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The Story of Your Enslavement
Human beings do not breed well, or produce efficiently, in direct captivity. Ah, but if human beings believe that they are free then they will produce much more for their farmers.
The secret history of oil wars and banking
Great, great documentary. Must be circulated far and wide.
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The Lazeria Map Collection
For me, the most important part of the film is at the very end where we show the NASA Valentine's Day Map. It truly is a shocker how the medieval mapmakers got it so accurately detailed. Fill up the boat, let's head out. ~ Harry Hubbard
The Lazeria Map Collection is a documentary made by Harry Hubbard and Paul Schaffranke about Hubbard's extensive antique map collection. That probably sounds very dull, but this is a must watch video. We watched this whole video (2 hours long), and were fascinated. If you are interested in history, and want a better understanding of how the world was discovered, mapped, and viewed through the centuries, this video is the perfect place to start.
Worth Watching ∞ O What A Lovely War!
We are killing off, slowly but surely, the best in the male population. The sons of Europe are being crucified on the barbed wire because you misguided masses are crying out for it…War cannot be won. No one can win a war!
Given the current state of world affairs, now is a good time to post about this excellent film, and hope that its message makes sense to those who read this. Please pass it on if you think it does.
Sir Richard Attenborough's brilliant directorial debut, O What A Lovely War (1969) examines the events of WWI, from its inception to end. The film is based on the 1963 stage musical by Joan Littlewood, which used period songs to tell the story of the archetypal Smith family's experiences through the war. I think it would be impossible for anyone – mother, father, brother, sister, husband, wife – to watch this movie and not have their view of war changed forever.
The clip below features Vanessa Redgrave, who plays activist Sylvia Pankhurst, delivering a powerful anti-war speech to a very hostile crowd. It is sadly ironic that the same speech would not be out of place in today's protests. As one of their placards reads "Civilization is bleeding to death!":
The churches sanctioning of the bloodbath is also raised, as the British troops gather in a ruined abbey for an interfaith service just before a major offensive. A priest tells the gathered masses of soldiers that each religion has endorsed the war by way of allowing soldiers to eat pork if Jewish, meat on Fridays if Catholic, and work through the sabbath if in service of the war for all religions. Even the Dalai Lama blessed the war effort. So, they are all good to go then – all whiter than the whitewash:
From the poignant last scene, the surviving Smith family members reflect on their loss. Keep in mind that the number of crosses shown (16,000) represents less than the number of deaths in a single battle:
When They Ask Us How Dangerous It Was
And when they asked us,
How dangerous it was.
Oh! We'll never tell them,
No, we'll never tell them.
We spent our pay in some cafe.
And fought wild women night and day,
T'was the cushiest job we ever had.
And when they asked us,
And they're certainly going to ask us.
The reason why we didn't win the
Croix de Guerre.
Oh! We'll never tell them,
No! We'll never tell them.
There was a front but damned if we knew where.
Freedom ∞ Hemp, the Perfect Plant
The species in question is the single living organism that holds the greatest promise for renewable/sustainable food, fuel, clothing and shelter accessible to the widest possible range of people. Hemp is the most versatile and adaptable crop plant on earth…Why are politicians opposed to such a marvelous and valuable resource? Hemphasis.net
Species threatening genetically modified foods; the poisoning of our skies and water; the artificially constructed control mechanisms of religion, media, world food shortages; pharmacratic profit-driven healthcare systems – all are unconscionable attacks on a generally peaceful and harmless population, tightly monitored by the the iron-fisted control the uber-rich have over almost all business and government policies. But the hemp issue gets my anger raging like nothing else. This is because the purposeful derailment of the hemp industry, beginning in the 1930s, and continuing up to the present day, contains within its dark history the combined application of all of the above-named evils and more, to provide profit for the very, very few, and increased misery for the rest of mankind.
Hemp has been cultivated for millenia, providing many of the necessities of life – food and medicine, clothing and shelter. It was an integral element of the settlement of North America, being used for everything from bartering to payment for taxes, and from textile and paper production to the canvas of pioneers' covered wagons. More than 70% of the rope, twine, and cording manufactured was made of hemp. Both George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were hemp farmers and very vocal proponents of the importance of hemp to their country's prosperous development.
In 1938, Popular Mechanics ran the article "New Billion Dollar Crop", the first time the word billion was ever applied to any American agricultural crop. Ironically, as the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 was just passed, effectively destroying the hemp industry, none of the predictions in that article came to pass. The ban on growing hemp commercially was relaxed briefly for WWII, due to the disruption of supplies of hemp and jute needed for rope, webbing and canvas production, with the growing licences promptly revoked at war's end.
In 1999, North Dakota was the first state to pass legislation permitting hemp cultivation, yet it is still not legal to grow hemp there today as the law requires the federal American government to approve it. Currently, the United States imports over 1.9 million pounds of hemp fiber, 450,000 pounds of hemp seeds, and 331 pounds of hempseed oil per year to meet its needs since American farmers are not permitted to grow it.
Below is the video Hemp, What Are We Waiting For? combining a locally produced news report from KX News in North Dakota with further information on the amazing commercial potential of hemp.
Some of the advantages, both for the farmer and the environment, of growing hemp, from everywherealways:
- Less pollution- Cotton uses so many pesticides, due to all of it's natural enemies. Hemp rarely needs a pesticide, because not much will bother its growth. This means hemp can help with the runoff pollution, toxins in water or soil, and contamination of wilderness areas and other crops.
- Biodegradable- Hemp biodegrades faster than other crops. Hemp is known as a "low maintenance" crop. It doesn't require much fertilizer and acts as its own mulch, meaning it grows very tall very fast and provides its own shade to keep weeds away, eliminating the need for herbicides.
- Save Farmer's Money- After harvest, the fields are left weed free, so no need to spray the fields down. Saving money on pesticides and other sprays help the farmers make more of a profit off of the crop.
- No Erosion- Hemp has a deep root system which means no erosion and not only does it not deplete the soil of nutrients like many other crops, but it has the ability to clean contaminants from soil.
- Less Deforestation- Hemp doesn't need as much land to grow, because it grows tall (not wide) and has a higher yield than most crops. Unlike wood, you don't have to chop it down, harming forests and the creatures that live in it.
Over 50,000 environmentally friendly products can be made from hemp! 150 years ago, people laughed when it was proposed that paper be made out of wood pulp. All paper was made out of rags – hemp, linen and cotton. Wood pulp is actually very low in cellulose, which is the basic material for paper making. One acre of hemp equals 4 acres of wood paper production. The following video is 64 minutes of hemp praise, mixed in with a little hemp history. It is fascinating to watch people's enthusiasim for the fabulous and surprising products they are creating out of every part of the hemp plant, things like building materials, fabrics, fuels, personal care products and more. Hemp fibre is a cheaper and greener replacement for fibreglass and carbon fibre, strong and lightweight. Remember cellophane plastic – polyethylene plastic's early cousin? It's biodegrable!!! Why are we not using it? Don't let the length of the video put you off – this video is a must-watch. It should be required viewing for all school children. It is very ire rising.
Then the medical uses of hemp must be considered. Hemp was the premier medicinal source in America for most of the 1800s. It was the only treatment available for tetanus, and massive doses of hemp extractems or hashish were given over a 9 day period to save lives.
Smoking hemp dilates your arteries, lowers your body temperature, dilates your bronchials better than anything else, lowers your stress levels. Hemp is an excellent treatment for asthma, and is also an excellent muscle relaxant. We are going to investigate medical marijuana as a way of improving our daughter's quality of life (she has severe cerebral palsy) because muscle spasticity is the number one problem we have to deal with in her care, as it impacts every concern – feeding, clothing, elimination, mental focus, etc.. At this time, we are importing hemp products (oil, protein powder, seeds) for health purposes from a US supplier who does the processing, although the hemp itself is grown in Canada. How crazy is that? Hemp seeds are rich in protein, and a source of all eight essential amino acids, containing an oil very high in poly-unsaturates. Hemp has the highest percentage of protein (25%), by weight, of any plant-based source, except for soybeans. But unlike soy products, the majority of hemp protein is readily digestible, being composed of two proteins (edestin and albumin) normally found in human blood plasma. It has a perfect 3:1 balance of Omega 6 to Omega 3 Essential Fatty Acids for optimum health.
A terrific collection of quotable quotes about hemp:
To close, here is Jack Herer, the grandfather of hemp activists, author of The Emperor Wears No Clothes, The Authoritative Historical Record of Cannabis and the Conspiracy Against Marijuana, who spent 40+ years promoting greater awareness of this amazing plant, one of Mother Nature's greatest gifts to us. Please join the fight to regain our right to this miracle plant. Jackherer.com is an excellent resource for following the latest pushes for reform, carrying on Jack's legacy of activism.
Related articles
- Legalize Hemp- It Will Save Our Environment! (everywherealways.wordpress.com)
- 10 Great Reasons to Kill Our Absurd Ban on Growing Hemp (alternet.org)
- Hemp Can Save the World – Nutiva [ELEVATE Solution Series] (cannabis-health.org)
- Hemp – The Answer To The Global Food Crisis? (talesfromthelou.wordpress.com)
- Hemp History Week: Ending the War on George Washington's Favorite Crop (reason.com)
- The Hemp Conspiracy: Why U.S. Hemp Farming Was Banned (beforeitsnews.com)
- Stoned Presidents: U.S Presidents that Smoked Marijuana (articles4friends.com)
Worth Watching ∞ The More The Merrier
And our eighteen children will be glad we said "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead."
This is one of our all-time favourite movies, a classic from 1943, starring the wonderful Jean Arthur and Joel McCrea, and directed by "women's director" George Stevens. The film was written for Arthur (her husband, Frank Ross, was one of the co-writers), providing her with a custom-crafted vehicle to showcase all her talents: her brilliant comic timing; her beautiful, expressive face; her captivating, throaty voice; her lovely, youthful figure (at age 42) ; her inner energy, integrity, and intelligence which she was able to transmit to the characters she played. Her Best Actress nomination for this film (her only one) was one of 6 Academy Award nominations the film garnered (Charles Coburn won for Best Actor). Joel McCrea plays opposite Arthur perfectly as a goofy, but charming clean-cut type. His is so natural on the screen that you can't help but love him. Frank Capra called Jean Arthur his favourite actress. Katherine Hepburn named Joel McCrea as one of the most under-rated actors ever. Together, these 2 actors are enchanting.
This comedy about the housing shortage of WWII opens with Coburn, playing Mr. Dingle, a retired millionaire, arriving 2 days early in Washington, D.C. for his meeting with the O.P.D., the war-time housing committee. Forced to look for alternate accomodations, he finds Constance Milligan's ad for a room to let, and persuades her to take him as a roommate on a trial basis. Dingle then sub-lets half of his room to Sargeant Joe Carter (McCrea) who has just arrived in Washington to receive his orders for shipping overseas. Naturally, Constance is more than a little surprised to return home to find 2 gentlemen living in her previously lonely apartment. Her quiet, ordered life quickly unravels , while her fiance, the head of the O.P.D., is pulled into the confusion when they run into Dingle and Carter one night. Pendergast, the fiance, is distracted by Mr. Dingle so that Constance and Joe can have one night of romance before he leaves town. The stroll home from their evening out has to be one of the most sensuous scenes ever filmed, but the night ends badly, until Dingle comes to their rescue again, helping to bring the movie to a satisfactory conclusion for all.
I am particularly fond of this movie because it has such resonance with my own life. My husband and I are both romantics at heart, and although we did not meet during wartime, we made the decision to marry remarkably quickly (just over 4 weeks after meeting), followed by a houseful of children. It's been quite the ride, but we are still enjoying it 28 years later!
Here is a teaser trailer to pique the interest of those who may be hesitant to watch a movie that isn't in living colour or who have not yet encountered this great actress. We love her!
Worth Watching ∞ Pop and Me
It's the movies that have really been running things in America ever since they were invented. They show you what to do, how to do it, when to do it, how to feel about it, and how to look how you feel about it. Andy Warhol
Movies have always been an important part of my life. I spent long hours as a child and youth watching movie re-runs on tv. Later on, movies (videos) become a mainstay in my own family's life. As a growing young family, we struggled to get by on a single income. We moved 14 times in our first 17 years of marriage, mostly due to job changes. We didn't eat out, or have our kids in sports, or music, or any school or community organisations. These restrictions combined with our decision to homeschool our kids left us, in effect, an island unto ourselves. This isolation was compounded even further after the birth of our twin daughter who is severely handicapped . Our way of connecting with the world outside, both as a family and as a couple, was through movies.
Now, as I re-examine the reality of our world, I see more and more of the artificially constructed constraints we, the masses of our societies, have been, and still are, subjected to. I understand the greater degree of domination that Hollywood, one of these constructs, has exerted over us by creating and controlling these oppressive forces.
As a traditional catholic family, we had always attempted to restrict our viewing to what seemed to be edifying or, at the very least, relatively innocuous, avoiding productions which were clearly meant to influence the audience in a negative manner (Porky's, anyone?). Thanks to the work of bloggers like the Celtic Rebel, Lenon Honor, and Alex Robinson of Too Long in This Place, I now see much more programming embedded within movies which I previously would not have noticed. This greater awareness has meant that I am no longer able to dissociate, or suspend disbelief, long enough to make it through most films. So, I watch very little now, and often it is just for the purpose of studying a bad movie.
And yet there are still times when the desire for release from daily routine arises. Movies are so popular because they are the modern populist reflection of our age-old need of storytelling. The drama is one of the greatest mediums of human expression. When done well, it projects and interprets our common humanity, and attempts to bring resolution to our tensions and conflicts. The movies that will be featured here will be those I feel are worth the investment of your time and more or less free of degenerative social engineering programming. I hope this will help those of you who are looking for some good viewing.
Pop and Me (1999) is a documentary by Chris Roe which was filmed across 26 countries and 5 continents as he and his father retraced their family's world journey of 18 years earlier.
Pop Richard Roe has hit his mid-life crisis with all the energy his personality can bring to it. His career has ended, his marriage is over, his 3 sons are now grown men, and he feels a need to re-invent himself for the final 1/3 of his life. He divests himself of all security, his home, his savings, to finance his brainchild, this 6 month adventure which is part escape, part re-invention tour, and part desperate grab at elusive past happiness.
His wish was to have one of his sons accompany him, but as we only find out well into their travels, Chris was his third and therefore last choice. Richard states outright while they are touring around Beijing that neither of them would have been in each other's top 10 list of perspective travel companions. I think he is being truthful, but Chris has a hard time admitting his more mercenary reasons for joining his father on his trip. The film provides a great study in the uniqueness of our individual children as we meet Richard's other 2 sons along the way, each with their distinct character traits. Some personalilties mesh together well, and some require a little more effort to reach understanding.
Is the interaction between Chris and his dad authentic? In these times of ours where faked reality is very often all we are ever presented with, I hestitate to make a definitive judgement, but I think it mostly is. Pop Richard seems much more honest in revealing his true self. The son has some ways to go learning how to grow beyond the large shadow his gregarious father casts. As he states "everyone loves Pop". Even without the lead father and son team making much progress in their communication, the documentary is a fascinating study of father and son relationships in different cultures. There are a lot of tears throughout, but the family members interviewed seem entirely genuine. I agree with one reviewer who felt that the film provided a means for the honest expression of feelings which otherwise might have gone unsaid. For homeschooling families, there is a great segment in Australia showing how children can really soar when freed from the restraints of institutional schooling.
A final point of interest is the interview with Julian Lennon where he discusses his relationship (or lack of) with his famous father. It's probably not what an avid Beatles fan wants to hear, but Julian's words would make a great mantra for anyone trying to be a better parent: "My goal in life as a person is to be the same person as the message I deliver.". Words to live by for us all really.
Following is the extended interview with Julian Lennon from the special features of the dvd. I hope this persuades you to go check out the rest of the movie!
Barbarian Lore ∞ History is written by the victors.
History will be kind to me for I intend to write it. Winston Churchill
I am so tired of lies – lies, half-truths, untruths, hidden truths, deceit, false realities, false evidence, false witnesses, false reports, false teachings, false prophets, false prophecies, false religions, rabbit holes, disinfo, misinformation, cointelpro, subterfuge, fake ids, phony solutions, pretty stories, fabricated laws and manufactured moral codes. Tired of Lies was actually one of the names I was considering for this blog. After 29 years of believing I had found, and joined, God's one holy and universal church, I am ready for some real truths to guide me through this life. I am a mother who has the care of many young souls, who must now, along with my husband, discover what we ought to have been teaching our children about the true nature of our world and of our universe. Trouble is, these answers seem pretty hard to come by. It seems a lot of people have gone to a lot of trouble to make sure these truths stay well hidden. Why that is I hope to discover further. If there is anyone out there searching too, please join in. The savings in time to have just one false teaching properly identified multiplies exponentially as they will often take down a few others as they fall.
This is what this Barbarian Lore is all about. We have all heard these maxims which express real truths, but do we ever stop and examine their trickle-down effect on our education, and therefore, our worldview? As Terry Jones puts it:
We've all been sold a false history of Rome that has twisted our entire understanding of our own history – glorifiying (and glossing over) a long era of ruthless imperial power, celebrating it for the benefit of Renaissance tyrants and more modern empires, and wildly distorting our view of the so-called "Middle Ages" and the peoples whom Rome crushed and who were then blamed for its fall.
Julius Caesar himself could have written Churchill's words quoted above. He understood this precept very well. That is why he remained in Bibracte, writing the official version of his successes against the barbarian hordes, complete with the requisite moral justifications, and the tally of the dead (1 million Gauls) and the enslaved (another million), burying the evidence of any contradictory views. We have only lately, 2000 years later, begun to view the lives of these conquered peoples not through the lens of the Roman victors. It is so important for us to relearn history so we can spot the lies we are being sold as truth.
Thanks to Atlantean Times for letting me know about the paradigm shifting 4 part documentary series Terry Jones Barbarians from 2006, and special thanks to Terry Jones, of Monty Python fame, for making it. I do wonder how many people reading this will have heard of this series. The 2 disc dvd set is selling for under $10, and the book which accompanies the series was selling for $2. That strikes me as odd, as both BBC and History Channel programmes usually sell at a premium. Of course, the market sets the price. Does no one want to buy this set? The History Channel has a bad reputation for creating its own versions of history, but I certainly found this particular documentary very convincing.
Terry Jones does a terrific job of clearing out old propaganda, tracking down the very latest scholarship and uncovering the impressive cultural and technological achievements of the "Barbarians"- the Celts, Goths, Persians, and Vandals. These were highly developed, intelligent societies, more civilized than the Roman hordes who came, conquered, plundered and, more often than not, destroyed what they found. Do yourselves and your family a favour and check this series out. You can watch all 4 parts on YouTube if you can't find the dvds. The blogger linked below goes through the first show of the series, The Primitive Celts, if you would like a quick look at what the documentary is like. If you would like to have a look at what you can expect from the book (no matter how good a film or tv series is, the book is always better), there is an excellent concise review of it here.
Related articles
- Celts were…Barbarians?? (katewoodauthor.wordpress.com)
- Celts were…Master Craftsmen and Engineers?! (katewoodauthor.wordpress.com)
- Celts were Fair, Sophisticated, and Civilized (katewoodauthor.wordpress.com)
- Celts were…RICH!! (katewoodauthor.wordpress.com)


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Absolutely stunning lake views from this very peaceful 2 level lakefront home. Sleeps 16-18 comfortably. This lake community is located just 50 miles southwest of Washington, D.C., halfway between historic Fredricksburg and Culpeper, Virginia, on Route #3. This lakefront home is situated in 'Lake of the Woods', an exclusive gated golf resort community.
It is perfect for a romantic get-away; a relaxing retreat for entertaining family and friends; perfect for reunions and fun vacations. This home has over 3000 sq. ft. per level, is located on a private cul-de-sac, and has driveway parking for 6-8 vehicles. The main level features kitchen with wet bar, great room with 50 in. tv and wood burning fireplace, 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths and a separate dining room. The lower level includes a second kitchen, large recreation room, 3 bedrooms and 2 full baths.
The kitchen has beautiful corian countertops, and opens to a 36' great room complete with wet bar and wood burning fireplace.
An expansive deck runs the full length of the house, and includes a 12' by 36' screen porch with variable speed ceiling fans. It's a great place to enjoy drinks and serve lunch or supper to your guests.
The rear of the house is all glass (sliding glass doors) and all rooms have spectacular views of the Lake. The home has an exclusive private dock for swimming, fishing, kayaking, pedal boating and canoeing (life jackets and floats for lounging in the water are all provided!).
Lake of the Woods amenities are: private PGA 18 hole golf course, swimming, boating, fishing, horseback riding, sandy beaches, tennis, sailing, horseshoes, volleyball, basketball and fine dining at the clubhouse. Sightseeing includes shopping in Fredericksburg and Culpeper; visiting Civil War battlefields, Luray Caverns, Kings Dominion, Washington, D.C. and local wineries.
The clubhouse is just 1/2 mile away and offers wonderful cuisine at reasonable prices. It has a bar, grill room and formal dining room and a large deck overlooking the Lake. Our favorites on the menu include prime rib, shrimp and grits, and the Jack Daniels cheese burger.
This home has 2 washers, 2 dryers, 2 hot water heaters, 3 microwave ovens, and 3 refrigerators for your use.
The house has a large dock area for sunbathing, fishing, swimming, canoeing, pedal boating, kayaking, or just lounging around on floats in the water. Relax and enjoy this peaceful setting at the Lake of the Woods. You'll be glad you did!
Guest Book Comments:
1) 'Thanks for sharing this lovely retreat.' July, 2011 The Suttons
2) 'We had hours of fun in the Lake...swimming, lounging and paddling around in all the boats.' July, 2011 Krebs
3) 'What an amazing beautiful home.' March, 2011 The Coutards
4) 'The Material Girls had another wonderful week of sewing in your great home.' Jan., 2011 The Material Girls
5) 'We found beauty, rest, calm, joy and peace. The hydranges painting in the downstairs bedroom...was worth the price of admission! Thanks for sharing.' March, 2011 Charlottesville Chums
6) 'Views were so peaceful' March, 2011 McManus
Year Round Availability
Summer: Enjoy sunbathing, swimming, kayaking, canoeing, pedal boating or just watch the sunsets from the dock.
Fall: Take in the spectacular Fall foliage in picture perfect setting. Enjoy horseback riding, golfing, or visit Civil War battlefields and local wineries.
Winter: Pour yourself a glass of your favorite wine, catch up on some reading by the wood burning fireplace in the greatroom. Or just relax and watch the snowflakes fall into the Lake.
Spring: Enjoy natures' renewal. Play a round of golf, visit the clubhouse for some fine food. Be sure to take in the beautiful views from the clubhouse deck. They are stunning!
Before contactiong us, please check our calendar for your desired dates. We would appreciate an online review after your stay. Thanks for visiting our website. Sincerely, Tom & Nancy Robertson
Tom is retired. We down-sized to smaller home. Nancy partners with our daughter, Jenny, and works in real estate for Long & Foster. Winning mother-daughter team.
Pam Crosslin, Broker, Otoole Realty, Locust Grove, Va., 22508 purchased this house in 2003
We were looking for waterfront home, preferably in gated community. Only 50 miles from D.C. Home has large dock to moor boats, etc. Very desirable for us.
The Lake of the Woods is a private gated community located on Route 3, about 15 miles west of route I-95 at Fredericksburg, Va. There is a large shopping area at the 95 intersection, including restaurants, theaters, Costco, and many large and small stores. The area is famous for it's role in the Civil War and there are lots of historic sites. If you want to visit our nation's capitol, it is within the bounds of a day trip, as is the King's Dominion Theme Park and Luray Caverns and local wineries.
Tour a Virginia winery and pick up a case of your favorite wine. Or visit local Civil War battlefields. Or play golf. Check with Pam Crosslin at 504 972-2511 for weekly and 3 night discounts too.
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Aug 31 2014 - Dec 27 2014
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Spring 2015
Jan 1 2015 - May 21 2015
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Summer 2015
May 22 2015 - Sep 8 2015
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- K-12 Innovator of the Year: Irving (Texas) Independent School District
- Staying Well Equipped
At Irving ISD, the separation between the back and front of the house is being breached, school by school.
Michael Rosenberger is a man with a vision when it comes to his job. Director of Food Service for the Irving (TX) ISD, he is overseeing a total overhaul of the way meals are served in the 35,000-student district southwest of Dallas.
"Traditionally, as at many schools, we made the food in the back in the kitchen out of sight of the kids and then brought it out to be served," he says. "I want to take that wall between the back- and front-of-the-house down and I want the food to go directly from the oven to the serving line with no separation."
After all, it's what kids see every day in the commercial restaurant world, from the custom-assembly model of quick-serve chains like Chipotle and Subway to the open kitchens now prevalent even in upper tier restaurants.
To that end, Rosenberger has led a comprehensive renovation program at Irving ISD that is slowly transforming kitchen and servery layouts to make them more open, efficient and responsive. To date, eight sites have been completed while others have been partially modified while awaiting full renovation.
Bringing production to the front also makes service easier by facilitating replenishment, and it allows staffing to be utilized much more efficiently. Instead of servers calling back for restocks or production staff guessing because they can't see what's moving up front, serving bins are replenished quickly.
Rosenberger compares it to a Just In Time (JIT) factory production approach, where components are delivered to the factory floor just as they are needed so nothing sits around. In factories that costs money, while in school foodservice that costs customer satisfaction as well as productivity.
"All labor is up front when the customer is here," Rosenberger offers. "That's where it should be because the customer is the most important thing."
Keep the Line Moving
Why do school lunch lines stop or slow down? Reasons range from operational issues like insufficient staff readiness and product shortages/outages to student indecision, fumbling with cash, forgotten IDs and the taking of incomplete meals.
While kids will always be kids, Rosenberger says many of these issues can be addressed with improved processes driven by better kitchen/servery design and modern equipment.
He lists the following kitchen design goals:
• Solve the "running out" issue
• Improve work and food flow
• Implement a near-JIT "oven to serve" model using rapid cooking technologies
• Minimize hot and cold food holding times
• Focus staff efforts on critical areas at the critical times
• Implement an open kitchen design
• Maximize customer flow
• Improve cost and operating efficiencies
"Technology has made a dinosaur of the traditional two-person serving line," he explains. "Now, one employee can do both jobs as long as the back-of-the-house supports them." Hence, servers stay at the stations.
"We deploy runners who keep each line replenished directly from equipment just behind the service area so customers see that everything coming out has been freshly made. There is nothing appearing from the back kitchen areas."
As a consequence of these changes, food cost dropped from 42% to 37% at one renovated site, and from 33% to 28% at another. The latter was also able to save nearly $30,000 in labor through staff reductions even as it expanded serving lines from two to five. (Reduced staff is generally reassigned in lieu of new hires, resulting in overall district labor savings.)
In fact, the renovated kitchen/servery layout has been so successful that it has cut 15 minutes from the elementary school lunch schedule (and 10 from middle schools). "You can bet that the school administrations and teachers were happy to get the extra time for education activities," Rosenberger says.


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Now Casting: Fantasy Apocalypse Boot Camp.
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Nancy Steblay joined the Augsburg College Faculty in 1988.
Recent courses: Psychology and Law; Research Methods I; Advanced Research Seminar; Introduction to Psychology; Psychology Lab; Honors 250 (Decision-making).
Primary research interests: The reliability of eyewitness identification and eyewitness evidence procedures; courtroom evidence topics (alibis, inadmissible evidence, pre-trial publicity).
Advisor: Psychology and Law Concentration
Brief Biography
Nancy Steblay, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology at Augsburg College. As a forensic experimental psychologist, Dr. Steblay has conducted research on eyewitness memory for 20+ years and has published numerous peer-reviewed scientific articles and chapters on eyewitness topics. She serves as a reviewer for the National Science Foundation and multiple science journals, and is a member of the Editorial Boards of Law and Human Behavior and Applied Cognitive Psychology. Audiences for recent professional presentations have included prosecutors, defense attorneys, law enforcement, policymakers, and forensic scientists.
Dr. Steblay has worked with law enforcement to implement revised field lineup identification procedures based on eyewitness science. Her field and laboratory experiments are funded by the National Institute of Justice. She is currently a part of the scientific team for a national study of eyewitness field lineup procedures conducted by the American Judicature Society.
- B.A. Bemidji State University
- M.A. University of Montana
- Ph.D. University of Montana
Selected Publications in Psychology and Law
- Steblay, N.K., & Phillips, J. (in press). The not-sure response option in sequential lineup practice. Applied Cognitive Psychology. doi: 10.1002/acp.1755
- Steblay, N.K., & Loftus, E. F. (in press). Eyewitness memory and the legal system. In Shafir, E. (Ed.) The Behavioral Foundations of Policy. Princeton University Press & Russell Sage Foundation.
- Steblay, N.K. (in press). How I got started: Field experiments, meta-analysis, and eyewitness memory. Applied Cognitive Psychology.
- Steblay, N.K. (June, 2011). A Second Look at the Illinois Pilot Program: The Evanston Data. The Champion, 10-15. www.nacld.org
- Steblay, N.K., Dietrich, H.L., Ryan, S.L., Raczynski, J.L., & James, K.A. (2011). Sequential lineup laps and eyewitness accuracy, Law and Human Behavior, 35, 262-274. doi: 10.1007/s10979-010-9236-2
- Steblay, N.K., Dysart, J. E., & Wells, G.L. (2011). Seventy-two tests of the sequential lineup superiority effect: A meta-analysis and policy discussion. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 17 (1), 99-139. doi: 10.1037/a0021650
- Steblay, N.K. (2011). What we know now: The Evanston Illinois lineups, Law and Human Behavior, 35, 1, 1-12. doi: 10.1007/s10979-009-9207-7
- Steblay, N.K. (2010). Improving the Accuracy of Eyewitness Evidence. Chapter in Inside the Minds: Adapting to New Eyewitness Identification Procedures. Boston: Aspatore Books/ ThompsonWest Publishing.
- Steblay, N., & Loftus, E.F., (2010). Eyewitness memory. In Goldstein, E.B. (Ed.)Encyclopedia of Perception. Sage Reference, Sage Publications.
- Steblay, N.K. (2009). Maintaining the reliability of eyewitness evidence: After the lineup.Creighton Law Review, 42 (4), 643-654.
- Steblay, N. (2008). Eyewitness identification, field studies. In Cutler, B.L., (Ed.)Encyclopedia of Psychology and Law. Sage Reference, Sage Publications.
- Steblay, N. (2008). Juries and inadmissible evidence. In Cutler, B.L., (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Psychology and Law. Sage Reference, Sage Publications.
- Steblay, N. (2008). Commentary on "Studying eyewitness investigations in the field": A look forward. Law and Human Behavior, 32, 11-15.
- Steblay, N. (2007). A little advice and much encouragement for future field lineup studies.Promoting Effective Homicide Investigations. Police Executive Research Forum: Washington D.C.
- Steblay, N., Besirevic, J., Fulero, S., & Jimenez-Lorente, B. (2007). The effects of pretrial publicity on juror verdicts: A meta-analytic review. In Roesch, R., & Gagnon, N. (Eds.)Psychology and law: Criminal and civil perspectives. Hampshire, UK: Ashgate.
- Klobuchar, A., Steblay, N., & Caligiuri, H. (2006). Improving eyewitness identifications: Hennepin County's Blind Sequential Lineup Pilot Project. Cardozo Public Law, Policy & Ethics Journal, 4 (2), 381-413.
- Steblay, N., (2006). Reforming eyewitness identification: Lineup identification instructions; weighing the advantages and disadvantages of show-ups versus lineups. Cardozo Public Law, Policy & Ethics Journal, 4 (2), 341-354.
- Douglass, A., & Steblay, N., (2006). Memory distortion in eyewitnesses: A meta-analysis of the post-identification feedback effect. Applied Cognitive Psychology. 20, 859-869.
- Steblay, N., Hosch, H., Culhane, S., & McWethy, A., (2006). The impact on juror verdicts of judicial instruction to disregard inadmissible evidence: A meta-analysis. Law and Human Behavior, 30, 469-492.
- Steblay, N., Dysart, J., Fulero, S., & Lindsay, R.C.L. (2003). Eyewitness accuracy rates in police showups and lineup presentations: A Meta-Analytic Comparison. Law and Human Behavior, 27, 523-540.
- Steblay, N., Dysart, J., Fulero, S., & Lindsay, R.C.L. (2001). Eyewitness accuracy rates in sequential and simultaneous lineup presentations: A meta-analytic review. Law and Human Behavior, 25, 459-473. doi:10.1023/A:1012888715007
- Association for Psychological Science
- American Psychology- Law Society (APA-Division 41)
- Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition
- Distinguished Contributions for Excellence in Scholarship (Augsburg, 2011)
Scientific Review
Editorial Board member
- Law and Human Behavior
- Applied Cognitive Psychology


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• FishbowlLA: Gary Coleman is dead. And I've only read one "different… strokes" joke on Twitter so far.
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Weekly Media Stocks Roundup: Mixed Results From a Slow Week
Shares in media companies had mixed results in a somewhat quiet week for stock-moving headlines. The broader market was also fairly flat. Over the past five days, the S&P 500 rose less than 1% to 1089.
There were some glimmers of hope for the news business. A Newspaper Association of America study revealed that although print ad revenue for newspapers had declined overall in the first quarter, online ad sales rose for the first time since 2008. Meanwhile, overall ad spending has risen 5.1% year over year for the first quarter, according to a Kantar Media Study.
A few more details emerged about the The New York Times Co.'s (NYT) plans to implement a paywall next year. A Times spokesperson said that links to NYTimes.com from blogs and other third-party sites would count against a limited number of free visits, but outside links would still allow readers who had surpassed the limit to read Times stories. Some media pundits had floated the concern that a paywall would block inbound blog links, thus slowing traffic and perhaps display-ad revenues as a result. Shares rose 3.2% to $9.28.
An additional company joined the cohort of prospective buyers of The Washington Post Co.'s (WPO) Newsweek. Open Gate Capital, which bought TV Guide for $1 in 2008 and had been in the running for BusinessWeek last year, expressed interest in the magazine. The deadline for bids on Newsweek is June 2. Shares of The Washington Post dropped 3.8% on the week to end at $465.73.
News Corp. (NWS) unveiled a new iPad application for its UK-based Times newspaper, as the tablet made its debut in Britain. Outside the media titan's print operations, reports emerged of the company shopping its Beliefnet social networking site and ringtone hawker Jamster. Shares dipped rose less than 1% to $15.36.
Weekly stock results for Time Warner, Meredith Corp. and more after the jump.
At Reader's Digest Association, A Slow In Losses
Reader's Digest Association has experienced a slow in losses through the first quarter of this year (which ended March 31 and happens to mark the company's first quarter since reemerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy) compared to that time last year — specifically, a $27.1 million loss versus a considerably larger $499.3 million. The company believes restructuring has been the key to turning things around.
Then again, revenue for the company declined 10.2 percent to $413.9 million following a reduced base rate for Reader's Digest magazine, as well as the shuttering of Backyard Living, Cooking for Two, Purpose Driven Connection and Selecciones.
Folio: explains some of the smarter accounting practices the company has been implementing since coming out of bankruptcy, including "the write-down of the unearned revenue liability which reduce magazine revenues after emergence from Chapter 11; an increase in depreciation and amortization expense prospectively as a consequence of the adjustment to the fair value of tangible and intangible assets; and a reduction of pension income due to the write-off of unrealized gains on pension assets."
RDA president and CEO Mary Berner announced that the company is proud of their "improved profitability" and gains by their Lifestyle & Entertainment Direct and U.S. businesses.
A.G. Sulzberger Is The NYT's Kansas Bureau Chief
A.G. Sulzberger will go from metro reporter at the New York Times to the paper's Kansas City bureau chief starting this summer, reporting to Monica Davey, the Times' Midwest bureau chief.
Sulzberger, whose family has long played a pivotal role in overseeing the New York Times Co, had no comment on the move.
The full memo from national editor Rick Berke about Sulzberger's new role, via the NY Observer, appears after the jump.
Emily Gould: And The Heart Says… Quite A Lot About Nick Denton, Actually
Emily Gould has been Emily Goulding around as of late, penning a memoir called And The Heart Says Whatever, about being a twenty-something who blogs in New York and dates horrible people and makes crappy mistakes and has some tattoos, which seems quite like what a book about the most interesting person in the world ever might be about.
While promoting her book in Washington DC, Gould shared some also-interesting insights about her former boss, Gawker Media founder Nick Denton:
It's a hard job and you're working for a crazy person. [...] I mean, it's just so incredibly obvious to me what a lunatic [he is]. It's like, not a cute look for a 40-something-year-old man.
Yeah! Good thing none of us will never be forty-somethings, or else comments like those made in our youth might come back to haunt us.
UK Times Launches iPad App
Another day, another iPad news app. This one comes from News Corp.'s Times. It costs nine quid, 99 p (about $14.44 in real money) every four months. That's in the same ballpark as the iPad rate for fellow News Corp. paper The Wall Street Journal, which charges $3.99 a week, or $15.96 a month for its iPad service.
In an interesting Murdochian twist, that $14.44 only buys the iPad app, so people who want to use their computers to get behind the Times's paywall will have to pay the same price all over again.
paidContent also points out what may be a bit of advertorializing in today's Times:
The Times' iPad announcement today is accompanied by a story on how the iPad "may rewrite the future of newspapers".
The M.I.A. Debacle, Or, When Celebrities Become Investigative Journalists
Singer / visual artist / designer / initial-haver M.I.A., née Maya Arulpragasam, evidently irritated by a recent profile that ran on the New York Times' website, decided to play both investigative journalist and her own personal flack by posting the author of the offending article's phone number on Twitter, giving others the impression that it was her own number, and sitting back to see what would happen. As it turns out: Unhappiness.
The article, "M.I.A.'s Agitprop Pop," looks at M.I.A. as an artist and as a celebrity, and included lines like "Although her publicist had a wheelchair ready and a midwife on call, Maya, who has a deep and instinctive affinity for the provocative, knew that this Grammy moment was not to be missed. It had everything: artistic credibility, high drama, a massive audience. The baby would just have to wait" and "Maya's tirade, typical in the way it moved from the political to the personal and back again, was interrupted by a waiter, who offered her a variety of rolls. She chose the olive bread."
The author in question was Lynn Hirschberg, who was, understandably, less than amused at having her phone number broadcast to countless strangers. Nonetheless, she has no plans to have it changed.
As she tells the New York Observer, Hirschberg doesn't quite understand why M.I.A. would draw more attention to an article one would assume the singer wouldn't want people to read in the first place: "I find it kind of interesting that she would cast the spotlight on the story in any way, shape or form. I can't say what she thinks of it. But it seems you would want it to go away."
Hirschberg adds that, while she is not surprised by M.I.A.'s reaction given that M.I.A. is, somewhat by profession, a "provocateur," she does find it "unethical." And she has a personal message for the artist:
The messages have mostly been from people trying to hook up with M.I.A. If she wants to get together with John at Bard next week, I have his number.
The internet has certainly weighed in on the ongoing feud, but M.I.A. will get have her say, again, soon:
Gary Coleman Dead at 42
TMZ is reporting that "Diff'rent Strokes" star and former California gubernatorial candidate Gary Coleman is dead at 42 from an intracranial hemorrhage he suffered as a result of a fall. Coleman had been on life support since Tuesday at a Utah hospital.
RIP Arnold.
TV Guide Owner Eyes Newsweek
We almost made it a whole week without getting deep into the Washington Post Co.'s efforts to sell Newsweek. Things got so bad for a while we even had to talk about nontransactional news instead, like the magazine's Web redesign and — horrors! — its reporting on the Gulf oil spill. So it comes as something of a relief today to discover that, per the New York Post, TV Guide owner Open Gate Capital has its eye on the troubled newsweekly.
Still, the private equity firm isn't betting on a short-term turnaround. The Post quotes Open Gate CEO Andre Nikou: ""No way is there immediate profitability. It will take a lot of heavy lifting. It's probably two or three years away."
Open Gate has a history with storied-but-struggling publications. It bought TV Guide for one dollar in 2008, and made a run at BusinessWeek before that magazine's eventual sale to Bloomberg last October.
Open Gate now joins Politico, Reuters, "Power Rangers" guy Haim Saban and Daily News publisher Mort Zuckerman on the list of mooted Newsweek buyers.


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International law is an arcane science, or so it seems when Canada engages in piracy by kidnapping foreign nationals on the high seas in an effort to please the Big Brother south of the border.
With headlines glaring "Canadian Navy Captures Al Qaeda Suspects at Sea," what Canadian wouldn't shudder with joy and think, "WOW, we even made the New York Times. Good job Canada! Top of the heap. u2018If I can make it there, I'll make it anywhere . . .'"
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According to the mass media, and abiding by secretly amassed "secret evidence," these Evil Ones are guilty. Just like John Walker "Taliban" Lindh who finally admitted to the heinous felonies of "provid[ing] my services as a soldier to the Taliban last year from about August to November" and "during the course of doing so…carr[ying] a rifle and two grenades."
Oh, oh.
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Serves him right though; he should have known that the US negotiations with the Taliban for an oil pipeline across Afghanistan where going nowhere, and that the US and Britain would have to attack Afghanistan in October of 2001, thereby making him an enemy combatant. The guy obviously is a little bit behind the times.
You know . . . Taliban no longer neutral; old US ally al Qa'ida, now enemy; old enemy Soviet Northern Alliance, now friend . . . and so on.
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Now I suppose it wasn't always so – that to be a Taliban was to be al Qa'ida – after all the "registry" of volunteers who left their names at "the base" before shipping out with US cash and Stinger missiles to fight the Soviet backed tribes in the North, was already well established long before the Taliban was even a twinkling in some school boy's eye.
But who's a terrorist? Who's the enemy? And Who's on third base.
al Qa'ida, Taliban . . . Who cares?
Syllogistically – or simplistically – we could say:
Taliban = al Qa'ida = Terrorist
The equation many seem to accept.
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But don't tell Bush that negotiating with Taliban = negotiating with al Qa'ida = negotiating with terrorists = ??? . . . . Traitor, perhaps?
After all, if Taliban = al Qa'ida, and al Qa'ida = USS Cole, Khobar Towers, Nirobi and Kenya . . . then doesn't negotiating with Taliban in circa 2001 = TRAITOR?
Oh, but let's not forget . . . Bush is a patriot. He wouldn't ever do anything unpatriotic, nor could he have possibly known that Taliban = al Qa'ida prior to 9/11.
But "Taliban" John, that's different. Lindh should have known that:
Joining the Taliban to fight the Northern Alliance = joining al Qa'ida = working for Bin Laden = WTC = 9/11 = violation of US Presidential decree on "enemy combatants" = US Justice Department writ = 20 years in jail.
Daahhh! No brainer.
This Lindh guy's obviously an idiot . . . Not to mention just plain evil for lying around in that dank prison fort with his hands tied behind his back, bullet in the leg or whatever, doing nothing to help CIA hero "Mike" Spann from getting bitten to death after running out of bullets during his interrogation of a bunch of tied-up "Jihadis."
Pity Walker didn't get his when the US took-out most of those tied-up evil monsters with 500 lb'ers and a little help from their Northern Alliance brethren.
Good and Bad Examples
Now we all know converting from Christianity to Islam is just plain bad . . . Just take a look at that Cassius Clay fellow, changing his name to Mohammed Ali, and refusing to kill "Gooks" in Vietnam along with good Christian folk like special forces hero Senator Bob Kerrey. But hey, all that stuff about Kerrey is just a mistake . . . Spilt milk at best. No sense in giving back the Bronze Star after all this time just because the killed Gooks entered into his after-action report turned out to be old women and children, or because some other Navy Seal guy along on the hunt happens to repeat this nonsense about women and children . . . A misguided liar, obviously.
But for all you action heroes, take heart: it is OK to be American if it is the Israeli armed forces you work for. And killing American sailors is OK if the President says so because . . . hey, it's Israel stupid. And any American in the IDF that refuses to obey the attack order deserves a secret tribunal and life sentence, incommunicado, or better yet death . . .
Oh. But that's just a bucket full of anti-Semitic conspiracy horse manure. After all, it definitely might just could have been that old Egyptian rust bucket horse boat, the El Quseir, threatening Israel with immanent destruction 15 miles out in the Mediterranean. Fog of war and all that . . . You know, like the British soldiers hanged in the olive garden.
"Begin and Shamir had both headed the first two terrorist organizations to operate in Palestine during the 1940s. Shamir had led the Stern Gang while Begin led the larger Irgun Zvi Leuhmi. The two groups worked in tandem and were responsible for introduction of terrorist techniques into Palestine including car bombings, assassinations, kidnappings, hijackings of military vehicles and the lynching of British soldiers in the olive groves outside of Jerusalem. They were responsible for the near destruction of the car-bombed King David Hotel and for the massacre of civilians at the Palestinian village of Deir Yassin near Jerusalem."
Must admit, those two 50 cal machine guns on the USS Liberty look pretty damn intimidating. And that big, strange antenna looking thing, perched between that Egyptian looking flag and the 10 foot high Arabic-looking "GTR5" plastered on the bow . . . must have been some kind of secret death-ray gun the Egyptians were cooking up to zap Israel from 50 miles away. That's why the Israelis had to remove the markings from their planes once their cover was blown during their first surveillance overflights a few hours earlier. And those "half-naked" undercover underwear-wearing fake Egyptian commandos pretending to lay about the deck tanning themselves under crystal blue skies . . . I mean, will they stop at nothing?!!
But what's this got to do with terrorism anyway? This is not about Israel; it's about terrorism.
Most Israelis like most Americans don't seem to have a clue, or perhaps don't care, how political interests manipulate perceptions of reality, or how much beyond their control this "reality" really is . . . but for heaven sakes why the Mad Tea Party?
Terrorism begets terrorism, and strength is not derived from injustice. A soldier is not a soldier who fears no death from an enemy too weak to fight back; and justice is not justice when justice for him is not justice for me too. Cowardice strikes out, then hides behind tower walls from those who may strike back, and watches others fall.
Nothing to fear but fear itself
I must admit that I've never much feared terrorism, or the terrorists I am told I should fear. But on the other hand, I don't fear cars either, even though they do more damage to life and limb than all the terrorists combined, terrorists as defined by those who have appointed themselves to protect us from terrorism . . . 9/11 included.
I suppose, however, that's why laws have grown fussy, why we need even more watching than we did before, and why we have to replace all those little states with one Big One where we will all live in safety, happiness, and harmony. Just like Uncle Tony has promised.
I know. I know. There's the big bad Bomb and those little bad Bugs to worry about, and it's governments we're really after . . . The right wing nationalists . . . You know, the ones that always trick us into believing they're socialists before revealing their true colors . . . Nazis, like Saddam Hussein.
Those are the ones we're really after. That's where terrorism really starts.
So you're either with us or against us, and may a thousand points of light unite and protect us from those who hate freedom and democracy.
I could, I suppose, be wrong about a thing or two . . . Hell, maybe even everything. But damn it all to heck, why don't some of those Neocons up in Washington help straighten out us simple folk. They should know we can't handle all this conspiracy stuff . . . It twists the mind and makes us crazy.
Joseph Quillan, Ph.D. [send him mail] author, ranter, and researcher, writes from Oakland California.


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In the newly-introduced top 40 qualifying, Porsche works driver Marc Lieb (Germany) secured a good starting position for the 40th running of the Nurburgring 24 hour race with sixth place. Lieb shares the cockpit of the 911 GT3 R (Wochenspiegel Team Manthey) with fellow factory pilots Richard Lietz (Austria) and Romain Dumas (France) as well as racing professional Lucas Luhr (Germany). The race tomorrow will start at 16.00 hours. Continue reading 'N24: Marc Lieb places Team Manthey Porsche sixth on grid'
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N24: Marc Lieb places Team Manthey Porsche sixth on grid
Nurburgring 24 Hour: Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid in second place after 2 hours
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Nurburgring 24 Hour 1st qualifying report from Porsche
The Porsche teams are in a good position for Friday's final qualifying for the 24 hour race. With the Porsche 911 GT3 RSR fielded by Manthey Racing, Porsche works drivers Marc Lieb, Timo Bernhard and Romain Dumas together with Lucas Luhr posted sixth place. The quartet won the 24 hour race four times straight from 2006 to 2009.
The seventh quickest time was claimed by Porsche works driver Wolf Henzler, Peter Dumbreck, Martin Ragginger and Sebastian Asch in the 911 GT3 R of Falken Motorsport. Richard Westbrook, Christian Menzel, Mike Stursberg and Hans Guido Riegel planted their Haribo Team Manthey 911 GT3 R on the tenth grid spot. Continue reading 'Nurburgring 24 Hour 1st qualifying report from Porsche'
Porsche qualifying report from the 24 Hours of Le Mans
The first step is taken with success. Porsche customer teams from all over Europe and the USA have secured good grid positions after the qualifying sessions for the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The fastest Porsche driver, works pilot Marc Lieb (Germany), planted the Felbermayr 911 GT3 RSR on seventh in the GTE Pro class. Lieb competes for last year's winning team with works drivers Richard Lietz (Austria) and Wolf Henzler (Germany). Four other 2011-spec 911 GT3 RSR take up the race in the GTE Pro category. In the GTE Am class, three 911 GT3 RSR from last year take off into the 79th edition of the long distance classic on Saturday at 15.00 hours from positions two, three and four. Continue reading 'Porsche qualifying report from the 24 Hours of Le Mans'
Flying Lizard Motorsports qualify 3rd and 12th for the 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans
The Flying Lizard Motorsports team has had its work cut out for them this week. We have also seen a bit of role reversal with the two cars. In the ALMS, both cars run in the GT class, with the no44 usually off pace but comes forward over the race. The no45 is always toward the front. At Le Mans, the no80 has had its share of padlock and a slower pace compared to the BMW's, Ferrari's and Corvette's. The no81, driven by Neiman, Law and Pumpelly has been performing very well. Continue reading 'Flying Lizard Motorsports qualify 3rd and 12th for the 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans'
Peugeot's Sarrazin takes Le Mans 24 provisional pole
What we saw in the first practice session on Wednesday was an eye opener. The Audi-Peugeot diesel battle kicked off almost instantaneous. We thought it would be fast but 3:30's were way off pace.
Tonights first qualifying session became more of the same, however not one bit boring. Audi's Mike Rockenfeller would go out first and drop a 3:27.949 in the no1 Audi R18 TDI. Continue reading 'Peugeot's Sarrazin takes Le Mans 24 provisional pole'
Patrick Long returns to the 24 Hours of Le Mans
Patrick Long returns to Circuit de la Sarthe, in Le Mans, France to attempt his 3rd career victory in Les 24 Heures du Mans this week. Victorious in the GT class in 2004 in his maiden attempt and again in 2007, Long is making his 8th consecutive start at Le Mans and will drive for Flying Lizard Motorsport for the first time in France since 2006. Joining him in the #80 car will be longtime teammate Joerg Bergmeister and Lucas Luhr, both Germans. Continue reading 'Patrick Long returns to the 24 Hours of Le Mans'
Strong contingent of Porsche customer teams with eight 911 GT3 RSR
Five teams, eight vehicles, 24 pilots: Porsche customer teams from Europe and the USA are particularly well represented at the 79th running of the long distance classic in Le Mans on 11/12 June. At the toughest automobile race in the world they field a total of eight Porsche 911 GT3 RSR in the two sports car classes: GTE Pro and GTE Am. All Porsche works drivers compete – including last year's winning trio, Marc Lieb (Germany), Richard Lietz (Austria) and Wolf Henzler (Germany). With 16 overall and 98 class victories, Porsche is by far the most successful make in Le Mans. Continue reading 'Strong contingent of Porsche customer teams with eight 911 GT3 RSR'


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Warning!! These Patagonia Fjord flannels are toasty shirts! These shirts are a relaxed fit so go up or down a size . My only complaint is the collar gets all wrinkled after bring washed. Im sure it could be ironed out if I owned one of those things.
Warning!! These Patagonia Fjord flannels are toasty shirts! These shirts are a relaxed fit so go up or down a size . My only complaint is the collar gets all wrinkled after bring washed. Im sure it could be ironed out if I owned one of those things.
I love this flannel. I have an old Fjord flannel I bought years ago that I have totally beat to crap and that thing is still alive and kicking. Other than slightly fading from multiple washes and a few buttons I've had to sew back on, it's practically the same as the day I bought it. I have a newer one now that I think is just as good and have no doubt it'll last just as long as its older sibling. The new one fits slightly differently though. It's a bit longer and the sleeves are a bit tighter, but I dig it. I'm about 6'1'' and 240lbs (big hunky dude) so I got the XXL and it fits nicely, even though the older one is an XL. And I like that its heavy enough to work as a light jacket when it's kinda chilly but not freezing. Overall, if Patty keeps making 'em, I'll keep buying 'em.
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