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Population and Demographics
"The day will certainly come when the whole of mankind will be forced to check the augmentation of the human species, because there will be no further possibility of adjusting the productivity of the soil to the perpetual increase in the population." – Adolf Hitler
The problem
Reproduction - not economy, not environment, not even Zionism – is the single biggest problem in the world. Put another way, give a state total power over the reproduction of its people, and all these other problems can be solved with ease. Without this power, on the other hand, we might as well not bother trying, because solutions of any other kind will fail to be final. Therefore authentic National Socialism demands - before and above everything else – absolute, unlimited power of the state to control reproduction. A state with control over every aspect of its society except reproduction is like a driver with control over every switch inside his car except the brakes.
The Cause of Strife
"Be honest! Did not each of us say: Why is all this happening? Does it have to be? Cannot humanity be spared this in the future?!" – Rudolf Hess
As if this were not frightening enough on its own, Peak Oil is just around the corner…..
Almost all wars are driven by competing economic interests, specifically by scarcity of resources relative to demand. Throughout history, war has only been absent during periods of superlative resource abundance such that all demand was satisfied. However, these periods were always short-lived, because every single time a society acquired new resources, its demand soon grew correspondingly until once again it was dissatisfied. Therefore the only fundamental strategy for peace rests not in increasing supply, but in reducing demand.
Individual greed is not the only factor in the incessant growth of demand. By far the most important factor is fecundity, which we could call genetic greed. For even if hypothetically every individual in the world were willing to return to subsistence-level consumption, as long as population continues to increase, demand will not fail to grow. Peace can thus only be achieved by the willingness of every country in the world to constantly decrease its population over time. Indeed, any country which claims to value peace, but whose population is not constantly decreasing, is lying. Moreover, the rate of population decrease must be faster than the rate at which resources are running out if it is to be truly effective.
"The best course for those who sincerely desire a just and lasting peace would, therefore, naturally be to do all they can to give over the world to those men of vision, as soon as possible; at least, not to try to prevent them from conquering it. Unfortunately, most pacifists either do not really want peace at all, but merely pretend to, or else, want it, but only under certain ideological conditions which are incompatible with its establishment." – Savitri Devi
The Aryan conception of peace – founded on universal compassion – is the starkest opposite to that of so-called "pacifists". We do not claim that peace will bring prosperity, but accuse the desire for prosperity as the culprit for ever preventing peace. We do not perceive peace in the quiet intervals between wars, no more than we perceive safe driving in a car accelerating towards a wall but yet to impact. Above all we do not say "Make Love, Not War"; insofar as sex leads to reproduction (which in itself is violence towards both the child being born and everyone else already here) of those ultimately killed in war, breeders have more innocent blood on their hands than soldiers.
A problem which multiplies itself
Demography Is Destiny
"I really did believe that such things as Art, Music, Literature, Natural Philosophy, can if not save us from ourselves at least aid us, upward toward a better understanding. And now? Now I must admit I am not so sure. Five thousand years of such things: and have we, as a species, changed?" – David Myatt
Our position on the importance of heritable traits is simple: for individuals, it means quite little; for populations, it is almost the only thing that matters. We certainly despise individuals who blame their ignobility on their genes and hence make no attempt to compensate for their inherited flaws through conscientious effort. On the other hand, where it concerns a population through many generations, compensation through effort is the very process that permits inherited flaws to continue to accumulate by cheating any selective pressure that could otherwise have removed them. Nothing is more counterproductive to any selection process than candidates trying to 'game the system'.
In Hitler's words: "It is less a matter of artificially improving the existing generation – which, owing to human characteristics, is impossible in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred – and more a matter of securing from the very start a better road for future development." We should give due credit to those individuals who compensate for inherited flaws through conscientious effort, but more importantly we must seek to relieve the need for such effort as soon as possible. This can be achieved only by demographic planning.
Better than no policy at all, but scarcely scratches the surface of the full potential of state control over reproduction.
Population Problem + Demographic Problem
"Since the inferior always outnumber the superior, the former would always increase more rapidly if they possessed the same capacities for survival and for the procreation of their kind; and the final consequence would be that the best in quality would be forced to recede into the background. Therefore a corrective measure in favour of the better quality must intervene." – Adolf Hitler
If population size were our only problem, the solution would be trivial: we could simply educate people against reproduction. In fact, overpopulation has been an issue in contemporary consciousness for many decades, with numerous advocates of depopulation doing exactly this, and gaining a large number of volunteers. The problem is that the likelihood of volunteering for non-reproduction correlates negatively with heritable fecundity. In other words, a voluntary depopulation movement leaves behind a population comprising the offspring of those who did not volunteer, which is more likely to be more heritably fecund than the original population, and hence less likely to produce new volunteers. Thus, in the long-term, a voluntary depopulation movement structurally sets itself up to run out of volunteers. In short, by failing to address the demographic problem simultaneously with the population problem, we will not even solve the population problem.
"On thousands of occasions, there was always the call for volunteers and again for volunteers. And the result was always the same. … Tens of thousands, indeed hundreds of thousands, of such men came forward, so that that kind of human material steadily grew scarcer and scarcer. … Their loss was something far more than merely numerical. With their death the scales, which were already too lightly weighed at that end of the social structure which represented our best human quality, now moved upwards rapidly, becoming heavier on the other end with those vulgar elements of infamy and cowardice – in short, there was an increase in the elements that constituted the worst extreme of our population." – Adolf Hitler
External link : The Tragedy of the Commons
If you are serious about this, then first get rid of the people who won't.
It is therefore clear that solution to this double problem must depend on state authority: to prohibit the reproduction of those who would not have volunteered not to reproduce, and to keep around for a while longer those who would have volunteered not to reproduce, so that not only does the raw population go down, but also heritable fecundity at the same time. National Socialism begins by recognizing that the role of the state in population and demographics is indispensable, and indeed that control of population and demographics is the single most important long-term function of the state.
"I recently read an article from the pen of some Herr Doktor advocating the prohibition of the sale in the occupied territories of contraceptives. If any criminal lunatic should really try to introduce this measure I'd soon have his head off! In view of the extraordinary fertility of the local inhabitants, we should be only too pleased to encourage the women and the girls to practise the arts of contraception at all times. Far from prohibiting the sale of contraceptives, therefore, we should do our utmost to encourage it. We should call on the Jews for help! With their unrivalled sense of commerce, they are the very people for the job!" – Adolf Hitler
But National Socialism is not alone in recognizing such truths, and more care than ever must be taken to distinguish us from our enemies who also advocate state control of reproduction, for they are not allies, but enemies at the most profound level. When state-controlled reproduction becomes a necessity, they are the ones against whom we will be fighting in an ideological contest over demographics that will determine – irrevocably – the fate of the world.
Aryanization, Not Eugenics
"Great philosophical changes need many generations to turn them into pulsating life." – Alfred Rosenberg
Another great lie told about National Socialism is to falsely associate it with the early 20th century eugenics movement. Firstly, eugenics was being advocated in Britain and America, based on the writings of Francis Galton, long before National Socialist Germany existed. Secondly, National Socialist selective breeding is not eugenics at all, but Aryanization ie. racial idealism based on Aryan ideals. The eugenicists themselves quickly became aware that National Socialist concept of selective breeding was startlingly at odds with their own; as early as 1934 (ie. well before America was officially hostile to National Socialist Germany), Madison Grant explicitly warned Harry Laughlin against endorsing Hitler for this very reason, while Lothrop Stoddard (who had personally interviewed Hitler) found the National Socialist vision confusing and incomprehensible from his own perspective.
In fairness, many in the NSDAP itself – most notably the traitor Heinrich Himmler – either did not understand or did not care about the difference between eugenics and Aryanization, and caused confusion in the matter. As Hitler recalled with distate: "I was shown a questionnaire drawn up by the Ministry of the Interior, which it was proposed to put to people whom it was deemed desirable to sterilize. At least three-quarters of the questions asked would have defeated my own good mother. One I recall was: "Why does a ship made of steel float in the water?" If this system had been introduced before my birth, I am pretty sure I should never have been born at all!"
The only commonality between eugenics and Aryanization is opposition to indiscriminate reproduction. The easiest way to understand their differences is to call indiscriminate reproduction genetic liberalism. In which case, eugenics is genetic conservatism, and Aryanization is a form of genetic radicalism.
Eugenics is supervised promotion of Darwinian fitness within the framework of an established culture. It is commonly divided into negative eugenics - preventing reproduction of those with traits detrimental to the established culture - and positive eugenics – encouraging reproduction of those with traits beneficial to the established culture. The key point is that eugenics locks its subjects into the established culture. The more eugenic a population, the less capable it will be of transcendence. A eugenic population can only "progress" with ever greater competence along its existing track.
"One error was in adhering to and striving to apply the un-ethical, and un-numinous, principle of eternal struggle, or what is now commonly, vulgarly, and rather incorrectly called the survival of the fittest. This was an error because we have now … reached the stage of not only being able to consciously, rationally, understand the processes of change and evolution as they apply to us, as human beings, but also of using our understanding and our abilities of will and empathy to change ourselves for the better in an ethical way." – David Myatt
Old-fashioned eugenicists speak of maximizing "human capital", revealing their subscription to the conception of people merely as drivers of endless activity or progress (economic, academic, technological, etc.). They are typically fixated on IQ test scores and other measures of ability to "compete" in a society devoted to making itself ever more complicated. Such eugenicists might as well favour Jews over non-Jews, considering that Jews get significantly higher IQ test scores than non-Jews on average, and who indeed use their intelligence to compete for power with a success far out of proportion to their numbers. Some even warn that IQ test scores are important for maintaining democracy, and then they wonder why National Socialists – the most avowed opponents of democracy in history – are not impressed by their arguments. As a matter of fact, IQ testing was banned in National Socialist Germany, on the grounds that placing importance on IQ test scores reflected a materialistic worldview, which it wished to discourage.
"Though the impression may easily be created that the intellectual powers of the Jew are at least equal to those of other races, the Jews completely lack the most essential pre-requisite of a cultural people, namely the idealistic spirit." – Adolf Hitler
More imaginative eugenicists speak of "transhumanism" or "posthumanism", in whose very terminology is embedded evidence of this same point. In describing their desired evolution as "human to transhuman/posthuman", their very conception of the transhuman/posthuman is implied to be based on humanistic values (ie. pushing themselves further down a fallen path), and – like all believers in "progress" - with no idea when to stop, instead of recognizing that humanistic values themselves are the problem.
Transorcism! This must be a good idea too, right?
Aryanizers, in contrast, acknowledge above all the threat of ignoble fitness. The overwhelming majority of traits that improve survivability (including the very desire to survive without purpose) are morally negative. Nature favours the rapist over the non-rapist during war, the coward over the martyr during tyranny, the wealthseeker over the truthseeker during prosperity, and so on; in each case the former will be on average either more prolific or more materially secure than the latter. To use Savitri Devi's favourite case studies, Nature favours Genghis Khan (16,000,000+ genetic descendants alive today), not Hitler (0 genetic descendants). We would add that Nature favours also Genghis Khan's sex slaves over Hitler. The notion of making ignoble people more intelligent is horrifying in our eyes, as it would enable such people to apply more intelligence to the pursuit of ignoble goals, thereby worsening our problems.
Indeed, the logical conclusion of natural selection, including eugenics, is genetic Zion, in which slavemasters too genetically sadistic to ever show mercy dominate slaves too genetically servile to ever rebel, in a world without end. ("Surely there is no need to seek further proof that our rule is predestined by God?" – Protocols of Zion) The consequence of ignoble fitness is sustainable evil.
As determined opponents of such a future, National Socialism is about fixing Aryan traits (ie. heritable qualities of nobility) as our target, and changing environmental factors in such a way as to facilitate their demographic promotion. Relative to the existing culture, Aryanization is actually a dysgenic process, as it would surely lead to the end of the existing culture. But that is exactly what we are aiming at.
Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen vs Paul Atreides
1) Eugenics identifies the selective pressure criteria required to genetically advance the established culture, and then enforces such criteria in reproduction. ("The unnatural and increasingly rapid rise of the feeble-minded and insane classes, coupled as it is with a steady restriction among the thrifty, energetic and superior stocks, constitutes a national and race danger which it is impossible to exaggerate. I feel that the source from which the stream of madness is fed should be cut off and sealed up before another year has passed." – Winston Churchill (Jew))
2) Aryanization determines the selective pressure criteria required to genetically manifest a new culture of nobility, and then enforces such criteria in reproduction. ("We believe man is not yet, as a whole, a really superior species, but just a creature applying its greater intellect to the same selfish ends as any animal would: to its personal interest and, at the most, to the interest of its own kind. And we are convinced that it is not intellect alone that can ever bear witness to any true superiority in him. What can, and what does — be it up till now, only in a few individuals — proclaim real human greatness, is sympathy for all that lives; it is not the mere intellectual admission, but the feeling of the unity of all life." – Savitri Devi)
3) Both cannot proceed simultaneously, therefore one or other must be chosen.
Racial Hygiene
"There is only one shame: despite one's own sickness and deficiencies to nonetheless put children into the world." – Adolf Hitler
Concerned solely with quality measured against the Aryan ideal, and understanding that the mixture of Aryan with non-Aryan blood occurred in prehistory, we categorically reject ethnocentric descriptions of any present-day reproductive pairing between non-Jews of different ethnic backgrounds as "miscegenation", a flippant and wholly non-National Socialist term that originated in the US prior to the 1864 election as a propaganda scare hoax by David Goodman Croly, and which is ultimately a Judaic concept originating in the Tanakh. As Hitler recognized: "The Mosaic Law is really nothing else than the doctrine of the preservation of the Jewish race." Hitler moreover emphasizes that this Jewish attitude is absolutely not something we should be tempted to imitate: "We see how enormous the differences are between the ethics, the philosophy of life, the attitude toward others between the Jews and the settled peoples … They really are two completely different races. In the same way, the concept of 'keeping the race pure' can never be transferred from the Jewish example to, for example, the Aryan."
Consistent with this view, the Nuremberg Laws singled out Jews only, not non-Jewish ethnic minorities. Hitler was clear on this issue: "There is one cardinal principle. This question of the Germanisation of certain peoples must not be examined in the light of abstract ideas and theory. We must examine each particular case. The only problem is to make sure whether the offspring of any race will mingle well with the German population and will improve it, or whether, on the contrary (as is the case when Jew blood is mixed with German blood), negative results will arise." Hitler even humorously recalls the (over)enthusiasm with which this principle was put into practice by his troops: "The number of requests [for marriage between German soldiers and foreign women] submitted to me is enormous. … Most of the women concerned are either malformed or ugly, and from the racial point of view the results could not be satisfactory." Hence there are recorded instances of pairings (including at least one leading to offspring) between Hitler Youth members and their Japanese youth group counterparts whom they had met during exchange programs. Emilie Schenkl was never castigated for her pairing (leading to a daughter) with Subhas Chandra Bose. Hitler personally encouraged Franz Wimmer-Lamquet to marry Princess Tamilla of Mauritania. Walther Wuest's wife was an Iranian student. And, contrary to lies by Zionist sellouts such as multiethnic Hans J. Massaquoi about mandatory sterilization for children of interethnic pairings, no attempt was ever made to sterilize Massaquoi himself. Similarly multiethnic Editha Horn was moreover able to have a successful acting career in National Socialist Germany. The term "Rhineland Bastards" (endlessly cited by Zionist historians as supposed evidence of "Nazi racism") was not even introduced by National Socialist Germany, but was in fact coined and popularized during the Weimar Republic. And the sterilization campaign pertaining to them that is often blamed on National Socialist Germany was in fact a rogue local initiative of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute (a private organization which was funded not by National Socalist Germany but by the US-based Rockefeller Foundation – can you figure out what is going on?), hence never spread beyond the Rhineland.
Massaquoi (right) at an Aryan-only public park. Later he joined the Aryan-only Bramfeld Boxing Club. He also dated local girls, including the daughter of an SS Officer, without problems. After WWII, he became a Zionist author complaining about (mostly fictional) "Nazi racism". Massaquoi complains that he was not allowed to join the Hitler Youth, but similarly multiethnic Werner Egiomue could and did join, therefore this is no evidence of ethnic discrimination on the part of National Socialist Germany.
As a matter of fact, it was the negative effects of inbreeding that caused Hitler more concern, in his own words: "Our duty is methodically to pursue a racial policy. We're compelled to do so, if only to combat the degeneration which is beginning to threaten us by reason of unions that in a way are consanguineous." It was on account of this open-minded approach that independent racial theorists of the time such as José Vasconcelos (who predicted the eventual formation of a "Cosmic Race" in the North and South Americas based on supervised blending of all the ethnic groups who had found their way there) hoped for the victory of National Socialist Germany in WWII, and in return received funding from the German embassy in Mexico for his publications. (And these were ideas pioneered in an era when ethnocentrism was the norm in both academic and popular discourse. Therefore one can only imagine how much less constrained such anti-ethnocentric ideas could have been in absence of such background pressure.)
Here is someone who actually knows Third Reich history.
We think only in terms of racial hygiene, based on the quality of Aryan traits as well as overall physical and mental health of the two individuals involved (who may be of any combination of colours or ethnic origins) and biological compatibility on the microgenetic level (e.g. recessive defects). An intraethnic pairing can be hygienic or unhygienic, just as an interethnic pairing can be hygienic or unhygienic, thus the issue of ethnicity is redundant. For example, a carrier of the Tay-Sachs disease is unhygienic irrespective of whether he reproduces with a non-carrier or with another carrier, therefore should not be allowed to reproduce at all. (Even then, a future National Socialist state would not prohibit marriage of unhygienic couples, but only prohibit reproduction by such couples.)
Aryanization can thus be viewed as a form of reconstructive breeding. Pilot projects endorsed by National Socialist Germany to demonstrate the power of reconstructive breeding were the Heck cattle and Heck horse, respectively reconstructions of the auroch and the tarpan of antiquity, achieved by backbreeding a number of modern breeds with each other. Such concepts are largely transferable to Aryan reconstruction by re-assembling the prehistorically dispersed Aryan traits from wherever they may be found around the world.
"The Weltanschhauung which bases the State on the racial idea must finally succeed in bringing about a nobler era, in which men will no longer pay exclusive attention to breeding and rearing pedigree dogs and horses and cats, but will endeavour to improve the breed of the human race itself." – Adolf Hitler
Racial idealism in action
"The immediate step to take, therefore, all over the world, in order to raise the standard of human life everywhere and to avoid useless wars, would be, logically, to stop the indiscriminate production of babies." – Savitri Devi
The solution
While population must start going down absolutely as soon as possible, it must go down in a demographically sensible way. In the final analysis, the only people who should be reproducing are those who would most willingly volunteer not to reproduce, indeed those with least inclination towards reproduction in the first place. They, by their attitudes distinguished as more selfless, heroic and untainted by natural conditioning than the rest, in other words as Aryans, are precisely the people we demographically need a greater proportion of, in order for depopulation to succeed in the long-term.
Additionally, only those who innately perceive reproduction as violence towards the child being born (e.g. those who would intuitively rather adopt orphans than have children of their own) possess the nobility and spirit of service necessary for subsequently treating the child with kindness. This is well exemplified by Hitler's own decision not to reproduce, stating that he regarded all the children of National Socialist Germany as his own. In contrast, those who view children as mere tools to secure their own posterity reveal their selfishness and lack of empathy that is also bound to manifest in their treatment of children, another reason why they should not be allowed to reproduce (even in absence of any population emergency).
Alien Queen vs Ellen Ripley
Those who can be motivated to reproduce by rewards of money, prestige or other benefits are, by definition, non-Aryans, therefore such rewards may be useful to eugenicists but are useless for Aryanizers. The one and only ethical way to motivate Aryans to reproduce is to set up a system such that the more they reproduce, the fewer the total number of children being born. For example, the state could set an initial maximum limit of total births for each year. But then the state could add a rule that, for each one birth by the pre-designated Aryan subset within the population, it will lower the limit for the following year by two births. This would mean that each Aryan birth produces a net effect of preventing one child from being born. Hence the more enthusiastic we are about depopulation, the more we would reproduce. (The incentive can be amplified by increasing the arithmetic gradient as required e.g. each Aryan birth could prevent 10, 100, 1000, etc. children from being born.)
Pandora's Box
"Of the exploration and settlement of Outer Space – there was a time, not that long ago, when I came to the conclusion that we human beings were too ignoble, too barbaric, too uncivilized, to do this, and that, if we did undertake such adventures beyond the Earth, we would only be spreading dishonour: spreading our disease of hubris." – David Myatt
External link: Israeli Moon-Bound Craft to Carry Holocaust Survivor Story
Settlement of space presents a uniquely grave threat to depopulation. If technology reaches the level of permitting habitation beyond this planet before we are fully Aryanized, we will lose control of reproduction, because those who do not care could simply settle elsewhere and multiply their numbers. The sheer size of outer space and the almost endless possibilities for settlement would make it virtually impossible to ever regain control of reproduction thereafter, and the attempt to do so would be a nightmare of unimaginable scalar proportions. As such, it is crucial that we do everything in our power to prevent the advent of such technology at the same time as we pursue the populational and demographic objectives discussed above with utmost urgency.
In mythology, Pandora was given a box by the gods but told not to open it. Succumbing to her curiosity, she opened the box and thus released all the evil plagues into the world that were previously confined to the box. Once released, these plagues flew off in all directions, and Pandora immediately realized her folly. In her horror, she then slammed the box shut just before Hope – the only force that could counter the evil – could exit also, hence consigning the world thereafter to ravage by the plagues without a chance of salvation. Pandora is stated to be the first human woman in the world, and the box is stated to be her wedding gift, therefore it is implied that the plagues which she released were none other than humanity itself.
Thousands of years down the line, we have good news and bad news. The good news is that Aryans have found the box and released Hope under the name of National Socialism, for if we can control population and demographics, there is no reason why we cannot finally return the plagues to whence they came, once and for all. The bad news is that Jews and Gentiles have found a bigger box whose lid - space travel – they now want to open in order to access the territory which lies outside.
Do not make us spend the rest of our cursed existence chasing down our enemies all over the universe in a virtually hopeless attempt to do damage control.
The prospect of settling outer space and all enemy rhetoric that promotes this Jewish temptation to Gentile curiosity must at every turn be exposed for what it is: a call to open a second Pandora's Box that will unleash an uncontrollable human pandemic – this time not merely across the planet, but across space. Human population increased from the millions to the billions in a matter of centuries, and this was just on Earth. We do not want to deal with the numbers we would reach if given the volume of habitat that space potentially offers. Only National Socialism can prevent this, only National Socialism sees the brewing danger, and only National Socialism dares to stand in the way of the torrent. Are you with us?
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The Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES), through its programme BNDES ProCopa Arenas, approved financing in the order of R$ 400 million for the building of the Corinthians Arena, in the Itaquera region in Sao Paulo, stage of the 2014 World Cup opening match.
It is an indirect operation and the intermediary financial agent will be Banco do Brasil (Brazil's Bank), which will transfer the resources to the Sociedade de Propósito Específico (SPE) Arena Itaquera S.A., entity in charge of building the stadium, made up of Jequitibá Patrimonial S.A. and Odebrecht Participações e Investimentos S.A.
The resources from BNDES, transferred to Banco do Brasil, correspond to 46% of the project's total investment.
The Corinthians Arena is the ninth operation approved by the BNDES ProCopa Arenas programme, set up by the bank to finance the construction or refurbishment of 2014 World Cup stadiums. Before that, financing for stadiums in other cities had already been approved: Belo Horizonte (R$ 400 million), Cuiabá (R$ 393 million), Fortaleza (R$ 351.5 million), Manaus (R$ R$ 400 million), Natal (R$ 396.5 million), Salvador (R$ 323.7 million), Recife (R$ 400 million) and Rio de Janeiro (R$ 400 million).
Corinthians' future stadium will have capacity for 48 thousand places in the 'post World Cup' mode. During the tournament, the state government will add 20 thousand temporary seats, so that the grounds meet the minimum capacity required by FIFA for hosting the opening match. In addition to the opening match, another five World Cup games will played at the grounds, including a semi-final.
Located alongside the Radial Leste Avenue and with plenty of metro and train stations in its surroundings, the venue will have auditoriums, restaurants, theme bars and car park, which will make it possible for other events to be hosted there like concerts, conferences, conventions and trade shows.
Construction works are expected to be completed by December 2013. During the construction stage, it is estimated that 7.5 thousand direct and indirect jobs will be generated. When it becomes operational, the estimate is that 3.6 thousand jobs will be created.
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A small wine-growing region in the province of Catalonia, with its capital situated in the small village of Gratallops, Priorat is located just 40 kilometers west of Tarragona. Wine produced in this unique appellation is considered alongside Rioja and Ribera del Duero as one of the 3 must-haves from Spain.
The wine history of Priorat dates back to the 12th century, when the vineyards of the region were managed by the Carthusian monks of the Escaladei Monastery. While the region is currently experiencing great success for the quality of its wines, back in the 1970s the production area of Priorat was limited to only 600 hectares of vines. Today, the prestigious appellation covers an area of 17,629 hectares, including 1,887 hectares of vineyards, distributed among 600 wine producers. The Priorat appellation was first defined in 1932 and became a DO in 1954. In 2000, the appellation was recognised as a DOC (Denominacion de Origen Calificada), referred to as a DOQ in the local Catalan.
The revival of the region in the 1990's was brought about by two pioneer winemakers. René Barbier Ferrer and his family founded the famous Clos Mogador estate in 1979. He brought the wines of this region into the international spotlight with the help of Alvaro Palacios, the talented winemaker who created the legendary "L'Ermita," in tribute to a chapel overlooking the vineyards.
Truly a sight to behold, the Priorat wine region is carved out by narrow valleys and hills at altitudes between 200 and 1,000 meters. The vines are planted on steep, terraced slopes in soils dominated by the typical slate schist of the region, llicorella. The challenging landscapes makes impossible all mechanical vineyard practices, resulting in very low yields.
The DOQ Priorat appellation is known for its exceptional wines, made from native grape varieties and vineyards planted with very old vines. The red wines are primarily made with Garnatxa (Grenache), along with Carignan (locally called Samsó or Carinyena), Tempranillo (locally known as Ull de Llebre) and Picapoll negre. Several international red wine grapes are also planted, including Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Pinot noir, Merlot and Syrah.
In terms of white grapes, Priorat cultivates traditional grape varieties (Macabeo, Pedro Ximénez, Pansal, and white Picapoll) and more common Mediterranean varieties (white Grenache, Chenin, Muscat of Alexandria, Muscat à petits grains and Viognier).
Testaments to a terroir with a bold identity, the wines of Priorat wholly express the unique character of their region. With their dark, highly pigmented colour, powerful, warm and very concentrated aromas of blackcurrant and liquorice, the red wines evolve complex aromas as they age. On the palate, these wines offer a dense and full-bodied texture upon pleasantly velvety tannins. Bearing an enormous potential for ageing, the wines of Priorat can be kept in the cellar for several decades, evolving superbly over time.


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I have had a weekend of studying and have caught up mostly. I didn't get as much done as I wanted to... but I am nearly ahead of what we're supposed to be doing. I still have about three hours until I plan to stop though, so hopefully I'll get there!
In saying that, I thought I'd take a break.
I decided not to do the grocery shopping for a couple more days. DH bought some milk which is all we really need at the moment, we will survive a few days with what we have.
Last night we had Indian takeaway for dinner, but both still have enough left over for each of us to have it for dinner tonight
Today I was sitting at my desk listening to a presentation for one of my subjects, eating a bowl of porridge for lunch, when I realised how screwed up my eating patterns are. Not that I mind. I just don't get around to having a big breakfast and on the weekends it usually gets to midday before I am hungry. I like sweet food as opposed to savoury, and in my mind, porridge is a lot healthier than, say, a slice of cake for lunch! During the week I take muesli and low-fat berry yoghurt for my mid-morning/lunch snack. Wednesdays I usually have a salad for lunch.
Anyway, the main point of my post was to share my favourite porridge recipe (I think it's called oatmeal in the states???). This is usually what I have (for lunch, but you can ignore that bit...)
1/4 cup rolled oats
pinch salt
tsp desicated coconut
pinch cinnamon
handful sultanas
(combine in a saucepan with 2/3 cup cold water and bring to the boil, turn down and simmer for a few minutes until cooked)
in a bowl, combine:
2 dried pitted prunes, sliced thinly and
3-4 dried apricots, sliced thinly
add the cooked oat mixture to the bowl and stir to combine the other dried fruit. add some honey if wanted.
my favourite porridge recipe
I have had a weekend of studying and have caught up mostly. I didn't get as much done as I wanted to... but I am nearly ahead of what we're supposed to be doing. I still have about three hours until I plan to stop though, so hopefully I'll get there!
6 Responses to " my favourite porridge recipe "
scottish girl
August 21st, 2011 at 07:29 amSounds nice, I'll need to try that the next time I have porridge
Tightwad Kitty
August 21st, 2011 at 11:07 amPorridge is my main breakfast meal these days. I have nearly the same but no coconut some morning. I cooke my porridge in microwave (1100W) 65 seconds then stir and cook another 60 seconds and add honey and milk.
patientsaver Says:
August 21st, 2011 at 11:28 amYes, we call it oatmeal here What are sultanas?
August 21st, 2011 at 11:54 amDried grapes
snafu Says:
August 21st, 2011 at 02:03 pmCooked oatmeal is our go-to hot breakfast in winter in the freezing north. I've never added dried fruit but think that's brilliant! Noted additions on December calendar so I don't forget. You might like the healthy versions of the giant, 4" oatmeal cookies that are breakfast-to-go for kiddies who balk at eating breakfast on busy school mornings.
August 21st, 2011 at 05:39 pmMy great-grandmother used to mix it with a splash of cold milk (to cool it down) a tab of butter, with cinnamon and raisins because we weren't allowed to use sugar. This recipe sounds delicious.


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With today being the first day of Spring it starts me thinking about Spring Cleaning! A little unusual when I could be thinking about Spring Lambs, Spring Flowers and my upcoming birthday but if you have read my blog in the past then you will know that I love Making Chores Fun and Spring Cleaning is perfect for this. Click on the links for the original posts, with a more detailed idea of how to make the chore fun, but here are my top six Spring Cleaning jobs to do as a family that involve a huge dollop of fun too.
Number Six
After the winter months it's good to be able to get out in the garden and to enjoy some sunshine. The only problem is our garden, along with a lot of the country's looks a bit neglected with the lawn needing a good mow. Luckily this is a great job to start off working as a family to do and whilst a grown up mows the lawn everyone else can have fun running around making sure that the grass is clean of sticks, stones, toys and everything else that gets lost!
Number Five
Our fridge is always in use and gets a wipe out every week when it starts to empty and before we fill it again with more food. I think that Spring is a good time to make sure the fridge has a good clean as I am sure there are some forgotten science experiments lurking in the back and a clean fridge is a healthy fridge!
Number Four
Now that we have an in car bin (Thank you Pinterest!) cleaning the car doesn't take quite as long as we don't have to fish about finding the discarded wrappers, half eaten biscuits and empty juice cartons. It's still fun to pretend to drive the car and to clamber over everything in search of buried treasure.
Number Three
There are so many ways to have fun cleaning the carpet. It might be playing hoover chase or hunt the dried peas or our personal favourite mountain climbing! Climbing the wooden mountain will take on a new meaning when you vacuum the stairs whilst pretending to be a mountain climber. Adventurous souls who normally don't get very far from home can climb the highest peaks known and all in relative comfort and safety.
Number Two
If you are going to wash the windows, make sure that you brush up on your noughts and crosses strategy first! Using window pens have a game before washing it all away, or maybe sketch out a cartoon. Having someone playing on each side of the glass makes things a little easier when it comes to washing it all off, just make sure you both agree to wipe in different directions!
Number One
The chore that started off my love of making cleaning fun. Cleaning the Kitchen Floor is a huge hit with my children and those of some the playground Mums... although I still don't think they have forgiven me for having introduced this wet sliding fun. This works best with a large flat floor as sliding up and down a small floor isn't as much fun I've been told!


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Want to know how to book cheap air tickets in India? In the recent times the prices of air or flight tickets has gone up significantly high. The major reasons behind these price hikes are increase in Jet fuel, increase in GST (goods and services tax), user development fee etc. But if you can remember the days of Air Deccan when ticket was offered at a price of Rs 1 /- only (base fare). At that time the high competition among low cost airlines gave Indian travellers a huge relief in ticket price point of view.
But right now you may not get such offers regularly as Air Deccan and Kingfisher in not live. For that reason the competition has reduced a bit. However, in recent times, Spice Jet have surprised everyone with some great domestic flight offers. But you have to be lucky to get such an offer based up on your plan. Let's checkout how you can book cheapest domestic flight tickets online.
Tips to book cheap domestic flight tickets in India
Anyway there is no such tip or trick with which you can purchase anything in cheap price. But you should be aware of the things which might provide you the best deal in current times. Let's try to find out few such points here.
1) The very first thumb rule while booking a flight ticket is – book early to save huge. That's a golden thumb rule. If you know that you will be travelling after 2-3 months then book accordingly.
2) Most of the people prefer to book tickets from online portals. Major flight ticket portals operating in India are makemytrip.com, Yatra.com, Goibibo.com etc. Sometimes you might get a superb offer. But generally the price they mention on their portal is not different from that airline's website as well.
But still people prefer to book from them. But the point here is that, in case you want to cancel or re schedule your booking, in that case such portals will charge you some extra amount beyond the regular fees. That you should verify before booking any tickets by reading their terms and condition.
3) In case you book directly from that Airline portal, you can get the best service easily. Let's say you have cancelled your trip by 4 months. In such a case you might want to keep the ticket in open status. For such situations, you can directly contact them without going via any other portal.
4) Besides trusting the big names always, you can also do some analysis. There are many such small websites from where you can get best deals. Explore the internet or ask your friends whether they know about such or not.
Recently I have booked 2 tickets from www.easemytrip.com. I found around Rs 1000/- less per ticket while booking. Please not that, this is not a promotional post. I heard about this website from my sister and tried once. There might be many such websites offering good deals.
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5) Check out for concession or some discount you may get or not. If you are studying in college then you might get student concession. If your kid is less than 2 years then also you can get a huge discount for your kid's ticket. There might be some other discounts for senior citizens and people from Indian army etc. So be aware whether you can avail such benefits and then look for which Airline is providing such benefits.
6) Try to subscribe the air ticket websites via email id or mobile number to get any of their future offer alerts in your mail box or through SMS. This is one of the best way to get notifying about the cheap air tickets.
7) Last point here I want to mention is, be ready with a credit card to shop online. As most of the time great deals come online only. And it is generally tough to visit nearby airline office and book a ticket from there due to our hectic daily life schedule. Check out the price properly, check whether any extra charges are applicable or not (like airport development fees, some insurance etc.) and then proceed.
So now you know how to book cheap air tickets in India. Hope these tips will increase the awareness and you will be careful while booking your tickets online. After all it's your money only. Please feel free to share this article with your friends and family and help them to book the cheapest air ticket online.


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Many of my clients have parents whose health is starting to falter. They may be unable to make decisions for themselves about their health, safety, or finances. However, in some cases the parents are reluctant to give up any control over their assets and don't want anyone else to be able to make decisions for them.
I usually recommend that if possible, elderly individuals execute a power of attorney and a Georgia Advance Directive for Healthcare (in addition to a Will). A power of attorney and a healthcare directive will allow a named individual to make decisions about finances and health care in the event the elderly person is unable to do so.
In some cases, the elderly person no longer has the capacity to make good decisions about his or her finances, health, safety or welfare. In other cases, the elderly person might be being taken advantage of by a family member or friend, and doesn't want anyone else to make decisions for him or her. In those cases, a guardianship or a conservatorship may become necessary.
A guardianship is a legal process in which a person asks the probate court to give him or her control over an adult's health, safety and welfare. A conservatorship is similar but gives control over finances. Guardianships and conservatorships are often expensive and time-consuming, but in many cases are necessary to protect an individual from either being taken advantage of or from making poor decisions.
If you believe your mother or father or another loved one is in need of a guardianship/conservatorship, call Sarah White, Cobb County guardianship attorney, at 678-453-6490. She will help you walk through the process and will also help determine if any alternatives exist.
Probably the biggest reason parents of minor children want to do Wills is to name guardians for their children. Every parent wants to have the power to pick who they want to raise their children in case they pass away.
In Georgia, when one parent passes away, guardianship goes to the other parent, even if the other parent doesn't have custody, and even if the deceased parent named someone else as guardian in his or her Will. When both parents pass away, if the parent named a guardian in a Will, and if that guardian is willing and able to serve, he or she is appointed as guardian without a hearing in most cases.
However, obviously not all parents do Wills naming guardians for their children. In that case, if something happened to both parents, the probate court in the county of residence for the parents would have a guardianship hearing to name guardians for the children. Typically, one family member or friend will file a petition with the probate court to serve as guardian, and anyone who objects or wishes to be named as guardian can file an objection. If a minor is over the age of 14, the court will take the minor's preferences into consideration when choosing the guardian. If the child doesn't have a preference, the court will look to a biological relative (typically a parent of the deceased first, followed by a sibling of the deceased), then any other adult relative of the minor, then any other adults who are related to the minor by marriage.
Obviously, it's best to make your wishes about guardianship of your children known in your Will, rather than by potentially having them raised by someone who wasn't your first choice, or potentially subjecting them to an emotional court battle. If you're in north Georgia, including Marietta, Canton, Kennesaw, Woodstock, Acworth, Cartersville, Smyrna, or Roswell, call Sarah White, guardianship attorney, at 678-453-6490. Call me to learn more.
If you are getting older and you are concerned that at some time in the future you won't be able to manage your affairs, you may be concerned about who will do so. Many people have one person (often a child) who would be their first choice to take over in the event they became incapacitated.
If you have those concerns, there are a couple of actions you should take. First, you should execute two documents. One is a power of attorney, and the other is a Georgia Advance Directive for Healthcare. A power of attorney will allow your children, or whomever you name, to handle your financial affairs in the event you become incapacitated. A Georgia Advance Directive for Healthcare gives whomever you name the power to manage your healthcare decisions in the event you can no longer do so yourself. Those two documents are invaluable in the event you become incapacitated. You may also wish to discuss your wishes with your children about healthcare and finances, as well as to tell them what they need to know should that time ever arise where you can't handle your affairs.
A lot of my clients ask my advice on whether or not they should add their child or children to their bank account to make paying bills easier. I almost never recommend doing that. If the child were to go through a divorce or bankruptcy, those assets could be seized. If the child decided to go on a gambling trip to Las Vegas, those funds could be used. When the individual passes away, those funds will go automatically to the child, and the child may choose not to share with other children. Instead, a power of attorney could be used that would give the child the same power over the account.
If you do not do any advance planning, and you become incapacitated, your loved ones could be forced to go through a court process to obtain a guardianship or a conservatorship. This process can be lengthy and expensive and may not result in what the elderly person would have wanted.
If you are concerned about your future and you feel that you may need a power of attorney or a healthcare directive, call Sarah White, Marietta wills attorney, at 678-453-6490. I serve clients in Canton, Cartersville, Roswell, Acworth, Woodstock, Kennesaw, Smyrna and the surrounding areas. Call today to learn more.
I get this question a lot. Yes, if you are going to be going out of town without your kids, and you are leaving your kids in the care of another person or persons, I recommend that you complete a basic temporary guardianship form. The form will serve as a notice that your kids are authorized to be under the care of another person. The form typically also consents to medical care for your children. If you are going out of town and need such a form, please email me at email@example.com and I would be happy to email you a blank form free of charge.
This temporary guardianship form is very different from issues that arise in other circumstances. For instance, you will name a guardian for your children in your will – this will tell who you want to raise your children in the event that something happens to both parents. There are also standby guardianship forms that can be of use to single parents in the event the parent becomes incapacitated. Finally, some parents of special needs children need to seek a guardianship over that child when the child turns 18 in order to continue making legal decisions for that child.
Do you have a potential guardianship issue that you need to speak to a Georgia attorney about? Call Sarah White, Marietta guardianship attorney at 678-453-6490 or email me at firstname.lastname@example.com. I would be happy to speak with you about those issues.
A guardianship is a legal process where a person (the proposed guardian) petitions a court and asks to be appointed guardian over another person (the proposed ward). A guardianship typically occurs either when a person with special needs reaches the age of 18, or when an adult loses or begins to lose control of his or her faculties. If the guardianship is granted, the guardian can make legal decisions and health care decisions for the ward. A guardianship does not give the guardian the right to manage a ward's money – that is done through a conservatorship, which can be a part of the guardianship proceeding. Instead, guardians can make decisions for the ward that affect the person of the ward, such as health care decisions. Once a guardian is appointed, the ward typically loses legal rights such as the right to vote, the right to marry, the right to own firearms, etc., although the court may choose to let the ward retain some of those rights.
Because the guardianship process removes so many rights from a ward, a guardianship is not something that should be entered into lightly. Instead, there should be a clear need for a guardianship. The guardianship process begins when a proposed guardian petitions the probate court located in the county in which a proposed ward resides. The probate court will appoint an attorney for the proposed ward, contact a doctor who will examine the proposed ward, notify family members of the petition, and set a date for a court hearing. At the court hearing, the attorney for the proposed guardian will present evidence before the court showing why a guardianship should be granted – typically the testimony of family members and any other concerned parties about the proposed ward's situation. The court will also examine the doctor's report. The attorney for the proposed ward will testify about his or her opinion on the guardianship and whether it's in the best interests of the proposed ward. At the conclusion of the evidence, the court will either grant the guardianship or deny the guardianship.
Some people who can't wait on a permanent guardianship may seek a temporary guardianship on an emergency basis. Guardianships can be an involved legal process. If you are in the metro Atlanta area and have any questions about guardianships, contact Marietta guardianship attorney Sarah White at 678-453-6490 to learn more.
One of the most difficult decisions for many of my clients with minor children is choosing who their guardians will be. After all, guardians will be responsible for most of the decisions of their children, if something should happen to both parents. Typically, naming a guardian is done in a will. Upon your death, the person you named in the will doesn't actually become legal guardian until approved by a court. Therefore, your choice isn't automatically binding. However, if no one contests your choice of guardian, the court will confirm the guardian you chose.
It's important when you are choosing a guardian for your children that you talk it over with the person and get their complete approval – that is not something that should be a surprise. You should also name alternate guardians as well. When choosing a guardian, pick someone who would raise your children in the manner in which you wish them to be raised. You may want to choose someone who's familiar with your extended family, as that could help them maintain close relationships with your extended family. You may have a perfect candidate in mind, but there's one problem – they aren't very good with money. Don't let that stop you from naming them as guardian. You can choose someone else as trustee to manage the kids' money.
Many people choose to name a married couple as co-guardians. That is fine, but you may wish to specify in your will what happens if they are no longer married at the time of your death. You may wish for only one of them to serve, or you may want your children raised by a different married couple instead. Make sure your wishes are spelled out in your will.
These decisions are never easy, but an experienced estate planning attorney can help you talk through them and reach a decision that's best for your family. If you are in the metro Atlanta area, call Sarah White, Marietta estate planning attorney, at 678-453-6490.


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Leader or Manager – False Dilemma
"A false dilemma occurs when an argument offers two options and ignores, either purposefully or out of ignorance, other alternatives."
Presenting statements into "black and white" terms is a common occurrence of this logical fallacy. It is so spread that a Google search for "leader or manager" returned about 237,000 results.
The Facts
The dichotomy encourages the readers to choose between two options as they were mutually exclusive. In many cases, authors even induce the readers to believe that being a leader is right, being a manager is wrong.
It is interesting to notice that a formal MBA course may include many "Management" papers (Information Technology Management, Operations Management, Human Resources Management, Marketing Management, Project Management, Accounting Management, Change Management, Procurement Management…) and, in the same course, a Leadership paper presenting "management" as an outdated (or wrong) approach, to be replaced by more effective "leadership" concepts. This idea is usually supported by a complete set of peer-reviewed articles and worldwide accepted bibliography.
Why the issue deserves a second look?
Leadership supposes the existence of well-defined objectives. Long-term and widely accepted objectives are the most suitable ones.
In such case, leaders are the ones that inspire and guide other people to cooperate, aiming to achieve the objectives.
Among the instruments that can support or improve the intention to collaborate, we can comment: leadership, management skills, authority and power.
Pure LeadershipThere is plenty of information related to leadership, but in this context, it is important to remember that:
- Leadership is highly dependent on trust, that requires a long time to be earned, and the existence of successful past examples.
- Charisma, good communication and a confident behaviour help a lot.
- The leader should be known and be used to deal with antagonism and resistance to change.
Leadership & Management skillsWe can observe a strong relationship between leadership and management in several aspects:
- For sure leadership can be considered a talent, but it can be learned, trained or practised similarly to other management skills.
- A leader should be able to identify objectives, devise strategies, establish a plan of action.
- In the implementation phase, leaders should know how to deal with cross-functional teams, manage time, evaluate risks, costs, identify and apply resources, make good use of people abilities.
- Having the knowledge about the objectives and the issue under discussion is also essential. We cannot imagine a leader that does not know the objectives he is trying to reach and how to get there.
Example: A CIO resigned and the CFO assumed as the acting CIO. Even having strong leadership talent, we cannot expect this guy to be immediately considered a leader by the ICT people due to the lack of effective management skills in the area.
Leadership & AuthorityIt really helps if the leader has a good degree of authority, such as:
- The right to make decisions;
- A hierarchical superiority over the project team;
- An official designation as the team leader.
Example: A recently hired but unknown CEO is dependent on his authority in order to get the expected results. It will take a long time for him be considered a leader by the community of stakeholders.
Leadership & PowerIt is advantageous when the leader has enough Power to:
- Support his formal authority;
- Make his decisions to be accepted;
- Influence and convince high-level stakeholders;
- Get the resources needed to implement solutions.
Effective communication is not enough to create a successful and long-lasting leader. The outcomes of his behaviour should be measurable, and power will help the results to arise in a timely manner.
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One way to confirm this "challenging" approach to the theory of leadership is to make a brief search about the most celebrated leaders worldwide and verify how their success was backed-up by management skills, authority and power.
Even a quick check in a LinkedIn profile can show hard skills endorsements (as project management) that go at the same level with soft skills (like team leadership), with no conflict at all.
Creative thinking (and critical thinking) means that we are expected to reflect about the validity of theoretical propositions, even when they are boxed by the models and frameworks written in books and taught in prominent business schools.
Differently from what is commonly presented, Management is not in opposition to Leadership. Management skills, Authority and Power support the leader to motivate and inspire people, aiming to conquer the common goals, to reach the shared targets.
I've recently published an article regarding Bottom-up Leadership. Check here.
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FFrom huge whale skeletons that float in the air, an eccentric pipe collection, all manner of snakes and a cannon recovered from a famous shipwreck to an exciting outdoor dinosaur display where the exhibits "come alive", the Port Elizabeth Museum at Bayworld caters for a whole family's tastes and preferences.
The Port Elizabeth Museum at Bayworld had decidedly lacklustre beginnings back in 1856 when few of the town's 7000 residents could be bothered with historical collections. However, 50 years later, a firecracker museum director called Mr. FW Fitzsimons turned it into a dynamic space.
SSuddenly, the formerly fast-asleep and run-down museum was offering intriguing exhibitions of live snakes and something called a "magic lantern show" – silent movies in their early stage, complete with a piano player providing the soundtrack from the side of the room.
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IIn fact, the snakes were so popular that a dedicated Snake Park was built on the new museum grounds and the first handler became a bit of a legend. Snakes bit him at least once a year and yet he stayed in that job for three decades until old age claimed his life.
Then it was decided that a seal pool should be built on the premises. But, as lovely and sleek as a moustachioed seal can be, he is also a bit of a smelly fellow – and likes to bicker and bark a lot. The locals living around the museum objected so bitterly to the noise and smells coming from the seal pool that they went to court and had the creatures ousted from the museum.
TToday, the Port Elizabeth Museum at Bayworld is no less intriguing. Its exhibits include 1908-era dinosaur models and 1928 human anatomical models, one of the cannons brought up from the wreck of the Sacramento, bones of whales, an array of smoking pipes, historical outlines of the San and the Khoi, and a memorable recreation of the very large herbivorous dinosaur called the Algoasaurus.
Outside is a Dinosaur Park where the exhibits occasionally move and groan, to the delight of the children playing around them. And then there's the Snake Park section, ever popular, complete with turtles, terrapins, a large array of safely stored snakes and a rather baleful-looking crocodile in its enclosure.
Behind the scenes at the Port Elizabeth Museum at Bayworld is probably where the real action is. It is here where there is a rather impressive series of research projects constantly on the go, ranging from investigations in various aspects of marine life to snake studies to projects focusing on marine archaeology, including the many shipwrecks along the coastline of the Eastern Cape province.
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I am alone on a boat, locked into my own private island; swift brown water to separate me from the rest of those who would claim my time and attention. Lost among the metallic chimes of the marina and consumed by the problems of a confusing electrical system of a boat. Hoping that the red in the mirror is the start of a tan rather than a burn, hoping that the new electronics package are plug and play. For years I have claimed the hoping is not a method; yet, i seem to be quite reliant on it every day here beneath the costal stars.
The stars are everywhere, and yet nowhere at once, as they dance across the night sky ducking behind the curtains of clouds the drift over head. I swing from my hammock stretched out underneath the boom starring up at the sky, and wondering the familiar musing of whom else is also starring up at the same stars. From the deserts of Iraq to the coast of Carolina I have taken comfort, as our forefathers have, from the constellations above.
The first day is always the worst, as you try to hang on to your worldly attachments—messaging, emailing, and sending pictures of what you find to be sublime. It is even hard to sleep on the boat the first night, your body rejects the calming of your mind, rejects the simplicity from which it find pleasure. By the second day, your mind and body begin to embrace the new reality, one in which the ocean breeze is barely strong enough to stave off the sweat of humidity. As my mind rejects the complexity of life in shore i cant help but to find myself contemplating a life of tough work along the waterways of the coast. Days spent bent in toil under the sun, and nights relaxing in waterfront taverns.
Tomorrow I will push away from the bonds of hard ground and sail out into the blue. Pushing only far enough to strain the boat, like stretching before a long race; hoping to find where it will hurt before you injure yourself. The will push Morgan's Folly into the wind and feel her strain under the weight of the wind and the tides. I will bend her to my will and take to sea like the adventures of old. Searching for my lost treasures. I will find them in the plow of the waves, I will find them in the grain of the hull, and creak of the rigging. I will bend with the boat to the wind and cut the waves with her bow. Tomorrow I will be free, even if it just for a moment. Afterwards I will reward myself with music and scotch as all adventures must, so that I might have a forum to tell these tails of the sea.


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Jas from contactmusic.com caught up with New Kids On The Block on a recent visit to the UK for a quick chat with the guys.
CM: First of all, New Kids On The Block, its been 14 years, welcome back guys,
NKOTB: Thank you
CM: What a welcome you guys had at HMV on Monday, 1000 women
NKOTB: It was crazy. It was very surprising, humbling and just, it's a gift man to be able to be back here doing this again after all these years.
CM: Sure, did you guys ever envisage when you were on your way here, I know that you've had a brilliant reaction in America and this is, I believe of your first territories you have come to since you've done the reformation.?
NKOTB: We were in Toronto for a little while and we've already been to Germany and we're going back tomorrow.
CM: How's that been compared to London?
NKOTB: I mean, this is our first, 'push push' so I guess yeah you could say that this is the first territory for promotion. Yeah, the response has been awesome. It's incredible.
CM: Did you guys know they actually had to close the store for about 20 minutes when you were on stage for health and safety reasons?
NKOTB: We read that in the newspaper. It was cool, even performing on that small stage, but it didn't matter man. We were having a blast. It was awesome. Like I can't even remember the last performance we did here, but just to think back and you know, have all that time pass and them girls come out you know cause they really love the music and love us and they're looking forward to the new record is pretty awesome.
CM: Yeah sure. I know you've been asked this a million times today but, still for our own listeners and readers I've gotta ask, What sparked, what Vh1, The MTV Video Music Awards etc.. The millions of people that tried to get you together beforehand for the past 14 years? Was this always the plan? To take a long long rest and then come back? Or was it something that you guys felt like you wanted to do and this was the right time?
NKOTB: There was no plan. There was never a plan to do anything. When we parted ways, there was never, Say ok in 15 years, lets get back together (laughs) No-one could really predict that. And the VH1 and MTV, that was to benefit themselves, you know they weren't gonna try and do anything for us. I'm sure they would have been happy if we would have been a 'train-wreck' cause then that would have been a bigger story. So for us, when we were ready, when we wanted to, and cause we love music, NOT for any other reason.
CM: Yeah and what a first single to come back with guys. (Summertime)
NKOTB: Thank-you
CM: Great, solid urban-crossover record. Was that actually the firs record that you guys actually came back in the studio together with or was it 'Click click click?' or was it something else?
NKOTB: 'Click, click, click' was the first one. Donnie found that through our music attorney and that's kinda what sparked everything. Him kinda sending it around to all of us and to see how we felt about getting back together. 'Summertime' came a little bit late later, we recorded it at Donnie's house. It was with the same writer, Donnie co-wrote the song with him and we recorded very much, like, we did the 'Hangin' Tough' record. With no vocal booth, just kinda, in a room, with headphones on, turn the volume down and it was cool man. We just, ya know, we knocked it out in a couple of days and it ends up being the first single on the record.
CM: Yeah, and it's done really well and a nice video as well to boot.
NKOTB: Well thank you.
CM: apparently it wasn't very summery though, it was quite cold on set, is that right?
NKOTB: FREEZING. It was freezing cold man! Very overcast day in Los Angeles. It was cold, I wasn't so summery! (laughs) but it still came out pretty good.
CM: Yeah it did. Are you guys based in different areas now? Cause Danny, you're based in Miami?
Danny: Yes,
CM: and where are you based now Jon?
Jon: Primarily in Boston.
Danny: But he's homeless right now!
CM: Oh really! Coming up to my next question, I believe the other guys have stayed in the entertainment business, to some degree, and you just went and did your own thing, in 'real estate'
Jon: (nods in agreement)
CM: How's that been for you and what's it like to come back tot this industry after all this time?
Jon: Well, I would have headed in that direction, (real-estate) if 'New Kids' didn't take off. So, it's been great. I mean I've had a really really successful past 14 years doing what I've been doing and just lovin' it. It was just like, I love that, so coming back to this, It was weird and I think out of everybody, I was probably, questioned it the most, in my mind, like, is this something I really wanna get back into. You know, it just... (pauses)
CM: But you decided to.
Jon: Yeah, I decided to and I definitely made the right choice!
CM: Yeah definitely, I mean the whole world, well certainly a billion girls that are happy man, that's for sure which I know you've all seen!
NKOTB: All laugh!
CM: Let's talk more about that album, 17 cuts in total. Plenty of collaborations on there, label-mates on there, such as 'The pussycat dolls' etc and a new label to boot, because before you were on 'Sony.' My favourite cuts from the urban perspective are, the aforementioned 'Summertime' '2 in the morning' and the awesome 'Click click click.' Now from my own research that I did, I believe and what I said earlier on, that's what triggered you to go back and start off again. I've gotta say, I don't what the plans are, but, is there any chance of that being a single. (Click, click, click)
NKOTB: I don't think it'll be a single, for the fact that it was leaked so much on the internet, especially in the States. It was like, there were different versions of it, there's Akon, him doing like a little thing over the track, on the internet. That, would be the only reason. I mean, we would have loved that to have been the first single, and the first song, but, it got leaked, but, it served its purpose. It was almost like, it was a single, ya know and we're gonna do it in the show (tour) and it's definitely a fan favourite. It's one of our favourites and it's a different sound and it's really slick, we love it.
CM: Yeah, definitely. I suppose its now known as a 'street track' almost to 'test the water' and put it out, because obviously now, back then you didn't have 'my space, youtube' etc.. 'Facebook' and now obviously you've got all these different avenues to persevere with, with your music and to 'test it.'
Let's go back to the beginning, 'hangin' Tough' and 'Step by step' sold in excess of 20 million albums each, you know and that was your peak, in terms of record sales. How do you feel the music industry has changed, in that time, to now come back into it?
NKOTB: Ha ha, you cant sell a million records now, that's for sure! I think we're getting asked this question cause we've been away for so long. You know, I mean, but I've made music out of my house (Danny) on a computer and I learned to engineer when the group started, I do it myself, I sit at a computer with a microphone, a guitar and I do it myself, so, we're well aware of all the changes in the business, You know, CD's are almost non-existent, everything's downloads. I download everything! I mean I don't buy CD's anymore. But I download it legally, you know LEGALLY
CM: I-tunes etc,
NKOTB: Yeah. (Agrees) I think it's crazy; my nephew (Jon) downloaded our album illegally before it even came out.
CM: Its unreal isn't it?
NKOTB: I had a lot of girls tell me that too. (Danny) They're like 'I'm sorry, I downloaded it two weeks ago cause I had to hear it, but I bought 3 copies, you know' (Jon agrees as well)
CM: There you go, that's the best of both worlds then isn't it?
NKOTB: Yeah, and it happens to everyone so there's not much you can do about it. You gotta just hope that the fans go out and buy it.
CM: I mean I think that's your perfect reaction almost, because at the end of the day, they are so eager to hear it, because you were their favourite group, and now we've heard it, we were gonna buy it anyway, but we were just so eager to hear it that we just couldn't help ourselves! I think that's a great reaction.
NKOTB: Yeah.
CM; You worked with 'Timbaland' on 'Twisted' I believe, and I think out of all the songs that are on there, that is not only a great contender for a single, I can actually picture you guys doing that live and I think as a pop record, that will be massive.
Danny looks at Jon
CM: Why are you looking at Jon like that?
Jon Laughs.
Danny: I never liked the song, that's just me personally. It's a bit too dancy, too 'happy go lucky.'
CM: Right, back then you guys did a lot of dancing, you guys were crazy on stage, like I was fortunate enough (closet fan)
NKOTB: Laughs
CM: I was 9 years old and my mum took me to my very first concert, and it was you guys at the London arena, which has now been knocked down. You guys actually did 2 shows in 1 day, because of a 'blackout' on the Friday night so you ended up doing 2 shows on the same day!
NKOTB: I remember that (Danny) It was a long day!
CM: Yeah I bet!
NKOTB: It was fun though. I remember that man! (Danny) But the thing is, we were dancing throughout the whole show. For me its not about that it's a dance song, I just really didn't like it too much. But, within the show, it's really good.
CM: OK, so it is incorporated in the show?
NKOTB: Yeah.
CM: Ok, to your dismay! But its there!
NKOTB: Nah, now, not to my dismay. No, performance-wise it's really good.
CM: Ok, wicked. You announced it at HMV on Monday, but there are still a million people out there that don't know, you have announced tour dates, if you could, for the record, say when you are coming to the UK.
NKOTB: January 16th, we kick off in Manchester and dates following that are going to be at 'The o2' (January 24th) her in London, Cardiff, Sheffield, Nottingham, We've got Glasgow, there's gonna be more dates announced. The same way we did it in America. We announced 10 dates and now it's up to over 50. so hopefully here, the same thing happens and we do a nice long run here.
CM: I' sure it will be! I can't see you guys doing one night in London somehow!
NKOTB: I don't see that either!
CM: I think you had enough people on Monday, for one night in London! You've got the tour starting in America in just over a week's time I believe, what was it like, not only to get back in the studio, but the rehearsals, the rigorous training, (what people don't see behind the scenes?) How was that for you guys, after all this time? As a group, how did you guys find it?
NKOTB: It was pretty seamless, you know. We were all pretty much, in good shape, but I know rehearsals and stuff, we all started going to the gym and I know I started jogging 3 times a week so I could keep my breath up.(Jon) And we built on it, we didn't go in with a 2 hour show, you know or 1.5 hour show, you know (Danny teases)
Danny to Jon: What are you tryna say Jon?
Jon: We built on it. It was like a good training session you know.
CM: Good. The last album, 14 years ago, tracks such as 'Dirty Dawg' was received well with the urban crowd especially, when you worked with the genius 'Teddy Riley' and I know you've worked with him again for 1 cut on this album. How did that collaboration come back together? Did you just call him up?
NKOTB: No, what happened was, we were rehearsing for a short period of time across the street from the record company, so constantly people were coming over, which kinda wasn't good, but was good, cause we met a lot of good people that got involved with the project from talking to us and Teddy was one of them. He came by, physically put a CD in and played that song and we were like, 'Yo, we gotta have this' and a few days later it was done. And then they got Nicole (from the Pussycat Dolls) on it, you know, it's a hot track. For us, it's like to kinda, we felt like the work he did with us, didn't get appreciated as it should have, for a lot of reason out of our control. But now there's a chance for people to hear it again. (on that track)
CM: Cool. And is that 'Grown man?'
NKOTB: Grown man, yeah.
CM: Is that gonna be a single?
NKOTB: We're taking it one at a time!
CM: You see where I'm going here!
NKOTB: The next single is 'Single' with Ne-Yo
CM: I've backed him for the past 4 years. He's a tremendous guy. I've interviewed him 4 or 5 times and I'm very lucky to have an affiliation with his people and when someone told me 'New Kids are back' I thought, I wonder if they'll work with Ne-yo, and now I've just seen the video on Monday, when you put the album out. Where did you do, the video? Was it in Vegas?
NKOTB: In Vegas baby! I've been a fan of his (Danny) you know since he came out, so, when we heard the song, we were like 'Yo, we gotta have this song' We recorded the song, then he heard the song and was like, 'Yo, we gotta make this a duet.' An were like 'Alright!' You know, there couldn't have been anyone better, where he is right now in his career and how he approaches it, very much like us, in a Ol' skool way, but in a contemporary way at the same time!
CM: Yeah, Last question for you, in terms of marketing, they did everything to market you guys back in the day. You know, the dolls, a cartoon, was there anything, where you thought, you know what, now you're pushing the limits and we're not gonna endorse this?
NKOTB: Well there was plenty. There was plenty, you could go through a list of things, you probably think is ridiculous, we probably would agree with you, you know? And what ended it up happening, is we parted ways with Maurice Starr (founder of the group) and our manager, so had to buy them out. So, we bought the name, back from them, and it was the best thing we ever did because look at now, we're in complete control of everything. You know, its just, that was kinda the down side of it. We were on tour so much, we were young, we didn't know what were doing, but now, we bring all that knowledge this time around, and none of that stuff is going on. It's all directly within the group, all those decisions are being made.
CM: Sure, do you think that you guys were slightly ahead of your time?
NKOTB: Well, I think maybe yeah, because look what happened after us, over here especially. In the music business we had a much bigger impact over here, because boy bands have never really gone away over here. There's a constant resurgence of new groups coming out and in America it took a little bit of time, so maybe we were ahead of our time, maybe them guys were just too slow to come out, I don't know.
CM: Or maybe, you guys, just had good records, that still sound good today and that's it!
NKOTB: We'll agree with that! (Laughs) Why not!
CM: Seriously, some of it 'wasn't my bag' but I can appreciate good music man and 'Step by Step' 'The right stuff' 'My favourite girl' which was the first song they were singing at HMV on Monday, which you opened with on the 'Hangin' Tough' tour. (again, closet fan)
NKOTB: (Laughs) You know what's funny about that song? We opened up with that song for a long time and when we stopped opening with it, the show went downhill man!
CM: There you go!
NKOTB: It went down.
CM: Listen guys, thanks for taking time out to talk to us. We really appreciate it.
NKOTB: No problem man, thank-you.
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This weekend has left us very good taste.
Saturday early in the morning, we arrived at the room with games and t-shirts.
We prepare everything, we put on the shirts and the bobbing starts for us. At the very beginning there were already people waiting to practice with the Shogi.
Many people pass. As always, many were bitten by Hasami Shogi or playing Mushi.
At our side on Saturday they were Basauriko Gingkgo, Ajedrez y Go enseñando Go
There was a stand of martial arts thanks to Bujinkan Bilbao Dôjô in which there were many items used by ninjas and added.
El pequeño rincón de los juegos de mesa, a facebook group were interested in the Dobutsu Shogi. Space dedicated to knowing and teaching all kinds of board games for the little ones. From 2 years old to 99. Those games that we can enjoy with our children and not all of us know.
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I thought we would re post this recipe because it's perfect for fall, and I love baked gnocchi, and sausage. :)
This is basically like super fancy casserole. Delicious pasta, but in this case gnocchi which is pasta only with potato, and then cream and kale (for health), and sausage. So this is just so good. Everything in it is good. Baked pasta is also bomb because you get that crispy crust that is just the best. It's like when you get brownies, some people want the edges the crispy parts, and some people just want the center. Well this recipe is for the people who want the crispy edges of the brownies. Also, because potatoes and pasta are just a carb lovers pairing in heaven and thats why gnocchi exists. So you should be making this. :)
♥ Teri
Sausage and Kale Baked Gnocchi
Serves 5 to 7
1 recipe basic gnocchi
3 1/2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, divided
1/2 pound mild Italian sausage
1 bunch dino kale
1 shallot, minced
2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
1 1/2 cups heavy cream
2 ounces grated Parmesan cheese
salt and pepper to taste
crushed red pepper flakes
1. Make gnocchi according to the recipe directions. Refrigerate rolled gnocchi for 1 hour.
2. Preheat oven to 375˚F.
3. Fill a large pot with water and bring to a boil. Add a small handful of salt (about 3 tablespoons) and add the gnocchi.
4. Once the gnocchi float to the surface remove from the pot and transfer to a large platter. Set aside.
5. In a large skillet, add 2 tablespoons oil and place over medium-high heat. Add sausage and brown for 3 to 4 minutes, breaking up into bite-sized pieces.
6. Add kale and continue to sauté for an additional 3 to 4 minutes. Transfer mixture into a mixing bowl and set aside.
7. Pour remaining oil into the skillet and add gnocchi to the pan. Lightly brown for 2 to 3 minutes and then transfer gnocchi into the same bowl as the sausage and kale.
8. Add shallots, garlic and cream into the skillet and simmer over medium heat. Once the mixture has reduced by 1/3 add the Parmesan and stir. Season with salt and pepper. Add the gnocchi mixture and continue to simmer over low heat for 1 minute. Transfer mixture to a shallow baking dish and bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until mixture has thickened.
9. Remove from heat, top with crushed pepper flakes and serve.