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The Classical Music Experience: Discover the Music of the World's Greatest Composers
by Julius Jacobson II M.D.
27 used & new
5.0 out of 5 stars
Perfect Introduction
Sept. 22 2003
This review is from:
The Classical Music Experience: Discover the Music of the World's Greatest Composers (Hardcover)
If you want to buy one book that will introduce you to the wonders of classical music, including two CDs of clips from a few dozen of the best composers in history and plenty of quips about their lives and times, here's the one.
I hadn't heard many of the composers and learned plenty about them, and even a bunch of interesting stories from the medical field (the author is an acclaimed surgeon, "father of microsurgery"). So the author is very smart and doesn't have an axe to grind, and this is clearly his labor of love.
I would start here to get an idea of the historical development and the spectrum of composition and then move on to e.g. "Classical 101" and/or "NPR Curious Listener's Guide" and then maybe Copland's book or various CD guides depending on your interests.
A Return to Cooking
by Michael Ruhlman
23 used & new
5.0 out of 5 stars
May 11 2003
This review is from:
A Return to Cooking (Hardcover)
The Veal chops with Morels and Herb Butter Sauce, the only recipe I have made out of this book so far, is one of the great achievements of human civilization.
I have enjoyed Eric Ripert's chef's tasting menu at his Le Bernadin, an intimidatingly formal restaurant where Woody Allen sat at the next table celebrating the victory in his lawsuit. Apart from the croque monsieur, the recipe to which is included at the opening of this attractive book, the veal recipe was the equal of anything on his menu, even with my feeble hands at the stove.
And for a far more digestible price.
May I recommend this book to those who dare to enjoy life to its fullest.
Think Like a Chef
by Tom Colicchio
24 used & new
5.0 out of 5 stars
Clears up many questions
May 4 2003
This review is from:
Think Like a Chef (Hardcover)
This is an excellent cookbook that has a lot of very useful information in it and some tasty recipes. It, at long last, taught me how to properly cook mushrooms, and for that I am obligated to give it five stars.
Now with that formality out of the way, I am free to tee off on this thing. I just made the roast duck with root vegetables and apples recipe, and it was a honking example of awful kitchen testing.
The root vegetable quantities called for are probably in the region of twice as much as you need, but when they say "four turnips," just how big a turnip are we talking? Furthermore, the stuff should really be cut up into bite-sizes, but I guess he prefers to leave that up to the eater. The results on first try are edible, but so autmumal that I forbid this to be served outside of New England in a month that ends with "r"--a prohibition only hinted at in the text.
The worst thing is the truth in advertising problem. The food stylist who took the pictures of the preparations took liberties with the recipes!!! Shock and horror!...The illustration for this particular recipe features ingredients not present in it (what's that leaf doing there...or the thyme?) and leaves out ingredients that should be there, and doesn't cross-hatch the duck skin, etc. etc. etc...
It makes you feel unable when you just can't match the illustration no matter what you do. But these illustrations might not taste better than what the recipe says.
If the book really taught you to think like a chef, it would leave no question "why?" unanswered. As it stands, this title is mostly unfulfilled...the book should be three or four times as long and explain every decision in every recipe and then it would teach you to think like a chef.
As it stands, thanks for the mushroom recipe Mr. Colicchio, and enjoy the five stars.
The Chefs of the Times: More Than 200 Recipes and Reflections from Some of America's Most Creative Chefs Based on the Popular Column in The New York Times
by Michalene Busico
25 used & new
5.0 out of 5 stars
Variety is the spice of life
Oct. 6 2002
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The Chefs of the Times: More Than 200 Recipes and Reflections from Some of America's Most Creative Chefs Based on the Popular Column in The New York Times (Hardcover)
This is a fantastic compendium of many of the best chefs in America and some of their finest preparations. You've got Romano, Vongerichten, Boulud, Keller, O'Connell...even relative newcomers like Patricia Yeo and Wylie Dufresne. It is an outstanding resource for getting a taste of the various styles and approaches...including multiple no-stir risotto recipes and other kitchen hints. Preparation times and a recipe index are provided to make this a very well done production, including a photo for one of each chef's preparations (each chef gets about half a dozen recipes included).
The meals are mostly accessible to the home cook and very clearly presented. They were obviously kitchen-tested in order to get into the New York Times from where these recipes are drawn, so no bogus preparations. Plus these chefs didn't hold anything back seeing as the New York Times is read by their target demographic and it's a competitive arena.
Anyone who wants to kick their culinary skills up a few thousand notches over Emeril & the food TV gang ought to invest wisely in this delectable tome.
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
by David Allen
61 used & new
5.0 out of 5 stars
It works
Sept. 30 2002
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Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity (Hardcover)
I'm very skeptical of most of these kinds of things, but this one really helped me. It got me to throw out all my old files I was never going to look at again ever, got me to set up MS Outlook Alerts and task lists for my whole life so I could completely clear my mind of all casual concerns, and taught me to constantly ask myself, "What is the next action?" and answer very precisely.
When you know what the next action you can take is, it's very hard to procrastinate, and there was this amazing calm that entered my life when I got 100% of my to-do items done and automated all maintenance tasks.
The advice is simple, I bought it on audio cassette but had to stop the cassette a few times because the urge to purge all my junk was overwhelming.
I was ready for this and I was a quite organized person before this. I would recommend this to anyone.
Girardet: Recipes from a Master of French Cuisine
by Fredy Girardet
18 used & new
5.0 out of 5 stars
Perfection. No question about it.
Sept. 30 2002
This review is from:
Girardet: Recipes from a Master of French Cuisine (Hardcover)
This is without question one of the best cookbooks ever. I can't get my mind around how it is absolutely "just right". The food is lavish and beautifully presented, yet, it has this simplicity about it that brings it back from pomposity. There is a touch, a feel, that is as good as I've ever witnessed. A certain maturity that exudes extreme confidence.
Stylistically, the closest thing to this in my collection is the new edition of Larousse Gastronomique. Yet that book is full of recipes that are sloppily either over-the-top or ho-hum. Imagine that kind of cuisine taken to its absolute apex.
The descriptions are utterly clear, and detailed, and in a very helpful format of preperation, finishing touches, and presentation. This takes you through the mise en place carefully and then shows you what you need to do when ready to fire the plate and put it together. A quantum leap, IMO, in recipe presentation.
The photos are breathtaking. If you are intimidated by the recipes, you can always make yourself happy just viewing this as a picture book. But if you force yourself through these recipes a few times, you will lose the intimidation and wonder why you weren't cooking this way all along? Go ahead dive in the deep end...even a sloppy, crude rendition of these recipes will be worth every ounce of unnecessary stress.
I think Girardet has created a new watermark in cookbooks and look forward to seeing attempts to top this.
PS Serious sleuthing has revealed what "Nion" is (for the Nion Tart). Nion is the compressed nutmeat left over from creating nut oil. Girardet calls for grating walnut or hazelnut nion for his tart. It will take significantly more sleuthing to get one's hands on some nion, however!!!
Of course, no gourmet cookbook would be complete without calling for a tablespoon or two of pure unobtainium.
Zuni Cafe Cookbook: A Compendium Of Recipes And Cooking Lessons From San Francisco's
by Judy Rodgers
34 used & new
5.0 out of 5 stars
Really far more than recipes
Sept. 14 2002
This review is from:
Zuni Cafe Cookbook: A Compendium Of Recipes And Cooking Lessons From San Francisco's (Hardcover)
This is one of the best cookbooks in my prodigious collection. It is so so true that she goes much further than the recipes and describes the how's and why's of what she is doing. Her writing has confirmed many of my own experiences I never found described elsewhere and has also taught me completely new twists on such fundamentals as making stock and dicing onions.
This is the woman who accidentally ended up living with the Troisgros brothers in France as a teenager and then ended up being the lunch chef at Chez Panisse instead of going to grad school. She was also a Stanford student. So you have genius and an unmatchable pedigree for California cuisine. That recipe cooks up a stellar cookbook...the surprise would be if it didn't.
Every preparation is paired with a specific wine and there is a fairly extensive section on cheese pairings. I mean, she's actually sharing the details here...including the crown jewel recipes of her franchise.
Although I live only two miles away I have never found occasion to go to her restaurant though I've always wanted to. I will go a few times now to see what the master's renditions of these remarkable plates come out like. You see, you share the recipes and everyone flocks to your restaurant. Why keep your skill a secret?
And I just ran and salted half of what I've got in the fridge!
OK, after a few months, an update:
I've been trying the pre-salting meat approach regularly, and pushing it. The results have been quite good, but there have been times when things have come out too salty. However, pushing it, and being forced to throw out some stuff, I have come up with the following safety guidelines so far.
I believe Ms. Rodgers is working with extremely fresh product in ideal circumstances, which most of us aren't able to duplicate in our supermarkets. Therefore her practices which she might find safe will not always be safe for us. While salt does act as a preservative for meat, in the small quantities used here (e.g. 3/4 tsp per pound) it's not enough to extend the life of the meat particularly long.
My rules of thumb for the most time you can salt, refrigerated (and after rinsing poultry and seafood thoroughly), the best consumer meat in San Francisco follow. If I was shopping at an average place, I wouldn't risk any delay in cooking at all.
Beef, Pork: 48 hours
Poultry, lamb: 24 hours
Seafood: 6 hours tops, less better
Note these probably aren't much different than you would have done prior.
Furthermore, she argues that you must let meat come to room temperature before cooking. For her parameters, this might work well, but I feel it is an unnecessary risk even with the "protection" of the salt. You can lengthen cooking with lower temperature to get the inside of a roast done as well if it's thick. So 15 mins tops at room temp.
Don't abandon common sense, or any other sense, when cooking. Trust your nose and eyes. The salt isn't a miracle worker. The times above are enough to let it do what it needs to to achieve the effect she wants I believe.
The recipes have been utterly fantastic however. I still strongly recommend the cookbook. It is unquestionably one of the best. I also strongly recommend, as I believe would she, that you take everything in it, ahem, with a little grain of salt.
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The Amendment also revises the calculation of the Availability Amount (as defined in the Credit Agreement) such that all permitted borrowings under the Credit Agreement are now fully subject to the borrowing base formula contained in the Credit Agreement.
The foregoing description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendment, which is attached to this report as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
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The 2016 Programme
For 2016, VTBS is offering offering two weeks of study: Sunday 31st July to Friday 5th August and Sunday 7th to Friday 12th August. Participants may attend for either week or for both. Arrival for each week is on Sunday afternoon, with departure after lunch on Friday. Participants attending for both weeks may optionally book to spend the middle weekend in Cambridge.
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Each week offers a separate programme of 19 one hour sessions. There are two main courses covering Old and New Testament topics. Each main course consists of four lectures and a concluding question and answer session, plus three related Language Readings in which exegetical and translation issues are discussed. There is also a separate supplementary series of three lectures. The lecturers are all invited apart from consideration of their particular religious or denominational standpoint. Optional daily Language Classes in biblical Greek or Hebrew are also available.
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|Dr Wendy North, University of Hull & Dr Lionel North, University of Durham
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|Professor William Horbury, Emeritus Professor of Jewish & Early Christian Studies & Fellow of Corpus Christi College
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|Professor Hugh Pyper, Professor of Biblical Interpretation, University of Sheffield
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*shrug* What can I say? He did it so often I thought it was expected behaviour.
I just went flying with 4 others this weekend, at a field large enough to handle any size model you care to name, 4/5 experienced pilots, 1 with international competition experience at the highest...
THIS is how you do a weekend. :)

Good thing the forum was in read-only mode all weekend...took me until today just to recover from the weekend!  :D

What a FANTASTIC weekend that was at...

It's a place for a bunch of grumpy old men to chew the fat about toy cars, boats, and airplanes. :)

Pretty sure we'll all be...
Good call on the batts, Frank. :)

Flew it yesterday with 2 of the new ones from VH...muuuuuuuuuch better.

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I love folks who can laugh at themselves in this hobby!  Well written!

Ok, figured a week would be enough, but wanted to be sure.

Thanks! :)

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Apparently you do! :) thanks for the heads up.
Color me unconvinced so far. The one good flight I got on it today, and the one yesterday (both on the same 30C 1300mah Turnigy pack) left me...unimpressed. I mean, it flew ok, and it'll hovee...but...
I destroyed a pair of 1300mah Sky liPos on mine today...they were older batts though, 2-3 seasons, so probably just time for them to give it up.
The thing is absolutely a power hog though, at...
Went out with scott today to a local high school,  did a bit of flying.  Getting a feel for the TechOne Yak...not quite as overpowered as I'd like, but it'll do. :)

Tried to fly the...
Ouch Jim!  [:o]

One question on the video though...

Frank, why were YOU fishing for Wheeler's plane??? :D

No...that's the Red/White go-fast bird :)
Finished up the Yak today, got a quick flight on it.

So that brings the stable up to 5 now.  48" EF edge, GP Escapade for Alex, Stinger, Pac Yak, and the T1 Yak.

LED strips from Nitroplanes.  If you want to know what colors, you'll have to come to Mac's in 2 weeks :)
Sweet, thanks again, Jim!

Hey Frank/Jim/et al,

Is http://www.walmart.com/ip/Quick-Grip-Fast-Grab/19399961 the Quick grip you guys use for the Yaks?

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Anymore impressions or comparisons?post #154 of 57939/17/12 at 2:19pmThread Starter
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I wonder. I haven't noticed them being available anywhere yet aside from $620 on eBay or the UK site.post #155 of 57939/17/12 at 2:41pm
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The british/german/dutch online stores are officially selling these cans (now you can find the Fidelio X1 with the search bar). Goddammit.
According to Google Translate (lol) it seems that orders placed on the german online store CAN be sent to other countries!!!11111oneone!!1 At least within Europe.Quote:I wish that was true. Can anyone verify this? *mimicking Puss in boots' eyes* Q_Q -> linkOrders that are placed on this website can be sent to other countries.
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Ordered the X1 from the UK site and they are on their way.
Should have these by Tuesday latest so will post 1st thoughts later next week. I will compare against my Senn hd650 with Stefan Art cables and obviously my Tesla T1's . Hopefully they should be reasonable for the price !!!post #157 of 57939/22/12 at 1:19pmThread Starter
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Ordered the X1 from the UK site and they are on their way.
Should have these by Tuesday latest so will post 1st thoughts later next week. I will compare against my Senn hd650 with Stefan Art cables and obviously my Tesla T1's . Hopefully they should be reasonable for the price !!!
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Don't normally buy headphones without extensive previous reviews or a previous track record of good designs but something has drawn me to trying these out early. Shipping from Philips Holland so no many sets seem to have been delivered yet, Headphone Spec seems upmarket for Philips so thought its worth a speculative gamble. After many years with the Senn Range need a change for 2nd headphone set up using PC and Flac files. Hopefully has a good low range and open mids. Don't expect it to get close to the T1 with the SPL auditor though!!!post #159 of 57939/22/12 at 3:37pm
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Hey all,
Quick update. Been using the headphones for a week now, and I gotta say they're a huge improvement over my old Sennheiser HD580s. Even to an untrained ear, the difference was really audible--much more dynamic range, wider, more defined soundstage, and somehow simultaneously warmer and crisper.
I also impulsively picked up a FiiO E09/E17 Combo--which I'm returning. Apparently, most of these DAC/AMP units, whether separates or combo, power the line out at the same time as the headphone jack--with no mute button or switch. I have powered subs (Rokit 6) with independent volume on read, meaning it's not for regular volume control. As it turns out, there is no way to listen to headphones without the speakers being on. I'm surprised this situation doesn't come up mor often...?
I've discovered that NuForce has automatic switches on their headphone jacks that disable the line out when the headphones are plugged in. I also found that Audinst makes a unit with a what appears to be a switch to control the signal out.
Would love some feedback on my situation: any particular solutions to this problem I haven't considered? Any units in particular I should consider that would be good solutions for using my new X1s with my iMac--bearing in mind my speaker situation? As far as NuForce goes, where in the line should I look to settle. I could spend as little as $200-250 or as much as $1000 in their line of products--and other than varying inputs, I'm not clear on how to evaluate the added benefits amp/dac-wise. Also, they have this new UDA-100 coming out that looks like a good option, given that realistically USB will be fine for my purposes as a Desktop amp, but still not really sure how it differs from the lower models.
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I've found the Audinst to be nice in this regard. Just flip a switch to change the in/outputs. I had a uDAC-2, and I really appreciated that aspect of the DAC.post #162 of 57939/25/12 at 12:52pm
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These look just gorgeous. I guess the marketing ploy works, since I just ordered them from amazon.de. I don't really need them, so hopefully they are bad so I can return them.post #163 of 57939/25/12 at 2:48pm
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So 1st thoughts on the Philips Fidelio X1 Phones.
There can't be many yet shipped as these came from the central warehouse in Holland!!
Packaging 3 star
In terms of a flagship headphones these are where they stand in my opinion and direct experience
AKG Q701 adequate but nothing exceptional.
Philips X1 nice sturdy box but not as good as:-
Sennheiser HD 650 which is in a good sturdy box ( Ex flagship for Senns)
Beyer T1's OTT metal case suitable for carry small SLR camera if it had a handle.
Sorry I don't do unpackaging video's on youtube I'm afraid!!!
Construction Feel and Comfort,
One of the best constructed Headphones I have ever handled.
Full Metal construction with excellent ear pads ( Slightly small like the T1's but not uncomfortable. Excellent grip on headband and very expensive feel. 5 star for that.
My verdict after just a few hours of listening Good but probably will be excellent after tweeking:-
These headphones for me are work in progress!!
As others have said they have a excellent lower end performance for a standard design headphone but after just a few tracks of normal listening I have identified that their upper mid band and high frequencies are recessed compared to my other headphones. This spoils what seems to be a otherwise excellent open voice to the overall headphone balance.
For a flagship design you expect a better presentation of the so called microdynamics ( low level detail) presented in good recordings and with a recessed mid/top these are more difficult to hear !!
These results were consistent across a number of my standard listening audio tracks which are well known to me on a number of headphones and systems.
So I decided to analyse what the problems were!!
I felt the Headphone Drivers and housing design rigidity were excellent so not the issue.
I tested the source amp and software with my other headphones so knew this was not the issue
So I concluded that the very nice but flimsy connecting cable was a strong candidate
Trying a set of software equaliser settings on the laptop ( Mediamonkey with Kernel streaming)
I felt that a continual rise in output from around 2KHz significantly improved the listening experience with a full range of expected transients and microdynamics being now audiable again, I set to find and improved cable.
Luckily I had in stock an old series 1 Silver Dragon cable from my HD650's and with a quick change to the 3.5mm plug on the Philips I now experienced something significantly better than the 1st few minutes. While I do not think this is the final solution I now can hear a good low end performance coupled with a Mid range and High end that feels that it will be Flagship status in terms of its potential!!!
This is not a bad result given only 9 hours of on/off listening and I haven't yet tried it on the main HIFI yet!!! So to those who are waiting in the wings,my belief is that this will be a headphone ( with a suitable cable) which will be something akin to a AKG K701/K702?Q701 midband/top performance with some decent low end added!!!
I will update when I have tried some different cables and listened further!!!
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Perhaps there's been a little bit of a confusion regarding the term "flagship." All I meant by this was that it was the top model of the given manufacturer's line. It's got nothing to do with the way they should sound. A $30 headphone with a 10dB shelf from 200Hz on down and a frequency response of 60Hz-10kHz could technically be considered a flagship under this definition, haha.
Thanks for the impressions! Disappointing to hear 'good low end performance with recessed mids and highs.' I'm thinking it might be more simple and clean to use EQ to reduce the bass rather than try to boost everything else? Not a cable believer myself however ;)
Ah well. I've kind of lost interest in these myself with what tentatively appears to be a dark/warm sound sig as I originally suspected. I think the metal construction is actually a no no for me too. My current headphones (which I'm selling mainly for this reason) use a lot of metal in the construction and I've got major static electricity problems. Sigh...but their physical design/features look so amazing compared to almost all other headphones...
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My view on flagship is the pinnacle of performance as defined by a manufacturer!!!
So Philips have stated the X1 is their current flagship and therefore it should be treated as such. Its their best effort !!! So Why should a excellent Transducer and Enclosure design be let down by a poorly designed cable ????
Perhaps different departments missing the whole aspect ?? who Knows.
Yes a slightly dark /warm sound initially is my feeling but not as compromised as the basic HD650 sound signature which also smears complex rifts ! The Philips is a very transparent design with a well crafted low end waiting for the right cable not equalisation. I only used equalisation to see if the transducers would sound better with an enhanced feed.
I never used to change headphone cables until 6 to 7 years ago when after some basic experimentation I could really hear audible improvements with certain cable types over stock units. ( Mind you not all cables are an improvement and unless you can make them yourself it becomes an expensive exercise)
I'm currently glad I've purchased the X1's as I do believe they are a potentially excellent set of phones and worth experimenting with.
However I will imagine that the initial response of dark /warm based on 1st reviews will stick with them on most published reviews.
I know now that's not really the case and will find the right cable match to unleash their full potential!
Will try Van Damme silver plated cable next perhaps a slightly better compromise the 4 9's silver!!!
Just to say a well designed acoustically dead metal enclosure is not a bad solution for headphones, I am not a lover of wood furniture enclosures !!! LOLReturn HomeBack to Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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For a while I had just my code under source control, but I decided it would be cool to put things like my stuff in my .vim folder among other things in a repo. (I'm obviously not going to store everything in my repo, just various config files, my src directory, and maybe a few other things as well)
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And crossing the valley floor you would see a rich mosaic of ecosystems, including lush temperate rainforest, with its attendant Gondwanan tree species of myrtle beech and sassafras.
Oh, and if you were a Tasmanian wedge-tailed eagle, you'd be very special. There are estimated to be fewer than 250 breeding pairs left in the world, making places like the Liffey Valley extremely important if these eagles are to survive into the future.
All this has been protected thanks to the generosity of our supporters.
Liffey Valley Reserves provide important foraging habitat for two threatened birds of prey, the Tasmanian wedge-tailed eagle (nationally endangered) and the white goshawk (endangered in Tasmania).
These significant species and communities are also found on the reserves.
Arson and fire escaping from bush camps have been problems in the past, but active fire management is largely not feasible in this location. So we focus our attention on preventative management of fire outbreaks.
One important step has been banning campfires on all the reserves within the Liffey Valley. This is especially important to protect the fire-sensitive rainforest and old-growth eucalypts found along the rivers and creeks in the area.
Weed control occurs annually. Among the normal suite of invasive weeds found in Tasmania, we're particularly interested in controlling the spread of foxglove at Liffey.
This pretty weed – the same as the flower found in cottage gardens across the world – spreads quickly in the open sedgeland along Pages Creek and along tracks. The tall flowering stems produce copious amounts of fine seed that allow it to multiply quickly.
Luckily, foxglove is easy to hand-weed, and even cutting the flowering stem can reduce seed-set if the stem is cut at the right time.
In many ways, the creation of Liffey Valley Reserves in 1991 marks a watershed in the history of the Australian conservation movement.
Bob Brown, then a member of the Tasmanian Parliament, had recently won the Goldman Prize (an international environment award worth around $50 000) when a couple of bush blocks near his Liffey Valley cottage came up for sale.
Bob was keen to save the bush blocks from imminent logging. But he was also worried about being saddled with a huge debt he couldn't afford. 'I tossed and turned over that,' he said.
He eventually decided to put in a bid, and asked a friend to attend the auction.
'I was sitting in the Tasmanian Parliament and he rang at night to say you've secured the blocks at the reserve price of a quarter of a million dollars,' says Bob.
A sympathetic bank manager and some very generous donors came to the rescue, and Liffey became the first purchase for a new conservation organisation, the Australian Bush Heritage Fund, now known simply as Bush Heritage Australia.
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The Liffey Falls region was a meeting place for three Tasmanian Aboriginal groups: the Big River, North and North Midlands people. The area's sandstone overhangs provided shelter, and stone artefacts still mark old Aboriginal campsites.
Oura Oura Reserve, which was gifted by Bob Brown in 2011, played an important role in the history of the Australian conservation movement – over the years the cottage hosted formative meetings of Bush Heritage Australia, The Wilderness Society, the Tasmanian and Australian Greens, and the Franklin River Campaign.
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Established: 1991 Area: 287 ha Location: 55km SW of Launceston
We have 4 reserves in the Liffey Valley:
Liffey River ReserveCoalmine Creek ReserveDry's Bluff ReserveOura Oura Reserve
In 2013 Liffey River and Coalmine Creek Reserves were included in a 170,000 hectare expansion of the 1.4 million hectare Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area.
Self-guided day trips are possible at Liffey River Reserve and Oura Oura Reserve. See visiting our reserves for more details and for other reserve access opportunities.
Bob Brown gifts historic property to Bush Heritage
Brown ponders the meaning of Liffey, where the Greens began Sydney Morning Herald
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Thanks to all our supporters, whose donations fund the management of our Liffey Valley Reserves.
After Bob Brown put a down payment on the Liffey River and Dry's Bluff blocks, many people contributed funds to paying off these properties in full. Judy Henderson and Bob Brown generously donated Coalmine Creek and Oura Oura reserves, respectively.
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It Gets 78 Miles a Gallon, but U.S. Snubs Diesel
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American environmentalists remain highly critical. ''Diesel is the quick and dirty way to increase fuel economy,'' said Daniel Becker, the director of energy and global warming policy at the Sierra Club. ''As long as we have other technologies that are clean, I don't see the point in producing carcinogenic soot.''
Differences in attitudes among environmentalists are reflected in the stringency of air pollution rules, with European regulators giving fairly lenient treatment to diesels while American regulators have virtually banned them.
Stringent air pollution rules for diesel engines were issued with virtually no warning by the California Air Resources Board in late 1998, and will take effect in the 2004 model year. The decision was made by the board itself, a group of political appointees, many of whom were about to leave office because their patron, Gov. Pete Wilson, a Republican, was retiring. The board's technical staff had recommended more lenient standards, but at its final meeting, with no staff analysis, the board adopted stricter rules with little discussion.
The rules were chosen without consideration for the ramifications for global warming; California regulators say that is an international issue outside their purview.
The Environmental Protection Agency traditionally copies California's air pollution rules and did so for the diesel rule in late 1999. The agency's decision, which also takes effect in the 2004 model year, came despite heavy federal subsidies by the Energy Department and the Transportation Department for the production of prototype vehicles with hybrid engines that could run on either diesel fuel or electricity.
General Motors, Ford and DaimlerChyrsler each completed diesel-electric hybrid cars in early 2000 that could get 80 miles to the gallon, but have largely abandoned these projects because of the new air pollution rules. They are now struggling to catch up with Toyota and Honda in the production of hybrid vehicles that use electric power to improve the overall fuel efficiency of vehicles with gasoline engines.
At the same time, compared with Europe, the United States has much dirtier diesel fuel -- used by heavy trucks and in a slightly different form, as home heating oil -- with far higher levels of sulphur. The American oil industry, much more influential than Europe's oil industry because the United States produces a lot of oil, has lobbied successfully to prevent rules requiring cleaner fuel to take effect until June 2006.
In France, more than half of all new cars sold are powered by diesel engines. ''Diesels are trendy,'' said Thierry Dombreval, senior vice president for marketing at Renault. ''The customers for diesels are younger and more affluent, and those are the people who are trendsetters.''
BMW and Mercedes are selling diesels in nearly half of their most expensive cars. The waiting period for the diesel version of the Mercedes sport utility vehicle is 12 months, which is three months more than for the gasoline version.
Diesel currently sells at an average of $1.45 a gallon in the United States, compared with $1.70 for gasoline, but diesel prices sometimes rise above gasoline prices in winter when refineries produce heating oil instead of diesel. In most European countries, diesel is at least 20 percent cheaper than gasoline because of tax treatment.
A leading reason for Europe's boom in diesel-powered cars is their tax treatment. Most European countries impose much higher ''ecology'' taxes on gasoline than diesel fuel, mainly because governments want to avoid damaging commercial truckers.
In the United States, the image of diesel cars has never recovered from the damage done in the early 1980's when automakers, responding to sharp rises in oil prices, raced to introduce such models on a large scale without working out the technical glitches first. ''We put some vehicles out there in the marketplace that, independent of the emissions and fuel economy, just didn't work very well,'' Mr. Pearce of G.M. said.
In Europe, both Ford and G.M., which have been producing cars there for decades, lost significant market share because they failed to recognize the coming popularity of diesels years ago. Today, both companies are racing to catch up.
''I believe it is just a matter of time before the United States comes around to diesel,'' said David W. Thursfield, chief executive of Ford of Europe. ''The technology has moved ahead so much. Fifty miles to the gallon is normal, and you don't even know you are driving a diesel.''
Chart: ''Not Buying Them'' Diesel engines are popular in cars in Europe, where fuel prices are high. In the U.S., diesel use in cars peaked in 1981 at 6.1 percent but quickly declined. In the overall auto market, diesels are mainly used in large pickup trucks. Chart tracks share of new vehicles equipped with diesel engines in United States* and Western Europe+ from 1992 to 2000. *Cars and light trucks. +Cars only. (Sources: Ward's AutoInfoBank; VDA [German Automobile Industry Association])(pg. 20)


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Fontus is still in the prototype stage. The design was recently a finalist for the 2014 James Dyson Award.
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In April, a Danish farmer called for a ban on glyphosate. For three years he had used non-GMO soy feed for his pig herds, but when he ran out, he ordered two tons of GM soy feed.
His herdsman immediately told the farmer of diarrhea in the piglets and lack of appetite in the sows. He had not told the herdsman of the feed switch.
Worse, he began noticing an absurd amount of deformed piglets and reproductive problems in the sows. Roundup is used on GMO soy shortly before it is used as pig feed.
But that's not all – he brought 38 malformed piglets to a laboratory. In a research project by German and Egypt Veterinarian doctors using ELISA testing, differing levels of glyphosate (aka Roundup herbicide, by Monsanto) concentrations were discovered in piglets born from sows eating genetically modified soy feed.
That research became "Detection of Glyphosate in Malformed Piglets," published in April, by open access journal Environmental & Analytical Toxicology.
All organs and tissues of the euthanized one-day old piglets contained glyphosate. Highest concentrations of glyphosate were found in the lungs, followed by the hearts. Lowest concentrations were found in muscle tissues.
They noticed that the rate of malformations increased to one out of every 260 piglets born of sow when feeds contained 0.87-1.13 ppm glyphosate during the first 40 days of pregnancy. If feed soy contained 0.25 ppm glyphosate, then one of 1,432 piglets was malformed.
They postulated that glyphosate was reaching the piglets through the placenta of their dams. They draw from a 2010 study citing glyphosate's effects on embryonic and placental cells (in chickens), producing mitochondrial damage, necrosis and programmed cell death with doses far below those used in agricultural concentrations.
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