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Hurricane Gustav has over 150 MPH winds with Gusts over 185MPH and is headed toward the Lousiana.

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.

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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

Joe Biden's acceptance speech

Sen Hillary Clinton's convention speech

Sen Edward Kennedy convention speech

Bill Clinton's convention speech

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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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

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.

http://www.sfwmd.gov/

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

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

Presented by White Crane Healing Arts with Taoist Lineage Master Bruce Frantzis

Intro to TAO Meditation Practices
Standing-Tai Chi Circling Hands-Sitting-Ba Gua Circle

For millennia, millions of people have harnessed the power of their life-force energy-chi-to become incredibly healthy. You can do the same.

The Meditation Training will be held October 31-November 2

• October 31 – Friday: 7 pm-10 pm
  
• November 1 – Saturday: 10 am-5 pm
• November 2 – Sunday: 10 am-5 pm

Location: Fern Forest Nature Center – 201 Lyons Road South,  Pompano Beach, FL 33068

Price:  $340 per person

This introduction to TAO meditation will help you learn:

• Standing practices-body alignments used in all Taoist practices, as well as how to sink your chi and release blocked energy inside your body with the Outer Dissolving technique.
• Moving tai chi circling hands – includes all the fundamental healing practices of tai chi, projecting and absorbing energy, and techniques for achieving deep relaxation at all levels, increasing mobility and balance and relieving joint and general body pain.
• Moving practice of ba gua circle walking-a foundation meditation practice of the I Ching and the internal martial art of ba gua chang.

Bruce Frantzis is a Lineage Holder in Taoist energy arts. He studied healing, martial arts and meditation with renowned teachers in Asia for 16 years – including more than a decade in China. Since 1987, Frantzis has taught chi gung, martial arts, TAO yoga, TAO meditation, and energetic-healing therapies to over 15,000 students in the United States and Europe. Frantzis is the author of several widely praised books about the power of chi including: Tai Chi: Health for Life; the chi gung book, Opening the Energy Gates of Your Body; and two volumes on TAO meditation. To learn more about Frantzis, his books or his workshops, visit EnergyArts.com.

China’s ancient Water method of Taoist meditation includes tai chi, other internal martial arts, chi gung, hands-on energetic healing methods and sexual practices that are still practiced as a living tradition today. Taoism predates Buddhism and is based on the principles described by Lao Tse, Chuang Tse and the I Ching over 2,500 years ago. This weekend will explore the four basic ways TAO meditation is done: standing, sitting, moving (within tai chi and ba gua) and lying down. 

All participants must sign a waiver of liability form

Local Contact:

White Crane Healing Arts
954.721.7252
954.815.1234 (cell)
WhiteCraneHealingArts.com

To Register Online

Visit – http://www.energyarts.com
or Call – 415.454.5243

Early Registration is Highly Encouraged Your payment includes a $50 nonrefundable registration fee; no refunds are permitted after September 30, 2008. Minimum enrollment required. Make checks payable to Energy Arts, Inc.; Visa/MasterCard accepted.

Energy Arts, Inc.
P.O. Box 99
Fairfax, CA 94978
415.454.5243
admin@energyarts.com
EnergyArts.com

Download a PDF Brochure of the Intro to TAO Meditation Practices class

The Federal Trade Commission this week adopted a new rule that will prohibit telemarketers from calling households with prerecorded messages — except in cases where consumers have given the caller written consent to dial their number.

Beginning in September 2009, you can say farewell to annoying, so-called ''robo calls'' that feature a prerecorded sales pitch or similar message. These ''messages,'' invariably ''very important'' according to the recorded voice, often amount to nothing more than a stab in the dark by a telemarketer hoping to entice an unsuspecting customer into buying an extended auto warranty or other product.

Rule Will Halt Prerecorded Sales Calls Unless the Seller Obtains Consumer's Permission

Between now and 2009, telemarketers must provide an obvious, easy and quick way for consumers to opt-out of any call, the FTC said. Such an opt-out mechanism needs to be in place by December 1, 2008.

NetworkWorld Article
http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/31211&

Miami Herald Article
http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/story/652565.html

The actual news release from the FTC
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/08/tsr.shtm

People posting their comments about the proposed new rule
# 186 16 C.F.R. Part 310: Telemarketing Sales Rule: Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking – “TSR Prerecorded Call Prohibition and Call Abandonment Standard Modification, Matter No. R411001”
http://www.ftc.gov/os/comments/tsrrevisedcallabandon/index.shtm

To File a Complaint:
https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/

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The National Do Not Call List

https://www.donotcall.gov/

Your registration will not expire. Telephone numbers placed on the National Do Not Call Registry will remain on it permanently due to the Do-Not-Call Improvement Act of 2007, which became law in February 2008. Read more about it at http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/04/dncfyi.shtm.

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The Florida Statues concerning Telephone Solicitation

501.059  Telephone solicitation.– 

To File a complaint for Robo calls that violate your Rights

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Florida Do Not Call Program

The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services maintains the State's "Do Not Call" list.

There is an  initial fee of $10 for each residential phone number and a $5 renewal fee for each residential phone number each year thereafter.  The fees are used to pay the expenses for operating the program and enforcing the law.

Residents who wish to join the program should call the 1-800-HELP-FLA (435-7352), or for the Spanish help line en Español 1-800-FL-AYUDA (352-9832) to receive an application via regular mail or download the Do Not Call Subscriber Form [PDF] the application to print and send in with your payment.

The form
http://www.doacs.state.fl.us/onestop/forms/10400.pdf

For complete information about the program with the State of Florida
http://www.800helpfla.com/nosales.html