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Functionalism/ biocultural/ psychological functionalism:
Approach towards functionalism
The systems(structure) point of view:
Functional explanation: the net balance
Manifest and latent functions:
Kingsley Davis and Wilbert Moore:
Approach towards structural functionalism:
Functionalism is –
1. An ethnographic methodology distinctive of cultural anthropology.
2. A historical school of anthropology (also known as British school).
3. A school of sociology, which attempted to integrate sociology, psychology, and anthropology.
4. A philosophy of social sciences in the Anglo-American philosophical tradition.
Roots and basic premises
Underlying functionalist theory is the fundamental metaphor of the living organism, its several parts and organs, grouped and organized into a system, the function of the various parts and organs being to sustain the organism, to keep its essential processes going and enable it to reproduce.
Auguste Comte:
In trying to legitimate the new discipline of sociology, Auguste Comte (1830–1842, 1851–1854) revived analogies made by the Greeks and, closer to his time, by Hobbes and Rousseau that society is a kind of organism. In so doing, Comte effectively linked sociology with the prestige of biological science. For functional theory, then, society is like a biological organism that grows, and as a consequence, its parts can be examined with respect to how they operate (or function) to maintain the viability of the body social as it grows and develops. Functionalist analyses therefore, examine the social significance of phenomena, that is, the purpose they serve a particular society in maintaining the whole (Jarvie 1973). As Comte emphasized (1851–1854, p. 239), there is a ''true correspondence between Statistical Analysis of the Social Organism in Sociology, and that of the Individual Organism in Biology'' (1851–1854, p. 239). Moreover, Comte went so far as to ''decompose structure anatomically into elements, tissues, and organs'' (1851– 1854, p. 240) and to ''treat the Social Organism as definitely composed of the Families which are the true elements or cells, next the Classes or Castes which are its proper tissues, and lastly, of the cities and Communes which are its real organs'' (pp. 211–212). Yet, since these analogies were not systematically pursued by Comte, his main contribution was to give sociology its name and to reintroduce organismic reasoning into the new science of society.
Herbert Spencer:
Spencer used the organismic analogy to create an explicit form of functional analysis. Drawing upon materials from his monumental The Principles of Biology (1864–1867), Spencer's The Principles of Sociology (1874–1896) is filled with analogies between organisms and society as well as between ecological processes (variation, competition, and selection) and societal evolution (which he saw as driven by war). Spencer did not see society as an actual organism; rather, he conceptualized ''superorganic systems'' (organization of organisms) as revealing certain similarities in their ''principles of arrangement'' to biological organisms (1874–1896, part 2, pp. 451–462). In so doing, he introduced the notion of ''functional requisites'' or ''needs,'' thereby creating functionalism. For Spencer, there were three basic requisites of superorganic systems: (1) the need to secure and circulate resources, (2) the need to produce usable substances, and (3) the need to regulate, control, and administer system activities (1874–1896, part 2, p. 477). Thus, any pattern of social organization reveals these three classes of functional requisites, and the goal of sociological analysis is to see how these needs are met in empirical social systems.
Emile Durkheim:
Later functionalists produced somewhat different lists of requisites. Émile Durkheim argued that sociological explanations ''must seek separately the efficient cause [of a phenomenon]—and the function it fulfills'' (1895, p. 96), but, in contrast to Spencer, he posited only one functional requisite: the need for social integration. For Durkheim, then, sociological analysis would involve assessment of the causes of phenomena and their consequences or functions for meeting the needs of social structures for integration.
Two major versions:
The initial split between functionalists and structural functionalists began with two pioneering sociologist philosophers, viz. Herbert Spencer who adopted what is later termed as functionalism, and a second version by Emile Durkheim, later termed as structural functionalism. Two versions of functionalism developed between 1910 and 1930: biocultural (or psychological) functionalism, the approach advocated by Malinowski, and structural- functionalism, the approach advanced by Radcliffe-Brown. With Radcliffe-Brown, Malinowski pushed for a paradigm shift in British anthropology, a change from the speculative, historical to the ahistorical study of social institutions. This theoretical shift gave rise to functionalism and established fieldwork as the constitutive experience of social anthropology (Kuper 1973, Young 1991).
Functionalism/ biocultural/ psychological functionalism:
A functional explanation accounts for the existence of a phenomena or carrying out of an action in terms of its consequences – its contribution to maintaining a stable social whole.
Bronislaw Malinowski:
Polish, intellectual, aristocratic family#Doctorate in math & physics 1908, age 24#Inspired by Frazer's Golden Bough#1910 London School of Economics#Ph.D. with C.G. Seligman (Torres Straits expedition)#1913, The Family Among Australian Aborigines#Age 30, 2 doctorates, a book--no fieldwork#1915 - 1918 Trobriand Islands.
Approach towards functionalism
Malinowski suggested that individuals have physiological needs and that social institutions develop to meet these needs. There are also culturally derived needs and four basic "instrumental needs" (economics, social control, education, and political organization), that require institutional devices. Each institution has personnel, a charter, a set of norms or rules, activities, material apparatus (technology), and a function. Malinowski believed that uniform psychological responses are correlates of physiological needs. He argued that satisfaction of these needs transformed the cultural instrumental activity into an acquired drive through psychological reinforcement (Goldschmidt 1996:510; Voget 1996:573).
Malinowskian explanation:
Malinowski's functionalism is best discussed in relation to the Trobriand ethnography with the aid of which it was developed. One theme here was the distinction between magic, religion, and science, which Malinowski broadly took over from Frazer (1890). In this view, science was empirical, rational knowledge, while magic was reasoning from false premises, though both had instrumental purpose. Malinowski detected both in Trobriand society, a derogation from Frazer's placing of them at opposite ends of a simple evolutionary sequence that linked but did not unify different societal types. This is connected with Malinowski's further observation that while some rituals, such as healing, were means to an end, others, such as the festival of Milamala (when ancestral spirits return briefly from Tuma, the next world), were not. Further, the Trobrianders could give a clear reason for the former, but could only refer the latter to "custom." This also appears to be the distinction between magic and religion for Malinowski, though he also grouped them together as being miraculous, mythological, and linked with emotional stress. However, this was no picture of the Trobrianders being sunk in fear and awe for most of their lives. On the contrary, Malinowski regarded them as essentially practical and rational: it was only when reason, the empirical and scientific, could no longer provide an explanation that magic and religion was resorted to. Thus a Trobriander knew how to build a canoe technologically, but to cope with the emotional stress of going on a sea voyage into the unknown he needed magic and ritual. Similarly, inshore fishing was a purely technical matter of no great consequence, but open-sea fishing required magic. Religion, on the other hand, was essentially a response to the fear of annihilation through death (cf. Milamala above), while myth was important in providing a charter for present social norms and action, especially as regards the points of tension in society (e.g., the fact that the matrilineal rule of descent in Trobriand society meant that a man had to support his sister's children as much as his own).
Malinowski produced a similar psychological theory of needs in his treatment of kinship. Following Edward Westermarck (1891), one of his teachers at the LSE, he postulated the universal existence and primacy of the monogamous nuclear family, seeing it as the location of the satisfaction of human needs, such as food, shelter, and companionship. Further, he distinguished it from wider groupings, such as the clan, which he thought was never a domestic institution, a separation later articulated especially strongly by Meyer Fortes. The link between the two was provided by his theory of the "extension of sentiments," namely, that sentiments generated within the family were extended to more distant relationships within the clan. This theory reappears in respect of how terms for relatives are learned in infancy: the child learns to identify his relatives by starting from the nearest and proceeding to more remotely related ones, by an analogous process of extension from the nuclear family outwards here, of knowledge as much as sentiment. Generally, however, Malinowski was derisive of what he called "kinship algebra"; this was part of his reaction to Rivers's approach to kinship, which he felt was unduly reliant on the analysis of kinship terminologies as well as of clan systems. Instead, he postulated that kinship extensions were essentially metaphors, the real meaning being the primary one. The extensionist view was to bear fruit in the later American school of semantic analysis, led by Harold Scheffler and Floyd Lounsbury (1971).
Basic Needs (Individual)
Direct Responses (Organized, i.e., Collective)
Instrumental Needs
Responses to Instrumental Needs
Symbolic and Integrative Needs
Systems of Thought and Faith
Nutrition (metabolism)
Renewal of cultural apparatus
Transmission of experience by means of precise, consistent principles
Marriage and family
Bodily comforts
Domicile and dress
Characters of behavior and their sanctions
Social control
Protection and defense
Means of intellectual, emotional, and pragmatic control of destiny and chance
Systems of play and repose
Renewal of personnel
Set activities and systems of communication
Training and Apprenticeship
Organization of force and compulsion
Political organization
Communal rhythm of recreation, exercise and rest
(SOURCE: Malinowski's Basic Human Needs as presented in Langness 1987:80)
Malinowski's works:
Malinowski's main work consists of his Trobriand ethnography, published piecemeal as a series of separate studies, each treating a different theme. The first, Argonauts of the western Pacific (1922), dealt with exchange through the Kula cycle and considerably influenced Marcel MAUSS (1954) (see SOCIAL EXCHANGE). The sexual life of savages (1929) contains his views on the family, kinship, and marriage (see also Malinowski 1930), and Coral gardens and their magic (1935) treats of the relationship between technique and ritual in Trobriand gardening. Also important is the self-explanatory collection Magic, science and religion (1948). The early The family among the Australian Aborigines (1913) is an application of Westermarck's theories of the FAMILY to published sources on
Structural functionalism:
Structural functionalism is one type of consensus theory it posits that society is based on mutual agreements. It sees the creation and maintenance of shared values and norms as crucial to society, and views social change as a slow, orderly process. Examples of prominent consensus theorists include Auguste Comte, Émile Durkheim, Radcliffe-Brown, Talcott Parsons, and Robert Merton. These theories stand in contrast to conflict theories, such as those of Karl Marx, that view the world as based on a system of oppressive hierarchies, social order at the whim of dominant groups, and social change as rapid and disorderly resulting from struggles between groups.
Talcott persons:
Although he had published The Structure of Social Action in 1937, it was not until The Social System (1951) and Towards a General Theory of Action (1951) were completed that Talcott Parsons (1902–1979) emerged as the most influential contributor to structural functionalism. There are important differences in Parsons's major writings, but constant throughout his career was the ambition to formulate a systematic general theory that he described as "… a conceptual scheme for the analysis of social systems in terms of the action frame of reference" (Parsons 1951: 3). For Parsons, the fundamental starting point for constructing any scientifi c theory is to establish an abstract frame of reference. In the scientifi c study of social action, the empirical basis for the frame of reference is a group of interacting individuals (social actors). Social actors have particular goals that they wish to achieve, and to realize those goals they must take advantage of opportunities (means) that are available under a particular set of conditions (situations). Parsons was clear that none of these elements can be reduced to the others, and he sought to formulate an action frame of reference for the study of social action that was capable of accounting for the individual and situational factors motivating people to act in the ways that they do.
The systems(structure) point of view:
He answered this question from the viewpoint of structural functionalism and outlined what he believed are its major tenets:
(1) Systems are ordered and their parts are all interdependent.
(2) systems tend toward a goal of equilibrium or self-maintenance;
(3) systems may be either inert or change in an ordered manner;
(4) each part of the system has an effect on the forms the other parts can take;
(5) systems create and maintain boundaries separating them from their environments;
(6) allocation and integration are necessary for a system to reach a certain state of equilibrium; and
(7) systems will tend toward self-maintenance by maintaining their boundaries, the interdependent relationship among parts, and the relationship between parts and the whole; by controlling variations in the environment; and by controlling tendencies of the system to change from within.
The functions [AGIL scheme]:
In addition to structures, Parsons was also concerned with functions. Parsons saw functions as those activities that had the goal of fulfilling a need of the system. He believed that there were four necessary functional imperatives of all systems: [A] adaptation (how a system copes with its outside environment by both adapting to it and by adapting the environment to meet the needs of the system), [G] goal attainment (the definition and achievement of the primary goals of the system), [I] integration (how the system regulates the relationship of its various parts as well as the relationship among the other three functional imperatives), and [L] latency, or pattern maintenance (how the system provides, maintains, and rejuvenates the motivation of individuals and the cultural patterns that stimulate and maintain that motivation). These functional imperatives are known as Parsons's AGIL scheme.
Functions become integrated with systems in Parsons's theory as each component of the AGIL scheme is handled by a different system. Most generally, adaptation is handled by the behavioral organism that adjusts to and transforms the outside world. Goal attainment is handled by the personality system that defines the goals of the system and mobilizes he necessary resources to reach outlined goals. Integration is done by the social system that controls the various components of the system. Latency is performed by the cultural system that provides individuals with norms and values to motivate them to action.
Robert K. Merton:
Merton (1910–2003) became one of Parsons's most influential collaborators in the structural functionalist orientation, but he also emerged as one of Parsons's most important critics. Merton believes that Parsons's emphasis on developing comprehensive theoretical systems did not facilitate the process of actually doing sociological research. In contrast to the abstraction and deduction that Parsons promotes, Merton argues that sociologists should work on testable and researchable hypotheses in specific situations. He also argues that sociologists should gradually develop theories from empirical evidence. What is lacking in functional analysis, insists Merton, is an integration of theory and research, a problem confounded by the failure in sociological discourse to distinguish progressively between "the history of theory" and "the systematics of theory."
Functional explanation: the net balance
Merton defined functions as those consequences that lead to the adjustment or adaptation of a system. In addition, he argued that not all functions had positive consequences and that some, in fact, were better described as dysfunctions. In addition, nonfunctions are those consequences that have no effect at all on the system. The development of dysfunctions and nonfunctions to complement the existing theory of functions led Merton to develop the idea of a net balance. A net balance is an understanding of the relative weight of functions and dysfunctions in a given system. It is more of a theoretical orientation then an empirical tool because the magnitude and evaluation of what constitutes functions and dysfunctions are highly subjective. The issue of how to study a net balance led Merton to the idea of levels of functional analysis. He argued that society did not have to be studied as a whole but those organizations, groups, and other subcomponents of society were also valid as research topics. Merton, in fact, was a proponent of "middle-range" theories. Thus, what is the net balance of those functions, and dysfunctions, at one level may well be different at another level.
Manifest and latent functions:
Another valuable contribution of Merton to the field of structural functionalism was the idea of manifest and latent functions. Manifest functions are those that are intended, whereas latent functions are those that are unintended yet still functional for the system. Closely related to the idea of latent functions is that of unanticipated consequences, although this term encompasses not only those unintended consequences that are functional for the system but also those that are dysfunctional and nonfunctional as well. In sum Latent functions are those objective consequences of a cultural item which are neither intended nor recognized by the members of a society. Manifest functions are those objective consequences contributing to the adjustment or adaptation of the system which are intended and recognized by participants in the system (Kaplan and Manners 1972:58).
Kingsley Davis and Wilbert Moore:
In1945, they wrote what is perhaps the best-known piece of structural functional literature on the topic of social stratification. They argued that a system of stratification is not only functional but also necessary for societies to persist and remain healthy. This idea led them to argue that a classless society had never existed because the need for a system of stratification had always created such a system. They did not, however, believe that the creation of such a stratified system was always a conscious undertaking on the part of society but, rather, that it could be, and often was, an "unconsciously evolved device."
Following their structural functional orientation, Davis and Moore saw stratification in society not in terms of people but in terms of positions. This meant that they were primarily interested in how certain positions came to be ranked higher or lower than other positions, not in how certain individuals came to fill those ranked positions. They did believe, however, that one of the biggest problems faced by society was how to get the right people to fill the right positions and then, more important, how to keep them there. Their argument was that some positions in society are more pleasant to occupy, some are more crucial for the health and continuity of the society as a whole, and different types of positions require different types of knowledge and skills. Those positions that are generally attributed with a higher social ranking (e.g., politicians, bankers, lawyers) are not as pleasant to occupy, are more important to the overall health of society, and require the highest level of skill and education. Consequently, it is these positions that must also carry the highest level of social prestige, monetary compensation, and available leisure time.
A.R. Radcliffe-Brown:
Born 1881 # Educated at Cambridge #Fieldwork 1906 - 1908, Andaman Islands#Influenced by Durkheim--rewrote his thesis#Published The Andaman Islanders in 1922#1910 - 1912 Western Australia#1916 - 1919 Tonga, then South Africa and Australia#University of Chicago, 1931.
Approach towards structural functionalism:
Radcliffe-Brown focused attention on social structure. He suggested that a society is a system of relationships maintaining itself through cybernetic feedback, while institutions are orderly sets of relationships whose function is to maintain the society as a system. Radcliffe-Brown, following Auguste Comte, believed that the social constituted a separate "level" of reality distinct from those of biological forms and inorganic matter. Furthermore, he believed that explanations of social phenomena had to be constructed within the social level. He believed that individuals were replaceable, transient occupants of social roles. Unlike Malinowski's emphasis on individuals, Radcliffe-Brown considered individuals irrelevant (Goldschmidt 1996:510).
Drawing influence from Durkheim sets his goal of investigation as Compare social structure cross-culturally. He investigated what principles account for different structures which in turn Leads to function which is to investigate How do structures maintain society? For him Function is the role of structure in social continuity. He stated that Social system (society) has a functional unity: All parts work together well enough to maintain society. As the traditional societies studied by early anthropologists were generally without a written history, anthropologists were confronted with the problem of explaining the existence of activities and structures in these societies. The explanatory problem became particularly acute in the post–World War I period with the demise of evolutionism and diffusionism as deciphering tools (Turner and Maryanski 1979). Functional analysis provided a novel alternative: Analyze structures such as kinship or activities such as rituals in terms of their functions for maintaining the society. It was A. R. Radcliffe-Brown ([1914] 1922, 1924, 1935, 1952) who sustained the Durkheimian tradition by emphasizing the importance of integrative needs and then analyzing how structures—most notably kinship systems—operate to meet such integrative requisites.
structural functionalism has also been critiqued by many in the field. A number of the more noteworthy critiques include (1) that it is ahistorical (it did in fact develop in reaction to the historical evolutionary approach of many anthropologists at that time); (2) it is unable to deal with contemporary processes of social change; (3) it cannot adequately deal with conflict (it is generally viewed as a consensus theory and hence in contradiction to conflict theory); (4) it has a conservative bias that maintains the status quo and the dominating power of the elite class; (5) it is generally too abstract, vague, and ambiguous to bear much relationship to the real world; (6) the theories are too grand and ambitious when more historically and situation relevant theories might be more appropriate; (7) there are inadequate methods to research the questions of interest; and (8) comparative analysis is virtually impossible.
Turner and Maryanski (1979) also saw the problems of teleology and tautology plaguing structural functionalism. More specifically, they saw illegitimate teleology as a problem. It is legitimate to assume that society has certain goals and that it brings certain structures and functions into creation to achieve these goals. What many structural functionalists do, however, that is illegitimate is to assume that the current structures and functions in society are the only ones that could have been created to achieve these goals. In addition, tautology is a problem because both the whole and its parts are defined in terms of the other. The whole is defined in terms of its parts and the various parts are then defined in terms of the whole. Hence, neither is truly defined at all.
Further reading:
ü Alexander, Jeffrey C., ed. 1985. Neofunctionalism.
ü Bourgatta, E.F. and
ü Camic, Charles. 1992. "Reputation and Predecessor Selection: Parsons and the Institutionalists." American Journal of Sociology 57: 421–445.
ü Davis, Kingsley. 1959. "The Myth of Functional Analysis as a Special Method in Sociology and Anthropology." American Sociological Review 24: 757–772.
ü Kroeber, Alfred L., and Talcoo Parsons. 1958. "The Concept of Culture and of Social System." American Sociological Review 23: 582–583.
ü Ritzer, G. (Ed.). Encyclopaedia of social theory, vol – 2.
ü http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/functionalism/#WhaFun (Stanford encyclopaedia of philosophy)
ü http://www.as.ua.edu/ant/cultures/cultures.php?culture=Functionalism (Murphy's collection of anthropological materials)
ü www.soci.canterbury.ac.nz/resources/biograph/parsons.shtml (Talcott persons biography)
ü www.2fmg.uva.nl/sociosite/topics/sociologists.html (Famous sociologists)
ü www.faculty.rsu.edu~felwell/Theorists/Merton (Merton's functional analaysis)
ü www.bolender.com/Sociological%20Theory/Parsons,%20Talcoo/parsons,_talcoo.htm (all about parsons)


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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Dustin Ackley drove in the go-ahead run with a two-out ninth inning single as the Seattle Mariners beat the Kansas City Royals 2-1 on Saturday.
Ackley's single to right on a 2-2 count scored Kyle Seager, who doubled with two outs to start the game-winning rally. Seager moved to third on Stefen Romero's infield single before Ackley's hit. Ackley is 5-for-10 off Jason Vargas (7-3), who took the loss.
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Here is a quick roundup of some guys taking to the red carpet recently.
Ryan Reynolds: Blake Lively's hubby was looking very sharp at the Toronto Film Festival premiere of his latest movie 'The Voices' on Thursday (September 11), where he joined his Miu Miu clad co-star Anna Kendrick. The actor wore a steely navy-blue head-to-toe Brunello Cucinelli look, opting to go sans tie and buttoning down his shirt. Even as someone who is not a huge fan of beards, I have to say this look is very distinguished on him.
Benjamin McKenzie: The actor joined Jada Pinkett Smith on the red carpet for the 'Gotham' premiere last night (September 15) wearing a Dior Homme dark-grey suit styled with a spotted tie with Jimmy Choo shoes and a Mont Blanc watch and tie-bar pin.
Josh Hutcherson: Opting for a classic Dior Homme black wool two-button peak-lapel suit, white cotton shirt, black silk tie, and black leather derbies to the 'Escobar: Paradise Lost' Toronto Film Festival premiere, the blazer doesn't appear to fit too well. Perhaps he should've left it unbuttoned.
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Almost 69 years after the invasion, 24 World War II veterans received France's Legion of Honor Medal Tuesday at a ceremony at the International Motorsports Center.
DAYTONA BEACH — They were mostly teenagers then, storming the beaches of Normandy, unsure if they would see tomorrow.
Many didn't.
They died on D-Day or during the battles that followed while liberating France and the rest of Europe from Nazi domination.
The survivors are now in their late 80s and 90s. Father time is their enemy, one that cannot be defeated.
But their D-Day legacy remains one of history's most critical turning points.
Almost 69 years after the invasion, 24 of those World War II veterans received France's Legion of Honor Medal on Tuesday at a ceremony at the International Motorsports Center, NASCAR's office building.
Established by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1802, the medal is the most prestigious honor given by France for exceptional merit. Notable American recipients in the past include Thomas Edison, Dwight D. Eisenhower and Colin Powell.
"Today we honor 24 of those courageous veterans who represent all of those who fought for our freedom," Gael de Maisonneuve, the French counsel general in Miami, told a standing-room-only crowd. "I am honored to have the opportunity to formally present you with my country's highest distinction and assure you that the French people will never forget what you did."
Michael Yatsuk of Daytona Beach Shores served with the Army Air Corps from D-Day through the Battle of the Bulge. "I'm excited. This is something I never thought about."
At age 94, Yatsuk was the oldest recipient Tuesday, which was attended by four generations of his family, including his 9-year-old great grandson, Cameron.
The medal currently is being given to American veterans nationwide who fought during the liberation of France between 1944-45.
Isadore Serkin, 89, of Ormond Beach had his medal pinned to his old Army dress jacket. He was a messenger in the infantry at Normandy.
"I'm quite amazed," he said of receiving France's top honor. "I never had anything like this."
Ian Mackenzie, 89, of Palm Coast was a pilot who flew 79 missions in a P-38 at Normandy, moving on to other campaigns in France, Belgium and Germany, "As the front lines moved up, we moved up."
"I think it's great of the French doing this," he said.
Claude Berthoin, the French consulate's Volusia, Flagler and St. Johns County representative, said World War II veterans are being sought out who served in France after the invasion to liberate Europe on June 6, 1944. They then must apply and subsequently are screened for the medal.
"Not all of the applications result in a medal," said Berthoin, an international businessman from Ormond Beach. "It's a long process. It has to be certified. It takes almost a year."
So far, he said about 800 medals have been handed out in Florida — the most in the United States.
"The French people owe you," Berthoin told the veterans. "It is a blessing you survived."
Frank Smith, 86, of Ponce Inlet lied about his age in March 1943 so he could join the Army, telling authorities he was 18, two years older than he was.
Smith was involved in three combat campaigns in France with the infantry as a combat engineer, landing at Normandy.
"This was tremendous," he said after the ceremony.
Then it was time to join others and celebrate the victory of Normandy and the freedom they gave Europe as teenagers — with some French champagne and pastries.
Legion of Honor Medal recipients
Kenneth Burgess, New Smyrna Beach
John Defalco, Ponte Vedra
Charles Earnest, Gainesville
James Gibides, Daytona Beach
Martin Graybeal, Ormond Beach
Douglas Hallahan, Deltona
George Horton, Palm Coast
Herbert Kinnan, Titusville
Eric Lee, Port Orange
Ian Mackenzie, Palm Coast
Clement Mackey, Edgewater
Leo McCracken, Gainesville
Phillip McSpadden, The Villages
Charles Paiva, DeLand
Lee Raup, DeLand
Donald Robertson, Lady Lake
Thomas Santarsiero, Gainesville
William Scruggs Jr., Gainesville
Isadore Serkin, Ormond Beach
John Sheldon, Ormond Beach
Frank Smith, Ponce Inlet
Joseph Vogel, Daytona Beach
Howard Wilcox, Daytona Beach
Michael Yatsuk, Daytona Beach Shores
What is the Legion of Honor medal?
Created in 1802 by Napoleon Bonaparte, the award recognizes exceptional service to France, and rewards military and "civil merits." On the 60th anniversary of the Normandy invasion in 2004, France decided to grant the medal to all U.S. veterans who fought to liberate the country. There are five degrees of the Legion of Honor, including knight, which the veterans received.
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Russian telecom firms weigh in against Skype
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Russian businesses have banded together to lobby against VoIP services such as Skype, arguing that the technology poses a threat to national security, as well as their business.
The lobby, called the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, is working with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's political party to draft "legal safeguards" against VoIP services. It reckons 40 per cent of telephone calls could be completed using VoIP services by 2012.
For consumers, more widespread use of VoIP offers the prospect of much cheaper long-distance calls. Traditional service providers are fighting a rearguard action against the technology, running a campaign that is unashamedly protectionist.
"Without government restrictions, IP telephony causes certain concerns about security," Reuters reports a lobby press release as saying. "Most of the service operators working in Russia, such as Skype and Icq, are foreign. It is therefore necessary to protect the native companies in this sector and so forth."
Vitaly Kotov, Vice President of TTK, the telecoms division of state-owned Russian Railways, said that a free market for VoIP services in Russia will likely result in "a likely and uncontrolled fall in profits for the core telecom operators."
The group also argued that VoIP conversations frustrate lawful interception (wiretapping) by law enforcement agencies.
Valery Ermakov, deputy head of Russian mobile phone firm MegaFon, and a supporter of the lobby, supported the development of VoIP services by Russian firms. He denied suggestions that the efforts of Russian businessmen were anti-competitive. "MegaFon is interested in this market. We're interested in providing analogous services. We don't support limiting competition, but we want the market to be civilised," Ermakov told Reuters.
Russian telcos are far from unique is lobbying against VoIP technology. Four years ago Costa Rica's state-owned telecommunications monopoly sought to criminalise internet telephony in the country. More recently, the Indian government tried to prevent outsourcers and other IT businesses in India from sourcing their telecoms services from overseas IP Telephony firms such as Skype and Vonage. ®


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One of the last times I was at Camden People's Theatre was for E15, a show about vulnerable mothers in Newham who are being rehoused outside of the capital. This week the venue has been home to Strawberry Blonde Curls Theatre's show. With its use of verbatim theatre, its themes of the displacement of women and challenging the practices of the status quo, it certainly complements previous productions that highlight the plight of vulnerable women. Written by Rosie MacPherson and directed by Hannah Butterfield, Tanja tells the story of a woman, one of many who are 'housed' at Yarl's Wood detention centre in Befordshire for female asylum seekers.
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We interviewed Rebecca Manson Jones at the start of the summer, just before the GLA elections when she was standing for the Women's Equality Party (WEP). Five months on and the campaigning is still going strong as she's now about to stand in the Lewisham by-election, for Brockley Ward. When she's not out campaigning with WEP, she's also making theatre, which naturally links to her politics. Here she talks about both with Female Arts' Amie Taylor.
Losing any one of your five primary senses is particularly devastating, but to lose one's voice (especially as an actor) is unimaginable. Written by Jo Harper, Can You Hear Me Running? is based on Louise Breckon Richards' own journals about the road to running the London Marathon – an unusual means to recovering her voice after a rare condition.
The compulsion to tell stories is as old as mankind itself. In fact it this, among other things, that sets humans apart from the rest of the animal kingdom. Written by Maud Dromgoole and directed by Tatty Hennessy, Acorn looks at how this primeval urge and how it's been sublimated in 21st century culture.
The following events in November 2016 are on the whole either written by, organised or directed by women or gender equal productions…
Madhuri Shekar is an American-born, Indian-raised playwright who has just been named as "one to watch" by American Theatre. Her play In Love And Warcraft won the 2013/2014 Kendeda Graduate Playwriting award and has since been produced throughout the USA. Following the on and off line life of college senior Evie, the romantic comedy explores a range of contemporary and age-old topics such as gaming and sexual expectations within relationships. With two female leads and entirely relatable characters, it's a refreshing narrative to life in the 21st Century.
Written by Ella Carmen Greenhill and based on her own experiences with her autisic brother, Plastic Figurines is a personal play – one that couples a sensitivity to the the subject matter with the capacity to look at the unvarnished truth. As the fictional brother and sister Rosie and Mikey, Vanessa Schofield and Jamie Samuel only have each other to rely on after the death of their mother.
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Sunflower Senior Citizens met Sept. 11 at Tampa Senior Center for a potluck dinner and business meeting. Present were Tom and Dee Duggan, Raymond and Janet Bielefeld, Leo and Sue Yanda, Betty Mueller, Carole Spohn, Mary Clemmer, Shirley Zaideman, Tillie Hein, Adeline Bernhardt, Leona Kleiber, and Jane Vajnar. After the meeting, most of the group played card bingo.
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Los Angeles judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit by the one-time confidante of pop star Britney Spears, ruling there was insufficient evidence to go forward with the trial on allegations of defamation, assault and breach of contract.
"I really thought long and hard. It's the right thing to do, so I am going to do it," Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Suzanne Bruguera said, announcing her decision to throw out the case after hearing two weeks of evidence in the civil trial.
Bruguera's ruling was a major victory for Spears and her family, despite damaging and sometimes humiliating testimony that lifted the lid on the singer's controversial career and personal meltdown five years ago.
Sam Lutfi, the self-styled manager of the pop star for a brief period in 2007 and early 2008, had sued Spears' mother, Lynne Spears, for defaming him in her 2008 book "Through the Storm." Lynne Spears wrote that Lutfi controlled her daughter, cut her telephone lines and tried to cut the star off from her family.
Bruguera also dismissed claims filed by Lutfi against Spears. He said the singer hired him as her manager after they met in a nightclub in 2007, and he was entitled to a portion of her earnings.
Lutfi case against Spears' father, Jamie Spears, was also thrown out. Lutfi alleged that Jamie Spears punched him in 2008 while the singer was in a Los Angeles psychiatric ward.
Lutfi, 38, said he would appeal the ruling.
Spears, 30, has since staged a comeback with world tours, hit albums and a new job as judge on Fox's TV talent show "The X-Factor." She did not attend the trial.
In testimony last week, Lutfi sobbed on the witness stand, saying he received death threats because of the villainous portrayal of him in the book. He also claimed he tried to get Spears off drugs and protect her from paparazzi photographers who hounded her day and night.
His most sensational claim was that Spears shaved her head in February 2007 because she feared her hair could be tested for drug use in her bitter child custody battle with ex-husband Kevin Federline.
Lutfi also told the court that he brought drug-sniffing dogs to her home and flushed a bag of white powder down the toilet.
Jamie Spears' attorney told the court that his client was afraid that his daughter would die from drug abuse and believed that Lutfi was making her problems worse.
Lynne Spears testified that Lutfi crushed up drugs and put them into the singer's food to help her sleep.
Spears' meltdown led to her father's conservatorship, which gives him legal control over her finances and health.
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Wheee! Can't remember ever seeing a week like this before! Oh me oh my.
I don't even know what to think anymore. Krugman says a bad deal's better than no deal. DeLong says we should just nationalize them all. Roubini says we all need to find a nice cave to live in. McCain said he only he could save the nation by getting the house republicans to vote for the bill, but in the end, Boehner said the house GOP killed it because Pelosi hurt their feelings. (Just for the record: I admire the courage of all the reps of both parties who voted no. This bill was railroaded through with little consideration and huge pressure, promises of doom if it did not pass, and it took a lot of balls to withstand that pressure and say "no." Whether that'll make things worse, I dunno, but I admire the balls.)
Wowie. I don't think anybody knows what's going on anymore.
And in the midst of the carnage, AAPL was downgraded today (nice timing, Morgan Stanley) and plunged 20% on the day:
Well, just for the record, I bought AAPL today, and also bought into the indices. I'm bullish, long-term, though for sure the short term looks bleak. But values like these don't come around too often.
Buckle up, kids! It's gonna be a wild ride!
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Wheee! Can't remember ever seeing a week like this before! Oh me oh my.
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I'm bullish too. If I had some spare change, I too would have sunk more into AAPL.ReplyDelete
It's easy to get caught up in the panic selling but if you're a long term investor, you can just treat this as a discount on some of your favorite stock.
How sad it must be to live a life in which bad news for the country is good news for you.ReplyDelete
How sad to ostensibly have a background in finance and not understand that there's money to be made in a down market (and I am not talking about short selling). Glad I'm not your employer.ReplyDelete
Do you think Pelosi did us a favor by killing the bill with her over the top partisan speech effectively killing the billReplyDelete
It is weird that the far right and far left seem to be dedfellows in this not passing. it seems that the far right opposes it because they don't think government should steer market forces and the far left thinks thers should be even more regulation and micromanagement in the bill
First of all, did you read Pelosi's remarks? They were incredibly tame, with one passing reference to Bush's failed policies. If that "partisanship" was so fierce as to induce wavering GOP reps to oppose, then they really are a bunch of whiny-ass titty babies.
Having said that, it may in the end be a good thing. Consensus is that this was a bad bill. Maybe they can come up with something better. I've heard talks of nationalizing, and talks of a small tax on stock transactions (like $0.25 per transaction), and other schemes? Who knows what they'll come up with.
You're right about the weird bedfellows thing. The only thing I'd disagree on is that the dems who opposed it mostly did so because they don't trust Bush & Paulson and were unwilling to give them such unfettered control over the way the money would be spent.
I heard and saw the remarks. She comes across quite shrill, partisan, disingenous, very annoying PMS type of way. But yes that shouldn't sway you if you believe in the bill, but it sure make her look like nutty nut she is. No one is looking good, looks like there is many people to blame across the political spectrum from main street to wall street.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous9/30/2008 7:48 AM
Why do people always use the adjective "shrill" when referring to female politicians? I've never seen anyone describe a man that way, regardless of what he said or how it was delivered.ReplyDelete
About Apple: There was a time when DH and I had a choice of investing a largish sum of money in Apple @ $13.00/share or starting our own company. We thought the company would provide better income and security over the long haul. Ha! Our industry changed, the economy went bad, and we lost the business. Meanwhile, Apple stock split and is now selling at ~$165 (last I looked).
Dumbest decision we ever made. I kick myself daily.
*Yawn* 38 more years until retirement and counting.ReplyDelete
I heard somewhere that the average single-stock investor (vs diversified mutual fund-type investor) loses money in the long term, but don't quote me on that.
The more I ponder this I realize that although there is lots of blame to go around from wall street, main street, relaxation of lending rules with Fannie and Freddie --- the root of this is socialism. Everyone deserved a home, minorities were disenfrachised, etc. It looked great for awhile until the pyramid scheme had run its end game.ReplyDelete
The next socialist failure is taking a bit longer to run its course but it will make this current debacle a drop in the bucket. That is medicare and social security. No one will man up and talk about it. No is out ringing the alarm but it is going to collapse the US.
- Anonymous9/30/2008 10:21 PM
Well, Pelosi called the Republicans "unpatriotic" and such. However you see the bill, calling people names is not how you build a coalition. She could have just waited to have her little tirade.ReplyDelete
And I've often called men shrill. I never thought of it as a female attribute. It's when you repeat your argument a little louder each time, without adding any substance.
Thank you :-)ReplyDelete
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were a big part of the problem. They are examples of government controlled businesses.ReplyDelete
And yet, government controlled business is the solution?
We do not need more government rewards for bad business practices.
There are plenty of problems in the business world without having government control even more of it.
Rogue medic,ReplyDelete
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were a big part of the problem. They are examples of government controlled businesses.
Um, you need to check your facts. they were not government controlled (at least prior to being taken into conservatorship). They were federally chartered, but privately capitalized and privately managed. Get your facts straight.
We do not need more government rewards for bad business practices.
On this we agree.
- Anonymous10/01/2008 8:04 AM
jb said: "...The more I ponder this I realize that although there is lots of blame to go around from wall street, main street, relaxation of lending rules with Fannie and Freddie --- the root of this is socialism."ReplyDelete
You've got to be kidding. The root of the problem is unfettered capitalism. The solution to getting more low-income, urban and minority people into homes is not to lure them into ARMs or no-documentation loans, while suspecting at some point they won't be able to afford the mortgage payments. Lenders could have come up with much safer alternatives, but they were betting on a higher return on capital.
Also, prior to this, banks were reluctant to lend to qualified minority buyers, or to support the purchase of urban housing. That's clearly racial profiling, and not something you can blame on "socialism."
I'm ashamed to admit that Clinton supported deregulation, but let's not forget this happened under a Republican-controlled Congress, and Republicans are still condoning deregulation, despite recent events. Democrats are looking for more oversight, to prevent runaway greed from causing this problem again in the future.
You right-wingers sure can twist facts to fit your agenda.
- Anonymous10/01/2008 9:15 AM
Check out Acorn, speeches by Maxine Waters, and such when they considered regulating fannie and freddie
there is lots of blame but socialist programs all eventually fail. this played out within a few years, medicare will be a few more years, ans social security 1-2 decades.
- Anonymous10/01/2008 10:18 AM
I don't think there is a perfect form of government, or one that won't eventually fail due to the foibles of humanity. Unregulated capitalism is not sustainable, either, as we're now seeing.ReplyDelete
I may be progressive, but I don't go all the way to socialism.
From About Fannie MaeReplyDelete
"The Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992
The Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act ("FHEFSSA") of 1992 modernized the regulatory oversight of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. It created the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight ("OFHEO") as a new regulatory office within HUD with the responsibility to "ensure that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are adequately capitalized and operating safely." OFHEO is funded by assessments on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and is authorized to act without HUD oversight on a range of regulatory issues enumerated in the statute. FHEFSSA established risk-based and minimum capital standards for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. And, it established HUD-imposed housing goals for financing of affordable housing and housing in central cities and other rural and underserved areas."
And from Freddie Mac's FAQ page - 7) Is Freddie Mac regulated?
"Yes. The Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 created a regulatory oversight structure for government sponsored entities (GSEs) like Freddie Mac, divided to address two functions – our housing mission and our safety and soundness. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has oversight responsibilities for the housing mission of the GSEs. Effective January 1, 2005, HUD established new and increasing affordable housing goal levels for the GSEs for the years 2005 through 2008. These goals require that a certain percentage of the mortgages we purchase support financing for housing low – and moderate – income families. Safety and soundness regulation is vested in the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO). Organizationally, OFHEO is located within HUD, but operates independently of the Secretary of HUD as it implements, monitors and enforces capital standards for Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae."
It appears to me that there is a significant amount of government control of what these two Government Sponsored Enterprises do. Especially when you consider that the government created them to make mortgages more affordable. Read this very short piece - Fannie and Freddie
And a very interesting 9 year old article Fannie Mae Eases Credit To Aid Mortgage Lending from the NY Times that includes this paragraph - "
In July, the Department of Housing and Urban Development proposed that by the year 2001, 50 percent of Fannie Mae's and Freddie Mac's portfolio be made up of loans to low and moderate-income borrowers. Last year, 44 percent of the loans Fannie Mae purchased were from these groups."
I did not claim that they were effectively controlled, but I don't really believe that government and effective go together all that well in a sentence, unless the goal is satire. Private enterprises certainly do not have a record of good risk management. Wall Street also does not do a good job of discriminating between lucky fools and competent executives. Both work too hard to be responsive to those even more gullible than themselves.
This government/private chimera was a pratfall waiting to happen. The bail out will only encourage more recklessness, prolong the damage, and pass on more debt to our children.


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Nearly everybody seems to have some set of personal values they follow to guide their actions, whether consciously or unconsciously. Those values surely vary some from individual to individual, but I am pretty sure that almost all of us value such traits as honesty, faithfulness and fairness in our dealings with others. Maybe there are sociopaths that don't have much of a conscience, but I wouldn't know about that.
Americans are counting on Congress to craft legislation that will effectively and responsibly address critical issues. Unfortunately, on the most important matters of the day, like the economy, energy and health care, Democrat majority leaders have been consistently unwilling to allow an open process that results in the practical and effective solutions that the people want from their representatives.
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Since President Obama's address to the Joint Session of Congress on Sept. 9, there have been many conflicting reports about whether illegal immigrants would be able to access the health care benefits included in the reform legislation being considered in the House of Representatives.
Despite the President's pledge that his plan for health care reform "would not apply to those who are here illegally," H.R. 3200 does not do enough to satisfy the President's standard.
My father-in-law, a gentle, old-fashioned country doctor, had three attitudes that he referred to as his "prescription for a happy life." He lived by them and he urged them on his patients, his children, and, of course, on their spouses. They were: 1) Think highly of yourself; 2) Never feel sorry for yourself, and; 3) Don't take life too seriously. As my father-in-law was a wise and happy man, my husband and I tried to pass his prescription on to our own children.
I just want to take the time to thank the Silver Wings Band for donating their time to come help raise money for the Eminence Middle School cheerleaders. They did an awesome job! Also I want to take the time to thank the people that did show up to support these girls. We do appreciate the school for allowing us to use the gym to have this benefit. What really bothers me is the lack of support from the school personnel and the community. It would have been an awesome turn out if we would have had more support from the two.
One of the most positive gains farming has made over the last decade has been its partnership with another of our signature industries: tourism.
To get a better understanding of just how much agritourism has grown during that time, consider that it accounted for about $1 million in income in 2001, but $3.2 million by 2007.
September in Kentucky is Agritourism Month, which is appropriate since the fall festival season is the most popular time of year for farms that open their doors to the public.
As eighth graders at Eminence Middle School, we are required to do a service learning project that benefits our local or global community.
I want to remind everyone about the open house and reunion to be held at the Old English Schoolhouse in English, Ky., on Oct. 3, beginning at 9 a.m.
This will be a great opportunity to reconnect with your former classmates. I for one am looking forward to seeing my classmates.
There will be entertainment for the children, food and drinks for purchase, a tour of the building, no admission fee and lots of friends to meet and greet.
Remember, it's Oct. 3, from 9 a.m. to ?
I hope to see you there!
Last week was not much fun in the Priester household.
Two of our vehicles went down to various problems within a 24-hour period.
The adventure to pick Derek up from the bike mechanic's shop was, well, lengthy and frustrating. What should have been a 2.5 hour "quick" trip, turned into more than four.
Then, the next morning, as I drove our truck in to get a repair, it overheated.
On Tuesday. Our busiest day of the week.
As Kentucky looks for ways to truly overcome two of its most persistent challenges – poverty and dropping out of school – last Friday may be judged by history as a true turning point.
That is because, early in the day, legislative leaders announced the formation of a new Task Force on Poverty, and that evening, First Lady Jane Beshear kicked off a two-day conference that focused on the best ways to help students graduate.
Have you ever been cooking something, and, as you blithely added a little of this and a little of that, the concoction suddenly got really big?
My mother has told about the first pie crust she ever tried to make after she was married. She put too much water into the mix of lard and flour so that the dough got too sticky. Naturally, she added a little more flour to help balance out the ratio, but then the dough mixture was much too dry. You can guess what happened. In tearful desperation, she finally gave up and threw out the huge ball of dough.
The last year has been anything but easy for Kentucky, with every season leaving a major crisis in its wake.
First, there were last fall's high winds from the remnants of Hurricane Ike. The winter, of course, will long be remembered for a devastating storm that turned out to be the most expensive in Kentucky's history. During the spring and summer, torrential rains led to flash floods, first in Eastern Kentucky and then in Louisville.
This fall, it appears the major challenge for the state will focus more on health rather than weather.
It was a beautiful day to ride.
Clear blue sky, moderate temperatures, low humidity and a slight hint of fall crisp in the air.
But Tuesday, Sept. 1, would be the last day Eminence resident Bobby Nolan would throw his leg over the seat of his 1982 Honda motorcycle.
I didn't know Bobby, at least not personally. But I knew of the older gentleman who rode an old white Honda motorcycle around. I saw that bike, and its rider, many times at Dairy Queen.
As the economic recession persists and unemployment rates continue to rise, families in the Commonwealth and across America are facing serious hardships stemming from loss of income, foreclosure and unmanageable debt. As a result, many have been forced to turn to food banks, pantries, and other charitable organizations for assistance.
I hate asking anyone for anything — especially donations. But we have an idea for this year's Veterans Day Assembly at the high school, and Junior ROTC can't go it alone — we just don't have the money. Please read this letter and let us know if you can help make a veteran's experience even more rewarding this year.
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Wuxi is located on Taihu Lake, one of China's biggest fresh water courses, 128km west of Shanghai. It is known variously as the 'Land of Fish and Rice' for its abundance of natural resources and 'Little Shanghai' for its prospering economy.
Wuxi is one of the most ancient regions in China. It has a rich history of over 3,000 years and Wu culture is known for its depth and elegance. The State of Wu has been dated back to the 11th century BC and flourished during the Spring and Autumn Period (771-476 BC).
Before the 19th century, Wuxi was the busiest rice and cloth market in China, capitalising on the nearby Yangtze River and Grand Canal. It retains some of this tradition today as a hub for textiles manufacturing in China.
Wuxi is one of China's booming economies and is light industry centre. As well as textiles, it also produces apparel, electronics and other consumer products. It also has a substantial heavy industry sector with iron, steel, IT, high tech, and solar energy companies. In 2010 its service sector outperformed its manufacturing sector in investment and rate of increase.
Wuxi is aiming to become China's first 'sensor city' and has plans to demonstrate how sensor networks can report on such issues as environmental conditions, transport and public safety.
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Autumn (September-November) is the best time to visit Wuxi when you can eat the delicious fish from Taihu Lake and the region's juicy peaches. Spring (March-June) is also pleasant with cherry blossoms and many festivals.
- Admire of Taihu Lake from Turtle Head Islet, so named because the islet is shaped like a turtle's head. From here you can appreciate the beauty of the lake and its surrounds.
- Visit Three Kingdoms City, the set of an historical CCTV series called The Romance of the Three Kingdoms. The series – and the set – covers the three rival kingdoms of Wei (220-265), Shu (221-263) and Wu (229-280). It has become a major tourist attraction in Wuxi and there are shows and activities to keep you busy all day.
- Take a boat trip on Taihu Lake that includes a feast of 'Taihu Lake Three Whites': white shrimp, whitebait and whitefish.
- Taihu Lake is famous for its cultured freshwater pearls - buy a necklace, earrings or bracelet as a memento of your time.
- Relax in the spectacular Li Garden. The Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter pavilions feature paintings of the flowers of each season.
- Immerse yourself in ancient Wu-Yue culture at the Wu Culture Expo Park, which showcases Wu culture and is also an original wetland. The Hingshan Ruins and the Lianghong wetlands are particularly worth seeing.
- Admire the Lingshan Grand Buddha, the world's biggest outdoor bronze Buddha statue.
- If you in Wuxi during the plum blossom, visit Plum Garden, where you'll discover the cultural significance of the plum blossom in Wu culture. It's also extremely pretty!
- Walk along Dacheng Pedestrian to try authentic Wuxi cuisine and snacks. You can also pick up some souvenirs here.


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The Central Connecticut men's soccer team topped the Mountaineers of Mount St. Mary's 4-1 on Friday night. Central improves to 6-6-2 overall and 4-1-1 in conference action.
Central displayed a high powered offense scoring a season high four goals against The Mount on a wet, soggy night in New Britain, CT. The Blue Devils entered tonight's match tied for third in goals scored in the Northeast Conference, they now have 22 goals on the season.
Freshman Freddy Metellus punched in his second goal of the season in the 32nd minute of action. The goal was assisted by senior Reece Wilson who sent a cross from midfield down the right side to Metellus. The freshman then beat the defender up the right side and buried a shot into the top right corner of the net.
Central's second goal of the first half came in the 37th minute when senior Jesse Menzies was fouled hard and awarded a penalty kick. The senior put his penalty shot passed The Mount's keeper putting the Blue Devils up 2-0. The Blue Devils are now a perfect two-for-two on the season shooting PK's, both coming from Menzies.
Five minutes into the second half, Jimmy Ockford of Mount St. Mary's stepped into the box after being awarded a penalty kick and netted the Mountaineer's lone goal of the night. The goal went passed CCSU keeper senior Anthony Occhialini in the 50th minute of play and set the count to 2-1, advantage Central.
The Blue Devils responded in the 67th minute when Wilson registered his first and only goal of the night, Central's third. Menzies fed Wilson from the left side putting a pass into the box for Wilson who beat the defender and fired a shot into the net off of the right post. The goal was Wilson's sixth goal of the season and the assists was Menzies' fourth. Central went up 3-1 after the score.
In the final stretch of the game, Menzies was the benefactor yet again punching in his second goal of the night in the 73rd minute. On an individual, unassisted effort, the senior took the ball through the top of the box splitting two defenders and rifled a shot passed the keeper into the top left of the net. The goal marked Menzies' fifth of the year.
Occhialini played the entire match for Central and marked down three saves on the night. Occhialini and the Blue Devil defense only allowed four shots-on-goal from the Mountaineers. Central fired six shots-on-goal for the game off of 10 shots total.
The Blue Devils will return to their home pitch on Sunday, October 21st to host NEC in-state rival Sacred Heart. Game time is set for 1 p.m. and will be held at the CCSU Soccer Field on the campus of Central Connecticut.


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Why Inventories Matter
The latest GDP figures showing a rise in 4th quarter inventories is not good news.
In the recently released estimates of 4th quarter Gross Domestic Production (GDP) numbers, the less-than-expected 3.8% drop is not evidence of business strength. In fact it's the opposite.
Higher inventories ordinarily result from production increases, which add to GDP. In a contracting economy, inventories rise because production already in the pipeline can't be sold.
In an ideal economy funded by increases in personal and business savings, demand at all levels will tend to grow at the rate of increase in savings. To meet growing demand, businesses increase production, which initially appears as increased inventories held for sale. Payments to workers and materials suppliers to produce that inventory add to personal and business savings, which support new growth.
In an economy with little or no personal savings (ours of the present day), increased demand depends upon expanding bank loans and credit card debt. At some point, the game has to end. Borrowers begin to default on their debt; banks tighten credit standards; existing loans can't be refinanced; assets are dumped into the market to pay off debt; businesses cut costs by laying off workers, and deferring new investments and purchases of raw materials. If inventories are increasing, it's because businesses have not yet been able to liquidate them in the face of sharply curtailed demand.
When that happens, as in our current situation, there are no painless options. The Fed can create more fiat money and pump it into the system, as it has been doing on an unprecedented scale. But that's like someone on a partying binge awakening with a terrible hangover and expecting to cure it by drinking another bottle of whiskey.
Excessive debt created with fiat money caused the problem. Easier money and more debt won't cure it.
Call it what you choose. The New Deal's "pump priming" or Keynesian stimulus programs have signally failed to revive business, but have always increased the rate of inflation.
The flaw in Keynesian economics, the theoretical basis of stimulus programs, is concentrating upon a single aspect of economic activity: consumer spending. It appears so simple. Government has only to enact spending programs; consumers will resume spending; business will revive; and the politicians will have bought lifetime voter allegiance.
Unfortunately, business in the real world is more complex. Consumer goods buying is only a small part of it, the last of many stages of production, most of which can't respond quickly to stimulus-induced consumer purchases. Some businesses, in favored industries and favored Congressional districts, may benefit directly, but business as a whole still must go through a painful clearing process before there can be a general economic revival that will create new jobs and induce employers to rehire laid-off workers.
The only effective, non-inflationary remedy is the painful one of cutting inventory prices until everything is sold and reducing production costs. Business will not revive until production capacities at each level of production have been brought into line with real demand, often via bankruptcies and mergers. One way or another, production costs have to be reduced enough to allow businesses again to produce and sell profitably at reduced prices. As production gradually revives, workers will be rehired; wages paid to rehired workers and payments to suppliers will then lever up consumption at all levels without inflationary effects.
The housing industry is an example. When the economic house of credit cards collapsed, the number of new homes coming onto the market and in various stages of construction was at record levels, floated by record levels of consumer debt.
Between 2000 and 2007, businesses at all levels - from mining and oil drilling, to machinery manufacturing, to manufacture of intermediate goods, to production of consumer goods - ramped up production to meet the artificial, credit-supported levels of demand.
Investment projects to increase efficiency or add to capacity often require several years of planning and construction before coming on stream. An example is locating a new oil field, getting additional drilling equipment, completing drilling, then building the infrastructure to get oil production to market. If the economy collapses in the midst of a producer-goods investment expansion cycle, it will be several years before increases in employment can take place in those industries.
No matter how much temporary consumer funding a government stimulus program injects into the economy, home building will not revive until inventories of new and resale homes are cleared out, usually at fire-sale prices. Many building contractors and materials supply companies will go broke before that process is completed, and tens of thousands of construction workers will have been laid off. Timber cutting and lumber production will go into a nose dive.
This same process will ensue in all of the stages of production, from basic materials, to machinery production, to production of intermediate goods, and finally, to consumer goods.
Consumer spending funded by government welfare handouts and selected infrastructure projects will only touch a small part of the economy. When government stimulus spending is on the enormous scale proposed by our Democrat-Socialist Congressional majority, the only certain result is big inflation over the next couple of years, as consumer spending outruns the supply of goods in the pipeline.
The bottom line is that a recession created by excess debt can't be cured by creating more Federal debt.
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Gov. Mike Beebe on Friday declared 22 counties disaster areas because of damage caused by severe winter storms last week.
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The Snippety Happy bunch are back. They arrived shortly after 10pm this evening. All looked good, though wide-eyed from the trauma of their abduction and mojo-robbery.
Before their homecoming btmao and I went around the area, hoping to encounter the absentee kitty aka Rapunzel, who didn't join the happy snippees on Monday. As luck, or probably the kitty deities, would have it, that kitty did appear. So V secured the lucky one before releasing the snippety bunch.
Four schwingers de-mojoed, and Rapunzel in the bag. But is it really over, for now at least? btmao say the new kitty in the hood seemed to be a different one from the schwingers rounded up.
More details, naming headaches and yes pictures to come.