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No Studios Launches Oct. 12–14 With New Tenants, General Manager and Membership Model
Special Advance Screening of Universal Pictures' NIGHT SCHOOL for new members
By No Studios	- Sep 6th, 2018 10:03 am
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MILWAUKEE, WI (September 6, 2018) – NO STUDIOS, a new hub for the creative arts in downtown Milwaukee, will hold its grand opening the weekend of Oct. 12–14 featuring a series of open house and special event opportunities. The opening weekend will give Milwaukeeans the chance to learn more about this new organization and the many ways to get involved. This first-of-its-kind experimental concept bridging arts and entertainment experiences, a networking/social club model and shared workspaces was founded by Oscar-winning filmmaker and Milwaukee native John Ridley (12 Years a Slave, American Crime) and business partner Chris Abele.
To welcome new members ahead of the grand opening, No Studios will offer an exclusive Special Advance Screening of the new, much-anticipated Kevin Hart and Tiffany Haddish comedy NIGHT SCHOOL. The screening will take place Wednesday, Sept. 26 before it's released to the public on Sept. 28. A full lineup of grand opening events and open house opportunities will be announced later this month.
Housed in the newly redeveloped Pabst Brewery Complex, No Studios builds on Milwaukee's rich history as a vibrant, creative community in one of the city's up-and-coming revitalized areas. It is a social space dedicated to the creation, curation and presentation of art, in all forms, and welcomes diverse communities across the city to celebrate art together.
"No Studios is unlike anything I've been a part of before," said Ridley, founder and CEO. "We've carefully curated a space and network where creatives of all kinds can socialize with purpose. Relationships still matter, and in our increasingly digital world, we hope to offer the opportunity for people to connect offline and fuel their creative passions."
The 40,000 square foot building is designed to feel comfortable, open, modern and inviting, encouraging collaboration. There is a mix of long-term and short-term offices, conference rooms and shared work spaces intended for individuals, organizations and companies in creative fields. The first floor gallery space, bearing high ceilings and exposed brick, will show rotating exhibitions and feature a gallery lounge and cocktail bar serving wine, craft beers, cocktails and Colectivo coffee. The gallery level also includes a state-of-the-art, 47-seat screening room, and a performance stage. A glass enclosed rooftop offers a bar and event space with expansive city views, and is scheduled to open later this year.
No Studios is rounding out its management team and has hired Luke Repetti as general manager of building and events, who started in his new position Sept. 4. Repetti's experience in Milwaukee's arts and entertainment scene is robust, with previous roles at BMO Harris Bradley Center, 88Nine Radio Milwaukee and Summerfest. He will join Lisa Caesar, chief operating officer, and Sylvia Desrochers, director of media and programming.
A curated group of tenants, who share a common dedication to the arts in Milwaukee, will call No Studios home in the coming months, including Independent, Media Circus International and Gener8tor. These organizations will join previously announced tenants Milwaukee Film, Milwaukee Filmmaker Alliance, 371 Productions, Custom Reality Services, UW-Milwaukee Department of Film and Marquette University.
No Studios offers a unique membership model aimed at supporting the local creative community. Membership is broken into three tiers, to provide accessibility and accommodate various audiences, from burgeoning filmmakers and versatile artists to seasoned professionals. Varying benefit levels include access to No Studios' programming calendar featuring a variety of events both on-site and at locations throughout the city; access to performance spaces to present; use of meeting, event and social spaces; concierge services and film equipment rentals. Memberships can be purchased online at www.nostudios.com.
About NO STUDIOS
Founded by Oscar-winning filmmaker and Milwaukee native John Ridley (12 Years a Slave, American Crime) and business partner Chris Abele, No Studios is a hub for the creative arts in Milwaukee, designed to provide a social space dedicated to the creation, curation and presentation of art. No Studios offers long-term and short-term office space for local individuals, organizations, and companies in creative fields. As a for-profit venture that aims to become a sustainable model for bringing arts to Milwaukee, No Studios offers a unique three-tier membership model providing accessibility to a wide variety of audiences. No Studios presents year-round programming including film screenings and discussions, dance and music performances, readings, and photographic and fine art exhibitions. The building is located in the newly redeveloped Pabst Brewery Complex at 1037 West McKinley Avenue. Learn more at www.nostudios.com.
About John Ridley
John Ridley's critically acclaimed documentary about the Los Angeles uprising, Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992, premiered in theaters and aired on ABC in 2017 and is now available on Netflix. He is currently directing the sci-fi romance Needle in a Timestack with Leslie Odom Jr., Freida Pinto, Cynthia Erivo, and Orlando Bloom. He is slated to direct an adaptation of his graphic novel series "The American Way" for Blumhouse as well as the first episode of the EPIX original series "Godfather of Harlem," starring and executive produced by Forest Whitaker.
Ridley previously won an Oscar® for writing 12 Years A Slave, he wrote and directed the innovative Jimi Hendrix biopic All Is By My Side, and was the creator, director, and executive producer of ABC's Emmy-winning series "American Crime." His limited series "Guerilla," with Idris Elba, Freida Pinto, and Babou Ceesay, aired last year on Showtime and Sky.
About NIGHT SCHOOL
Star Kevin Hart and producer Will Packer, who partnered for the hit Ride Along and Think Like a Man series, bring their signature style to Night School. The comedy from director Malcolm D. Lee (Girls Trip) follows a group of misfits who are forced to attend adult classes in the longshot chance they'll pass the GED exam.
Co-stars Tiffany Haddish, Rob Riggle, Taran Killam and Romany Malco join Hart on-screen for the film that Hart produces for his Hartbeat Productions, and Packer via his Will Packer Productions. www.nightschoolmovie.com
People: Chris Abele, John Ridley, Lisa Caesar, Sylvia Desrochers
Organizations: 88Nine Radio Milwaukee, Marquette University, Summerfest
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Il Palazzo di Città di Salerno si trova in via Roma ed è la sede dell'amministrazione comunale della città.

Storia

Il problema di trovare una nuova sistemazione per gli uffici comunali, all'epoca situati nell'inadeguato Palazzo Sant'Antuono, si era posto sin dall'epoca del sindaco Matteo Luciani, nella seconda metà dell'800. In seguito all'Unità d'Italia la popolazione di Salerno crebbe sensibilmente, fino ad arrivare ai 53.000 abitanti del 1921. Quest'incremento portò all'espansione della città che proprio in quegli anni uscì, in maniera strutturale, dal cerchio delle antiche mura e vide la progettazione di grandi opere pubbliche, in modo particolare in lotti di risulta dalla sistemazione della spiaggia e del lungomare Trieste.

Sull'ubicazione del Palazzo di Città si confrontarono due posizioni diverse: da una parte si proponeva il restauro di palazzo Genovese a largo Campo, dall'altra di realizzare una nuova struttura a nord di piazza Portanova o nel luogo in seguito effettivamente scelto.

Il Comune di Salerno nel 1926 bandì il concorso per realizzare il Palazzo di Città, l'edificio emblema della cultura, dell'economia e della crescita di Salerno. Nonostante, la presentazione di molti progetti e la presenza di nomi autorevoli, il concorso non approdò ad alcun risultato positivo. Nel 1928 Camillo Guerra vinse il concorso per l'incarico di Ingegnere Capo del Comune di Salerno e fra i primi compiti affidatagli, vi fu quello di redigere il progetto del palazzo di Città. L'architetto napoletano si trovò immediatamente davanti a dei problemi relativi al lotto, di forma irregolare ed in una posizione non predominante, e alle prescrizioni del capitolato di vendita che obbligavano alla costruzione di un porticato che però, a causa dei problemi del lotto, non sarebbe mai potuto essere coassiale con quello di palazzo Natella.

Guerra affrontò questi problemi presentando all'amministrazione 13 studi diversi di pianta e cinque prove stilistiche per i progetti, sulla base dei quali fu scelto quello definitivo. I problemi, tuttavia, non terminarono in quanto, nel corso dei lavori, la ditta incaricata fu soggetta ad aspre critiche sia dalla cittadinanza, a causa della lentezza dei lavori, sia dallo stesso Guerra che riscontrò problemi nella loro esecuzione. Tutto ciò portò alla rescissione contrattuale nel 1933. Tra il 1934 e il 1935 vi furono altre vicende in sede della Commissione Edilizia che portarono alla decisione di abolire la copertura del cortile ma anche alle dimissioni di Guerra dall'incarico di Ingegnere Capo.

Il 3 gennaio 1937 si svolse l'inaugurazione ufficiale con l'insediamento degli uffici.

Nel periodo di Salerno Capitale il Palazzo di Città fu sede della Presidenza del Consiglio, del Ministero degli interni e di quello dell'Educazione Nazionale: le riunioni del Consiglio dei Ministri si tennero nel Salone dei Marmi.

Caratteristiche

Il palazzo è costituito da piano terra, ammezzato, I e II piano a cui, nel corso degli anni sessanta, si è aggiunta la sopraelevazione del III piano.

La pianta è completamente dissimmetrica: sui lati nord ed ovest è situato il porticato, che nella prima parte è coassiale al limitrofo porticato di palazzo Natella, mentre il corpo centrale è leggermente avanzato in modo da renderlo visibile per chi viene sia dalla direzione della stazione ferroviaria che da quella del teatro Verdi. Ai lati dell'ingresso principale vi sono i due accessi di servizio, dai quali, oggi, si entra normalmente nel palazzo. Attraverso il portico sul lato ovest si accede al Cinema Teatro.

Nella descrizione del palazzo Guerra spiega che il progetto semplifica i precedenti eliminando, tra l'altro, le torri campanarie e modernizzando in maniera radicale tutte le decorazioni. Nell'ipotesi definitiva vengono eliminate le bugne dalla zona basamentale e solo a fianco del portone centrale furono posizionati due gruppi di fasci littori stilizzati (eliminati con la caduta del fascismo). Furono inoltre realizzati quattro bassorilievi in bronzo per decorare gli ampi finestroni arcuati presenti nei corpi principali sporgenti. Dei quattro realizzati, ad opera di Gaetano Chiaromonte, ne fu collocato solo uno rappresentante "La marcia su Roma", rimosso e distrutto con la caduta del Fascismo, mentre gli altri tre sono stati recentemente restaurati e disposti nel corridoio antistante il Salone dei Marmi.

Dopo l'esterno la parte architettonica di maggior rilievo è la decorazione del cortile, occupato quasi per metà dallo scalone. Per questo motivo Guerra decise di abolire i grossi muri di timpano delle rampate per sostituirli con archi slanciati di sostegno, che furono in seguito completati da una grande vetrata realizzata alla fine degli anni novanta dal salernitano Antonio Perotti e raffigurante lo stemma della città con San Matteo. Le gradinate sono caratterizzate da due colori di marmo: uno più scuro per l'alzata ed uno più chiaro per la pedata. Nell'ipotesi preliminare fu prevista anche una copertura in vetro cemento per il cortile, che però fu stralciata in sede di Commissione Edilizia dall'ing. De Angelis.

A quasi metà del pianterreno si trova il Cinema-Teatro, con una capienza di 700 posti. L'illuminazione del teatro fu studiata in modo particolare, per ottenere che si diffondesse gradualmente in tutta la sala dai lacunari della volta stessa. Il teatro diede immediatamente problemi di acustica, al punto da costringere l'Amministrazione ad affidare il progetto di lavori ci correzione acustica all'Ing. Luigi Quagliata nel 1938.

L'appartamento di rappresentanza

Il primo piano dell'edificio è caratterizzato dall'appartamento di rappresentanza, formato da un complesso di sale e di servizi, di cui Salerno aveva inderogabile bisogno per "il decoro della Città". Dallo scalone principale si ha accesso ad un ampio disimpegno che attraverso tre porte dà accesso al Salone di Ricevimento, oggi comunemente chiamato "Salone dei Marmi" per la presenza di marmi colorati, il particolare il Marmo Vitulano a macchia grossa, all'interno del quale si svolgono mostre, convegni e i Consigli Comunali. La sala è caratterizzata da cinque balconi che affacciano sul mare e da alcune nicchie tagliate nelle pareti in cui sono posizionati bronzi decorativi. La parte superiore delle pareti è costituita da un ampio fregio pittorico dell'altezza di due metri e cinquanta e dello sviluppo delle intere pareti. In esso è rappresentata la storia di Salerno, dai suoi primordi al trasporto del corpo di San Matteo, fino al periodo dell'Unità d'Italia, della Grande Guerra e dell'ascesa di Mussolini. Il fregio, realizzato dal pittore Pasquale Avallone, fu terminato solo nel 1947 e pertanto parzialmente modificato sotto l'aspetto tematico.

Dal Salone dei Marmi si accede alla Sala della Consulta, oggi Sala del Gonfalone. Il locale è illuminato da luce proveniente dal soffitto a lacunari in vetrocemento e da un'ampia vetrata nel lato corto. Sui due lati della Sala, in alto sono inseriti due altorilievi in alabastrino realizzati dal salernitano Arturo Beraglia e simboleggianti l'agricoltura e i traffici marittimi; si possono inoltre ammirare quattro dipinti di forma ovale di Pasquale Avallone, raffiguranti le allegorie de "Il Risparmio", "L'Industria", "L'Agricoltura" e "Il Commercio Marittimo", eseguiti nel 1930 per il Palazzo della Banca d'Italia.

Oltre a questi due saloni, nell'appartamento di rappresentanza si trovano anche una grande sala per Commissioni (oggi Sala Giunta) ed il Salotto ed il Gabinetto del Podestà e del Vice Podestà (oggi destinate a Sindaco e Vice Sindaco). Nel disimpegno di accesso al Salone sono collocate la copia in gesso velato della statua del musicista Pergolesi realizzata da Giovanni Amendola nel 1871 per il teatro Verdi e la copia in gesso del busto dedicato a Matteo Luciani, realizzato da Pasquale Avallone nel 1936.

Note

Voci correlate
 Salerno
 Razionalismo italiano
 Storia di Salerno

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Città di Salerno
Architetture fasciste di Salerno

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Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth Announced
During Atlus' live stream earlier today, Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth was announced for 3DS.
The spin-off featuring chibi versions of Persona 3 and Persona 4 characters is scheduled for a June 5, 2014 release in Japan.
According to Gematsu, the story for Persona Q is as follows:
Here's the story: During the Yasogami High School culture festival, a clock tower appears in the school yard and the heroes of Persona 4 hear the echo of a ringing bell. The sound of that bell reaches the world of Persona 3, and its heroes, who were fighting Tartarus, are suddenly transported to Yasogami High School and trapped.
To return to their original worlds, the characters from Persona 4 and Persona 3 must try to get back the lost memories of new characters Zen and Rei, who seem to hold the key to this incident, and go dungeon-crawling to fight shadows.
Players can choose from two factions: Persona 3's SEES (Specialized Extracurricular Execution Squad) or Persona 4's Investigation Team and, depending on which one the player chooses, dialogue and story events will change.
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The debut trailer for Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth can be found below and the official website, here.
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El socialismo democrático es un objetivo político que considera la democracia y el socialismo como una unidad inseparable que se realizará conjuntamente. El socialismo democrático es una variante del socialismo que rechaza los métodos autoritarios de transición del capitalismo al socialismo en favor de los movimientos de base defensores de los derechos humanos y de la naturaleza con el objetivo de la creación inmediata de descentralización y democracia económica.

El término es de uso frecuente por los socialistas para clarificar que su posición es tanto el socialismo como la democracia. Los socialistas democráticos están a favor ya sea de transición electoral al socialismo o la revolución espontánea de las masas desde abajo para distinguirse de los socialistas autoritarios que requieren un Estado de partido único, la posición del marxismo-leninismo.

A pesar de que suele utilizarse como sinónimo de socialdemocracia, es en realidad mucho más amplio, el socialismo democrático abarca diferentes corrientes agrupadas en lo que se conoce como izquierda política o izquierda reformista. En cambio la socialdemocracia es una ideología surgida en la segunda mitad del  en Europa, que defiende principalmente una economía mixta y un estado de bienestar. En la actualidad, los socialdemócratas defienden elementos del socialismo y capitalismo, combinados en lo que se conoce como economía mixta, sin dejar de lado los ideales de justicia social que caracterizan a la izquierda política.

El socialismo democrático es un movimiento internacional que no exige una rígida uniformidad de enfoque. Ya sea que los socialistas construyan su ideología en el marxismo u otros métodos de análisis de la sociedad, ya sean inspirados por principios religiosos o humanitarios, todos abogan por la organización social y económica socialista.

Según el politólogo Thomas Meyer, todas las teorías de un socialismo democrático representan un concepto igualitario de justicia, afirman el Estado constitucional democrático, luchan por la seguridad del estado de bienestar para todos los ciudadanos, quieren limitar la propiedad privada de una manera socialmente aceptable y socialmente integral, y regulan políticamente el sector económico.

Orígenes y desarrollo teórico

Acuñación y uso sistemático
El término se desarrolló alrededor de 1920 y desde entonces ha sido utilizado por grupos y partidos socialistas, comunistas y en una cantidad mucho menor por socialdemócratas, ya que, si bien en la segunda mitad del  y a principios de , estas agrupaciones tenían como objetivo establecer un socialismo mediante el sufragio.

El término «socialismo democrático» se ha usado desde alrededor de 1920 como resultado de la división del movimiento obrero europeo para distinguir el reformismo de la socialdemocracia (democratización progresiva de todas las áreas de la sociedad en el marco de una democracia pluralista), del marxismo-leninismo (en el cual se utiliza el término socialismo como una época de transición al comunismo por parte de un partido comunista a través de la conquista del poder estatal, introduciendo una economía de planificación centralizada).

Desde entonces, los grupos socialdemócratas y socialistas, así como los grupos, partidos y gobiernos comunistas, se han referido a diferentes políticas como «socialismo democrático».

El término se ha utilizado desde alrededor de 1970 en el comunismo reformista de Europa del Este, en el eurocomunismo de Europa occidental, en algunos países de América Latina y en 1989 por partes de la oposición de la RDA, para diferenciarse del capitalismo y del socialismo real que impulsaban los regímenes comunistas.

El Partido Socialdemócrata de Alemania entiende el socialismo democrático desde el programa de Godesberger de 1959 como una economía social de mercado con una distribución justa de las ganancias, que debería abrir oportunidades de vida iguales para todos.

Antecedentes y desarrollo

Socialismo utópico, socialdemocracia y reformismo
Friedrich Engels describe en su proyecto de programa de la Liga Comunista de noviembre de 1847 algunos representantes del socialismo temprano como «socialistas democráticos». Al igual que los comunistas, trataron de superar la miseria y la abolición de la sociedad de clases, pero se contentaron con una constitución democrática y algunas reformas sociales posteriores.

Se puede argumentar que, como concepto u objetivo político, se remonta a Babeuf —considerado uno de los fundadores del socialismo— quien criticó a sus oponentes: «No parecéis reunir alrededor vuestro más que republicanos, título común y muy equívoco: así, no predicáis más que una república cualquiera. Nosotros reunimos todos los demócratas y los plebeyos, denominación que, sin duda, adquiere un sentido más negativo: nuestros dogmas son la democracia pura, la igualdad sin mancha y sin reserva» (Manifiesto de los Plebeyos). Babeuf fue un ardiente defensor de la Constitución del Año I la cual estaba basada sobre la Declaración de los Derechos del Hombre y del Ciudadano de 1789 pero les agregaba algunos derechos extra (tales como derecho a asociación, trabajo, educación, asistencia social, etc) y establecía constitucionalmente el principio de la soberanía como emanando de la voluntad popular.

Entre las posiciones reformistas políticas más conocidas se encuentran las de Eduard Bernstein (ver Revisionismo). Bernstein postula —citando a Engels—: «El socialismo se logrará a través de una lucha prolongada, tenaz, avanzando lentamente de posición a posición» lo que producirá una especie de evolución del capitalismo. Bernstein postula la necesidad de tal reformismo dado que no se puede concebir de un socialismo sin abundancia de bienes materiales, pero en los países en los cuales existe la base económica para producir esa abundancia el capitalismo puede «comprar» al proletariado, a través de la introducción de reformas y beneficios que anulan la necesidad de una insurrección proletaria. Al mismo tiempo, un partido proletario no puede estar ajeno a la lucha por derechos y beneficios tanto de la sociedad en general como sindicales en particular, lo que necesita la inmersión de cualquier partido no ya socialista sino progresista en la vida política parlamentaria.

Es importante mantener presente que las reformas que Bernstein está postulando no se refieren solo un sistema de beneficios, sean sindicales o sociales, sino que al sistema político mismo —especialmente el de su tiempo—. Para él, la democracia es un concepto no solo mejorable sino un objetivo político al que se debe llegar —por ejemplo, a través de la lucha por el derecho de los sindicatos a participar no solo en la administración de empresas sino también en la dirección política de un país—. Así, define democracia, negativamente, como: «la ausencia del gobierno de clases (...) el principio de la supresión del gobierno de las clases aunque no todavía la actual supresión de las clases».

Joseph Schumpeter describió el socialismo democrático en su trabajo Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy (1942) como una transición democrática sin revolución y violencia desde el capitalismo al socialismo.

A diferencia de la posición de Bernstein, Schumpeter no percibe como necesaria para esa evolución la acción política de un partido «proletario». Desde su punto de vista, el origen del avance hacia el socialismo es el desarrollo económico-industrial. Según Schumpeter, el fin del capitalismo no se deberá —como predijo Marx— a sus contradicciones internas. Son sus éxitos los que lo condenan. Para este autor, el sistema capitalista no está amenazado por su economía sino por características sociológicas . El dinamismo del capitalismo es un proceso de «destrucción creativa»: «los elementos anticuados son constantemente destruidos y reemplazados».

Posteriormente, y continuando con esas ideas, Anthony Crosland sugiere que «una forma más benevolente de capitalismo» ha surgido a partir de la II Guerra Mundial. De acuerdo con él, en consecuencia, es posible obtener más igualdad social sin necesidad de transformaciones económicas fundamentales, a través de la Inversión del «dividendo del crecimiento económico» —que se deriva del manejo y administración eficiente de la economía, gracias, en parte, a la intervención estatal (ver Economía mixta)— en servicios públicos «pro pobres» en lugar de tener que recurrir a medidas de redistribución fiscales (es decir, en lugar de tener que aumentar impuestos). Pero en la visión de Crosland el «partido de los trabajadores» retoma su importancia, no tanto para liderar un avance al socialismo en una lucha tenaz de opuestos como para avanzar en esa dirección a través del encuentro de consensos políticos.

Una posición similar, pero más compleja, es avanzado por Nicos Poulantzas. Para él, el Estado funciona no solo simplemente como un instrumento de opresión de clases, sino como un sistema de concreción de alianzas tanto entre como en sectores dentro de ellas. Lo anterior significa que en un sistema capitalista maduro —como la mayoría de los países industrializados modernos— el sistema se fragmenta, en la medida que los trabajadores forman alianzas con sectores burgueses a fin de lograr objetivos puntuales pero significantes y, potencialmente, incrementales.

Entre las posiciones que se diferencian profundamente de las anteriores encontramos el «socialismo desde abajo», propuesto por Hal Draper, que se contrasta, en la visión de ese autor, tanto al estalinismo como a la socialdemocracia, que serían variaciones del «socialismo desde arriba».

Socialismo libertario

Otra corriente cercana a la anterior es el «socialismo libertario» representado, entre otros, por Peter Hain, (actual Secretario de Estado de Trabajo y Pensiones; y Secretario de Estado para Gales en el Reino Unido) quien entiende por socialismo una política opuesta al autoritarismo.

Visiones similares se encuentran entre los seguidores del marxismo libertario y del socialismo autogestionario, etc.
Para este tipo de visiones lo que constituye el centro del socialismo es la participación activa de la población en general y los trabajadores en particular en el manejo de la economía. Desde este punto de vista, tanto las nacionalizaciones como la planificación estatal son características del socialismo de Estado.

Conviene notar que para estos autores en general la diferencia entre el socialismo «desde abajo» y los «autoritarios» es de mayor importancia que la entre «reformistas» y «revolucionarios».

Hay otras definiciones que se pueden ver como intermedias o fuera del esquema generado por los conjuntos ideológicos esbozados más arriba.

Socialismo de mercado

Por ejemplo, algunos pensadores —tales como David Schweickart y otros proponentes de la democracia económica— proponen visiones de socialismo de mercado que son congruentes con concepciones libertarias, mientras otros —por ejemplo Oskar Lange— toman una posición más «técnica» acerca de cómo se deben implementar tales mecanismos de mercado. Esto ha llevado a algunos «libertarios» a criticar duramente algunas implementaciones (por ejemplo, el socialismo autogestionario) de estas ideas.

Bogdan Denitch concibe el socialismo democrático como una tradición autónoma, pero cercana a la socialdemocracia, que busca una reorganización radical de la sociedad a través de la propiedad pública, el control obrero del proceso de producción y políticas redistributivas.

Mijaíl Gorbachov describió la perestroika como la construcción de un «socialismo nuevo, humano y democrático». Posteriormente. algunos partidos comunistas se han relanzado como «partidos socialistas democráticos».

Aplicación

Latinoamérica y el Caribe
En América Latina desde 1970, se han intentado en varios estados construir un socialismo democrático. Estos diferían de las políticas de Fidel Castro en Cuba, que después de su exitosa revolución en 1959 tenía una política exterior y una similitud ideológica con la Unión Soviética y una política interna contra los objetivos de la mayoría de los intelectuales y cuadros dirigentes que una economía planificada y un sistema de partido único habían impuesto.

Chile

En Chile, el socialista Salvador Allende defendió a Cuba explícitamente, y llevó a cabo el gobierno de la Unidad Popular, un conglomerado de partidos de izquierda que intentaron el socialismo por la vía democrática. Allende destacó tanto por el intento de establecer un Estado socialista usando medios legales del poder ejecutivo —la vía chilena al socialismo—, como por proyectos como la nacionalización del cobre (esta solo la concreto de forma más extensa, ya que la inicio el Presiente Eduardo Frei Montalva), la estatización de las áreas «claves» de la economía y la profundización de la reforma agraria, en medio de la polarización política internacional de la Guerra Fría y de una grave crisis económica y financiera interna. En medio de una crisis económica, su gobierno terminó abruptamente mediante un golpe de Estado el 11 de septiembre de 1973- Tras el fin de su gobierno, el general Augusto Pinochet encabezó la dictadura militar que duró dieciséis años y medio.

Jamaica
Michael Manley gobernó Jamaica desde 1972 hasta 1980 con un programa similar a Allende y luego fue votado democráticamente y sin violencia.

Bolivia
En Bolivia bajo Juan José Torres, hubo intentos de construir el socialismo por la vía democrática hasta que fueron derrocados por dictaduras militares de derecha que tomaron el poder en esos estados. Por lo tanto, los años 1968 a 1973 fueron referidos retrospectivamente como una época de socialismo democrático en América Latina.

Granada
En Granada, Maurice Bishop llegó al poder en 1979 con un golpe de Estado incruento y apoyo popular, y luego trató de construir un socialismo de base democrática. Fue derrocado y asesinado en 1983 por su diputado prosoviético Bernard Coard.

Nicaragua
Bajo la dirección de Daniel Ortega, que se consideraba marxista, los sandinistas en Nicaragua llegaron al poder después de una guerra civil, implementado reformas socialistas al sistema capitalista imperante. En los escritos teóricos, los representantes sandinistas consideraban las reformas democráticas como una transición a un socialismo plenamente realizable en el futuro, en el que los elementos de planificación cooperativa, fiscal y central deberían vincularse.

Gobiernos socialistas democráticos

Entre los países que han tenido o tienen gobiernos socialistas democráticos (en sus distintas definiciones) destacan en la tabla siguiente:

Véase también

 Socialdemocracia
 Socialismo liberal
 Socialismo libertario
 Progresismo
 Ecologismo
 Nueva Izquierda
 Marxismo
 Revisionismo
 Rosa de Peters
 Tercera Vía
 Centroizquierda
 Marea rosa
 Socialistas Democráticos de América

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Posted: June 30, 2018 | Author: Jamie Spry | Filed under: Alarmism Debunked, Alarmism uncovered, Alarmist media, Climate Alarmism, Climate Change, Climatism, Drought, Empirical Evidence, Extreme Weather, Fact Check, Fake News, Propaganda | Tags: Child Brides, Climate Change, Climate Change Propaganda, Climatism, Cows, drought, East Africa, East Africa Drought, Fake News, Global Warming, Goebbels, Mainstream media, nature, propaganda, Reuters, science, Science and Environment, The Conversation, War | Leave a comment
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"IT would not be impossible to prove with sufficient repetition and a psychological understanding of the people concerned that a square is in fact a circle. They are mere words, and words can be molded until they clothe ideas and disguise."
― Joseph Goebbels
PROPAGANDA techniques undertaken by German politician and Reich Minister of Propaganda in Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945, Joseph Goebbels, are indistinguishable from those used by the climate crisis industry in order to push their radical man-made global warming climate change agenda.
DAY-in-day-out, headlines are carefully crafted to deceive the audience by, in the case of the Reuters article featured in this post, employing a deeply emotional topic – trading girls for cows – and linking this abhorrent, yet genuine occurrence with two of the most repeated and feared news-phrases of our time – "climate change" and/or "global warming". The latter "global warming" used less and less as the inconvenient ~20 year global warming "pause" continues to defy warming projections with stubborn arrogance.
ONCE the "square is in fact a circle," no science or empirical data is needed to prove the assumption. As Reuters well understands…
More parents trade girls for cows as war and climate change hit east Africa
by Beh Lih Yi | Thomson Reuters Foundation
Wednesday, 27 June 2018 14:39 GMT
Parents can now receive up to 300 cows in bride price, up from about 30 cows during peacetime
KUALA LUMPUR, June 27 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Child marriage is increasing in parts of war-torn South Sudan and drought-hit Kenya as parents swap their daughters for cows and goats to survive, campaigners said on Wednesday.
Africa accounts for nine out of the 10 countries with the highest rates of underage unions globally, advocacy group Girls Not Brides said, with girls marrying due to tradition, family ties, the stigma of pregnancy out of wedlock and poverty.
But long-running wars and climate change are now leading factors too, activists said, highlighting a rise in marriage among girls under the age of 18 in South Sudan to 52 percent from 40 percent in 2010, according to United Nations data.
"The conflicts just worsened the situation," Dorcas Acen, a gender protection expert at the charity CARE International in South Sudan told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
"Majority of the parents wish to give up their girls and marry them off because of the economic hardship. They are looking at how to reduce the number of mouths they need to feed."
Despite a global decline in child marriages, there are still some 12 million underage girls married every year, often with devastating consequences for their health and education.
South Sudan has been gripped by civil war since 2013, pitting forces loyal to President Salva Kiir against rebels linked to former vice president Riek Machar, and millions are going hungry amind rampant inflation and declining oil output.
As the conflict drags on and hard currency loses it lustre, parents can now receive up to 300 cows in bride price, or dowry, when their a young girl weds, up from about 30 cows during peacetime, Acen said.
"When there is a girl within the family ready to get married, people will come and present the number of cows," she said on the sidelines of a global conference on child marriage in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur.
"Basically it's just bidding – whoever bids with the highest number of cows will take the girl," she said.
Across the border in Kenya, many semi-nomadic Maasai and Samburu herders exchanged their daughters for livestock during a severe drought last year that killed large numbers of animals, said Millicent Ondigo of Amref Health Africa.
"Since the number of goats has decreased, parents rather sell their daughter for four (or) five goats for marriage," said Ondigo, a project officer for the Nairobi-based health charity.
Families often marry girls off at earlier ages during drought as this earns them dowry and increases the girls' chances of being fed by wealthier husbands, experts say.
Ondigo is working to convince parents that sending girls to school would bring them longer-term economic benefits.
"(We told parents) when she is done with schooling, she will get a job and she will be able to buy you more than those four goats," she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
(Reporting by Beh Lih Yi @behlihyi, Editing by Katy Migiro. Please credit the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, that covers humanitarian news, women's rights, trafficking, property rights, climate change and resilience. Visit http://news.trust.org)
AS you can clearly read for yourself, there is ZERO data or empirical evidence supporting the claim that "climate change" is to blame for parents trading girls for cows.
SO, let's do some basic "science" for Reuter's to test the veracity of their wild claim…
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By Kathleen Parrish
Imagine the composer Leonard Bernstein in khaki shorts and a ball cap on a high school athletic field in Brooklyn. Instead of using a baton to divine a Beethoven sonata from his wind, wood, and brass sections, our Bernstein, AKA John Moser '83, is using a wooden staff with a netted pocket to produce something just as melodious from a bunch of teenage boys learning the game of lacrosse.
"Sticks to the outside, sticks to the outside," yells Moser, weaving between squat and lanky players alike who are shrouded in shoulder and chest pads, helmets, and thick gloves. "You're bunching up, offense. Spread out. Now quick, quick."
"You," he calls to a defender in a white jersey with brown legs thin as Popsicle sticks. "Get on it."
Welcome to CityLax Summer Camp where for two weeks in July roughly 45 boys and more than 90 girls are working on passing, scooping, cradling, and throwing a rubber lacrosse ball, essential skills in a sport that is among the fastest growing in the country, according to a recent Sport & Fitness Industry Association report.
But these kids aren't your typical lacrosse players. There's Caleb from Guyana, Constantine from Moldova, and Robert from the Dominican Republic.
Their parents didn't pack their gym bags the night before, buy them Gatorade, or drop them off in an SUV. Most of them traveled more than an hour by subway to Frank J. Macchiarola High School, where donated gear was handed out in assembly-like fashion to new recruits who hail from 25 high schools in the city's five boroughs.
The camp is a means to the end for CityLax, a nonprofit that uses lacrosse to teach life skills such as teamwork, discipline, and time management to students in underserved communities and schools. That's what drew Moser to the field: the opportunity to use a sport he loves for a higher purpose.
"Lacrosse is just the vehicle," says Moser, who was named CEO of CityLax in 2014 after spending more than a decade as a coach and board member. "Our real goal is to take what they learn on the field back to the classroom and put them on a path that leads to college."
Lacrosse has long been a part of Moser's life. He grew up attending games at his mother's alma mater, William Smith College, a powerhouse in the collegiate lacrosse world. He first picked up a lacrosse stick in seventh grade and later played goalie for Madison High School in Madison, N.J., where he was an All-State player in 1977. He then went on to play goalie and faceoff midfield at Lafayette for the late Bill Lawson.
After graduating with a major in history, Moser moved to Manhattan in 1983 to work in the hospitality industry at luxury hotels and celebrity chef restaurants while continuing to play lacrosse for New York Athletic Club.
"There's something about the sport that gets into people's blood," says Moser.
It's not surprising then that his two sons caught the lacrosse bug, and in 2005 when they were 10 and 13 he signed them up for Doc's NYC Lacrosse, the only youth program in the city at the time. Matt Levine co-founded it in 1996 to give his own children a chance to play lacrosse in the city as he had done growing up on Long Island. Like Moser, Levine had been a goalkeeper but for Williams College where he was co-captain and led the nation in saves in 1971.
The two men became fast friends, and when Levine started CityLax as a way to introduce underserved youth to the sport, Moser knew it was something he could get behind.
"I was always impressed by these students. They had the same love of lacrosse that my boys and I did, but they were doing it all on their own; their parents weren't there," he says. "Until then, my only impact was on my two boys, and they were getting older. Here was an opportunity to help a whole bunch of kids."
The first program was at A.P. Randolph High School in Harlem, and it took off from there. Today CityLax supports lacrosse programs at nearly 70 schools in New York City and Albany, N.Y. More than 2,500 boys and girls are in the program, and with fewer than 10 full-time employees, CityLax relies heavily on its roughly 90 volunteers to help develop new players, coaches, and teams.
"The growth has been incredible," says Moser. "It's a sport that appeals to youth because it's gear-orientated, and it's not a concussion sport. If you have a child who likes to run around and be physical, they're probably not going to be severely injured."
Being gear-orientated also can have a downside, as lower-income athletes don't have the means for equipment and fees.
That's where Moser comes in. As CEO, he focuses on raising funds to provide equipment and uniforms to schools at no cost. The nonprofit also picks up the tab for school insurance, transporting teams to and from games, training clinics, camps, and U.S. Lacrosse certifications for teachers who want to coach their school's team. Under the rules of New York's Public School Athletic League, head coaches must hold a valid teaching license with the Department of Education.
Not a lot of NYC public school teachers played lacrosse, so giving them the training they need to coach an unfamiliar sport is important, says Moser. However, it is not all about technique. Teaching life skills to the athletes is also a key component of the program.
"The great thing about sports is you need your teammates to win; you can't do it by yourself," says Moser, president of a hospitality consulting company and adjunct instructor at New York University. "It's learning about sacrifice and the rewards of hard work."
That message is apparently getting through. Last year 98% of students on CityLax teams graduated from high school compared to the citywide average of 70%.
"It not only keeps them in school but gives them pride," Moser says. "Last year we had a Bronx team with 21 girls from 14 nationalities. One of them said, 'We may speak different languages, but we all speak lacrosse.'"
Although lacrosse players still are predominantly middle- and upper-class white kids—in 2016, 85.9% of women and men's college lacrosse players were white—CityLax is working to change that.
More than 80% of its athletes are students of color representing 50 different countries, Moser says, a virtual stick-wielding United Nations that is changing the racial and socio-economic makeup of the sport. As a result, it's opening doors for minority athletes to access college and earn scholarships.
"One young lady who played for us while living in a car for two years got a four-year scholarship to Wagner College" in Staten Island, says Moser. "I talk to a lot of coaches who say they would love to get more integration on their teams. I know there is opportunity for these kids. Even if they don't play, being on a team is a positive experience."
While some CityLax players have received scholarships to play lacrosse in college, it mostly has been at Division III schools because it takes more than two or three years to master the skills needed to earn spots on DI teams.
For that reason, CityLax is focusing its programming in middle schools. "It's a hard sport to get good at," says Moser. "If these kids don't pick up a stick until they're a freshman in high school, it's almost too late."
There is another reason for starting kids early: grades.
"We have kids whose transcripts were terrible freshman and sophomore years," says Moser. "They weren't sure what they were doing. It wasn't until their junior and senior years that the bell went off and they started to study. We kind of realized we have to turn the light on in eighth grade. If we can find ways to get them engaged earlier, I think we're going to find more candidates going on to a Division I college."
Like Lafayette. "That's my goal," says Moser. "I think the first CityLax student to come to Lafayette will be a girl. They're catching up to the prep school players faster than the boys."
Back at CityLax Summer Camp, 14-year-old David Waka, a hulking dark-haired midfielder, runs off the field glazed in sweat. This is the second year he's attended CityLax Summer Camp after his mother pretty much forced him to attend last year, he says. "She found it on Facebook, and she was like 'Why don't you go? You can use your brother's equipment.'" Waka started playing and recently earned a spot on his Brooklyn high school's lacrosse team.
"When you have a team, it's like a brotherhood, and you respect them and they respect you," he says. "I didn't really have that before."
As the second day of camp ends, Moser heads home to Manhattan, his polo steeped in sweat and ears slightly pink from sunburn. He couldn't be happier.
"I love doing this," he says. "I feel like I owe the world back for all of the good things that have happened to me. The fact that I can use something I'm passionate about to help others, well, that's a pretty fulfilling day."
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South Africa Essay
Submitted By lotus43
James.Mcclam IV Ms.Augillard 2/2/14
1 Africa- A vast continent stretching from deserts of Sahara to the fertile tracts of Nile, from Atlas mountains in the north to the Cape of Good Hope in south; this might be the first picture that comes to our mind, while you think about Africa. There is more to Africa than just the natural, scenic beauty of landscapes. Africa also has a rich tradition of leaders, environmentalists, sportsmen and statesmen. Let's study a few of these personalities.
2 African Family Traditions
Africa has a multicultural society with inerrable African tribes and ethic groups throughout the content. Each group of people has customs that are unique to them. However, in all ethnic groups throughout Africa, the family unit is of the utmost importance and it is reflected in the customs of each tribe, One traditional custom in Africa culture is that of lobola where the groom pays the farther of the bride in order to compensate for the loss of the man's daughter. Traditionally, lobola was paid in cattle, a valued commodity in many African cultures, but today many modern couples pay lobola in cash. Lobola is intended to bring together two families, fostering mutual respect. It also indicates that the groom is financially capable of supporting his wife. The negotiations of lobola can take up to two days.
4 Africa's Population
5 Weather Conditions- South Africa is known for its plentiful sunshine, and mild climate. Most regions are warm, temperate, and relatively dry. The West Cape receives winter rain, while in the rest of the country, rain falls in the summer.
The rang of customs and traditions in Africa is as diverse as it size. From tribal cultures south of the Sahara Desert to the Muslim dominated north, customs vary country to country, region to region. Some Africa cultures share similar customs, especially when weddings, food and hospitality and concerned. Many customs originated out of ancient rituals, while others were born of necessity. For centuries, many Africa nations and tribes were a warning bunch, and showing proper respect and graciousness is considered wise.
6 Africa Main Industries
The decolonization of Africa was fraught with instability aggravated by cold war conflict. Since mid – 20th century, the cold war and increased computation and despotism have contributed to Africa's poor economy. Much of Africa has stagnated and even regressed in low life expectancy, violence and instability, which in turn have perpetuated the continents growth problems. Africa's economic malaise is self-perpetuating, as it engenders more of disease, warfare, misgovernment, and corruption that created it in the first place. Angola, for instance, reaps large sums annually from its diamond mines , but after years of civil war, condition their remains poor.
7 Exciting Place's To Visit in Africa Flow one of the worlds most majestic water spectacles, Victoria Falls(also called Mosi-oa-Tunya, or The cloud That Thunders) were reportedly first seen by an European when Scotsmen David Livingstone journeyed here 1855.
Since the thousands have enjoyed the spray from the 108-meters high cascade, which was once recorded flowing at 12,800 cubic meters per second doubled that of Niagara's highest
This iconic formation in the nite sky is best seen from Southern Hemisphere, and few sports offer better vantage points than on an open-air safari in Luangwa, Zambia
The constellation has appeared in various cultures in various ways, not least a reference in the Australia nation theme,
8 Main Dish- South Africa: Traditional Food Dishes The cuisine is heavily meat-based, and barbecues or braai are a popular social pastime
The most popular traditional food of South Africa is mielie pap (also spelled as mieliepap), a corn and meal porridge. It is enjoyed by all the races of Africa. Mostly served as the main course of the meal with meat, this cornmeal mix is also enjoyed as breakfast by…
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Jacob Rowbottom is an associate professor of law at Oxford University and a fellow of University College, Oxford. He is the author of "Democracy Distorted" and of numerous articles on campaign finance and free speech.
Corruption is a morally charged word. When we say someone is corrupt, we don't just mean that a person broke a rule or failed to meet an expectation. The word implies something is rotten at its core, that something fundamental has been betrayed. The power of the word can get attention, mobilize public opinion and express disapproval in the strongest terms.
Given the power of the term, it is unsurprising that its meaning is hotly debated in the field of politics, not least when it comes to the impact of money on policymaking. The narrow view of corruption taken in U.S. courts — along with an attitude of distrust of government — has shaped the U.S. campaign finance system into something vastly different from those in other countries, such as Britain.
In the United States, Chief Justice John Roberts has defined corruption primarily in terms of quid pro quo. In his view, "mere influence and access" secured by political money is not corruption. By contrast, campaign finance reformers take a view of corruption that includes and extends beyond backroom deals. In their view, money can corrupt the political system — for example, by forcing politicians to give disproportionate attention to wealthy individuals and organizations.
Underlying this disagreement are divergent views about how the democratic system should function. The majority in the Supreme Court sees attention to donors as an element of the responsiveness expected of politicians. Reformers, however, expect politicians to distribute their attention to those who deserve it, rather than to those with the ability to spend large sums.
The use of "corruption" as a blanket term can mask these underlying and important tensions. However, the language of corruption is an important rhetorical tool to show how bad things have become and how money strikes at the core of democracy.
Where the United States sees a risk of politicians abusing power, Britain trusts politicians as experts on matters relating to the political process. Although this assumption of trust may be complacent, the other extreme of mistrust is also problematic. Our fear of abuse of government power should not require constitutional constraints that disable government from building a fairer political system, one that addresses the disproportionate influence of private power.
British campaign finance laws are very different from those in the United States. In some areas, the controls are less strict: There is no limit on the size of a political contribution; companies can contribute out of general treasuries; and only relatively large donations need to be disclosed. However, in Britain there are limits on the amounts that political parties and candidates can spend in a single election. Spending limits are also applied to independent election spending. More broadly, all political advertising on television and radio is banned, and broadcasters are required to show "due impartiality" on matters of political controversy. The courts have so far upheld these laws, reflecting the mistrust of concentrations of private power that is a feature of British political culture.
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In the United States, however, elections are the most pressing and problematic point of entry for money in the democratic process. When people denounce the existing system as corrupt, the word may mask the underlying issues, but it makes a powerful and pressing moral case for change in the political system — whether through legal controls or the subsidizing of campaigns.


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Forum has new group for climate concerns
By CATHERINE FERRIS
Catherine Ferris
While Scarsdale has been a pacesetter with its measures for sustainability and environmental consciousness, a new committee formed in June by the nonprofit Scarsdale Forum is set to push the village even further in its response to climate change.
Tim Foley, president of the Forum and chair of the Climate Resilience Committee, said the committee will dovetail the collaborative efforts of the Municipal Services Committee and the Sustainability Committee into the surge of interest around what local communities can be doing with climate change action.
The committee released a statement Oct. 3 on climate resilience, which called for two immediate recommendations — that the village join the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Climate Smart Communities program and that the village should issue a proclamation establishing a "Sustainability Day" to celebrate the accomplishments to date by the village to make Scarsdale a more sustainable community.
The group is working on a comprehensive report with concrete steps to help make the village stronger, better able to resist extreme weather conditions and to look at climate resilience planning, Foley said.
New York State's Climate Smart Communities program helps local governments take action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to a changing climate. It offers free technical assistance, grants and rebates for electric vehicles.
Communities in Westchester, Suffolk and Nassau counties have already taken part in the Climate Smart program, and Foley said the Forum committee has looked into what it might be able to do.
While climate change has been the topic of conversation for some time, Foley said the committee's message is to continue the surge of optimism that's felt across the country.
"Everyone says we have to do our part," he said. "What our part is, is often not terribly clear."
However, much of what's on the checklist from the state's Climate Smart Communities program are things village residents already want to see from the village.
One example is making the village more pedestrian friendly.
"People ask why we don't have more sidewalks, and why isn't it safer for kids to walk to school," Foley said. "That's all part of the question. It's about reducing greenhouse gases, making a more livable and sustainable community."
The state has a section on its website showing which communities are registered and certified. Pleasantville is Bronze certified, which means it meets a certain number of requirements set by the state.
Foley said the Forum committee has gathered some information from other municipalities that are part of the state program.
"We think there is no reason for the village not to be in the program," Foley said. "We actually think that given how much the village has been a leader on the sustainability efforts, the program is almost made for a community like ours. It would take very little for Scarsdale to catch up to some other communities in Westchester."
As Foley went through the checklist of some of the requirements set forth by the state, it was clear that Scarsdale ticks those boxes. Requirements like installing LED lights, having a farmers market, having a recycling center and using electric vehicles are just a few of the goals the village has met.
If Scarsdale were to enroll in the program, the state would provide funding. "It's a matching grant program, so the village would have to propose the types of projects that it would want to do," Foley explained. "If you receive a grant, the state pays for half and the municipality pays for half."
Some communities have taken advantage of the funding. Ossining put forward two different planning grants. The first received more than $70,000 in state funding and the second one received $100,000.
Although various Scarsdale committees, volunteers and school officials looked at different pieces of the puzzle, Foley said the whole picture hasn't been put together.
"We're hoping that our committee, by putting all the pieces together on paper, showing how they relate with one another and what resources are available to tackle them holistically, will get decision makers in the village to understand how so much of the work they're doing is interrelated," Foley said.
"We think sustainability is extremely important, but it's not the only thing we're talking about," he said. "There are two sides of the equation. One is how you make the community more sustainable and greener and reduce our own greenhouse gas emissions. But the other part is about the resilience part of it."
Foley also said although environmental issues are interconnected, they often get treated as separate concerns and the committee is taking the perspective that "they're both sides of the equation."
Foley said much of the work around the green efforts comes from a small number of activists who started a movement in Scarsdale, but he wants to create a space for people who are just awakening to this issue to come in with their own ideas.
The Forum's Climate Resilience Committee is working to release its report in spring 2020.
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idol groups, catfights, fistfights
ojpy / August 10, 2012
Not too long ago–actually in July–NTT Docomo surveyed fans on which Johnny's group they think gets along very well. The results, which could be read here, were not surprising. Coming out on top was of course Arashi.
What interested me though were the comments on that article. Many of the fans noted that "something is lacking" in Arashi these days and that they don't seem as close to each other unlike before, comparing them to Kis-My-F2 (or was it another younger group) who "even went to Disneyland" together. Honestly, I LOL-ed when I read some of the comments.
I don't know Arashi more than what I see on TV. But I know them better than the others because I watch them a lot. These guys have been together even before they debuted in 1999, well, just like most idol groups who trained together. It's safe to say they grew up together and went through adolescence, which can be a tough time, and are still together now as adults in the most bankable Johnny's group at present.
Now, are they different from before? Of course they will be different from before. People grow up. They're no longer kids like Kis-MyF2 who may be too eager to show some bromance and prove to their fans that hey, we are really close! Ohno is already 30. Do we still expect him and the others to behave like teenagers, being all over each other, happily sharing stories on variety shows that otherwise should be kept out of the public? They've grown up and matured and know more than what they knew then, 's all.
Why don't they go out together now? They still do, just not all five of them all the time, which is understandable given their schedules and the fact that aside from Arashi, they have individual careers. But it does not mean that they are no longer "close" just because they don't go out anymore. How juvenile is this point-of-view. There are people who don't see each other for a long time and yet when they do, they just pick up from the last time as if time hasn't passed them. Not that Arashi don't see each other often because they work together. So what's the problem? Besides, if they do go out together and have some fun, do you think at their status, they would make themselves visible and an easy target for the paparazzi?
Now for those who believe that the Arashi closeness is all for show… well, you can't fake something for 13 years and going. Something will have to give sooner or later if it's not for real. And these boys do realize that one of their selling points is their chemistry on-and-off camera they would be foolish to throw away all the success that they built through the years because of just one little disagreement. As Jun said before, it's not that they agree all the time; they do have their disagreements but they settle it in a low-key, mature way by talking. Besides, if you've been watching Arashi, it's so obvious to see their differences–in personality, preferences, opinion. But they have a way of skirting around those differences and making things work. At the end of the day, no one can take away the bond that they already have.
All these things I am saying… it's common knowledge and may be akin to boring. Why not let's talk about the idol groups particularly in the K-pop industry? Now, you're talking.
As someone fascinated with group behavior (I'm still a sociologist at heart), the dynamics among members of idol groups is a very interesting study for me. And I'm not really surprised that there is in-fighting given the cut-throat world of entertainment, especially when there is no certainty whether your group is going to survive. What strikes me among K-pop groups is, it's like a survival game, like a reality show. It's a given outcome especially when you have K-pop groups debuting every 4minute at 1pm or 2pm to such a small market. That's why they're branching out to the rest of the world just like Chinese-made products. And somewhere along the way, something's gotta give. Someone's going to fall. And the T-ara case is a very good example.
So much has been said about the T-ara break-up and this, this and this give us very good analyses on the situation.
All I can say is, this is the reason why Johnny-san doesn't want to manage girls. They can be catty and troublesome, given hormonal changes etc. If something like that happened to T-ara, it makes you wonder what goes on behind the scenes in Girls' Generation and those other interchangeable K-pop girl groups.
But then, that doesn't mean boys don't fight too. We've heard of the Super Junior confession about infighting, right? But disagreements are normal, we don't have to like everyone else and agree all the time. Some are maybe just lucky to work with people they like and share the same views with. But that doesn't mean they don't go through bumpy roads. It's just that some are able to get past that rough patch while others, like T-ara, couldn't. And if you're in an idol group, perhaps it's best to have a manager who can handle it well and not make the situation worse than it is. This makes me think that Johnny-san's heavy-handed management works most of the time (although some fans of NEWS and KAT-TUN may disagree).
The bottom line is… idol groups are human. Just like the rest of us, we fight, make up, move on. Some, however, break up forever. While some, like Arashi, fight together.
Cue in FIGHT SONG.
今は悩む事もあるでしょう
ヘコむ事だってあるでしょう
でも未来のどこかで君と
笑い合えれば道は作られる
You have worries right now, right?
You have times when you are down, right?
But if there's somewhere in the future where we can laugh together
Then a path can be made
The rest of the lyrics here.
Now, that is the fight we need. Not catfight nor fistfight. Just ganbarre!
And that is why I love Arashi songs, they are positive and not just about taxis, being sexy, single and free. But that's for another blog.
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August 10, 2012 in popasia. Tags: Aiba Masaki, Arashi, Entertainment, Gossip, Japan, Korea, Matsumoto Jun, Ninomiya Kazunari, Ohno Satoshi, Sakurai Sho
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5 thoughts on "idol groups, catfights, fistfights"
syifa says:
i really agree about your point of view about closeness. many words i want to tell you how useful i found this writing is. but, my lack of english become a big barrier
so…many thanks for writing 🙂
your lack of English should not stop you, you are doing fine XD in the same way that my lack of Japanese has not stopped me from listening to Jpop and watching Jdramas. where are you from? thanks for commenting!
Mel Chằng says:
I cracked up when I read your "when you have K-pop groups debuting every 4minute at 1pm or 2pm to such a small market."
Yeah, I couldn't agree more. A group consists of members range from 28 to 31 definitely has to be different from Kisumai (I don't know their age but I think they are around 20 at most?). If Arashi still remains groofy, fooling around, holding hand (well, they still do sometimes to be fair) and tell all that on national television, well, I think I must doubt the truth of all that. But no, they still exchange birthday presents but presents can come very late like 8, 9 months after the actual birthday because well, they ARE busy. That's reality.
It's not that I think Kisumai or other groups are fake but different circumtances come different situations, I believe.
oh they are Kisumai! lol
I agree with you, if Arashi still behaves like teenagers on TV, something must be fishy and it will all be for show or scripted. but I don't think one can script out the natural chemistry they have with one another. it just comes out naturally. I mean why do I still laugh at their jokes or antics even if I have seen them before?
p.s. sorry for approving your comment late. I was traveling XD
Sei says:
Wow, I'm so late to find this post but better late than never XD
I'm so agree with your post here. They all in their thirties now, they can't always act like teenagers *well, they still act like that but not as frequent as before* They have dispute between them but are able to come together with their vary personality is a big plus, beside they know what fans want so it's easier for fans to like them back; or that's what I think ^^
Really lol'ed when you mention this : K-pop groups debuting every 4minute at 1pm or 2pm.
What goes on behind the scenes for Arashi is basically not much different with what I saw in television. They even not ashamed to talk about something other group can't said in television :3
btw, is Kisumai member really go to Disneyland together? I'm not their fans but my friend is. I like their songs, if I could say, they are have better quality than Arashi but I don't really like why they must have top three in their group. If they change it I think more fans will like them ^^


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There are going to be days when you decide not to bring your journal and regret it. In this time and age, everything happens so fast and you cannot trust your mind to keep track of it all. You can also kill time whenever you're idly waiting which gives you something to do when you're bored!
There are no rules when it comes to journaling (except the ones you make for yourself.) It can be pretty hard at first especially if you're unsure which direction you want to go. Don't stress yourself out too much and just have fun until you get the hang of it!
Journaling doesn't just help you store your memories in one convenient notebook but it also helps pave the way to self-discovery. If you still haven't tried keeping a journal, there is no better time to start than today!


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The opening is a long time coming. The original building that housed the Welcome Center at the same 14-acre site in Whitehaven was demolished in 2012.
"Site and building had significant utilities, earth moving and storm drainage work involved,'' Rosenboro said. "Foundation and utility work extended project past projected completion dates.''
Other complications have affected the $4 million project.
Memphis architectural firm archimania designed the structure to be a net-zero energy building, meaning that the rooftop solar panels would produce more power than the energy-efficient building would consume.
But the state did not provide enough money for a sufficient number of solar panels to make that happen. However, the building is now designed to easily accommodate more solar panels if and when the state decides to install them.


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