Newbridge Netwrk Rated New 'Buy' at Kearns Capital
Toronto, Feb. 9 (Bloomberg Data) -- Newbridge Networks Corp. (NNC CN) was rated new ''buy'' by analyst Mark Lucey at Kearns Capital Ltd. The 12-month target price is C$54.00 per share. The analyst cites 'pre-announcem ent of earnings shortfall creates opportunity'.
09:59:17 02/09/1999
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off topic forwarded to me by a friend
Six Great Lessons
The Important Things Life Teaches You...
1 ~ Most Important Question
During my second month of nursing school, our professor gave us a pop quiz.
I was a conscientious student and had breezed through the questions, until I
read the last one: "What is the first name of the woman who cleans the
school?" Surely this was some kind of joke. I had seen the cleaning woman
several times. She was tall, dark-haired and in her 50s, but how would I
know her name? I handed in my paper, leaving the last question blank.
Before class ended, one student asked if the last question would count
toward our quiz grade. "Absolutely," said the professor. "In your careers
you will meet many people. All are significant. They deserve your attention
and care, even if all you do is smile and say Hello'." I've never forgotten
that lesson. I also learned her name was Dorothy.
2 ~ Pickup in the Rain
One night, at 11:30 PM, an older Black woman was standing on the side of an
Alabama highway trying to endure a lashing rainstorm. Her car had broken
down and she desperately needed a ride. Soaking wet, she decided to flag
down the next car. A young white man stopped to help her - generally
unheard of in those conflict-filled 1960s. The man took her to safety,
helped her get assistance and put her into a taxicab. She seemed to be in a
big hurry! She wrote down his address, thanked him and drove away.
Seven days went by and a knock came on the man's door. To his surprise, a
giant console color TV was delivered to his home. A special note was
attached. It read: "Thank you so much for assisting me on the highway the
other night. The rain drenched not only my clothes but also my spirits.
Then you came along. Because of you, I was able to make it to my dying
husband's bedside just before he passed away. God bless you for helping me
and unselfishly serving others."
> > Sincerely,
> > Mrs. Nat King Cole
3 ~ Always remember those who serve
In the days when an ice cream sundae cost much less, a 10 year old boy
entered a hotel coffee shop and sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of
water in front of him. "How much is an ice cream sundae?" "Fifty cents,"
replied the waitress. The little boy pulled his hand out of his pocket and
studied a number of coins in it. "How much is a dish of plain ice cream?"
he inquired. Some people were now waiting for a table and the waitress was
a bit impatient. Thirty-five cents," she said brusquely. The little boy
again counted the coins.
"I'll have the plain ice cream," he said.
The waitress brought the ice cream, put the bill on the table and walked
away. The boy finished the ice cream, paid the cashier and departed. When
the waitress came back, she began wiping down the table and then swallowed
hard at what she saw. There, placed neatly beside the empty dish, were two
nickels and five pennies - her tip.
> > 4 ~ The Obstacle in Our Path
> > In ancient times, a king had a boulder placed on a roadway. Then
he hid himself and watched to see if anyone would remove the huge rock.
Some of the king's wealthiest merchants and courtiers came by and simply
walked around it. Many loudly blamed the king for not keeping the roads
clear, but none did anything about getting the big stone out of the way.
Then a peasant came along carrying a load of vegetables. On approaching the
boulder, the peasant laid down his burden and tried to move the stone to the
side of the road. After much pushing and straining, he finally succeeded.
As the peasant picked up his load of vegetables, he noticed a purse lying in
the road where the boulder had been. The purse contained many gold coins
and a note from the king indicating that the gold was for the person who
removed the boulder from the roadway.
The peasant learned what many others never understand. Every obstacle
presents an opportunity to improve one's condition.
> > 5 ~ Giving Blood
Many years ago, when I worked as a volunteer at Stanford Hospital, I got to
know a little girl named Liz who was suffering from a rare and serious
disease. Her only chance of recovery appeared to be a blood transfusion from
her 5-year old brother, who had miraculously survived the same disease and
had developed the antibodies, needed to combat the illness.
> > The doctor explained the situation to her little brother, and asked
the boy if he would be willing to give his blood to his sister. I saw him
hesitate for only a moment before taking a deep breath and saying, "Yes,
I'll do it if it will save Liz."
As the transfusion progressed, he lay in bed next to his sister. He looked
up at the doctor and asked with a trembling voice, "Will I start to die
right away?" Being young, the boy had misunderstood the doctor; he
thought he was going to have to give his sister all of his blood.
6 ~ I've Two Choices
Jerry was the kind of guy you love to hate. He was always in a good mood
and always had something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he
was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!" He was
a unique manager because he had several waiters who had followed him around
from restaurant to restaurant. The reason the Waiters followed Jerry was
because of his attitude. He was a natural motivator. If an employee was
having a bad day, Jerry was there telling the employee how to look on the
positive side of the situation. Seeing this style really made me curious, so
one day I went up to Jerry and asked him, "I don't get it! You can't be a
positive person all of the time. How do you do it?"
Jerry replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself, Jerry, you have
two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or you can choose to
be in a bad mood." I choose to be in a good mood. Each time something bad
happens, I can choose to be a victim or I can choose to learn from it. I
choose to learn from it. Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can
choose to accept their complaining or I can point out the positive side of
life. I choose the positive side of life."
"Yeah, right, it's not that easy," I protested.
"Yes it is," Jerry said, "Life is all about choices. When you cut away all
the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to
situations. You choose how people will affect your mood. You choose to be
in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It's your choice how you live
life."
I reflected on what Jerry said. Soon thereafter, I left the restaurant
industry to start my own business. We lost touch, but often thought about
him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it. Several
years later, I heard that Jerry did something you are never supposed to do
in a restaurant business, he left the back door open one morning and was
held up at gun point by three armed robbers. While trying to open the safe,
his hand, shaking from nervousness, slipped off the combination. The robbers
panicked and shot him. Luckily, Jerry was found relatively quickly and
rushed to the local trauma center. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of
intensive care, Jerry was released from the hospital with fragments of the
bullets still in his body.
I saw Jerry about six months after the accident. When I asked him how he
was, he said, "If I were any better, I'd be twins. Wanna see my scars?" I
declined to see his wounds but did ask him what had gone through his mind as
the robbery took place. "The first thing that went through my mind was that
I should have locked the back door," Jerry replied. "Then, as I lay on the
floor, I remembered that I had two choices - I could choose to live, or I
could choose to die. I chose > > to live.
"Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?" I asked.
Jerry continued, "The paramedics were great. They kept telling me I was
going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the emergency room and I
saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really
scared. In their eyes, I read, 'He's a dead man. " I knew I needed to take
action."
"What did you do?" I asked. "Well, there was a big, burly nurse shouting
questions at me," said Jerry. "She asked if I was allergic to anything.
'Yes,' I replied. The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for
my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled, 'Bullets!' Over their laughter, I
told them, "I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not
dead." Jerry lived thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of
his amazing attitude. I learned from him that every day we have the choice
to live fully. Attitude, after all, is everything.
You have 2 choices now:
> > 1. Save or delete this mail from your mailbox, or
> > 2. Forward it to people you care about, and those that need
caring.
Hope you will choose No. 2.
> > Work like you don't need the money.
> > Love like you've never been hurt.
> > Dance like nobody's watching. |
