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Honda Adding Siri Virtual Assistant to Accord, Acuras
- Siri virtual assistant coming to Accord, Acuras
- Option available as dealer-installed accessory
- Chevrolet also offers Siri; other brands to follow
Honda is adding Apple's Siri virtual assistant into some 2013 models. According to Honda, the feature will be offered as a dealer-installed option on the 2013 Honda Accord. Luxury brand Acura will also offer it in the RDX crossover and ILX sedan.
According to Honda, the system will function using Apple's Eyes Free mode. The program turns off an iPhone's screen so drivers don't use it behind the wheel. Instead, drivers can access Siri through steering wheel buttons and voice commands. Honda says the goal of adding Siri is to improve technology and cut down on distracted driving.
"The iPhone has become so integral to peoples' lives that they continue to use them in their vehicles," said Vicki Poponi, American Honda's assistant vice president of automobile product planning. "Offering Honda and Acura owners Siri ... is an incredible opportunity to meet our customers' ever-changing needs."
Owners of 2013 Accord, ILX or RDX models who opt for the feature can only use the system if their iPhone includes Siri. That means they'll need the latest iOS 6 operating system, standard in the iPhone 4S and the new iPhone 5.
By adding Siri, Honda becomes the third brand to offer the novel Apple feature. Chevrolet added Siri last year, while Mercedes-Benz uses the feature on some models in Europe. In June, Apple announced that six other brands -- Audi, BMW, Chrysler, Jaguar, Land Rover and Toyota -- were also looking to add Siri to their cars.
The 2013 Honda Accord went on sale in September with prices starting around $22,000. Also new for 2013, the RDX is Acura's smaller crossover. The Civic-based Acura ILX is the brand's least expensive vehicle, with a base price around $27,000.
The connection of smartphones and cars will likely continue to heat up in the coming years. Several other brands -- most notably Ford, Hyundai and Kia -- have partnered with Microsoft to develop in-car infotainment technology.
What it means to you: Siri integration may be enough to convince some shoppers to choose the 2013 Accord over rivals that don't offer the feature.
What do you think of Honda's new option? Let us know in the comments below.


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Audi A4 Reliability
smarty666 Posts: 1,503Hi, listen I was just curious what current Audi A4 owners/lessors of A4's post 2007 feel about the reliability of the A4 is and what the future holds for not just the A4 but for Audi in general?
Reason I ask is, having been a Japanese luxury owner.lessor for a few years and not really caring for German styling, I have taken notice and really like the styling, LED DRLs, of the new Audi lineup and might consider leasing one in a year and half when my current lease is up?
Consumer reports and JD Power have listed poor reliability of the A4 pre 2006 and do not recommend it as a used vehicle but both sites have shown great improvement in reliability starting in 2007 to the current one; I wanted to know if this is true based on current Audi A4 owners/lessors and do you recommend leasing this vehicle or at the very least give it consideration?
I really like the direction Audi has taken in the styling and interior department over the last few years but they aren't exactly known for impeccable reliability but I don't hold problems of the past against improvements in the companies current models, a good example of this is Nissan, so I would love some insightful criticism and opinions!!! both good or bad!!0
When I purchased my 2005+ A4 (4 cylinder convertible model) I did so after reading that Consumer Reports had given the car decent ratings - including probable repair record. I'm satisfied with the car even though it needed two repairs. Those were covered under a good warranty issued back then.
I find the car reliable and I think many people on this site do report on their car problems, but people satisfied with the car don't bother to report that fact. It's my opinion that Audi has more problem cars, but that doesn't mean the average car buyer will have more problems with their cars than buyers of American cars.0
bjacobs Posts: 1I currently own an audi a4 2000, and my father owned an a4 2001, which he was happy to get rid of. We both liked the cars, but frankly, the reliability of audi and vw is scary. The cars will not leave you stranded, but they will empty your checkbook very fast. There is a reason you don't see older audi's on the road.
My experience with the audi a4 is:
1) engine seals replaced 2 x
2) diff seals replaced 2 x
3) dash display replaced
4) entire throttle body replaced (sensors, valves, etc)
5) fuel injectors replaced 2 x
6) driver's airbag replaced
7) abs module replaced
8) driver's and passenger window lifters replaced
9) drive shaft boots replaced
10) various sensors (temp sensors, oxygen sensors, etc)
11) hoses, pipes, etc.
This is a 10 year car which started breaking after 2.5 years. Thank god I had a full coverage warranty. The warranty paid out $12k in repairs, and from speaking with the audi/vw shop, this is typical of audi's.
Have they gotten better? I hope so, but I can guarantee you that their reliability is still poor. By the way, consumer reports gave the a4 a good reliability rating in 2000 and 2001. We'll see what happens in a couple of years to the 07's.
In comparison:
1) 2002 subaru- no problems with anything
2) 2003 camry- 1 engine mount went bad
3) 1995 maxima- 2 starters
In my mind, audi's are great driving cars, but horrible transportation cars. They are not reliable, expensive to fix, and expensive to own.
There is simply no justification for getting one. Do yourself a favor and get something else. If you want performance and have to get a german car, get a bmw. They seem to be the most reliable of the german makes, although they are not close to the japanese cars.1
anitasan Posts: 1I drove my 2008 A4 about 6 miles in the cold the other night not ever getting over 35 miles per hour. At a stop light the clutch developed an issue out of nowhere and would not allow me to go into 1st gear. I finally had to drive it home in 3rd gear but after getting it into my garage, could not get it into gear again.
Upon driving it to the dealer, my clutch was burned out completely. This surprised me because I saw no smoke or heard no grinding noises whatesoever when I was driving it.
Has anybody ever had this issue? I cannot believe that I "broke" my Audi A4 in a matter of 35 miles per hour for 6 miles.
r34 Posts: 178My wife is driving a 2006 A4 3.2 auto - no issue. We were surprised it's more reliable than our Saabs (although we still missed them).0
durank Posts: 1Unfortunately, I have had very similar problems with my now former 2005 A4 3.0 Quatrro. After the warranty expired the costs piled up. Within a year of the warranty expiring the car was towed twice and I spent over $2000 on new tires and brake pads. The first time the car was towed the car needed a very costly new fuel pump. The second time the car was towed the dealer informed me it needed a new $13,000 engine, worth almost as much as the car if not more!!! At 4 years old and 62,000 miles a car should not need a new engine. No one in the dealership could tell me exactly what went wrong except that I had an excellent service record and all my fluids were fine. The dealership tried to offer me $2,000 for the car, which I just shelled out for the tires to the dealership. They would also not make any deal towards a trade in for a new Audi, which I was willing to try again with Audi. Audi obviously does not stand behind their vehicles or their customers.0
rrrx Posts: 1I'm hearing all these bad reviews for the A4 1.8T. I am about to buy a 2002 A4 1.8T that has 84,000 miles on it, it was owned by a female bank worker, the seems to be in great shape. It's a local dealer who has it for sale, they are not an Audi dealership. Should I stay away from this car? they have it priced @ 10,900.
Any help would be greatly welcomed!!!0
Kirstie_H Posts: 11,076This is a really difficult question for anyone else to answer. The plus side is that it's really fun to drive. The minus side is that there will be times when you can't drive it at all, and it will require more than the average amount in repair bills to make it drive again.
You should do a forums search here on the terms A4 problems. Then, assume that you will experience at least some of the problems mentioned by others. Can your budget handle that? If so, can you also handle your car being out-of-commission for those periods of time/frequency?
I have owned two vehicles in my life with poor reliability histories. The first one, I was spending $800/month in repairs for about the last 5 months of ownership. The second one, I beat the odds and experienced almost no problems at all. It's up to you to decide whether you can afford the risks. Personally, if I were spending $11K on a used vehicle, I'd be looking at something less exciting, but with a better likelihood of lower impact on my future & ongoing budget.
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gatillo21 Posts: 1I saw a cheap 07 A4 Quattro manual transmission with 100,000 and I'm thinking about buying it. What are your suggestions??? Tell me fast please I don't want to make an expensive mistake.0
jayrider Posts: 3,602You didn' mention price or condition. Get it checked out thoroughly by a qualified indy mechanic. 1-150 bucks. Does it have a complete service record?0
aahake Posts: 1The seller is asking for $6k. It sounds like a great price for that car, but I'm worried about the things I've read on this thread.
I just wonder that if the car has ran fine up to this point, no major problems, then that means it won't have any now?
But others have told me that the problems start after 50k miles? Any opinions?0
setmatch Posts: 1Hello, I have purchased a 2006 audi a4 with a 3.2 engine, automatic. The thing is that it has a salvaged title(passengers side was hit). I took it to dealer before purchasing he said no frame damage or mechanical, the car is fine.
I am wondering what steps i should take to be sure that this car lasts? When and what should i change and how often? As you can tell i am a NEWBIE to German Cars, any help would be apprecieated.0
gee8 Posts: 1i have 2005.5 A4 turbo... it has 55,000 miles on it and it shivers.... took it to the dealer to check it out and they cannot tell me what is wrong with my car... they r telling me that they will start pulling my car apart.... piece by piece to figure out what is wrong with it... and why it is doing it.......... they dont know whats causing it so i dont know where they r going to start and they want to charge me labor and parts for what they think they will used .... no estimate of how much it will cost...... no assurance that they will fix the problem even after spending x amount of dollars. i called audi of usa to see if their tec could help to determine where the problem comes from and what is causing it...... sorry we have 50,000k warranty its out ! now your only choice is to do what dealer says......and but he doest know what to do .... so i am lost ... i wish they told me that our tec only make cars they dont know how to fix them if something goes wrong with it.0
luis8614 Posts: 1A few weeks ago my car started driving strangely and while stopped at a light I realized that the car was actually making very loud noises and the front end of the car was shaking violently. The car stalled and when I tried to turn it back on nothing happened. I noticed an EPC light on the instrument panel. I ended up calling Audi roadside assistance and they came and towed the car to the dealership.
My service rep informed me that after inspecting the car it was decided that a new engine would be ordered. She stated that a representative from Audi of America had to come to the shop, taken some parts and he had placed the order for the new engine.
The service report states the following:
Bad Engine; pulled plugs and found the plugs and pistons damaged on cylinders 1,2, and 3. Pistons are all pitted.
I am now concerned about several things, the car only has about 17k left of warranty and I am very worried that something will go wrong after the warranty expires. I am also concerned that a carfax report will show that the engine was replaced and that will affect the resale value.
I am hoping for some input from forum members as far as what I should/could do next. Do I have a legitimate reason to file a complaint with Audi? I'm hoping that at the very least they would extend my warranty. Any suggestions or comments would be appreciated.
Just found this thread. Don't forget that people with problems are far more likely to post on forums like this.
The wife has a 2001 A4 with over 150k miles, almost all put on by her, the rest by me. The car looks and drives like new. Sure there have been a few problems over the years, but only a few. The biggest was last year when she finally had the dealer fix a small leak and wiring problem (some of the warning sensors would go off occasionally) on the back side of the engine. Major disassembly was required and I think the total bill was around $2000. She felt it worthwhile because she will keep the car several more years. Other than that, struts, brakes and such which are normal. She now has a slow leak in the AC so we just recharge it every Spring and it lasts til Winter. She absolutely loves the car.0
spencerpoole Posts: 1To anyone who either owns an A4 or is considering getting one, some quick words of advice:
I currently drive a 2002 Audi A4 3.0 quattro; as many others on this forum have posted, the vehicle drives great and has considerable pick up. I love the way it looks and the interior; that said, I have some serious issues with both the reliability and the care provided by Audi dealerships.
When I purchased my Audi, it was eight years old with 88k miles on it; it drove fine in the test drive and for the first several months afterwards. Since then, I have nearly bought it again in repairs. I had to get my power steering pump and front bushels replaced, twice; my A/C unit had to be replaced. I cannot stress enough the costs associated with owning this vehicle. To make matters worse, the primary motivation of ALL employees I have come into contact with at the Audi dealership seems to be getting my car in there once a month. As previously mentioned in this forum, Audi is very hesitant to stand by their product and quality of repair/maintenance. If you or anyone you know is considering purchasing this vehicle, drop the money to get it checked out by a mechanic you trust; in addition, I hope you have a good bit of disposable income because chances are you will get hit with a hefty repair bill at some point.
For all you a4 owners out there, if any of you live in the Atlanta area and know a good mechanic who specializes in german vehicles and is trustworthy and affordable, please let me know.0
ragtop53 Posts: 1Thought I would share my experiences with my 2005 Audi A4 Cabriolet. Loved the looks of the car, and the Dolphin gray color with light leather interior was very sharp. Bought the car with just under 40,000 miles and it had been well cared for, with hardly a scratch on it, and a pristine interior with an engine compartment you could eat off of. It handled great and got excellent gas mileage of 30 plus on a 1000 mile driving vacation.
As for the reliability, it began having issues as soon as that trip ended. A coolant puddle appeared in the garage under the car and came with a repair bill of several hundred dollars. The windshield washer reservoir and pump failed within another month and another few hundred to repair. Tail lamp bulbs burned out along with center brake light strip for another three hundred. It was at this point where I became frustrated, cause I would have liked to replace the bulbs myself, but this required removing panels inside the trunk. Even changing the air filter required major disassembling of intake, which I found out after purchasing a K&N filter replacement. I was told by the service manager that repair work was where Audi makes the money, so it is not designed for much owner upkeep.
The check engine light problems finally put me over the edge, and prompted me to buy my own hand held code reader rather than pay the dealer $69 to reset. My A4 had the CVT type transmission, and one of the codes Audi determined would require a new valve body at $2000. It was at this point I started looking to the internet to see if this issue was common with A4's having so few miles on them. Sure enough there are problems with the CVT transmissions and even though it is not recommended in the owners manual, the CVT fluid should probably be changed out every 25,000 miles. Failure to do so will cost money, since when the fluid ages it creates a variety of problems with seals and hydraulic pressure. I opted to give changing out the fluid for a couple of hundred, to see if this might help the hydraulic pressure and possibly reset the code. At this point I had no shifting issues or indications of transmission problems, the car had only 40,000 miles, and the code stayed reset for a week and then came back. After reading more horror stories about CVT transmission issues and $6000 replacement costs, I had some decisions to make. I had spent well over a thousand in repairs for the 3,000 miles we had driven the car, and still had a check engine light and code that would not reset. So I decided to fold my hand and limit my losses, and part with this car after less than a year. A 40K automobile should have better reliability!
Still think the A4 Cabrio is a beautiful car, but to much wallet liability for me to worry about.
If you ar thinking of purchasing an Audi A4, stay away from the CVT, and purchase an extended warranty to limit your liability. These cars seem to do well for the warranty period, but then require deep pockets to keep up.0
slee_stack Posts: 28You could argue the same for many makes. And used cars are always a gamble. Cars can look spotless and have a steady service history and be owned by a little old lady. But some little old ladies don't drive like the stereotype might suggest. And some have relatives who beat the snot out of their car when they borrow it. Point is, don't judge a book (or car) by its cover.
I owned a Saab which had its share of CELs and fixes, but I was good with doing repair work myself and hunting for reasonably priced parts instead of buying retail from a dealer. Overall the car was fantastic, but its the kind of vehicle that really requires an owner with mechanical aptitude AND genuine interest. I had a similar coolant leak and took care of it myself in <2 hours and with $15 worth of parts (or less). The most expensive repair I ever had to make was a new DIC which set me back $150 buying one online. An owner that doesn't know any better would have forked over $500 to a dealer to install one (a 10 minute job by the way).
In your case with the A4 you probably made the right decision to get out from it. If working on cars was a hobby you enjoyed, it might have been worth holding onto.0
What's CELs and DIC?0
CEL is "Check Engine Light".0
jtran2012 Posts: 1Hey gforaker,
I have heard good things from my dad who takes our 2006 525i and 2006 325i (also 1998 Honda Prelude too, but you wanted to know about German cars) to Summit Auto in Decatur, GA.
You can check them out on yelp and find more info about them on Google. They specialize in imports (European and Japanese Cars).
It's a bit far out from where I am from (Alpharetta) but my dad says it's worth it.0
wireless Posts: 47I used to drive from Alpharetta to Stone Mountain for Dwight Harrison VW. Well worth it and the best dealership I ever had the experience of visiting. For a good dealership a 30 or even 40 minute drive is well worth it.0
3boysmom1 Posts: 1Eddie,
I'm getting ready to purchase a 2005 A4 convertible with only 32k miles on it. It has been garage kept and is beautiful.
Wondering if you are still pleased with yours and if you have had any problems? This forum does cause me some concern and I've never owned an import. I know, American only but have been blessed. Husband's Lumina has over 241k miles and he changes the oil when the light comes on! Crazy!
Yes, I have the 2005+ 4 cylinder A4 convertible, and I have no regrets with my purchase. Mine has about 69,000 miles. I was glad that my original warranty lasted 50,000 miles (I think that was the figure) since I needed some repairs and they were covered. I think Audi has more problem cars on the road than normal, but I seem to have bought one of the OK ones. I bought the car because I liked this convertible rather than the others out there. So far, I'd say that my repair record has been average. I drive the car more carefully than I did my Honda Accord since I'm anxious to avoid expensive repairs.
Hope this helps.
I had an A4 -2006, it was a beatiful car, handled real nice. It was a turbo Quatro and it was very fast and responsive. It only had 25,000 miles on it when I bought it in 2009 and I got it for a good price. But that's when I started having problems, I only had it a few days when it started missing and had no power. I returned it to the dealer and it took a couple of visits to find the problem, it was a bad cylinder coil (under warranty thank goodness) and 2 months later the same problem in another cylinder (also under warranty, whew!). In the meantime I got a letter from Audi that said they were having problems with the coils and that all future problems with them would be covered. I had previously owned a 98 Camary and I had only routine mantanence costs for the 11 years I owned the car so the Audi having problems was really scary. And I read on line that Audi owners really liked their cars but,they were expensive to fix. So I traded it after 6 months and bought another new Camary that I haven't had any problems with.0
bearslapper Posts: 2A word from a wise old driver about german automobiles. Unless you have pockets as deep as the Grand Canyon......stay away from them. Especially if they are out of warranty.
German vehicles will eat your lunch. Germans love to tinker with their automobiles. The more problems, the better they like it. We Americans do not like to tinker with our daily drivers that we depend on.
If your going to buy a German made automobile, you might be better off leasing the damn things. Get a new one every two to three years. All under warranty. Their problems. Not yours!0
Get real! You traded an A4 for a Camry because you worried it might have future repairs? You clearly are not the target customer for an Audi. You can ask several of my friends how reliable their Toyotas are. My A4 has not had much more in repairs over the past 160,000 miles than their cars.
Of course an expensive luxury European car might cost more to repair, that is not the point, anymore than a beautiful girl friend might cost more to maintain and keep happy than a dumpy frumpy girl.
A German car is lot like a trophy wife (or GF) - an awesome creature with an attraction unlike any other. But once you move in together, you find there are some less pretty stuff that she never advertised. She can just shut down on the side of the road, and remind you there's nothing you can do about it. And you'll hate her for a few days as she unloads your wallet. But once she comes back all dressed up and cute again, purring like normal, you fall in love all over again, pledging your undying love to the end. And guess what, some of us think it is worth it.0
That's a great reply, I have a 2000 corvette I feel the same way about, no matter how hard it is to work on, I still love the way she looks and drives.Getting back to the Audi, this was my wife's car and she gets really mad if she breaks down and I'm at hunting camp with no phone reception(intensional). So the Camary V-6 XLE made her happy, enough said. Regards.0

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Pedro Lasch
Research Professor of Art, Art History and Visual Studies
B.F.A., Cooper Union 1999
I see my work as a consecutive set of acts and ideas that complement and interrupt the flow of the everyday. It's a chain of routine-breaking routines. My role as an artist, researcher, educator, activist, cultural organizer, and producer can be understood as a cohesive whole, which develops within specific social situations and exists within and outside of conventional art settings. Presentations in museums, galleries, and academic contexts represent only a part of my overall production. A preoccupation with the theory and practice of a socially engaged art, which is rooted in daily exchanges, has led me to the formulation of an aesthetics based on public interventions, social interactions, games, and temporal rearrangements. The range of my projects encompasses anti-monuments, language games, artist's books, radio works, lunch events, experimental workshops, events, and activities, as well as more conventional work in the form of installations, video, photography, painting, printmaking, and drawing. Regular participation in the organization and production of cultural and social networks, such as art collectives like 16Beaver Group (NY) and various immigrant grassroots organizations is also a very significant part of my work. The circulation of my work in international circuits is a direct result of an ongoing engagement with the culture of cross-class cosmpolitanism.
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Lasch, P. TAKE ME TO THE TOP: The Fine Art of Finance, A project by Pedro Lasch, with the collaboration of Stefano Harney and Sverre Spoelstra London Eye, July 5th, 2012 Produced by Hayward Gallery for the Wide Open School exhibition. Ed. M-P Boucher, J-M Dufresne, G Melgar, and J-F Prost. Adaptive Actions, Montreal, December 2013.
Lasch, P. Géoesthétique. Ed. K Quiros and A Imhoff. B42, Paris, France, December 2013.
Lasch, P. HETEROPOLIS. Ed. M-P Boucher, J-M Dufresne, G Melgar, and J-F Prost. Adaptive Actions, Montreal, December 2013.
Lasch, P, and Cruz, T. What We Made: Conversations on Art and Social Cooperation. Ed. T Finkelpearl. Duke University Press, January 2013.
Lasch, P, and Cruz, T. Transnational Community-Based Production, Cooperative Art, and Informal Trade Networks. Ed. T Finkelpearl. Duke University Press, January 2013.
Lasch, P. Grand Gestures & (Im)Modest Proposals: A Project for Documenta 13 AND AND AND. Ed. P Lasch. XCO / Documenta 13 AND AND AND, September 2012.
Lasch, P. Lecturas para un espectador inquieto. CA2M: Madrid, Spain, 2012.
Lasch, P, and others, . Un Atlas de Cartografías Radicales. Ed. L Mogel and A Bhagat. November 2010.
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Lasch, P. "Eight Ways to Look at a Map: Modular statements from the LATINO/A AMERICA Series (translation from 2006 English-Spanish text)." Géoesthétique. Ed. K Quiros and A Imhoff. B42, Paris, France, December 2013.
Lasch, P. "Breve argumento visual por una estética descolonial." Lecturas para un espectador inquieto. CA2M: Madrid, Spain, 2012. 273-282.
Lasch, P. "LATINO/A AMERICA." Trans-Americanity: Subaltern Modernities, Global Coloniality, and Cultures of Greater Mexico. Ed. JD Saldívar. Duke University Press, 2011. cover-cover.
Lasch, P. "Global Indianization? and LATINO/A AMERICA." The Future Lasts Forever. Ed. R Lagomarsino and C Motta. Gävle Konstcentrum, Iaspis, Sweden, 2011. 45-49.
Lasch, P. "Brain Review 2002 (Part 1)." SPECULATIVE: Exhibition catalogue. Ed. CO Leary and Z Blas. Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions Los Angeles, 2011. 36-42.
Lasch, P. "Tanta Cerca Tan Cerquita." Catalog for Transitio 2007: International Festival of Electronic Arts & Transnational Communities. Ed. EG Quintanilla and M Delgado. Centro Nacional de las Artes, 2009.
16 Beaver Group, . "Between US: Exhibition Notes and Documentation." Fever Variations: Gwangju Biennale 2006 Catalogue. Ed. H-H Kim. Gwangju Biennale Foundation, 2006. 168-169.
Lasch, P. "Naturalizations." Caras Vemos, Corazones No Sabemos: Faces Seen, Hearts Unkown (Exhibitition Catalogue). Ed. A Malagamba. Notre Dame: Snite Museum, University of Notre Dame, 2006. 66-66.
16 Beaver Group, . "Between US: Introduction." Fever Variations: Gwangju Biennale 2006 Catalogue. Ed. H-H Kim. Gwangju Biennale Foundation, 2006. 281-295. (Introduction)
Beck, J. "The Art of Memory and Navigation Across Asia." Fever Variations: Gwangju Biennale 2006 Catalogue. Ed. H-H Kim. Gwangju Biennale Foundation, 2006. 281-295.
Lasch, P. "Propositions for a Decolonial Aesthetics and "Five Decolonial Days in Kassel" (Documenta 13 AND AND AND)." Periscope - Social Text, New York (July 2013). (Academic Article)
Lasch, P, and others, . "Pensamiento argentino y opción descolonial." Ed. W Mignolo and Z Palermo. El desprendimiento: pensamiento crítico y opción descolonial 7 (2013): cover & p2-cover & p2.
Lasch, P. "Breve Argumento Visual por una Estética Descolonial." Causa Sur: Pensar Nuestra America / Revista de pensamiento político, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2013). (Academic Article)
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Lasch, P. "If Not Here, Then There: Will We Some Day Regret Not Having Rebuilt the Twin Towers?." Towerview: The Chronicle's News and Culture Magazine 13 (September 2011): 20-20. (Academic Article)
Lasch P, . "Selections from Pedro Lasch's 'Phantom Limbs' and 'Twin Towers Go Global'." Time Out New York (September 2011). (Review)
Appleton, A, and Lasch P, . "Where Do We Migrate: Group exhibition asks you to consider the plight of refugees, exiles, and migrants." Baltimore City Paper (April 2011).
Lasch, P. "The Indianization of Globalization." Ed. C Levander and W Mignolo. The Global South 5 (2011): 12-13.
16Beaver Group, , and Lasch P, . "Free Association/Means in Common." Ed. A Curcio and C Ozselcuk. Rethinking Marxism, Special Issue: The Commons and the Forms of the Commune 22 (July 2010).
Lasch, P, and others, . "Arte y estética en la encrucijada descolonial." Ed. EW Mignolo and Z Palermo. El desprendimiento: pensamiento crítico y opción descolonial (2010): cover & p2-cover & p2. (Academic Article)
Pedro Lasch: Exhibitions, 2012 - 2013 | ESPACIOS OCUPADOS: DEFINING 99% at Calles y Suenos Gallery, Chicago. (2013)
Pedro Lasch: Exhibitions, 2012 - 2013 | Atlas critique at Centre d'art contemporain, Parc Saint Léger, France. (2013)
Pedro Lasch: Exhibitions, 2012 - 2013 | Zone of Contention: The U.S./Mexico Border at Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC. (2013)
Pedro Lasch: Exhibitions, 2012 - 2013 | Oncena Bienal de La Habana (Evento Teórico) at Havana, Cuba. (2013)
Pedro Lasch: Exhibitions, 2012 - 2013 | Documenta 13, AND AND AND - Five Decolonial Days in Kassel at Kassel, Germany. (2013)
Pedro Lasch: Exhibitions, 2012 - 2013 | Pedro Lasch and Twin Towers Go Global (TTGG) / Three Anniversary Reports (Part 3), AND AND AND Platform, Documenta 13. at Kassel, Germany & worldwide. (2013)
Pedro Lasch: Exhibitions, 2012 - 2013 | Where Do We Migrate To? at Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, Parsons the New School for Design, New York. (2013)
Pedro Lasch: Exhibitions, 2012 - 2013 | Wide Open School at Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, London, UK. (2013)
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Madame Tussauds London's First Ever Late
This week Madame Tussauds London is, for the first time ever, opening its doors for an adult-only late-night event designed to allow a limited number of Londoners to enjoy the world-famous attraction after hours.
Beat the bustle and sip your free glass of Prosecco while mingling with stars such as Brad Pitt, Audrey Hepburn, Michel Jackson and, um, Boris Johnson? There's Hollywood, Bollywood, The Royal Family and rock royalty. Oh, and One Direction (the figures that require the most regular cleaning, so we've heard …)
But it's more than just a poke around after hours. Artists will let guests in on the secret of how to make The Queen's hair shine and Beckham's eyes simmer with an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at how the wax figures are made, including the sittings, sculpting and hair insertion.
If you want to go one step further, you can even pay to get a wax version of your own hand created and watch the experts work up close.
Assuming you've now reached the bottom of your Prosecco, finish the night with a taxi ride through 400 years of London life, brave a live scare experience, or unite with a crack team of Marvel Super Heroes in a 4D movie adventure. Tiny underpants optional.
Madame Tussauds London's Late takes place on Wednesday 26 March at 6.45pm. Early bird tickets cost £15 (but you'll have to be quick) and Standard tickets cost £22.50. Tickets can be booked online here. Personal hand wax versions cost £9 per hand, first come first served.
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We Aren't Casting Aspersions, As You Will Soon Read
Let's face it; the world of hot rodding is male dominated. And as such, many a conversation will often start like this, "If I were to marry, my wife-to-be better like cars, me working in the garage, and it wouldn't hurt if she owned a gold mine." And then the laughter begins.
Well, turnabout is fair play. Tammy Ray, as the name would suggest, is female, passionate about street rods, and isn't averse to prepping her own car-a '33 SpeedStar phaeton. And (are you ready?) she does own a gold mine. Mr. Ray (Tony) finds himself in the right place at the right time, as Tammy took home 2010 top honors at the Detroit Autorama, winning the coveted Don Ridler Memorial Award-the Ridler. It doesn't get much better than this in the competitive world of show cars.
Working with Ted Thomas, of T&T Customs in Canton, Georgia, Tammy spent the last three years building her '33 SpeedStar phaeton with the Ridler in mind. Competing isn't new for Tammy as she began about 12 years ago with her T-bucket, given to her by Tony. Tammy would load Brianna (their daughter) into her car seat and take off to the shows. However, it wasn't until 2006 when competing became serious, going for the Ridler with her '33 SpeedStar coupe "Wild Rose", making it to the Pirelli Great 8. An accomplishment for anyone by any standard but all this did was ramp her up to "go for the gold", as she likes to say; and why not as the owner of Crisson Gold Mine in Dahlonega, Georgia? Here, if you wish, you can pan for your own gold. Imagine a group of hot rodders panning for gold? As it turns out the Georgia Gold Rush was the first significant gold rush in the United States. It started in 1828 in the present day Lumpkin County, near the county seat of Dahlonega a full 20 years before the California Gold Rush of 1848.
A true play on words, "Gold Digger" refers to the fact that Tammy has dug for her own gold and has done it her way. Starting at the bottom, no pun intended, T&T Customs took the Alloway's Hot Rod Shop (Louisville, Tennessee) chassis and began their efforts on the 115-inch wheelbase phaeton. The rear suspension is based on a Winters Performance Products (York, Pennsylvania) independent quick-change with inboard Wilwood (Camarillo, California) disc brakes and 13-inch rotors, Aldan (Carson, California) coilover shocks. To say it is detailed and chromed to the max would be an understatement, but here goes. Greening Auto Company (Cullman, Alabama) took a 24-karat gold leaf (what did you expect?) and inlaid it into the rear gear cover and brake calipers while the rearend was ground smooth and then plated by Advanced Plating (Nashville, Tennessee).
The front suspension is based on a Heidts Hot Rod Shop (Wauconda, Illinois) IFS with Aldan coilover shocks, Wilwood calipers, and 12-inch rotors. The master cylinder and pedal assembly comes from Rugle while a 12:1 ratio steering box comes by way of Sweet. The Heidts A-arms and spindles were custom milled by Keith Arnold at T&T and he also fabricated the hood hinges, brake, and gas pedals.
You will find Foose Design (Huntington Beach, California) one-off double-sided wheels that were brought to life by Mike Curtis made to look like a drill bit that you might find in gold mining. These wheels measure 16×7 with a 31/2-inch backspace in front and 20×10 with a 3-inch backspace in the rear, wrapped with Pirelli rubber, 205/45R16 and 275/35R20. This duo also brought about the steering wheel, again with Greening applying 24-karat gold leaf to the horn button.
The SpeedStar phaeton body comes from Rat's Glass (Friendsville, Tennessee) and traditionally sits on an Alloway HRS chassis. To the much reworked 'glass body is a custom built from garolite (aerospace plastic) hood with a Hot Rod Stuff aluminum insert. The much revamped bodywork and subsequent paint was aptly handled and applied by Arnold from T&T. The fenders were made anew as was the Lexan windshield, which was swapped out for a custom curved piece of glass by ProCurve Glass Technology (Hatboro, Pennsylvania). Sprayed over the body and frame is a custom gold mix paint by PPG (Strongsville, Ohio). The headlights and taillights both come from Greening.
The interior focal point is the garolite dash by T&T with neatly centered Dakota Digital (Sioux Falls, South Dakota) digital instrument panel and gauges. The center console resembles a waterfall and within it a Retrotek Speed (Hawthorne, California) Smart Shift handles the chores of selecting gears within the TH350 automatic. M&M Hot Rod Interiors (Holly Pond, Alabama) handled the stitch work using coffee-colored leather on the custom seating, door panels, and flooring. All of the custom-made pedals come from T&T with Paul Atkins Custom Auto Interiors (Hanceville, Alabama) door handles on the leather-covered door panels with painted inserts.
Not to be out shown, the powertrain comes via a T&T-detailed LS2. Appointments include a Meziere (Escondido, California) electric water pump, a custom brass and copper radiator as well as a custom intake manifold and electronic fuel injection system from Extrudabody (Freeport, Florida). The injector air intake tubes resemble long runners that are painted with chromed tips. Ryan Hood fabricated the valve covers, which hide the coil packs and if one were to look closely you would note there are two, 1-ounce gold nuggets on the valve covers as emblems. (Gulp! Imagine the value of your car increasing every day with the gold market!) The chromed and custom exhaust system is based on 15/8-inch primary tube headers and 21/2-inch pipe.
In the future, should you find yourself in competition with a gold digging women, best take note, others have tried and failed. Hey, turnabout is fair play.


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Lightning Recall Forward Richard Panik From Syracuseby Staff Writer / Tampa Bay Lightning
The Tampa Bay Lightning have recalled forward Richard Panik from the Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League today, vice president and general manager Steve Yzerman announced. Panik will wear No. 71.
Panik, 6-foot-1, 208 pounds, has played in 43 games with the Crunch this season, recording 21 goals and 35 points. He is fourth in the league for goals and leads all Syracuse forwards for plus-minus rating with a plus-19. Panik is also tied for third on the Crunch for power play goals with six. He recorded an AHL-high 12-game point streak from November 2 through December 1 with 17 points. Panik has played in 107 career AHL games with Syracuse and the Norfolk Admirals, recording 40 goals and 76 points. Panik made his professional debut last season, appearing in 64 games with Norfolk and registering 19 goals and 41 points. He helped the Admirals to the AHL's Calder Cup Championship, playing in 18 playoff games with five goals and six points.
A native of Martin, Slovakia, Panik played junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey League with the Windsor Spitfires, Belleville Bulls and Guelph Storm. During his OHL career he amassed 48 goals and 97 points in 111 games. Panik also participated in the 2009 IIHF World Junior Championships and the 2010 IIHF World Championships.
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Wednesday, February 27, 2008
The Aspergers Brand (Getting the Aspie Label)
There is no litmus paper test for Aspergers. The label is applied on the basis of set criteria (DSM IV) which are determined by subjective analysis. Sometimes that analysis is in the form of questionnaires, sometimes as day-long tests and sometimes it seems to be almost arbitrarily applied by practitioners.
The symptoms of Aspergers vary from one person to another both in presence/combination and in intensity and no two aspies are exactly alike. If anything, the aspie label is quite similar to the online "geek tests" and coincidently, there is a high correlation between geeks and aspies.
This isn't to say that Aspergers is an imaginary condition but rather to say that unlike specific tested conditions where the label describes the symptoms, Aspergers is the opposite. Here, the symptoms describe the label.
An Example: Deafness
A deafness label automatically means that one will have certain symptoms - difficulty hearing and as a result, speaking),
Using our deafness example to illustrate how the Aspergers label is different;
Someone has certain symptoms - difficulty hearing and as a result, speaking - therefore, we diagnose deafness.
This doesn't hold water. A person who has the difficulty hearing/speaking symptoms doesn't automatically have deafness. There could be other reasons.
In the Aspergers diagnosis, if you display the syptoms, then you get the label.
Reactions to the Label
Aspies and their Parents, Spouses etc, often have a wide range of reactions to the new "Aspergers" label. These reactions include; Denial, Grief and Frustration. Surprisingly, not a lot of literature mentions happiness as a reaction - presumably because its not seen as a "real" reaction.
As someone who was diagnosed late in life (after all of my main trials; school, university, marriage, kids, work, mortgage), I'd already accepted who I was. My reaction was happiness because now I have an explanation for why.
Should you get Labeled?
This is the million-dollar question isn't it - to label or not to label. The best answer I can give is that you need to decide what labeling will achieve. In school-age kids, labeling will provide them with a lot of benefits, additional funding, extra time in exams etc. There's a very good reason to be labeled.
Adults, on the other hand, receive no such benefits - except in extreme cases, where they probably are already receiving benefits. Unless labeling is free of charge, or would provide considerable personal "satisfaction" benefit, there's no reason for an adult to be labeled as an aspie.
7 comments:
- Adi said...
Great article! (as always).
I'm not sure I agree that there is no reason to find a diagnosis as an aspie. It certainly clears up a whole lot of things and helps one adjust one's life to have a more enjoyable, suitable, less stressful environment. And the support structures (e.g. adult aspie groups) have tremendous value. I do agree that there is no need to "label" - it probably still is best to keep it a private diagnosis, shared with close friends and family.
- February 28, 2008 at 3:18 AM
- Gavin Bollard said...
Thanks Adi,
There's no doubt that the support structures for adult aspies provide a lot of value and I'm not, for a second, suggesting that any potential aspies should ignore them.
I guess what I'm really saying is that if you're struggling with the label as an adult, then don't label yourself. Use the support structures as a "suspected aspie".
You should get similar benefit - after all, you'd be using the support structures to ask about your symptoms more than the syndrome itself.
- February 28, 2008 at 6:46 AM
I would ask that people also think about some of the future effects of a label for a child.
In our case, our son went through a whole series of labels as we all tried to figure out why he was doing poorly at school while having clearly superior intelligence. We went through ADD, ADHD, OCD, PDD, and finally, Asperger. Well, that last one fits the best - but I believe the real reason is that he is simply not that thrilled with school and does not want to apply himself - when he likes a teacher, he gets straight A's...
Nonetheless, the Aspie label is what he has now. The consequence for him turned out to be that at least one field that interested him was denied him. My son was interested in military service and the military flat out disqualified him because of the label.
Oh, I know, he is probably better off not being a soldier; and the military really does not understand Asperger's etc. They were simply reacting to the formula:
Asperger = Autism; Autism = bad soldier.
All of us who know Aspies, and have military experience, can see that the structure, clear procedures, and hyperfocus abilities of an Aspie can make them into excellent soldiers in some areas. So, they should not be summarily dismissed from service.
The point is, that when you are considering getting a label for your kid, think about ALL the consequences!
- March 12, 2008 at 11:39 PM
- Meredith said...
I'm not officially dx'd but my shrink has reviewed and privately approved my "suspicion". This is because an official dx costs tremendous amount of money in my country, and it's OK that I don't like to be called a "poser" online as many self-dx'd Aspies are, but I wouldn't like being dismissed as mentally retarded in a job interview.
- April 16, 2008 at 2:42 AM
Oh my goodness! I am in a relationship with an Aspie and I know it for sure after reading this blog, Gavin! I would like to know all about marriage with an Aspie. He is such a good man. But there are these issue I want to be sure I can deal with. Will my needs be met by an Aspie who doesn't understand HOW to meet them? How do I educate him and help him accept himself or at least ME learn to accept these traits and know they are just him. We have both been married before and both want our next relationship to work. Would appreciate any information or comments on this. Can an Aspie/NT marriage work happily?
- June 15, 2008 at 11:45 AM
- Gavin Bollard said...
I'll try to answer your questions;
Can an Aspie/NT marriage work happily?
No marriage is 100% happy all of the time and the AS/NT marriage is no exception. There are ups and downs plus lots of misunderstandings. Of course, if you've gotten married, there must be a reason. Love. Sometimes it's easy, sometimes you have to work at it.
If you've both been married before this puts the new marriage under even more strain. The fear of a breakup is less because you've actually done it once and have experience. Plus, breakups happen for reasons on both sides. You need to examine your past and isolate the reasons for your respective parts in the breakup. For example; sometimes unwillingness to forgive is as much a cause of a breakup as "unforgivable" actions themselves.
A major rule of relationships is: people don't change their nature. You can't decide what will disappear and what will change in someone's nature when you marry them. You can however impact their behavior to a certain extent.
This doesn't mean that the aspie won't change (even though traditionally they're much more resistant to changes than NTs). It does mean however that they will take much longer to change and need much more instruction. Nobody likes being ordered around though, so those instructions need to be fairly subtle - but not so subtle that they don't pick up on it.
For example:
1. "I want you to bring me flowers sometimes." - too direct.
2. "Mrs Jones says that her husband brings her flowers every second Friday" - too subtle
3. "I'd love some flowers every now and then, it shows me that you're thinking about me."
- mentioned every second Thursday for a few weeks until it happens, it will work.
Self acceptance is difficult and aspies, who are often perfectionists, may not accept themselves at face value. The only thing you can do is encourage them to embrace their aspieness.
Similarly, as an NT partner, you need to approach a behavioral disagreement carefully. Before you start shouting, try to find out what your partner was thinking. You have no idea how much trouble naievity, truthfulness and social misunderstanding can cause for aspies.
- June 15, 2008 at 5:20 PM
I've been happily married to a suspected Aspie for 12 years!
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In this last election cycle a precious few enlightened Citizens beheld the voice of one crying in the wilderness, a lone echo, and they cast their votes in the hope of a rebirth, a renaissance, a new beginning. I was humbled and profoundly grateful for these heroic voters from across Vermont from Shelburne to Shoreham, to Orwell, Whiting and Middlebury.
MIDDLEBURY — There was a distinct Addison County flavor to Gov. Peter Shumlin's Jan. 8 inaugural address, during which he emphasized renewable energy initiatives, agriculture and renewed efforts to clean up Lake Champlain.
MIDDLEBURY — A majority of Addison County's lawmakers said they will vote in favor of incumbent Democratic Gov. Peter Shumlin over Republican Scott Milne when the Vermont General Assembly decides the matter on this Thursday.
Per the state Constitution, the General Assembly must decide the contest by ballot when it convenes Jan. 8 because neither Shumlin nor Milne garnered more than 50 percent of the votes cast back on Nov. 4.
The General Election of 2014 saw one local veteran lawmaker go down to defeat, and Addison County voters also added to some tense moments for incumbent Gov. Peter Shumlin as the ballots were counted on Nov. 4.
Bristol Republican Fred Baser had failed in 2010 to break through in his bid for one of the two seats representing Addison-4, the House district that includes the towns of Bristol, Lincoln, Monkton and Starksboro. But he made up for it in a big way this past November, finishing as the top vote-getter in a four-way race for the pair of seats.
Next Thursday, the second day of the 2015 legislative session, one of the legislators' first tasks will likely be their most important vote of the biennium: to decide whether Gov. Peter Shumlin will return to a third term or whether Republican Scott Milne would unseat him in a vote of the Legislature.
Dear Legislators,
Consider the possibility that Mr. Shumlin should have had some knowledge prior to his announcement that the single-payer program would be too expensive. After all, he was two years in arrears in reporting to you, the Vermont legislator.
Gov. Shumlin announced last Wednesday that "it is not the right time" to introduce a single-payer health care system in Vermont. He said he would not propose such a plan to the Legislature in 2015.
A version of a financing plan for single-payer that was leaked to the press earlier this month received a strongly negative reaction, so the governor's decision to abandon further action is not a surprise.
Now that the 2014 election cycle has come and gone, I'd like to cut through some of the political noise and take a moment to applaud and thank our governor, Peter Shumlin, for the great work he has done for Vermont as our governor. Recently, there has been a lot of attention given to issues that are going to be taken up in the Legislature, and some opinions expressed in local media that have cast negativity and doubt on Gov. Shumlin.
For the third time in 12 years, Vermont's Legislature will elect the governor in January, because no candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote on Election Day. Vermont is the only state in the nation where the Legislature can elect the governor. This provision has been in the Vermont Constitution for over 200 years.
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I first encountered Victoria's Kitchen almond water at the Winter Fancy Food Show this past January. I was struck by how refreshing it was. It's not creamy like almond milk, but thinner and lighter and not too sweet. It has no artificial flavors or colors and while the way it is made is a secret, it's ingredients are only water, sugar, natural almond flavor (whatever that is!) and citric acid. There's something almost dewy about it. I really like it. So when I had the opportunity to receive some samples I said "yes." I thought I'd play around with it and see if I could develop some mixed drinks.
Let the record show, I am not a bartender. Not even close. I think it's part of the reason I am so in awe of bartenders. They are like alchemists, balancing flavors in ways that amaze me They delight me with their concotions. I tried pairing almond water with rum, bourbon, orange liquor, gin and even coffee liquor. Did I mention I am not a bartender?
I can tell you that almond water is fantastic in hot cocoa, and in warm and cold milk. It has some real affinities with rum, but you'd have to be adept at creating drinks to come up with the right cocktail using it. There are some sophisticated cocktail recipes on the Victoria's Kitchen almond water web site. It's not a very expensive mixer and it's delicious both hot and cold. You can also find a store locator.


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Carnival of Genealogy - 68th Edition, is "A Tribute to Women". This posting is about a Quaker Minister who I admire and is a collateral ancestor of mine. Charity Wright Cook was a prominent minister and missionary and served God by reaching out and preaching the word by travelling all through Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Virginia plus many other states and even abroad to England and Ireland throughout her life. Charity was born to John Wright and Rachel Wells on February 12, 1745 probably in Prince George's County, Maryland. She is the older sister of my ancestor, Susannah Wright who was married to "Big" Isaac Hollingsworth. Susannah also became a minister and travelled occasionally with Charity. Growing up in a Quaker Family she most likely was influenced by the women in the church and most likely at some point in her life got the "calling". Women in the Quaker faith were allowed to serve as religious leaders. They believed that all people regardless of what their sex have an "inner light" that allows them to receive revelations from God. Charity eventually married to Isaac Cook around 1763 and became a mother to 11 children. I chose to write about her because of the many memoirs, diaries, Friends records describing her in such glowing terms. I felt that she had to have been such an influence on people's life that people were encouraged and loved by her. Among many anecdotes regarding some of my Quaker ancestors, in the book, "Annals of Newberry, South Carolina by John Belton O'Neall, 1892", He gives this account of Charity and Susannah. "In the women's meeting, on the preacher's bench, under their immense white beavers, I recall the full round faces and forms of the sisters, Charity Cook and Susannah Hollingsworth. Both wives, both mothers of large families, still felt it was their duty to preach "Jesus and him crucified". Her sister, Susannah, was not so gifted. Henry O'Neall and other young Friends, used to affirm, that when Aunt Suzey, as she was called, began to pray, they could always keep ahead of her by repeating the words she was about to say." I find this tidbit so interesting! How many times do we find such a personal story about our ancestor? There in that same book, John O'Neall mentions a few more "stories" about their father (John Wright) and Susannah's husband, "Big" Isaac which is so wonderfully written. John Belton O'Neall recounts another incident regarding Charity, "Charity Cook was a gifted woman. She travelled the States extensively, and twice visited England and Ireland. Her husband, Isaac, once drove into Rabun's Creek (near Laurens County, SC) at a time when it was high, drowned two horses, and only escaped drowning himself by riding a chunk of land, and she swam to shore and thus saved herself". Apparently Charity was a determined woman and didn't let anything in life get in her way. Susanna, my ancestor would accompany her sister from South Carolina to the meetings in Virginia and Western Pennsylvania and travelling during the severe winter of 1796-97. The crossing of the mountains was difficult at best and dangerous. In the Memoirs of Life, Travels and Religious Experience of Martha Routh, during the voyage from America in 1797 to Liverpool she said, "Dear Charity is much the better sailor of us three women, and frequently visits me, when she can get across the stairs. Later on, during the voyage, "This afternoon while Charity was paying me a visit, the sea broke in so suddenly upon us; it seemed like the bursting of a water spout. When we had got things put to rights, we had a second attack as heavy as the first, which seemed to try out Stewards patience." On the 19th, Eleventh month of 1799, written in a memoir of Sarah Stephenson, she stated, "Dear Charity Cook (of South Carolina) is confined here in with small pox. 29th of the eleventh month, we returned from Quarterly Meeting and found Charity very ill, the doctor doubting her getting over that night, but yesterday and today the disorder seems more favourable". Dublin, the 11th, Twelfth Month, "We left Charity Cook with the appearance of a favourable recovery". This was during a mission trip to Lurgan Meeting, Ireland. Extracted from the "Charleston Courier of 1807": "A Quaker Woman's Sermon" (Given by Charity) "Dear Friends: There are three things I very much wonder. The first is that children should be so foolish as to throw up stones, brickbats and clubs into fruit trees to knock down the fruit; if they would only let one another alone, it would fall itself. "The second is that men should be so foolish and even wicked as to go to war and kill one another; if they would only let one another alone, they die of themselves. And the third and last thing, which I wonder at most of all, is that young men should be so unwise as to go after the young women, if thy would only stay at home, the young women would come after them". I find this sermon interesting, as accounts say that her husband, Isaac often took care of their 11 children while she travelled. 15th, Third month of 1809, In a letter to his children, written by John Simpson "Dear Children: I and my dear wife are at present at John Buckman's, expecting to attend Wrightstown Meeting in company with Charity Cook, who seems to enjoy a pretty good state of health for a woman of her years, and has been enabled to travel through this cold winter season, which I have thought might be an encouraging example to others to press forward in their religious duty". In the diary of Edward Pease, he states that American Friends such as Charity Cook and Mary Swett, often puzzled their British colleagues when they would stroll down Melksham Street after dinner with pipes in their mouths! In 1820, at the Baltimore Meeting, Charity was about 80 years of age, being a fine specimen and strong American Constitution as observed by one. Charity and family eventually went from Bush River Monthly Meeting on to the Miami Meeting into what was Warren County, Ohio. I am sure that she actively participated in that meeting and made her mark there. Her family joined the Caeser's Creek Monthly Meeting where is died at the 13th of 11 month 1822 aged 76 years, 11 months, 11 days and buried at Caeser's Creek Friends Burial ground. Even though Charity was not my direct ancestor, reading accounts of her work, travels, and life were inspiring to me. She had many fascinating adventures which of course were fraught with danger and hardships but her utmost determination and living by what she believed in during tough times is truly amazing!
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Sunday, March 15, 2009Labels: Carnival of Genealogy, Family Stories, Quakers
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2 comments:
- Janet Iles said...
You are fortunate that you have so much information about the life of Charity. Thank you for sharing her with us.
- March 18, 2009 at 1:41 PM
- Bill West said...
What a remarkable woman! Thank you for telling us about her.
- March 22, 2009 at 10:54 AM
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Leo & Bieber in Cannes
Leonardo DiCaprio has no official reason to be in Cannes. Actually that's not true. His official reason for being in Cannes is To Party. Always. Because it never gets old for him. Year after year, the yachts, the cheesy Euro clubs, the dance beats, the spraying of champagne all over model tits, this never gets old. Why would it ever get old? Can you blame him?
So here he is last night at Gotha Club surrounded by beautiful women. You see the brunette? How close she is, her back to his front? That looks, to me, like ass rubbing up grinding. There's a blonde who wants to get in on some of that too. Maybe he took both at the same time later on?
You know who else was there?
Justin Bieber. Who had to take his shirt off.
And there it is. That's my problem with Leo's choices. Party? Fine. Party and f-ck, go ahead. Just… elevate the location, would you? Be more discerning about it? Leonardo DiCaprio is sharing party space with Justin Bieber. You telling me he has nowhere else to go? No. OK then. Well then this is what we're doing. We're putting Leonardo DiCaprio on the same social level as Justin Bieber. That's a win for Bieber. Not a win at all for Leo, non?


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The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the release of Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS (Long-Term Support) for its Desktop, Server, Cloud, and Core products, as well as other flavors of Ubuntu with long-term support. As usual, this point release includes many updates, and updated installation media so that fewer updates need to be downloaded after installation. These include security updates and corrections for other high-impact bugs, with a focus on maintaining stability and compatibility with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
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Type any query into the Dash home and the Smart Scopes server will determine which categories of content are the most relevant to your search, returning only the best results. The server constantly improves its results by learning which categories and results are most useful to you over time.
Web browsing
With the Firefox web browser already installed, Ubuntu has everything you need to surf securely and at speed. And if Firefox isn't your favourite, you can always select the Chromium browser from the Ubuntu Software Centre -- and install it in just a few clicks.
Speedy surfing
Bored of waiting to get online? Leave the days of slow surfing behind you. Renowned for their speed and security, Ubuntu and Firefox make browsing the web a pleasure again.
Built-in security
With automatic security updates, anti-phishing technology and defence against viruses and malware, Ubuntu and Firefox help you keep your private information private.
Office apps
Create professional documents, spreadsheets and presentations with Ubuntu. LibreOffice is easy to use, packed with the features you need, and it's completely free.
Open your Office documents
Ubuntu is compatible with Microsoft Office. That means you can open and edit files like Word documents, Excel spreadsheets and PowerPoint presentations, and share them with other users quickly and easily. Works with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Get things done
We understand how important your computer is for day-to-day tasks. Whether it's finding information online, sending emails to colleagues and friends, or creating and sharing documents, Ubuntu has everything you need to get things done. Fast.
Social and email
Ubuntu is packed with apps for quick and easy communication. Empathy helps you integrate your chat accounts. And with Thunderbird, you can access your emails, address book and calendar.
Dash message lens
Keep up to date with your friends and colleagues quickly and easily. With the Dash message lens, you can see all your microblogging feeds in one place. So you'll be able to follow the latest news and gossip like never before.
Stay in touch with your friends, family and colleagues wherever you are. Ubuntu works brilliantly with Skype so you can have face-to-face chats with your contacts, any time, anywhere and, of course, completely free!
Photos and videos
Ubuntu is full of free apps to help you enjoy, manage, edit and share your photos and videos; whatever you use to take them. With fantastic support for cameras and phones, you won't need any extra drivers to get up and running.
Organise your photos
With Shotwell, you can quickly and easily import, organise, edit and view your pictures. And you can share your favourite snaps on all popular photo sites and social networks.
Photo and illustration tools
Edit your photos or create professional illustrations and designs with tools like GIMP and Inkscape, available in the Ubuntu Software Centre.
Watch videos
Watch all your favourite content online from YouTube, BBC iPlayer and MSN Player. Or download and watch movies with VLC, available in the Ubuntu Software Centre.
Edit your movies
Edit your movies with PiTiVi and then watch them in Movie Player -- or add VLC and OpenShot from the Ubuntu Software Centre, for compatibility with even more file formats.
Games and apps
Ubuntu Software Centre also gives you instant access to thousands of great applications -- some free and some available commercially. You can also search for apps directly from the Dash. If you see something you like, you can get more information and then install it in just a couple of clicks.
Educational resources
The Ubuntu Software Centre comes with a range of apps that make learning fun and engaging.
Ratings and reviews
Each application comes with ratings and reviews to make it easier for you to decide which apps you want to install.
Fun and games
From Sudoku to shoot-em-ups, we've got loads of games that'll keep you busy for hours.
Humble Indie Bundle
You can also pick up some incredible games directly from the Ubuntu Software Centre, as Ubuntu has teamed up with the regular Humble Indie Bundle charity sales. Pick from critically acclaimed titles such as Braid and Bastion, Limbo and FEZ.
Steam on Ubuntu
As the PC gaming resurgence continues at pace, Ubuntu has quickly become a great platform for cutting-edge games. Canonical and Valve have worked together to bring the world's biggest open gaming platform to Ubuntu, with more and more Linux-compatible games, so download Steam today and start playing thousands of titles.
Create cool apps!
Write gorgeous apps with stunning animated and fluid UIs. Choose native or HTML5 and get started with the Ubuntu SDK. Scopes open a window to a world of content to users. Learn how to make your own content stand out by writing scopes to customize the user experience. Embrace the cloud and write a charm for Juju, Ubuntu's orchestration tool to rapidly deploy your code to the web. Blurry the boundaries between native and web with Ubuntu webapps. Learn how to integrate your sites into the system as if they were local apps.
A release schedule you can depend on
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A few years back scientists were able to find a way to extract the green fluorescent protein (GFP) from a jellyfish. They won the Nobel Prize in chemistry, and the result since has been that they've been able to make all KINDS of things fluorescent. Yes they really do glow...check this out... Everything from bacteria growing inside artwork, to monkeys, frogs…you name it, it can become fluorescent.
So I'm curious first of all if you all were aware of this? I wasn't until today…If you could make something fluorescent what would it be? If this was patented into a product that you could buy and then make whatever you want glow what would it be…and yes I do mean ANYTHING….use your imagination…
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Maybe Spider Goats so their silk would glow? Some of my fronkeys already do!!
I would chose a part of my own anatomy that for most of the time remains covered.
Just for my own amusement.
I've always wanted a Light Saber!
Me, so I'd never be in the dark again.
When radium was first isolated, they loved its glow attributes so much, it was painted on teeth, and all sorts of manufactured items. When the Radium Girls (the ladies who worked in the radium factory) started falling to bits and complaining, the manufacturers tried to blame their sickness on syphilis rather than stop their radium production line. There's a brief wiki synopsis here
I remember as a child, having a pot of "glo-paint" which I'm pretty sure wouldn't be around these days, so I'm not all that keen to play with 'glo' stuff any more.
@Judith - good thinking, then we could spot them a mile away, and watch our backs :)
I thought of that last night after the globe in my bedside lamp blew out and I couldnt finish the chapter I was reading.
I imagine there would be enough glow to illuminate the whole page ....
My bio prof told us that it's routine to splice in that sequence for phosphorescence into any gmo animal just in case the lab loses track of the animal for some unforeseen reason. Not sure if that is true but it makes me smile to think about.
I would like glow in the dark carpet. Never trip in the dark again. Coffee table--you are no match for my shins!
The tongues of liars :-)


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Friday, June 25
Preconference – Drawn to Delight: How Picturebooks Work (and Play) Today | 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Learn to better utilize picturebooks in your library's programming by seeing these books through the eyes of the people who create them! Art directors, museum educators, and award-winning illustrators will take you through the creative and collaborative journey of picturebook development during this Friday, June 25, event at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Studio demonstrations, hands-on opportunities and original art door prizes are just a few of the elements that await participants. Register Now to Guarantee your Spot! The event code is ALS1 when registering.
Sunday, June 27
The Pura Belpré Celebración | 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Join ALSC and REFORMA in a joyous Celebración to honor the 2010 Pura Belpré Medal winner and honorees.
Newbery Caldecott Wilder Banquet | 6:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.
Join us for this gala to celebrate the Newbery and Caldecott Medalists and Honorees, authors and illustrators of the year's most distinguished books for children. Cocktails (cash bar) available prior to dinner; doors open at 6:45 p.m. Tickets are $94. No tickets will be available at the door. Limited Tickets Available – Register Now! The event code is ALS2 when registering for individual tickets. Reserved table seating is an option for anyone attending the Newbery Caldecott Banquet, as long as you purchase a whole table (seats 10) in one payment transaction. Table reservations must be made through the ALSC office, not ALA Conference Services or Registration. Please visit the table reservations page for details on how to purchase a table.
Monday, June 28
ALSC Charlemae Rollins President's Program featuring Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl | 8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl will discuss her research and findings on infants' early language and later reading skills, teaching librarians how they can best help families with literacy. Dr. Kuhl has spoken at the White House, appeared on various Discovery, NOVA and PBS television series and been featured on The Today Show, Good Morning America, CBS Evening News, NBC Nightly News, and in The New York Times, Time, and Newsweek.
ALSC Awards Presentation and Membership Meeting | 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Join your colleagues for the annual presentation for the Batchelder, Carnegie, Geisel and Sibert Awards. The ALSC Membership Meeting will immediately follow.
Odyssey Award Presentation & Program | 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Celebrate the 2010 Odyssey Award winner and honor titles.
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New Mac mini folds in Apple TV features (photos)Apple's new unibody Mac mini takes design cues from Apple TV while introducing innovative new industrial design concepts of its own.
The new Mac mini ships in a box that's about the same size around as the previous model, but much thinner. In fact, the new box is smaller than the box a lot of software media used to ship in.
Despite being a little more than an inch wider and deeper, Apple fits the new Mac mini into the same profile as the previous box by using a snug fit that packs the computer and its single AC power cable, documents, and an HDMI to DVI adapter with little room for dead air.
As detailed in Friday's first look new Mac mini is the same size around as Apple TV and Time Capsule, and like both of those earlier products, packs its power supply inside the case for a brick-free design.
Aimed at easy to use, appliance-like convenience
Also like Apple TV, the new mini trades away a custom mini-DVI port for HDMI, which supplies the same video output with additional support for audio, making the new Mac mini as living room-savvy as Apple TV (although it's considerably more expensive for such an application).
The new design also gives up one of the USB ports the former Mac mini offered, but provides a convenient SD Card slot in its place.
The new aluminum shell of the Mac mini creates a strong, precision design similar to the company's MacBook Pro lineup. It leaves previous Mac mini models feeling and looking plastic and cheap.
Easy to open
Functionally, the new design makes parts easier to access. Rather than having to peel way the rubber backing to access screws (like Apple TV) or use a putty knife to pop off the top case (like earlier minis), the new design uses a twist off plastic lid to expose access to RAM. Full access requires tools, but is still much easier to disassemble than previous minis.


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Summary of XBRL Information for Phase 3 Filers
The information below represents the views of the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission. It does not constitute rules, regulations, or statements of the Commission. Further, the Commission has neither approved nor disapproved this information.
XBRL for Financial Statements
The Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted rules requiring companies to provide financial statement information in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) to improve the information's usefulness. This is an overview for companies that are required to begin submitting XBRL data during 2011 and summarizes some of the main process issues, lessons learned to date and resources for further information.
XBRL allows computers to read financial information and use it in analytical tools, much like bar codes applied to merchandise are used for computerized inventory controls. In order to create an XBRL submission, filers must select tags from the US GAAP taxonomy which best represent their financial reporting concepts. The selected tags are then attached to the filer's financial information by software programs or third-party service providers to complete the XBRL submission. XBRL helps to provide investors access to financial information in a form that's ready for analysis, and can help companies automate checks on the data quality in their reports.
Over the past two years, the largest SEC reporting companies have begun submitting financial information in XBRL. All other public companies using U.S. GAAP, with only a few exceptions, are required to submit XBRL for periods ending on or after June 15, 2011. There are several different ways to create XBRL submissions, ranging from do-it-yourself to outsourced models, and there are a growing number of software and service providers with products at various price points. Ultimately, you should choose a solution that matches your company's resource and expertise requirements based on an evaluation of the available options.
Program Phase-In
The XBRL rules adopted by the Commission include a number of features to ease the implementation process. The rule requirements are being phased in over time based on company size, including a phase-in of the amount of detailed information to be provided in XBRL format. In a company's first year of XBRL compliance, each amount in the primary financial statements is tagged in XBRL, and each note to the financial statements and certain financial schedules are individually tagged as a block of text. In the second year of compliance, each amount in the notes and financial schedules must also be tagged in XBRL. The rules also include two permissible grace periods: a 30 day grace period for a company's initial submission, and in the following year a 30 day grace period for a company's initial detail tagged submission. The rules also include modified liability provisions for the first two years a company is required to provide XBRL submissions. The modified liability provisions are eliminated entirely on October 31, 2014.
Lessons Learned
One of the benefits of a phased implementation is to allow companies and service providers to continue to develop and to learn from the experiences of the early adopters. Over the past two years, the SEC staff has gained insights into several key issues that may affect a company's experience in complying with the rules and the quality of their XBRL submissions:
Additional Resources
The SEC staff has provided a number of resources to assist you in understanding the XBRL requirements, and to answer common questions. You can review the information at http://xbrl.sec.gov/, and these links may be particularly helpful:
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Cat Against Dog in a Winner-Take-All Stare-Down [VIDEO]
It's a classic stare-down: cat stares at dog, dog stares at cat and viewer stares at screen wondering what the heck is taking them so long. Come on fellas! Out of your respective corners and let's get this fight going.
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At Kiva, our development process is based on Scrum - with work broken into two week Sprints (we call them "Iterations"). We're good students of Scrum in some regards (we do release every two weeks, without fail), and bad students of Scrum in others (it seems like we still bite off more than we can chew in each iteration). Like most Scrum teams, the center of our universe is our ticket tracking system. We use Redmine - albeit a rather customized version. We've put quite a bit of time and effort into our ticket tracking system - so we thought we'd give you a tour.
Redmine Home Page - Dashboard
One of the biggest lessons I've learned as both a web developer, and an engineering manager is that everybody is fundamentally lazy. Users are lazy, and guess what... engineers are lazy too. If you want somebody to do something many times a day - you have to make it really easy to do. If you want somebody to truly internalize a message - you need to deliver it as often as possible. Hence, each engineer's Redmine home page is a customized one-stop shop. The left hand column shows a list of tasks - divided according to which code branch the task needs to be performed in. We typically have three branches going at a time - one out in real world, one in QA and one in active development. The right hand side shows three burndown charts. One for the entire engineering team, one for each of our sprint teams (we have four), and one for you, individually. The burndown charts show the burndown for the "most relevant" code branch at any particular phase in a Sprint. (Note - the burndown charts are done with High Charts. Try it, it's great. )
More Burndowns
For the burndown addicted, we also have a page where you can view the burndown charts for all active branches at once.
Point Distribution
To check out what each individual on a particular sprint team is up to, we have some bar charts that show a point distribution. The bars are stacked - purple for points that are assigned, grey for points that have been completed.
SVN Integration
One of most recent, and most effective tools is our SVN-Redmine integration. We built a simple SVN post-commit hook that takes information from our SVN commit messages, and then updates the relevant Redmine ticket accordingly. The Redmine ticket is updated with the SVN comment, as well as the list of files changed, and a link to view each diff using webSVN. This feature is particularly handy for reviewing production patches, making it trivial to make sure that everybody knows exactly what was changed to fix Bug #11214.
Lesson's Learned
In a feature-driven engineering environment, everything always feels like a rush. It can be hard to stop and take the time to build a feature for yourself, rather than your customers. (It took us a year of procrastination to build both burndown charts and our SVN integration.) With the advantage of hindsight though, I've never felt that it was time ill spent - in fact, my experience has been quite the opposite - the amount of productivity gained using a new "engineering tool" always seems to outweigh the cost of building it.


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Icebox Cake Recipe | Video
Chocolate Cake, the Lazy Girl's Way
Hosting a last-minute event? Skip any sort of panic and save time with nostalgic icebox cake — no oven or stove required! With just five ingredients and 15 minutes of active prep, you'll have a stunner of a dessert. Print out the recipe and watch the video to learn how to perfect the presentation on the easiest cake of all time.


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Mom who baked cookies for school bus riders for 15 years shut down by complaint
CHANHASSEN, Minn. – A Chanhassen mother who has been baking cookies for the kids on her children's bus for 15 years has been shut down by an anonymous complaint.
Every Friday, Anne Tabat has met the school bus in her subdivision with a basket of cookies. It began as a thank you to the bus driver. And, Tabat said, she couldn't give the driver a cookie without giving one to every child on the bus.
Tabat said the cookies were also a way to get to know her neighbors.
"I didn't live in the suburbs until I turned 40," she said. "Look at the way these houses are designed here. They're not designed with a friendly neighborliness community in mind. I haven't been in most of the houses in my neighborhood. People live such busy lives; you don't talk to your neighbors, you don't know your neighbors."
For the first time in many years, Tabat won't be at the bus stop Friday. She received a phone call from the school this week telling her someone had complained and that she should cease and desist the dispensing of cookies. She said she never really had a straight answer about the specifics of the complaint.
"I think it's somebody who just didn't bother to get to know me and I think that's what the sin is here," Tabat told Minnesota Public Radio News.
Tabat has taken it in stride. She's busy making 200 cookies for her neighborhood party Saturday.
"People are good," Tabat said. "I've yet to find someone I can't find commonality with. We're all crawling around on the planet dealing with circumstances in our life, and most of us just want to raise a nice family and be successful in however you define success and for most people it's just surviving."


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Several Ravens arrived at the Modell Performing Arts Center at the Lyric on Monday night to participate in the premier screening of the DVD that chronicles their Super Bowl winning season.
But instead of celebrating the accomplishment, the Ravens found themselves lamenting the loss of one of their dominant performers from their playoff run.
Veteran wide receiver Anquan Boldin, who burned the San Francisco 49ers for six catches, 104 yards and a touchdown in the Ravens 34-31 victory in Super Bowl XLVII, was traded to the 49ers on Monday for a sixth-round draft pick.
The move, motivated by the team's desire to open open up some room under the salary cap,...


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This week, I and 11 other marine scientists will be heading off to the Norwegian fjords to look at the effects of climate change on marine life. This includes four members associated with the Museum who investigate bryozoans (also known as sea mats or moss animals).
We are aiming to photograph and collect samples of current marine Bryozoa to assess changes in the species composition of the Norwegian fauna in comparison with historical surveys from circa 1900-1920 and 1963 in the Bergen and Trondheim areas. The collections will be done by SCUBA diving in the cold clear waters of the Norwegian fjords.
We are investigating to see if the species biodiversity has changed in response to increases in sea water temperature. The team will also be surveying artifical structures to look at patterns of distribution of non-native and invasive bryozoan species in north European waters.
A colony of the bryozoan, Cellaria sinuosa growing on a rocky wall.
An electron microscope image showing the colony units.
The bryozoan research team consists of four members:
- Mary Spencer Jones: Bryozoa and Entoprocta curator at the Museum
- Dr Joanne Porter: Scientific Associate at the Museum/Heriot-Watt University Associate Professor
- Sally Rouse: Heriot-Watt/Scottish Association of Marine Sciences PhD student and former Natural History Museum Encyclopedia of Life Rubenstein Fellow
- Dr Piotr Kuklinski: Scientific Associate at the Museum/Institute of Oceanology Poland Associate Professor
The bryozoan research team: Mary Spencer Jones, Dr Joanne Porter, Sally Rouse and Dr Piotr Kuklinski.
The expedition kicks off on Saturday 28 June when the team join the research vessel MV Halton in Bergen and get all the equipment loaded on board. Joanne and I are making a visit to the bryozoan collection held at the Bergen Museum of Natural History prior to joining the cruise. Just time for a bit of final last minute packing before we head off on Thursday morning!
For more information on bryozoans, have a look at the Bryozoa of the British Isles Scratchpad website.
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Fresh produce safety website launched
A website dedicated to all aspects of food safety for the fresh produce industries of Australian and New Zealand launches today.
Established by the University of Sydney's Faculty of Agriculture and Environment and PMA Australia-New Zealand, the Australasian region's leading fresh produce trade association, it is part of a major project to identify a model and priorities for fresh produce safety research and to raise awareness of the challenges for fresh produce safety and the importance of enhancing current safety practices.
The Fresh Produce Safety - Australia & New Zealand (FPS) website focuses on three objectives. First, to plan how the fresh produce industry will handle major food safety outbreaks in the region, particularly in crisis mitigation and management, and consumer communication.
Second, to identify research needs that are specific to the Australian and New Zealand fresh produce industry and to develop local or international collaborative partnerships in research, outreach and education to address these needs; and third, to translate relevant research outcomes from the Centre for Produce Safety at the University of California-Davis for application in the Australasian fresh produce industries.
"The 2006 spinach crisis in the US and the European sprout problems of 2011 demonstrate the importance of our industry working together from paddock to plate to ensure continued fresh food safety in Australia and New Zealand," said Associate Professor Robyn McConchie, head of the Plant and Food Sciences department of the Faculty of Agriculture and Environment at the University of Sydney.
"We anticipate developing a research model where we will be utilising existing research and information, as well as bringing together international experts, representatives of government, industry associations, growers, packers and processers, wholesalers and retailers, food safety trainers and practitioners, all with a focus on filling the knowledge gaps on produce food safety in Australia and New Zealand, and protecting and enhancing food quality and safety in fresh produce," said Associate Professor McConchie.
A Food Safety Taskforce initiated by PMA Australia-New Zealand and comprising of representatives from all sectors of the supply chain, has also been appointed to assist in the project and work collaboratively with industry to facilitate communication and outreach.
"An outbreak of food-borne illness can be devastating, not only for those directly affected, but for an entire industry. As an industry, we have a responsibility to live up to the trust placed in us every day by consumers, by ensuring the safety and traceability of our fresh produce," said Fabian Carniel, Chair of the Food Safety Taskforce and Joint CEO of Mulgowie Farms.
The website uses voluntary funds from the University of Sydney and PMA Australia-New Zealand with matched funding from the Australian Government through Horticulture Australia Limited.


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The article names Verint Systems Inc, based in New York, as exporting competing equipment for the $3 billion "Lawful Intercept" market worldwide.
Torture in Bahrain Aided by Nokia Siemens
U.S. and EU export laws and UN sanctions control just a narrow slice of technology such as weapons systems or data encryption. International embargoes that cover a broader range of equipment target only a small circle of the worst actors, such as Myanmar and North Korea.