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2009-12-15T05:13:10Z

The nature of procrastination: A meta-analytic and theoretical review of quintessential self-regulatory failure

]]> A meta-analysis of procrastination's possible causes and effects, based on 691 correlations, reveals that neuroticism, rebelliousness, and sensation seeking show only a weak connection. Strong and consistent predictors of procrastination were task aversiveness, task delay, self-efficacy, and impulsiveness, as well as conscientiousness and its facets of self-control, distractibility, organization, and achievement motivation. These effects prove consistent with temporal motivation theory, an integrative hybrid of expectancy theory and hyperbolic discounting.

2009-12-08T05:17:01Z

UNICEF: Mariatu Kamara on the right to live safe from harm

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Mariatu Kamara is UNICEF Canadas Special Representative for Children in Armed Conflict and is also the founder of the Mariatu Foundation, which seeks to provide refuge and healing for women and children in her native Sierra Leone.Ms. Kamara is a survivor of the civil conflict in Sierra Leone.

2009-11-24T01:05:56Z

Dispelling The Stereotypes: Workshop touches on many key issues contributing to poverty

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J Shane | Daily Record

Chaffee County Department of Human Services worker Arden Trewartha gives a workshop on poverty Thursday at the Evangelical Free Church.

2009-11-24T00:58:18Z

"Is It Time to Establish a National Disability Data System?"

]]> T here is a growing divergence in the United States between the demands placed on our system for assisting people with disabilities and the data required to manage and refine that system. Currently, the federal government spends more than $226 billion a year on some 200 programs that provide income, health insurance, housing, and a wide array of services to millions of working-age people with disabilities.

2009-11-23T20:30:23Z

Response to the Report and Recommendations of the Review of the Conduct Function of the General Social Care Council

]]> This document sets out the Government's response to the report and recommendations of the Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence's review of the General Social Care Council's conduct function. The review was commissioned following the discovery of a backlog of conduct cases at the GSCC.

2009-11-23T20:30:04Z

In battle over mammograms, Md. leaders race to front lines

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Baltimore Sun | J Kirschbaum

U.S. Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski sponsored an amendment to the Senate health care bill that would guarantee access to mammograms for women starting at age 40.

2009-11-23T18:15:19Z

Unemployment Statistics on Older Americans

]]> The recession has increased joblessness among older Americans. These graphs and tables report unemployment rates and how they have varied by age, sex, race, and education since 2007.

2009-11-23T16:49:56Z

Enjoying life as a positive pleasure

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Times

EYE ON THE BALL: Deliwe Mulirwa, 28, chases glory watched by her teammate Dadirai Mapara, 32

2009-11-23T14:04:51Z

Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities that Provide Child Care for Their Clients’ Children

]]> In 2007, 7 percent of outpatient treatment facilities also offered child care services for their clients’ children. Outpatient-only facilities that provided child care for clients’ children were more likely than facilities that did not to use a sliding fee scale (81 vs. 67 percent), to offer treatment at no charge to clients who cannot afford to pay (75 vs. 47 percent), or to accept Medicaid payments (75 vs. 58 percent).

2009-11-23T14:02:57Z

I gave back my adopted baby

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J Whipple | Rapport

Anita Tedaldi with her children, left to right: Luisa (nine), Nina (16 months), Livia (three) Anna (seven) and Eva (six).

2009-11-23T09:52:02Z

Nigeria struggles to curb rapid rise in child beggars

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Gulf Times

A group of child beggars stand in the streets of Kano

2009-11-23T09:11:48Z

School Meals: Building Blocks for Healthy Children

]]> Two national programs—the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and the School Breakfast Program (SBP)—play key roles in supporting the nutrition and health of schoolchildren in the United States by providing nutritionally balanced, low-cost or free lunches each school day. In 2008, the NSLP provided lunch to more than 30.5 million children, and the SBP provided breakfast to 10.5 million children.

2009-11-23T05:53:37Z

Canadian Initiative on Social Statistics (CISS) Access to Research Data Centres

2009-11-23T05:38:40Z

Call for Proposals - Latino Social Workers Organization Conference 2010

2009-11-23T05:18:37Z

Uni Life - Making Friends

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