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Reuters.com March 6, 2012 WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- The long-awaited first flight of a new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida was cut short on Tuesday by a possible fuel leak, the Air Force said. The pilot flying the F-35A fighter built by Lockheed Martin Corp cut short the planned 90-minute …
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Reuters.com March 6, 2012 By Andrea Shalal-Esa, Reuters WASHINGTON -- Lawmakers on Tuesday called top Air Force officials to task over recent acquisition missteps and raised concerns about their budget plans for fiscal 2013, which calls for cancellation of Northrop Grumann Corp's unmanned Global Hawk plane. Air Force Secretary Michael Donley and Chief of Staff …
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In October of 1949, a few months after the release of George Orwell's dystopian masterpiece, Nineteen Eighty-Four, he received a fascinating letter from fellow author Aldous Huxley — a man who, 17 years previous, had seen his own nightmarish vision of society published, in the form of Brave New World. What begins as a letter …
Captain James T. Kirk is one of the most famous Captains in the history of Starfleet. There’s a good reason for that. He saved the planet Earth several times, stopped the Doomsday Machine, helped negotiate peace with the Klingon Empire, kept the balance of power between the Federation and the Romulan Empire, and even managed …
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Miami Herald March 6, 2012 Pg. 3 'Shame on us,' said GOP Sen. John McCain, if the U.S. fails to help Syrians fight a bloody crackdown by regime forces. He urged airstrikes. By Michael A. Memoli, Tribune Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. John McCain said the United States should lead a military air assault …
When our enemies heard that we were aware of their plot and that God had frustrated it, we all returned to the wall, each to our own work. Nehemiah 4:15 Came across this as I was doing some reading this AM...along with some comments from John Maxwell....Could not find it more true...and, as always--something I …
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Washington Post March 5, 2012 Pg. 17 It turns out that “budget sequestration,” portrayed as an evenhanded way to spur bipartisan negotiations over budget deficits, is actually a dagger aimed at defense spending. The president and other top administration officials have said the automatic spending cuts required by sequestration are “bad policy.” But they still …
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Washington Times March 5, 2012 Pg. 1 Claims a string of fatal bombings By Rowan Scarborough, The Washington Times Al Qaeda in Iraq, the Osama bin Laden-inspired terrorist group that sank the country into sectarian violence five years ago, is trying to make a comeback in post-U.S.-occupied Iraq, analysts and intelligence officials say. Washington is …
Published on March 5, 2012 by Ronald E. Riggio, Ph.D. in Cutting-Edge Leadership Although there are very smart people, such as Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and others, who are brilliant and successful, success often eludes lots of people with high IQs. Why is this? Psychologist Robert Sternberg has discussed the concept of "successful intelligence." Having …
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Authentic leadership is much more than competent management. Managers who attain the level of authentic leadership are those who are the vision holders for the organization. They possess five key qualities that guide them in the workplace: 1. Trustworthiness–Great leaders are honest, reliable, and stand by their beliefs, even when it is difficult to do so. 2. Moral …
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