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Thanks to Brian McNeal of the Prescription Bluegrass Blog (USA) for the news that Irish singer, songwriter, bandleader, and broadcaster Niall Toner (right) has released a new music video, based on his original instrumental 'Burren backstep'. The tune can be heard on his Pinecastle album Onwards and upwards (PRC 1182); and it can now also be 'seen', either on the Prescription Bluegrass Blog or on YouTube, where it is the first video on Niall's new YouTube channel.
The video is very nicely shot, with closeups of Niall and three other pickers giving the tune a thorough work-over. It closes with the dates of Niall's appearance schedule at MerleFest 2014.
Thanks also to ace bluegrass journalist Richard Thompson for the information that 'Burren backstep' has been chosen as the theme for a new Irish movie called Keep it country, to be shot next summer. The director, Ciaran O'Connor, has worked in TV and film for over twenty years, and Keep it country will be his second feature film.


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Monday, June 2, 2014
Shocking Video Of Soldiers Slaughtering Boko Haram Suspects [WARNING]
We received shocking video of soldiers in Nigeria's northeast, along with Civilian-JTF slaughtering arrested Boko Haram suspects in a summarily execution. We believe these terrorists were caught in the act of terror. The tall individual who comes to slaughter a terrorist goes by the name, 'Dogo,' and is a Civilian-JTF member our sources are very familiar with.
We refuse to make a judgment on this video because it is not our calling. We however do understand the perplexities of the asymmetrical war and the complications of the Nigerian security department in terms of transporting, accommodating and processing justice for terrorists; who almost always end up escaping.
We do hope and believe that the Nigerian soldiers have been instructed on and authorized to carry out expedient on field trials as this is certainly necessary in this perplexing war with Boko Haram barbarians.
The video which takes a lot of stomach to watch, prompts some serious questions: What has happened? What is happening? What should be happening (to us people) and what will happen tomorrow, after and if it still happens to be with Boko Haram? Things will never be the same again, most especially in Nigeria's affected north.
May the Almighty have mercy on us and guide and deliver us.
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今回、レーベルAnalog Solutions / Suprawaxのボスでもありサウンドクリエーター兼DJのEDUARDO DE LA CALLE(エドゥアルド デラ カーレ)も招集し、拡大してじっくりと音楽に没頭出来る環境を用意しての開催となる。
エドゥアルドは世界的に有名なあのLucianoもその才能を高く認め、彼のレーベルCadenzaからも極上のトラックをリリースし、ダブ、エクスペリメンタル、ミニマルを基調としたディープアンダーグラウンドテクノを次々にリリースするスペイン随一の硬派アンダーグラウンド・クリエイターでもある。Cadenza以外にもPlanet Rhythm、Semantica、Mental Groove、Mule Musiqなどオファーの絶えないリリースを続けるレジェンド、エドゥアルドの世界観を初夏の緑と渓谷のせせらぎに囲まれた気持ちよいキャンプ場で堪能できる。
GLOBAL ARK will be open from 11am on Saturday 6th June until 1pm on Sunday 7th. It's gonna be Amazing!
GLOBAL ARK is an outdoor event organised by music lover volunteers and artists, who will be presenting an unimaginable sound system and incredible DJ lineup. To ensure we reach maximum levels of volume we've moved to TAMAGAWA Camp village this year, so don't miss it. The lineup will include 2 guest DJ's from abroad.
Our First guest is EDUARDO DE LA CALLE, the owner of Charismatic, a vinyl only label, Analog Solutions/Suprawax, also serious sound creator and one of Spain's greatest DJ's, released deep underground techno based on dub, experimental, minimal continuously. Even Luciano recognises his talent so Eduardo released outstanding tracks from his label, Cadenza. Not only Cadenza, Planet Rhythm, Semantica, Mental Groove, Mule Musiq offered him to release, so look forward to his finely honed technique and legendary skill!
Another guest is vinyl junkie, DJ MURF from London, this will be his third visit to Japan but it's his first time back in 6 years. He has played worldwide with a massive record collection that he has collected since his teenage years. In 1998, he was selected for a popular DJ Mix serits, "Tech House Phenomenon" released from Eukahouse, and the next year became one of the resident DJs of"SUBTERRAIN", which was the flagship party of London's legendary club, THE END managed by Mr. C. With Layo & Bushwacka! Darren Emerson and Eddie Richards, he played and warmed up the party until the club finally closed in January 2009. Recently he launched his new website named "Mong Trax" and introduces old and new techno, tech house, and house music. With his vibes, taste and stellar 30-year career as a DJ, he is still, not unsurprisingly, selling out!
GLOBAL ARK really has an impressive DJ lineup! We've already BOOKED DJ WADA, DJ MIKU, and HIDEO KOBAYASHI, as pioneers of the Japanese Techno scene they continue to please and stimulating the crowds, also booked are the much-respected KAORU INOUE and DJ YOGURT. Finally DJ HIRO, one of Japans deep techno specialists.
Hope all of you can come and enjoy a truly impressive event with fantastic music and the new green leaves and beautiful nature of the early summer.
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In late July, pirates stormed an Italian oil tanker, startling the 23 crew members guiding the ship toward its African port. But this was not another attack off the coast of Somalia, whose pirates have for years been the scourge of shipping lanes off its coast. The men who seized the Anema e Core work thousands of miles to the west, in the Gulf of Guinea.
In the past eight months, acts of piracy have spiked in the waters off West Africa, says John Drake, a senior consultant at the London-based security firm AKE. The wave of violence seems partly inspired by the Somali pirates and partly a result of the mixed blessings that come, countries in the region are finding out, with discovering vast oil reserves.
Piracy here is a combination of brazen criminality and vigilante redressing of economic imbalance. West Africa's waters are an oil-soaked frontier for downtrodden young men hailing from the lawless Niger Delta, the area of Nigeria that perhaps best exemplifies the widening gap between oil wealth and poverty. Many of the rebels are from fishing communities and need nothing but their small vessels and guns in a raid. Firearms are widely available around West Africa, particularly in the Delta.
The violence perpetuated against those sailing through the West's shipping channels is "much, much higher than in any other part of the world. The robbers and militants are abusing them quite a bit," says Cyrus Mody, manager of the London-based International Maritime Bureau, which monitors global pirate activity. "It's much higher than in East Africa or other areas where we see this crime being committed."
In the past two years, as has happened in Somalia, entire crews have been shot and killed, their gun-wielding assailants sneaking up on them in small fishing skiffs. Some sailors have been tied up, beaten with rifle butts and whipped with electrical cables. Last year, Mody says, pirates who had seized a ship panicked and shot crew members at random after an officer sounded an emergency alarm. Now the region is sounding its own.
Since January, the International Maritime Bureau has seen a sharp rise in the number of recorded pirate attacks in the Gulf of Guinea, a stretch of ocean that runs along the coastline of 12 countries, from Ghana to Angola. While in 2010 there were no acts of piracy off the coast of Benin, Sixteen attacks have taken place in its waters this year, including the hijack of the Anema e Core, whose crew escaped unharmed after intervention from Benin's navy. There have been six assaults off the coast of Nigeria, and three near the coast of West Africa's most stable country, Ghana. Mody says the number of attacks is underreported.
The sudden rise in West African piracy has prompted concerns that weak maritime security in the area could severely affect global oil, metal and agricultural markets, says Jonathan Wood, a security expert at London-based Control Risks, an international consultancy that advises businesses on operating in hazardous environments. Two of Africa's top producers, Nigeria and Angola, are nestled in the Gulf, and the U.S. is aiming to import 25% of its oil through West African shipping lanes by 2015. Recently London's Lloyd's Marketing Association placed Nigeria and Benin in the same risk category as Somalia.
Angry Niger Delta rebels have been attacking drilling platforms and refineries, seizing boats and kidnapping oil executives for years in their conflict with the government and, by extension, the Western oil companies who they feel have pillaged their land. "It's a murky set of motives, whether to generate political impact or generate ransom," Drake says. "The oil sector is an attractive sector because attacks against it can generate shock waves around the international community everyone's watching it, particularly Nigeria. But militants also have the perception that oil companies have more money than other private companies, so they have more to invest in the local communities or to pay ransoms."


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Some perfumes under this family : Azzaro Chrome by Loris Azzaro | CK One by Calvin Klein | Armani by Giorgio Armani | Lacoste Pour Homme by Lacoste [Source: jueperfume.com] View the original article here
Did you know that perfume can be categorized according to their fragrance family? Understanding fragrance families can help your perfume shopping much easier and the most important is you are not disappointed with wrong picks. It may help you to identify the perfume suitable for your friends, spouse and/or family. Let say your spouse love the smell after rain where it smells like the fresh grass, then green perfume family is suitable for him/her, while if he/she loves to smell fresh like in the jungle, then woody is suitable. Some perfumes scent may mixed with one or more family.
Spend a litlle bit time to read this article, you will find it valuable for your perfume buying experience...
This fragrance group is associated with essences of white flowers and fresh linens. This is one of the first perfume categories. It also remains extremely popular especially for womens perfume. They tend to have a distinctive feminine quality. Although a number of fragrances of floral are appearing in mens cologne. Perfumers tend to do a alot of experimentation with florals. They really do combine wonderfully with water or fresh green categories. Since the mid 90's its been the trend to make the fragrance sweeter with hints of fruit. Ideal for young and not-so-young alike. Anyone who wants to feel pretty and feminine without being overpowering should choose a floral perfume. Likewise, they're great as a safe perfume that's suitable for all ages and all occasions.
Some perfumes under this family : Burberry London by Burberry | J'Adore By Christian Dior | Ralph by Ralph Lauren | Incanto Charms by Salvatore Ferragamo | Chanel No 19 By Chanel | CKIN2U by Calvin Klein | Parfum D'Ete By Kenzo | Sunflowers By Elizabeth Arden | Anais Anais by Cacharel | L'Air du Temps by Nina Ricci | Charlie by Revlon | Eternity by Calvin Klein
*Subcategories of this perfume family : fruity floral (ie. Escape by Calvin Klein) | fresh floral (ie. Eau D'Issey by Issey Miyake) | green floral (ie. Fidji by Guy Laroche) | woody floral (ie. White Linen by Estee Lauder) | sweet floral (ie. Blue Grass by Elizabeth Arden).
These are exotic, sensual, and extremely "heavy" fragrances. Also sometimes referred as "Amber'. Think of these as containing exotic flowers, foreign resins, vanilla, spicy amber, and musk. Often mixed with fruit fragrances and additional "fresh" scents from the green group. They have a heavy sweetnes from sandlewood, musk and vanilla. Most oriental perfumes have a wonderful crossing over of qualities from all the other categories from the spicy fruit tones to warm woody tones and this makes them a superb choice for corporate environments, evening events and special occasions, regardless of age.
Some perfumes under this family : Obsession by Calvin Klein | Dior Addict by Christion Dior | Classic by Burberry | Sensi by Giorgio Armani | Joop Femme by Joop! | Tresor by Lancome
*Subcategories of this perfume family : Florientals (ie. Panthere by Cartier) | Spicy Orientals (ie. Angel by Thiery Mugler) | Fruity Florientals (ie. Poison by Christian Dior) | Fruity Orientals (ie. Moshino by Moschino)
Best mixed with other fragrances. Oriental woody is a combination of oriental smells mixed with something like a sandalwood to give it a woody hint.Drier, vetiver, cedar, oakmoss, leather, tobacco, burnt wood etc. Mixes well with citrus and fresh aromatic notes. Woody perfumes are versatile and easy to wear, and are better suited to the mature woman who wants to smell fresh but retain an air of sophistication. This type of perfume works well for any season.
Some perfumes under this family : 212 by Carolina Herrera | Organza by Givenchy | Lovely by Sarah Jessica Parker | Burberry Touch by Burberry | CK Be by Calvin Klein | Versace Women by Versace | Gucci Rush by Gucci
Fruity fragrances are generally spicy and fresh. They are quite youthful in their scent, and suitable for warm and cool weather alike. In winter, they invoke a sense of warm desserts and cider. In summer, they give an air of crispness. They are an excellent choice for women who like classic fragrances, but also want to add a little flair. If you're the type to be outside with friends on summer evenings, this is the perfume type for you.
Some perfumes under this family : Lauren by Ralph Lauren | Liz Claiborn by Liz Claiborn | Be Delicious by DKNY | Chic by Moschino | Bvlgari Pour Homme by Bvlgari
This type of scent works well on both men and women. Citrus fragrances for men are often blended with wood and spices. For the ladies, it is blended with florals or fruits. This type of fragrance is often sporty, fresh, and perfect for work.
Where woody perfumes capture the essence of forests and woodland, green perfumes have tones more reminiscent of cut grass and crisp spring growth. They possess some of the same scents as oriental perfumes, but are far lighter and suitable for casual wear as well as evening and business wear. They are generally funky and contemporary perfumes that are most suitable for younger and sportier people and can be worn on all occasions. Their neutral tones make them excellent for gifts.
Some perfumes under this family : Charlie by Revlon | True Star by Tommy Hilfiger | Hugo Boss by Hugo Boss | Euphoria Men by Calvin Klein | Fleur Du Male by Jean Paul Gaultier | Burberry London by Burberry | CK Truth by Calvin Klein | Style in Play by Lacoste | Diorissimo by Christian Dior.
Both men and women can enjoy this light, refreshing water scent perfect for wearing during warm weather. Contains fragrances such as sea air, fresh water plants, and of course water. It may be blended with notes of citrus and greens for an energetic and youthful scent to wear by day.
Some perfumes under this family : Charlie by Revlon | True Star by Tommy Hilfiger | Hugo Boss by Hugo Boss | Euphoria Men by Calvin Klein
Some perfumes under this family : Azzaro Chrome by Loris Azzaro | CK One by Calvin Klein | Armani by Giorgio Armani | Lacoste Pour Homme by Lacoste
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7 Fast Facts from Rolling Stone's Greg Lansky Profile
If you're a porn fan, you probably know his name. And even in the unlikely instance that you've never heard of Greg Lansky, you've definitely seen his work. Blacked, Vixen, Tushy, and Blacked Raw have formed the cornerstones of AE's bestseller lists for much of the past four years. In a business that's known for having a social stigma, Lansky has been recently bestowed with one of the most reliable indicator of brand recognition — mainstream press coverage. Rolling Stone is the latest publication to probe the mind of this porn auteur extraordinaire. We collected seven of the most interesting facts from the magazine's new Lansky profile.
1. His Vixen Angel shoots cost as much as $30,000
The famous photo shoots that launch each Vixen Angel (selected monthly for a showcase feature and tour as Vixen brand ambassador) don't come cheap, but it's all part of Lansky's commitment to quality. "The gold, the lifestyle, the nice car, the Versace, all that shit, the nice watch, it's kind of like, that's how you hook people," he said.
2. He had a stint as an intern for European reality TV
While Lansky's movies seem far removed from the quick-and-dirty style of reality TV, a foray into that genre as an intern helped him learn "how to not be boring."
3. Lansky is subject to death threats
Blacked movies may be perennial bestsellers, but that doesn't mean Lansky is beloved by all. He is routinely subject to death threats on social media, according to the Rolling Stone profile. "You get [criticism] from really racist people, and then you get it from really progressive people that feel you're perpetuating some stereotype," Lansky said.
4. By his own admission, his first porn movie "sucked"
Lansky's first movie, a fly-by-night effort shot with Steve Holmes in 2004, did not turn out very well. "The whole thing sucked. But we were like, 'Whatever, look at the passion!'" Lansky said.
5. Lansky cut his teeth at New Sensations and Reality Kings
Before he branched out to create Blacked, the French-born Lansky moved to the United States to learn the ropes, first with New Sensations' Scott Taylor and then with Reality Kings.
6. His company employs 75 people and stretches across three countries
Portions of Lansky's business are conducted in Los Angeles, Montreal, and Spain.
7. 6% of all porn piracy is related to Tushy, Vixen, or Blacked
One downside of popularity is rampant piracy. The 6% estimate comes from David Robertson, the co-founder of XTakedowns.com.
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Sarah Harmer (um, crossing my fingers that my unemployment payment gets deposited) on June 26th in Philly.
(hopefully) Falcon Ridge July 23rd-25th
Lindsay Mac at Musikfest on August 15th
(possibly) Dar Williams on September 11th.
Sarah Harmer (um, crossing my fingers that my unemployment payment gets deposited) on June 26th in Philly.
(hopefully) Falcon Ridge July 23rd-25th
Lindsay Mac at Musikfest on August 15th
(possibly) Dar Williams on September 11th.
Regina Spektor, July 11th (hopefully!)
Tori Amos, 6 shows in July and September (see below)
Lady Gaga, October 14th
See you in Milan, Z�rich, Dublin, London, Pori,
Moscowand Amsterdam!
Just saw Regina Spektor at Dillo Day in Illinois. I was up in front against the barricades. So frickin' awesome! Poor Little Rich boy performed with the drum-chair always makes me happy. And I finally got to hear her open with Ain't No Cover. Regina's voice without instrumentation is beautiful.
Coming Up:
Natalie Merchant in Chicago and Milwaukee (just a tad obsessed with Leave Your Sleep. It makes my poetry-major self very happy.)
Pitchfork music festival (St. Vincent, The Tallest Man on Earth, Sleigh Bells, and Beach House! Yay.)
Lollapalooza (Most excited about The XX, Phoenix, Stars, and LADY GAGA!)
On the train now heading home after seeing Richard Thompson and Louden Wainwright III at The Royal Festival Hall. Amazing gig! Elvis Costello and Kami (Richard's daughter) Thompson tomorrow. If it's anything like the rest of the Meltdown 2010 Festival Richard will put in an appearance.
Just got back from seeing Editors + Muse.
Editors were good: opening act, 45 minute show, luckily only 3 songs from their latest boring album and a LOT of their second so YAY
Muse were incredible, period. Awesome stage set up, all the right tracks, Feeling Good, Knights as their closing track. 50.000+ people and NO RAIN!!
Kick ass night and now I'm totally knackered.
Suzanne Vega last week.
She is so good. And it was a terrific set list too
Marlene on the Wall
Small Blue Thing
Frank and Ava
New York Is A Woman
Song in Red and Gray
Left of Center
Blood Makes Noise
The Man Who Played God
The Queen and the Soldier
Neighborhood Girls
Some Journey
Tom's Diner
Freeze Tag
In Liverpool
Oh, I love Suzanna Vega. I've seen her a few times but haven't caught her on the current tour. I mate of mine was looking at getting some tickets for Oxford in July.
I'm seeing Elvis Costello in Oxford tomorrow.
I really like The Editors new album. But also, I haven't heard their 2nd album, so I will have to check it out.
Seeing STARS tonight and Psychedelic Furs (!!!!!) on Thursday. Super-excited for both!


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I'm fairly new to blogging and learning lots as I go. In the world of beauty, FOTD = Face of the Day, who knew?!
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- PurePressed Mineral Foundation in Golden Glow, €40
- PurePressed Blush in Mocha, €34
- GreatShape Eyebrow Kit in Brunette, €32
- PureMoist Lipstick in Hannah, €27
- also using my nearly finished Neal's Yard Remedies mascara in black & pencil eyeliner in brown
Pushed myself outside of my usual colour choices with this lipstick, and I'm pleasantly surprised by how much I like it! It's good to experiment and try new things. The worst that can happen with makeup is that you don't like the colour, remove it and try again. This look took about ten minutes.
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Updating About Me
July 27, 2010 § 1 Comment
Maya Escobar is a conceptual identity artist.
deconstructing the artist (myself), alongside the monument, alongside the monument's informational text…
Bio for About Page 2010:
Maya Escobar is a performance artist, Internet curator, and editor. She uses the web as a platform for engaging in critical community dialogues that concern processes by which identities are socially and culturally constructed. She performs multiple identities, sampling widely from online representations of existing cultural discourses. Her identifications as a Latina-Jewish artist, dyslexic blogger, activist and educator are indexed by the blogs she keeps, the visual and textual links she posts, the books, articles, and blog posts she cites, the public comments she leaves, and the groups she joins.
Escobar received her MFA from the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, Washington University in St. Louis, and her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She has exhibited work in Spain, Guatemala, United States, Germany, Venezuela, and Chile.
Twitter Bio for @Maya_Ate_This 2010:
I am a 2nd generation Latina artist, nutrition buff, and fitness enthusiast. Here, I'll be tweeting what I am eating as well as sharing beauty and fitness tips.
Artista Disléxica Del Internet pt 1 of audition video for Reality TV Show on Discovery En Español 2010:
Short Bio for Acciones Plásticasプリクラ 2009:
Maya Escobar is a Guatemalan-Jewish digital media and performance artist, currently living in St. Louis. Her work addresses issues of cultural hybridity, gender, placelessness, and the construction of identity.
Bio for Conney Conference on Jewish Identity 2009:
Maya Escobar is a Guatemalan Jewish digital media and performance artist. She received a BFA with an emphasis in Art Education from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and is currently completing her MFA at Washington University in St. Louis. She can usually be found on the web blogging, tweeting, or youtubing. Escobar also serves as the online art editor for Zeek: A Journal of Jewish Thought and Culture. She has taught, performed and exhibited work in Germany, Spain, Guatemala, Puerto Rico and the United States.
About Me for Maya E. on Jewish Wedding Network (2009):
I have always lived between multiple worlds, I come from a Guatemalan Jewish American family of activists and educators. The planning of my wedding is like most things other things we do, a familiar and communal affair. In addition to the Bosa Nova band that will perform, my fiancee's band rock band Cavalry will be covering various Jewish tunes such as hava negilah and more.
Breaking Down the Elephant Blog Post 2009:
Some people think that I am the true representation of the elephant.
It is true I am an elephant, but not the only elephant.
I try to break up the conception of being the only elephant.
Some people see a small portion of my work and think it is the whole- the representative elephant.
Others understand that each piece connects to another piece and that individually they are only fragments.
When breaking the elephant up into pieces, information slips in through the cracks.
People also respond to this new information- creating a bigger more amorphous elephant.
The amorphous elephant is broken up again and again, so that it is relevant to new individuals new experiences…
Manifesto for MFA Thesis Exhibition Catalog 2009:
As an artist and an individual, I am in constant conversation with the values transposed through multiculturalism. I seek to challenge notions of sameness, unity, and political correctness with pieces that affirm a sense of community for some, while paradoxically alienating others.
Major influxes in international travel, technological advances, immigration, adoption, and intermarriage are causing the borders and boundaries between countries to merge together at an increasingly rapid pace. The imagined spaces of individual cultures are no longer autonomous.
Therefore it is with a conscious move that I, and many colleagues and contemporaries, unapologetically go forward, breaking through traditional conceptions of art and artistic practice. No longer tied down to medium-specific practices, we produce work derivative of a multitude of discourses. The works that we produce, however, are distinct from those in the fields that our work represents. We are concerned with the past, but we will not allow the past to solely delineate the future. We hope to form a new definition of artistic practice that will include our constantly shifting environment.
Short Web Bio for Stumble Upon 2008:
MFA Candidate at Washington University in St. Louis. Current art/research centers around mental constructions of space and the social and political implications that result from these imagined boundaries. On this blog I share my random thoughts on hybridity, transnational and transcultural identities, liberal multiculturalism, critical pedagogy, feminist theory, latinidad, jewish life in america, youth culture…
Bio for Acciones Plásticas at the Bruno David Gallery 2007:
Maya Escobar is a Guatemalan Jewish interdisciplinary artist and educator. She is a recent graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she received a BFA with an emphasis in Art Education. She has taught, performed and exhibited work in Spain, Guatemala, Puerto Rico and the United States. Currently, Escobar is pursuing a MFA in Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis.
Bio for Camp JRF 2007:
Maya Escobar is a Guatemalan Jewish interdisciplinary artist and educator. She is currently completing her degree in Art Education at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Sharing her non-traditional approach to exploring Jewish identity, Maya will expose campers to a wide variety of contemporary artists, artistic mediums and processes. Campers will have the opportunity to work both independently and as a collective, to produce work that inspires and participates in ongoing personal and communal dialogue.
Artist Statement 2006:
Through the performance of actual and fictitious moments of my life, I explore my personal identity as the daughter of a Guatemalan father and Jewish mother. I compare the complexities of projected societal, cultural, and gender-determined roles to the lived experiences of Latina and Jewish women in our contemporary American culture. My work translates ongoing anthropological and sociological investigation into accessible narrative forms, incorporating technical skills in multiple mediums. As a commentary to the objectification and exoticization of otherness that I have personally experienced, I reclaim ownership of myself; I transform my body as well my "self" into an object used within the performed ritual, which is then documented through analog and digital photo, video and collage.
Jewish Women on DovBear
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Last night @DovBear sent me this tweet:
@Mayaescobar posted your jewish women clip w\o realizing it was parody. A little too well done. 😉
I visited his blog and found a post on Jewish Women called Too much kool-aid. The comments generated by this post are really interesting and address the video from a multitude of perspectives.
expert from his post:
"Aside: At the end, the woman on the film suggests that Jewish women who are dissatisfied with their back of the bus status secretly wish to be men. There's some truth to that, of course. Jewish women wish to be men in the same way that Jim Crow blacks wished to be white, meaning they want the same freedoms and opportunities that are available to men. Though Judaism has made much progress in this regard, the RW and Ultra circles still run like MadMen. Telling women they're more spiritual, pat pat, run along, is just a way to protect the status quo."
Jewish Women from the series Acciones Plásticas 2007
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selection comments posted below:
if you follow the link-trail, it becomes clear that this video is likely making fun of the attitudes it depicts. so as right as what you say in this post is, it's not really aimed at this video…
So are you opposed to any distinction whatsoever between men and women in Judaism? Do you think we should get rid of the mechitza and the laws of niddah and negiah and tzniut because they all make distinctions between male/female and thus somehow discriminate against and oppress women? If so, why aren't you a Conservative Jew? If not, why not? What kinds of distinctions between men and women are not discriminatory in your book?
The fact is, Judaism have a very conservative halachic process that makes it difficult or impossible to change most things. Do you think we should change that process to make it easier to make big changes? If so how is that different from the Conservatives?
People mistakenly think that every explanation for distinctions between men and women must be some kind of conspiratorial justification for the status quo. But that's not true. You have to look at the history of the explanation. For example, consider shelo asani isha. The explanation is, women, slaves and gentiles don't have to perform certain mitzvot, so we're thanking Hashem for giving us more mitzvot to do. Conspiracy to trick people into thinking Judaism isn't sexist? No — it's in the tosefta to the earlier version of the three berachot (which thanked Hashem for not making one an ignoramus.) So that supposedly "P.C." explanation was from before the mitzvah was even finalized!
It's a mistake to think about Judaism in the same terms you think about American history. It's apples and oranges. If not, you'd be calling someone a "bigot" for not accepting the ordination of women, just like many liberals today will call you a bigot if you don't accept gay marriage. Of course bigot is an implicit reference to anti-black American racism. Which is a lot different from differing roles of the sexes in Judaism.
Actually, oppressing women is the best reason to get rid of the mechitza. Nidda has nothing to do with this.
And Tzniut has nothing to do with this. Tzniut has everything to do with social norms. Oppressive double-standard tzniut should be abolished immediately,
And you do not have to be a Conservative Jew to understand this. You just have to be an Orthodox woman.
AFIK the mechitza is an outcropping of the orthodox halachic process. It is at least a universally (amongst orthodox) practice minhag. How would abolishing the mechitza be consistent with orthodox Judaism?
I enjoy davening in my own (men's) section, because I would likely feel distracted/embarrassed by any attractive women in our shul standing next to me, hearing me sing, etc. I don't see how this translates into a desire on my part to oppress women. I'm sure there are men who wouldn't feel this way, and would probably daven just fine, just as there are young men, on the other side of the spectrum, who would maybe even ogle women. But it's impossible to satisfy everyone in a community.
I agree that there are misogynists in Jewish communities, but I don't think allocating separate space to men and women in the synagogue automatically translates into oppressing women.
In most Orthodox shuls, I would agree that most mechitzot themselves are misogynistic.
Buried in the back, or the corner, with an obstructed view of the proceedings.
The purpose of the mechitza is to allow for the inclusion of women in the service. Not the exclusion.
so it really depends upon how it is felt about and put into practice lemaise. I remember one woman quoting a sicha of the lubavitcher rebbe ztz"l a"h and saying "it sounds like litvish appologetics doesn't it?" she then adds "well there is a difference, the litvishers are telling this to women, the rebbe first said this sicha to men!"
This wikipedia article seems to support your views, except for the citation of R' Hirsh (who might be hard to depict as a feminist). But the article may be leaving out earlier sources.
It's part of a series called Acciones Plasticas by a Jewish Latina artist. http://mayaescobar.com/accionesplasticas.html It looks like an examination/satire of the stereotypes associated with her heritage.
Whoah, that lady had the most steriotypical modeof Ashkenazi-Jewish speech I ever saw…
Uriel do you really and truly think everything frum Jews say and do is authentically Jewish? well guess again. The post is a critism of the man made culture, not the god decreed religion.
The answer to your question is no. Will you answer my questions?
Look at the quote from Rav Hirsh in the wikipedia article and you'll see that the idea that women are more spiritual than men is indeed authenticly Jewish (unless you see Rav Hirsch as some kind of pre-feminist apoogist). How old it is, I'm not so sure.
The idea that women have a better nature or more spiritual is NOT authenticly Jewish. We know this because non Jews got fed the same horse manure as a way of keeping them satisfied with less. Look, I dont even know what youre arguing: The more right you go the worse off Jewish women are -in satmar they cant even drive and have to shave their heads. Thats an inrefutable facr.
That's an odd way of proving something, you have to admit. I think a better way is to see how old an idea is. But even if it's not that old, if Rav Hirsh and Rav Aaron Soloveichik said it, I would say that's pretty authentic. Something doesn't have to be somewhere in the Mishnah to be authentic (though the older the more authentic). Much of kabbalah, mussar and chassidus would be inauthentic if that were your standard. At that point you'd be creating your own special denomination that is very picky and choosy about what in modern Judaism is authentic to you — and that sounds like Reform.
Are you saying Satmar is more authentic than other Jewish groups? Chazal surely had more contact with heretics and gentiles than Satmar does.
E. Fink
I think Zapp is right.
This is a parody / satire for sure. She is NOT serious.
Also check out comments generated by a 2007 post by DovBear on Shomer Negiah Panties called Tzittzit for women?.
a guest post by seenoga
November 26, 2009 § 1 Comment
a guest post by seeNoga.
As you doggedly pursue, chase, and snap at the heels of your Self, you do so knowing there is no chance you will ever catch up. For each of us, throughout our individual lives, we will be ever distant from knowing our own selves. When a person pursues his or her Self in an aggressive, determined way, the resulting hyperactive sensibility allows for a greater adaptability and sensitivity. This flexibility can be useful in contemporary human life, but only to a certain extent. It is also due to the fast-paced nature of today's engineered environments, that there is a strong tendency (especially among young people) to go to extreme lengths in order to sustain within their own lives the hyperactivity and intensity they witness in popular culture and media. Consider the called-for constant reachability via cell-phones and laptops, as well as many other forms of expedition in our 'lived-in' world. These accommodations range from aerodynamics to ATMs. As many workers in today's professional world simultaneously lament and extol their parasitic relationships with a Blackberry or other such Pocket God, I, too, have at many times felt chained to my laptop (i.e. the Internet), fearing I would miss something absolutely critical. Unfortunately, the fact that missing anything important has not happened for the most part, hardly affects the worry and anxiety that it might happen.
Yet still, it seems, this once motivating anxiety is becoming a repressed urge, one which is less and less a bother, the more my environment becomes one seamless, semi-omniscient "news" feed. On the evening of President Barack Obama's Address to the Nation, Maya Escobar recorded "Obama Tweet: How a New Generation Gets Their Information." In this video Escobar documented a particular event, an important cultural event, one which incidentally brought the use of Twitter to the fore in popular culture.
Obama Tweet: How a New Generation Gets Their Information, 2008
I was with Escobar on this evening and was struck by the depth of her interaction with the digital realm. She was sitting in front of a T.V. broadcast of the speech, while she was also further mediating that media via her computer, on which she was following Twitter and CNN.com's coverage of the event. Beyond all that, Escobar was creating her own real-time, indexical document of the event on television along with CNN and Twitter as instantaneous forms of annotations to the President's speech. Escobar was watching, sitting one more stage removed, behind the lens of a video camera. Because of the way in which she layered the television screen the computer screen and then the interface of any viewer's monitor, Escobar has effortlessly choreographed a multi-layered, engagement with the very most current of events. However, though I may have somewhat qualified and rationalized instant-communication tools, I still believe there must be a deliberate effort to complement those socially-prescribed media with other, independent forms of digital exchanges. While I do believe in the great social potential of our rapidly advancing communications media, my work seeks to push and pull on parts of these evolving global 'informachines,' in an effort to challenge the omnipresence of commercial media.
Look Out, 2008
That sort of layering of non-dimensional spaces is unique to the contemporary world, with the inception of digital technologies, and this collage-like aesthetic is of great interest to the work of Maya Escobar, as much as it is to my own. Although, unlike the deceptively referential works of my counter-part, in many of my works, I use and refer to popular media sources and specific Internet sites indirectly and rarely with any superficial visibility. It is with great deliberation and much hypothesizing that I curate my works in the manner in which I do. I intend my works to avoid specificity and leave wide-open their readings to a much more self-guided analysis by viewers. In the piece "Look Out," the projected video came directly from YouTube. I simply cut off the last second of the original video, thus shortening it to 17 seconds. I then prepared it as a video-loop for its installation underneath a staircase at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum. Because of its placement, where it fills a theretofore, unaddressed space, it is as though the rolling image is part of the museum structure itself. The particular clip, which I chose after viewing dozens of similarly tagged videos ('storm,' 'tree,' 'willow,' and 'weeping'), was selected for very specific compositional reasons; reasons which are the very same principles of design taught to anyone working in commercial design or the visual arts: complimentary colors, rule of thirds, dynamic composition and varied textures, to name a few. Because of my focused selection process, this video, although created for very different (and unknown) reasons, still fits very well into the installation space as a deliberately designed, and potentially permanent use of what is otherwise a neglected space. The video became part of the stairwell. By existing within a predetermined, architectural frame, it became part of the space, as opposed to sitting on the surface as a painting does. This projection did not exist in the way that many (most) installations do: as obvious alterations or obtrusive interjections into a space. This work asserts itself as a physical part of the space, as the projector beams through from behind the scrim in the stairwell. It also assumes a living presence, as it reiterates itself, by many reflections and refractions, split and scattered, bouncing around the main hall of the museum. The video functioned as a decorative element but also an illusory window to an outside world, whereas, the space without that piece is simply a pane of glass that looks into the shadowy crotch of a stairwell. I do not mean every square inch should be taken up for some sort of visual activity or illusionary window. Simply, this work proposes how our constructed spaces, in this case a venue for art viewing, might be reinterpreted. Insofar as, a corner can conceivably become a window, as illusory and impermanent as my particular interpretation may be.
*NOESCO is seeNoga and maya escobar
Nuevos Compañeros: Rio Yañez
September 30, 2009 § Leave a comment
My newest partner in crime is the talented, witty, godzilla and pikapika lovin' Chicano artist and curator Rio Yañez. I first came across his Ghetto Frida two years ago, while working on the project Obsessed With Frida Kahlo. Immediately I felt some sort of cosmic connection-not to Ghetto Frida- but to her creator. And then to make matters worse better, I found out that he is the son of one my biggest heroes- Yolanda Lopez!
There was really no option other than collaboration. It was fate.
Last month we finally initiated our long distance partnership through a tweet. Since then we have been communicating through TwitPic, Facebook, YouTube, phone calls and texts, and of course mutual shouts in interviews on the blogosphere (mine to Rio & Rio's to me.)
Here are a few examples of Rio's recent work:
"I've been twittering for about a week now at http://twitter.com/rioyanez. I signed up as a way to contact Amber Rose after she started writing and posting about the portrait I created of her. I have to say, the most exciting aspect of twitter is the way people distribute images. The short urls for twitpics that often pop up on tweets evoke a sense of curiosity in me; more so than the many thumbnails that can be found on facebook. I think the lack of a thumbnail is more alluring and it forces you to chose to see the image or not, there's no middle ground of a provided preview." (from his blog)
"Artist Curator Rachel-Anne Palacios flanked by Zitlalix and I. I created this portrait to thank Rachel for including me in the recent Frida exhibit she curated and to join the many artists who are on display on the walls of her apartment" (from flickr)
These images represent my first foray into my Raza Zombies series. They were inspired by the single best mainstream comic book of the 21st century: Marvel Zombies. Marvel Zombies re-imagines classic superheroes as flesh eating zombies. After reading it I felt compelled to do some zombie transformations on a few of my own personal heroes. More to come. (from flickr)
Video of Gomez Peña setting the record straight for Rio regarding his Facebook presence.
Rio's Ghetto Frida Mural in the Mission District
stay tuned for more…
ongoing intertextual exchange
April 28, 2009 § Leave a comment
The other day I posted a link on facebook to an article by Kevin Kelly on vizual literacy. Both Eric Repice and Eliyahu Enriquez responded to this post, and Eliyahu wrote a post about this exchange on his blog….
The following is a repost of Eliyahu's post Vizual Literacy
RT/Hat Tip @mayaescobar Tools for Vizuality
Excerpt from Fb Thread Transcript:
In archiving poems in blog format, I find embedding videos with a distinct narrative to the word-piece heightens the sensory experience: simultaneous stimuli, rather than a replacement paradigm with regards to medium. The experimental nature of combining/utilizing moving images with poetry, such as those of Filipino Author, Nick Carbó, hints at what I'm trying to get at, though the idea I'm reaching for may be more a novelty for Literary marketing strategies/accessibility on the web… With an accompanying video in whatever length, the reader is more likely to stay with the poem, rather than a wham-bam!-thank you, sir means of creative dissection. Whereas, to capture the essence of canonization – the written word to a cinematic language, while maintaining their distinction – that's something I'm currently playing with…
What Would Judas Do?
"I visited a sage, Rav Yosef Shalom Eliashuv, who lives in one of the most secluded ultra-Orthodox communities in Jerusalem. He was in poor health but still taking visitors… Speaking in Hebrew, I told him what, at the time, I felt was the truth. 'Master, I am attracted to both men and women. What shall I do?' He responded, 'My dear one, my friend, you have twice the power of love. Use it carefully' – Rabbi Steven Greenberg."
I am attracted to
He loved me.
He loved me not.
I love bringing pleasure too
She loves mi.
She loves mi knot.
The Art of Couch-Hopping
Lark descending.
Lost Ark.
As Queer as A Clockwork Orange
Maya Escobar's YouTube Channel
Nick Carbó's YouTube Channel
Eliyahu Enriquez's YouTube Channel


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Thursday, May 10, 2018
Two key economic headlines are out this morning, both of which depict an historically amiable jobs and low-inflation environment: Initial Jobless Claims again came in at an extremely low 211K (unchanged from the previous week), and the Consumer Price Index (CPI) hit the tape only lukewarm at best at +0.2% headline, +0.1% core. The quick takeaway is that even more people are currently employed, and they still aren't paid much more.
For the past couple years — subtracting an outlier here or there — we have been seeing weekly jobless claims in a very healthy range of 225-250K. Before that, the medium-term range had been between 250-275K, and it has been close to a decade since we've seen routine weekly jobless claims above 300K. Anything beneath this points to a strong labor market. Backing this up is today's Continuing Claims figure, which at 1.79 million is also way down from recent norms, and many months since the last time we saw this number pop above 2 million.
Two weeks in a row at 211K is very remarkable indeed, especially without being accompanied by strong wage growth pressures. Yet with a PPI headline at 0.1% and CPI at 0.2%, what these numbers tell us is that inflation creep is a long way from making a meaningful impact on the current economy. Real average weekly earnings were up 0.4% for the month of April, but this is down from the 0.9% in March. Hourly earnings growth was just 0.2% year over year, down from the 0.3% in the last read.
Year over year CPI is +2.5% (+2.1% core), compared with yesterday's PPI total of 2.3% year over year. These again suggest tepid growth in inflation indicators, meaning gradual increases in costs of products, prices consumers are willing to pay and employment wage growth are not contributing to any indication the Federal Reserve will need to be more aggressive in raising interest rates. (Currently, the Fed is expected to raise another quarter-point at its meeting in June; the committee has already wrapped its May meeting.)
Pulling back our scope a moment, this relative stagnation in wage growth speaks of a modern phenomenon we have not seen in previous low-unemployment cycles: there are simply not enough matches between job openings and worker skillsets to drive up the labor sellers' market, despite a very tight jobs environment. In previous decades, the increase in wages — stemming from competition for available prospective employees — would have already been apparent, and we may have already seen the Fed jump into action considering we are still in an historically low range on inflation rates. But labor market constraints are throwing a wet blanket on this scenario, and analysts keep pushing out their projections for inflation, interest rates and economic growth in general.
Pre-markets are in the green again this morning, continuing a most agreeable week for investors, for the most part. Tech companies in particular have seen a surge in value this week, and A.I. play Nvidia NVDA reports results after today's closing bell. For insights ahead of the earnings report, check out this report from Zacks Senior Strategist Kevin Cook: Google Ramps Assault on NVDA A.I. Throne
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The band I've been running for 5 years now - MA -is playing in a handful of venues around the country, starting with The Vortex tonight, and heading to Leeds, Edinburgh, Nottingham, Manchester…. MA was formed initially as a trio with myself, Ross Stanley (Organ) and Dave Smith (Drums). Quickly, after a short tour with UK Drums/Electronics legend Steve Arguelles, MA evolved into a quartet with Matt Calvert on Electronics and processing. Last year, their successful release of their full Debut Album - 'The Last' attracted wide praise.
MA play a hybrid of improv and electronica, with hefty amounts of composition thrown in for good measure. The result is a blend of Experimental Jazz meets Electronica meets Dub meets….The music to come on this tour - there's a preview here - will be released in the autumn….
This music began it's development back in 2011, when I wrote a new piece for MA with two extra percussionists (which was performed at the Loop Festival of that year). It was conceived so that the writing would heavily inform the improvising. Therefore the mood of the piece would be dictated primarily by the material - and not so much the language being utilised (in any particular moment) by the improviser. It felt very restrictive, although the end result was extremely effective (this will be released later in the year).
In the following months, we 'played the music in' as it were, and somehow, got to the point that you can see/hear. In that time many things have changed: The harmonic and rhythmic information (developed for this tune by Dave Smith) have become a lot more intertwined; The orchestration/instrumentation has altered, and this has had an effect on the mood of the piece. For me, the biggest change (and this is in no way exclusive to this composition/band!) has simply been the fact we've played it a lot of times, and our musical intuition has nibbled away at the material, as such that it is what it is, now. We are freer within the given music, thus being able to interpret and improvise on a different level (some would say a higher level - but this is a different discussion for a different day!)
However, not all of our material is developed like this. One particular example of something completely different is the title track of the album 'The Last'. I brought a chord progression in, described the feel I wanted and counted it off. I improvised a melody, and it stuck. Simple. I sometimes wish it was always that easy...but then, what would be the point?!
MA will be appearing for the majority of gigs as a trio (a recent experiment - that is proving to be very fruitful), and Ross Stanley will be playing with us in Nottingham, along with James Maddren on Drums.
Putting on a tour in this current climate is extremely challenging, and one the most heartening things about my experiences of organising this particular run of gigs is the help and support we have received.
As a member of the Loop Collective I collaborate with many collectives and organisations. Crucial to this tour have been: Lima, Dialogues. The Vortex , Nottingham Contemporary. SE Collective, EFPI and Jazz Services
I look forward to finally taking this band out of London - It's going to be very exciting!!!
Thu 10 8:00pm The Vortex, Dalston
Fri 11 8:00pm The Fox and Newt, Leeds
Sat 12 8:00pm The Bongo Club, Edinburgh
Thu 17 8:00pm Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham
Jun 2012
Tue 19 8:00pm The Sandbar, Manchester
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The following are scientific conference presentations in which the abstract has been peer-reviewed.
Gully et al. "How do you like your 'hood? - Perception of built environment and the influence on health and well-being across Metro Vancouver, British Columbia". Canadian Public Health Association: Halifax, NS: 2017
Hu et al. "How does proximity to alcohol retailers affect binge drinking in Vancouver, BC? - Results from My Health My Community". Canadian Public Health Association: Halifax, NS: 2017
Gully et al. "My Health My Community - informing partnerships outside public health to guide healthy public policy and local-level planning". Canadian Public Health Association Conference: Halifax, NS: 2017
Gully et al. "A snapshot of the health of parents of school-aged children in Vancouver, British Columbia". Public Health Association of BC Conference.Vancouver: 2016.
Demlow et al. "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Health Profile". Gay Men's Health Summit. Vancouver: 2016.
Gully et al. "Health status and risk factors for chronic disease in the homeless population, Metro Vancouver 2013-2014. Canadian Public Health Association Conference. Vancouver: 2015.
Kefalas et al. "Greater BMI associated with increased length of time in Canada among immigrants. Results from the My Health My Community survey, Vancouver Coastal Health Authority 2013-2014. Canadian Public Health Association Conference. Vancouver: 2015.
Gully et al. "My Health My Community: An inter-sectoral collaboration for population health improvement". Public Health Association of BC Conference. Vancouver: 2014.


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For my ETL design, most activity (or real work) is conducted through child packages that are controlled through master packages. This gives us a good amount of flexibility to pass variables (like audit keys and configuration file names) to the child from the master.
However, creating and maintaining the configurations in the child can be laborious. The UI is ok for a small number of changes but for large numbers, a programmatic approach is better. This post looks at managing configurations through code.
Assemblies and Constructs
The configuration class belongs to the package. This is automatically included in SSIS scripting tasks. If the code is simply a C# program the assembly the Dts.Runtime assembly is Microsoft.SQLServer.ManagedDTS.dll
And the package can be referenced in the following manner
Application _a = new
Package _p = _a.LoadPackage(@"Your Package File Name", null);
Configuration Class
The package must be enabled for configurations. Simply set the EnableConfigurations property to true
_p.EnableConfigurations = true;
Adding a Configuration
A new configuration can be added with the .Add method. The new configuration is added at the end (becomes the last) and therefore we can refer to it by its ordinal. All new properties can be maintained in this manner.
To add a new configuration (config_file) to the package which assigns the package variable (config_file) the value of the parent packages config_file variable, we would use the following code;
_p.Configurations[_p.Configurations.Count – 1].Name = "config_file";
_p.Configurations[_p.Configurations.Count – 1].ConfigurationType = DTSConfigurationType.ParentVariable;
_p.Configurations[_p.Configurations.Count – 1].ConfigurationString = "config_file";
_p.Configurations[_p.Configurations.Count – 1].PackagePath = "\\Package.Variables[User::config_file].Properties[Value]";
_p.Configurations[_p.Configurations.Count – 1].Description = "Inherit config_file from master";
Iteration and Deletion
The configuration object is innumerable. Therefore we can iterate over existing package configurations using an iterator (as below). Similarly, we could iterate by ordinal (using its index position). To remove the configuration, simply use the remove method.
foreach (Configuration _c in _p.Configurations)
Save the Package
The package must be saved before any changes made through code are reflected in bids.
_a.SaveToXml(@"Your package file name", _p, null);
Bringing it Together
This code can be used in a package to append a variable to a package and add its configuration. I simply used a foreach container with a script task and the following code (note the variable file_name is the fully qualified file name passed from the container);
string _file_name = Dts.Variables["file_name"].Value.ToString();
string _file = System.IO.Path.GetFileName(_file_name);
_file = _file.Substring(0, _file.Length – 5);
Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.Application _a = new Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.Application();
Package _p = _a.LoadPackage(_file_name, null);
_p.Variables.Add("config_file", false, _file, "");
_p.EnableConfigurations = true;
_p.Configurations[_p.Configurations.Count – 1].Name = "config_file";
_p.Configurations[_p.Configurations.Count – 1].ConfigurationType = DTSConfigurationType.ParentVariable;
_p.Configurations[_p.Configurations.Count – 1].ConfigurationString = "config_file";
_p.Configurations[_p.Configurations.Count – 1].PackagePath = \\Package.Variables[User::config_file].Properties[Value];
_p.Configurations[_p.Configurations.Count – 1].Description = "Inherit config_file from master";
_a.SaveToXml(_file_name, _p, null);
Dts.TaskResult = (int)ScriptResults.Success;


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[Game] Bubble Wonderland
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Bubble Wonderland : Get ready for the most incredible bubble popping adventure in pixel art retro style.
Looking for a great way to pass the time? How about an old school super fun and entertaining bubble shooter that will make you feel like you are in a fairy tale.
Travel to the magical wonderland where you can explore different settings, visit magical places, castles, colorful fields, secret islands and snowy forests in over 1000 beautiful levels. Shoot and pop all the colored bubbles until you clear the board.
Drag your finger to move the laser sight, and lift it to pop bubbles. Match at least 3 bubbles of the same color to pop the combination and clear the screen
Overcome special bubble types and unlock all the puzzles to win levels. Try to drop the diamond and stone bubbles and break the chains of the chained bubbles.
Can you get 3 stars on every level? More scores->more stars. Try to earn fun boosters and power-ups that will assist you crush your way through the bubble packed magical worlds.
There are over 1000 amazing levels to enjoy with some cool 80's games graphics and designs. Swap bubbles without limit and plan ahead your shots.
WARNING: it's totally addictive!
Bubble Wonderland user reviews :
To understand this game one must understand 8 bit that being said it is a good game for players of an older genetation that grew up on 8 bit such as myself,way too many adds but overall ive played alot worse
Its fun but glitches sometimes while playing
Good. Game is pretty much rigged in your favour. Unless you're colourblind, I guess.
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among governments, businesses and research communities. The principles set forth in the Guidelines aredesigned to assist decision-makers in both public and private sectors in designing coherent national and international approaches. To read the full article, download the PDF file below.
A Consensus on Cryptography
Observer 207, August/September 1997
The widespread use of cryptography to safeguard data in information and communication systems has implications for the protection of privacy and business and financial information, as well as for public safety and national security. The OECD has published a set of Guidelines intended to promote the use of cryptography to foster confidence in information infrastructures, to help ensure the safety of data and protection of privacy, to stimulate new applications for electronic commerce, and to promote co-operation
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