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Klaas van Berkel Photo by © Kees van de Veen
Van Berkel on the UG after 1945
'Bachelor education is barely academic at best'
After more than ten years of research, university historian Klaas van Berkel finished his project on the history of the UG. All the way up to the Yantai controversy. 'In a regular company, a failure of this magnitude would've resulted in the board president resigning immediately.'
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There was no answer from Kuala Lumpur.
Klaas van Berkel had sent an email to former board president Sibrand Poppema, who lives there these days. Van Berkel's three-part series on the history of the UG was set to end with Poppema's tenure as president. It would include the UG's biggest adventure yet: the attempt to open a branch campus in the Chinese city of Yantai.
It was only natural that Van Berkel had some questions for the project's originator. But the Yantai project had resulted in a disaster. At least, for Poppema.
'Perhaps he didn't want anything to do with it anymore', says Van Berkel. 'Or perhaps he's afraid he might get sucked into something.' Whatever his reasons, Poppema didn't feel the need to talk to Van Berkel about his vision on Yantai and the management culture after the Second World War.
Fortunately, members of the university council were willing to provide an explanation. And there were plenty of interviews and other paper sources the university historian could use to piece together the vision of the then board members.
Voted down
The picture his research painted was crystal clear: Yantai, says Van Berkel, was supposed to be the culmination of the 'commercial university' that the UG had become after the war, and Poppema was its biggest advocate.
The branch campus was intended to skyrocket the UG to the top of the international rankings. It was supposed to maintain student numbers and afford the university access to research partnerships.
Poppema did everything he could to force the plans through
But in January of 2018, Poppema's dream was definitively voted down by the university council. Over the course of the previous years, the academic community had become increasingly frustrated with the way the board of directors was treating them. For years, the board was preoccupied with growth, performance, and student numbers. 'The council didn't appreciate that the board seemed to place more importance on the business side of things than on values such as academic freedom and accountability.'
When the Yantai plans were launched, some people had doubts. How would academic freedom work in a totalitarian country? What would Groningen even gain from a campus in China?
But all these concerns were systematically brushed aside, and critics were dismissed or ridiculed. 'Poppema did everything he could to force the plans through', says Van Berkel. 'That led to a lot of bad blood.'
Errand boys
One example is the 2017 letter signed by the entirety of the UG's deans, begging the council members to approve the plans. Even dean Herman de Jong, head of the economics faculty, which didn't even want to participate in the plans. 'The council asked Poppema if he'd asked the deans to sign the letter. He denies it', says Van Berkel. 'But that's even worse. People were acting on what the board wanted before the board itself could even ask for it. People like Mladen Popovic at theology and Marian Joëls with medical sciences also signed the letter. These people allowed themselves to be errand boys for the board of directors.'
People grew more irritated by the week. Then, in January 2018, the council definitively voted no on this 'extreme consequence of the market-oriented policies that has become common at Dutch universities'. Van Berkel: 'The council's decision marked the end of expansionism.'
Years of preparations, investments in the millions, and countless ceremonious partnership agreements had been for nothing. 'In a normal company, a disaster of this magnitude would have resulted in the board president resigning immediately', says Van Berkel.
But not for Poppema. He served the rest of his term and kept schtum. He still does.
New programmes
It's tempting to categorise the Chinese adventure and the character of Poppema as a phenomenon of the neoliberal years of the new millennium. But that is patently untrue, Van Berkel argues in his new, more than 700-page book.
What's more, Van Berkel observes a development that started right after war, when the economic faculty was founded. In the fifties, this development became unavoidable due to the growing number of students. The number of positions available for academic staff also skyrocketed.
The democratisation of the university was an intermezzo
'They weren't just positions that hadn't been filled yet. There were also requests to create whole new programmes. The arts faculty especially asked for this, even though they already had so many professors on board', says Van Berkel. 'But the number of students these programmes would attract wouldn't be nearly enough to pay for all of it.'
That's when the then secretary of the board of governors, Jacobus Cluysenaer, proposed doing things differently. Any developments, Cluysenaer said, that weren't 'commercially sound' should be prevented. 'That was the first time that the term "commercial" was used as a core concept in policy', says Van Berkel.
What followed was a time in which classical values such as academic freedom, education, and curiosity slowly but surely started losing ground, being replaced by an institute that was being run like a business, with increasingly less room for programmes that didn't bring in big student numbers, where education became 'lecturer-independent', and academics had become competitive.
While this changed briefly during the sixties and seventies when the university was briefly gripped by the democratisation movement, 'but that was an intermezzo', argues Van Berkel. 'A ripple in the history of the commercial university.'
He realised this deviates from the classical view that this period was the start, or perhaps the end, of an era. There's a reason the 'histories' of other Dutch universities end here. 'Many people like to see their own time as a student as a crossroads in history', he says.
But he saw how the commercialisation trend returned in the eighties, when the government kept cutting universities' budgets. It was board president Erik Bleumink who finally decided to make a change. 'He said that the university had to change course, or they wouldn't survive. The market was the leading model at the time.'
Van Berkel remembers how angry he was at Bleumink back then. But the board president was right. 'He realised in time that staying the course would've led to disaster.'
Practical programmes
The university set up programmes that didn't really have a place in academics, but that did draw in students, such as communication and journalism. 'The arts faculty managed to keep its head above water with all these practical programmes that could've also been taught at a university of applied sciences.'
Educational experts were hired who focused on 'studyability' and 'lecturer-independent education'. It was a painful development. 'They reduced academic education to the level of instructions', says Van Berkel, who sees it as a 'meeting' between lecturers and students. It's about what happens after the instructions have been given. 'But that takes time and space. It's a wasteful, inefficient system which means it doesn't stand a chance in an environment that considers commercialisation a good thing.'
Academic education is a wasteful, inefficient system.
The consequences are abundantly clear today. 'Bachelor education is barely academic at best', says Van Berkel straightforwardly. 'What students produce after four years these days would hardly have qualified as a bachelor thesis back then.'
What about the academic community? Van Berkel wonders if it even still exists. 'The thing that actually makes a university, that legitimises its existence, seems to have been reduced to the fringes.'
Nevertheless, Van Berkel isn't displeased with the university as it is now. Sure, its academic characteristics are being eroded, but he also sees bright spots. Those practical programmes mentioned above are going through what's known as academic drift: they're becoming more theoretical and more in-depth. 'People don't want to feel inferior to their colleagues at other universities, including international ones. Water may always find the lowest level, but academics are always looking to rise to the highest one.'
There's something else that's even more important, he says. No matter how much pressure the university is under, 'no one is denying or trivialising the values that form the foundation of an academic community, or saying they are irrelevant'.
That's something that can't be killed easily, and that's what makes the university so resilient. 'There is an apparent strength in lecturers and students living and working together that politicians and managers have never been able to break.'
Van Berkel says the university and its accompanying academic freedom embody the highest form of culture. The university has room for people who can disagree on all sorts of things: politics, religion, etc. 'But they found a way to work together on a joint project and make the world a slightly better place. Politicians can't do that, but scientists at a university, the home of science, have been able to make it work.'
As he writes in his book: 'If universities didn't exist, we would have to immediately invent them.'
Klaas van Berkel, Universiteit van het Noorden: vier eeuwen academisch leven in Groningen. Part 3: De zakelijke universiteit 1945-2021, 768 pages, Uitgeverij Verloren, 49 euros.

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Bactrocera frauenfeldi(BCTRFR)
Distribution details in Australia (Queensland)
First detected in Cape York Peninsula in north Queensland in 1974, it then spread to Cairns by 1994 and Townsville by 1997. Studies (Royer et al., 2016) concluded that it was unlikely to establish in horticultural production areas further south than Townsville.
* Royer JE, Wright CL, Hancock DL (2016) Bactrocera frauenfeldi (Diptera: Tephritidae), an invasive fruit fly in Australia that may have reached the extent of its spread due to environmental variables. Austral Entomology 55(1), 100-111.


Members of the 2011 World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals had the opportunity to meet President Obama and First Lady Michelle in a ceremony at the White House's East Room as they were honored for their heroics last fall.
The Obama's are White Sox and Cubs fans, but thanked the Cardinals for not only their historic run in August, September and October, but also their off-field work with MLB's dedication to our nation's military families.
Prior to making their stop at the White House, the Cardinals spent time at the Walter Reed Veteran's Hospital. Listen to audio from the First Lady and President as they praise the achievements of the Cardinals.


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93 'til Infinity
Interviews, Music, Published Material, The Good Old Days
1993 was one of the greatest years in hip-hop history. And thanks to outlets like Complex and NahRight—I've had the honor of interviewing some of the legendary artists who released classics in '93. So to celebrate the 25th anniversary of this monumental year, I dug deep in my interview archives and put together a collection of stories behind some of 1993's most memorable rap songs—as told to me by Ghostface Killah, Raekwon, Pete Rock, Large Professor, Fat Joe, Diamond D, Erick Sermon, Del Tha Funkee Homosapien, Dres, and DJ Muggs. Check it out.
Brand Nubian "Punks Jump Up To Get Beat Down" (Produced by Diamond D)
Diamond D: "There are three versions of that. The album version, the video version which became the single, and the remix version. Obviously, the video version is my favorite, which was the last version done. I had about two hours left of studio time, and I just made that real quick. I think Sadat and Lord Jamar said when they went up to Def Jam—because they were on Rush Management—and played it, that's the one that Lyor Cohen was jumping around all crazy over.
"The video version, even though it was the simplest, was the best one. That version was actually done in the remix session, in Chung King Studios. They laid vocals down at another time. That song definitely helped my production career.
"I'm on the train in the video, but you can't really see me. I'm like in the fuckin' background. Every time I watch that video, I'm like, 'Yo, niggas killin' me.' The funny shit is they called me like, 'Yo D, we want you to be on the train with us.' The director or Elektra Records or someone was able to shut down two train stations for an hour or so. So I drive down there, and we film, and then when the video came out, I was like, 'Where the fuck am I at?'"
Cypress Hill "Insane In The Brain" (Produced by DJ Muggs)
DJ Muggs: "That record started off in the house. I think the BPM is like 102, but it started off at 93. I made the beat slow. It sound more like De La Soul's 'Plug Tunin'' than what it is now. And there's some shit in L.A., where the gangs would be like, 'Crazy insane, got no brain.' It's some L.A. shit. And B-Real came, and I said, 'Yo, I got this idea for a song called 'Insane in the Brain.' So he flipped it, with that, 'Insane in the membrane.'
"We did it, but it was a little slow. So I sped it up, and he kicked his rhymes on it. And even after he did it, I sped it up maybe one more BPM at the end. It wasn't the best song on the album, but I knew it was the single.
"At that time, I was deep into industrial rock. I was into Ministry. And that inspired a lot of the stuff with all the skulls hanging in the video, and the skeletons. The guy who did all the stuff for Ministry built all those skulls for us. And we did the video at the DNA Lounge in San Francisco because our shows were nuts. So we did the video there. And we recorded that song in New York, and mixed it in Philly.
"Even the structure of that song, I kind of used the 'Kill a Man' format, the way it breaks down in the third verse, you know, when you hear the little carousels. Like when you hear the carousels in 'Kill a Man,' when B goes, 'It's gonna be a long time…' Same thing with, 'Like Louis Armstrong…' Putting bridges in songs was a big thing. Rock and roll fools put bridges in songs. Putting bridges, and making the songs move. I was always into different song formats. I listen to The Beatles, and you hear four bar verses, and different things. So I always tried to do interesting arrangements.
"That's probably our biggest single. That or 'Rock Superstar.' Probably that, though. It's like I tell people, man—we never went out of our way to make a radio record. Even with 'Jump Around,' we just did what we did. It happened to get on the radio, and happened to blow up. If you hear what was on the radio at those times, we never said, 'Let's try to get a single to fit in on the radio.' We did our shit, and it happened to take off.'
"And fuck, I know we worked hard. And we were in tune. But we worked our fucking asses off. We were playing in front of people at breakfasts at One Stops. We would go on promo tours, and all the Mom and Pop record stores would come to the One Stop, and they would tell them the new shit and sell them on the records they could take back to their stores. And I remember doing a breakfast for twenty people, eating eggs watching us. I was like, 'Wow. This is it? This is what we signed up for?' Six of us driving around in a van, sharing one room on tour. Rotating the bed every night. We did all that."
Cypress Hill "Hits From The Bong" (Produced by DJ Muggs)
DJ Muggs: "We did that in L.A. And we were trying to figure out another way to approach doing a weed song. Like, 'We're gonna smoke weed again? Fuck.' So we were like, 'Nobody's done a song called 'Hits from the Bong.' Let's record a bong hit, and we'll put it throughout the song.'
"We always smoked a bong, being around rock and roll fools. More white boys smoke bongs. The hood didn't know what a fucking bong was. But I grew up with my uncle, and it was all velvet posters and black-lights and fucking lava lamps. And weed and incense. I didn't know what the weed was, but I remember the smell of it, and the incense, looking back on it."
Del Tha Funkee Homosapien "Catch a Bad One" (Produced by Casual)
Del Tha Funkee Homosapien: "Casual is one of my better friends. When I used to do shit in high school, I used to buddy up with him quite a bit. And he was a solo artist like I was, so we had like a friendly competition. We kept each other on our toes. I think we just got along real well, and understood each other. And I think that just translated with the beat. I think he was going for something kind of wild too, like, 'I bet you Del's gonna like this.' We used to always listen to each other's stuff. We listened to each other's stuff more than we listened to other people's stuff. We just thought that we were the tightest.
"I think the singles were kind of left up to the crew and to my A&R Dante Ross to choose. I think ultimately I let Dante make the call on that, because I don't think I was too sure. I think he just felt like that was one of the sicker ones."
Del Tha Funkee Homosapien "Wrongplace" (Produced by Del)
Del Tha Funkee Homosapien: "I won't say those stories are necessarily true, but those are the type of things that be happening. I took from all types of experiences from where I stay at, and what I've been through, and made up a couple of little things for each verse that represented 'being in the wrong place at the wrong time.' It's kind of a cautionary tale, but I didn't really put it out there like that.
"It was only two verses at first. Then, we decided to put it out as a single, and Dante was like, 'Damn, this is a dope song, I want to do it as a single, but you only got two verses. It needs to be longer.' Which was a trip, because usually motherfuckers be like, 'You need to make it shorter.' But he was like, 'Nah, this is dope. It needs to be longer. Add another verse.'
"So the third verse was about when I got in trouble coming back from Amsterdam, and how I felt about it. Me and my boy Kwame, who used to manage me at the time, were coming back from Amsterdam. He had dreadlocks, right? So right off the bat, they strip search us in the airport. So they take my wallet and look at my I.D., and a little crumb of hash comes rolling out. I guess I forgot about it. So they're like, 'Aha!'
"So I'm like 21, laughing at them like, 'Come on, dude. I can't even smoke that if I wanted to smoke it. You know, dude. Just throw it away.' So he's like, 'You think this is a joking matter? Trafficking drugs is a serious matter.' So they detained me in the airport, and I couldn't leave until I paid a $500 fine. Then I had to fly back to go to court. And the judge was pissed off, like, 'Why are you wasting my time for this fucking bullshit?' So he gave me probation, and said, 'If you finish probation and this little drug class, we'll wipe it off your record.' But leading up to my court appearance, it was a big ass deal in my mind, like, 'I'm gonna go to jail for this little ass crumb.'"
Erick Sermon "Hittin' Switches" (Produced by Erick Sermon)
Erick Sermon: "Aww, man. I was in Atlanta, Georgia. I moved down there after the EPMD break-up. I was so happy at that time. EPMD was in shambles, with the break-up. I had a very rough last two years with EPMD.
"It was personal stuff. We had blew so fast, stuff was moving so fast, and the business wasn't right. But when it was over, and I moved to Georgia, it was like a whole body came off of me.
"I went there to chill. I met some dudes, and a couple of girls, and chilled out for a while. And my boy took me by Dallas Austin's studio. And Dallas was like, 'Yo, you're not leaving here.' And Darp Studios is one of the most famous studios in Georgia.
"He was like, 'You can have Studio B.' He didn't know me from Adam. He just knew me as Erick. And it was just the fact that Erick Sermon was in his studio. He was elated. But he didn't say that many words. He was like, 'Give Erick Studio B.' And that was it.
"So I was in there having a good time. I was free, the whole nine. Then Puffy called me for the movie. Who's The Man? was his soundtrack. Because Puffy was a dumb fan of EPMD, even now to this day. Clark Kent told Mase, 'You gotta be Erick Sermon.' Mase's lisp was strong, but he told him to make it stronger. Puff told Mase too, 'You gotta sound like this.' There's no secrets, man.
"The Chronic had came out. That was my East Coast version. And I used the metaphor of 'Hittin' Switches.' Even though it was meant for the cars, I meant it in a metaphor way. Like, 'Off and on, off and on, it's on.' Something that you do. But people thought it was about the cars maybe. But that's fine.
"Then Russell [Simmons] called me. Again, Def Jam needed some material. He said, 'Yo, you wanna do an album?' And maybe that was from 'Hittin' Switches,' because 'Hittin' Switches' was big. It was my first solo record. People were like, 'Okay, there goes one verse from Erick. There's another one.' They didn't know it wasn't an EPMD record. And Def Jam needed product flow. They knew, at the time, that I was the one producing.
"I was making songs in Atlanta, but I was real comfortable. So my songs were coming out too comfortable. I wasn't Erick Sermon of EPMD or E Double, I was somebody else. And Redman came down and said, 'Yo, your songs are okay, man. But they're missing something.' I owe Redman a lot for 'Hittin' Switches.' Because when he said that, I came back and became E Dub. And Puff was like, 'Single. Let's go.' Automatically.
"The video was shot by Puff and Hype Williams, and it was Hype's second video. And Biggie Smalls was there the whole time watching me. Biggie Smalls was a big Erick Sermon fan. Even in the last interview for Rap Pages, they were like, 'So, who do you want to be like?' And he was like, 'I like Erick Sermon. I like how he move.
"So the greatest rapper of all time is sitting there watching me. Tracey Waples, who used to work at Def Jam, called me one time and was like, Biggie Smalls is trying to get on your album.' You know, No Pressure. And I'm like, 'Tracey, I don't even know the kid.' So he called Puffy and was like, 'Yo, can you please get me on that Erick Sermon album?'
"But I had a kid named Joe Sinistr, who was Jam Master Jay's artist that Redman told me about. He was like, 'I got this kid, and I'm not saying he's me, but he's crazy.' Reggie didn't hate.
"I called up Jay like, 'Who's this kid Joe?' Met him the next day, and put him in the studio that night, and we made 'Payback II.' I had Redman, Keith Murray. I didn't need anyone else.
"Oh my God, you know how many times I think about [what it would have been like if I had Biggie on my album?] But you don't know. You just don't."
Erick Sermon ft. Keith Murray "Hostile" (Produced by Erick Sermon)
Erick Sermon: "Murray was brung over to me by K-Solo. He brought him to my house. This is during EPMD, in 1991. And again, I heard one line on Murray. He said, 'Let's squash the beef, cook it, and we all can get fat.' I'm like, 'Huh?!?!?' I immediately took him. Same way I took Reggie. I couldn't believe what I was hearing.
"And he had rhymes after rhymes after rhymes. Him and Reggie just had a whole bunch of rhymes. So if I got beats, it's a producer's dream. Whitney Houston being a dope singer is a producer's dream. Those guys had rhymes. If I had beats, all they had to do was put the rhymes on them. And I had enough beats to go on.
"Murray was a thing where he had other things going on with him. He was supposed to be one of the prolific MCs in the game. If his career had gone straight without all the confusion and [going to jail].
"I'd never seen that type of impact by an MC. From Puffy calling him, from him hanging out with Nas. He had Biggie Smalls in the hood [on Long Island]. He impacted. The Totals, Mary J. Bliges. He was one of those people, like, 'What the fuck is that?'
"He was singing and rhyming. He was like, 'Oooh, I might lose my cool, and break fool, and pull out my 'get busy' tool.' You know, 'I rhyme like a mad journalist…' What was that? Dangerous.
"Brett Ratner, the big film director, that's who shot 'Stay Real' and 'Hostile.' He's one of my good friends. Russell wanted to sign Keith Murray. We ended up getting in a big argument at the 'Hostile' video shoot because I ended up signing Murray to Jive. But I didn't know he liked Keith Murray. Usually, if I had an MC, they'd be like, 'Yo, we want that.' But no one said shit.
"Jeff Fenster and Jeff Sledge and Barry Weiss [at Jive] liked him. I went to where people liked [my artists.] Def Jam didn't want Das EFX, but Sylvia Rhone got it. And she won. Russell just automatically thought Keith Murray was coming there. That could've been my fault too. But since nobody said nothing to me, I didn't think to go to Def Jam. But Murray ended up going to Def Jam years later."
Fat Joe "Flow Joe" (Produced by Diamond D)
Fat Joe: "I started out in the Apollo Theater. That's where I got my start. I won Amateur Night four weeks in a row. I met Red Alert, who was the number one DJ in New York. He worked on 98.7 KISS FM. He asked me to give him a promo, like a jingle.
"So I went to Diamond D's, and he came up with the beat. He was like, 'I just bought this vinyl off this dude on the train.' And the minute he played it, and I heard the sound he used for the sample, I remember Diamond started moving his head and doing the Diamond D.
"I had never seen anyone produce a beat in front of me until that. He went in and just flipped it. He made it right in front of me, in his kitchen. He had his equipment in his kitchen, and he made the beat right there."
"So I did it, and I gave it to Red Alert, and he played it a couple of weeks later. I'll never forget this. I had the flu, and I was laying down in the living room, and I had been waiting for like a month for him to play it. He finally played it and I jumped off the couch and started screaming at everyone in the projects, and took my speaker and put it out the window, and was like, 'Yo, my record is on!' And the whole projects and everyone in front of the building started going crazy. So that was where 'Flow Joe' came from originally.
"Then, Chris Lighty and Relativity [Records] approached me about signing me, and they wanted that to be the single. So we took that, and we turned it into 'Flow Joe.'
"The other unique thing about 'Flow Joe' is that I never took a punch or anything. I didn't know punching was allowed. I did my verses and hooks, everything, with the crowd of people there [saying the chorus], then I went in to the second verse. I didn't even know what punching was. I was new to the studio.
"Diamond D and Showbiz were big DJs from my projects. The thing that me and Diamond D had in common was graffiti. He used to write 'D Rock,' and I always wrote 'Crack.' I would see his name, and he would see my name and we became cool through graffiti.
"One day, I was standing by the light pole by my mother's house in front of the building, and Diamond stepped to me and was like, 'Yo, you keep getting in to all this trouble, and every time I see you, you're in beef, and you're on some gangster shit. I'm telling you, if you take that, and put it behind music, and talk that gangster shit on music, you could be large.'
"Essentially, he saved my life. He's the one person I can honestly say saved my life. Because I wasn't even thinking about rapping. He got me into that. And the rest is history."
Diamond D: "Fat Joe [and I lived in] Forest Projects in the South Bronx. He was just somebody who lived in the neighborhood. We knew each other since we were kids. He got into rhyming in the early 90's. He was always into hip-hop [before that], but he wasn't outside at all the jams on the mic or anything like that. Dudes knew who Joe was. He was running around in the streets, doing his thing on the side or whatever. But I don't think everybody knew he was rhyming.
"I was involved from the very beginning. Joe stopped me in the street, because he knew I was in the industry from Ultimate Force and from me producing for Lord Finesse. So he came up to me and said he wanted to pay for some studio time, and he had some ideas he wanted to throw down. So we hooked up, and the first couple of demos we did, they all became radio inserts, and Red Alert would play them. That caught the attention of Chris Lighty, who had a production deal at Relativity. It was Violator/Relativity. The Beatnuts were actually over there prior to Joe going over there.
"Me and Joe went around to at least four or five different labels before he got signed. They all passed on him. I don't know why. But Chris Lighty said he was gonna fuck with it, and he gave us a budget, and I recorded Joe's whole first album.
"The 'Flow Joe' beat was crazy. The drums were bangin'. I moved to the north side of the Bronx over on Paulding Avenue, and I remember that was one of the first beats I made [while I was living up there], on the S-950.
"That was the one that Joe believed in. We all believed in it. That song pretty much set off his career. We shot the video in Long Island City, Queens over there on the docks."
Fat Joe ft. Grand Puba and Diamond D "Watch The Sound" (Prod. by Diamond D)
Fat Joe: "Grand Puba was the hottest dude in the game. So we were cool. He came to the 'Flow Joe' video. That's my man for years. I knew Grand Puba through the streets. See, before I was rapping, I was always around the rap game, even though I was in the streets.
"I would be at all the parties, and all the events, and I was pretty hard to miss. I was one of the few Spanish cats sitting there with jewelry on, Dapper Dan suits. It was pretty hard to miss me. I also knew Puba from Jazzy Jay, and Strong City Records, before he was on a major label when he used to fuck with all the Zulu Nation cats. So I figured we should do a song together.
"Then Diamond came up with the beat, and it had the little Jamaican sample in it. And it was an honor for me, because Diamond D was probably the hottest real hip-hop producer in the game.
"[Stunts, Blunts, and Hip-Hop] is a classic album. I did every ad-lib on that album. He says something, and I'm like, 'Yo, what the fuck you talkin' about?' And the girl's like, 'Yo, chill!' Or I'm in the background going, 'Yo, that's that shit…' And that shit is crazy to me, because it is such a classic album.
"To this day, when we listen to Backspin or something, and a Diamond D record comes on, I'm like, 'Yo yo yo yo, that's me! That's my ad-lib right there, nigga!' [Laughs.]
"We actually shot that video in one of the most gangster places in the Bronx. Thinking back, I don't even know how we pulled that shit off. That's when niggas were buying crack on line like it was the stock market. We shot that shit in the middle of that.
"It was really exciting for me, for it to be the second single I ever dropped, and to be doing something with these guys at that magnitude. It was my first album, and I think my first record I did with a feature, so to have Grand Puba and Diamond on it was really crazy. When I look back in time, and I look back at early interviews I did, I can't believe how I was blessed to have these kings around me."
Diamond D: "I wasn't really [a big reggae head], but that was one of the joints I did like, the Sister Nancy joint. That was one of the beats that I think I just had, and I was playing him a couple, and it was one that he picked. Everyone was in and out of Jazzy Jay's studio, so that's where Puba and Joe go back to.
"I know Joe laid his verse first. I don't remember if Puba did his then too, or if he came back and dropped it off. All the sessions back then were like that, you know, everybody smoking. Joe doesn't smoke, but he tolerated it in his sessions. But you can tell that session had a party vibe to it.
"We shot the video in the South Bronx over by Alexander Avenue. I remember Tommy Hilfiger or his brother Andy came over to the video shoot in person in a big body 600—the top of the line Benz back then—and opened up the trunk and said, 'Back up, this is all for Puba.' He drove to the South Bronx just to bring him some clothes. It was hilarious."
Funkdoobiest "The Funkiest" (Produced by DJ Muggs)
DJ Muggs: "Son was Sean from 7A3's friend. Sean was always younger than us, so they were like in 10th grade, and I had just gotten out of high school and I was 18. They were probably 15, 16. Son was originally 7A3's DJ, then I came along, and I became the DJ, because he really couldn't DJ. And he was just the little homie that would rap. And he would come and ditch school and come over to my house, and just rhyme. I'd go, 'Hey, rap on this beat,' because I'd be playing acapellas over the beat. To try and get a feel for the beat, you wanted to hear an MC on the beat. Son never made no sense. He just rhymed and shit. He had character, he was a quirky, funny kid.
"After Cypress came out, we had Ralph M, who was our homie that was DJing for Kid Frost, and T Bone who was in our group DBX prior to Cypress Hill, and that whole crew had a lot of MCs. So here was Son, and we were like, 'Let's put them all together and make a group.' B-Real had did a song called 'The Funkdoobiest,' that was over the 'A to the K' beat. So we were like, 'Let's call them 'The Funkdoobiest.' So we gave them the name, and it came together.
"'The Funkiest' was supposed to be the first single, but the fucking label wanted to put 'Bow Wow Wow' out. There you go again. They didn't listen to the streets. And I think that kind of made the record not do what it was supposed to do. That was the runaway street smash. It would have been interesting if that would have came out big with a video at the time."
The Flavor Unit MCs "Roll Wit Tha Flava" (Produced by D-Nice)
Dres: "Our first manager was Chris Lighty, God bless him. And he wound up going to work at Def Jam. We had brought Def Jam a demo [before Chris started working there], and my first experience with Lyor Cohen was horrific. I wanted nothing to do with him.
"Red Alert had a guy named Dave 'Funken' Klein that worked for him. When he heard our demo, he was stoked, like, 'Y'all are dope!' So he made calls to a bunch of labels. Def Jam was where we wanted to be, because when we were coming up, Def Jam was the staple. Every record that had Def Jam on it, we bought it or stole it, just because it represented the culture. And 95% of the time, it was dope. So we wanted to be on Def Jam.
"So we're meeting with Def Jam, PolyGram, a few other labels, and what have you. And when we get to Def Jam, we're really excited. Our demo's sitting on the table for Lyor, and without him even looking up, he's like, 'Oh, Black Sheep, oh, this is your demo? I'm not going to be able to listen to this until July.' And it was May. So we're standing there like, 'What?' We were hoping he was gonna play it right then and there. And he's telling us not even next month, but the month after, he might be able to play it. Barely looking at us, just really indignant, like we're wasting his time, and the only reason we're in there is because he's entertaining Funk. I immediately picked up the demo and was like, 'Nah, if you're not gonna listen to the demo until July, we're good. Thanks a lot. Appreciate your time.' I grab the demo, and we leave.
"The next day, I get a call at my house. It's Lyor. I don't even know how he got my phone number. He's like, 'Is this Dreese? Dreese from Black Sheep? Listen, this is Lyor Cohen. I have a limousine on the way to come get you. We're going to sign you. Yah.' I'm like, 'What are you talking about? We were just in your office yesterday, you were telling us you couldn't even listen to our music.' He's like, 'That was bullshit. You guys are signing to Def Jam.' So I was like, 'Have you heard the music?' And there was a long pause, and he was like, 'No, I haven't heard the music, but I'm hearing phenomenal things, and we can't wait to have you.' I was like, 'You can turn that car around. We're straight.' I didn't want anything to do with this dude.
"Once Chris Lighty gets [to Def Jam], he sets up a show at the Beacon Theater with all Def Jam artists, [and since he was still our manager at the time, he puts us on the bill, too]. And I get a chance to hear how Lyor talks about Slick Rick, who I'm a fan of tremendously. He was so belittling. And Rick wasn't even there, he was just talking about him. Then he says to me, 'I don't even know why you guys are on the fucking bill. You guys are fucking shit.' And I'm just like, 'Yo dude, let me explain something to you real quick. Don't even talk to me anymore. I don't know where you're from, but I will choke you until you no longer breathe.' And I had to catch myself, like, 'Aw man, I don't want to have this kind of energy up here.' And I was like, 'You know what? Let me just stay away from this dude.'
"My entire career, I've just stayed away from Lyor. Granted, he's made people gazillionaires and all that shit, but he's just a wack person to me. I see how the culture has failed at times, and having someone like him at the forefront might have been good for business, but it wasn't good for the culture.
"So now Chris wants to bring us over to Def Jam management, and I'm like, 'Nah, I can't.' He's like, 'You know what? Let me call my boy Shakim and Flavor Unit management. I think they'd be a good place for you guys.' So he makes the introduction between us and Shakim. Our record is already out, so we needed someone to manage our day-to-day, and help push it forward. And that was how I was afforded to get on 'Roll Wit Tha Flava.'
"I remember I walked in the studio, and it was full with everyone that's on that record, from Freddie Foxxx to [Queen] Latifah to D-Nice. I was like, 'Oh shit!' Everybody basically had their rhymes done, and I wrote mine right in the studio. I was like, 'Okay, everyone here is a shooter, but what's gonna differentiate me?' That was where my heart was at with any features. I have to be the Black Sheep of the situation. I have to stand out somehow.
"I remember one time we performed it live on Arsenio. It was very dope."
Ice Cube ft. Das EFX "Check Yo Self (Album Version)" (Produced by DJ Muggs)
DJ Muggs: "I had done a couple songs with Cube, 'We Had to Tear This Mothafucka Up' and 'Now I Gotta Wet Ya,' in L.A. And I was in New York, and he was here, and wanted to record. So I was like, 'Cool.' And he was like, 'I got Das EFX, they're gonna kick the chorus.' And I was like, 'Word?' Das EFX had just dropped, and they were sick.
"Cube picked that beat, and that was supposed to be an interlude on the Funkdoobiest album. But he called me, and was like, 'Yo, you got any beats?' So I just put everything on a cassette and went over there. And you know, when you're playing someone beats, and you don't like one, you hear the two first bars and start to fast forward? And he goes, 'No, what's that? Go back.' And I'm like, 'You sure?' He's like, 'Yeah.' I'm like, 'Alright.' But in my head I was like, 'This beat is wack! He's trippin'. Fuck!'
"So even when he spit on it and I heard it, I liked the song, but I didn't like my beat. But it fuckin' blew up. Then he did the remix with 'The Message,' and it went to another level. The song ended up becoming a #1 record, a fuckin' platinum single.
"Then it was funny, Salt-N-Pepa used [the same sample] a couple years later on 'Shoop.' When I heard that, I was like, 'Oh, it must've been a good sample then.' [Laughs.] But the difference is, I sampled it on the SP-1200, where you only have 2.5 seconds on each pad. So I would have to sample it on 45, and then slow it down. But when you slow it down, that's what makes it all dirty. My shit is all dirty and dusty. Theirs was all clean and concise."
Run-DMC ft. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth "Down With The King" (Prod. by Pete Rock)
Pete Rock: "That was a great opportunity. I thought I was dreaming actually, because I used to be a big fan of Run DMC. I remember buying their records when I was only eleven years old. When the opportunity came about, I thought it was a great idea to help get those guys back on the charts. That's what I did.
"Jam Master Jay, R.I.P. man. He was the realest cat. He would show up at my mother's house, unannounced, and when I would go to the front door and see it was him, I really, really, literally thought I was dreaming. He'd be like, 'Come on Pete, let's go finish working on the song.' I would hurry up and get dressed, brush my teeth, wash my face, comb my hair, and go across to the basement and start making music.
"I went to [John Jay University] for a little while. I had a friend of mine that went to the school and I used to just go hang out with him on campus and stuff. And I ended up just taking a course or two, but I didn't really do college too tough. Everything was taking off. I was in the music business, and that was more demanding. Not that it was more important, because nothing is more important than school, but it was demanding of my time. And I was having fun, so I put school on the back burner.
"We never did a live show with Run-DMC, but we should have. We were broken up at the time after 'Down With The King.' That next year, after The Main Ingredient dropped, we parted ways."
A Tribe Called Quest ft. Large Professor "Keep It Rollin'" (Prod. by Large Professor)
Large Professor: "That's when Tip had his equipment in Phife's basement. We used to just go through records. We would go record shopping, go to Phife's basement, throw the needles on the records, whatever. So we would go through our batch of the stuff we got that day.
"So there was this joint, and I looped it up. And my boy Tony Rome, and Yusef, they had looped it up a while ago, and I was like, 'Yeah, that shit is hot.' But I never really knew what it was. But when I threw that record up there, I was like, 'Oh shit, [I remember this joint].' Then Tip was like, 'Yo, that's dope!' Then I threw the drums to it, and it was cool.
"I didn't think they were gonna use it. It was crazy. He was like, 'Yo, I'm in the studio, and I got that joint that you looped up. Come on, let's rhyme over it.' And you know, we were going record shopping together while he was working, so it was like, I would hear the work he was doing in his sessions. He'd come through like, 'Yo, check this out,' and play me 'Lyrics To Go,' and I'd be like, 'Yo, that shit is crazy.'
"So I rolled through the studio. And I think at that time with Tip, he knew it was right when all the Main Source shit disintegrated, [which is why I'm like, 'Fuck those two DJs' on my verse]. He was like, 'Yo, just get it out. We got your back.'
"At that time I was really going through a whole lot, with the breakup of the group, and just myself growing as a person, and now Nas is doing his thing, and like, 'Oh shit, now I'm a solo artist.' So Tip was like, 'Yo, just come roll with us for a moment.' That's why all throughout that album he was kind of biggin' me up, trying to get me to straighten up.
"I was torn up over that Main Source shit. I hadn't planned on being a solo artist. I was the one saying the rhymes, but it was still like, 'Yo, scratch this,' or, 'Yo, scratch that.' So 'Keep It Rollin'' was nice, because it was it pretty much like, 'Yo, keep it rollin', man.' For real.
"That brought me to a whole other level. A lot of people were like, 'Who is this guy?' And then [they'd go back to my Main Source stuff and connect the dots].
"I like The Low End Theory [over Midnight Marauders]. I just like that time better. The Low End Theory, that's when I was out in Jersey, and I'd be with the girls or whatever. And the girl, she would be driving me around. And I'd be like, 'Yo, you ain't got that A Tribe Called Quest The Low End Theory?' Next day, she'd have that shit like, 'Yo, yeah, this shit is so dope!' All the girls I would be coolin' out with, I'd be like, 'You gotta get that A Tribe Called Quest shit.' That was a nice time.
"And then musically, it had a lot of them 'rock you to sleep' loops. 'Verses from the Abstract' with the live bass. It was real ill. And then even 'Butter.' They were still tricky in Midnight Marauders, but The Low End Theory [was crazy]. And I was kind of involved in The Low End Theory, because that's when we really first started clickin'. He would let me hear stuff. I was there when he just had the drum loop for 'Check The Rhime.' And he threw the other loop in there [with the bass line], and I was like, 'Yo, that's crazy!'"
Wu-Tang Clan "C.R.E.A.M." (Produced by RZA)
Raekwon: "'C.R.E.A.M.' did a lot for my career personally. It gave me an opportunity to revisit the times where that cream meant that much to us. So, yeah, when I think of this record it just automatically puts me back into '87/'88 where we were standing in front of the building. It's cold outside. We didn't care. We're out there, all black on trying to make dollars. Just trying to make some money and trying to eat. Survive.
"This song, I remember writing to the beat a long time ago before we actually came out. That beat is old. That was probably like a '89 beat. RZA had it that long because he had a bunch of breaks. He had all kind of things and he was making beats back then, but we was just picking and that beat happened to always sit around and I would be like, 'I want that beat, so don't give that beat to nobody.' And he kept his word and let me have it.
"Meth came up with the hook but our dude named Raider Ruckus, this was like Meth's homeboy back then, like they was real close, he came up with the phrase 'cash rules everything around me.' So when he showed Meth what it was and was like, 'Cash rules everything around me,' Meth was like, 'Word, you right!' And turned it into a movie, and I came in later that day and heard it and co-signed it."
Wu-Tang Clan "Can It Be All So Simple" (Produced by RZA)
Ghostface Killah: "The 'Can It Be' beat was sick! When we first heard that shit, it was just like, one of those beats, B. I don't even know what you would call it, but it was one of those shits. When I say 'one of those,' the real musicians know what I'm talking about.
"Me and Rae really started noticing our element on 'Can It Be.' It just milked. We went good with each other. After we did that, we started coming into ourselves as Rae and Ghost, like a duo. And that's how we got to that Cuban Linx album."
Raekwon: "Back then I was doing a lot of soul searching and writing about where I was at that time. That was definitely a hot beat. The sample with Gladys Knight in it, it just kinda was talking to me and I just started writing about the streets again. 'It started off on the island…'
"This is what's happening, and it became a song that was just describing us and describing where we wanted to go and where we wanted to be. When you're young and used to not having nothing, you kinda tend to fantasize where you wanna be at. Basically I was telling the struggle side and Ghost was telling the dream side where he was saying, 'Yo, I wanna have me a phat Yacht.' It's just young kids wanting to have something later on in life, but they're right here for now.
"That was Hype Williams' first major video. Guess who was in the camera room with him?! Guess who was in the editing room with him?! But I never took credit for it. I know the stuff that I like to see. Cats walking by pouring the beer, 'Yeah, that look mean, that look like something that we need to put in there.' The kids wheelie-ing and the slow motion effect. Hype was really paying attention to what cats had to say and how we wanted the video. And for me, all this is a dream come true. So, I'm excited. I'm putting my continuity with it. I'm feeling like I'm a star already before I even got on so you know I would definitely sit there with him for hours and get amped up like, 'Nah, I don't like how it look. Nah, we don't look right. Hold up, show the cars like this. Fix the cars it gotta be like this…' Hype wasn't really prepared for all that, but he respected it."
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Del Tha Funkee Homosapien ft. Pep Love and Q-Tip "The Undisputed Champs" (Produced by Del)
Del Tha Funkee Homosapien: "We did 'Undisputed Champs' around the time they did Midnight Marauders. I think they had just finished it, and were on the cusp of it. They were taking photographs for the [album cover, which I'm on].
"Q-Tip had a big party, and something was going on. I just remember I was drunk as fuck. I drank like two 40s. We would drink half the 40, and pour gin in the 40 with some orange juice. So I had like two of them. So I was like, gone. And that's when we did that shit. Busta Rhymes was at the studio, and Ricky Powell was at the studio, too. He took pictures of us. And Busta really got to see how hard I went with the production that night. He saw my disc box and was like, 'Damn son, okay.' He thought 'The Undisputed Champs' beat was nice, too."
Diamond D ft. Sadat X and Lord Jamar "You Can't Front" (Produced by Buckwild)
Diamond D: "That was on the B-Side to the 'What U Heard' single. It was produced by Buckwild, who was Lord Finesse's man. I think we were riding around in my car and he played it for me, and I was like, 'Yeah, I fuck with this, let's do it.' That was Buckwild's first beat that he ever did for somebody that really came out."
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Grobiņas novads was tussen 2009 en medio 2021 een gemeente in Koerland in het westen van Letland. Het bestuurscentrum was de stad Grobiņa.

De gemeente ontstond in 2009 na een herindeling waarbij Grobiņa, het landelijk gebied Grobiņa en de landelijke gemeenten Bārta, Gavieze en Medze werden samengevoegd.

In juli 2021 ging Grobiņas novads, samen met Aizputes novads, Durbes novads, Nīcas novads, Pāvilostas novads, Priekules novads, Rucavas novads en Vaiņodes novads, op in de nieuwe gemeente Dienvidkurzemes novads.

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Hunny did some pretty funny things.
When we were watching the Olympics, we saw the hammer throw. About then we put some sweet cherries with stems by Hunny to see if she liked them to eat. But Hunny just bit the stems and threw them like the hammer throw!
Every morning we put Hunny on a cloth diaper and fed her breakfast on the table with us. She rarely stepped off the diaper, but if she ever did we would say, "that's one tenth of a point off!" just like in the gymnastics part of the Olympics!
Sometimes when we had Hunny on the diaper, she would lay down. She'd puff out her nose and yawn. You could see her long teeth and fat pink tongue. It was really funny.
Hunny liked to keep clean. She'd lick her paw and rub it around her face and body. When she was finished, we'd call her "Puff Ball Pig" because she was all puffy.
When I went to bed Hunny would sometimes get all worked up and do a little dance in her pen. She jumped and kicked up her feet.
Hunny loved to eat. When she knew a snack was coming, but not fast enough for her, she would cry "Weeeeeeep! Weeeeeeep!"
We rolled up the end of paper lunch sacks and Hunny used them for a little home to curl up in. Sometimes she would chew a hole in the bag and peek out of it like a window.
When Hunny ate nice juicy strawberries, she would get a little red chin.
When she ate long things like fresh green beans or parsley stems, she'd start on one end and eat clear to the other without dropping it. This reminded us of a person sucking up a long spaghetti!
We liked to dress Hunny up in doll clothes, mostly just the hats. She had fancy hats, like her black velvet hat with a brim, and she had working hats, like her hardhat and her straw gardening bonnet. The best thing was her little backpack. It really opened. Mom put a tiny dictionary in it when she brought her to school one day, and she put a little Bible in it when she came to Vacation Bible School in the summers. We never dressed her in something that would hurt her, and we are sure she loved the attention!


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It has very little to do with devices. It has to do with geographic areas not yet ready to provide reliable VoLTE service. Most of them are rural and I have been to a number of them recently in three different states. Verizon still has a considerable amount of work to do to meet their self-imposed end of 2019 deadline. There are significant differences in propagation characteristics between CDMA and LTE to overcome in these areas so it is not merely a case of repurposing their band 5 holdings. The reasons people are concerned about losing coverage are real and significant.
Link to this data. Any Verizon phone sold I the last 4-5 years is VoLTE capable. How many have 5 year old devices?
I purchased a Verizon prepaid Moto G4 Play in December 2017 brand new. It is not volte capable and will not work after this year. (only paid $40 for it so I am not worried about it). But the fact is, major retailers were selling non volte phones as of a year ago.
Verizon Prepaid was still selling the Gusto 3 less than 2 years ago and the TracFone brands were selling 3G only Verizon network phones well into last year.
There are also about 15 million Verizon MVNO customers, many of whom likely do not have VoLTE capable devices.
Yep, and the MVNOs have not done much to inform their customers about what is coming down. Information from these forums will not get out to many of these customers.
Many do not have carrier options in outlying areas. Verizon has quite a coverage edge overall in these places.
Some people will simply lose cellular coverage altogether and be without any option other than satellite. This happened when analog was shut off also.
Why would they lose coverage if the same band they use for $7 burner phones today is eventually being used for LTE? LTE is more efficient than 3G anyway, so if anything capacity would be increased, right? I'm not seeing how it's lights out for anybody.
There are reports that the range from tower is not as far for LTE as CDMA for the same band.
I'm telling you this is very overblown but we will see in less than a year. I seriously doubt Verizon spent years planning this for it to turn into a cluster--k at the last minute. People kind of insulting Verizon network engineers here.
Well, that is the claim by some. My experience in Oklahoma on I-44 is better voice coverage once I upgraded to volte on my plan. I can't guarantee that there won't be fringe areas where coverage is worse.
My experience has been that VoLTE works much better in my location than CDMA. I switched to a VoLTE phone in November 2018 (Moto G6).
I am on the rural fringe of suburbia. CDMA calls were intermittent, at best, inside the house. VoLTE is solid even deep inside the house and walking around.
That's my location. Other places could be different.
Well, that is the claim by some.
they can't claim anything since CDMA is not shut down yet.
In the real world, there are so many variations of cell tower locations, frequency bands, cell phone reception, there will probably be some areas that get CDMA now that won't get LTE. Other areas that don't get LTE now that will after the shutdown and refarming.
My point now there is this mass hysteria that is not warranted.
How to activate advanced SIM on prepaid plan?
Is there a fee to activate a SIM on prepaid?


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translated from Spanish: North Korea will have no contact with the US, only if it renounces its hostile policy
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North Korea. – North Korea will have no attempt to contact the United States unless it leaves its "hostile policy" with the country, and unveiled a senior North Korean civil service shortly before U.S. President Joe Biden's emissaries have a series of meetings in Seoul.
"No contact or dialogue between the United States and North Korea can take place until the United States puts an end to its hostile policy with North Korea," said North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui, according to statements made by South Korean agency Yonhap.
On Tuesday, Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, told the U.S. administration not to "spread the smell of gunpowder on our land" if it wants to "sleep in peace for the next four years."
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Kim Yo Jong's statement, his brother's key adviser, was the first mention of the new administration in Washington, nearly four months after Joe Biden's election.
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The Cabinets of Doctor Arcana will be released on October 6th
The Cabinets of Doctor Arcana is a throwback to the early computer puzzle games like The 7th Guest, Shivers and Jewels of the Oracle. I was very influenced by these types of games and used them as inspiration throughout this project. Puzzle games seem to have become a thing of the past, and that's really unfortunate because they're very fun and challenging. I felt compelled to resurrect this classic genre, so we embraced the idea of creating an old-style puzzle game and ran with it. We specifically designed The Cabinets of Doctor Arcana to have a very retro look and feel within a simple framework with minimal mouse controls. The end result is an effectively moody and entertaining game that evokes a haunting sense of nostalgia.
The concept for the game began as a feature I created for Dark Realms magazine back in 2000. The feature was called The Cabinet of Doctor Arcana, based on the title of the classic silent horror film The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari. In each issue, the condescending Doctor Arcana presented puzzles for the readers to ponder, then insulted the integrity of anyone who correctly solved them. This jeering humor carries over into the game as well. Players are subjected to taunting remarks from Doctor Arcana throughout their adventure and lost souls who consult the in-game walkthrough, aptly named The Cheater's Compendium, will be scolded and ridiculed for doing so.
I developed the Doctor Arcana idea further on the Nox Arcana album, Theater of Illusion. The story centered around a secret society of magicians who possess actual magical powers and lurk in the hidden shadows of our world. I've always loved magic and magicians—the darker and creepier, the better. The concept seemed like a natural backdrop for an eerie adventure shrouded in mystery. In the game, players must explore this shadowy realm of magic and illusion and resolve a variety of devious puzzles to unlock Doctor Arcana's darkest secrets. The gauntlet of confounding conundrums consists of more than 50 logic puzzles, word puzzles, mazes, riddles and codes. For those seeking something more mentally stimulating than the usual arcade game or hidden object adventure, this is the game for you.
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FÁTIMA, LOURDES & SHRINES OF SPAIN
12 Day Tour from Lisbon to Barcelona
Reaffirm and celebrate your faith as you visit some of the world's most treasured Marian shrines, pilgrimage sites and spiritual places. Hear about the shepherd children in Fatima and the apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary which happened over 100 years ago. Walk a portion of the Camino de Santiago and learn about the remarkable journey taken by pilgrims from all over the world into Santiago de Compostela. A unique opportunity to celebrate Mass in San Ignacio de Loyola while learning about the Jesuit mission San Ignacio founded in 1540. In Lourdes, an opportunity to join the nightly Rosary and candlelight procession as well as time to experience the Healing Baths. Lastly, a magical ending in Barcelona with time to celebrate life, reflect and rejoice. Accompanied by fellow believers and designed to offer the experience of a lifetime, this is a vacation that will stay with you forever.
Inside visits and special features are shown in UPPERCASE in the tour description, including admission charges where applicable.
DAY 1 Arrive In Lisbon, Portugal
Welcome to Portugal! Check into your hotel, and tonight, meet your Tour Director and fellow travelers.
DAY 2 Lisbon–Santarém–Fátima
On your guided sightseeing tour of the capital of Portugal, see the enormous monument dedicated to Henry the Navigator, as well as the 16th-century Belém Tower, the Moorish citadel, and impressive Black Horse Square. Visit the CATHEDRAL LA SE', where St. Anthony was baptized, and JERONIMOS MONASTERY, which dates back to the mid-1400s and was built in thanks to the Virgin Mary for Vasco de Gama's successful voyage to India. Head north for a stop in Santarém to visit the CHURCH OF THE EUCHARISTIC HOLY MIRACLE. Arrive in Fátima, home to one of the most famous Catholic shrines. Enjoy an orientation walk and visit the Tomb of the Visionaries and the Chapel of the Apparitions made famous by the Virgin Mary's 1917 appearances to three shepherd children, which culminated in the revelation of the Three Secrets of Fátima. This evening, join pilgrims from around the world for the ROSARY and candlelight procession at the Our Lady of Fátima Basilica.
DAY 3 Fátima
Today, join an optional excursion to Tomar with a visit to the Monastery-Fortress of the Knights Templar. This afternoon attend Mass Mass at the Sanctuary of Our Lady with time to wander on your own. This evening, perhaps join the Rosary.
DAY 4 Fátima–Braga–Santiago De Compostela, Spain
Journey north this morning and stop in Braga, one of the oldest Christian cities in the world and nicknamed the "Portuguese Rome." Visit the BOM JESUS DO MONTE SANCTUARY, an important pilgrimage site, where devout followers have walked the "Stations of the Cross" for contemplation and penance since 1811. See the unique zigzag stairway dedicated to the five senses: sight, smell, hearing, touch, and taste—and the three theological virtues: faith, hope, and charity. Continue into Spain and head for Santiago de Compostela, one of the top pilgrimage destinations since the Middle Ages. On arrival, an orientation walk introduces you to the old city center. Then, attend the Mass Pilgrims Mass in ST. JAMES' CATHEDRAL, which houses the Apostle James' remains beneath the high alter, followed by the famous Botafumeiro to close the celebration.
DAY 5 Santiago De Compostela
This morning, join an optional excursion to Cabo Finisterre, where pilgrims have traditionally completed their walk and burned their robes. Later, return to Santiago de Compostela, known throughout history for the key 9th-century pilgrimage route, the Camino de Santiago (or Way of St. James) with time to explore on your own.
DAY 6 Santiago De Compostela–Burgos
Today, travel to Burgos, historic capital of Old Castile. Your visit takes you to the magnificent CATHEDRAL, a masterpiece of gothic architecture and burial place of Spain's national hero, El Cid.
DAY 7 Burgos–San Ignacio De Loyola–Lourdes, France
Travel through the Basque region toward Lourdes. En route, pause to reflect and attend Mass Mass at the 17th-century SANCTUARY OF LOYOLA, built in honor of San Ignacio de Loyola, founder of the Jesuit religious order. See its spectacular dome and marble and jasper main altarpiece. Cross into France and overnight in Lourdes, home to another of the world's most famous places of pilgrimage. Join the nightly ROSARY and candlelight procession for a memorable spiritual experience.
DAY 8 Lourdes
Today's guided walking tour includes the GROTTO, where the Virgin Mary appeared to St. Bernadette in 1858, Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine, BERNADETTE'S BIRTHPLACE, and her family home. The afternoon is at leisure to further explore this little market town and to attend Mass, if you like.
DAY 9 Lourdes–Carcassonne–Barcelona, Spain
This morning, head for the France/Spain border. En route, visit the FORTIFIED CITADEL of Carcassonne, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. See the ramparts, castle walls, and drawbridges that are still well preserved from the Middle Ages. Overnight in Catalonia's lively and beautiful capital, Barcelona.
DAY 10 Barcelona
Today's guided sightseeing includes a drive around Montjuïc to see the Olympic Stadium and a great panoramic view of the port and city. Continue to the city center's Plaza Catalunya and Paseo de Gracia to admire Gaudi's eccentric Houses Batlló and Milà, as well as his SAGRADA FAMILIA, an unfinished architectural masterpiece that is still a consecrated expression of the Catholic faith.
Today is at leisure to explore as you like. Maybe join the optional excursion to the pilgrimage site of Montserrat and its countryside. Situated 4,055 feet above sea level in a mountain range composed of striking pink conglomerate, a form of sedimentary rock, this is the site of the Benedictine abbey that hosts the Black Virgin of Montserrat Sanctuary, patron saint of Catalonia. This evening, enjoy dinner at a local restaurant.


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I grew up in Chicago (close to a suburb but the actual city) where I would stay active in sports, and be with friends. I was invited to be a Highsight Scholar while I attend Guerin College Preparatory High School. While attending Guerin, I played soccer and baseball and during the summers worked as a lifeguard. HighSight introduced me to DePauw University where I studied Computer Science. I was introduced to Techpoint during the summer of 2016 where I participated in the first Xtern Bootcamp for 10 weeks. After Graduating in 2017, I currently work as a Consultant at Appirio on the Salesforce Delivery Team.
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Cameron Mueller is a Demand Generation Associate working at SmarterHQ on their Marketing team. There, he is responsible for inbound lead strategy by creating a marketing automation infrastructure, championing email and advertising campaigns, optimizing their digital presence, and other ways to drive new business. Cameron earned his bachelor's degree in marketing at Ball State University. Now, he is eager to join the thriving tech community in Indianapolis. In his free time, Cameron loves to explore his passions of 16mm film collecting, coffee, scuba diving, and hiking.
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Ryan is a recent graduate of Purdue University where he studied Industrial Management with a concentration in Computer Science. He started studying Computer Science but realized he liked the business-side of technology more as his collegiate career progressed. That interest was set in stone after an internship working in the Professional Services department at T2 Systems in 2016 and was continued in his role as an application consultant at Kronos. He now works as Tier 2 Support for DoubleMap.
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Christopher recently completed his sophomore year studying Network Engineering & Cybersecurity at Purdue University. One year ago he founded a software company focused on designing and developing a new mobile application called "OMNE." They plan to launch a Kickstarter to publically release the details of the project in Fall of 2017. His fields of study are hosted through the Purdue Polytechnic Institute. His interests range from entrepreneurship, design, and investment finance to Network Security and Cloud based enterprise systems. In his free time on the weekends Chris enjoys visiting live music venues, washing his car, and spending time with his friends and family.
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From writing custom languages and compilers to creating mobile applications to help students share lecture notes, Kyle's passion for software has always been driving force for him in his life. Kyle is a recent Purdue graduate with a degree in computer science and a minor in philosophy. Aside from software, Kyle also enjoys being a car junkie. His favorite car is a Porsche 911 GT3.
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And the difference between abstract and interfaces?
Also if you're asked to write a bit of code what tasks can i expect and can i assume i'll be given any resources or just pen and paper?
A singleton is a class which provides you with one, and only one, instance of that class.
The scope resolution operator is an operator that allows you access to constants and static methods of a class. You can compare it to -> which you use to access instance variables and methods.
An abstract class basically defines a set of methods. You cannot create an instance of such a class. You have to create a descendant class which must implement any and all abstract methods from the parent.
An interface defines a set of methods (no implementation), which a class implementing that interface must define.
Know this might be a daft question but I know I'm going to have to write a bit of code. But I have no idea what to expect... What difficultly, if I'll be given resources (computer internet connection etc) or just a pen and pad.
Is there anyway to prepare or what?
I've never had to do anything like that, so can't help. Pen and paper is about logic structures or algorithms usually. An IDE means they want to know about your actual PHP skills (indenting, commenting, variable naming, what functions do you use, usage of classes, etc.) so they can easily weed out the script kiddies.
Why is Logial Operator Being Ignored In This Switch Case Statement?


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Dee Ayroso June 8, 2015 China and US, ph-japan vfa, VFA
"The US will not defend us against China, nor will Japan." – GWP Rep. Luz Ilagan
MANILA – Progressive lawmakers opposed the proposal for the Philippines to sign a Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with Japan, saying that it "further militarizes" the country's foreign policy, and engenders dependence on other countries.
In his recent Japan visit, President Aquino mentioned the possibility of signing a VFA with Japan to allow the entry and use of Philippine facilities by Japanese military forces. This comes as China continues its aggression in the West Philippines Sea, reclaiming reefs and chasing after Filipino fisherfolk even within the Philippines' exclusive economic zone.
Bayan Muna partylist solon and senior deputy minority leader Neri Colmenares said ordinary people must instead get together to form a "broad alliance of patriots" to challenge China's actions.
"China's actions now are really detestable as well as President Aquino's further sell out of our sovereignty by suggesting a VFA with Japan," Colmenares said. "As it is though, there is now an urgent need for Filipinos to get our acts together, and decisively act to exert pressure and counter China's moves," he added.
"This would mean a broad alliance of Filipinos and friends here and abroad that would assert Philippine sovereignty from China, the US and any country that would trample our rights. This should be a people's alliance here and in other countries that would condemn and challenge China's aggressive actions," said
Gabriela Women's Partylist Rep. Luz Ilagan said "China's bullying should not repeatedly be used as an excuse to allow foreign military presence in the Philippines."
"Aquino is proving to be a lame-duck president, shamelessly displaying his utter dependence on foreign governments and totally incapable of defending Philippine sovereignty," she said.
Ilagan said that the Aquino administration should not be pushing for another VFA amid unresolved questions of the constitutionality of VFA and the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (Edca).
"The US will not defend us against China, nor will Japan. These are countries with independent foreign policies and dealings with China. It will be wise to rely on our own strength and conduct independent diplomatic dialogues with China in order to defend our territorial waters," she said.
The Philippines also has a VFA with Australia. Members of the Australian Defense Force were among those who participated in the PH-US Balikatan trainings in April.
"President Aquino is militarizing further our foreign policy by entering in VFA arrangement with Japan," Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate said.
The US Navy had been conducting routine patrols in the international waters in the West Philippine Sea.
Colmenares said that the US "is only interested in ensuring its unhindered passage in the West Philippine Sea." The Bayan Muna solon based his conclusion on the presentation "US Maritime Security Policies and the Philippine Claims" by University of the Philippines law professor and director of the UP Institute for Maritime Affairs and the Law of the Sea.
"As long as the interest of the US is satisfied, it will just mouth motherhood statements on defending the Philippines but will not act to counter China. The US and China connive and compete with one another to impose their dominance over the region," said Colmenares.
"This situation demands a united and visible response from our people. Ordinary citizens need to be involved in defending our land and seas and in pursuing a truly independent foreign policy that neither bows to China's bullying nor kowtows to US impositions," he added.


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NEWS RELEASE · 28th January 2012
TODAY, JANUARY 28TH IS DATA PRIVACY DAY
BC Info & Privacy Commissioner
B.C. Privacy Commissioner launches video surveillance education project
British Columbia's Information and Privacy Commissioner has launched a public education initiative about video surveillance in the private sector.
"January 28 is Data Privacy Day, an international celebration to show that privacy matters in today's digital world," said Commissioner Elizabeth Denham. "To mark the occasion, we are educating British Columbians about a simple and widely used technology with significant implications for privacy."
The use of video surveillance by the private sector has exploded in recent years. Widely believed to be a security and crime prevention tool, advances in the technology provide opportunities for businesses to monitor consumer behaviour and identify people through facial recognition software.
"We're focusing on the private sector - and the retail sector in particular - because we believe many such businesses are unaware of the obligations created by their use of video surveillance, including their obligation to notify customers about surveillance and its purpose, and to minimize the impact on personal privacy."
"Just because the technology is available doesn't mean it's right for every business. Under the Personal Information Protection Act, companies must have a defined problem that the surveillance is designed to address, and customers must be notified before they are captured on camera," said Denham.
The first step of the OIPC's education initiative is a survey of B.C.-based retailers to uncover how many companies are aware of their obligations to protect personal information under provincial law. The survey results will inform future education, outreach and enforcement work in the sector.
"There is no question that technology has changed the face of our world. But it has not displaced the value of privacy. Citizens expect their personal information to be protected and their privacy rights respected. I will continue to raise public awareness about the right to privacy in the digital age, and provide organizations with practical tools to fulfill their obligation to protect privacy," said Denham.
For more information about Data Privacy Day, visit:
www.staysafeonline.org/dpd
For Paul
Comment by Roy Harding on 28th January 2012
You are confusing "public" and "private" spaces.
In the former, there is no expectation of privacy. In the latter, there is.
Your confusion arises from the lack of definition (in the law) regarding the difference in the two types of spaces.
"Public" spaces are exactly that - public - and anything you may do there are properly subject to recording by ANYBODY.
Comment by Paul Repstock on 28th January 2012
You have to wonder how these snoopers are able to circumvent the "Privacy Protections". When, by law, a person must be advised whenever a conversation is recorded, then how is it that business and government are free to video tape people without adequate warnings of such monitoring. There are signs in many places, but usually, they are hidden and very subtle.
If there were obvious marked areas where surveilance is taking place, then people would have the option to avoid those areas or just go to a different store.
We have no opportunity to "Opt-Out" because usually we are not aware.


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Council Member Ushka was elected to the District 4 seat of the Tacoma City Council in 2017. She lives in East Tacoma and brings a diverse background from both the private and public sectors to the council, including a wealth of experience in workforce development as a Career Transition Specialist, small business owner and communications leader.
Her commitment to public service includes serving in the U.S. Navy Reserves, deploying after Sept. 11, 2001; leadership on the Eastside Neighborhood Council; serving six years on the City of Tacoma's Human Services Commission; serving as Vice President of the City of Tacoma 2014 Charter Review Commission and serving on both the Executive and Steering Committees for the Eastside Community Center due to open at 56th and Portland in Fall of 2018. Her recent eight-year experience as an elected member of the Tacoma School Board included serving as Board President in 2012, 2015 and in 2017.
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