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HAPILABS, a company aimed at helping individuals in the 21st century take control of their HAPIness, health and fitness through applications and mobile connected devices, today introduced the HAPIfork at CES, the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
Designed by French engineer Jacques Lépine, HAPIfork, the world's first smart connected fork, knows how fast you're eating and helps you slow down using a patent-pending technology. By eating slower, you will improve the way you feel after every meal, enhance your digestion and reduce your weight. This smart electronic fork which comes in five fun colors, is part of suite of devices, applications and services from HAPILABS aimed at improving your overall health, well being and happiness.
How HAPIfork Works:
When you are eating too fast, HAPIfork sends you gentle vibrations and indicator lights so you are aware of when you're not eating at a pace that is optimal for your health. In an unobtrusive way, the smart fork helps you slow down without a disruption to your meal or conversation.
The HAPIfork contains an electronic key with a printed circuit that links the extremity and the handle of the fork. Because the fork is in contact with only two parts of your body: your mouth and your hand, the device is successful at counting the number of fork servings during a meal. HAPIfork monitors the following activities:
- The time you start and end your meal.
- The amount of "fork servings" per minute and meal.
- The specific duration of each "fork serving" interval.
- Your meal duration.
All of your HAPIfork eating data is transmitted to a personalized online account when you connect your HAPIfork to your computer via USB or smart phone via Bluetooth. This flexibility means you can monitor your eating habits and health improvement at home or on the road from a mobile device.
You can choose to keep this information private or share some or all of this data with friends and family who are supporting your health and lifestyle.
By helping you eat more slowly and improve your eating behavior, HAPIfork can help you:
- Lose Weight: Satiety is only felt roughly 20 minutes after a meal, so the faster you eat, the more you eat. It stands to reason that the slower you eat, the faster you feel "full", supporting your goal of taking in less calories during each meal.
- Reduce Digestive Problems: By slowing down your eating pace and chewing for longer, you can take better care of your digestive track, which is agitated when you eat too fast.
- Decrease Gastric Reflux: The slower you eat, the less likely you will suffer from gastric reflux after a meal, which is growing at an alarming rate in the United States and Europe.
The medical community widely supports the importance of eating more slowly since a series of scientific studies highlighted many negative effects related to eating meals too quickly. References can be found on SlowControl.com.
Product Specs & Availability:
The HAPIfork is part of a complete suite, with add-ons to help you migrate to smarter eating habits from the first day you use it. The product's estimated retail pricing is $99 and includes:
- HAPIfork: available in one of five colors: blue, green, black, white and pink.
- Online Dashboard: stores and reviews your eating-related data and helps you track your progress meal after meal.
- Mobile App: allows you to follow your stats and enrich your HAPIfork entries with comments and pictures.
- Online Coaching Program: provides tips and tricks on how to eat smarter and healthier, including helpful, practical advice and balanced meal plans.
- Online Social Game: designed to motivate you to implement these new healthy habits with your loved ones.
HAPIfork will start shipping in early Q2 2013 for Kickstarter backers (USB connection only) and to the general public in both the U.S. and France in Q3 (Bluetooth connection) with distribution to other countries later in 2014.
About HAPILABS, Inc.
HAPILABS aims to help individuals in the 21st century take control of their HAPIness, health and fitness through applications and mobile connected devices. HAPILABS products include HAPIfork, a connected smart device created by French engineer Jacques Lepine that helps you eat at the right time and right pace, HAPIwatch, which helps you sleep better and HAPItrack, to help you stay in great shape. Offering high quality products with elegant, simple and clean design that support your well being, HAPILABS helps you achieve a healthier and happier YOU! For more information, visit www.hapilabs.com and follow @hapilabs on Twitter.
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Lawyers for the Beatles sued Friday to prevent the distribution of unreleased recordings purportedly made during Ringo Starr's first performance...
MIAMI — Lawyers for the Beatles sued Friday to prevent the distribution of unreleased recordings purportedly made during Ringo Starr's first performance with the group in 1962.
The dispute between Apple Corps, the London company formed by the Beatles that helps guard their legacy, and Fuego Entertainment, of Miami Lakes, stems from recordings the Fab Four apparently made during a performance at the Star Club in Hamburg, Germany.
Eight unreleased tracks are said to be among the recordings, including Paul McCartney singing Hank Williams' "Lovesick Blues" and McCartney and John Lennon singing "Ask Me Why."
Apple Corps claims the songs were taped without the consent of the band and that Fuego and sister companies Echo-Fuego Music Group and Echo-Vista have no right to distribute them.
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"This appears to us to be a garden-variety bootleg recording," said Paul LiCalsi, an attorney for Apple Corps.
But a Fuego Entertainment official said the recordings were legally made.
"Don't claim that these were just bootlegged," Fuego President Hugo Cancio said. "It's not like today, that you just go in with a phone or a BlackBerry and you record."
The lawsuit contends that the recordings are of poor quality and that circulating them "dilutes and tarnishes the extraordinarily valuable image associated with the Beatles."
Cancio said he had not been served with a copy of the lawsuit, but the filing demanding at least $15 million in damages was not expected.
"I'm surprised because up to a few weeks ago, we were in good-faith conversations with Apple," he said.
Also named in the lawsuit is Jeffrey Collins, a partner of Cancio who obtained the recordings. It is unclear how Collins obtained the recordings.
Cancio intended to release the songs as "Jammin' with The Beatles and Friends, Star Club, Hamburg, 1962."
"The world deserves to hear these tracks," he said.

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This is my first gas stove and I love it! Instant heat cooks fast
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Even though I like the stovetop the grates are so high that when a burner is on low you can't see the flame. Consequently if you leave it on by mistake you'll never know it because there is no indicator light to tell you the burner is still on. I've had stovetops for 40 years and never left a burner on thanks to the indicator light. Unfortunately I've left this one on several times.
This week I left it under a teapot with no water in it then went out. Thankfully I was back in an hour and noticed it. Now I know it's not Kitchenaids fault I left the burner on but that one little addition would help prevent a fire one day. Until I bought this I had never mistakenly left a burner on because of lights telling me it is on. I would return it if I could for this one reason.
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This cooktop came with the new construction home we bought. The build is sturdy but like everyone else has pointed out here the flames do not reach the vessels and it takes extremely long to cook. Kitchen aid / Whirlpool can help by designing grates that are not this tall as replacement (recall) to all owners - having grates that are closer to the flame will help with even spreading of heat and reduce wastage. Please provide an alternative.
A good thing to say is about this cook top is the center burner - the flame kind of rises straight up in the mid-setting and bunches together for a quick heating. Could you provide burner tops for all other (4) burners to have a similar flame.
Customer care team - please note that this is feedback for product improvement not to simply bash the product
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i have a KitchenAid Gas on Glass cooktop that I purchased 16 years ago, I am thinking about buying it again just because I am about to change out my counter tops and want the same appliance. It has been great and except for the grates showing some wear it still looks like it did 16 years ago.
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I got this stove with new construction. I paid premium price for this stove upgrade with the expectation based on BTU/ better performance. But actually I am disappointed with its performance.
1. The burner grate is too high, I don't get rolling boiling water on corner burners even after 10 minutes. 2. All my cookware are higher quality. When using small sized cookware on small burner, you can't mix your food, because it will burn your skin. Basically heat is wasted instead of cooking food. 3. You can't use front & back burner at the same time on same side, because they are too close & there is no enough space to have your cookwares.. poor design. 4. Both front burners are 10k BTU, but you can't use wider cookware, it stays too close to control knob - again poor design. 5. one star for its look & 1 star for easy cleaning. But I paid too much for this stove with poor performance & design.
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I love the KitchenAid 5-Burner Gas Cooktop. BUT, I don't like their customer service! My journey started mid-January 2016 when my former cooktop had a problem. KitchenAid worked with me to replaced it (and I'm thankful for that), HOWEVER, it took a month to get the replacement ordered and finally delivered; but then the journey continued...when they called me to say they had NO ONE under contract in the entire city of Houston, TX to install a GAS Cooktop (REALLY!). They said I needed to find a certified installer to uninstall my old cooktop and then install my new cooktop. They offered to reimburse me (thank you), but now it's April, and I still have no payment after 6 weeks into this process. I had no choice but to locate and hire an installer b/c I had already paid for the cooktop. When the work was completed, I called (and called and called) asking my customer service Rep.....where and to whom do I send my receipt for reimbursement. Finally after 2 weeks, I got a reply. I sent in my receipt and now after 4 weeks, I still have not received reimbursement. I find it incredible that Kitchenaid has NO installers for a Gas Cooktop in all of Houston, TX. And now, it's more concerning that I have not been reimbursed for the expense (after being promised the check is on the way) after 4 weeks. I'm very happy with my cooktop (the design, function, look, etc.), BUT I'm not happy with their customer service. They take weeks to call back and all representatives are very un-apologetic for all this hassle (saying things like,...it's just the way it is). The cooktop is very good for a busy cook who has a lot to manage at one time. I've found liquid spills while cooking won't run into the gas burner because the design of the burners (shape and seal) is an improvement over my former cooktop. I especially like the double gas burner in the middle. Some reports I read indicated a problem with length of time for water to boil. But I've not experienced any issues with that(especially if you put a lid on the pot).
Overall, I love the 5-burner cooktop, but frankly I don't like their customer service....every Rep. is obviously trained to say 'we are sorry' or when you ask for a supervisor, they say....'I am a supervisor', so you'll have to talk to a supervisor of a supervisor (I guess) to get anywhere if you're not happy with customer service. Sincerely From....Love my Cooktop, Don't Love Customer Service!
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This was ordered for our new construction home. I have been cooking on this now for a while. This heats up fast, easy to use, and simple to clean. I love it.
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I love this cook top I thought it would be hard to keep clean but it's so much easier then anything I've ever had. Just remove the burners and everything's there to wash.
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Just had this installed to replace a 30 Inch cooktop. After spending money to cut the granite to install larger and better performing cooktop, it totally backfired on me and I am worse off than before. The fire is nowhere near the pot bottom and it does not heat well. I bought Kitchenaid to match all my other appliances but if all kitchen cooktops are designed this way, I have made a bad mistake. Not sure if i can purchase shorter racks or not. Can someone help on this?
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We remodeled kitchen and used KitchenAid line exclusively. attractive ensemble.
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Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/t7drhf/online) has announced the addition of the "Online Advertising Market by Search Engine Marketing, Display Advertising, Classifieds, Mobile, Video, Lead Generation, Rich Media - Global Advancements, Forecasts & Analysis (2014 - 2019)" report to their offering.
The online advertising market is gaining high traction across several industries. The primary reasons driving high traction are increasing Internet users and high adoption rate of smartphones and other portable devices. Since the awareness levels of users are increasing day-by-day and the market place is filled with cutthroat competition, targeting right audience is very important. With the advancement of technology, it becomes quite simpler for advertisers to identify a potential or prospective customer or client. With the help of online advertising, advertisers can reach a bigger pool of prospects with incurring lesser cost as compared with trivial print media advertising.
Earlier, search engine marketing was the major source of revenue in this market. Later with the advancement in the technological space, newer advertising format came into existence such as display ads, digital video, and now rich media and mobile advertising format. Search engine advertising played a significant role when there were fewer substitutes available in the market for a product or service.
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5 Online Advertising Market: Market Size & Forecats By Vertical
6 Online Advertising Market: Market Size & Forecast By Region
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Confucius Institute Turns Five (NYC)
A very happy birthday to Pace's Confucius Institute who will be celebrating its fifth year with an anniversary celebration on May 3.
From Mandarin language courses to "take-out" courses designed to teach basic Chinese to professionals in banking, nursing, hotels, and restaurants, to Ba Duan Jin, Taiji, and Chinese calligraphy, and so much more, the Confucius Institute at Pace University has been has providing first-class Chinese language and cultural education, resources, and services to the community for the last five years.
On Saturday, May 3, join the Confucius Institute and members of the community at the 5th year anniversary celebration in the Bianco Room on the NYC Campus, featuring raffles, class demos, a presentation on "Growing Up Chinese in America," and of course, a cake-cutting.
For more information on what's happening at the Confucius Institute, visit http://www.pace.edu/confucius/.
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The time of Diplomacy is over. The length of the war and differing opinions on what should be done to bring the war to an end has led to a splintering of the groups involved. The controlling powers-that-be have depleted arsenals and seemed to have exhausted all efforts of diplomacy. Trapped in a stalemate, sub-factions have rebelled and broken off the main alignments. Rebellion is upon us.
A full-fledged expansion to the original, Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion draws you even deeper into the galactic struggle for supremacy with appealing new factions, terrifyingly cool new ships of all sizes, enhanced lighting and particle effects for increased visual pleasure and all-new victory conditions.
Greetings Shipmasters and Admirals,
Today we are releasing version 0.80 of Sins of the Prophets for public consumption!
First, we'd like to thank everyone for providing feedback and bug reports about issues you ran into while playing 0.75.1. We read every report we received, and we're eternally grateful for having such a passionate, and helpful fanbase. A fan project like ours couldn't ask for anything better!
0.80 is a pretty massive upgrade to the mod. It includes new ships, structures, and game mechanics - such as to include a tiered defense system for the Covenant, that allows them to spawn in defensive fleets localized to gravity wells.
- Continued the process of revamping our UI system, and improved some of the spacing on our HUD.
- Additional VO work has been completed.
- Weapon effects, and ship explosions for both factions have been tweaked, and improved.
- We're in the process of revamping visible buff effects, and some of those changes have also made it in time to be included in this release.
We'll go into more detail below, and let you see what we're talking about, but first, we'd like to remind everyone to please read the installation instructions provided with the download before seeking tech support. During the initial two weeks after a release we get swamped by requests for help, and a majority of the issues spawn from not reading the installation instructions, and following the links provided. Installation Instructions.txt is love, Installation Instructions.txt is life.
New ships in the mod include the Epoch-class Heavy Carrier, ADP-class Escort, and Lich. The Epoch and ADP are ships brought to the Halo universe via the new tabletop fleet strategy game Halo: Fleet Battles, while the Lich was introduced in Halo 4.
We've also introduced model updates for the RCS-class Armored Cruiser, Valiant-class Super-Heavy Cruiser, and the DOS-class Supercruiser.
This update has also introduced our Covenant Defense Fleet mechanic into the mod. To improve Covenant defensive abilities, while keeping the faction unique, the Covenant will have orbital structures called Patrol Stations. Upon the arrival of an enemy fleet the station will act as a beacon, pulling in groups of ships nearby to defend the planet. As you research more, and build more stations, the fleets get larger, and more powerful.
Cole Protocol, and Sgt. Toothpaste, have been hard at work revamping our particle effects for the mod, and we think you'll be mighty pleased with the fruits of their labor. From explosions to fleet buffs, we've taken care in attempting to improve the visual fidelity of the mod, to keep you focused on the battle at hand.
Thanks to the hard work of ElijahBI, and WyvernZu, we've also created the most beautiful fleet scale chart for both factions we've ever had. Clicking the image above will take you to Elijah's deviantArt page, where you can download the file in all of it's radiant beauty. We've also included the chart as promotional material inside the download for 0.80
The mod can be downloaded from the link below. Please spread the word about this release, and help us reach out to those in the Halo community who might want to play an experience like this, but don't yet know about the work we're doing!
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Very beautifull mod but the stability is awfull. I got CTD every 3-5 minutes with normal settings 1920x1080
Athlon X2 3.4Ghz 4GB RAM GT770 Win7 32 . Latest 1.82 patch.
I know my PC is far from modern but still cant play.
Previous version No CTDs at all but i got GTX 660 those times
Yep, LAA is pretty much compulsory and it's been recommended that these settings have been selected (most stable):
Planet : Detail - High
Ship : Detail - High, Extras - Medium, Bump - Low
Building : Detail - High, Extras - Medium, Bump - Low
Thanks for the tip :) I'm considering of installing this and glad that checked comments a bit further :) Wish you good week and rest of the year and year 2016 :)
I beg my pardon I have not patched the exe file to 4gb usage.
After patching everything works fine
as Joan responded I am blown away that a mother can get paid $5416 in four weeks on the computer . take a look at the site here ..WWW.swipecoins.COM
Does anyone know if there is a mod that allows you to play in peace and confines the AI to a Single planet without any way to spread out
There isn't a mod, but here is a custom map that works with Vanilla that keeps the AI stuck on a single planet (while giving you some challenging planets to practice on). There's no way you can get attacked unless pirates are on. Wincustomize.com
You could also make your own with the galaxy forge tool.
Thank you for the map and thanks alot :)
does anyone play online or better yet is there somewhere that i can find other sins players online to play a game?
well there are always some players online , most of the time 1-2 lobbys will be opended to players
You can also try Reddit ( R/sose ) , there are some community plays every weeks
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A couple years passed and the company had other big goals to accomplish (...a feature-length movie is no joke, ladies and gentlemen). So when the time was right and Geoff was ready to jump into the project, Matt and Ezra tapped me on the shoulder to help bring it to life.
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The dream is always to work with people that you genuinely like, right? So we considered a few things: Who have we made content with before that worked out really well? Who does the audience seem to already really enjoy watching? Who has a different enough style and POV to feel like they're adding something new? Who would benefit a lot from what RT has to offer, even if they stayed independent (i.e. weren't RT employees)?
My role here is to track down these candidates and, alongside Geoff, bring them into the fold. The initial list we created was pretty short, but there were a few standouts right off the bat. I've known and loved Tim Gettys and Nick Scarpino since their days at IGN, and Greg Miller had already made his mark in The Gauntlet Season 2. Their Playstation-loving ways were the perfect foil to the Xbone Cheevo Hunters. It was a no-brainer to Geoff and I, so we headed to San Francisco to talk to them about their plans for the future. Not long after I saw this...
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Kinda Funny and The Creatures felt like an awesome start to what we had envisioned. We plan to keep going, but we're also not really in a rush. It's got to click.
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Women in nontraditional work roles
Women have come a long way since the women's suffrage movement, the equal rights era and Title IX. Women now make up the majority of students at most colleges, and they continue to take on higher level careers, working side by side with their male counterparts. And for a town of Cape Girardeau's size, we are impressed by the number of women in careers still primarily male-dominated such as finance, technology, law enforcement and politics. We interviewed three women about their work in industries where women are still few and far between.
Donna Johannes Schuette, vice president and owner of Johannes Auto Sales
Donna Schuette was born and raised in the family business in Jackson. In addition to her work at Johannes, she has her own interior design firm, Design Impressions. She's married to Donald Schuette Jr. and they have two children: Lauren, 21, and Hunter, 17.
Your dad started this business -- did you ever think you would end up running an auto business? How did you end up with this role?
My parents started the business in May 1963. I was born in February 1962, so I have been involved in the business since I was a year old. ... I can't say that I thought I would be helping to run the business early on, but I am proud to work with my dad and keep the business going. The business has always been a part of my life and I have always been a part of the business, so the decision to go back to our family business was an easy one for me. ... Even though he is retired, you will find my dad in his office most days. I have learned so much from my dad just by being involved in the business on a daily basis. My dad is one of the smartest businessmen I know, so I try to make decisions like I think he would. One employee who has worked with us for many years calls my dad "No. 1," and he calls me "1 1/2" because he says I am just like my dad. I take that as a compliment! I guess salvaging things is just in my blood.
What do you enjoy most about the job?
What I like best about my job is the freedom to work around my family's schedule. We have a good crew of employees, so I feel comfortable leaving things in their hands when I need to attend something for one of my kids. I also enjoy helping our customers save money. I am a bargain hunter when I shop, and so I like giving other people a bargain. I also like that fact that women can feel comfortable coming into our showroom. We work very hard to keep our office clean and our salesmen are used to interacting with me, so they work well with our female customers. I am also very proud to be able to carry on a business that my dad has spent his life building. If I had let a fear of not being accepted in this industry keep me from taking on the job, the 50 years of hard work my father put into our business would have been for naught.
We don't see a lot of women working in this business. What does it take to be successful as a woman in this field?
I think the No. 1 thing women need to be successful in this business is self-confidence. ... I know a lot about parts and I am confident in my ability to look up the parts. I am by no means a mechanic and I don't try to act like one, but I do know what most parts are called and where they are on the vehicle. I am able to look up parts for most of the calls we receive, but I also know my limits and turn the call over to the men at the counter if I am not certain about a part. ...
Another thing women in the salvage business need is tough skin. I have learned to stand my ground if I know I am right and not to get offended if men don't want me to look up their parts for them. ... Some men just have a hard time accepting the fact that I can actually find the right parts for them, so I bite my tongue and step aside for one of our men to assist them. The main thing is for my customer to get the parts they need, and there is not a need for me to prove myself.
For women who do have an interest in cars, or any other male-dominated industry, why should they go for it?
I feel that anyone, male or female, should pursue a career in whatever field interests them and wherever their strengths lie. For women, if you are interested in cars and have a talent that will help you be successful, then there is no reason not to go for it. Have confidence in yourself as a woman and you should excel. Women just need to be a little stronger and work a little harder to be accepted in a male-dominated career, but it is worth it if that is your passion. ... Women have certain strengths or characteristics that can be a real asset to a business in a male-dominated field, so there is no reason to hold back if you want to work in this field.
What advice do you have for other women on balancing work, family and other commitments?
Make your family come first ahead of work and other commitments. Kids really do grow up before you know it. I am fortunate that I own the business, so that makes it easier for me to take time off to be a room mother at school or scout leader. But even if you are not your own boss, try to find a way to make family come first. ... With advances in technology, there are often ways that women can get their work done and still be available to their family. ...
Another piece of advice, and this is a big one: learn to say no. That is a hard one, and I can't say that I have totally mastered that skill! ... Sometimes there just is not enough of me to go around. It is better to be able to give enough of yourself to a few activities instead of a little bit of yourself to too many activities.
Another way to balance it all is to accept help. I am fortunate to have a husband who is involved in our children's activities as well. Another thing that is hard to do is not to be too hard on yourself if you have to miss an activity your children are in because of work. ... It's hard, but I try to live by advice my husband and I give our kids: "If you have done your best, that's all you or anyone else can ask of you."
Diane Smith, director of information systems, Saint Francis Medical Center
Diane Smith grew up in Advance, Mo., and began working at Saint Francis while attending Southeast Missouri State University. She earned her bachelor of science degree in health care adminstration and has worked with Saint Francis ever since. She is a wife to Calvin and mother to Alisha Gammon in Nashville, Tenn.
What first interested you about this career field? How did you get from there to where you are today?
I actually had an early interest in the arts -- specifically acting and theater. However, I chose business as a profession because it seemed more stable. I have questioned that decision through the years, but I have no regrets. After I started at Saint Francis at an early age, I was fascinated by the complexity and the many challenges typically found in any business while at the same time always trying to do the right thing for the patients. One side involves more definitive solutions while the other side involves a lot of variables, human interaction and unique situations.
And now, what do you enjoy most about your job?
Observing the energy and talent of others as they come together to solve problems and work toward a positive outcome.
Tell us some more about your big projects at Saint Francis -- we read about the ranking in IT News magazine, and it sounds like you've really taken leadership on the electronic medical records conversion.
We had gotten first in the medium hospital category for "Best Hospital IT Departments to Work" last year, and fifth this year nationally. It is an indication that we are good at hiring the right people who share common goals and work together well.
At Saint Francis, we have had a strategy since 2004 to work toward an electronic medical record. Unlike other applications that most are familiar with, it isn't a "go buy one, install it and you are done." It involves many different kinds of systems that feed into it, years of getting hundreds of staff members using those various systems and trying to standardize data with thousands of variables. Once all of those things are in place, physicians provide the final step by entering their orders and progress notes electronically. The complexity of making all of this work is extremely challenging.
We don't see a lot of women working IT jobs. What does it take to be successful as a woman in this field?
I know that this field probably is traditionally male-dominated; however, I don't think that the challenges are any greater for women than men. It involves an interest in IT and trying to be the best at what you do, just like any other field.
What do you see in the future for your career, and for IT in general? Do you think more women will join the profession?
Certain aspects of IT were often considered a luxury years ago; however, now it has become a necessity and an assumed part of running any business. The world of convenience applications often associated with mobile solutions such as iPads and smartphones have often been considered completely different from business solutions that require huge back-end servers, applications that were very specific to business needs and a huge amount of IT support. While they will remain different in many ways, users are demanding that front-end convenience and the industry is trying to shift to make that happen. I think that more women are already joining the profession as the industry has opened up many different kinds of opportunities that women are more attracted to.
What advice do you have for other women on balancing work, family and other commitments?
You often have to take things one day at a time and not put too much pressure on yourself to do things to perfection. Prioritizing skills are a necessity and learning that letting some things work themselves out isn't always a bad thing.
Marsha Limbaugh, senior vice president and branch manager at Wells Fargo
Marsha Limbaugh, a native of Ozona, Texas, moved to Cape Girardeau with her husband, Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. She established a career as a financial adviser, serving the Cape Girardeau Wells Fargo office for 26 years and also taking leadership in many community organizations. She and her husband have two grown sons: Stephen, a musician in Los Angeles, and Christopher, a lawyer in Cape Girardeau.
How did you get into finance -- and to where you are today?
I come from a southwest Texas family. My mother's people were cattle and sheep ranchers and my father was a self-made independent oil producer. Self reliance -- standing on my own two feet -- was taught to me at an early age. My parents encouraged me to pursue a career in business and to lay a foundation for that goal by first obtaining both bachelor's and master's degrees in business. My mother's financial adviser was a woman, and she suggested I consider a career as a financial adviser. With my MBA in hand, I signed on with a regional brokerage firm in Dallas. The following year my husband and I moved to his hometown of Cape Girardeau. He joined the family law firm, and I went to work for another regional brokerage firm, Reinholdt and Gardner, as a financial adviser. After a succession of acquisitions by other firms, including A.G. Edwards & Sons Inc., our branch office became Wells Fargo Advisors in 2008. In addition to being a financial adviser, I have served as branch manager of the Cape Girardeau office for more than 26 years, and I have been fortunate to rank among the company's top advisers nationwide.
What do you enjoy most about your job?
I especially enjoy the variety of activities and events that each day brings and researching and navigating the ever-changing complex financial markets. Above all, I feel tremendous satisfaction in the day-to-day interaction with my clients, placing their needs first and receiving their trust in return.
For a long time, and perhaps still today, the finance industry has been a male-dominant career field. What does it take to be successful as a woman in finance?
Increasingly, one's education and training in business and finance are more important factors to success than one's gender. Of course, networking in the business world is critically important as well, and women are becoming more adept at that skill, too. Being able to relate well with people -- when backed by a solid knowledge and understanding of business finance and how it applies to the financial markets -- will bring success to men and women advisers alike.
You've been active in the community for a long time -- tell us more about that, and why you're passionate about these issues.
Throughout my career I have been involved in numerous charitable and civic activities, serving at both the local and state levels. They include service as a director or officer on the Southeast Missouri Hospital Foundation, the Southeast Missouri State University Foundation, the Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce, the Zonta Club, the Cape Parks and Recreation Board, the State Lottery Commission, the Secretary of State Securities Advisory Board, the Missouri Mansion Preservation Board and the 8th District Military Academy Review Board. In addition, I am an active member of Centenary United Methodist Church.
I firmly believe that to achieve real success, it is not enough simply to perform our jobs in a competent and ethical manner. We also have an obligation -- a debt of gratitude -- to use our gifts and talents to support our churches, our charities and all things good for Cape Girardeau.
What advice do you have for other women balancing work, family and other commitments?
Balance is the right word, and it requires a plan to achieve it. Commit yourself and your family to developing a plan and then making it work, adjusting it when needed. The extra effort, dedication and prioritizing of your faith and family is an investment that will pay dividends for generations. You see, whatever values we pass down to our children, they will pass down to our grandchildren, and they to their children. It all comes back -- the joy, the rewards and the love. The resources to help balance work and family are vast. For more information, visit your local library or just Google "balancing work and family!"


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When politicians try to make Syrian refugees a wedge issue, remember what you see, hear, and feel from this video.
Here's the Q:
Dear Brian
Many of your books have impacted my life for good, especially Everything Must Change. The book was published in 2007. Is there any way to get updates on the chilling statistics on the prosperity, security and equity systems you catalogued? Have wealthy benefactors like Bill Gates made a difference? It would be wonderful if you could write a sequel to Everything Must Change.
Sincerely, and with thanks for the difference you have made in my life.
Here's the R:
Thanks so much for this question, and these encouraging words. Someone recently tweeted that my books seem about 15 years ahead of their time ... I would love the chance to update EMC with current statistics. Alas, this is a decision made by publishers and is (at this point) out of my hand. It's very gratifying to see Bernie Sanders and many others addressing issues that fewer people were willing to listen to back in 2007.
My book that will be out in September, The Great Spiritual Migration, will in many ways address the positive question of "how do we change?" that flows from EMC.
Sometimes, religious and political leaders are unaware of the hidden currents beneath the legislation they support. Sometimes, even worse, they are aware. The rest of us need to develop insight into the unintended (and harmfully intended) consequences of laws.
From my friend and colleague, Rev. Dr. Wm. F. Barber ...
When I wrote WMTRBW, I hoped that churches could use it either for a season or a whole year ... as an "alternative lectionary" to frame sermons and worship, as a curriculum for small groups and youth groups, even as a framework for a kids ministry program. It has been deeply gratifying to see the book work in all these ways and more.
If you'd like to consider using the book to give your group or congregation a season-long or year-long overview of the whole Biblical narrative and an orientation to the Christian life, you'll find lots of resources here.
A number of groups have contacted me with questions like this:
Our congregation is journeying together through We Make the Road by Walking. Many have found it very valuable. We have used the book for both preaching themes and small group discussions each week. We are set to complete the book later this summer and are beginning to ponder where we go from here. Do you have any suggestions on a good follow-up resource that will help us grow forward?
Someday, I may try to write another 52-chapter resource that could be used as one-year companion to WMTR. But for now, I can recommend my book Naked Spirituality. It could provide a 12-week curriculum that would be a deeper engagement with the spiritual life. Groups around the world have used it in this way with similar results. The book includes discussion questions, and this website includes resources that various churches have shared. I hope that will be helpful!
I'm about halfway through my first-in-my-life sabbatical. I've been home without a single plane trip for about four months. It has been amazing and wonderful simply a) hanging out with Grace, b) spending many each day hours outdoors (hiking, kayaking, fishing, bicycling, etc.), c) enjoying my home and yard, d) plotting future goodness with some creative friends, and e) being quiet and listening to the silence. Good for my soul.
I also completed my next book, which will be out in September. The new (and final!) title: The Great Spiritual Migration. More on the book (and a speaking tour) soon.
I've been working with a wonderful professional coach, seeking help in discerning priorities for the next ten years (60-70). My coach has in turn solicited input from a number of my friends and colleagues. I'm not rushing the process, but so far, it has been fruitful and meaningful ... a great gift.
My flight-free record is being broken this week. I'm an Auburn Senior Fellow and will be with my colleagues in Colorado for a retreat for a few days. This is a special group of people whom I have grown to love and respect deeply. As always, your prayers are appreciated, and please know how grateful I am for a network of friends and allies like you who share the same soul-hunger and thirst for "justice, peace, and joy in the Spirit."
I recently read your book: "A New Kind of Christianity" and would like to offer these shared comments for you. Ø I can identify with your searching and yearning for God;
Ø I can feel the anguish you must feel in dealing with the darkness that accompanies the spiritual journey;
Ø At times the silence becomes like an enveloping cloud in your walk with God
Ø Jesus, the face and human gift of God to humanity has given himself to us from ancient times through the Israelites, the prophets, judges, his apostiles and the church of ancient times to our present day.
Ø To me He is present and found in the sacraments and liturgy of the Catholic Church, particularly the Eucharist.
Ø We humans find Jesus not as an intellectual quest, but as a quest in Faith connecting with Him in our hearts and in one another.
Peace and Joy be with you and yours.
For many people, Holy Week is a time of triumphant faith. But for others, it raises all kinds of questions and doubts. Here is a meditation from Duane Clinker especially for the latter: http://loveandresist.blogspot.com/2016/03/an-apology-for-faith-in-love-by-duane.html
After his death, instead of being crushed as the empire expected, his followers actually grew and spread his words and actions throughout the empire. They spoke brutally of death, but also of a kind of resurrection powered by Love. In those first years they often seemed to lose every sense of class bondage and they shared what they had. Many followers suffered similar fates as he, but they kept on as if something was burning now that could not be extinguished by swords or crosses or personal affliction. And, as foolish as it sounded, they testified, and acted like they were still experiencing this Jesus as a living presence; as if they knew that history could change and that nothing could separate humankind from this kind of Love.
It was as if they had seen, in the vulnerability of God, a kind of God who was with us in the pain of creation, ain the contradiction of life, as a kind of answer that involved human action in the direction of the universal Love that creation had loosed.
I think there is a rumor that you are on sabbatical right now. You have come to our mind and been part of our conversations many times over the last little while. We thought it was high time to send you the note of encouragement we keep wanting to send. It's a simple message.... and that is that we are very grateful for the work you are doing in chopping a path through the woods for folks like ourselves who are in a place of grief when we see the current political climate in the United States, the exclusion of our LGBT brothers and sisters in fellowship, or the hateful rhetoric spoken against friends of other faiths who are teaching us so much about what it means to trust God. Thank you for your bravery in embracing people who are seen as a threat to the culture of "Christianity." It helps us to feel less alone, knowing that you are quietly standing in the place of love, rather than fear.Thanks, friends. We're all in this together! If you're looking for kindred spirits, check out: http://convergenceus.org/ and http://www.theopennetworkus.org/#home
We're not alone!
A reader writes:
I told you I would update you on how it is going at First Presbyterian Palo Alto using your book for our Sunday worship, and I am pleased to say it is going really well! People in the congregation have so many positive things to say. They are remarking that we are preaching on passages they have never heard (especially when we were in the OT during the fall). People are also responding positively to getting a larger view of the story arc of scripture. For me personally, it has challenged me to not get lost in the details of these long passages and try to preach about the core truth that is being communicated. So I want to thank you for providing this valuable resource!!
Also, Rob Martin, my supervisor and the head pastor here, is a hymn writer. He wrote one inspired by your book, and we thought you would like to see it, so I have attached it.
Rob graciously gave me permission to include his lyrics here:
We Make the Road by Walking Forth (Sung to the tune KINGSFOLD) Words by W. Robert Martin, III
We make the road by walking forth
In faith and not by sight,
A journey of discovery
With challenge and delight.
This path takes us to wider realms
Where joy and faith can grow—
As Christ, beside us on the way,
Guides gently where we go.
We make the road by walking forth
In hope and not in fear
A byway built on trust and love
That brings the Spirit near.
This path shall cause the blind to see
The mute to find their voice
The last to boldly lead the way
The hurt to cry, "Rejoice".
We make the road by walking forth
With joy and not regret,
A path where all are truly loved
And long-held needs are met.
This path will lead us to a place
Where hate will finally cease
As we, who journey on the Way,
Proclaim God's promised peace.
A reader writes:
I am currently doing my first close read of Brian's book A New Kind of Christianity: Ten Questions That Are Transforming the Faith (2010). This act alone was a major step for me, as I have been "warned" repeatedly about the "danger's" of Brian's work for the Christian faith.
I am so glad that I am reading Brian's work first-hand for myself, bypassing the self-sppointed critics and so-called defenders of the faith. What a breath of fresh air!
As someone with earned graduate degrees in anthropology and the philosophy of education, I can honestly say that Brian's attempt to integrate the best insights from developmental theory and theology in his work is nothing short of brilliant. As a Christian and college instructor, I find his questions, insights and genuine humility refreshing in this ever-changing and volatile period of church history. My only regret is that it has taken me this long to digest and assimilate Brian's work. Thankfully, I am now a part of a faith community that spends a lot more of its time listening, learning and loving others instead of lecturing and sounding false alarms.
Keep up the great work, Brian.
My old friend Bruce Johnson is a savvy business consultant, and in a recent article, he challenges businesses to learn their NPS - Net Promoter Score.
The key insight - that some business customers or clients will leave a business so thrilled that they'll tell their friends - applies to churches as well.
The article (and its predecessor, also worth reading) is important for pastors and other church leaders to consider leading up to Easter Sunday, when most churches experience a surge in attendance.
Here's Bruce's question, recast for churches:
On a scale of 0-10 with 10 being highly likely, how likely is it that you would recommend our church to a friend or colleague?
In other words, will people have an experience at your church this Sunday that is so remarkable and meaningful that they'll be spontaneously talking about it on Monday and Tuesday at work or school or in the neighborhood?
What will be remarkable for them? Unexpected friendliness? Delightful creativity? Extraordinary insight? Deep emotional connection? Moments of beauty and transcendence?
Remember: what will be most remarkable for your first-time visitors will probably not match with what your most vocal critics talk about. (Sadly, the critics get too much of our attention most of the time!)
In these final days leading up to Easter, why not invite your team to brainstorm three to five ways to make this Sunday so extraordinary, so remarkable, so moving and delightful and joyful and meaningful that they can't help but tell friends about it on Monday?
You never know: seeking to be remarkable could become a habit. (Thanks, Bruce!)
Here's the Q:
How does one go about finding a church that would most embody the open Christian theology that Brian McLaren speaks of?
My wife and I have lived in our same community for many years and been members of two wonderful, but "old-school" Christian churches. We lost our son [to cancer last year]. My wife has almost lost faith, and many beliefs I've held for life have changed too. My other adult children are also facing a very similar struggle with what to believe and who God is. Mr. McLaren seems to speak directly to our search for a meaningful faith.
We are reading his works, but would love to find a place of worship that more closely resembles the kind of Christian faith he writes about. Thus, my question is how does one narrow the search for such a place of worship? The emotional energy to physically visit church after church in search of the right fit is just too much for us right now.
Many thanks to any guidance you can offer.
I'm so grateful my books have been of help to you. You're right: it really matters to find a faith community that is in sync with where you are and where you're going in your faith. I sent you a few specific names of congregations in your area, but your question speaks to a larger need.
We need a place where forward-leaning Christians can find forward-moving congregations. For years, I've been wishing and hoping that someone would find a way to make that connection.
FINALLY, I'm glad to say some folks are working on it. It's not available yet, but if enough of us get behind Convergence, it will be available soon. You'll find information here:
The world's number one killer of children is not war, guns, or terrorism.
It's dirty water.
That's why I hope you'll spend a few minutes at this site: http://www.faithsforsafewater.org/
Whatever issues you care most about ... hunger ... maternal and child health ... kids living past that vulnerable 5th birthday ... HIV/AIDS ... poverty ... food security ... girls' education ... gender equality ... violence against women ...
The more you learn about any of these issues, the more you realize that the world water crisis is related to each one. For example, did you know ...
Fifty percent of undernutrition in children is due to inadequate water and sanitation.
Diarrhea and pneumonia are the two leading causes of child death and both are frequently caused by unsafe water.
One-third of school-age children in developing countries are infected with intestinal worms from water.
272 million school days are lost due to diarrhea.
Walking down a deserted path to collect water or seeking a bit of privacy to relieve oneself leads to daily violence against women.
Water is a woman's burden. Bodies break under the heavy buckets, jars and jerry cans filled with water that makes their families sick. They have no choice.
At least 1.8 billion people globally use a source of drinking water that is fecally contaminated.
663 million people today lack access to safe water and 2.4 billion (one sixth of the world) doesn't have the dignity and safety of a toilet.
Fifty different diseases and illnesses are linked to unsafe water.
Immuno-suppressed HIV/AIDS patients must take anti-retroviral drugs with filthy water that makes them sick and unable to properly absorb the medications.
17 different Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) are caused by poor water and sanitation, but we're curing NTDs with medication rather than preventing them all together with access to safe water and sanitation.
So today's a day we encourage each other to think about something many of us can take for granted - but millions of our neighbors can't. I hope you'll spend a few minutes at this site: http://www.faithsforsafewater.org/
And here's another link that will inform and inspire you: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/faithforward/2016/03/blessed-by-water-a-sermon-for-world-water-day/
You'll find a number of ways you can get involved and make a difference. You can even start by sharing this link!
I'm disgusted by Trump. I'm disgusted with his violent and hateful rhetoric and authoritarian arrogance. But I think North Carolina lawyer Michael Cooper, Jr. has a message for all of us who feel this way. He invites us to "look behind the fault and see the need" of his neighbors - white, rural, working-class Americans, many of whom are Trump supporters:
As productivity climbed, working-class Americans wanted their wages to rise also. Instead, Republicans gave them tax cuts for the rich while liberal Democrats called them racists and bigots....
According to the Republican Party, the biggest threat to rural America was Islamic terrorism. According to the Democratic Party it was gun violence. In reality it was prescription drug abuse and neither party noticed until it was too late.
Cooper offers this advice:
To win again in the Deep South and Appalachia, the Democratic Party must recall the days of Roosevelt's New Deal and Kennedy's New Frontier by putting people to work rebuilding America, and making college free after two years of national service.
Trump's appeal as a strongman reveals the desire in Middle America for public action. His supporters want healthcare, like Social Security and are frustrated by the gridlock on Capitol Hill, so they must return to the days of Eisenhower, standing for conservative principles but also compromising when possible.
If Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, and Franklin Graham define Evangelicals, then it's high time for millions of us to head for the door. Thankfully, there's another kind of evangelical voice out there, embodied powerfully by my colleague Rev. Wm. Barber.
If you don't know him yet, you should. For starters, check out this article.
Presidential candidates of all political stripes have long courted what the media calls the "evangelical voters" in the South, using the language of morality. Well, I am an evangelical. I have been born again. I don't think it is because I have African and Native American and some European blood flowing in my veins that I have a different view of evangelism. Yes, I learned my evangelism from my father, a Disciples of Christ minister... I learned that persons who claim to be evangelicals are anointed to preach good news to the poor.
Trumpism was created in the crucible of the "Southern strategy." ...We can't isolate Donald Trump and his supporters, because that is a simplification. When you unpack the policies of all of his competitors, most of their disagreement is in tone, not substance. It is not as though they are moderate and he is extreme. Trump is not the problem; it's all of the xenophobia and racist innuendo and othering of immigrants that is the problem. It is all of the coded language ... from the Southern-strategy lexicon of Wallace, Nixon, Reagan, and Atwater that has been spewed for years. That is the problem... Long before Trump, all of this rhetoric created a kind of us-against-them mob mentality, which after it is loosed can manifest in the violence that we now see.
Too many Evangelicals have become the zealous religious chaplaincy of the Southern Strategy of the Republican Party. Even more Evangelicals aid and abet their colleagues by remaining silent and therefore complicit. But thank God, there are other voices. Let's lift them up as a needed and inspiring alternative!