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Oliver Sacks.

Earlier today, the Alzheimer's Disease International group released its "World Alzheimer Report 2015" document. It can be found at: Report .

My Katrina blog entry from 03 September 2005: Shame on US The "Fuck Katrina" Mixtape:

Prof. Jean Aicardi .

Friday, the 7th of August 2015, was the day the anti-torture reformers (The "Dissidents") won a victory that was a decade-long in the making. Here is the approved resolution: document here . Now, the devil will be in the details as the ban needs to be encoded and formalized. Stay vigilant. Regardless of whether or not you are a member of the APA (I am not), stay vigilant. But, enjoy and long remember the day when the membership won an important victory. Psychologists Approve Ban on Role in National Security Interrogations James Risen The New York Times 07 August 2015 Read the article here . Other media reports include Democracy Now! coverage and interviews and another excellent BuzzFeed piece. [Photo by Anthony Risser, 15 June 2008, Philadelphia]

This is a "turning point" week for American psychology, with implications that are generational, rather than short-term. These are implications that directly impact the profession and science of psychology and the degree of trust that the public can have in psychology. Will the APA as an entity say "no" to torture, say "no" to its increased militarization, and say "no" to this Obedience-To-Our-Authority approach to membership, especially members who disagree with the entity's 'party line'? Or will it say "yes" to a return to ethics, say "yes" to an embrace of "First, Do No Harm" approach to its services, and say "yes" to an end of its bullying of people who do not agree with them? We still do not know. You can find the "Hoffman Report" here: click here Wednesday was a pre-conference day of workshops and meetings for the APA, including a meeting of its Council of Representatives. ...

Tell the American Psychological Association that torture is wrong, that they need to find a way to become ethical representatives of psychology and psychologists --- or they should just remove themselves from being a body that purports to represent American psychologists and psychology. [Photo by Anthony Risser, 15 June 2008, Philadelphia]