Is Sleep Deprivation Torture?
Is sleep deprivation torture?How about if the subject of sleep deprivation is a fourteen-year old?What if he is a fourteen-year old who was dragged out of his bed and his parents' home at two o'clock...
View ArticleParenting a Child With Autism - Silly Putty Edition
I wrote a diary yesterday that was about the earthquake in Mexico City.Well, it was supposed to be about the earthquake, but it was more about my feelings toward the earthquake and only later did I...
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Rita Cosby on Abused Women and Transcendental Meditation
By Rita Cosby, edited by Jim LuceNew York, N.Y. As a television journalist for more than twenty years, I have seen women and girls in their worst state, overwhelmed by their difficult ordeals from...
View ArticleThe Bush-era Torture Memo Obama Never Rescinded
Note: The following diary is not meant to trash Barack Obama. I spent a good deal of time researching it, and I had a lot of discussion with a DoD spokesman clarifying the issues. I stand by everything...
View ArticleA Report on the Black Jail at Bagram
In November 2009, both the New York Times and the Washington Post reported on the existence of a prison near Bagram air base, called the Black Jail.KABUL, Afghanistan — An American military detention...
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Worked To Death: Fatigue and the health professions, the dirty little secret.
The dirtiest secret of all in the health care professions is not insurance. It is about tired staff.On March 16, 2013, Registered Nurse Elizabeth Jasper had just gotten off work. She was driving her...
View ArticleWake up, Jack Bauer
everyone's favorite morally conflicted U.S. government torturer returns. on FOX of coursehttp://davidkeithlaw.wordpress.com/...
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APA Psychologists Complicit in Bush/Cheney Admin. Torture, Could Face Charges
(illustration by Mike Licht)From The New York Times:WASHINGTON — The Central Intelligence Agency’s health professionals repeatedly criticized the agency’s post-Sept. 11 interrogation program, but...
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Top Comments - 45's Brain and SLEEP
Last Wednesday, USA Today posted an article about 45’s horrible sleep habits and routines, postulating that lack of sleep could have an impact on his brain and performance.Occasion for the article was...
View ArticleWhatever Gets Me Through the Night . . .
Ever since the disastrous events of 8 November 2016 sleep and appetite have been elusive. I’ve lost between 10 and 15 kgs in weight because of the presidency of El Trumpo and, on many a troubled night,...
View ArticleHot Roofs Above Bedrooms Cause Sleep Deprivation: Can You Solve the Cool Roof...
© by Will DriscollPeople who sleep in a top-floor bedroom under a black asphalt roof are likely to lose sleep on summer nights due to the heat from the roof—with serious consequences. Technically, the...
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LMLOS News Round-up -- April 2, 2019 (With Poll Results)
It’s Tuesday, April 2, 2019, and time for the Liberal Minded Ladies of Substance news round-up. I’m going to do something I rarely do, and single out two news stories that I think everyone needs to...
View Article9/18 Open Thread: To Sleep, Perchance To Dream
It seems that my reading materials of late have been loaded with articles on sleep and various aspects thereof up to and including work being done on trying to "find a cure" for sleep (as if such a...
View Article🔹Can weird dreams make you smarter? This neuroscientist thinks so.
...when an AI system becomes too familiar with data, it can oversimplify its analysis, becoming an "overfitted brain" that assumes what it sees is a perfect representation of what it will encounter in...
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