We have had ATT TV service set up for one week now. An similar bundle through Comcast would be almost double what I am paying AT T’s TV service. I greatly respect U-Verse extending a realistic comprehensive AT&T TV bundle that keeps from nailing subscribers with a bunch of bs charges. 3 boxes (1 with DVR capabilities) are included in the price.

HD included for complimentary for one year – only $10 per year after the promotional point terminates… not poor considering U-Verse gives you at least twice the number of HD channels that you can get elsewhere.

Channel shifting is pretty instant. Almost as rapid as regular cable. On Demand (Pay-per-view) content is nice but not near the selection provided by other services. I had a get together the night after installment – they wanted to view MMA
Boxing, but U-Verse didn’t have it. When I called, the agent I spoke with had received many similar calls.

Equipment generally works as advertised. Right now, there are only 4 TV streams available in the closest market. I have only run out of streams one time – even after transposing all 42 of my series tapings from my Comcast box! (You can access some of your DVR’s settings from your private U-Verse AT&T webpage – nice feature). I do not have high def, thus no need.

Viewing an HD station takes up 2 streams – the remaining streams can only be used for standard definition networks. It seems, a bump of the quantity of TV streams is in the works for the end of the year. In addition, AT&T will be adding the capability to view DVR shows from any receiver.

Many American’s receive joint replacements each year. It’s a method of older people who have outused their joints to enjoy more activity in their lives. Because this procedure has become so routine, many do not question their doctors, or the manufacturers of their joint replacements about the quality of the technology that they are using. This has caused occurances that can injure you or someone else. If you know someone who has received a hip replacement, read on for this important information about the manufacturer zimmer hip.

The current hip replacement surgery has been happening since the 1970’s, which is why it may seem so ordinary to one. A hip replacement, such as those from Durom, most commonly involves three separate pieces, designed to mimic how a natural knee joint would. The use a substitute part made of metal to replace a section of the femur bone. A bone cement or screws to hold the contraption in place allows movement like the joint naturally would.

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A further surgery to correct issues with the implant or the need for revision is the one of the most common issues with hip replacements. Unfortunately, this is something many elderly and even healthy young patients cannot tolerate. It is the focus of the Zimmer zimmer hip lawsuit. The Durom device was used by doctors in younger patients that would normally need a hip replacement, as it was designed to be long lasting. However, almost 12 percent of these patients needed surgery again within two years, prompting an outcry.

If you or someone you know has had a hip replacement surgery in the last several years, ask your doctor if it was a Durom. If it was, even if you have not had a failure of your hip replacement yet, you may be able to join a class action law suit. You will lose your rights if you sign a legal release by Durom.

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I cannot say I’m exactly comfortable as an “independent” (aka: naturally single) person and not be lying. However, I’m not unsatisfied in that way, either. I just suggest it in this blog as a delicious piece of info setting up the story I am prepared to unravel!

Last Monday yours truly met for coffee with Stacey, pondering about joining the Phoenix Great Expectations dating service. Today, I sit to you as a surprisingly pleased member of the singles network. Totally, and I almost don’t believe it myself! I like it! If you’ve been paying attention, you may be wondering, “You totally owe me an explanation.”

Here’s how it went down, I noticed this Great Expectations Dating site and felt encouraged. They’re for the serious singles who care enough to know dating should have a point.

Quite frankly, I’d never enjoyed or even tolerated what a lot of singles so aptly entitled “Dating.” I faced it all the time. Every night readers pester, “You’re still single? ” and “Just get out there and date him!”

“Ugh, and double ugh.” I banter right back, without missing a beat. “Have you seen what’s out there?”

“Not true,” they level with me. “You haven’t dated in a year, you wouldn’t know!”

That’s just my sister (she’s the best) hah! Stacey Feldman. She sets rational thought directly to my core to put me back on course. People you can trust for fresh advice. No countering that, and I joined.

Back to the meaning of this post. As I picked from thousands of quality singles for my first Great Expectations date, I realized something deep. Over the last year, I hadn’t had the greatest of actual great expectations for dating and myself in the adventurous winding course of being human. It’s good to be single, even more so when you get out there and have fun. Embracing your own great expectations does wonders for a caring soul.

~Denise Rodriguez

“The call and need of a new era is for greatness.
It’s for fulfillment, passionate execution and
significant contribution.”
– Stephen R. Covey, from The 8th Habit: From
Effectiveness to Greatness

Making a rare public appearance in Toronto at the Mississauga Living Arts Centre, world-respected leadership authority and author of the international bestseller, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, named the #1 Most Influential Business Book of
the Twentieth Century, Dr. Stephen R. Covey spoke on his latest book, The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness to a packed
audience.

Having taught principle-centered leadership for over four decades, this living legend and world icon, with his quiet energy and grace, epitomized a call to greatness and earned the respect of the audience — standing as a grandfather figure for unleashing human potential in many generations.

A hero to millions, Dr. Covey is known the world over for his landmark work around helping people take profound ideas, philosophies, and principles and distilling them into easy-to-use daily habits that anyone can apply. In his inspirational presentation at the Living Arts Centre, he conveyed simple yet very powerful gems of wisdom that I found practical and useful. For example, if you want your children to develop a love of
learning and never have to rag on them again for not doing their homework and not getting better grades, simply ask them when they return from school, “Teach me what you’ve learned today.” By using this one simple habit, Covey claims he’s never had a problem encouraging his children to learn because teaching is the best way to learn.

Another gem he talked about is the habit of seeking to understand before being understood through empathic listening. In the audience of over 800 people, he asked how many people had any formal training on listening; only 13 hands went up revealing just how ego-centric of a me-me-me culture we live in. Covey related how many Native Indian tribes use what’s called the Talking Stick which is used in all meetings where the
person holding the Talking Stick is the only person allowed to speak until he or she feels understood; when the possessor of the Talking Stick feels completely understood, then,
and only then, is the Talking Stick passed on to the next person. This creates an incredible understanding and synergy among the team. Every business would do well to
have a Talking Stick!

Covey then went on to the crux of his message which is the 8th Habit of becoming an island of excellence in a sea of mediocrity by finding one’s voice and helping others to
find theirs. According to Covey, the main problem is that businesses are still trapped in the old paradigm of Industrial Age thinking even though we’re well into the Knowledge
Worker Age. What’s required is a new paradigm he calls the “whole body paradigm” of integrating body, mind, heart, and spirit which he respectively equates to the principles of
discipline, vision, passion, and conscience. The Industrial Age is still very much focused on the body (things, systems, structures, procedures, efficiency, bottom-line). But Covey
estimates that approximately 80 percent of all the value added to goods and services now comes from knowledge work versus things. Twenty years ago that number was the inverse: only 20 percent.

So the key is not behavior – it’s the map. The key is the accuracy of the map. Once paradigm shifts the behavior will also shift. Covey clearly illustrated this point by
asking everyone to close their eyes and point “North.” When he asked us to open our eyes and look around, I noticed everyone was pointing in different directions! In a similar vein, the majority of organizations have their people pointing in different directions; sighting a recent Harris Poll, Covey states that “only 37 percent of workers say they have
a clear understanding of what their organization is trying to achieve and why.” No one knows where true “North” is. There is no moral compass, no conscience, no guiding spirit.

Part of the solution, according to Covey, is to have a transcendent goal, what he calls a WIG or Wildly Important Goal, that serves a greater purpose. Only once this goal
is clearly communicated to everyone in an organization can quantum improvements begin to happen in the workplace.

Here is my interview with Dr. Covey revealing his latest insights from his most recent book, The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness:

What sacrifices have you made to be where you are today?

I have worked very hard to dedicate my personal and professional life to principlecentered living. I am driven by a passion and conscience to spread understanding for
principles and how to apply them to reach greatness. To that extent, there is no sacrifice – only a passionate, relentless commitment to my work, family, community and church to
make a lasting difference.

What in your opinion is the most important attribute of a leader and why?

I believe the most important attribute for a leader is being principle-centered. Centering on principles that are universal and timeless provides a foundation and compass to guide
every decision and every act. I’ve based my life’s work on promoting principles and teaching the power that resides in principle-centered leadership. Principles are not my
invention; they are self-evident and are found throughout the world. If you look at all enduring philosophies, religions and thoughts, you will find principles such as integrity,
compassion, trust, honesty, accountability and others at their core. I simply translated these principles into a framework of habits, which when followed with consistency and frequency transforms one’s character and allows one to earn the moral authority necessary for enduring leadership.

I must also clarify the definition of leadership, which is sadly and narrowly defined as position, title, status or rank. This is formal authority and not necessarily leadership. Through years of study, teaching and working with people all over the world, from all walks of life, I have determined that leadership is: Communicating to people their worth and potential so clearly that they come to see it in themselves. It is the influence we have with others to help them discover their own voice, to find their own purpose, to make their unique contribution, and to release their potential, that truly
defines leadership. Thus, leadership extends to the many personal and professional roles we play – as workers, parents, children, teachers, students, swamis, you name it – and the
choice we make to live by principles to help others find their voice.

In your book, 8th Habit, you talk about finding one’s voice and developing one’s “unique personal significance.” How does one begin doing that?

To achieve greater heights each person must be challenged to find their voice – their unique personal significance and purposeful meaning – and help others to find theirs.
Voice lies at the nexus of talent, passion, need and conscience. When anyone engages in work that taps into their talent and fuels their passion – that rises out of a great need in the world that they feel drawn by conscience to meet – therein lies their voice in life. The 8th Habit is all about how to find your voice and help others to find theirs.

What leader do you really admire and why?

One immediate leader who comes to mind is Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank. His story is one that illustrates the path to finding one’s voice and helping others find theirs. Muhammad saw a need, felt his conscience move him to try and fill that need and applied his talents and passion to fill it. In the process, he found his voice and helped others to find theirs.

Muhammad wanted to help his impoverished fellow citizens in Bangladesh. He met a woman who made bamboo stools only to make two U.S. pennies each day. He inquired about her work and found that the woman had no money to buy the necessary bamboo, so she was forced to borrow money from a trader on condition that she sell him her finished product at a price he dictated. This poor woman in essence was held hostage by this trader.

This woman was not alone, there was an entire village of 42 hard working people working in unbearable circumstances and Muhammad calculated that it only required $27 U.S. dollars to help them out. He immediately gave the money to the people and told them it was a loan to be re-paid when they were able.

Muhammad even went further to ask the local bank to loan these villagers additional money and offered himself as a guarantor. Much to the skepticism and surprise of the bankers, the villagers paid every penny back on several loans.

Muhammad eventually expanded this loan program by creating his own microcredit lending institution called the Grameen Bank, so he could help numerous villages.

Grameen Bank now works with more than 46,000 villages giving micro-loans, lending approximately half a billion dollars a year to empower the poor (96% of whom are women) to produce and sell their goods and build housing. So far, the bank has assisted 3.7 million people. The micro-credit movement has now spread throughout the world.

What advice would you give youth who will become future leaders of tomorrow?

In my 8th Habit book I share the idea that everyone chooses one of two roads in life, whether you’re older or younger, man or woman, rich or poor. The most traveled road is the one that takes us to mediocrity and the other less traveled road takes us to greatness and meaning. The first road limits us and prevents us from realizing our full potential. This road is often the quick-fix or short-cut approach to life. It often lures us to it when we don’t take accountability for ourselves or see ourselves as victims. My advice to the youth is to avoid the road of mediocrity. It’s probably hard for them to see into the longterm, but if they will try to see themselves as human beings with vast potential, and see that next to life itself their greatest gift is choice – they can choose their responses to whatever comes to them in life, and take responsibility for their choices, their behaviors, their feelings and choose to create their future.

My son, Sean, wrote The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens to help [young people] become their best selves. He speaks wonderfully to the youth (much better than I), and I would recommend his book to anyone wanting to start good habits at a young age.

Sharif Khan (http://www.herosoul.com; sharif@herosoul.com) is a professional speaker, freelance writer, coach, and author of “Psychology of the Hero Soul,” an inspirational book on awakening the hero within and developing people’s leadership potential. To contact Sharif directly, call: (416) 417-1259.

Copyright © 2005 by Sharif Khan

What is it that you need to do in order to be successful in your endeavor?
One way to find out is to write a daily “To do list”. This “To do list” will supplement your goal settings. It will simplify yours steps towards achieving your long term goal(s).

You can write your “To do list” while having breakfast or perhaps before going to bed the night before. TIP: Writing a list before you go to bed not only will appease your mind for a good night sleep but will also start your day with a purpose (this is the motivation part!)

Example: The goal I will be working on for the next 3 weeks (it is said that it takes that long to change a habit, good or bad!), will be to regularly organize my home office (always a problem!).

This is the list I would write the night before (keeping in mind my main goal)

Archive file folder starting with letter A to C (if my goal would have been to lose a few pounds, I might have written go for a 20 min. walk or jog etc.)

The more specific your daily list the greater you will achieve. Make it achievable not unreachable, thus the daily “To do list”, to break down your goal into smaller steps. Keep it Simple yet Meaningful till you reach your goal.

Always prioritize.

To finalized my “To do list”, I like to enumerate the task in priorities or by rationality. If I am going out I might as well do everything on my list that requires driving. And you guessed, the priority in this case, would be to archive my filing cabinet (this in any case would have to be done in order for this “To do list” to be successful). And if by the end of the day, you did not cross out everything on your list, don’t beat yourself up! You might have wanted to do too many things in one day – Be flexible, adjust accordingly. Write it down for the following day until it’s crossed out.

This useful technique will motivate you to stay focused on your goal. You will also feel like you have achieved a part of your goal, you will be thrilled and proud. Trust me.

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Getting a bank that can provide good business banking is important for the success of any business organisation whether great or little. Why? Because effective business banking allows the funds within a business to flow, and will definetly save time and money. Any small business proprietor who is unsure about where to start with business banking, should read the following suggestions to get an insight into what is required.

The first step to take before you can begin open a business account is to find the right bank for your needs. Unless they have the soundest deal, it is usually not wise to use your existing bank for your business needs. This is because it is a sensible idea to keep your business and personal affairs wholly separate, and means that one bank is not in control of all your finances. There is also the fact that new banking customers oftentimes get better deals because of the banks being so eager to attract new business. Rivalry is intense and this can work in your favour. Whichever bank you choose to use, it pays to look around to get the best products for your business requirements.



Having selected a bank you should get in touch with them to open an account for your business. This is probably the most fundamental step, and there are a number of things you must do before you can open an account. For example, prepare a business plan to give to the bank to show them where your business is headed. Also, if you are a new service then you will probably need to get proof of your startup financial backing. It is quite common for your personal credit history and the history of any business mates to be scrutinised. Once these checks are made then you will be able to open an bank account.

The sort of deal you get and the services extended will partly depend on the size of your business, as well as the results of your credit checks and the evaluation of your business plan. Starting with a simple account is probably the most sensible option, where you can withdraw money and pay in earnings. Once your business grows then you can add other features or apply for a business loan as and when you demand them

In December 2007, Mayer Brown, one of the largest and oldest law firms based in Chicago, invited Johnson Stokes & Master of Hong Kong, a law firm known for its banking and finance capabilities, to join forces with the company. Their joining of forces expanded Mayer Brown in some parts of Asia, particularly in China, said to be one of the fastest developing legal markets. According to James D. Holzhauer, chairman of Mayer Brown since 2007, they plan to be one of “a handful of global elite law firms.”

Founded in 1863, Johnson Stokes & Master presently has about 260 attorneys, as well as 41 equity associates. Johnson Stokes & Master also has offices in Vietnam and Thailand. Mayer Brown, on the other hand, has 1,500 lawyers worldwide. The merger between the two firms offers Mayer Brown more than 200 lawyers in Hong Kong, predominantly in mainland China.

The merger underwent six months of negotiation with Johnson Stokes & Master and it prevented serious competitors from cropping up, according to the chairman of the partnership board, Elaine Lo.

The Mayer Brown JSM collaboration is an event for change that makes both firms truly unique among other global law firms. Mayer Brown JSM is well-known for assisting clients with their most demanding and multifaceted legal and business challenges. The combination draws together two highly successful law firms that are both attuned to philosophy and culture. Another purpose of the merger is to solidify their position as a global elite law firm determined to succeed in delivering legal services of the utmost quality in different parts of the world, wherever the need arises.

We all know that wish lanterns are a supremely beautiful product, capable of lifting the hearts and moods of all who behold them. They are the number one item all brides desire at their weddings, but it seems that wedding photographers too are getting in on the act. The casual observer will stare in wonderment at the lovely floating light as it drifts gently and serenely into the sky, but for the artistic eye, wish lanterns hold huge potential as well. Put quite simply, they create stunning photographs which any photographer (wedding or otherwise) would be proud to own to. You would need to be an experienced photographer to get the best shots of course. You would need to have the camera on the correct shutter speed etc, so that the lighted lanterns weren’t over-exposed. The last thing you’d want, is to have a glare of light that you couldn’t identify as any object in particular. Some of the best photographs emerge from mistakes of course, but these need to be the right mistakes. An image of a single lantern rising with a train of light behind it because the shutter speed was too slow would still be beautiful though it is imprecise.

A good friend of mine, C, was the manager of the human factors group for a telecommunications software engineering company. Her boss called her aside one day. It turned out that the CEO of the company had noticed and complained that a number of her team members were regularly seen hanging around, small-talking in one office. That’s not what he was paying them to do, the CEO complained. Didn’t she notice what was happening? Her boss instructed C. to pass on the reprimand and see to it that the situation improved.

C. knew her team was a bright, highly productive group. They were also mostly new hires, just forming their sense of team and how they would work together. The timing for this type of reprimand was lousy. She didn’t want to do it, but she knew she had to do something.

She called her group together, and began with, “I know you’re a great team and you’ve done everything I’ve asked you to do, oftentimes more.” She then described the issue to them without criticism, saying that there was a problem in how they were being perceived by the CEO, that it was serious, and that it needed to be cleared up immediately.

Instead of warning them, she asked them to come up with the best course of action to change their boss’ perceptions, so he would get a more accurate picture of the hard work they ere actually doing. Rather than get defensive or hurt, the team took up the challenge and together they found a set of solutions that worked beautifully. The best part for C. was that a potential trust-damaging episode actually improved her credibility with her team. And in fact it improved her respect for them, as well.

After the success of her managerial experiment, she decided to relate to her team all the time in that way. “Whether things are going well or not,” she told me, “I’ve let go of ‘I know best, here’s what you should do,’ and instead I’ve embraced, ‘You’re excellent, I’m proud of you, and here’s a problem we’re facing, so let’s brainstorm together’.” It wasn’t always as directly spoken as that, but as a general place to come from, she found it very powerful.

Doing this had a strong impact on the quality of their work and productivity, she discovered. Enough to get noticed. A few months after C. started this form of trust-building with her team, her boss one day called her a “natural manager,” something he had never said to her before in five years with the company.

Some time later, when the telecommunications industry slid into decline, all thirty engineers and the entire support staff for her office were let go, leaving only her team left. “We were absolutely stunned. They basically kept the office open just for the five of us to keep doing our work. Ordinarily an R&D group like ours would be let go first, yet here we were. I think it was because we listened, took challenging problems and came up with creative solutions for the company. It really wasn’t me, it was them.”

There are some good lessons in this story about creating high-level trust. Trust, like all other worthwhile qualities, comes in degrees. My interest is helping leaders take their capacity for inspiring trust to the highest possible level. When C. said, “…here’s a problem we’re facing, let’s brainstorm together,” she hit on a powerful source of inspired leadership. She had discovered that her unique gift as a leader was giving people the room to find their own greatness.

Every leader will have something different to offer. To get at your own version of what C. had hit on, ask yourself this question: what qualities do I bring to my leadership role that make me unique at what I do? These are the qualities that you feel are important to share. Sometimes they are the way you often wish others would treat you (rather than the way they do). They will nearly always also be the qualities that are responsible for your professional and economic success.

What do I mean by qualities? I’m talking about the particular life-enhancing virtues that you give to people at work when you are operating at your best as a leader. People will feel most inspired by your leadership guidance when you’re simultaneously drawing on your personality strengths, your core values, and your expertise. For some leaders it is their sense of humor that inspires, for others it is caring, or thoroughness, poise under pressure, unflagging enthusiasm, or the ability to help people think creatively or to discover their greatness.

A good way to identify your unique leadership gift is to remember a specific time at work when you felt particularly good about what was happening between you and a person or team you manage, or between you and your boss. Try to identify the positive inner qualities these people were receiving from you at the time that met their needs and made them feel good about you.

Perhaps their confidence or peace of mind or ability to see light at the end of the tunnel went way up as a result of what you said and did. Is this something that people receive from you when you are at your best? If so, then that’s your gift.

Keep this alive in as many ways as you can. So if you identified something like “I’m great at supporting creative business people who want to turn their bold ideas into marketable products,” then why not add that phrase to the way you think about your current job or position? “As the Director of New Product Development I actually get paid to do what I love the mosthelping a team of creative business people keep their confidence and vision alive through the difficult process of turning great ideas into marketable products.”

You see the difference? You are shining the light on the very thing that makes you greatthe unique gift that people receive from you. Sometimes you just forget or lose sight of your gift in the daily grind. By reminding yourself what it is that you give people, you’ll be able to use it more consciously and consistently.

But how often do we fail to recognize and acknowledge in ourselves this avenue to greatness? It’s easy to take our unique strengths for granted”well, that’s no big deal, that’s just who I am.” The next time someone asks you what you do, you might try replying with a variation of your leadership theme instead of giving your job title right off. “You know how difficult it is to get a new product idea into the marketplace? Well, what I do is…”

When you fully and humbly and proudly take possession of your unique leadership gift and use it more and more intentionally, you may find that it’s the key to your career success. As a result of promotions, your gift will “naturally” find wider and wider avenues for expression.

Joe DiSabatino helps companies turn aroud morale problems by building high-trust work environments with an emphasis on integrity and core values. For more information go to: http://www.phoenixleadership.com