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...ironic since Katy Perry co-wrote “I Do Not Hook Up.” This won’t be the first time she succeeds in making another singer’s composition her own: 2004’s “Breakaway” was written by Avril Lavigne. Ryan Tedder, of OneRepublic, appears as another co-songwriter, contributing “Already Gone,” ”Impossible,” and “If I Can’t Have You”—soothing tunes, generating some...
...results were striking. One hundred percent of the students who had written about being in charge rolled the dice themselves, compared with only 58% of the students who had written about someone else having power over them. Sixty-nine percent of the control group chose to roll. There may be nothing quite as random as a roll of the dice, but the students on a power high appeared to believe they could do it better. (Read "Does Power Corrupt? Absolutely...
...subordinates. In the third study, 79 volunteers again wrote about a time they had either been in control or under another's control, and then completed a questionnaire designed to measure their self-esteem, initiative and perceived ability to influence their world. Across the board, the people who had written about being in charge scored higher. That's good - but not if it goes...
...premiere issue features a softly lit, smiling Warren on the cover (though his spokesman Larry Ross is quick to make clear that the cover images will change - "this isn't going to be like O"). Inside, no fewer than seven articles are written by Warren or his wife Kay. Two additional pieces are transcripts of Warren's Inauguration prayer and his August 2008 forum with Obama...
...initiative with its roots in the early 1990s. It has evolved into "a management philosophy that places greater emphasis on information-sharing and collaborative, strategic solutions to crime problems," according to Dr. Jerry Ratcliffe, a former British police officer and currently a Temple University professor who has lectured and written extensively on the subject. "It facilitates holistic crime prevention," Ratcliffe says. Rather than each department, or even squad, having its own databases, fusion centers allow access to multiple databases and sources of intelligence; the drug squad in one community can share information with the anti-gang task force in another...