Aug 30 2008
Hurricane Gustav - Almost a Catagory 5
Hurricane Gustav has over 150 MPH winds with Gusts over 185MPH and is headed toward the Lousiana.
Aug 30 2008
Comcast to Set Download Limits
Comcast will start monthly Internet use cap on Oct. 1
NEW YORK (AP) — Comcast, the nation's second-largest Internet service provider, Thursday said it would set an official limit on the amount of data subscribers can download and upload each month.
On Oct. 1, the cable company will update its user agreement to say that users will be allowed 250 gigabytes of traffic per month, the company announced on its website.
Aug 29 2008
Democratic Convention Speeches
The Democratic Convention is over and Barak Obama & Joe Biden have accepted their nominations.
I think the one thing I enjoyed were some of the speeches. I located the following link to read those inspirational speechs and thought I would pass it on.
http://www.demconvention.com/speeches/
Barak Obama's acceptance Speech
Sen Hillary Clinton's convention speech
Aug 28 2008
PeopleTek - Habits For Success
Leadership tip of the week: Habits For Success
Dear Leaders,
Our habits impact our lives and careers both negatively and positively. What we need to objectively assess is which are impeding our ability to succeed and which are keeping us on track to realize our goals and dreams.
If you've graduated from PeopleTek's Leadership Journey™ program you've been told that once you identify a habit or behavior that is not working for you, you must replace it with one that gets positive results. This is recommended as it keeps us from regressing back to what is familiar to us (albeit counterproductive!).
Habits allow us to save time; we don't need to think about what we're doing, we merely "do it". But is this serving us well? What can we change to become more disciplined and focused and not be on "automatic pilot"?
- So what can you do? Start replacing your non productive behaviors with those that will help you achieve the results you desire.
- If you're consistently late for meetings set an alarm on your laptop, watch, phone, etc.
- Post notes in your office reminding you of what TO do.
- Block out time in your daily calendar and use that time to return phone calls and emails.
- Use your goals to set priorities.
- Organize your day; determine what must get done and abide by your task list.
- Add your personal tasks to your calendar. Ex. Gym time, call home, dinner-time, etc
Ultimately what you need to do is decide what habits work for you, replace those that don't work for you, and commit to making the positive changes that help you achieve success!
Sincerely,
Michael W. Kublin and
Jan Mayer-Rodriguez
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"The individual who wants to reach the top in business must appreciate the might of force and habit. He must be quick to break those habits that can break him - and hasten to adopt those practices that will become the habits that help him achieve the success he desires."
- J. Paul Getty
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Some common unproductive habits include:
- Procrastination
- Consistently being late
- Interrupting instead of listening
- Multi-tasking when full focus is required
- Ignoring life / work balance
- Failure to set goals (or not making the goals your priority)
- Allowing phone calls and emails to divert your attention
- Not returning phone calls
- Disregarding commitments
- Not sleeping enough
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"The secret of a leader lies in the tests he has faced over the whole course of his life and the habit of action he develops in meeting those tests."
- Gail Sheehy
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PeopleTek Events: August 2008:
LEADERSHIP JOURNEY PROGRAMS:
October 1 - Leadership Journey I, session 1 of 12, virtually facilitated
COMMUNICATION and LISTENING:
October 9, October 23, November 6 - 8am to noon in Phoenix, AZ.
THE FOUR AGREEMENTS® for Work:
Conducted via teleconference
September 30, October 7, October 14 & October 21
12:00pm - 1:30pm eastern time
This is an open enrollment period for the above programs
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Aug 28 2008
Tropical Storm Hanna
From the National Hurricane Center - Tropical Storm Public Advisory
Statement as of 11:00 am AST on August 28, 2008
…Hanna becomes eighth tropical storm of the season…
at 1100 am AST…1500z…the center of Tropical Storm Hanna was located near latitude 20.5 north…longitude 59.2 west or about 305 miles…490 km…northeast of the northern Leeward Islands.
Hanna is moving toward the west-northwest near 12 mph…19 km/hr. A turn toward the northwest is expected later today. On the forecast track…Hanna will move away from the northern Leeward Islands and be centered well to the northeast of the Bahamas during the next couple of days.
Maximum sustained winds are near 40 mph…65 km/hr…with higher gusts. Some strengthening is forecast during the next 24 hours.
Tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 50 miles…85 km from the center.
The estimated minimum central pressure is 1002 mb…29.59 inches.
Hanna could produce rainfall accumulations of 1 to 2 inches…with possible maximum amounts of 4 inches across portions of the Leeward Islands.
Repeating the 1100 am AST position…20.5 N…59.2 W. Movement toward…west-northwest near 12 mph. Maximum sustained winds…40 mph. Minimum central pressure…1002 mb.
The next advisory will be issued by the National Hurricane Center at 500 PM AST.
$$ Forecaster Rhome
Aug 28 2008
Lake Okeechobee Water Level Update
Lake Okeechobee is filling fast, the question is how high will it go?
It hit 14 feet today! The Lake has increased more than 2 feet this month, according to the South Florida Water Management District.
The Lake has been drastically low for months, now the Army Corps of Engineers are worried that the aging levee is in question if the lake rises too high! It could leak from erosion and breach. So the decision has been made to slowly drain the lake to a more managable level.
Tropical Storm Fay dumped a record amount of water - 2.5 ft in one week. The fastest one week climb in the 77 years of keeping records about the lake.
The lake is still more than a foot short of its historical average, but the hurricane season is not over. The lake supplies fresh water to over 5 million residents of South Florida.
Aug 26 2008
Hurricane Gustav - no It’s Tropical Storm Gustav
Tropical Storm Gustav became a hurricane and then weakened to a Tropical Storm. It looks like it will miss Florida - Thank You!
- Gustav weakens to a tropical storm
- Heavy rains and squalls are still pounding Haiti with maximum winds of 70 MPH
- Moving WNW
Aug 25 2008
Tropical Storm Gustav may come our way
Tropical Depression Seven - no make that Tropical Storm Gustav
There is another tropical depression swirling out there that may have it's eye on Florida
The National Hurricane center says Tropical Storm Gustav has formed in the central Caribbean, and is heading for the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
At 2 p.m. EST Monday reports from an Air Force Hurricane Hunter aircraft indicated that the storm had maximum winds near 60 mph.
Keep an eye on this too - the models have this one going in all different directions