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'The history book you need if you want to understand modern Russia' ANNE APPLEBAUM'A magnificent, magisterial thousand year history of Russia . . .
by one of the masters of Russian scholarship' SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE'A great historian at the peak of his powers' WILLIAM DALRYMPLE'[An] excellent short study' MAX HASTINGS, SUNDAY TIMES'If you really want to understand Putin's Russia today, anchored in its past of myths, then you simply have to read Figes's superb account' ANTONY BEEVOR'A lucid chronological journey that ably illustrates how narratives from the nation's past have been used to shape its autocratic present' OBSERVER'A valuable, instructive overview' INDEPENDENT ————————-From the great storyteller of Russia, a spellbinding account of the stories that have shaped the country's past – and how they can inform its present. No other country has been so divided over its own past as Russia. None has changed its story so often.
How the Russians came to tell their story, and to reinvent it as they went along, is a vital aspect of their history, their culture and beliefs. To understand what Russia's future holds – to grasp what Putin's regime means for Russia and the world – we need to unravel the ideas and meanings of that history. In The Story of Russia, Orlando Figes brings into sharp relief the vibrant characters that comprise Russia's rich history, and whose stories remain so important in making sense of the world's largest nation today – from the crowning of sixteen-year-old Ivan the Terrible in a candlelit cathedral, to Catherine the Great, riding out in a green uniform to arrest her husband at his palace, to the bitter last days of the Romanovs.
Beautifully written and based on a lifetime of scholarship, The Story of Russia is a major and definitive work from the great storyteller of Russian history: sweeping, suspenseful, masterful. ————————-PRAISE FOR ORLANDO FIGES'An outstanding historian and writer, he brings distant history so close that you could feel its heartbeat'KARL OVE KNAUSGAARD'Figes knows more about Russia than any other historian'MAX HASTINGS, SUNDAY TIMES
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The USA500 traded lower at close of business on Thursday at 2806.83 after a Federal Reserve statement, and energy stocks were the biggest drag on the S&P as U.S. crude oil prices fell. The U.S. central bank said after its two-day meeting that strong job gains and household spending were keeping the economy on track but business investment "moderated from its rapid pace earlier in the year," creating a possible drag on future economic growth. Aside from the comment about business investments, the Fed statement was largely as expected and suggested to investors that the Fed's next rate hike would be in December. But some investors had hoped for a change in tone after October's market sell-off. Tech was also pressured by a fall in FAANG stocks, led by Facebook as the social media giant reportedly is set to face deeper regulatory scrutiny in Europe over its European tax arrangements. Its shares closed 2.4% lower. The winners of the day included Bank of America, gaining 1.16%, Intel growing 0.55% and Cisco, up 1.13%. Among the losers of the day were AMD, down 2.93%, Ford Motor, falling 1.46%, General Electric, dropping 1.09% and Apple declining 0.35%.


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Financial literacy will boost Islamic finance industry : The Standard
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The Islamic financial (IF)institutions in Kenya continue to grow in numbers and outreach. The banking sector is relatively well developed considering the three fully-fledged banks offering Shariah-compliant banking services and a number of other conventional banks offering Shariah banking windows.
First Community Bank, Gulf African Bank, and the Dubai Islamic Bank's subsidiary are the three fully-fledged banks while the conventional banks such as KCB, National Bank of Kenya, Barclays Bank and Standard Chartered Bank offer Shariah-compliant financial services as part of their product offerings.
We are also witnessing a gradual growth in the Islamic microfinance sector. Any financial institution that can innovate and use technology to efficiently serve customers while remaining true to the objectives of Shariah-compliant finance shall command a huge market share
Taqwa Sacco and Takaful Sacco are some of the visible Shariah compliant micro-finance service providers.
There is a huge untapped potential in the takaful industry and just like conventional insurance, it requires a sustained focus in consumer education and other incentives to improve the penetration rates.
It is noteworthy that Takaful Insurance Africa, the only Takaful operator in Kenya cannot meet all the takaful needs in the market.
Islamic financial service providers have a duty to empower both existing and potential consumers of their products with adequate information and facilitate full disclosure to enable them to make informed choices.
What counts is not the amount of information shared with the consumers by the IF institutions but the quality of the same information.
Competition and regulations to protect the interests of consumers can help in the provisions of fair pricing; promote innovation while enhancing the quality of solutions and choice for consumers.
IF institutions should not compete on the basis of Shariah compliance since customers expect them to have Shariah as part of their DNA. It is unethical and morally reprehensible for any institution meant to offer Shariah-compliant services to fail to meet Shariah standards in its business operations.
These institutions should instead compete on the basis of consumer education, service excellence, transparency, competitive pricing, professionalism, innovation, and effective business relationship management.
The IF institutions in Kenya can proactively work with consumer groups, the media, regulators and other stakeholders to promote consumer awareness about their offerings and enhance consumer protection.
We should have well co-ordinated IF awareness creation initiatives to inform and educate consumers about their rights while giving them access to free educational materials. Consumers whether those of the IF institutions or otherwise deserve fair treatment and nothing should undermine their rights.
Indeed the consumers should be encouraged to know their rights as well as their responsibilities and have the ability to complain and seek redress in the event of fraud and abuse.
Reasonable quality
While we have no explicit references to Shariah in the Kenyan financial laws, the consumers of the IF services can draw comfort from Article 46 of the Constitution of Kenya 2010 that affords them the right to goods and services of reasonable quality.
Consumers have the right to compensation for loss or injury arising from defects in goods and services. In fact, the consumers of the IF products may enlist the services of the Consumer Federation of Kenya (Cofek) to get value for money and their interests safeguarded.
To safeguard the integrity of the IF industry and promote transparency as well as accountability in consumer transactions, the Shariah Scholars and consumer interest groups need to partner to offer Shariah-compliant clinics for consumers on a regular basis
Such clinics can help consumers with complaints and misgivings about the nature of IF transactions offered by the institutions to get guidance and clarity. All the institutions offering Shariah-compliant services should strive to satisfy their customers and use them as their business references.
Satisfied customers tell three friends, while angry customers tell 3,000 as rightly captured by Pete Blackshaw in his book entitled ''Running a Business in Today's Consumer-Driven World'
-Mr Jaafar is the Managing Director of Aqeel Consulting Ltd
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World Bank pushes G-20 to extend debt relief to 2021
World Bank Group President David Malpass has urged the Group of 20 rich countries to extend the time frame of the Debt Service Suspension Initiative(DSSI) through the end of 2021, calling it one of the key factors in strengthening global recovery.
"I urge you to extend the time frame of the DSSI through the end of 2021 and commit to giving the initiative as broad a scope as possible," said Malpass.
He made these remarks at last week's virtual G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting.
The World Bank Chief said the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered the deepest global recession in decades and what may turn out to be one of the most unequal in terms of impact.
People in developing countries are particularly hard hit by capital outflows, declines in remittances, the collapse of informal labor markets, and social safety nets that are much less robust than in the advanced economies.
For the poorest countries, poverty is rising rapidly, median incomes are falling and growth is deeply negative.
Debt burdens, already unsustainable for many countries, are rising to crisis levels.
"The situation in developing countries is increasingly desperate. Time is short. We need to take action quickly on debt suspension, debt reduction, debt resolution mechanisms and debt transparency," said Malpass.
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Kenya's Central Bank Drafts New Laws to Regulate Non-Bank Digital Loans
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) will regulate interest rates charged on mobile loans by digital lending platforms if amendments on the Central bank of Kenya Act pass to law. The amendments will require digital lenders to seek approval from CBK before launching new products or changing interest rates on loans among other charges, just like commercial banks.
"The principal objective of this bill is to amend the Central bank of Kenya Act to regulate the conduct of providers of digital financial products and services," reads a notice on the bill. "CBK will have an obligation of ensuring that there is fair and non-discriminatory marketplace access to credit."
According to Business Daily, the legislation will also enable the Central Bank to monitor non-performing loans, capping the limit at not twice the amount of the defaulted loan while protecting consumers from predatory lending by digital loan platforms.
Tighter Reins on Platforms for Mobile Loans
The legislation will boost efforts to protect customers, building upon a previous gazette notice that blocked lenders from blacklisting non-performing loans below Ksh 1000. The CBK also withdrew submissions of unregulated mobile loan platforms into Credit Reference Bureau. The withdrawal came after complaints of misuse over data in the Credit Information Sharing (CIS) System available for lenders.
Last year, Kenya had over 49 platforms providing mobile loans, taking advantage of regulation gaps to charge obscene rates as high as 150% a year. While most platforms allow borrowers to prepay within a month, creditors still pay the full amount plus interest.
Amendments in the CBK Act will help shield consumers from high-interest rates as well as offer transparency on terms of digital loans.
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Scope Markets Kenya customers to have instant access to global financial markets
NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 20 – Clients trading through the Scope Markets Kenya trading platform will get instant access to global financial markets and wider investment options.
This follows the launch of a new Scope Markets app, available on both the Google PlayStore and IOS Apple Store.
The Scope Markets app offers clients over 500 investment opportunities across global financial markets.
The Scope Markets app has a brand new user interface that is very user friendly, following feedback from customers.
The application offers real-time quotes; newsfeeds; research facilities, and a chat feature which enables a customer to make direct contact with the Customer Service Team during trading days (Monday to Friday).
The platform also offers an enhanced client interface including catering for those who trade at night.
The client will get instant access to several asset classes in the global financial markets including; Single Stocks CFDs (US, UK, EU) such as Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google, BP, Carrefour; Indices (Nasdaq, FTSE UK), Metals (Gold, Silver); Currencies (60+ Pairs), Commodities (Oil, Natural Gas).
The launch is part of Scope Markets Kenya strategy of enriching the customer experience while offering clients access to global trading opportunities.
Scope Markets Kenya CEO, Kevin Ng'ang'a observed, "the Sope Markets app is very easy to use especially when executing trades. Customers are at the heart of everything we do. We designed the Scope Markets app with the customer experience in mind as we seek to respond to feedback from our customers."
He added that enhancing the client experience builds upon the robust trading platform, Meta Trader 5, unveiled in 2019, enabling Scope Markets Kenya to broaden the asset classes available on the trading platform.
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Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones In Talks To Star In "The Aeronauts"
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"The Aeronauts" will reunite "The Theory of Everything" pair Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones as the actors are in talks for Amazon Studios' new original film, Deadline is reporting.
Tom Harper (War & Peace) will helm "The Aeronauts" based on a screenplay by Jack Thorne, who also wrote the script for current boxoffice hit "Wonder".
The film is a period action adventure based on the true story of balloon pilot Amelia Wren and scientist James Glaisher. The two embarked on an extraordinary journey in 1862 to discover the secrets of the heavens. In that journey, they flew higher in an open balloon than anyone had before or has since, and made breathtaking discoveries. But as they ascended to the peaks of the atmosphere, they were forced into an epic fight for survival. James Glaisher will be played by Eddie Redmayne opposite Jones' Amelia Wren.
"The Theory of Everything" earned Redmayne an Oscar for playing the role of Stephen Hawking, while Jones received a nomination for best actress. HRedmayne is currently shooting "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald," the sequel to "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them." which opens later next year. Jones appeared in last year's "Star Wars: Rogue One" and will next be seen in the biopic "On the Basis of Sex."
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Parents on edge in Pasadena, La Porte school districts
By Yvette Orozco
Updated 2:51 pm CDT, Friday, May 25, 2018
A Pasadena Independent School District student was arrested for bringing a handgun to Beverly Hills Intermediate School, district officials said. Such instances in the aftermath of the Santa Fe mass shooting have made local parents uneasy. less
A Pasadena Independent School District student was arrested for bringing a handgun to Beverly Hills Intermediate School, district officials said. Such instances in the aftermath of the Santa Fe mass shooting ... more
La Porte resident Sarah Tolley was in high school when the Columbine High School massacre occurred in 1999. She remembers wondering how something like that could occur but saw it as an event that happened far away.
"I wasn't really scared," she said. "It was the first time I had ever heard of something like that, and it didn't affect me like it does kids now. It wasn't a real thing, like, 'That can't happen here.'"
Now, after the Santa Fe shooting on May 18 that killed 10 people, the issue of school safety is hitting close to home. Tolley is considering home-schooling her five children and three stepchildren, who attend La Porte ISD campuses.
"My kids are scared to go to school, and it makes me want to pull them out," she said last week before classes ended for the summer. "I have an 8-year-old who is physically scared to go to school. It's even more scary for the high school kids."
Tolley said she wants to see metal detectors, armed security and more safety training for school staff and students.
Such nervousness has affected many residents in the Pasadena, Deer Park and La Porte school districts. They are asking for more security on campuses, with some calling for metal detectors to monitor entrances.
In the initial, precautionary response to the Santa Fe shooting, both the Pasadena and La Porte school districts increased campus security through partnerships with city police departments to provide additional officers at strategic locations at campuses and surrounding areas.
In a statement posted last week on the Pasadena ISD website, Superintendent Dee Ann Powell detailed precautionary measures for the final days of the school year, such as a ban on all backpacks, limiting the number visitors allowed on campuses and having counselors on hand to address any emotional fallout students may experience in the wake of the tragedy. School ends May 30 in the district.
Powell said that the district would not tolerate senior pranks or any activity that could lead to criminal charges. She called on parents to monitor their children's social media and texting communication and to report any activity that might concern.
In the week after the shooting at Santa Fe High School, the Pasadena, La Porte, Friendswood, Clear Creek and Texas City school districts each reported cases of "terroristic threats" on campuses that resulted in students being taken into custody.
At Pasadena ISD, a student was arrested May 23 for bringing a handgun to school at Beverly Hills Intermediate School. District officials said there was no indication of any intent to use the weapon.
Two incidents involving students allegedly making terroristic threats occurred at La Porte ISD after the Santa Fe shooting, with both students taken into police custody. In the second incident, a student made a verbal threat to a teacher and acted as if they were shooting an imaginary gun, according to district spokesperson, Terri Cook.
"It seems that no district has been untouched with having some incidences this week because of what happened in Santa Fe," Cook said.
"We're asking for parents to talk to their kids about the seriousness of making threats, comments … even if they're just joking," Pasadena ISD spokesman Art Del Barrio said. "These jokes or pranks on social media can get them into serious trouble, and right now is the perfect time to educate kids."
The Pasadena district has a system on its campus websites, See Something, Say Something, in which students can alert school officials of any threatening behavior, whether making threats or bullying, and it uses emergency procedures like ALICE Training ((Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, Evacuate) for staff, parents and student groups.
Cook said the shadow of the Santa Fe shooting will be present when La Porte ISD considers its next steps as it looks to the summer school session and the beginning the 2018-2019 school year.
"We've have had calls from parents wanting to know what we're going to do," she said.
Del Barrio wants parents to be assured that kids are safe, saying that as an administrator, he can't walk on campus or into a school without identification credentials.
"Anything can be improved, but we are leaving no stone unturned in the possibility of what we can do to improve safety on our campuses," he said. "It's the end of the year, this just happened, and we want parents to feel at ease."
Like Tolley , many posters on the Pasadena Citizen's Facebook page advocated use of metal detectors at Pasadena ISD campuses. "Metal detectors should be #1," wrote Nancy Murdock Muller.
Others see the need for arming teachers, addressing bullying, providing more discipline at home and establishing better communication between schools and parents.
"Metal detectors would be great and also showing the kids and Teachers how to identify students that have mental problems to help them and not just ignore these kids," posted Rosalie Garcia. "Also parents need to be more open if they see the signs of their child if he/she is being a loner at home and why? They need to ask why?"
Officials with Pasadena and La Porte school districts haven't commented on if they considering use of metal detectors.
Gun owners, Tolley said, need to be responsible in how they store their weapons. The 17-year-old arrested in the Santa Fe shooting, Dimitrios Pagourtzis, used weapons owned by his dad that had not been secured, the father, Antonios Pagourtzis, told Greece's Antenna TV.
"I mean, it does not take five minutes to put a safety on a gun, and its just common sense to keep them from kids," Tolley said. "If we're not going to be responsible gun owners, then we shouldn't be gun owners at all."
Tolley's daughter, Mackenzie, is one of several students at La Porte High School working to form a school organization where students can have a voice in the safety preparedness planning, has expressed fear.
"She said she didn't want to go back to school because she doesn't feel safe," Sarah Tolley said.
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The United States greenback has become the biggest speculative bubble in history and will soon go the way of the dinosaurs, warns Swiss financial journalist Myret Zaki.
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In her latest book, Zaki says that the euro's future is much brighter and that attacks against the currency are just a smokescreen aimed at hiding the collapse of the American economy.
"The collapse of the American dollar… is inevitable. The world's biggest economy is nothing but an illusion. To produce $14,000 billion of nation income, the United States has created over $50,000 billion of debt that costs it $4,000 billion in interest payments each year."
There can be little doubt about Myret Zaki's opinion of the American dollar and economy, which she considers technically bankrupt, an opinion she backs up in her new book, La fin du dollar (The end of the dollar).
Over the past few years, she has become one of Switzerland's best known business journalists, with a book about the UBS debacle in the US and another about tax evasion.
swissinfo.ch: You say in your book that the end of the dollar will be the major event of the 21st century. Aren't you painting the situation more catastrophic than it really is?
Myret Zaki: I realise that predicting such a huge event when there are no tangible warning signs of a violent crisis may seem all doom and gloom. But I reached those conclusions based on extremely rational and factual criteria.
More and more American authors believe that their country's monetary policy will lead to such a situation. It is simply impossible that it will happen any other way.
swissinfo.ch: It's not the first time the end of the dollar has been foreseen. What makes the situation different in 2011?
M.Z.: It's true that it has been announced since the 1970s. But never have so many different factors come together, letting us fear the worst. American debt has reached a record level, the dollar is at a historic low against the Swiss franc and most new American bond issues are being bought by the US Federal Reserve. Other central banks have also been criticising the US, creating a hostile front against American monetary policy.
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swissinfo.ch: Besides the end of the dollar, you are also announcing the end of the US as an economic superpower. Isn't America simply too big to fail?
M.Z.: Everybody has an interest in the US economy staying afloat, so everyone is in denial for the time being. But it won't last forever. No one will be able to save the Americans. They will have to carry the burden of their bankruptcy alone.
They can expect a very long period of austerity, which has already begun. Forty-five million Americans have already lost their homes, 20 per cent of the population is out of the economic system and is not spending, while a third of states are bankrupt. No-one is investing their money in the country any more. Everything is built on debt.
swissinfo.ch: You claim that the weakening of the euro zone is nothing less than a question of national security for the United States. Isn't that a kind of anti-American paranoia?
M.Z.: We all like America and we prefer to see the world through pink-tinted lenses. But since the end of the Cold War and the creation of the euro in 1999, an economic war has been going on. A competitive offer of sovereign debt based on a strong currency risks lowering demand for American debt.
The United States cannot afford to stop accumulating debt, because that debt has helped them finance wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and consolidate their leading role in the world. It is a vital need for them.
In 2008, the euro was a currency that was taken very seriously by oil-producing nations, sovereign funds and central banks. It was about to overtake the dollar, something the US wanted to prevent at all costs. The world needs a safe place to offload its excess assets and everything is done to make sure Europe isn't that place. It was precisely at that moment that speculators began attacking the sovereign debt of some European nations.
swissinfo.ch: What will happen if the dollar collapses as predicted?
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M.Z.: Europe is the planet's biggest economic power and it has a strong reference currency. Unlike the United States, it is also expanding. In Asia, the Chinese yuan will become the reference and China is Europe's biggest ally.
It has an interest in supporting a strong euro so it can diversify its investments. China also needs an ally within the World Trade Organization and the G20 so it can avoid a re-evaluation of its currency. Today, Europe and China are two gravitational forces that are attracting two former US allies, Britain and Japan.
swissinfo.ch: And what about the Swiss franc?
M.Z.: Its value as a safe haven will keep on growing. If there is a crisis concerning the US sovereign debt, investors will turn in mass towards the franc. The Swiss franc has almost the same status as gold and it isn't about to lose ground against the dollar.
In a monetary system undergoing change, Switzerland will have to decide which way to jump. I'm not convinced the Swiss franc can survive alone, as its position as a safe haven would be too detrimental to Switzerland's economy.
Myret Zaki
Myret Zaki, born in Cairo, Egypt in 1973, is the deputy editor-in-chief of the French-language business magazine, Bilan.
Before that, she was a senior financial journalist at the Geneva-based Le Temps newspaper between 2001 and 2009, specialising in banking and finance.
In 2007, she published a book on the UBS bank crisis that became a national bestseller. Last year, her second book focused on what she called the end of Swiss banking secrecy.
Zaki began her career in the financial sector in 1997, at Geneva private bank Lombard Odier &Cie where she oversaw Swiss equity research publications.
Dollar decline?
The dollar is considered the standard unit of currency in international markets for commodities such as gold and oil. Some non-US companies dealing in globalized markets also list their prices in dollars.
The dollar is the world's foremost reserve currency. In addition to holdings by central banks and other institutions, there are many private holdings.
American economist Paul Samuelson and others have warned that overseas demand for dollars allows the United States to maintain persistent trade deficits without causing the value of the currency to depreciate or the flow of trade to readjust.
But Samuelson stated in 2005 that at some uncertain future period these pressures would precipitate a run against the dollar with serious global financial consequences.
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Жовта профспілка (; ) — профспілка, лідери якої проводять політику співпраці робітників і роботодавців, з метою профілактики конфліктів на виробництві. Спочатку жовтими профспілками називалися штрейкбрехерські профспілки, що створювалися підприємцями для розколу робітничих союзів і зриву страйкової боротьби. Ймовірно, що термін «жовта профспілка» виник під час страйку в Монсо-ле-мін (Франція) в 1887, коли роботодавці створили профспілку для зриву страйку; члени цього союзу засідали в приміщенні, в якому вікно було заклеєне жовтим папером (замість скла, розбитого страйками). Протиставляється червоній профспілці, члени-робітники якої постійно перебувають у класовій боротьбі з підприємцями.

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Once again terrorists have struck in one of the major capitals of Europe. We join all men and women of faith and good will in praying for the victims and their families. We pray as well that the forces of hatred be converted even as we reject their fanaticism based upon a perverted and blasphemous reference to God.
After the effort of many peoples in our country, including many of us in this Diocese, the U.S. Secretary of State has finally recognized that the intent and the activity of ISIS and Al Qaeda constitute a planned genocide against Christians and other minorities in the Middle East and elsewhere. If his words lead to a renewed effort of legitimate resistance to the forces of evil and destruction, then this declaration will have had the impact it should have.
With St. Paul we overcome evil with good. Yet good has to be not merely words but deeds that protect the innocent, resist the evil and overcome the forces that are bent on world dominance. The principles of Catholic Social Teaching have long enshrined the rules for a just war. These should be observed when judging whether or not one might use force – not violence – but justified force. If that be the case, then we should always observe the rules of how such force may legitimately be used in combat.
All of us prefer that peace be established through negotiation. Diplomatic means of resolving conflict are always preferable. Violence only begets more violence. We pray and will never cease praying for peace. At the same time legitimate governments have the solemn duty to provide their citizens with safety and protection from enemies within and without. May the death of the Lord which we commemorate this Friday be the power to transform our hearts and shelter all those who have lost families and homes in these hours of trial and suffering.


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blog, The Poet's on Pop!
A Poet on Pop! Lady Gaga
Successful poems, like successful pop songs have a strong central conceit or metaphor, this is like a central gravitational point which as the piece orbits sometimes closely like Mercury around the sun, sometimes distant like Pluto. The song or poem is a journey of exploring this central point up close or at an obscure distance.
In this post I will be casting my poet's eye over Lady Gaga's music to comment on what makes these songs so successful and interesting within the context of lyrical analysis, performance and Gaga's career at that time.
Poker Face (Nadir Khayat / Stefani Germanotta)
The central idea of Poker Face is evident from the title, it is a song about deception. It is about the struggle of withholding the truth but also the joy in being in control of the truth. The song seems to embody these two sides of the deception, stating in turn that the protagonist is in control of the lie ("he can't read my poker face"), but also that the protagonist will "show you what I've got". This tonal shift between the verse and the chorus expresses the duality of truth and lies in the song. This is further expressed through the stuttering of the title lyrics in the chorus, the catchy hook "p p p poker p p poker face" sets out this sense of waivering or uncertainty.
"Can't read my
No he can't read my poker face"
Ultimately the song is incredibly catchy, as well as covering a subject matter through the central metaphor that is incredibly relatable to a pop audience, the idea of secrets, deception, and deciding to reveal or not reveal the truth is something that will always chime with teen audiences and those within the LGBTQ community. This was the first song that many people heard from Gaga, it is a great introduction to her music, lyrically it has a strong central relatable message and musically it is catchy and well performed.
Paparazzi (Rob Fusari / Stefani Germanotta)
Paparazzi, though a song in a darker mood, is no less catchy than Poker Face. It is a song which is more narrative driven with the a central metaphor which draws comparisons between the fervour of the paparazzi with that of a lover. The fact that the song is written from the perspective of the person pursuing their potential lover / paparazzi target give the song an interesting perspective. This song is about fame as much as it is about obsessional love. Lady Gaga was in the early days of her stardom when this was released, this being one of the songs which helped her build her profile and success. It is a fantastically wise move to release a song like this (which is catchy and memorable) which deals directly with fame and love in such an explicit way. In terms of building her career, it worked hugely to Gaga's advantage. The subject matter of the song placed Gaga within the context of fame with all the trappings. She was not quite at that level of fame at this point, but the song suggested she was. In a way which may have been at best a mixed blessing, this song was courting the paparazzi. Through the success of the song, Gaga's growing number of fans took on the mantel of the protagonist in the lyrics, with Gaga herself becoming the person being pursued. You can imagine the power of a crowd of obsessive fans singing the lyrics:
"I'm your biggest fan
I'll follow you until you love me
Papa-paparazzi"
The perspective of this song, whether intentional or not, encouraged a movement of fans to grow and galvanise. The work of the video in tandem with the song cannot go unmentioned and was the first major event music video of the many Gaga would do over her career. It was filmed by Swedish director Jonas Åkerlund and starred actor Alexander Skarsgård along with Gaga in a narrative which played with ideas of fame, death and unrequited love. The video referenced (amongst many other things) Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo and Madonna's music video for Vogue. The video worked intentionally (in a similar vein to the song) to place Gaga into the mainstream of popular culture, with memorable costumes and iconic video moments. It worked brilliantly.
Applause (Stefani Germanotta, Paul "DJ White Shadow" Blair, Dino Zisis, Nick Monson, Martin Bresso, Nicolas Mercier, Julien Arias, William Grigahcine)
Much later in her career, after the huge success of her album Born This Way, Gaga's career moved in a much more self-conscious direction, the result of this was the album ARTPOP. Although it can be argued that for her entire career her decisions have been skilled and artful, ARTPOP's release was self-conscious to the point where it was harmful to its own success, Gaga made a more intentional and sustained bid for mainstream success, something, arguably, she did not need to push for. The song Applause (a simple song written by EIGHT people, including Gaga) is a song which continues the threads of Paparazzi but in a different way. Gaga is now acknowledging herself as the idol at the centre of it all and is singing about the affect this extreme success has had on her:
I live for the applause, applause, applause
I live for the applause-plause, live for the applause-plause
Live for the way that you cheer and scream for me
The applause, applause, applause
Where the video for Paparazzi (and Telephone, which I don't have time to get into!) worked hard to place Gaga within the pop cultural landscape, Applause does the same and attempts to elevate Gaga above pop culture into the contemporary art world. Her collaborations at this time with Jeff Koons and Marina Abramović served both sides as a way of seeking legitimacy for Gaga as well as introducing her younger fans to these well-respected contemporary Artists.
What is interesting about Applause, when looked at compared to the other Gaga songs I've mentioned, is that it seems to dispense with the layer of metaphor entirely. It is brazenly upfront about the subject, whilst still being a very catchy and well put together song. It is an impressive move which once again feeds into her own legend and status as a "POP STAR". It could be argued that this is the point of the song Applause, that it is a self-conscious, self-referential critique of Gaga's own career and her own desires for validation, which drove her accelerated rise to prominence. It could be read as a hard critique of herself, that she has nothing else important in her life because she lives "for the applause, applause, applause" the repetition does instil a shade of almost manic desperation into the song. Whether this was clearly the intention, is up to the listener. The song itself also works as a catch all song which can be played in various contexts, it works as a song which could be played to encourage a crowd to applaud or get excited about an act about to perform. It's not just Gaga's crowds who can be encouraged to applaud with this song. Along with being catchy, it is an incredibly useful song. It's not Happy Birthday To You but it is a song which was written to have a clear use, a way of setting the stage, this which means Applause will continue to pop up in this context for a long time.
The song ends, rather cynically in my view, by spelling out the name of the new album the song was introducing the world to A-R-T-P-O-P. This worked in the same way that music videos often now feature product placement, like a bright red pair of Beats headphones, sign posting listeners towards the new album. It was a clever move but perhaps a little too calculated.
Ultimately what I've learned about Lady Gaga from looking into her work in this way is that she is someone who has engineered her career incredibly well (with perhaps the ARTPOP slump as an exception). The work is written closely and carefully and with a bold and sometimes complex intention at the heart of it. Gaga and those collaborating with her were aware of the song's potential uses and made sure they worked hard to strength Gaga's mystique, career, and legend. Whether this explains why Gaga became so successful is unclear. I do think that no matter how the songs were written, their slick production and broad appeal would have brought success in some form. However this extra layer of interest that is at the heart of the songs is what has kept me interested.
Eddus April 5, 2017 July 11, 2019 lady gaga, musical analysis, pop music
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Genuine opens up this three song EP with a light tone that is both genuine and fun in its delivery. Track 2, titled Make a Believer, would be well placed in the coming of age montage of an indie film. The track comes complete with a spacey shaker and keys solo that carries you forward than dissolves into an ambient confusion. White Noise closes out the tape out perfectly with clumsy elegance that defines the sound of this release.
Summary: Montreal artist Carla Sagan jangles along and gets a high score on this 3 track outing.


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Locals here in the Sakha Republic - the largest and coldest region in the Russian Federation - are hoping the US actor will personally accept the statuette as recognition of the appreciation of his admirers over his role in latest movie The Revenant but also in his overall career.
When it was first announced earlier this month, the prize was reported around the world but now jewellery company Kierge has completed the impressive statuette in five days.
It was unveiled as DiCaprio waits to see if he will win the Oscar for Best Actor in the Academy Awards.
Tatyana Egorova, who organised the Siberian Oscar, said the star had 'made the world a little bit better and happier' with his many roles.
She has contacted the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation to inform them of the award and is awaiting a response.
'Any official award, even prestigious, is formal, and expresses the opinion only of a small group of people,' she said. 'We have the right to present our favourite actor with the people's award.
'It is also our reward - a grateful response to Leonardo DiCaprio, who dedicated his Golden Globe to the world's indigenous peoples, that is, to us, the inhabitants of the Far North of Russia.
The Siberian statuette features a male figure made of silver with pronounced Asiatic features holding a gold 'choron'. This is a ritual cup of the Yakut people - a symbol of peace, harmony, spiritual unity and good intentions'.
I hope so,it is a great honor for Leonardo.
To paraphrase a famous movie quote: "if you make it, he will come"! Knowing Leo, he is just the type who will come and accept the award in person. Keep your fingers crossed, folks! Good Luck!!
It's beautiful, as are the chorons, and I hope he visits you all to accept his award.


Though the night was rainy with potential thunderstorms and hail, we were able to take our tour. Fortunately we had a very small group and were able to absorb the atmosphere and stories Kenneth told. Kenneth is interesting without being cheesy, soft spoken and the term gentleman seems to emulate from him. His singung voice is beautiful and I was completely engrossed in the tour. Be sure to stick around at the end. He is defiantly not a charlatan.
Sadly this is not a good review. Last year a friend of mine and I took this tour and it was great. Kenneth is a very good entertainer. This year four more of our friends came to Salem. We decided to do tour again and since we spoke so positively of this tour they booked it too. Unfortunately it was a very windy cold night. But that wasn't the bad part. This tour was way overbooked. We were told speaker overslept and forgot to turn off site that would limit size of group. Our group was so large that it often got split up by other people and groups passing through. Often Kenneth would be already into a story before we could catch up. We missed a lot. He had to move a to less than ideal locations for his presentation to accommodate size of group. Honestly, if I had known it was going to be like that I would have cancelled and asked for a refund. I kind of feel bad for talking my friends into taking this tour.


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Tree & Landscape Minutes February 12, 2013
February 12, 2013 meeting
Members present: Don Hostetter, Lynne Kishler, Dick Mortensen, Don Pheneger, Linda Reynolds
Guests: Regis Birckbichler, Frits Rizor, Jim Siegel
The minutes of the January meeting were approved.
Opera House Park -The commission asked Frits Rizor to review Linda Reynolds's plant list and landscape plan for the NW corner of Opera House Park and offer his input. He feels the boxwoods should be treated at the base once a year. He reported that Ortho now has a deer resistant product that could be used to treat taxus when they are new plants and again going into the winter months. The Wardii variety, when mature is 4-5' tall with a spread of 6-7' and should be pruned once a year. He saw no potential concerns with the plant list. New plantings could be added to the NE corner at the same time as the NW; the boxwoods added last fall were not the complete planting. Bids can be prepared and sent out as soon as possible.
There is no news on a solution to the drainage problem from the roof of St. Luke's Church. The village services department performed a dye test two weeks ago, beginning at the downspouts, and the dye did not reappear at the curb on Main Street. The next step will be to try a camera to locate a former underground drain system. The new system installed in South Main a few years ago did not hook into a system under the park. Michelle Lerner again proposed rain barrels; it was felt that in a heavy downpour, the amount of water from the roof would be too much for barrels to handle. A part of the work the church will be doing involves digging a trench along the west wall of the building, redoing the stairwell, and removing the concrete curbing.
Fall Planting -Albyn's Landscaping has added mulch to the tree pits in front of CVS; however, it was placed on top of the temporary "setting" of the new trees. The reworking of the beds is still to be done.
Summer Intern – Jeremy King has advertised the summer intern position. Hopefully this can be a continuing program with the village. Don Hostetter and Jim Siegel attended the recent meeting of the Denison Tree and Landscape Advisory Board.
Spring Community Program -Don H. has made arrangements for the workshop on the Emerald Ash Borer/ Asian Longhorn Beetle to be April 4th at the Bryn Du mansion. Michelle advised getting the announcement on the village's events calendar now.
Earth Day -On April 21 at 2:00 pm, the Parks and Recreation Commission is planning to plant two trees at Wildwood Park to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the building of the playground and also Earth Day. Lesa Miller has approached Don H. about our participation. Sycamore or London Plain trees would be able to handle the damp/occasional flooded conditions in the park. The Rec Commission will decide on the sites. One tree has been requested for the Dog Park.
Memorial Tree Program - Regis Birckbichler put together a possible certificate that could be given to tree donors. Don Pheneger showed us a memorial tree application he found from another community that had an attractive color tree background. We discussed possible ways to recognize donors. As far as making the donation of a tree a tax deduction, the village currently does not have an IRS number.
Report from Village Council -Michelle reported that Jackie O'Keefe would like to see a program on the use of pesticides and their impact on the environment. Those questions could be covered under the Q and A portion of the April 4th program. Future topics for these annual community seminars will be diversified. The village services department, as a rule, does not routinely spray pesticides.
Remarks –Jim Siegel and Dick Mortensen have both noticed a younger tree on the north side of Newark-Granville Rd. that recently appears topped. It is likely we will continue to see delayed damage in trees weakened by last June's derecho. Dick reported seeing many large logs down on the west side of Sugar Loaf, which are visible now.
The next meeting will be March 12th at 7:00 pm.
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