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Banks have been seen as at the heart of capitalism through their ability to create new purchasing power out of nothing and to direct funds into the most profitable areas. They can also be seen as machines for making money: every £1 deposited with them can be re-lent and re-deposited many times – provided the bank has the backing of a central bank or a government (i.e. taxpayers) to bail them out if, as in 2007, there is a run on the bank. This why the government resorted to quantitate easing following the banking crisis in 2007. Quantitative easing is a slightly more sophisticated version of printing money, the principal difference being that, instead of using this money to pay the government's debts, it is given to the banks in the hope that the banks will use it to finance economic development. As if! It has been estimated that only 25% of bank lending in the UK is currently used to support businesses, and half of that is used to buy commercial real estate rather than support truly productive economic activity. Given that of the 12.5% going to businesses non-property investment, only a small proportion will be for truly productive investment, it's clear that the sacrifices that ordinary working people have been required to make since 2007 in terms of cuts in services and wage freezes have yielded them a very poor return.
So what are the banks doing with 'our' money following their near collapse in 2007 and subsequent, and continuing bailout?
In addition to continuing to pay huge salaries and bonuses, much of it has been misused, as revealed in a series of post-2007 scandals such as:
• Fruitless speculation such as JP Morgan's loss of $6 billion from trading activities of which CEO was blissfully unaware.
•Price fixing at LIBOR. The London Interbank Offered Rate has been manipulated by banks for their own profit.
• Market abuse by 'flash trading' underpinned by the big banks whereby security prices paid by ordinary investors have been manipulated using ultra-fast software and communications.
•Money laundering: Accusations of illegal, clandestine bank activities are also proliferating. Large global banks have been accused by U.S. government officials of helping Mexican drug dealers launder money (HSBC), and of funnelling cash to Iran (Standard Chartered).
•Tax evasion: In just one example, UBS helped 20,000 U.S. taxpayers with assets of about $20 billion hide their identities from US authorities. In the UK, the banks are unapologetic about being up to their necks in tax "avoidance".
•Misleading clients with worthless securities: Only after the financial crisis of 2008 did people learn that banks routinely misled clients, sold them securities known to be garbage, and even, in some cases, secretly bet against them to profit from their ignorance.
The most serious abuse of all has, however, been that our banks continue to trade in derivatives in many of the same ways they did before the crash, but on a larger scale and with precisely the same unknown risks. Derivative trading now totals more than $700 trillion. That is more than ten times the size of the entire world economy.
It is a myth to believe that under capitalism we can have responsible, honest and transparent banks. They wield too much power in a capitalist society to be tamed. The capitalist parties, including Labour, have no intention of interfering with them. If the next, inevitable financial crisis, which is likely to be far more damaging than that of 2007, is to be avoided, not only do we need to bring the banks under democratic, public control, but this reform has to be accompanied by fundamental changes to our entire economic and political structure if it is to succeed. What are these changes? In a word: socialism.


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The Battle of Cowpens was a battle fought by Continental Army forces under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan against the British army in South Carolina. It was a turning point of the American Revolutionary War in the southern colonies.
The Leaders of the Battle
- The leader of the Continental Army was Brigadier General Daniel Morgan. He was one of the most gifted battle tacticians in the American Revolution One of the most gifted battlefield tacticians of the American Revolutionary War. Morgan originally served as a wagoner for the British Army during the French and Indian War, which is how he got the nickname Old Waggoner. Morgan later defected and joined the American army when the Revolutionary War began.
- The British were led by Colonel Banastre Tarleton. He was a young and brash officer known for his aggressive tactics and brutal treatment of enemy soldiers and the Americans claimed that his soldiers has massacred Continental Army troops that had surrendered at the Battle of Waxhaws. These killings became known in American history as the Waxhaws Massacre.
Before the Battle of Cowpens
- The British army had claimed victories under General Charles Cornwallis. They were feeling confident after victory at Charleston in May 1780 and Camden in August 1780.
- The morale and confidence of American troops, on the other hand, were very low. Neither the American troops or the colonists believed that they would win the war.
- Commander of the Continental army's Southern campaign, Major General Nathanael Greene, know his weak army could not defeat the British in a standup fight. He decided to divide Patriot troops in the Carolinas and forced the British to fight them on multiple fronts. Another benefit to this was that smaller groups of men were easier to feed.
- General Cornwallis sent Banastre Tarleton to track down Morgan and destroy his army. He had over 1,000 Redcoats and Loyalists to catch Morgan – who he feared might be able to instigate a Patriot uprising.
The Battle of Cowpens: January 17, 1781
- As the British army approach, Daniel Morgan had a plan. He instructed his troops to position themselves in three lines as they set up their defences. The front line contained around 150 rifleman and they were instructed to fire at the British and then retreat behind the third line. The second line, 300 militiamen with muskets, who fired two volleys and then also retreated. The third line was made up of 550 of Morgan's best and most experienced troops.
- Morgan's strategy worked perfectly and the Battle of Cowpens lasted less than an hour. The British made the mistake of thinking that the retreat and repositioning of the Americans was a rout. They ran into an unexpected volley of rifle fire and, by the time they reached the third line, they were tired, wounded, and easily defeated.
- The Battle of Cowpens was a big victory for the Americans. The American troops took minimal casualties, while the British suffered 110 deaths, 200 wounded, and over 700 captured soldiers. Banastre Tarleton suffered an 86% casualty rate and his brigade was almost completely wiped out.
- The victory at Cowpens gave the Americans more confidence. The battle win completely turned around the American morale and gave them a renewed sense of confidence that they could actually go on to win the American Revolutionary War.
What Happened After the Battle of Cowpens
- 10 months after the Battle of Cowpens, the Americans won the Revolutionary War. Cowpens was a major turning point in the war and lead to the British surrendering at Yorktown.
- Morgan retired from the army at the age of 46 but was recalled in 1794. His brief recall to national service was to help suppress the Whiskey Rebellion, and he was promoted to Major General.
- Historian John Buchanan wrote that in developing in tactics at Cowpen, Morgan may have been "the only general in the American Revolution, on either side, to produce a significant original tactical thought".
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ADNOC dishes out two deals with total value of $3.5 billion
UAE's ADNOC has awarded two contracts to South Korea's Samsung Engineering with a total value of $3.5 billion, which will allow an ADNOC-owned refinery to process crude oil from the Upper Zakum offshore oil field.
ADNOC said on Monday that the contracts were signed between its subsidiary ADNOC Refining and the Korean company on the occasion of the visit by Moon Jae-in, President of the Republic of Korea, to the United Arab Emirates.
The signing of the two agreements was also witnessed by Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Minister of State and ADNOC Group CEO, and Paik Ungyu, Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy, Republic of Korea. The agreements were signed by Abdulaziz Alhajri, ADNOC's Downstream Director, and Choi Sung-An, CEO of Samsung Engineering.
The contracts were awarded for a $$3.1 billion project to introduce crude oil processing flexibility and the award of a $473 million project to recover power and water, both at the ADNOC-owned Ruwais oil refinery.
The first of the two new contracts awarded by ADNOC (ADNOC Refining) to Samsung Engineering was an EPC contract for a crude oil processing flexibility project.
Scheduled to be completed by the end of 2022, this project will enable ADNOC's Ruwais Refinery-West complex to process up to 420,000 bpd of Upper Zakum crude, or similar crude types from the market, allowing ADNOC to extract greater value from its crude resources by liberating Murban crude, which commands a higher price on global oil markets, to be utilized for export sales, the company explained.
Dr. Al Jaber said: "ADNOC has a long and successful history of working with Korean companies as partners in our concession areas, as contractors for our major projects, and as a customer of our crude oil and refined products. The award of two major Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contracts reinforces the strong business relationship that exists between the UAE and Korea.
"As ADNOC continues to deliver on its 2030 smart growth strategy, a number of new and exciting opportunities exist across our value chain, particularly in the downstream, which offer the potential to deepen and develop the longstanding relationship between ADNOC and its Korean counterparts."
Paik Ungyu said: "I hope that these contracts will not only enhance bilateral cooperation in the energy industry, but will also contribute to identifying new joint projects."
The second contract awarded, also by ADNOC Refining to Samsung Engineering, was an EPC contract for a new Waste Heat Recovery Project. This project, scheduled for completion by the end of 2023, will generate an additional 230 MW of electricity for sale and 62,400 m3 water daily by capturing waste heat, which is currently vented into the atmosphere, by upgrading four giant gas turbines with closed-cycle power generation technology.
ADNOC is looking to grow its refining capability and expand its petrochemical production three-fold to 14.4 mpta by 2025. As a result of the planned expansions in its Downstream business, ADNOC said it would create one of the world's largest integrated refining and petrochemical complexes at Ruwais, located in Abu Dhabi's Al Dhafra region.
In the upstream, Korea's GS Energy was awarded a 3% stake in the ADNOC Onshore concession in May 2015, while Korea National Oil Corporation (KNOC) and GS Energy hold a 40% stake in the Al Dhafra Petroleum concession area, where first crude oil production is expected in 2019.
Korean companies are also a customer of ADNOC's crude oil and refined products, including LPG, base oil, naphtha and fuel oil. Korea imports around 3 million barrels of crude oil per day, positioning it in the top 5 of global crude importing countries.
Earlier this month, ADNOC awarded stakes in two of Abu Dhabi's offshore concessions to three oil and gas companies, Italy's Eni, France's Total, and China's PetroChina. Also, back in February, Japan's Inpex was awarded a 10 per cent interest in Abu Dhabi's offshore Lower Zakum concession.
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Eva M. Thompson: The Trubadours of the Empire, published Örökség Kultúrpolitikai Intézet in the autumn of 2015, entitled 'WEST-EURASIA'S TIME'. Russian literature and colonialism book.
In the second half of the 20th century, after the collapse of the classical colonial empires, postcolonial research began to develop. During re-reading, the works of the greatest classics have also demonstrated the play of dominance and subordination, prestige and obedience. Since the critics of this criticism have studied conflicts between the Third World and the most developed countries, Russian literature has been left out of this. The Russians continue to idealize the successes of Russian culture following the Tsar and Soviet traditions.


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Life as a backdrop has its rewards.
Miss Brianna Silverton not only prefers life in the background—she depends on it. It is far easier to decide upon a proper husband for her younger sister that way, plus, it keeps her rooted as the spinster she is determined to be. She has secrets to hide, and she isn't about to let another man touch her—never again.
He knew it the very moment he saw her.
A constant wanderer, the Earl of Luhaunt, Sebastian Rallager, never paused in one place for long. Not until the moment he saw Brianna across a crowded ballroom floor. Instinct had never failed Sebastian, and he knew it instantly—she was his. Now he just had to convince her of that fact.
Fate always finds a way.
Just as Sebastian begins to see that staying in one place might be exactly what he had been searching for, secrets of the past loom. Because Brianna is not only hiding herself from the world, she is hiding secrets that cannot see the light of day. Secrets that could destroy her, and the one man determined to love her.
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Queenie Davis and her partner Andrew Goodrum pitched their product Boot Illusions on Shark Tank in 2012. It's a product that lets you go from a shoe to a boot or a boot to a shoe "just like that." It's a cover that slides over the heel of a shoe, transforming it into a boot. On the show, they made a deal with Barbara Corcoran — $100,000 for 55 percent equity — but the deal didn't go through. As Davis said, "We weren't quite as far along in the business as Barbara had hoped." Since then, the Boot Illusions website has been turned off.
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It's not surprising Barbara Corcoran was the Shark that Boot Illusions appealed to most. Corcoran has always loved the promise of magic transformations — she qualifies as one herself. One of ten children from a loving family in Edgewater, NJ, Corcoran went from being told in school that she was nothing special to #1 in the notoriously competitive New York City real estate market. She sold the business she founded, The Corcoran Group, for millions. After that, turning a shoe into a boot is no great trick. But Corcoran didn't rise to the top without being exacting and demanding. Boot Illusions, by Davis' own admission, wasn't quite transformative enough to meet her standard.


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SEOUL—President Obama surprised the world Sunday when he announced an American military invasion of North Korea, substantiated by the newly declared War on Trolling.
Speaking to reporters at a press conference from the White House, President Obama said "As President of the United States of America, I am invoking executive power to declare the War on Trolling as an attempt to defend the free world."
"Americans are asking, how will we fight and win this war? We will direct every resource at our command, every means of diplomacy, every tool of intelligence, every instrument of law enforcement, every financial influence, and every necessary weapon of war, to the disruption and to the defeat of the global network of trolls."
"This war will not be like the war against Iraq a two decades ago, with a decisive liberation of territory and a swift conclusion. It will not look like the air war above Libya two years ago, where no ground troops were used and not a single American was lost in combat."
"Our response involves far more than instant retaliation and isolated strikes. Americans should not expect one battle but a lengthy campaign, unlike any other we have ever seen. It may include dramatic strikes, visible on TV, and covert operations, secret even in success. We will starve trolls of funding, turn them one against another, drive them from place to place, until there is no refuge or no rest. And we will pursue nations that provide aid or safe haven to trolling. Every nation, in every region, now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the trolls. From this day forward, any nation that continues to harbor or support trolling will be regarded by the United States as a hostile regime."
"Earlier this morning, I ordered the Joint Chiefs of Staff to commence military operations against North Korea, a country that actively promotes and practices trolling, and have named its ruler Kim Jon-un, Troll Number Un." said President Obama.
Former CATO research fellow Stanley Kober said "North Korea adopted trolling under Kim Jong-il, but expanded its use under the rule of Kim Jong-Un. This has been clearly illustrated by the string of provocative diplomatic and military actions this April."
However, Kober and other analysts are concerned that the United States may in fact incite further trolling. According to Kober, "The best advice in defending against trolling is to ignore the trolls themselves. Trolls are fueled by reactions to their actions. Giving them attention only makes things worse."
Kober's explanation seems to have been confirmed as North Korea responded by threatening to "unleash a fiery bombardment against the United States and its allies" if they do not name April 1 as an international holiday "celebrating the unparalleled greatness of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea."


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Metro Vancouver Parks estimate that there were about 450 people (~200 fewer than last year), mostly kids, at the Starry Night event at Deas Island Park tonight (Sat. Aug. 18, 7:30-10:00 p.m.). It was a very comfortable evening, but the clouds prevented Jim Ronback and the Astronomers (including Delta Nat Terry McComas) from seeing any stars or planets.
They had fun looking at Grouse Mountain's ski hill lights. The set up of the many Displays "along the route" by groups like us (e.g. OWL, Birds on the Bay, Delta Museum, Girl Guides, Burnaby Animal Rescue, Coyote Awareness, etc.), the nature walk, the flight of the Bats from the Burr House, the Drums, the Kid's Craft booths, Science display, Story Telling in the Schoolhouse, were very professional, interesting and informative. It gets better organized each year. Of course, the best Display was our Delta Nats booth with 4 tables of hands-on stuff and informative info (Am I prejudiced?). We had kids colouring and enjoying our bones, shells, give-aways, guessing game, etc. all evening. And parents were asking lots of questions too. Terry Carr, along with his team of Boudi and Joyce, Lorna, Roger and Kay were awesome in "entertaining" the clients. And rookies Jane, Alan and Mike learned a lot, were very helpful, and I'm sure are excited about volunteering at future Nats Display events (e.g. Richmond Raptor Festival on Aug. 26, Day at the Farm on Sept. 8 and Boundary Bay Art Fair on Sept. 15).
I will post this report on our DNCB Blog and Roger will add some of the photos he took. It was a fun evening for the public that attended and especially for all the Nats (at least 12) that were there.
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Laura Guarch invited to speak at Rights of Nature panel by Advaya
May 20, 2020
Laura Guarch is invited as a speaker on the online panel Rights of Nature, part of the Regenerative Activism conference series by Advaya. In representation of Convex Laura Guarch is going to speak about their performance about river rights, Thalweg (2019) and the role of arts in enhancing a sense of being part of nature.
Echo Station: songs of hope from open windows
May 06, 2020
During the whole month of May, Convex led by Laura Guarch and Sarah Le Quang Sang is bringing Echo Station, a online-guided participatory singing performance. Echo Station will connect windows of the world through echoing playful songs of hope and togetherness and participants will connect to their local environment through singing by their window.
Echo Station is raising funds to support isolated elderly people through the charity ReEngage.
Balcony Vocals responding to London lockdown
March 22, 2020
Responding to the Covid19 crisis and lockdown situation, Laura Guarch sings a song to her neighbours from her balcony in Nunhead everyday at lunchtime around 1pm to cheer up the spirits in her local surroundings.
Masaya exhibition: performance collaboration with dancer Macarena Ortuzar
March 08, 2020
For Women's Day 2020, Masaya hosted an exhibition event in the Jam Factory -Oxford- in which Laura Guarch performed her new creation 'Masaya' a song to give voice to the female collective. Laura performed the vocal-led piece with her loop station and a micro-korg synthesiser and was accompanied by dancer Macarena Ortuzar whose movements embodied what it means to be a women today.
Masaya: voice and creativity workshops for young women in Oxford
December 09, 2019
Wonderful Voice and Creativity workshop with Young Women Music Project - Oxford, an inspiring, bold group of young feminists. The group created a magic female bond with their sound circle that will inspire Laura Guarch to create a new vocal soundtrack for the project Masaya Empowering Women.
NORAS: a new empowering women project
November 03, 2019
Noras first ever street art exhibition was presented at Deptford X Fringe Festival last week. In Deptford Creekside railway arches, you can find Noras Deptford, a collection of live-scale collage inspired by diverse girls and women spontaneously interviewed in the neighbourhood.
Noras celebrates the role of women in local communities through their own images and voices taking over public space. This project is conceived and created by Laura Guarch, Belén L.Yáñez and Cristina Villalonga.
ImproPlay - voice and movement workshop for the young
October 25, 2019
Laura Guarch taught a weekend of voice improvisation and creativity in relation to movement composition at the village of La Sénia (Cat), a neighbour village of her hometown. La Sénia hosts an music and performing arts festival every year, called Músiques en Terras de Cruïlla. Laura was invited to lead voice workshops with young people. Despite improvising and creating together using voice and movement was something new for the participants, they all became enthusiastic and performed a beautiful showcase on the second and last day of the program. Video of the showcase available on Youtube, click on the link!
Thalweg participants: 'never felt more connected to a river'
September 28, 2019
Convex, directed by Laura Guarch and Sarah Le Quang Sang, closes the three days performances of Thalweg for Totally Thames with excellent feedback: bordering on magical, beautiful, meditative, immersive, amazing - never felt more connected to a river; are some of the feedback comments to the participants who challenged the weather these days to take part in a meditative journey along the Thames reflecting about river rights in the World, singing and walking all the way through.
The performance event was audio-recorded by Ben Kelly with an astonishing audio journey you can find in Soundcloud or on Convex website (weareconvex.com); as well as a great selection of pictures and Thalweg's 1 minute trailer.
Thalweg, an outdoor choral promenade performance along the Thames
July 31, 2019
Convex, the artist collaboration between Laura Guarch and Sarah Le Quang Sang, has created a new work for Totally Thames 2019. Thalweg is an outdoor participatory choral promenade that will make you look at the Thames from a new perspective.
Do rivers have a voice? What are their rights? Did you know some cultures have given rivers legal personhood status?
You can join us to learn more about the creative process of Thalweg by booking a workshop + performance ticket, or you can just buy a ticket for the performance only!
Convex website launch
July 19, 2019
Find all the performance works Laura Guarch has created in collaboration with Sarah Le Quang Sang and more on their new website www.weareconvex.com. Briefs, pictures and videos of Float, Defence to Forbid, Inner Circle and Capses, plus information on their upcoming performance Thalweg.
Tallers Musicals d'Avinyó - Voice workshops by Laura Guarch
July 19, 2019
Laura Guarch had the pleasure to join a fantastic team of facilitators in the lovely Catalan town of Avinyó this summer. She led a vocal workshop with 32 participants of varied ages, from 12 to 85! that adventured into circle-singing, choreographed vocal music, improvisation, games and world music. On Saturday the 20th they did a gorgeous showcase in the local theatre. After a group of basketbeat orchestra, they performed a circle-singing piece, a spatially-choreographed original composition of Laura accompanied by local musicians and two stunning world music choral songs from Africa and Georgia.
Street Vocals tours Germany and Switzerland this Spring
June 15, 2019
Street Vocals has been touring intensely in May and June! We had the pleasure to be in St Gallen Buskers Festival in Switzerland and to the Ludwigsburg Street Music Festival and the Braunschweig Buskers Festival in Germany. As always, reuniting again with old busker friends and making new music friends, singing out 3/4 shows per day and sharing live-looping vocal music in a mixture of streets, squares and stages as close as possible to audiences!!
Inner Circle - Spitalfields Music Open Call Showcase
June 12, 2019
In a rapidly changing city, Inner Circle reflects on the potential futures of public space. Upon the canvas of Arnold Circus gardens, Inner Circle juxtaposed the wishes of local groups for their ideal public space with how privatisation may potentially transform social behaviours.
Laura worked with two community groups and composed and choreographed vocal music in public space to reflect their ideas. Inner Circle embraced the audience in a sense of collectiveness in which all of us were questioned about what we want from public spaces as the spaces that belongs to all.
Collaborations with Artist Belén L.Yáñez @ The Migration Museum
April 17, 2019
As part of the artist Belén L.Yáñez residency at The Migration Museum, Laura Guarch will present two collaborations with the artist. On the one hand, she will perform at her participatory moral play 'Awakening, sweet and sour composition' on the 23rd May. On the other hand, Belén and Laura will present a new project called Noras, a homage to socially invisible women through collage-art, live music and installation. Nora will be presented on the 11th of May. Find more about the program at The Migration Museum website.
Street Vocals selected @ Stassen Musik Festival in Ludwigsburg!
April 03, 2019
The festival season starts and Street Vocals first stop will be in Germany. Laura Guarch and her loop station Lukas will get to the town of Ludwigsburg, near Stuttgart, where there is the annual Street Music Festival with the best international street musicians, an amazing audience and lots of fun! That's from the 7th till the 9th of June!! Busy week!
Open Call Commission by Spitalfields Music
March 01, 2019
Laura Guarch is one of the three artists commissioned by Spitalfields Music Open Call to respond with unique music-making projects to the provocation 'Culture for a changing city'.
Her project will engage residents and public space users of Tower Hamlets in exploring behaviour rules in the public realm in relation to regulations often found in privately-owned public spaces banning such quotidian actions as sitting! We will reflect together on how we use, are allowed to use and would like to use public spaces. I will then compose and devise vocal music embedded into a walking tour in public space!
The Open Call Projects presentation is scheduled for 13th of June, note it in your diary!!
Artist facilitating visits and workshops in 575 Wansworth Road
February 01, 2019
Laura Guarch has been the selected artist to work with Battersea Arts Centre, National Trust and Kings College London on a pilot project involving participatory visits to the house of Khadambi Asalache on 575 Wandsworth Road, a hidden gem heritage house in Wandsworth, and a subsequent creative community workshop. Through these visits and conversations around the dinner table, 575 Wansdsworth Road has got a bunch of new ideas to move towards the future and open the door to the community life.
Joining ACM Gospel Choir
January 31, 2019
Happy to announce I am joining ACM Gospel Choir in London, the london choir holding some of the best voices of the popular music scene and delivering the most amazing gospel sound, led by Mark De-Lisser. It was one of my goals when I moved to London and four years later I achieved it!
We are preparing the recording of an EP next Spring. Stay tuned!
Newsletter Launch
January 18, 2019
Yes! On 2019 I am starting a Newsletter. This is a space to know a bit more about my work from a personal, behind the scenes perspective and also to discover the work of a varied wonderful range of other artists and projects.
It is an opportunity to generate a dialogue between artists, friends and communities through London, Barcelona and the other places in the world that connected us. You can subscribe at the top of this page!!
Laura Guarch New Ensemble Paris Tour
October 19, 2018
Laura Guarch New Ensemble had the pleasure to play their original music on three fantastic parisian venues: Au Chat Noir, Cafe Universel and 59 Rivoli. The band shared stage with the parisian jazz duet So Ouatte, who played an introductory set and jammed jazz standards together with Laura Guarch New Ensemble as the ending of the soirée. The band really enjoyed playing in Paris and the audience really liked the combination of vocal loops with non-digital instruments in a popjazz vibe. À la prochaine!
Street Vocals cheers up the streets of Pilsen, Czech Republic
October 04, 2018
Over 4 days with 3 performances per day, in this busking festival Laura Guarch has connected with the audience more than ever, her music gave and received so much love. Very well organised festival, enjoyable and friendly city and the czech audience rocks! Check out Laura Guarch Music Youtube Channel for a video with her performances on this festival.
'FLOAT' sells out on Totally Thames
September 27, 2018
Our participatory audio-walk 'Float' had a big success on Totally Thames Festival 2018, selling out on the 28th, 29th and 30th of September and reaching 100 visitors.
Peaceful, meditative, enlightening, mesmorising and unique are some of the words used to describe the experience by the audience who made their way to Woolwich Foot Tunnel for the experience, who faced the surroundings, the river and their memories in a completely new way.
'Float' - participatory audio walk, programmed on Totally Thames Festival 2018
July 15, 2018
Laura Guarch new singer of 'Periscopi Invertit'
June 30, 2018
Laura Guarch has been selected to join the band 'Periscopi Invertit', a based in London band that mixes catalan folk melodies with north-african rhythms and jazz and funky vibes. The band is lead by bass player and arranger Mireia Carbonell and will do its first concert on Sunday 1st of July for the opening of 'Jam in a Jar' in north-London.
'Defence to Forbid' at Everything Must Go Festival
June 25, 2018
'Defence to Forbid' is going to be showcased in 'Everything Must Go - MA Performance Making Festival' at Goldsmiths College. We are on the 28th and the 30th of June.
Defence to Forbid is a live art performance exploring Privately Owned Public Spaces (POPS) in London and the UK. By using live voices, sound technology, mapping the space with lights, movement and graffiti-like chalk writing, we create a collective experience for the audience to witness a live process of spatial and sonic invasion. Defence to Forbid is a funeral procession of lost public spaces to privatisation. The singing is a ritual lament and claim for democratic rights.
Hundreds engaged in interactive sound installation 'Capses'
June 02, 2018
As an intimate experience for two participants displayed in the public space, this interactive sound installation engaged hundreds to write their political views and feelings about the events on the referendum day in Catalonia and deposit them into a cardboard ballot box. 'Capses' was displayed in festival Inund'art in Girona during from 1-3 June.
Laura Guarch new member of London Contemporary Voices
April 22, 2018
Laura Guarch has been offered a place with the London Contemporary Voices Choir, one of the UK's leading modern choirs. Rehearsals will start this week and next LCV gig will take part at Union Chapel the 26 of May, featuring a mix of world music, classic and pop repertoire and accompanying exceptionally talented guests artists.
There will be a number of festivals in summer in which LCV will perform as well. Keep updated!
'Street Vocals' selected to Ulicnih Sviraca festival in Montenegro
April 08, 2018
'Street Vocals' live looping a cappella show has been featured to be part of the line-up of the street music festival 'Ulicnih Sviraca' in Niksic, Montenegro.
Laura Guarch and her loop station ' Lukas' will be performing there on the 24th and 25th of August.
Capses (Boxes) installation selected to Festival Inund'art (Girona)
March 25, 2018
This artwork is an immersive installation questioning the coexistence of democracy with power and citizen control systems.
Audience are called two by two to share an experience with visual and sonic stimuli and with no verbal communication.
Are systems of power and control beyond human rights and protection of physical integrity yet in democratic societies?
This work will be premiered at Festival Inund'art 2018, 1-3 June in Girona (Catalonia).
'In your interest' - Site specific performance
March 18, 2018
'In Your Interest' is a site specific and participatory audio walk. Participants are taken on an experiential journey through the Woolwich foot tunnel, from North to South, ending at a reflective vista of the river Thames and the city.
This work explores the 'safety instructions' citizens receive on various modes of everyday transportation which affect both their spatial practice and behaviours. This piece invites the participants to playfully perform these subverted instructions and reclaim urban spaces by following the voice of a child.
ImproPlay: Cross-arts improvisation course
February 06, 2018
This course is a series of playful sessions on creativity and mindfulness through improvisation in music, movement, theatre and painting. We combine all expressions and each session has activities that focus specially in one discipline. For all levels, everybody is welcome to play!!
Previous booking for the sessions are essential and you have different options you will see in the link.
Mother-Daughter: a new vocal ensemble doing a R&D week for Spitalfields Music
January 16, 2018
As part of the open-call 2018 from Spitalfields Music, singers Freya Wynn-Jones, Kate Smith, Aminita Francis and Laura Guarch are working this week on an intensive R&D process to create original a cappella work around mother-daughter relationships and femalehood in a song-theatre setting.
The work will be presented the 9th February at the Oxford House in Bethnal Green, London, 4pm.
Interdisciplinary collaboration: This is not a dream
December 14, 2017
Influenced by soviet films 'Battleship Potemkin' and 'Mirror', two creative practice musicians + 2 performance makers + 1 dramaturge create a performance piece exploring dream, reality and memory through sound, water and a chain-hammock.
The piece was performed at Arts Admin theatre in London on the 14th of December as part of the Goldsmiths - University of London MA Performance Making program.
Laura Guarch New Ensemble launch
December 08, 2017
'Laura Guarch New Ensemble' presented their work on Laura Guarch's new original songs for loop station and band, with Chris Murphy on double bass and Paul Reynolds on keys. The music was received enthusiastically at Blackbirds Bakery Jazz Night in Peckham, where members from the band are locals.
'A loving sound' video release
September 20, 2017
'A loving sound' is a song written as a response to violent and unfair situations in our world and as an invitation to use music, dance, theatre, visual arts... as tools to connect and feel empathy, as actions that carry love, peace and a sense of humanity with them. To create beauty in this mad world is the song and challenge of our generation.
Recorded live in The Preservation Room in London it's a solid work of Laura Guarch New Ensemble. Greg Gottlieb on doublebass and Pawel Grudzien on piano.
Joining 'Nitroglicerina Theatre' company to perform 'Awakening'
September 04, 2017
Awakening, sweet and sour composition' is a modern morality play in which the roles are given, but the story has yet to be created.
Each intimate performance strives to target each of the five senses for a total awakening, providing participants with the ingredients to create their own sweet and sour composition.
No two cocktails are the same, though each reflects contemporary society in all its terrifying beauty.
First show that will include Laura Guarch as a performer will be in Applecart Arts Centre in London on the 23rd September, 7.45pm
Weddings in Provence
July 07, 2017
New exciting repertoire for the cocktail hour receptions at a few weddings in the lovely area of Provence, in France, where Laura Guarch delighted all guests with a live looping vocal performance that created the perfect atmosphere to celebrate love and friendship.
Composing music for Performance
June 20, 2017
Laura Guarch has composed the music for the piece 'House Taken Over', an immersive theatre merged with miniature cinema performance based on a Cortázar story. Music consists on a piano piece to accompany live voices over and a short film and a live looping vocal piece that goes along the immersive theatre experience.
'Street Vocals 2.0' selected to perform at the Buskers Strassenfestival in Vaduz
May 23, 2017
On the 24th and 25th of June, Laura Guarch will be performing her act 'Street Vocals 2.0' with her loop station 'Lukas' at the Buskers Festival in Vaduz, Liechtenstein; alongside with a selection of very talented international artists of different disciplines that will fill the little country in the Alps with music, arts and entertainment.
Laura Guarch performs for the opening of the Migration Museum in London
May 20, 2017
Laura Guarch's recent songs talk about migration and political issues and she has been invited to perform at the opening of the Migration Museum in London. The event featured the play Borderline, a performance devised by refugees and actors altogether; after a music session in which Laura Guarch premiered her new songs alongside with Chris Murphy on double bass and Paul Reynolds on piano. The group also played a song from the project Music in Detention, created by refugees in detention centres in the UK.
Improplay workshops back in London!
March 02, 2017
A playful session on improvisation and group composition layering music, movement, acting and painting. For all levels to explore creativity and mindfulness and to connect different artistic expressions in space and time. Every Thursday of March 7-9pm, at Goldsmiths College - University of London.
'Street Vocals 2.0' selected to the 18. Internationales Kleinkunst Festival in Usedom 2017, Germany
February 28, 2017
Laura Guarch and 'Lukas the looper' have been selected to perform 'Street Vocals 2.0' in the International Street-art Festival in Usedom, a german island in the baltic sea! The festival will take place in Heringsdorf during the first weekend of June.
Recording at The Preservation Room - London
February 22, 2017
Recording a live video of a new original song with vocal loops, grand piano and double bass at The Preservation Room studio in London! With the wonderful musicians Greg Gottlieb (double bass) and Pawel Grudzien (piano). The new song is called 'A loving sound' and is a claim for the power of the arts to make something beautiful in the insane world that we live in nowadays.
Scenographic piece 'Home. From monochrome to colour'
January 26, 2017
'Home. From monochrome to colour' is a piece about traveling and migrating as a transformational experience in which the interaction with strangers add colour to what was black and white. This piece was created by Laura Guarch and performed at Goldsmiths College - University of London as a part of the MA Performance Making.
NEW VIDEO with 'Lukas'
December 02, 2016
The new looper has been named 'Lukas'. Watch this new video and see what Laura and Lukas are capable of!! This is a street performance in Shoreditch, London, on a sunny and cold late afternoon! Laura Guarch performs her vocal arrangement of 'Always there' by Incognito, one of her favourite groups of soul and funk.
November 14, 2016
Street Vocals 2.0 is here with the RC-505 Loop Station from Boss!
New arrangements coming, new sound, vocal effects and more!!
BOX SOLO 'ME' - Performance Making at Goldsmiths College
October 17, 2016
Box Solo 'Me' for the MA Performance Making at Goldsmiths College, University of London.
5 minutes. Only you and a cardboard box. Make a signature in space and time.
What does the box represent? Where does my musical journey go to? Which role does the audience play? What happens, when I finally open the box?...


text:
take action
[from a second wave – poetry]
take action
the yoga girl is leaving the building
all dating sites are down
and i'm sitting here
earbuds and bubbly water
wishin, hopin, thinkin,
i'd make a good snuggle bunny
with shea butter and coconut
and moves that make me blush
recalling how much i'm out of practice
i can still smell her
the last one
i would fall back into her arms
if harms way was not right after
there's no going home again
once the ship has been burnt
and sailed
i've got
as she glides effortlessly by
down and away
with not a nod or side glance
a girl like that
she's going home to someone
she's eating organic
she's doing yoga
is a figment of my peripheral vision
i nearly catch a glance of something possible
and it know it's my
all this longing
and words
and l e t t e r s
take action
i tell you
this sitting
and it's not part of the plan
get up
get out
get going
image: take action at wfm, the author, cc 2014
The Cute and Happy Woman is Nearby, I've Seen Her
Dating and looking for romance is an odd ritual. Even as an adult, the patterns are much more like high school (maybe elementary school) than adult life. We play games. We use social networks. We put forward ideas and photos that don't really represent our lives or our current physical fitness, all for the purpose of what?
This afternoon I am sitting at the mecca for healthy and self-conscious women, Whole Foods Market (the Austin Mothership), and I am simply observing the parade of women passing by on the up and down escalator into the building. And I can see them. The happy and attractive women are here. And many of them are attached, married, dating, or otherwise unavailable. And certainly at least some of them are not currently dating anyone, AKA: available.
Is it the predatory nature of our species that keeps our eyes to the ground of the phone, that keeps us from looking at each other?
And it's a wonderful confirmation of all that is human about our different sizes, shapes, colors, and approaches to life. You can almost see it in the dress and attitudes of the people heading into, or just finishing up their organic, high-priced, lifestyle. I start at Whole Foods, because this seems to be the highest concentration of people in my preferred demographic. Young, upwardly mobile, attractive, and health-conscious, or getting there. I'm okay if she is a bit of a work in progress, or in transition. What I don't want is someone who's not even on the same planet yet.
So here they are, passing by in fitness gear, in professional work outfits, and in all stages of dress, or undress, in-between. And in the stream of women it is an interesting experiment to see who I notice, who is inherently attractive to me.
Of the "potential" types who have passed by this morning are these archetypes:
- Fit, yoga, just about to do it, done it, or letting you know I'm doing it.
- Just eatin lunch, stoppin by, on my way to or from work, professional.
- The dressed-to-the-nines professional woman.
- Casual, got out of bed, don't have work to do, hippie.
And of these stereotypes what are the criteria that interests me:
- Fit or fat (sorry, it's a harsh light, and unfortunately I fall a bit more on the fat side than I'd like, but that's life)
- Distracted or present.
- My phone is the center of my universe, please don't disturb me.
- Athletic and active.
- Makeup or au-natural.
- Inked or not. (no need to include the heavily inked in my opinion)
- Spiffed up or casual.
But the amazing thing I have noticed, in this hour of observation and self-reflection… There is not a lot of joy in the place. The smiles that come up the escalator are not all that apparent. Why is everyone so serious, or distracted, or focused. Why, if they are entering Whole Foods are they not evolved like the food they are aspiring too? Is happiness such a rare trait? Do most people walk around in some form of isolation and closed self-expression? And if so, why?
Is it the predatory nature of our species that keeps our eyes to the ground of the phone, that keeps us from looking at each other? But that can't be it. Because a lot of these women and men have put a lot of effort and thought into their wardrobe. So what's the magic ingredient of happiness that is still so rare, even here in this rarefied air of high-end organic produce and natural body lotions?
If I were to conjure her up, at the table next to me, here's what today's journey into hunting or trolling has illuminated for me.
I'd like her pre-occupation to be on her kids, her creative projects, her dreams. And if she's actually single, then I'd like to hear about her ideas about relationships.
1. Happiness above all else. The woman who did sit across from me, who was clear and comfortable with her joyousness, was like a bright light to my magnet. In this swarm of beauty at Whole Foods there is less happiness than I would've expected.
2. Fitness within limits. Too obsessive about exercize or abs has tended to result in slightly neurotic partners, in my limited experience. So I shy away from the uber-fit. But then, I'm not uber-fit and have a fairly low trajectory towards six-pack abs. So my fitness level is a bit out of my comfort zone, and I would guess that I'd be looking for someone in the fitness zone, within a few percentage points of my own fitness level, or the fitness level I think is within my reach.
3. External awareness. Are they seeking, open, conscious. You can almost see it.
4. A feeling of optimism, even when no one is looking. In all this coming and going, I want to see someone who shines in their own inner joy. You can tell. It's like a halo or a force field. The "up" woman exudes her joy.
5. Eye contact and smiles. She's looking. She's expressing her joy. She's so much more attractive than any uber-fit, uber-yoga'd babe in my mind.
6. Mostly makeup and ink free. I'm just not a big makeup person. There's a time and a place for getting spiffed up and going out, but the grocery story, even a holy mecca like Whole Foods, is not the time for too much fashion work. And if they are mostly in makeup all the time, they're probably not the right person for me. And tattoos can be interesting, but they also seem to indicate some kind of addiction when they have to branch all the way down someone's arm or leg. And when they are trying to think of the next tattoo. If that's a focus or preoccupation, I'm gonna pass.
I'd like her pre-occupation to be on her kids, her creative projects, her dreams. And if she's actually single, then I'd like to hear about her ideas about relationships. If you're not looking for a relationship, that's fine. I am. If you're thinking you're looking for a relationship, but have no idea what that would look like, well… You might give it some thought.
And when you figure it out, I'm right over here, on this computer, typing a love poem to you. When I get bold, perhaps I'll give it to you. But not right away, I'm enjoying my voyurism. This is fantasy land. And each of these women passing could be grabbing fresh vegitables for dinner, for me. Or maybe, I'm here, working and I'll get the fresh produce for tonight. Whatever it takes to lighten us up a bit.
That's the goal. A lighter life. A path that is about joining and enhancing rather than controlling. A relationship that is founded on mutual attraction and joy rather than any kind of necessity. I want a partner, I don't need a partner. Let me think about that… Yes, I'd say that's true. I'm happier with a partner, when things are going well. But the last few years of my marriage are a type of relationship I will work to avoid.
Let's find the lighter path together. And if we find ourselves walking along it together, and continually renewing our intentions to get together again, maybe that's enough. I'm really ready for the "ready and centered" woman to show up. She's nearby, I can feel it. I'm just not sure how to catch her eye. I'm smiling, though.
The Off Parent
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related posts:
- She Came On Like a Freight Train – The Woman Who Says "Yes"
- The Happy, the Fit, and the Beautiful
- My Casual Sex Experience – First Lesson
- Crossfit Sex
image: whole foods girl, the author, cc 2014
Sittin Here on Valentine's Day
Sittin here on Valentine's Day, watchin the comings and goings in my local neighborhood up-scale coffee and wine bar. And I notice her, getting out of a white 535i. She's wearing her yoga pants, has her dark hair in an athletic pony tail, and bounces out of the car and heads for her sandwich pickup. There is a "guest" sticker on her warmup top, where she's just come from her kid's Valentine's day party. She's proud, happy, pretty, and it's a sunny day. All good.
Except there's something stuck in my craw. What's the path that creates these young entitled goddesses? And why when I am walking the grocery, in same up-scale neighborhood HEB, do I long after their rocket bodies and astral attitudes? I think of the Mathew Sweet song, "But does she talk?"
So I long for them. But I also have a bitterness about them. And I want them. And they represent the affluence I aspired to when I was married. But there they are, and here I am. And something about their entire life path seems trivial to me. AND… Truth is, I know nothing about them, their marriage, their career, their path in life. I know about things.
- They are young and beautiful. (is this the rub?)
- They have ample money and ample free time. (Don't we all wish for this?)
- They love their children.
What is it about this culture that has me lusting after these young bodies and beautiful smiles? And what same culture has me bitter (just a little) about my path in life and the fact that I didn't get to accomplish the financial prowess of my father. (Yeah, but how did that end up for him?)
So, this sweet young thing, hops back to her $50,000 BMW and buzzes off to what's next in her life. And I know nothing about her. But I want to be her… what? Her husband? (Um, a bit too worried for that.) Her lover? (What would I do with her once the sex was done?) I want to be her… DAD? I'd love to be able to provide the life for my daughter that I would've hoped to have provided for my now ex-y.
There is some double standard going on, that has many of us a bit confused.
If they are too pretty or too successful or too… something. They are either spoiled brats or kept trophy wives. It's MY sickness. It's our culture's sickness.
Aspire to a woman with a great body and a great mind. Pray, exercise, work, improve. But when you seen HER, the IT GIRL. We are angry with her, not desirous of them. HUH?
Sittin here on Valentine's day, I'm sitting in judgement of other peoples lives, wives, successes, fortunes. And I'll drop it here and rise above it. But I wanted to express and capture a moment of my own confusion, and acknowledge the conflicting culture we live in. And then I can clearly state, I DON'T LIKE JEGGINS.
So happy single day, to my single friends. And happy Valentine's Day to those who have significant others. And I'll focus on my 10 yo daughter today and get my mind out of the BWM and LuLu Lemons. But I'm aware there is a problem.
The Off Parent
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The Yoga Girl Next Door; What Is An Erotic Ideal, And What Is Real?
There I was leaning into her new red Prius, talking about PR and yoga and her plans. It was as if I had put my head into a spaceship and was looking at some Penthouse forum photo of "the yoga girl next door." But there was nothing going on. She was a next door neighbor, and I was asking her about her work and her Prius.
I'm guessing she's in the 20-years-younger range. Blonde. Stunning body in black tights. Raybans. Biggest smile you've ever seen. And what would I have done with her if she had been asking about coming over later? (She was not.)
I've been dating.
As I walked the long distance back to my car after the kiss, I was erect as a bar of iron, and wondering how — in my fkd up state — someone else could be attracted to me.
This is the first "relationship" I've been in since my divorce. The other two were both in the neighborhood of one week, and that's not a relationship, that's a fly by. The first one was the woman who slept with pit bulls. The second one had the prettiest smile you have ever seen, but she lived 80 miles away.
So I wouldn't say I'm experienced. In fact, I would say I'm a newbie in the department of dating. And dating as an adult who's about to cross into my 50's, I have to say, things are very different than when I was last on the market. I'm different. The women are different. I have two kids and a schedule that imposes some initial absence regardless of how fast I want to go in terms of hanging out together.
Sure, I've got an OK Cupid profile. (Tried Match and eHarmony.) But I haven't been workin it. And from the depths of my aloneness I wasn't in any mood to be imagining or looking for companionship. In fact, I was flat out deluded about how far fked up I was.
Enter attractive 54 year-old woman on OKC that says, "Hey, why didn't you respond to my last email?"
If warning bells are going off it's only because she is IN TO ME too much. Or more than I have ever experienced. She was telling me I was "much more attractive" than my profile over our first drink together. And in the parking lot, as I walked her to her new convertible Mini, she held up before opening the car and half-kissed me. We still joke about who kissed who, but she HAD been dating a lot. And she was prone to "trying out the kiss" in the parking lot, even on the first date. I had not kissed any of my "dates." You tell me…
And as I walked the long distance back to my car after the kiss, I was erect as a bar of iron, and wondering how — in my fkd up state — someone else could be attracted to me. Was that in itself a huge red flag?
OR… Did she see something in me that was solid and cute and funny, regardless of how I was feeling?
Three days later, we were kissing on my couch as a prelude to the trip upstairs, where she said as she was unbuttoning my pants, "You don't know how long it's been!"
Two months later… Well, I've driven the Mini quite a bit.
Am I looking for some erotic ideal that is more about masturbatory fantasy and trophy wives that parade around the nearby HEB in their yoga pants.
But there is something that I am not feeling, that I think I should. As we continue and she confirms repeatedly how much I fit her picture of a prime fit, I am not sure. I did not have the euphoria associated with passion. I don't crave her. Her beautiful blue eyes and easy laugh are wonderful, but for some animal reason, I would not pick her out at a party as someone I wanted to get to know. She is attractive. She is a bit older than any of my previous relationships. She is completely crazy about me.
Am I out of my element? Am I looking for some erotic ideal that is more about masturbatory fantasy and trophy wives that parade around the nearby HEB in their yoga pants. (Don't they have to work? Um… No, they don't.)
So I have a woman who craves sex and time with me. She does not play games. She has told me from the beginning how delicious she thinks I am. She even told me, after a lengthy discussion about my previous relationship history, that she wanted to learn how to give me the best blow job ever. (WHAT?)
The yoga girl next door represents a college-age fantasy. I am not of college age. She is thin, beautiful, and I would assume, somewhat spiritual, being a yoga instructor and all. But she and I have nothing in common. Would I find things about her that fascinate me? Would she cook me a meal, come over to my house, and leave me with leftovers?
My experience, thus far in my life, says no. My experience, thus far in my life has never had someone so crazy about me. I feel almost guilty about not being able to return the level of excitement about her. I am trying. I am stretching. I am exploring everything with her, to see if the animal hotness grows. I mean, the truth is, I was depressed beyond measure. And NOTHING sounded good. I didn't crave anything, not even ice cream. So how could I expect my senses to crave this available woman?
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Islamabad, March 28, 2013 (PPI-OT): The business community led by FPCCI, in view of its status as the real stakeholder, should be kept involved in all stages of the negotiations for Phase II of the Pakistan China Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
This was stated by Haji Fazal Kadir Khan Sherani, President of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI), while chairing a seminar organized by the Pak-China Business Council of FPCCI in collaboration with the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) on the Second Phase of Pak-China FTA.
In his opening remarks, the President of FPCCI said that the first phase of the Pakistan China FTA had increased Pakistan's export to China to $2.2 billion from $575 million, while our imports from China had increased to $8 billion from $3.4 billion in 2007.
He stated that NTBs such as multiple entry visas, transfer of remittances from Pakistan, compliance of standards and frequency of flights should be discussed with the Chinese counterpart authorities in order to further promote bilateral trade. He also said that the promotion of trade with China can help us in accessing the market of ASEAN region.
Mr. Tariq Sayeed, Patron-in-Chief of the Pakistan China Business Council of FPCCI said that China has adopted a new policy, since last few years, to give greater access to South Asian countries wishing to export to China. In this context, China organizes exhibitions and trade fairs in Kunming and Chengdu every year and gives free stalls to Pakistani businessmen for marketing their products.
Participation in these exhibitions presented a golden opportunity for Pakistani businessmen to exhibit and sell their products in the Chinese market. He said that China was now Pakistan's leading trading partner, which was a welcome change towards diversification of our export markets.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Mazhar Ali Nasir, Chairman, Pakistan China Business Council of FPCCI said that PCBC was taking up all matters related to the FTA with Ministry of Commerce very actively. He urged the business community to prepare proposals supported by facts and figures for onward submission to the Ministry of Commerce, and appreciated TDAP's support in organizing the event. He also welcomed the Joint Secretary of MoC, Mr. Waqar Shah's invite to arrange a meeting to try and resolve problems related to the local trade and industry in the second phase of the FTA.
The Chief Executive of TDAP, Mr. Abid Javed Akbar said that trade agreements must be revised and revisited frequently in order to ensure that they were achieving their true objective. He said that the business community would be kept abreast of all developments on the front of Phase II of the FTA with China, and the seminar with FPCCI was one is a series of such seminars which would be held throughout the country.
Mr. Waqar Ahmed Shah, Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Commerce said that the Ministry of Commerce would welcome feedback from the business community regarding perceived irritants in the existing trade agreements with China as well as other countries.
Also present on the occasion were Begum Salma Ahmed, Vice President of FPCCI, and representatives from the Pakistan Institute of Trade and Development and Pak-China Investment Company. The seminar was well attended and concluded with a question and answer session.
For more information, contact:
Syed Masood Alam Rizvi
Secretary General
Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI)
B-1, Federation House, Main Clifton Road,
Karachi-75600, Pakistan
Tel: 0092-21-35873691, 93-94
Fax: +9221 3587 4332
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CPR's Clubhouse (I'll Never Surrender)
This week's episode of CPR's Clubhouse is dedicated to the memory of Lillian "Grey" Garcia. Our thoughts and prayers are with Lillian's Family and Friends.
Mr. Exclusive presents TKA – BETH – a Freestyle Tribute to the band, KISS.
Plus we countdown the hottest songs in Freestyle today including Berrios vs Zone, Lisette Melendez, AP3, Diddle D, Sharyn Maceren, ALEXiA, Natalia, Victoria featuring Nick Colon, Miguel Reyes Jr and Stefanie Bennett
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Calling all Wind, Brass, Percussion and Strings players!
Come and be part of the Lambeth Symphony Orchestra for winds, strings, brass and percussion, playing classical, baroque, film and urban music.
- When, where and how much?
July 26th to 28th at: City Heights E-ACT Academy, 33 Abbots Park, London, SW2 3PW
10am-4pm each day. (supervision available from 9-5)
£35 for the whole course (Bursaries available)
Bring a packed lunch, some light refreshments provided.
- Who is it for?
Musicians who will be in year 5 and above from September 2016.
Instruments required:
– Violin, Viola, cello, double bass (unlimited number)
– Flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon (up to four of each)
– Trumpet, Trombone, Horn, Tuba (up to four of each)
– Percussion (up to six)
- What will I do?
– Be a founder member of a vibrant Symphony Orchestra
– Learn a variety of music and give a public performance
– Work with professional musicians
– Make new friends
- What standard should I be?
Approximately grade 3 or above. In other words you should:
– Have had lessons on your instrument for at least 2 years
– Be able to read music fairly fluently
– Be able to play in around 4-6 different keys (e.g. concert D, G, C, F, Bb)
– Have experience playing in a group/ensemble with other musicians. (If in doubt – ask your teacher)
To register, click here. Book early to avoid disappointment and happy music making!
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Areas of Focus
Pain relief
Rapid healing
Sleeping improvement
Performance improvement
(sport, academic, etc.)
Hypnosis as a complementary approach to a medical approach.
Anxiety, fears, phobias
A highly personalized approach for optimal outcome
Everyone is unique. This is why the initial consultation is so key. It is used to clearly frame the motivations for seeking hypnotherapy, gather the information needed to build a highly personalized session plan and gain an understanding of how the client responds to different kinds of suggestions as well as hypnosis in general.
The number of sessions needed will depend on the reason for the client's visit. The following can be used as general guidelines. The first session is always a consultation and there is always work to be done at home between sessions:
Confidence building: 2-3 sessions
Sleeping improvement: 2-3 sessions
Children, bed wetting: 3 to 4 sessions
Fear and phobias: 2 to 3 sessions
Negative habits such as nail biting: 2 sessions
Stuttering, facial flushing rooted in anxiety: 2 sessions
Sports improvement: 3 to 5 sessions
Pain relief, rapid healing: 2 + sessions
Complementary approach to the management of existing health conditions: 3 + sessions depending on the objectives of the client.
This is not an extensive list by any means. Hypnotherapy can be very helpful in a lot of different areas. I never ask a client to buy multiple sessions at a time. I prefer to give the client the opportunity to reflect on the experience, decide if it was beneficial for him or her, and if so, then take the initiative to book a subsequent session.


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Researchers from the Netherlands found a few vulnerabilities in different SSDs from Crucial and Samsung. The embedded hardware encryption can be bypassed.The researchers additionally indicated at Microsoft for defaulting utilizing these broken encryption plots on current drives.
The researchers have just tried few Samsung and Crucial SSDs, it's probable more far reaching to different brands too. They gentsnot just have they possessed the capacity to sidestep encryption, they additionally essentially download the firmware, figured out it and discovered how the safety efforts function for the SSD producers.
The Dutch researchers figured out the firmware of various drives and found an "pattern of critical issues." In one case, the drive's master password used to decrypt data was only a vacant string, which implies somebody would have possessed the capacity to decrypt it by simply pressing the Enter key on their keyboard. For another situation, the researchers said the drive could be opened with "any password" on the grounds that the drive's secret phrase approval checks didn't work.
The drives the analysts observed to be tormented by these encryption issues include: Crucial's MX100, MX200 and MX300 SSDs, Samsung's T3 and T5 versatile SSDs and the famous Samsung 840 EVO and 850 EVO SSDs. The researchers noticed that the issues likely influence numerous more items from the two organizations' SSD lineups, considering most if not every one of them share a similar firmware.
A related issue featured by the Radboud University PC researchers is to do with Microsoft Windows security strategies. On different OSes like MacOS, iOS, Android, and Linux clients can use programming based encryption given by the OS vendor.
Microsoft BitLocker is, in any case, just accessible to Professional, Enterprise and Education versions of Windows 10. Besides, if BitLocker sees you introduce another SSD with equipment encryption, it is as a matter of course set to trust and utilize the equipment office – which has now been exhibited to be defenseless. The specialists along these lines suggest the open-source inspected VeraCrypt programming to such Windows clients.
Since the above report went live Samsung and Micron have reacted. Samsung is as of now encouraging its users to introduce encryption programming to keep away from potential break, and Micron has said it will issue a firmware update in light of the issues no release schedule specified


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Villagewalk Wellington lakefront home for sale located at 8374 Cozumel Lane, Wellington, FL 33414 – Featuring: 2 spacious bedrooms, 2 full baths, 2 car garage, and covered screened patio. Beautiful Capri III model with 1,523 living square feet, a 441 square foot garage, 157 square foot lanai, and 2,121 total square feet. A beautiful home for sale in Wellington, FL at a very attractive sales price!
Highest quality construction by Divosta homebuilders using Divosta superior building systems, reinforced steel and solid concrete or concrete block exterior walls, tile roofs, revolutionary high quality synthetic resin exterior wall coating, and energy efficient design.
The Capri III model home in Villagewalk features: decorative paver driveway, textured ceilings, decorative baseboards and canterbury door trim, central vacuum system, built-in security system, and all of this on a spacious landscaped homesite with automatic sprinkler system. Other features include: spacious "open" design kitchen with service counter, ceramic tile flooring, volume ceilings, spilt bedroom floorplan, large utility room, and screened lanai.
Villagewalk of Wellington is a man gated community of 954 luxury homes located on a 477 acre land parcel in Western Palm Beach County. Homes in Villagewalk range from 1,500 square foot patio homes to over 3,500 square foot estate homes. Almost all the homes feature lakefront lots, including this home on 8374 Cozumel Lane.
Residents of Villagewalk can enjoy the resort style amenities, including: fitness center, town center, 2 heated community pools, shops and on-site gas station.
For more information, please call Ryan Jennings with Keller Williams Realty Wellington at (561) 313-2627 or search for Villagewalk Wellington Homes. See below the most recent housing market activity for VillageWalk of Wellington. Do you have a home to sell in Villagewalk contact Ryan TODAY – Buyers are waiting to buy in this community!
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The YMCA of Greater Saint John is excited to be developing older adult programs within our community. We are seeking an individual with a strong background of working with older adults to lead our Intergenerational program used to develop relationships and common ground between older adults and youth through varied activities such as art, music, activities, stories and much more. The position will include program planning and facilitation. The successful candidate will work both independently and in conjunction with other YMCA staff and volunteers.
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Portland Brew East
1921 Eastland Avenue
Nashville, TN 37206
Sign-up at 5:30
Reading starts at 6:00
This month, Poetry in the Brew celebrates its third anniversary with two of Nashville's premier spoken word artists, feature Jamie Zoe Givens and guest host Honest Lewis. Join us for what is sure to be an exciting night of poetry. Thank you to all the poets and supporters over the last three years who have made Poetry in the Brew the reading it is today.
July Feature Jamie Zoe Givens
Pieces like "Shallow Jazz Roots," her poem about youthful indoctrination into jazz, show why Jamie Zoe Givens is the quintessential performance poet. In it, she conveys the sensuality of rhythms and discovered truths with a spoken music and groove that would make the Beats wake up and take notice. She's been known to hurl her book across the floor from behind the microphone as she channels the twisted sermon of a desert zealot. From her hot springs verse to her spiritual advisor role on a reworking of the Ken Kesey bus trip, to collecting her grandmother's and great grandmother's own words, Jamie lives and breathes poetry and prose. Since first appearing in Nashville's poetry scene of the mid to late nineties, she's been a regular presence on coffeehouse stages and poetry-friendly bars, where her style of delivery has become a benchmark for anyone with notions of spoken word performance.
July Guest Host Honest Lewis
Honest Lewis isn't honest. He is the author of the novel Parasites and organizes and hosts art, poetry, and writing events in Nashville, Tennessee. Honest Lewis is one of the founding members of DNR Publishing, a collaborative group that produces, distributes, and promotes challenging prose, art, and ideas.


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Definitions for "Five"
Personality type Five of the Enneagram. Synonymous with the Investigator. According to Don Richard Riso and Russ Hudson.
Keywords: rothgar, undoubtedly, countless, victory, heroes
Five Ancients who are regarded as the greatest heroes of all time. Countless are their deeds, but their victory over the Dark Dragon, the greatest of the Demon Lords to leave the Void, is undoubtedly the greatest. Legend goes that after this final victory they left through the Last Portal to the Void and fight there against the Demons until the Final Day comes. Of the Five, the story of Rothgar is best-known.
The Russian Five, or Mighty Handful (Moguchaya Kuchka).
The starter will show the field their hand or "five fingers" to indicate 5 Laps remaining.
Keywords: mencius, confucian, righteousness, ruler, philosophers
Relationships The Confucian concept of ideal social relationships, formulated by classical Chinese philosophers such as Mencius (372-289 B.C.), which states that there should be affection between father and son, righteousness between ruler and minister, attention to their separate functions between husband and wife, proper order between old and young, and faithfulness between friends.
Keywords: whitewater, paddler, overthrow, penalty, wickets
A five-second penalty assessed when a whitewater paddler touches a gate pole.
five runs scored as penalty runs. five runs scored off a single ball, either by a single run plus an overthrow reaching the boundary or by running five runs between the wickets.
Keywords: disbanded, british, korea, basketball, brazil
a team that plays basketball
Five (originally spelled 5ive) are a British boy band put together in early 1997 by the same team who formed the Spice Girls. They enjoyed fair success worldwide, but particularly in the UK, parts of Europe, Russia, South Korea, Japan, Brazil, Israel and Australia. They disbanded on 27 September, 2001 after selling close to 20 million records, and having 11 top ten UK singles and 4 top ten albums.
Five (often referred as five, as per the logo), formerly, and more commonly known as Channel 5, is the British fifth and final national analogue terrestrial TV channel.
Four and one added; one more than four.
The number next greater than four, and less than six; five units or objects.
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
a pretty poor out with that flop
a very good card in flop game poker, especially in Hilo split games
Keywords: entertainment
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Bouvardia: strong flowers, fresh colours
From woody to floral
A greenhouse full of Bouvardias is bursting with life. Just after the shrubs have been pruned you mainly see woody stems, but very soon they're bearing fresh new green leaves. Sprays of flowers appear some 12 weeks after pruning, and they soon reveal their colour, from pure white to candy pink. After the flowers have been harvested, the shrubs are pruned again and they show their vitality once again.
Fresh green
"The crop soaks up water overnight, and looks fresh and firm in the morning. I always find that a wonderful sight," says Bouvardia grower Jaap Vreeken, who walks through the greenhouse every day to see how the plants are looking. "When I walk through the crop in the morning and it's growing well, I really enjoy it."
Heart-branch cultivation
Bouvardia grower Lies van Wijk has a different approach to growing the plants. He specialises in the 'heart-branch cultivation' of Bouvardia. "After 10 weeks we harvest one long Bouvardia branch from each planted cutting; most are 70 cm long. When a section has been completely harvested, we plant new cuttings." Crywijk nursery is the only business in the Netherlands to grow Bouvardia in this way. "The 'heart-branch cultivation' enables us to grow Bouvardia all year round; we harvest 52 weeks a year, six days a week."
Excellent vase life
"When I walk through the greenhouse and the crop's growing well, I really enjoy it," says Lies van Wijk. "I also like seeing our Bouvardias at the florist. I usually have a chat about the quality. Luckily negative experiences with the vase life are a thing of the past. Today's varieties have a vase life of 10 to 14 days. Florists that stock them also always confirm that they're very strong flowers."
Did you know …
Water is vital for the Bouvardia. They need a lot of water both in the greenhouse and in the vase (a glass vase is handy for keeping an eye on the water level).


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This is very informative. 46.3% of high school drop outs are in the labor force. What are the other 53.7% doing during the day to pass the time and make life endurable?
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
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Many babywearers are nervous about laundering their carriers and so put off doing so. But when dirt builds up in the cloth of your carriers it damages the fibers, reducing your carrier's lifespan.
This is why it is important to regularly clean your carriers and to make it less nerve-wracking we've put together a video tutorial guiding you through preparing to wash through aftercare.
Before laundering carriers there are a few things to do. The first step is to check it over. Look for snags, holes, loose stitches, and stains. If you find a snag, repair it before proceeding. For holes and loose stitches, use your best judgement about whether it is something you can repair or whether it is something the manufacturer should cover.
To treat stains, Buncha Farmer's brand stain sticks are the go-to stain remover in the babywearing community. It is used by dipping the stick into (preferably hot) water then rubbing on to stains. No need to rinse, just set it aside while checking other carriers. It is free from artificial dyes and fragrances, and it 100% biodegradable.
Author's note: on this trip to Kelsey's house, wearing my brand new white pants, I managed to get a ring of black currant juice smack in the center of my thigh. I am the reason I can't have nice things. By the time I arrive, it is dried in. Brand new pants. I was super bummed. But Kelsey grabbed the Buncha Farmer's stain stick and applied it. Before my eyes the stain went from dark purple to bright green to GONE. #notspons
Hand Washing:
Wool is a tricky fiber to wash but there are some simple guidelines that will prevent the cloth from felting or shrinking.
- Use tepid water, without any dramatic temperature changes through out the washing process.
- Avoid agitation of the cloth, use slow gentle pressure to coax water and detergent through material to release dirt.
- Do not use Woolite. It is a misnomer that Woolite is for wool fibers. Hair conditioner is ideal.
- Completely drain water and press cloth to release excess water before refilling to rinse. Do not wring cloth.
Machine Washing and Drying:
Detergents that contain fragrance, dyes, or optical brighteners should be avoided. Aside from the issue of unnecessary chemicals building up on your carrier and possibly causing allergic reactions in wearer or wearee, they can damage or stain the fibers of your carrier Optical brighteners can leave sneaky yellow stains that show up in sunlight and they are permanent.
It is recommended to wash carriers in cold water to prevent shrinking which can do more than just make a carrier smaller– on structured carriers uneven shrinkage can put strain on stitching, causing damage. Depending on your washing machine select for the most gentle cycle, which may be "gentle" or "handwash". If possible you can select to switch off agitator or for no spin cycle, depending on what kind of carrier you are washing. For example, loose structured carriers or buckle carriers, not having the agitator running will prevent damage. However, if this is not an option on your machine, you can place structured carriers inside of a mesh bag or large pillow case. For ring slings, cover the rings with a sock to prevent damage to the inside of your machine if you cannot shut off agitator or spin cycle.
It is not recommended to use laundry additives, such as fabric softener or dryer sheets. These products are unnecessary and coat the fibers of fabrics with chemicals to make them feel softer (more slippery) but prevents them from behaving like natural fibers should: wicking moisture. The chemicals in these products build up on fabrics damaging the fibers and creating stains– not to mention being ingested by LO's chewing on carriers.
Soft, static-free fabrics are easy to achieve when you avoid over-drying fabrics. This can be achieved by air-drying or by stopping a machine dryer when items are almost dry, as Kelsey describes in the video, and then steam-ironing. Choose the lowest heat setting available on your dryer, and then only set it for half the normal cycle time, checking to see how dry the item is before running it longer. With some dryers you can select for what percent dry you want your item, aim for around 75-80% dry to reduce static.
Non-Machine Drying:
Hand washed items and items that are machine washed without the spin cycle will contain more water than spun items. To remove this excess water, lay the carrier flat on bath towels, cover it with more towels and tightly roll the towel-carrier sandwich, pressing on the roll as you go. Unroll it and then you can allow the item to air dry.
Carriers need to be supported while drying to that they do not warp or stretch, and this included wraps. Drape carriers over multiple clothes lines, drying rack dowels, or the backs of chairs– or as Kelsey demonstrates in the video, use a half-wall. Whatever surface you choose to support your drying carriers, ensure that it will not transfer stain or ink onto the carrier, and that it will not snag it. If you find that your carrier feels stiff after air drying, you can use an iron (at the correct setting for the fabric) to soften it.
If you have any questions or things to add with regards to cleaning carriers, please let us know in a comment below!


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Kolkata: Bharatiya Janata Party took technology as their weapon to retaliate against Trinamool-Congress. So they have utilised LED countering TMC's garland of flakes, festoons and posters.
One month has not been finished of Trinamool's Martyres' Day. The gathering caught the eyes of people. Approximately ten LEDs' were installed to spread the words of Mamata Banerjee which was quite innovative. To counter TMC's act BJP had promised to organise a grand party meeting assuring assuring the presence of Amit Shah.
The are successful in making the meeting space completely a high-tech zone. LED monitor has been installed in a very less gap so that nobody miss a single words. As per BJP source, 24 LED have been installed in Mayo Road in the Yuva Somabesh meeting where BJP president Amit Shah is the key-speaker.
The most awaited meeting of BJP was the stepping stone before Lok Sabha to strengthen party base in West Bengal. The city has been covered with many flags, festoons, flakes and posters. Many act and retaliation poured in different ways. TMC second supremo said, "It's natural that picture of the woman will be there who runs the state." So Amit Shah has played maintained the entire game very tactfully. the posters have been covered with cloths on Saturday morning.
The light of LED was helping to pale the glow of Mamata Banerjee. BJP workers said, " Its just a trailer, Entire picture is left." Now it's a wait to see the change in ballot box.


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text: Outfit Ideas Oct 13, 2016 This Is the Shoe Trend You're About to See Everywhere by Amanda Bardas The Gucci Princetown Loafer ($695) has had a good run. A real good run. We've been obsessing over it since 2015, which means it's no longer sitting in 'trend' territory, but it's now more of a seasonless classic—so we've been wondering what would capture our hearts next. Behold, the Alberta Ferretti Embellished Embroidered Mules ($1000). It's also a backless loafer, but this one takes on a different vibe—it's embroidered, and has a pointed toe, and feels decidedly fresh for spring. Kendall Jenner stepped out in a pair back in August, Nicky Hilton's been spotted in them, Louise Roe showed us how to dress them down, and then they popped up over street style during the S/S 17 shows (see Diletta Bonaiuti below). While we predict it'll be the Alberta Ferretti version everyone wants to get their hands on, Oscar de la Renta has also been quietly creating a similar style shoe for the past few seasons—it's also a backless loafer, with a mixture of embroidery and embellishments and a slew of different fabrics. Read on to check out both versions, and shop the look. Pinterest Photo: Style Du Monde WHO: Diletta Bonaiuti WEAR: Alberta Ferreti Embellished Embroidered Mules ($1000) Pinterest Photo: Style Du Monde WHO: Maja Wyh WEAR: Oscar de la Renta shoes. shop the look Pinterest Shop Alberta Ferretti Embroidered Mules ($1005) These are the ones that everyone will want to wear. Pinterest Shop Oscar de la Renta Embellished Silk-Satin Slippers ( $670) $337 We love this colour when paired with a bright tangerine (just for something' diff). Pinterest Shop Oscar de la Renta Patrizia Embroidered Slip-On Flat Smoke Mule ($915) Instead of heels for evening, try a pair of embellished slippers instead. Pinterest Shop Oscar de la Renta Calista Orange and White Embroidered Raffia Slippers ( $645) $291 Say yes to bright colours. Want more shoe trends? Follow us on Pinterest. Explore More: Embellished slippers Flats