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Why do powerful men have affairs? | thetelegraph.com.au

Powerful men have extramarital affairs to valdiate their masculinity. Photo: Supplied. Source: news.com.au

EVERYONE makes mistakes, but what is it about men in powerful positions having reckless extramarital affairs?

Cue latest example, General David Petraeus. A highly decorated American general, a top commander in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, Petraeus was even tipped with a real chance at the presidency. Back at home was wife Holly, 37 years of marriage and two adult children.

But that did not stop him from embarking on a year-long affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell; an attractive brunette, two decades younger, who was also married with two children and an impressive military education.

This decision has cost Petraeus his job.

University of Newcastle professor Dr Terence Leahy told news.com.au this morning, the relationship between Petraeus and Broadwell occurred largely because it could.

"Men seek positions of power because they give lots of credence to their masculine status, and having access to lots of women is part of creating that," Dr Leahy said.

"For most powerful men, these are opportunities that are hard to pass up because they give validity to this power and status. Also, nobody is naturally monogamous, so it?s easy to see why it happens so often."

As with most affairs, the details of the Petreaus/Broadwell relationship are interesting ? but only to a point; Broadwell approached Petraeus at a Harvard university function, and he offered to help her with the book. Not long after she is said to have jumped on a plane to Afghanistan, and spent a year "embedded" with Petraeus and his team.

Melbourne psychologist Erica Frydenberg considers the book the key motivation for the affair.

"Intellect, power and success are very attractive qualities, especially for women. And in this case I think it was a case of personal advancement. She wanted a bestseller," Frydenberg said.

"From his point of view I think it was flattery. She?s a much younger, very attractive, very intelligent woman and I think he would have been flattered by her attention."

And so their relationship developed, until the pair both admitted the affair to the CIA. But flattery has consequences.

At a press conference after his resignation on Friday afternoon, Petraeus told the press he had made a "terrible judgment". Second only to the threat the relationship posed to national security, of course.

Reports unfolding this week have revealed that the pair had been a subject of intense investigation for a number of months. Given the CIA were behind the investigations, the chance of their affair being discovered was only a matter of time.

Some analysts have said the Petraeus apology and resignation was far too pre-emptive. President Barack Obama was said to have rejected the General?s first attempt at resignation.

Meanwhile, American reporters have been unable to contact, or even see Bradwell. The only sign is a poignant "Dad loves Mom", scrawled into the chalk on the couple?s North Carolina driveway.

Petreaus is far from an anomaly. Bill Clinton and Jack Kennedy are other examples of high profile American men who had affairs. And our own Bob Hawke did exactly the same thing with his biographer, Blanche d'Alpuget.

Frydenberg said that Broadwell and Petraeus?s biographer/subject relationship can also explained what occurred between them to some degree.

"Just like Bob Hawke and Blanche d'Alpuget, biographers get close to their subjects and confidences are shared. It?s an intimate relationship, not unlike the on-stage leading man and woman. So it?s entirely unsurprising that relationships emerge," she said.

Source: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/why-do-powerful-men-have-affairs-general-petraus-is-not-alone/story-e6freuy9-1226516506842

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Petraeus Sex Scandal Continues Military Tradition

PRINCETON, N.J. -- A leading historian of American leaders in war and espionage said the exploits of David Petraeus, John Allen and the Tampa, Fla., Centcom crew seem tame by the standards of the men who led the nation in World War II and the Cold War.

"Marital fidelity was not a requirement of the great commanders in World War II," said Princeton professor Evan Thomas, whose latest book, Ike's Bluff: President Eisenhower's Secret Battle to Save the World, was published this fall to good reviews.

In an era long before technology made every verbal gesture permanent, and when the press was kept in the dark and at a distance from the top brass, the two worlds of public image and private behavior almost never collided -- and never made it into the daily papers.

"General Douglas MacArthur had a mistress and General Dwight Eisenhower was rumored to have had an affair with his driver, Kay Summersby," said Thomas, who has also written extensively about the CIA and its wartime predecessor.

"General William 'Wild Bill' Donovan, the chief of the Office of Strategic Services, the WWII precursor to the CIA, was a notorious ladies' man," said Thomas. "And the top OSS spy, later Cold War chief of the CIA, Allen Dulles, had numerous affairs. It was said that every time he began a new affair, he gave his wife Clover a diamond."

Thomas, whose measured biography praises Eisenhower's calm sense of command, said that Eisenhower, as president, might not have asked for or accepted former CIA Director Petraeus' resignation.

"I don't know what Ike would have said to Petraeus," Thomas added, "but he might have said, 'Get back to work.'"

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Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/13/petraeus-sex-scandal-military_n_2127152.html

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Army-funded home telehealth system measures firefighter stress ...

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A wireless sensor system created for medical rehabilitation has been shown to be useful in assessing health risks of ?smoke divers,? firefighters who have to enter burning buildings.

Researchers in Norway recently tested a U.S. Army-funded warning system called ESUMS that measures body movement and vital signs to help determine ?heat stress? and other physiological dangers smoke divers face. ?The equipment we used worked perfectly and the method correctly identified the risk situations that we simulated, so the trials showed that the method could be a useful way of determining whether or not a smoke-diver is in danger,? project manager Trine Seeberg, a senior scientist at Norwegian research organization SINTEF, said in a press release.

Firefighters in a training facility at Rygge Airport in Norway wore chest belts to measure heart rate and skin temperature. The belt transmitted data via Bluetooth to each firefighter?s smartphone. Accelerometers and gyroscopes also provide information on body position and activity level.

In consultation with smoke divers and in laboratory trials before the field test, SINTEF developed algorithms to quantify how the body responds to heat stress. A smartphone app runs the algorithms to determine a ?hazard threshold score? on a 10-point scale, and the phone sends this score to a central monitoring station away from the fire.

?If the score is more than 8, the smoke-diver is being exposed to a high level of stress and should abandon the operation, while a score of 2 shows that the person is in good physical condition and is operating at a level of activity that is not hazardous to health,? Seeberg said.

?These are important data, because smoke-divers are exposed to severe stresses,? she explained. ?They often operate under conditions of high temperature, wear insulating clothing, and have to carry equipment that can weigh as much as 15-20 kilos [33-44 pounds]. In practice, it is an extremely demanding task merely to be in a warm room with such clothing and with a pack on your back.?

SINTEF researchers won a ?pHealth? innovation award in 2010 at the International Conference on Wearable Micro and Nano Technologies for Personalized Health for its method of calculating risk. However, Seeberg says the measurement system needs more work, such as integration into firefighter safety gear, before it is ready for commercialization.

SINTEF originally worked with the U.S. Army?s Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC) to develop the technology for home-based rehab of patients with congestive heart failure. The $3.6 million project produced the sensor belt, the smartphone app and desktop software for nurses connected to a server in a traditional healthcare setting.

Source: http://mobihealthnews.com/19031/army-funded-home-telehealth-system-measures-firefighter-stress/

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School Teachers News

There is no news like school teachers news because it is business that affects your school-aged-children directly or indirectly. Some teacher news information is quintessentially interesting and one of the most interesting is the news that teachers are finally looking out for each other in a most creative way.

For decades teachers have looked to Corporations and large national companies for school related ideas, materials, and everyday classroom needs. But, more and more teachers are looking to each other for those things.

And why not? It is something I had always hoped teachers would do. There is an arsenal of retired teachers sitting on decades of knowledge and experience. All a new teacher has to do is go online to cash in on all the available material and expertise and incorporate it for a richer student/teacher experience.

TeachersPayTeachers is an open market where teachers can go online to buy and sell original teacher ideas, thoughts, and teaching materials. If a teacher needs a curriculum guide it is available for free or for purchase at this site. The site is truly a marketplace for educators.

Should you need a math lesson or two you can purchase ideas from another teacher who has been down that road. Maybe it is an art syllabus you need ? no problem. It warms my heart to see teachers turning to each other rather than large corporations who deal in school products.

Never before have teachers helped teachers in such a direct and profitable way. This enterprise is actually creating millionaire teachers. One teacher, despite her millions, is still teaching in her classroom every day because teaching remains her first love. She claims the only thing different in her life is her bank account.

The TeachersPayTeachers idea has hit the airwaves. I recently saw a CNN broadcast focusing on an actual teacher who has made at least a million dollars through this way. She simply offered her teacher ideas for the classroom at 1, 2, and 3 dollars an item.

I once spoke, confidentially, with a teacher who had taught for 38 years and was still going strong. I asked her when she would retire and she asked the question, ?What would I do with all this knowledge if I retired?? At the time I had no answer for her.

But, now I do have an answer and if she were to ask the question today I would tell her about the fascinating websites that are popping up for teachers to pay teachers for their experience and knowledge. I would tell her about TeachersPayTeachers.

Source: http://www.streetarticles.com/reference-and-education/school-teachers-news

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Foster Parents Anywhere?: Foster Parent Support Groups

Part of my job at Hands Across the Water is creating, supporting, and maintaining a foster parent support group.? I was very excited to take on this portion of my job because I enjoy sharing stories about foster care.? I hoped that my crazy experiences as a foster parent could be valuable to others.? I looked forward to listening to the stories of others and comparing notes.? I set up the classes, advertised them, and nobody came.? I waited a few months and sent the word around to different places and still nobody came.? I changed the day and time to encourage people to come and I am still at zero attendance.

Hmmm.? In the meantime, I jumped at the opportunity to substitute as a facilitator for another support group at HATW, the A-OK group for parents who have adopted older children.? This group has been established for? long time and has some regularly attending members.? I hoped to gain some ideas for my own group by hanging out with an already established group.? The experience was amazing!

Three families came and shared their situations and talked about their challenges.? I was concerned that my experiences would not apply to their situations but I was wrong.? Kids with behavior problems share many similar characteristics.? I learned a great deal and I wished that I had brought my husband with me.? It is wonderful to be around people who are seeking out solutions to their issues.? These are people who will not give up on their children and will continue to learn and explore until they find a method that works for their children.?Their situation is similar to?older children in foster care.? ?Many people outside of the foster care world wonder why a foster parent stays in a difficult situation when they can send the child to another home and just?give up.??Foster parents know that if they become another step on the ladder in a long line of foster homes that the only one paying the price is the foster child.? Many refuse to give up and continue to try and help the child in their care.???It is inspiring to be?in the same room?with people who are so committed to their children.?

In my opinion, raising children is a life long commitment no matter how they arrive as part of the family.? Biological children come with disabilities and behavior challenges just as adopted children do.? Foster kids?always bring along emotional baggage when they arrive in the home to add to the challenge of parenting.? I can?honestly say that my biological children have caused me more grief than my foster kids in some cases.? We never?know the path we will be?traveling when we become a parent.?

That is why support groups are so important!? We can talk to each other and share the burden.? We can get new ideas or?help out another family.?We can form new friendships with others who have chosen to ride in the same boat that we have.? I will keep trying to get my group going because it is too important to just let it go.? If you are a foster parent at HATW?email me if you are interested in participating in a support group.? If you are just surfing the net, look for a?foster parent support group and let me know the address so that I?can join in too.? ?

Source: http://fosterparentsanywhere.blogspot.com/2012/11/foster-parent-support-groups.html

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BOJ Shirakawa says to pursue powerful easing, mindful of yen risks

TOKYO (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa said the central bank will continue to pursue powerful monetary easing, taking into account the risk that rises in the yen can hurt Japan's economy.

But he stressed that flooding markets with cash alone won't nudge up prices in countries like Japan where interest rates are already near zero, repeating his call for government efforts to boost growth potential such as deregulation and structural reform.

"We are always watching with great interest how currency moves could affect the economy and prices," Shirakawa said at a seminar on Monday, warning that yen rises can undermine the economy by hurting exports and business sentiment.

"The BOJ's powerful monetary easing has had some effect in stemming yen rises by pushing down interest rates," he said, signaling that the pain from increases in the yen's exchange value will be among key factors the central bank will scrutinize in guiding policy.

But Shirakawa warned that there was no clear relationship seen between the size of the monetary base and exchange-rate moves, countering views held by some lawmakers and analysts that the BOJ could weaken the yen by pumping money into the economy more aggressively.

Shirakawa also shrugged off calls for the central bank to directly buy foreign bonds, repeating the bank's view that it was prohibited from doing so under the current law that gives the finance ministry - not the BOJ - jurisdiction over exchange-rate policy.

He offered a downbeat assessment of Japan's economy, saying it is expected to stagnate for the time being with worsening relations with China damaging trade and Japan's tourism industry.

"Exports and output are likely to remain weak, and domestic demand won't increase enough to make up for the weakness in exports," he said.

The BOJ eased monetary policy for the second straight month in October as slowing global demand and fallout from a territorial row with China nudge the world's third largest economy into recession.

Data published on Monday showed Japan's economy shrank 0.9 percent in the three months to September, marking the first contraction in three quarters, keeping the central bank under pressure to offer further stimulus.

Economics Minister Seiji Maehara kept up the heat, telling reporters on Monday that he expects the central bank to pursue powerful easing.

(Additional reporting by Kaori Kaneko; Editing by Michael Watson and Eric Meijer)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/boj-shirakawa-pursue-easing-mindful-yen-risk-033915732--business.html

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