A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.
Jim Rohn
Monday, August 27, 2012
Leadership is solving problems
Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.
Colin Powell
It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.
Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
A California bridge, made in China
A massive bridge designed to be earthquake-proof is being constructed in the Chinese city of Shanghai before it is shipped to the US state of California.
The components will be pieced together between the northern California cities of Oakland and San Francisco.
The new structure will replace the ageing San Francisco Bay Bridge, from which a large piece collapsed in the 1989 earthquake but has since been rebuilt.
Many experts say the current bridge would not withstand another earthquake.
The components will be pieced together between the northern California cities of Oakland and San Francisco.
The new structure will replace the ageing San Francisco Bay Bridge, from which a large piece collapsed in the 1989 earthquake but has since been rebuilt.
Many experts say the current bridge would not withstand another earthquake.
Argentine folk star shot dead in Guatemala
Argentine singer Facundo Cabral, a legend of Latin American folk music, has been shot dead in Guatemala City when unidentified gunmen riddled his car with bullets, authorities said.
Cabral, 74, and his driver were killed in the Guatemalan capital on their way to the airport at around 5am on Saturday, and at least one other person was seriously injured in the attack, police said. The shooting happened after Cabral finished performing a musical tour in the central American country.
"The vehicle was hit by 18 bullets," said Juan Manuel, a spokesman for Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom. Colom said he spoke to Argentine President Cristina Fernandez to express his condolences.
Cabral, 74, and his driver were killed in the Guatemalan capital on their way to the airport at around 5am on Saturday, and at least one other person was seriously injured in the attack, police said. The shooting happened after Cabral finished performing a musical tour in the central American country.
"The vehicle was hit by 18 bullets," said Juan Manuel, a spokesman for Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom. Colom said he spoke to Argentine President Cristina Fernandez to express his condolences.
Karzai's brother shot dead in Kandahar
Ahmed Wali Karzai, brother to the Afghan president and a powerful figure in southern Afghanistan, has been killed, an official and a family member said on Tuesday.
"I confirm that Ahmad Wali was killed inside his house," Zalmay Ayoubi, a spokesman for the governor of Kandahar province, told the Reuters news agency.
Wali Karzai was shot dead by his bodyguard, Sardar Mohammad, Ayoubi said, according to the Afghan TOLO news agency. Al Jazeera could not independently confirm that report.
Wali Karzai was the head of the Kandahar provincial council and one of the most powerful men in the country. He has been described in various media reports as a "warlord" in involved in drug smuggling and as a paid asset of the Central Intelligence Agency.
"I confirm that Ahmad Wali was killed inside his house," Zalmay Ayoubi, a spokesman for the governor of Kandahar province, told the Reuters news agency.
Wali Karzai was shot dead by his bodyguard, Sardar Mohammad, Ayoubi said, according to the Afghan TOLO news agency. Al Jazeera could not independently confirm that report.
Wali Karzai was the head of the Kandahar provincial council and one of the most powerful men in the country. He has been described in various media reports as a "warlord" in involved in drug smuggling and as a paid asset of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Explosion rocks Egyptian gas pipeline
Gunmen have blown up a terminal of the Egyptian natural gas pipeline that supplies Israel and Jordan in a predawn attack, Egyptian state television reports.
The explosion occurred east of El-Arish, a city in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, located about 50km west of the Israeli border, the governor of Northern Sinai told Nile Television on Tuesday.
Flames from the blast could be seen up to 20km away, the broadcaster reported, without giving details on the causes of the explosion or the damage incurred.
A security guard and his family were injured in the blast, the official MENA state news agency reported on Tuesday, without citing its sources.
The explosion occurred east of El-Arish, a city in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, located about 50km west of the Israeli border, the governor of Northern Sinai told Nile Television on Tuesday.
Flames from the blast could be seen up to 20km away, the broadcaster reported, without giving details on the causes of the explosion or the damage incurred.
A security guard and his family were injured in the blast, the official MENA state news agency reported on Tuesday, without citing its sources.
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