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Grace Chapel's vision centers around one thing: changing the spiritual landscape of Greater Boston. From thousands of worshipers gathering together in Lowell for One Church Sunday, to the personal stories of the faithful Christ-followers we've been sharing in our current teaching series Strong to the Finish, we're blessed to see God at work in many ways through our church.
Over 2100 people participated in one of our 158 Life Communities, and over 1,000 people attended at least one of our discipleship courses. Over 500 youth and teens participated in Student Ministry, and over 1700 kids checked into Kidstown at one of our campuses. Hundreds of volunteers serve on Sundays and midweek, sustaining vibrant, life-changing ministry activity that touches the lives of thousands of people.
But numbers don't come close to telling the whole story.
"Church isn't a building, it's people." That's always been true, but in recent years, with new campuses, renovations in Lexington, and receiving the Foxboro Bible Church property as a gift, it's easy to get caught up in how good a great building can feel. We're blessed with inspiring worship venues, and functional spaces for ministry activity and welcoming new people. Many of the things we do week in and week out would be harder or impossible without the spaces we have.
But a space is just a means to an end. So it's a good time to remind ourselves of why we're doing what we're doing: God's call to reach people with the surprising message of God's grace. Is there anything more wonderful than seeing a worship venue packed with people worshiping God on a Sunday? Our Kidstown spaces in Lexington, Wilmington, and Watertown bursting at the seams with kids having fun and learning about Jesus? Almost every square inch of a building filled with life-changing ministry on a weeknight?
More than anything, we celebrate the stories of people. Here's just one example of how the spaces we create to connect with God are making a real difference in people's lives:
Pastor of Next Generation Ministries Ruthie Seiders has helped us to understand and begin implementing the idea of church as a faith family, and all adults as faith parents, to the youth and kids at Grace Chapel. Her leadership is reshaping our approach to reaching and raising the next generation of Christ followers among our kids and teens – including special needs, where the addition of Elena Hogan as a part-time staff member to lead SHINE!, our special needs ministry, strengthens our team.
We're investing in young people's leadership development through our college internship program. College students work here at Grace Chapel, in ministry as well as operational areas like finance, communications, and campus operations.
In Lexington, WinterBlast has helped us reach out to our community and create awareness of what we offer kids and families here at Grace Chapel. Our School of Rock events in Wilmington give young people a chance to explore their gifts and talents for leading in music and worship. In Watertown, we're connecting with our neighborhood through events like our family Harvest Fest, movie nights in the park, and partnering with Cru to reach and serve local high school students.
In addition to our Next Generation ministry work, we're also developing Next Stage (some call it "Encore") ministry. We'll seek to energize and mobilize a generation of boomers, early retirees, and empty-nesters to live lives of significant love, wise influence, and generous involvement for the sake of the Kingdom of God and others. We'll have more on the development of this missional community in the fall.
Spring Serve, now in its fourth year, has become a highlight on our calendar. Over 800 volunteers reaching out to our neighbors and community to lend a helping hand, doing service projects ranging from cleanup and painting to making cards for prisoners, to serving the local Watertown community by joining the Watertown Helps Out town service day.
Social justice is a growing movement here at Grace. Pastor Dana Baker has moved into a new role, leading racial reconciliation and church partnerships. We hosted Q Commons at our Watertown campus, an opportunity to hear from both national and local leading voices on the church's role in social justice. We've strengthened our Trotter School partnership, and welcomed a new partner organization: Greater Boston Refugee Ministry.
A critical part of supporting this level of ministry activity, in addition to leaders and volunteers, is our support staff. Modern ministry makes extensive use of digital media to both draw people in, and deliver an engaging experience. Our communications and technology staff have been stretched thin as we've added campuses and ministry activity over the last few years, so investments in infrastructure and communications platforms and additional support staff have helped extend our ability to reach and connect with more people, both inside and outside of our church.
This year, we launched our Sunday morning worship services live stream via our web site and YouTube channel. Potential visitors are able to check out our services before they visit, and regular attenders who are forced to miss church on a Sunday stay on track with our current teaching series by viewing our live stream from their living rooms, local coffee shops, airports, hotel rooms, and hospitals.
Early in this ministry year, we recognized the need for a stronger, more usable web site to serve as "information central" for everything happening around Grace Chapel. A more attractive design is helping us engage new visitors, and making it easier for regular attendees to easily find information. We simplified our navigation, refreshed the look of the site to better reflect our brand identity, and most important of all, made the entire site mobile-friendly.
This year we also launched our mobile app, Grace Chapel Connect. Over 2100 people now have Grace Chapel in their pocket! Our app is intuitive and informative: it contains all the latest news and events, links to worship services info and our live stream, and for new people, helpful links to worship services, ways to get connected, and our online connection card. Anyone can give with a text message, check out some great devotional resources, or listen to our contemporary service worship music via Spotify, too! We're adding new content and features all the time, so if you haven't downloaded it yet, check it out.
Grace Chapel partners with missionaries and organizations here in Greater Boston and all around the world. Their Kingdom work takes many forms, from theological training and translation to kids programs to relief and economic development. They share one common goal: to share and spread the gospel by being the hands, feet, and heart of Jesus in hard places. We support them financially year-round, giving up to 20% of our budget directly to fund their work. And at certain times of year, in response to significant need, we go above and beyond with a special offering.
This year, at our Christmas Eve services, we took a special offering to support the work being done to help refugees in and from Syria, raising over $180,000, all of which went directly to the cause. A recent blog post provides a progress update from our partner World Relief that goes into great detail on the relief and rebuilding that our contributions have directly supported.
God has blessed Grace Chapel with a strong teaching ministry, and it's our desire to share that strength with other churches. By leveraging technology to capture and share our teaching and creative content, we're able to offer support to under-resourced churches in a reliable, cost-effective way. This year, we launched our first Strategic Partner relationship with Christ's Church of Amherst, in Amherst, New Hampshire.
And we celebrate the gift of the property of Foxboro Bible Church. Having been entrusted with stewardship of this property by the Christ followers of that faithful community, we're still discerning how we can be a part of God's plan for that space. While we don't yet know God's plans for the future of that facility, we look forward to the ways people can meet God there.
We asked Joelinda Coichy, one of our younger staff members, to take a few moments and come up with some questions that she would love to ask our Elders. Then we asked Victor Gerdes, the chair of our Board of Elders, to answer Joelinda's questions. We liked their exchange so much, we decided to publish it here in our Annual Report.
J.C.: What makes Grace Chapel worth checking out if I'm curious about church?
V.G.: Are you looking to meet God - to experience Him? Are you looking for hope, healing, peace, purpose, answers, worship, prayer or Christian community? Paraphrasing C.S. Lewis, "Friendship ... is born at the moment when one person says to another, 'What! You too? I thought I was the only one. . .'" Whether you are curious about Christianity and want to know more, are finding your way back to a Church, or are new to the area and looking for a new Church home, you'll find others just like you are Grace. You won't be the only one, and you won't be disappointed.
An easy way to start is by going to www.grace.org/live/ and joining in one of our services live online on a Sunday – or the recording other times!
What if I'm not religious?
"Religious" is sort of a funny word! Someone who asks that may very likely be worried they won't fit in – or worse, will stick out! Grace Chapel is a pretty diverse place - culturally, ethnically, politically, age – and even diverse in knowledge and practice of faith. What unites Grace is a desire to love the Lord Jesus, to look for His appearance, to grow in our faith, and to serve Him.
What am I jumping on board with if I start attending Grace Chapel – what do you do there?
What do we do at Grace? Most people attend Grace Chapel by going to a Sunday service (typically singing/worship, prayer and a sermon) at any of four campuses – Lexington, Wilmington, East Lexington, or Watertown – or online as I already mentioned. Some start at Grace by attending unique groups – Alpha for those with questions, Celebrate Recovery for those struggling with hurts, habits or hang-ups, mothers via Mom to Mom, college/20s/30s in Grace Chapel's Fire ministry, Sunday Discipleship classes and others. A lot of people also participate in Life Communities - small groups of people experiencing life together - meeting regularly in homes or here at Grace, where they strive to care for one another, grow deeper in faith, and make a positive impact on the world around us. If you come to Grace – we'd be happy to help you find what's right for you.
So you're an elder… how old do you have to be to be an elder?
You know – Grace Chapel's bylaws list 20 qualifications for an elder – for better or worse age isn't one of them! I haven't done the calculation and it's probably not too "appropriate" but I think the average age of the elder board has been trending down in recent years. We value having a board that reflects the congregation: men and women in different stages of life, from different backgrounds... and yes, we're anticipating a new elder this year who will bring the age average down even further!
So what do elders do?
What do Elders Do? Most of what we do is either behind the scenes or in one-to-one ministry. Simply, the Elders have one high, holy, profound and humbling mission: to ensure the spiritual health, care, growth, and vitality of every attender - or potential attender - of Grace Chapel. This is best expressed in three goals:
To accomplish those goals, we meet biweekly, attend a weekly prayer call, and serve in a number of other ways around church: we're available to pray with people after a worship service, we serve on committees as needed, and we assist with communion and membership classes.
How do you determine what the needs of the church are?
Great question! The short answer is a fanatical commitment to asking questions and listening – to the Senior and Executive Pastor, the staff, the congregation, and to God. We regularly receive reports regarding recurring needs and whether they are being met like staffing, finances, and facilities. Needs that change or are slowly and consistently failing to be met come to light through formal and informal feedback from the congregation, the staff, church leadership and members of the board. Surveys are also tremendously insightful and we've found great insights every time we've conducted them. We're exploring how to conduct surveys more frequently to enable more voices to be heard more often!
Lastly – in my four years on the board – it's been amazing how frequently – given the 12+ elders, along with the senior and executive pastor – that when a new need comes to light – that the issue or burden or insight very often arises simultaneously from several people at the same time.
What would you say to someone who's been to Grace Chapel before, but hasn't decided to make church part of their regular spiritual practice yet? What should they think about or do next?
If worshiping, serving, or participating at church isn't a regular thing for you, start by asking yourself: do you wish it was? There are bunch of people at Grace Chapel that are missing out on what you, uniquely and individually have been gifted with to offer others!
And I'd share Hebrews 10:23-25:
23 Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. 24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, 25 not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.


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This is the executive summary of the report Risk and Regulatory Policy: Improving the Governance of Risk, published early April 2010.
This publication presents lessons learned from the design and implementation of regulatory reform programmes in response to a set of crisis episodes of the 1990s and compares them with policy responses to the 2008-09 crisis.
La deuxième séance du Comité de la politique de la réglementation (RPC) s'est tenue les 14-15 avril 2010. La réunion a mis en avant l'importance des travaux horizontaux du RPC au sein de l'OCDE et la contribution du programme de travail pour atteindre des objectifs stratégiques.
Le 3ème symposium annuel de l'OCDE sur les partenariats public-privé s'est tenu à Paris les 12 et 13 avril 2010. Trois sujets d'actualité ont été débattus.
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The following case study describes successful practices of regulatory management and competitiveness enhancement in the state of Catalonia, Spain.
On 10 March 2010, the OECD and the IPSASB (International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board) organised a joint one-day seminar on the long-term sustainability of public finances.
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The following case study describes successful practices of regulatory management and competitiveness enhancement in the state of Piemonte, Italy.
We expect governments to protect citizens from the adverse consequences of hazardous events. At the same time it is not possible or necessarily in the best interest of citizens for all risks to be removed. A risk-based approach to the design and implementation of regulation can help to ensure that regulatory approaches are efficient, effective and account for risk/risk tradeoffs across policy objectives. Risk-based approaches to the design of regulation and compliance strategies can improve the welfare of citizens by providing better protection, more efficient government services and reduced costs for business. Across the OECD there is great potential to improve the operation of risk policy as few governments have taken steps to develop a coherent risk governance policy for managing regulation.
This publication presents recent OECD research and analysis on risk and regulatory policy. The chapters discuss core challenges today. They offer measures for developing, or improving, coherent risk governance policies. Topics include: challenges in designing regulatory policy frameworks to manage risks; different cultural and legal dimensions of risk regulatory concepts across OECD; analytical models and principles for decision making in uncertain situations; key elements of risk regulation and governance institutions; the use of management-based regulation to help firms make risk-related behavioural changes; an analysis of the risk-based frameworks of regulators in five OECD countries (Australia, Ireland, Netherlands, Portugal, United Kingdom) and across four sectors: environment, food safety, financial markets and health and safety; and the elements for designing formal guidelines for risk prioritisation, assessment, management and communication.
Cet ouvrage étudie l'emploi des dépenses fiscales dans 10 pays de l'OCDE : Allemagne, Canada, Corée, Espagne, États-Unis, France, Japon, Pays-Bas, Suède et Royaume-Uni. Il met en lumière les tendances clés et les pratiques fructueuses.


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This time it's a new home in cyberspace!
Slow Food Adventures has finally found it's very own home at slowfoodadventures.net. Over the next few days, I'll be moving all the recipes over to the new domain name, and this blog will go to the great web in the sky where all good blogs go when their days are done.
I would like to sincerely thank the guys over at Velocity Internet who made it possible – their help has been absolutely invaluable. Some days, it amazes me what a good tagine will buy you (oh yes, the tagine got blogged, and will appear on the new site as soon as I have everything transferred over)!


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David Jaffe On Twisted Metal PS3: "Fuck Off"
David Jaffe has a way with words. He uses them in a very vulgar manner. At the recent GameCity Festival in Nottingham, Jaffe had to communicate with an audience through an instant messenger due to audio problems.
When a Twisted Metal fan asked Jaffe "Are you developing Twisted Metal for PS3 David "YES OR NO", Jaffe replied:
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To be efficient, leaders can embed the basic techniques of Six Sigma, which involves measuring and analyzing operations. The new buzz, though, is mastering "design thinking"—understanding customers' day-to-day problems.
To many, the two skill sets don't fit together well. Yet businesses must figure out how to incorporate both approaches.
Chuck Jones, vice president for global consumer design at Whirlpool, explains how the two techniques can happily coexist:
Jones first proved the value of design with the introduction of the Duet washer and dryer, which gave Whirlpool a real stake in the front-loader market.
With success in hand, he invited Whirlpool's Six Sigma experts to help him improve design processes. They came up with new metrics, such as how customers evaluate product quality, which allowed designers and Six Sigma types to understand each other.
—Adapted from "Welcoming the New, Improving the Old," Sara Beckman, The New York Times.


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Three craft brewers and one 'big beer' executive walk into a room of beer distributors at 9:00 a.m. One of them pulls out a vaporizer.
I forget how the rest of that joke goes, but everyone ends up laughing.
That was the scene this morning at the 77th annual National Beer Wholesalers convention, being held in New Orleans, where No-Li Brewing founder John Bryant, Devils Backbone founder Steve Crandall, Lagunitas founder Tony Magee and MillerCoors CEO Tom Long participated in a panel discussion that tackled a variety of industry issues.
The talk, led by Gretz Beer Company president Mike Gretz, featured built-in tension dynamics: the CEO of the country's second-largest beer supplier was sitting side-by-side with the very same competitors who are cutting into his company's dwindling market share.
The tension was noticeable. So how to cut it? You come out the gates firing softballs.
"Which person would you most like to have a beer with?" Gretz asked all of the panelists, except for Magee, who was asked a different question.
"So Tony, who would you most like to smoke a joint with?" Gretz asked.
Note to future NBWA moderators: weed jokes, especially when directed at a marijuana-friendly brewery owner, are instant crowd pleasers.
A game Magee pulled out an electronic vaporizer.
"I'd love to get Adolphus Busch high," he said.
From that high note, the discussion segued to more insightful conversation, with Gretz asking the panelists to comment on franchise laws, distributor consolidation and competition.
"It's a dog fight," said Long, referring to the influx of new competitors. "Folks are going to define who they are by who they're not."
And just like that, the first craft vs. crafty shot was fired. Long's remark was a thinly veiled jab at the efforts both craft brewers and the Brewers Association have made to help consumers distinguish between products sold by independently-owned beer companies and larger organizations like MillerCoors.
"The best ones define who they are," he said.
Magee took a different approach with his response, choosing instead to comment on the efforts being made, by some craft brewers, to create franchise law carve-outs for small producers.
"The whole notion of undoing that is a competitive strategy that I don't agree with," he said to applause. "The idea of trying to change the underlying landscape is a foolish diversion from doing what you should be doingÔǪmaking relationships."
The other craft brewers defended Magee.
"We need the three-tier system," said Bryant. "If we didn't have it, No-Li wouldn't be able to go to market and succeed."
Bryant advocates for creating clauses in wholesale contracts that create "mutual accountability."
He elaborated on that idea in a follow-up interview.
"You need mutual accountability, in writing, that allows both parties to assess the strength of the brand and the relationship at the end of the year," he told Brewbound.
He suggests that craft brewers, instead of spending time on attempting to change franchise laws, work to build out-clauses and performance expectations into their wholesale contracts.
The process of strengthening wholesale partnerships is becoming more difficult as craft brewers continue to flood the market with new offerings — there's now more than 13,000 beer labels, noted NBWA president Craig Purser.
"You have so many suppliers," Bryant said of craft-savvy wholesalers that sell a broad portfolio of offerings. "You can't keep them all happy."
The solution?
"Work harder," said Crandall. "That's all you got to do."
So how does Magee — whose company is currently enjoying nearly 70 percent growth — keep his wholesale partners happy?
"Everything I need to know, I learned from my horse," he said. "It's about trust and respect."


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Most plastics are recycled mechanically though they can also be recycled other ways.
Compared with lucrative recycling of materials, such as glass and metal, plastic polymers recycling is often more challenging because of low density and low value. There are also numerous technical hurdles to overcome when recycling plastic. Wikkipedia
Mechanical Recycling
Mechanical recycling, very simply, consists of melting down the old plastic and using it to make new products
Mechanical recycling can only be done a few times before the polymers break down and the quality of the plastic degrades. So, unlike glass for instance, you cannot necessarily use mechanically recycled polymers to remake the same product. You have to use them to make something different. The chain of recycling might go as follows
- Virgin PET bottle to fleece or carpet
- Carpet fibers to plastic lumber.
- Plastic lumber to waste disposal plant – though manufacturers claim that plastic lumber can be recycled again.
This process is sometimes called DOWNCYCLING.
Sadly it is not quite as easy as that. There are hundreds of kinds of plastic – some easy to recycle, others not (plastic film for example ). Consequently is not cost effective to recycle all plastics. While it is theoretically possible to recycle nearly all plastics. generally it is the simpler plastics that actually are recycled.
ALL the above is open to change and may have changed by the time you read this. It will also depend where you are reading it.
Sorting Plastics for recycling
Plastics must often be of nearly identical composition to mix efficiently.Wikkipedia
When different types of plastics are melted together, they tend to phase- separate, like oil and water, and set in these layers. The phase boundaries cause structural weakness in the resulting material, meaning that polymer blends are useful in only limited applications. Wikkipedia
This means that plastics have to be identified and sorted into types. In the olden days recyclers had to rely on the plastic code stamped onto the plastic product and sort by that. These days most use automatic sort systems to identify the resin, such as near infrared (NIR) technology. "NIR sorting is the industry's preferred plastics sorting technology because it can accurately identity the many different polymers already in use today (different polymers reflect an identifiable light spectrum)." Inez
NB PLA plastic manufacturers claim that NIR technology can recognise PLA plastics (compostatble plastics) and so refute the oft stated claim that PLA plastics bugger up the recycling system. You can see some test results here.
Additives, fillers, and reinforcements are used to change and improve the physical and mechanical properties of plastics. However the widespread use of dyes, fillers, and other additives in plastics can also affect the ease with which they are recycled. You can read about plastic additives here
"The polymer is generally too viscous to economically remove fillers, and would be damaged by many of the processes that could cheaply remove the added dyes. Additives are less widely used in beverage containers and plastic bags, allowing them to be recycled more often.
The percentage of plastic that can be fully recycled, rather than downcycled or go to waste can be increased when manufacturers of packaged goods minimize mixing of packaging materials and eliminate contaminants. The Association of Plastics Recyclers have issued a Design Guide for Recyclability. Wikkipedia
You can read the Design Guide for Recyclability. here
Mechanical Recycling Case Studies
Melt & Reform my visit to a mechanical plastic recycling plant
Melt & Press – making innovative plastic sheeting
Plastic lumber sturdy, longlasting and functional? Or tacky as anything!
Make your own plastic recycling machine.
More on recycling here
Other ways to recycle and reuse plastic trash here
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Betty Bard MacDonald (1907 - 1958), the best-selling author of The Egg and I and the classic Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle children's books, burst onto the literary scene shortly after the end of World War II. Readers embraced her memoir of her years as a young bride operating a chicken ranch on Washington's Olympic Peninsula, and The Egg and I sold its first million copies in less than a year. The public was drawn to MacDonald's vivacity, her offbeat humor, and her irreverent take on life. In 1947, the book was made into a movie starring Fred MacMurray and Claudette Colbert, and spawned a series of films featuring MacDonald's Ma and Pa Kettle characters.
MacDonald followed up the success of The Egg and I with the creation of Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, a magical woman who cures children of their bad habits, and with three additional memoirs: The Plague and I (chronicling her time in a tuberculosis sanitarium just outside Seattle), Anybody Can Do Anything (recounting her madcap attempts to find work during the Great Depression), and Onions in the Stew (about her life raising two teenage daughters on Vashon Island).
Author Paula Becker was granted full access to Betty MacDonald's archives, including materials never before seen by any researcher. Looking for Betty MacDonald, the first biography of this endearing Northwest storyteller, reveals the story behind the memoirs and the difference between the real Betty MacDonald and her literary persona.
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"Fascinating Woman - Great Biography!"
This biography of one of America's iconic women captures Betty MacDonald from top to bottom, from her grandparents to the relatives that survived her death. Her books shined a humorous, if sometimes critical, eye on certain aspects of living in the Pacific Northwest as one the last frontier lands in the country from the 1920s-1940s. Now Paula Becker draws the curtain back and shows us some of the things that Betty herself was reluctant to put in her semi-autobiographical novels.
After having listened to Betty MacDonald's four novels, and having read her Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle books as a kid, I felt like I knew her somewhat. This biography filled in some of the blanks and had a few surprises for me as well. Getting to know more about Betty's ancestors and her first husband was an interesting place to start. I loved that her mom was a no-nonsense kind of person and happily traveled with her husband (who worked for a mining company – if I recall correctly). This job took the family to some of the most rugged areas of the US.
Later, when Betty starts publishing novels, Becker gives a somewhat detailed account of what each one is about. While these books aren't described one after another all in a row (but are sprinkled in among the biography along the timeline of when they were published), I did find the descriptions a little tedious. However, I have recently finished listening to them and they are still fresh in my mind. I think that if you haven't read the books in some time (or perhaps you haven't read all 4 of them) then this would be a good refresher for you.
For me, the most interesting parts were in the last quarter of the book – all that stuff that happens after Betty's fourth novel, Onions in the Stew, was published. While Betty's second marriage was evidently much happier than her first, it wasn't untroubled. There were money problems which surprised me. Betty's books were very well received in their day, complete with radio and TV series along with a movie. Yet success doesn't always prepare one to manage money well, especially if one turns that responsibility over to a spouse. Betty was in the unusual position of being the breadwinner for the family and yet also feeling socially obligated to play the merry housemaker. Becker gives us details on this without falling into gossip. I really appreciate that she stuck with known facts and extracts from MacDonald letters to paint this picture of Betty's and Don's marriage.
While I had read on Wikipedia about Betty's legal troubles (several people were not happy with how they were supposedly portrayed in her books), Becker gives us many details. Plenty of those complaining received a bit of fame. Some of them really seemed to enjoy it so it was hard to say that the portrayals in Betty's books did them any harm.
I was saddened to learn of Betty's death and this probably sounds quite odd as I've known since I picked up The Egg and I so many months ago that she was deceased. However, I've really come to enjoy her company through these books. As Becker's biography walks us through her last months, I really felt for Betty. She died young by today's standards but I doubt there was much more medicine could have done then. After reading her book about her lengthy stay in a tuberculosis sanatorium (The Plague and I), I can guess that she faced her final illness with the same pointed wit.
I received a free copy of this book via The Audiobookworm.
The Narration: Paula Becker narrated her own book and since this is nonfiction, it worked pretty well. She tried her hand at doing a few voices when necessary and those performances were passable. For the bulk of the book, she does a great job of maintaining an even speed and giving slight inflections here and there, letting us know that she's just as engaged in the book as us listeners are.
"Wonderful insight into Betty Macdonald s life"
the story is absorbing. the subject, Betty Macdonald was a fascinating person. I loved her books. Paul has done a terrific job of bringing Betty to life. Would have preferred a more skilled narrator.
"Good, If you haven't read any of the originals."
If you haven't read any of the original books then this would be ideal because it gives a rundown of all the stories, yet for someone who has read them it all felt a slight intrusion.
Paula has taken a different stance and researched the history of Betty and her family, in some ways it fills in the missing parts of the stories and answers some lingering questions. But it also brings to mind how much of the real Betty did we gain from her books .. there is no doubt the author has done an incredible amount of work to pull it all together but I have to say I found it somewhat repetitive.
This is the first time I have listened to Paula Becker .. I was suitably impressed. She has a natural inflection and holds your attention. In comparison to some other narrators she is very good.
Yes, it was worth listening because you can absorb what is available. I do however think it could be shorter by cutting out the repetitive pieces from the original books.
I have now listened to all of the 'Betty' audio books and it's fair to say I have been thoroughly entertained and enthralled. The only ones I haven't yet discovered are Mrs Piggle Wiggles, children's books.I admire Betty's wit, ability to laugh at herself, the pure endurance shown to survive some of the harsh situations life has thrown at her. She always managed to appear as though she was in control even when things were incredibly bleak during the war/recession years. These books were written in a different generation and should be observed as such.
The author also narrates the audio book and that is done very well, I could happily listen to her tone and it didn't jar on my nerves like some narrators unfortunately can. A lot of the enjoyment of a book is down to the narrator so for the author to do her own was quite an interesting concept.Overall it was an informative book, well produced but on this occasion I have to admit I prefer the 'Betty' originals, they will always hold a soft spot in my heart.Thanks to the author, publisher and Jess at Audiobookworm for my copy which I reviewed voluntarily.
"Terrific biography of Betty MacDonald"
I loved the author's lively, humorous and heartfelt narration of Betty MacDonald's story.
Betty herself is a complex woman who got through some incredibly difficult situations (tuberculosis, divorce, a failed chicken farm) with a sharp sense of humor and determination.
I was especially fascinated by the trial brought by the family who MacDonald used as the basis for her characters Ma and Pa Kettle--Betty denied everything on the stand, and the jury went her way, facts notwithstanding.
Through telling the story of the life of Betty MacDonald, the author also presents a lively and interesting overview of life in the West--primarily Butte, Montana, and Seattle--in the middle of the last century.
"Interesting book, interesting subject."
It was interesting to see how *DIFFERENT* Betty and the Bard family was compared to what I imagined from reading the books. It is like a book that explains Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, how magic tricks are performed, etc. - interesting, even fascinating at times, but ultimately you lose some of the magic as naivete turns to a flatter reality.
It was competent, but a little flat. I didn't dislike it, but it gives me no reason to search out another book that she would narrate.
This would be a fine NPR documentary, and I would use the title as-is.
Not enough about Cleve!
"Questions finally answered!"
Betty Found. I've been just as hungry as this author for more answers and she found 'em!!!!
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"The false and personal attacks made by Rep. Eric Palmer are not only being rejected by voters but they are so false that a television station has decided to stop airing them," said Matt Strawn, Chairman of the Republican Party of Iowa. "Guy Vander Linden is a former Marine Brigadier General who has flown two Presidents as a pilot of Marine One during his three decades of service in uniform. It is shameful for Rep. Eric Palmer to call into question Guy Vander Linden's service to our country."
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For most of the last 250 years, the site of Fort Dobbs has been a relatively quiet place. In recent years however, the site has had an exponentially growing energy and many exciting plans are in the works which will profoundly change the perception and knowledge of its hilltop location in Iredell County.
The fort had been constructed in 1756 as a barracks for 50 soldiers whose mission was to guard the western settlements of the British colony of North Carolina during the French and Indian War. It was a substantial building, even by modern standards: a three-story blockhouse hewn out of stout oak timber which encompassed 8,000 square feet of interior space. Soldiers slept, cooked, and stored supplies within its walls. The fort served as a center of defensive efforts on the frontier and during its seven years of active service, was the scene of a battle (February 27, 1760) between colonial forces and Cherokee Indians whose lands bordered those of the British.
With the defeat of both the Cherokee and the French, North Carolina's frontier expanded to the west, rendering the fort useless. The structure was abandoned and allowed to rot. During the succeeding decades, the remains of the building were scavenged for construction materials and the site was completely cleared for farmland by the turn of the 19th century. Part of the site was preserved by the Fort Dobbs Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution who convinced the State of North Carolina to conduct the first of several archaeological investigations which have unearthed thousands of relics of the past while shedding new light on the fort itself and the lives of those who lived there.
In 1976, Fort Dobbs opened to the public as a State Historic Site and is now part of the state's Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. Today, the site is open five days per week for tours and hosts several living history "re-enactments" among other events which serve to breathe life into the story of North Carolina's role in the first global war.
Over the past decade, a major effort has been spearheaded by the non-profit Friends of Fort Dobbs to reconstruct the 18th century blockhouse. Architectural plans have been designed with the help of historians and archaeologists and those plans have been fully approved by the State. The Friends have successfully completed a new modern bathroom facility and are steadily working to raise the private funds needed to rebuild the fort. The reconstructed fort will serve as a full-scale living history "exhibit" which will allow visitors to interact with the soldiers, settlers, and American Indians of the 1750's in a period setting and learn about their lives. Only 12 other forts from the war have been restored in the United States and very few are in the south-eastern part of the country. Fort Dobbs is the only State Historic Site in North Carolina which covers this tumultuous period of American history.
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Unanswered: Find out who deleted rows?
Yesterday, I had an occurence where someone (one of our developers ) deleted many vital rows in a database. I was able to recover via a backup but I'd like to see what was run to delete those rows, when and who if possible? I have the transaction log and the _log.ldf.
Can I read those somehow to find out this information? I have since added auditing to said tables, but I'd really like to go back and see what happened?
I do know about Lumigent, but is there a different production/solution?
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Did you add triggers? Write all transaction to a history table...Brett
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See above, "I have since added auditing to said tables, but I'd really like to go back and see what happened?".....
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After 3 boys I was so excited to have another baby girl. I couldn't wait to do all the girly things again! One of the things I really wanted to do was to paint my crib so it wasn't brown and I wanted to fancy it up just to change things up a little after all the boy stuff I have accumulated. So, I decided to set up the pack n' play in my room until I got the crib painted and decided that I … [Read more...] about Baby Crib Redesign Tutorial
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Let me tell you a little story. I once lost 45 lbs in a very short time in an unhealthy way (ie not eating enough). But I couldn't maintain it, and I gained it all back, and then some (60lbs). So now I'm trying to lose it the HEALTHY way, so that I can maintain it long term.
Having experienced both, I'd much rather be "pig fat" with a "shitty body" but actually eat healthy than be thin and have a shitty diet.


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Extreme Scenarios Global Warming
April 27, 2004
Many scientists support global climate models that predict an increase in average temperatures -- global warming -- from human activities, principally the burning of fossil fuels. However, they warn -- in the April 8 issue of Nature -- that computer models are unreliable when applied to regional climate change.
Yet, notes Patrick J. Michaels of the Cato Institute, a study in the same issue predicts the melting of the Greenland ice sheet within 1,000 years, applying extreme assumptions to a tiny slice of the globe.
- Greenland covers 0.4 percent of the planet, and the consensus of scientists (reports Nature) is that climate models on a scale as small as the continental United States (2 percent of the earth's surface) are inappropriate for policy purposes.
- However, according to the scenarios in an article in the same issue, Greenland ice-sheet would melt in 1,000 years if the annual average temperature in Greenland increases by 14 degrees F -- an extreme temperature change not predicted by accepted global climate models.
- Given the way greenhouse warming splits between summer and winter, says Michaels, this implies an outlandish 30 degree F change in the winter, fueled by a world that would have to be producing carbon dioxide at a rate far beyond anything remotely possible.
However, the authors "conclude that the Greenland ice-sheet is likely to be eliminated by anthropogenic climate change unless much more substantial emission reductions are made than those envisaged by the IPCC [a U.N. panel]."
Such predictions, concludes Michaels, show that some scientists are willing to twist the data to fit the conclusions they seek.
Source: Patrick J. Michaels, "A Feverish Fate for Scientific Truth?" Washington Times, April 27, 2004.
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The Dane and Mary Fran Archer Fund was established to support two awards for outstanding papers on subjects that reflect the work of Dane Archer, Professor Emeriti of the Sociology Department at University of California, Santa Cruz. One award will be for a paper on violence, war, and peace. The second award will be for a paper on cultural differences. The awards given will be based on originality, academic merit, and the overall quality of the paper submitted on the stated topics.
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Anne Jane "Fanny" Carruthers Howard died on February 15, 1972. She left a portion of her estate in a trust. Her bequest designated that her trust be used to fund scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students attending the University of California at Santa Cruz. Held up in the courts for many years, the trust was finally terminated and the balance was distributed as an outright gift to UC Santa Cruz to be administered pursuant to the donor's request. Beginning in 2005, the Fanny Carruthers Sociology Scholarship Fund will be used to fund the Fanny Carruthers Award in Sociology. One or more awards will be made annually, based on financial need and academic merit, to female undergraduate or graduate students of UC Santa Cruz who are graduates of Santa Clara County high schools and who are majoring in any concentration or track within sociology.
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Jessica L. Roy earned a UC Santa Cruz M.A. in sociology in June 2004. In August 2004, while she was doing dissertation fieldwork in Kenya, died in a vehicular accident near Nairobi. Her research in rural Africa was designed to illuminate the problem of access to safe water resources and the influence of gender relations on this access. Her approach was interdisciplinary, including environmental, feminist, and sociological perspectives. After Jessica's death, her friends and family created the Jessica Roy Memorial Award, with the goal of supporting the kind of research in which she was engaged and continuing her legacy of involvement and commitment. Award terms: Graduate students in any UC Santa Cruz department may apply. Preference will be given to applicants who have a demonstrated interest in or are pursuing studies focusing on issues of equity and poverty in international development, especially in relation to women and the environment. The award is based on academic merit. It is intended to provide stipends to support fieldwork travel and research.
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Anglo-Saxon origin and came from Calf, a variant of the Old Norse personal name Kalfr, which means calf. However, several alternative interpretations exist. The name may be of nickname origin, derived from the Old English cealf which means calf, indicating one thought to possess the characteristics of a calf.
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Covidien Nellcor Reusable Sensors
Nellcor™ Reusable Sensors
AllegroMedical.com presents The Nellcor™ Reusable Sensors offered from Covidien. Pediatric spot check clip for use only with the D-YS Dura-Y sensor. Clip only, attaches to D-YS sensor for easy on/off use with pedi patients. For use with patients weighing 6 to 80 lbs.
- Accessory for Dura-Y sensor, sold separately.
- For Patients weighing 3 to 40 kg.
- Easy-to-use clip design for attended spot-check monitoring not to exceed 20 minutes.
- Preferred application site is index finger.
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Part Number(s): 095 573226 02, 095 573226 01
Mfg Part Number(s): D-YSPD, D-YS
Scrip Part Number(s): 095 573226 01, 095 573226 02
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Deadly hit and run suspect crashes, arrested, hospitalized
FERN ROCK (WTXF) - A man is under arrest after police say he struck and killed a 71-year-old pedestrian in Fern Rock, less than two hours into the new year.
It happened at about 1:40am in the 1200 block of W. Chew Avenue at N. Marvine Street.
According to police, "The pedestrian was in the crosswalk when he was struck by (a 2000 Mercury Grand Marquis) which was travelling at a high rate of speed, according to (a) witness."
The car got away three blocks to the 900 block of Chew Avenue where the driver struck a fence.
He was arrested and taken to the hospital with a broken leg and other injuries. He faces DUI and related charges.
Neither person's name has been released.


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If you need to get a tasty, healthy meal on the table but just don't have a lot of spare time, these simple recipes using chicken breasts are great choices. Choose from chicken casseroles, light and easy oven fried chicken, basic baked or roasted chicken breasts, or quick skillet recipes.
Chicken With Bacon and Pepper Jack Cheese These flavorful chicken breasts are topped with barbecue sauce and pepper jack cheese.
The seasoned boneless chicken breasts are seared and then baked with the toppings.
Paprika Chicken Breasts with Sour Cream Gravy Paprika flavors these simple bone-in chicken breasts color and flavor. The chicken is baked to perfection with onions and a little chicken broth. Sour cream is stirred into the drippings to make a tasty sauce.
Chicken With Bacon This quick skillet chicken may be short on time, but it's long on flavor. The chicken breasts are quickly cooked in the skillet then served with a nicely seasoned bacon and sour cream sauce.
Creamy Basil Chicken With Pesto and Cream Purchased prepared pesto and a little cream makes this chicken dish quick, easy, and great-tasting. Serve this chicken with hot cooked pasta and steamed vegetables.
Simple Oven Fried Chicken Breasts With Garlic These oven fried chicken breasts are dredged in seasoned flour and baked to perfection in a hot oven.
You likely have all of the ingredients in your pantry. Just add the chicken and bake!
Colleen's Buttermilk Chicken Colleen's baked chicken recipe is made with a savory buttermilk and condensed soup sauce mixture. Serve this well-seasoned chicken dish with mashed potatoes and rice for a satisfying and easy family dinner.
Chicken and Zucchini With Garlic Cream Sauce This skillet chicken is cooked with zucchini slices and served with an easy cream cheese and garlic sauce. This is a simple dish to prepare and tastes like it took much longer. Serve the chicken on rice or noodles and drizzle with the garlic cream sauce.
Chicken With Creamy Parmesan Sauce A creamy garlic, Parmesan, and cream cheese sauce highlights this simple sauteed chicken breast recipe. Serve these simple chicken breasts with hot cooked pasta and a tossed salad or fresh sliced tomatoes.
Skillet Chicken With Creamy Country Gravy Prepared packaged country gravy and some great seasonings make this chicken extra special and extra easy. The chicken breast halves are simply sauteed then topped with the gravy mixture. Serve with your favorite vegetables for a satisfying family meal.
Chicken With Wine and Tomatoes Here's another quick and easy skillet chicken recipe made with chicken breasts, mushrooms, tomatoes, and a little wine and garlic. This makes a wonderful busy day meal, and it's great with rice or pasta and a salad.
Chicken Casserole This super easy chicken and bacon bake is an uncomplicated mixture of chicken breasts, bacon, sour cream, and condensed soup.
Roasted Chicken Breasts With Herbs Bone-in split chicken breasts are so tasty and easy to fix with fresh or dried herbs. The chicken is nicely seasoned and roasted to perfection. Serve these chicken breasts with baked or mashed potatoes and your favorite steamed vegetables.
Creamy Chicken With Mushrooms In this simple recipe, chicken breasts are cubed and cooked with mushrooms and an easy creamy sauce. Serve this flavorful chicken with hot baked biscuits or rice.
Chicken and Mushrooms This easy, savory chicken with mushrooms makes a great meal with hot cooked noodles, or serve with rice or potatoes.
Chicken With Creamy Curry Sauce A simple creamy curry sauce flavors these easy skillet chicken breasts. Serve this chicken with hot cooked rice or roasted potatoes for a tasty everyday meal.
Easy Cajun Spiced Chicken Breasts In this recipe, boneless chicken breast halves are rubbed with an easy Cajun spice mixture, then they're grilled or broiled to perfection.
Chicken Marsala Recipe This simple chicken recipe will quickly become a family favorite. The Marsala wine and mushrooms flavor the sauteed chicken breasts perfectly, and it's wonderful with hot cooked pasta, potatoes, or rice.
Peach Glazed Chicken Breasts Peach preserves and some basic seasonings flavor these quick and easy boneless chicken breasts. Serve this chicken with baked potatoes or a rice dish for a tasty family dinner.
Chicken and Zucchini Skillet With Pasta Fresh tomatoes, zucchini, and bell pepper, along with an easy prepared Alfredo sauce flavor this hearty skillet chicken recipe.
Quick and Easy Chicken Florentine Bake This easy and convenient casserole is made with boneless chicken breast halves, frozen spinach souffle, and a bread crumb and Parmesan topping. Add a baked potato or rice dish for a hearty everyday family dinner.
Chicken With Tomatoes and Capers This chicken dish is so easy, and it's so tasty with hot cooked pasta and a salad. The chicken is sauteed with a flavorful combination of tomatoes, wine, lemon juice, and seasonings.
Easy Chicken with Grapes A simple Marsala marinade, butter, and grapes make this easy skillet chicken tasty and fast. Serve with rice and steamed vegetables or a tossed salad.
Skillet Chicken With Tomatoes and Italian Seasonings This 5-star chicken dish is fabulous over hot cooked angel hair pasta or spaghetti, and it is a super-easy preparation. The herbs, onions, and peppers season the sauce perfectly.
Chicken with Jalapeno Cheese Sauce Enjoy these easy, tasty chicken breasts with a Mexican style rice dish and refried beans. They're a snap to prepare with peppers, Cheddar cheese, and a simple white sauce.
Easy Chicken Parmesan This popular chicken Parmesan is super easy to make and bake. It's a top-rated recipe and makes a delicious meal with hot cooked spaghetti or linguine.


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SNOHOMISH — The Oak Harbor offense used a dominate ground attack to power their way to 519 yards of total offense, most of which came from fullback Dejon Devroe and senior running back Julian Faralan as the Wildcats defeated the Snohomish Panthers 38-20 in a Wesco 4A/3A crossover game played at Snohomish Veterans Memorial Stadium on Friday night.
Devroe ran for 215 yards on 26 carries with two touchdowns. The most notable of the two touchdowns came in the opening play of the fourth quarter when he ran for a 91-yard touchdown that put the game out of reach and secured the victory for Oak Harbor.
Faralan complimented Devroe's performance on the night, rushing for 121 yards on 23 carries and a touchdown.
Oak Harbor led the entire way with the Panthers failing on two of their three two-point conversion attempts.
The Wildcats were shorthanded on Friday night playing without stand out running back Sheyenne Sams.
The game was the first for new Snohomish head coach Kai Smalley.
At Snohomish H.S.
Oak Harbor71777—38
OH-Sturdevant 13 pass from Doughty (Johnston kick)
OH-25-yard field goal by Johnston.
OH-Devroe 5 run (Johnston kick)
S-Morgan 49 pass from Arrington (2 PAT good)
OH-Harris 22 pass from Doughty (Johnston kick)
S-Lande 43 pass from Arrington (2 PAT failed)
OH-Faralan 5 run (Johnston kick)
OH-Devroe 91 run (Johnston kick)
S-Toy 11 pass from Arrington (2 PAT failed)
Records—Oak Harbor 1-0 overall. Snohomish 0-1.


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English Title: My Big Sister Lives in a Fantasy World
Japanese Title: 姉ちゃんは中二病 — Neechan wa Chuunibyou — "My Big Sister is Chuunibyou"
Author: Tsuyoshi Fujitaka
Illustrator: An2A
Translator: Elizabeth Ellis
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Original Run: 2013 – ongoing
English Run: 2016 – ongoing
Japanese Publisher: HJ Bunko (Hobby Japan)
English Publisher: J-Novel Club
Volumes in Japanese: 7 (Completed)
Volumes in English: 6 (In Progress)
Average Price Per Volume: Kindle $7 — iBook $7 — Kobo $7
Note: Also available to read online through a J-Novel Club subscription. This series is currently digital-only.
Synopsis: One day, first year high school student Yuichi Sakaki suddenly awakens the power of "Soul Reader" within him, and he can see words above peoples heads that describe their true nature! With just a glance at the people around him, he sees crazy things like "Zombie", "Witch", and "Vampire"… That would be bad enough, but then there is "Serial Killer" Natsuki Takeuchi walking straight toward him… Nobody would ever believe him! Well, except for his older sister Mutsuko: This kind of stuff is right up her alley.
Volume 1 — The World's Strongest Little Brother
Amazon — iBook — J-Novel Club — Kobo
Released December 3, 2016 — ASIN: B01M648341
Volume 2 — The Half-Baked Vampire vs. the Strongest Little Sister?!
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Released February 16, 2017 — ASIN: B01N7Y3IN4
Volume 3 — Humanity's Extinction Happens During Summer Vacation?!
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Released April 8, 2017 — ASIN: B06VSSZH23
Volume 4 — The Melancholy of the High School Girl Light Novel Author?!
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Released June 10, 2017 — ASIN: B071XWDHRX
Volume 5 — The Strongest Little Brother's Commonplace Encounters with the Bizarre?!
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Released August 19, 2017 — ASIN: B073SGMV7T
Volume 6 — Humanity's Extinction Actually Happens This Time With the Evil God's Revival?!
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Released October 27, 2017 — ASIN: B075GGKWBJ
Reviews of My Big Sister Lives in a Fantasy World
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If you liked My Big Sister Lives in a Fantasy World, you might also want to try…
- No Game No Life — comedy, fantasy, brother and sister protagonists
- Psycome — comedy, school setting
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The stunningly beautiful ZenBook Pro UX501 features high-quality materials, advanced craftsmanship and high-performance components, ZenBook Pro has jaw-dropping style and breathtaking performance. The elegant design of the ZenBook family, with the iconic spun-metal finish, is subtly enhanced with brilliant diamond-cut highlights and brushed-metal surfaces that add a touch of sophistication. The elegant theme is continued in the stylish ripple-effect pattern laser-engraved on its surface. ZenBook Pro is more than an incredibly powerful laptop - it's a true work of art.
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|Manufacturer #
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|battery type
|lithium polymer (Li-polymer)
|brand name
|front camera/webcam
|Graphics Type
|hard drive capacity
|hard drive type
|solid state drive
|laptop battery life range
|5 - 7.9 hours
|LCD Backlight Technology
|LED backlight
|ASUS Computer International
|maximum battery life
|6.20 hours
|maximum memory capacity
|Up to 2 GB
|memory type
|operating system details
|Windows 10
|Operating Systems
|Windows 10
|processor brand
|processor model
|processor speed
|2.60 GHz
|processor type
|Intel Core i7
|warranty length
|1-year limited
|5 lb
|What's Included
|ZenBook Pro UX501VW-DS71T Ultrabook; Lithium Polymer Battery; AC Adapter; Carry Bag; USB2.0 to RJ45 Cable; Warranty Card
|wired connectivity
|10/100 Ethernet
|wireless connectivity
From the Manufacturer|
ASUS ZenBook™ Pro UX501The Art of Power
Imagine what you can do with the power and mobility to not only create visual masterpieces but to do so wherever you want. The stunning ASUS ZenBook Pro UX501 redefines its class combining high standard craftsmanship and high-performance components. Featuring a 15.6-inch IPS touchscreen display with 4K resolution and a host of technologies that all add up to breathtaking clarity and definition. Inspired by Zen inside and out, do what you thought was only possible before on a home PC on the move.
Inner Power. Outer Beauty.
For creative enthusiasts who care about getting everything in its essence, to enjoy a pure, unfiltered experience. The spun-metal pattern represents our symbol – Zen, of being calm, minimal, yet solid from the inside, it is the perfect balance between the outer beauty and the inner strength. The simplicity keeps our users away from any distractions and focus on every moment
Features At-A-Glance:
● 15.6-inch 10-point touchscreen IPS 4K UHD display for up to 3840 by 2860 resolution that delivers 74% Adobe RGB color reproduction and is factory color calibrated
● Quad-core Intel Core i7 processor and NVIDIA GTX 960M dedicated graphics to drive smooth performance while at high resolution settings
● Signature ZENBOOK aluminum uni-body design with efficient active and passive cooling system built in
● Lightning fast speed with 512GB PCIe x4 SSD and Thunderbolt connectivity for up to 20Gbps transfer speed
● SonicMaster Premium sound design with Bang & Olufsen ICEpower for louder volume, clearer vocals and all-around amazing sound
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Every Part of the Display, Refined for Perfection
Pixel Perfect: 4K/UHD ASUS VisualMaster Display
With an astonishing resolution of 3840 by 2160 pixels - that's four times more than Full HD - the state-of-the-art 4K/UHD VisualMaster display on ZenBook Pro is something you'll never get tired of looking at. We've engineered 282 pixels into every single inch of the screen to make sure that everything is pin-sharp, from the finest details in photos and videos to the to
the tiniest text.
Control You Can FeelThere are more ways to use and enjoy your ZenBook Pro UX501 with touch. The touchscreen has 10 points of touch control for smart gesture navigation through webpages and documents. With high-fidelity actuators built into the glass display, you get twice the accuracy from the standard touchscreen. Perfect for pin-point precision with a stylus or hitting those tiny links when surfing the web.
More Colors. Better Colors: 100% sRGB. Factory Color Calibrated.
ZenBook Pro UX501 flourishes for photoshopping, video editing and any of your design-related tasks. With ASUS VisualMaster display on the ZenBook Pro features a wide color gamut of 72% NTSC, 100% sRGB and 74% Adobe RGB. For added convenience, the screen is factory color calibrated so you're ready to boot up and go right out of the box. In-plane Switching (IPS) technology also ensures that contrast and color reproduction are not degraded at wide viewing angles up to 178 degrees for consistent color.
Everything you do, Done Faster
Breathtaking Performance: Quad-core Intel Core i7 Processor
With a 6th-Gen quad-core Intel Core i7 processor, 16GB of 1600MHz DDR3L memory and the fastest PCIe x 4 Solid State Drive in its class, your ZenBook starts up in seconds, opens large programs in a snap and brings the capabilities of an entire photo editing studio wherever you go.
The Latest Graphics Tour de Force: Gaming-grade NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
Gaming-grade NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
With over 8 million pixels of 4K brilliance, ZenBook has equally brilliant graphics to make it a reality. Embedded Intel HD graphics let you efficiently perform all your essential tasks. And for when you need more muscle, the gaming-grade discrete NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M graphics with 2GB GDDR5 memory, automatically switches for HD gaming or power demanding digital studio programs.
Faster Connectivity: 802.11ac. USB-Type C Gen 2
Now that more of what you're doing is done online, you need wireless that can keep up. With 802.11ac WiFi and Bluetooth 4.0, connect further, faster and to more devices at once.
The ZenBook UX501 features the latest in USB technology featuring USB 3.1 Type C supporting speeds up to 10Gbps.
A Thunderbolt 2.0 port is also available on the ZenBook UX501, configured with two 20Gbps bi-directional channels to enable more bandwidth per channel and to allow for smooth 4k video.
Sound Worthy of A Grammy
Hear the Magic of Award-Winning Design: SonicMaster Premium with ICEPower
ZenBook Pro features SonicMaster Premium, incorporating ICEpower, Bang & Olufsen technology. To achieve its premium sound quality, ZenBook Pro uses custom-built, high-quality speakers with oval voice coils and oversize shielded magnets for improved bass response. Combined with large resonant chambers and the aluminum chassis design, these produce a powerful full-frequency sound.
Effortless Sound Control: ASUS AudioWizard & ICEsound Software
Different sound sources need different audio settings, a task that is made incredibly easy with the exclusive AudioWizard software. With five presets for different types of audio - music, movies, speech, gaming and recording - AudioWizard ensures that you always get the best possible sound, whatever you're listening to or recording. And if you want even more fine-tuning, the powerful and intuitive ICEsound software gives you full manual control of advanced audio settings.
ASUS Accidental Damage Protection (ADP)
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It's a fact -- accidents happen to all of us. ASUS ADP program1 is created to bring you peace of mind and help protect your devices against damages such as: liquid spills, electrical surges, and drops.*ASUS ADP program applies only to select ASUS branded notebook and tablet products sold within the United States and Canada from select Authorized ASUS Resellers. Products must be purchased in brand new factory sealed condition and not of refurbished or open-box condition. Units sold and purchased outside of the United States and Canada are not eligible.For more details and a list of excluded Resellers, please visit http://adp.asus.com.
What's In the Box
- Zenbook Pro UX501VW
- Carrying Sleeve
- USB3.0 to RJ45 Cable
- AC Adapter
- E-user Manual
- Warranty Card
|Operating System
|Windows 10 (64bit)
|15.6" 4K UHD (3840*2160), glossy
|Intel Core i7-6700HQ 2.6GHz (Turbo up to 3.5GHz) Skylake
|Nvidia GTX960M 2G GDDR5
|16GB DDR4 (2133MHz)
|512GB Solid State PCIe G3x4 Storage
|1.2MP HD Camera
|Wireless Data Network
|802.11AC + Bluetooth 4.0
Illuminated Backlit
Side I/O Ports
- 1x Headphone-out & Audio-in Combo Jack;
- 1x HDMI;
- 1x USB3.1-Type C(Gen2) with Thunderbolt;
- 3x USB 3.0;
- 1x USB3.1 Type C (gen 2)
|Card Reader
|SD and MMC
|96WHrs, 3S2P, 6-cell Li-ion Polymer Battery Pack
|15.1" x 10.0" x 0.8"
|5 lbs.
|1YR International/1YR ADP with 1-way free shipping/30-Day Zero Bright Dot/2-way FREE shipping for standard warranty repair/24-7 tech support
About ASUS
ASUS aspires to deliver the incredible in everything it does. With more than 17,000 employees around the globe with a world-class R&D team of 5,500 engineers, ASUS is dedicated to the design and manufacture of products that perfectly meet the needs of today's (and tomorrow's) digital home and office. ASUS' broad portfolio includes motherboards, graphics cards, displays, desktop PCs, all-in-one PCs, laptops, servers, wireless networking devices, tablets, smartphones and wearables. Driven by innovation and committed to quality, ASUS won 4,368 awards in 2015 and was named in Fortune's list of the World's Most Admired Companies2 .
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Smoke and ash.
Ultimately, everything around us will turn to smoke and ash.
Civilizations crumble.
Institutions falter.
Time marches on.
We can allow these truths to paralyze us or galvanize us.
Our time on this planet is short.
Way too short for some.
We plot, we scheme, we maneuver, we act.
We try to counteract the passage of time.
We numb ourselves to our humanity with drugs, alcohol, sex and food.
To distract us from the fact that our time will eventually come.
Our time to turn to smoke and ash.
Perhaps this is a bit morbid.
But not if we use this knowledge to our benefit.
To leverage our knowledge of our eventual passage to make the most out of every moment.
To suck the marrow out of life.
To dream big, to live large and to constantly seek to improve.
This is our charge. This is our moral imperative. To make the most of this day and every single day that we are given.
Before it's too late.