.S.-traded shares. Lowe's Cos. may move after the company withdrew its offer to acquire Canada's Rona Inc.
S&P 500 futures expiring in December slid 0.2 percent to 1,455.7 at 7:21 a.m. in New York. The benchmark equities gauge last week rallied to the highest level since Dec. 2007 as the Federal Reserve's plan to buy mortgage securities fueled demand for riskier assets. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures lost 21 points, or 0.2 percent, to 13,497 today.
"You have to wonder if markets have not got slightly ahead of themselves given the underlying fundamental news does not seem to be getting much better," said Lex Van Dam, who manages $500 million at Hampstead Capital LLC in London. "It is a bit of a light newsday today with low volumes and most of the short squeeze behind us. To buy the market at this level seems the wrong risk-reward to me."
Trading volume may be subdued in New York today on account of the Jewish New Year.
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Alcoa, the largest U.S. aluminum producer, slid 0.7 percent to $9.77 in Germany.
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The growth of online shopping gained further momentum during the 2012 Christmas period, with strong sales figures reported from a number of internet retailers.
Meanwhile high-street stores continue to close and the Christmas period saw a two percent drop in shopper numbers since 2011, according to research firm Springboard.
According to figures released by John Lewis, online sales for the five weeks to 29 December 2012 were up 44 percent on last year and Johnlewis.com now accounts for a quarter of all the firm's business.
"The success of our online operation and our pre-eminence as an omni-channel retailer cannot be underestimated," said Andy Street, John Lewis managing director.
"Sales at Johnlewis.com broke through the £800m milestone during December supported by an excellent performance from our Click and Collect facility which allows customers the flexibility to buy online and collect from John Lewis and Waitrose outlets."
Meanwhile Amazon has seen purchases on Christmas Day increase by 263 percent over the past five years, and expects that Christmas Day 2012 was its busiest to date, although it is yet to release exact spending figures.
Amazon did report, though, that 26.5 million items were ordered worldwide on the peak day of the Christmas period - 26 November - and that the 2012 holiday season was the firm's biggest ever.
Furthermore, technology giant IBM estimated that internet spending was up 44 percent on Boxing Day compared to the same period in 2011.
Meanwhile e-retail organisation IMRG estimated UK online shoppers spent £225m on Christmas Eve and £307m on Christmas Day, and a total of 375 million hours shopping online in December 2012.
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- Work with and oversee the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) to sustain and improve all aspects of support for externally-funded projects and programs.
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- Communicate with deans, chairs, and directors about opportunities.
- Provide support and training for administrative support staff in their efforts to effectively manage external funding.
- Work with the offices of the President, Provost, University Relations, and Public relations to improve and expand communication about faculty research and expertise, and raise the profile of research on campus.
- Increase direct student involvement in grant writing and research, which will include student assistants, interns, and students in specific courses (e.g. Community Research Experience, Nonprofit Management, and Technical Writing).
- Coordinate with the Vice President for Finance and Administration, Administrative Business Operations, and Purchasing Office to ensure effective support for sponsored projects and programs.
- Learn from other institutions and communicate "best practices" and "lessons learned" to PSU researchers and administrators.
Coordinate the regulatory functions with faculty committees for compliance in areas such as human subjects (IRB) research and care and use of Animals (IACUC).
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- Identify opportunities to better support faculty, staff, and student research efforts.
- Identify obstacles and structural barriers to effective faculty, staff, and student research on campus.
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- Work with faculty to improve the quality of applications.
- Work with faculty to identify and enhance "follow-on activities" and external support for Provost-funded projects.
- Work with grant recipients to communicate the outcomes of funded project through documentation, web-based communications, and on-campus conferences and events.
- Coordinate and support RAC evaluation of grant applications.
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- Communicate about PSU research and expertise to external audiences.
Serve as the Service Learning Liaison and implement the charge of the Service Learning Taskforce.
- Assemble and communicate information about existing service learning efforts. o Collaborate with deans, chairs, and faculty to support and enhance service learning opportunities.
- Collaborate with the centers, Global Education Office, Community Service Learning Center, the Honors Program, and other units on campus to bolster opportunities for service learning on campus.
- Work with external partners to identify opportunities for service learning.
- Expand and enhance courses devoted to service learning, such as Community Research Experience.
- Communicate with external partners about service learning success at PSU.
- Work with others on campus to secure external funding for service learning.
Generally promote, advocate and serve as a resource to the campus about Service Learning, ensuring that Service Learning gains and retains momentum on the PSU campus.
- Help implement recommendations of the Service Learning task force.
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- Report on service learning success to PSU constituents and external partners via the Web, social media, press-releases, and other venues.
- Work with the offices of the President, Provost, University Relations, Public Relations, Deans, Advancement, and others to raise the profile of service learning on campus and among external audiences.
- Communicate about the importance of service learning and service learning opportunities on campus.
- Communicate students, potential students, and students' families about the value of service learning.
- Raise the scholarly standards for service learning at PSU, which is distinguished from other volunteer activities.
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- Facilitate regular meetings of center directors as well as meetings with center directors and the deans to:
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- Seek counsel and improve the climate for research on campus.
- Learn about new opportunities, developing projects, and challenges to research on campus.
- Communicate about upcoming funding opportunities, maximize collaboration, and minimize competition on particular grant opportunities.
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Europe could be left behind in the global market if more is not to done to build out high speed mobile broadband networks.
This was the stark warning given by the vice president of the European Commissions' Digital Agenda, Neelie Kroes, who said unless new spectrum frequencies are freed up, the region will fall behind the likes of the US and Asia.
"With 10 times South Korea's population, we actually have fewer 4G subscriptions. Mobile traffic is predicted to grow at over 60 percent per year, and our networks are straining," she said.
"Increasingly, mobile phone manufacturers are not European: as these days, eight out of the top 10 handset makers are from elsewhere. And some of those devices, including the latest iPhone, do not support important EU spectrum bands."
As such, Kroes said a co-ordinated approach to ensure a single market of spectrum use that can be used by all devices is vital.
"We need broadband for all, and to roll out faster technologies. We need to benefit from new services, from the cloud to the internet of things," she said.
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NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas - A bottle of Lone Star beer raised in one hand and his guitar in the other, Fred Andrews, the lead singer of Honeybrowne, toasted the crowd gathered around the old wooden stage in Gruene Hall with "Here's to all the ladies."
A roar of approval went up from the hundreds of country-music fans ready to kick up their heels and down some brews in the oldest continuously used dance hall in Texas. Built in 1878 by Henry Gruene (pronounced "Green"), a German immigrant, it is the centerpiece of historic Gruene, now part of New Braunfels, the first German settlement in Texas.
The Germans colonized what is today Texas Hill Country in the heart of the state, roughly west of Austin and north of San Antonio. It's where the strudel meets the stirrup, so to speak.
Gruene originally was called Goodwin until Henry Gruene, a successful cotton farmer, began to build a grist mill and mercantile buildings. The mercantile is now the General Store filled with candy, toys, souvenirs and a soda fountain. His Victorian home is Gruene Mansion Inn, on the National Register of Historic Places. The old mill is a restaurant, but the saloon-dance hall remains much as it was in the 1880s.
To get the best look at the hall, visit during the day when it's not wall-to-wall two-steppers. The swinging screen doors open into a space that makes you wish you had ridden into town on a horse. Bare light bulbs, ceiling fans and worn wood floor planks patched with old Texas license plates add to the charm. Surrounding streets are filled with tourists and shoppers browsing the antiques mall, sipping samples at the Grape Vine Texas Wine Bar or stopping into the Great Texas Pecan Candy Co. for pecans prepared any way you like them -- spicy, sweet, chocolate-covered or plain. Jeff King and his family have run the business for 15 years, making and packing the pecan treats themselves.
New Braunfels, founded by Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels, also is famous for Wurstfest. Each November, it hosts one of the country's largest German-heritage festivals, which includes a contest for the best of the wurst.
Among other activities in town, water recreation abounds in the town's two rivers -- the Guadalupe and Comal -- with tubing the favorite summer pastime. No effort required. Plop in a tube and let the very slow Comal carry you on a lazy afternoon drift. Tube-rental spots are available at several locations in town. The Prince Solms Tube Chute, which bypasses a dam, gives riders a very quick white-water thrill. Schlitterbahn Waterpark and Canyon Lake also offer respite from the summer temps that can hover near 100 degrees in the summer.
If you want to get back in the saddle again, head west to Bandera, known as "The Cowboy Capital of the World," where each week anyone with a horse is welcome to ride through town. Many of the dude ranches saddle up their guests and join residents on the ride. They generally end up at the 11th Street Cowboy Bar (billed as "The Biggest Little Bar in Texas!"), which has a real hitching post for ponies and the cigar-store Indian doesn't seem contrived. Named one of the 10 best cowboy bars in the country by Cowboy Magazine, it has a tiny bar festooned with bras and a big dance floor.
Another stop for riders is a Hill Country honky-tonk called Arkey Blue's Silver Dollar Bar on Bandera's Main Street. Locals say it's the second-oldest dance hall in Texas. A little red door leads visitors down a staircase into a timber-framed basement where antlers decorate the walls and live music, dancing and drinking make it a party. Across the street is OST (Old Spanish Trail) restaurant. Saddles line the bar instead of stools, but most patrons opt to use the tables. Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner, it's a Texas-style diner.
This small but popular town was founded by Polish immigrants, so expect a little polka in these cowpokes.
"There's something about this place that just keeps you coming back," said Chris, an Englishman who ended up moving to Bandera after one too many visits.
North of Bandera is Johnson City, the hometown of our 36th president, Lyndon B. Johnson. Outside town is the LBJ Ranch, now part of the National Park system and the final resting place for Johnson and his wife, Lady Bird. Park rangers conduct tours of what by today's standard is a humble home. The airstrip behind the home, Johnson's Texas White House office and the one-room schoolhouse he attended are some of the attractions.
The rangers enjoy telling the story of how the president, who had one of the few amphibious cars -- his Amphicar -- in the country, liked to take unsuspecting visitors for a ride around the property. When they neared the lake he pretended the brakes went out and drove right into the water. A guest or two were known to have jumped out and started to swim, not knowing the car had a propeller. The car is among several on display.
Another German town in Texas Hill Country is Boerne (pronounced "Bernie"), which is about 30 miles northwest of San Antonio, between Bandera and New Braunfels. Even the street signs are in German. Tourists stop to tour its vineyards and shopping district.
If German means good beer and bratwurst, then nearby Fredericksburg is a perfect place to stop for both. Real microbrews and more expansive shopping are just some of what the city has to offer. The Adelsverein (a society of German nobles who wanted to create a new Germany in Texas in 1842) sent 120 Germans from New Braunfels to colonize the area. This group was responsible for the Prussian population explosion in Texas at the time. Fredericksburg was named in honor of Prince Frederick of Prussia and is the home of Texas German, a dialect spoken by the first generations of German settlers who refused to learn English. The University of Texas at Austin runs the Texas German Dialect Project, which is building a dialect archive.
The town's perfectly maintained 19th-century buildings and the trendy chic of the coffee shops, the gluten-free bakery, ice-cream parlors and breweries makes it feel a bit like a Texas version of the Hamptons. No lobster shorts, but lots of opportunities to spend and send those "Wish you were here!" postcards.


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