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09/08/2008
Adult social calendar (Daily Herald)
To have an event listed in this calendar, e-mail the details at least two weeks in advance of the event or registration deadline to nbrcalendar@dailyherald.com. Please put "Adult social" in the subject line.
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09/07/2008
Obama slams McCain on social security (UPI)
NEWARK, N.J., Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Barack Obama says Republican opponent John McCain is out to privatize social security.
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09/07/2008
NEWARK, N.J.: Obama hits McCain on Social Security (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama criticized Republican John McCain's approach to Social Security on Saturday, saying it would undermine the government program aimed mainly at retirees. McCain said he would preserve Social Security.
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09/07/2008
McCain, Obama Tout Competing Social Security Plans (Bloomberg via Yahoo! News)
Sept. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama made dueling pitches to the nation's elderly, each vowing to bolster Social Security while offering very different approaches.
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09/07/2008
New choice for Social Security (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Retired people who get Social Security checks by mail but don't have bank accounts have a new option for receiving their benefits. The federal government will deposit monthly checks into a debit card account; the card can be used to make purchases or withdraw money.
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09/07/2008
Obama hits McCain on Social Security (Washington Post)
NEWARK, N.J. -- Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama criticized Republican John McCain's approach to Social Security on Saturday, saying it would undermine the government program aimed mainly at retirees.
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09/08/2008
Lee Moss Media Launches Two New Social Networks For Black Authors and Business Owners (BlackNews.com)
Columbus, OH - BlackAuthorsConnect.com and BlackCEOs.com are two of the latest social networks launched by Lee Moss Media - a media powerhouse that owns the largest network of premium African American web sites. Both sites, which are free to join, were launched in late August 2008.
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09/08/2008
Advocates in Swaziland call for democratic reforms, social spending to address issues such as HIV/AIDS (News-Medical-Net)
About 1,000 people in the Swazi city of Manzini held a protest on Wednesday, calling for democratic reforms and increased social spending to address issues such as HIV/AIDS in the country, Reuters Africa reports.
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09/08/2008
Social Security numbers exposed on Iowa land-records Web site (IT World)
In the latest example of a data privacy controversy that has become increasingly familiar nationwide, it came to light this week that a publicly accessible Web site maintained by the Iowa County Recorders Association (ICRA) has been posting land records containing the Social Security numbers of thousands of state residents — including Gov. Chet Culver — since January 2005.
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09/07/2008
Making The Most Of Social Security Explored By New Guide (Medical News Today)
Many older Americans may be shortchanging their golden years by tapping into Social Security too soon, according to a University of Illinois expert who has studied the federal retirement program for nearly two decades.
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  • Applied Social Psychology Laboratory - Details of research focused on the psychology of families, politics, and law. The laboratory is a part of the Catholic University of Milan.
  • Biology of Aggression - Science Friday audio discussion of the role of genes and family environment in aggression, featuring Adriane Raine, Dorothy Nelkin, and Craig Ferris.
  • Community Psychology UK - Provides links and information relevant to the field of community psychology.
  • Consumer Behavior and Marketing: The Psychology of Consumers - Provides an overview of topics in consumer psychology from a marketing point of view.
  • Culture and Emotion Lab - Lab of Jeanne L. Tsai, assistant professor of psychology at Stanford University. Includes current research, publications, how to participate, related links, and the General Ethnicity Questionnaire.
  • Decision Making - Science Friday audio discussion of the involvement of emotion and ventromedial prefrontal cortex in decision making, featuring Daniel Tranel and Scott Plous.
  • European Network of Community Psychologists - Provides information about research and education in the field of community psychology.
  • Geneva Emotion Research Group - Theoretical and empirical psychology research group at the University of Geneva. Research interests and contact details for group members; online abstracts and publications lists; details of current research. Some text in German.
  • Humor as a Defense Mechanism in the Holocaust - An investigation by Chaya Ostrower for her PhD on the types and functions of humor used by Jews during the Holocaust.
  • Implicit Association Test - Educational resource and research site for investigations in implicit social cognition. Includes online tests for implicit preferences for racial groups, age groups, political candidates, and associations between gender and academic domains.
  • Nijmegen Cultural Psychology Group - Research group focusing on youth culture, male-female relationships, sexual behavior, the construction of a philosophy of life, and the contemporary development of new religious forms. Includes information about recent activities, past and current research, and a selection of papers and abstracts.
  • Nonverbal Behavior and Communication - Research papers, abstracts, and links to research labs and online experiments.
  • Nonverbal Communication Research - News, links to researchers and labs, online articles, and teaching resources.
  • Quality of Life Research Center - Positive psychology research institute. Includes listing of research projects, staff profiles, and contact details
  • Resources for Teaching Social Psychology - Links to resources including lecture notes, introductions to specific research areas and methodologies, writing and study guides, and class assignments.
  • Social Cognition Paper Archive - Abstracts and preprints of research papers, and links to researchers in the field.
  • Social Psychological Principles in Humor - Popular cartoons with psychological analysis of their themes.
  • Social Psychology Basics - Electronic textbook by Professor George Boeree, with chapter topics including person perception, persuasion, conformity, and sociobiology.
  • A Sociological Social Psychology - A tour through social psychology from the nature-nurture debate through to the psychology of urbanisation, all from a sociological perspective.
  • SPSP Mentorship Program - Offers free email-based career mentoring in personality and social psychology to students from underrepresented groups in psychology (e.g., ethnic and racial minorities).
  • Stanford Prison Experiment - Philip Zimbardo's website about his classic study. Contains a 42 page slideshow with videoclips of the original experiment with Zimbardo's commentary, points for discussion, and links to related sites.
  • Traffic Psychology - Research articles on the social psychology of driving and road rage, by Leon James, Professor at the University of Hawaii.
  • UMass Adult Attachment Lab - Details of research projects, list of recent publications, instruments and measures for attachment research, and an attachment research network.
  • God makes us brave when we're afraid, makes us strong when we are weak, but most of all, he teaches us to hold on to him when things keep falling.
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