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The 48 Laws of Power Inspires Many

An influential book, “The 48 Laws of Power” is raising awareness on how to gain and maintain power over others. This book, which has been popular for a few years, is gaining momentum in recent months. CNN just did a special on their website today in which NBA center Andrew Bynum was quoted as saying he read and loved the book. Also, rapper 50 Cent has just co-authored “The 50th Law” as a sequel to the book.

The author, Robert Greene, says he has taken lessons from 4000 years of history, including ideas followed by P.T. Barnum, Al Capone, and Henry Kissinger. Greene blames our quest for power and the manipulations used to get it on our DNA. He says that “we want to believe we’re descended from angels when we’re descended from primates”. By this he means that, for centuries, we have tried to explain that humans are especially moral, when in reality we have evolved from animals. All animals use struggles for power and ways to maintain this power to set up a heirarchy and maintain order. It would make sense for humans to follow this same pattern, which Greene argues is imprinted on our DNA.

Posted on March 15, 2010 by admin in category Hot News with no comments

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Kevin Garn – Cheryl Maher Scandal

Utah’s House majority leader, Kevin Garn, confesses on late Thursday night that he had shared a bath tub with a 15-year-old 25 years ago. “This has just been a nightmare for me,” Maher said in a telephone interview with the newspaper from New Hampshire. “I just want to tell the truth because it’s part of the healing processfor me.”

The story, as reported by the Salt Lake Tribune, is a sad one. Garn, a Republican, reportedly made the payment during his 2002 campaign for Congress after Maher threatened to go public; she kept quiet then but in recent days told her story to reporters and lawmakers.

The House majority leader, “visibly distraught and shaken,” confirmed Maher’s account Thursday on the statehouse floor.

“I expect to suffer public humiliation and embarrassment,” he said. “Some lessons are hard to learn. This is something I should’ve done back in 2002 but I was scared.”

Garn said he “did not want to be publicly judged” for his mistake, though he added that it was inappropriate and “my fault.”

In 1985, according to the Tribune, Maher, then 15, worked for married Garn in business. They should know each other, and some nights Garn and Maher together, naked, in Salt Lake City hot tub. Over the next year, Maher struggled with pills, alcohol and the problems of mental health, something that attribute to the incident.

Garn told the Associated Press that the skinny-dip was “sudden” decision and that “we sat there and that’s all.” He was 28 years old at the time.

Posted on March 12, 2010 by admin in category Hot News with no comments

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Amy Victoria Beck | Arrested for Having Sex with Student

A 33-year Burbank middle school teacher accused of having sex with teenage male students over a period of six months last year accused of violating the law on Tuesday to sex with minors, MyFoxLA.com reported.

Amy Victoria Beck, a teacher at David Starr Jordan Middle School, appeared in Burbank Superior Court Wednesday. He did not enter a plea and the indictment is scheduled for March 25.

David Starr Jordan High School teacher Amy Victoria Beck is scheduled to be dragged in Burbank Superior Court today on four counts invalid and one count of oral copulation sex with someone under the age of 16.

According to reports, Beck went to the Burbank police station Monday evening told officers he “had a sexual relationship with one of her students.”

Police then interviewed the boy who confirmed the story the teacher told the meeting place between March and September 2009 when he was 14.

It is unclear whether Beck gave himself up for arrest warrant has been issued or if the guilt rose.

Posted on March 10, 2010 by admin in category Hot News with 1 comment

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