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This article reports that social scientist and author Lon G. Nungesser has donated his Hope for Humanity papers to the Joseph A. Labadie Collection of the University of Michigan Library's Department of Rare Books and Special Collections. Diagnosed as having AIDS in 1983, Nungesser was given six months to live, as of February 1989, but chose to avoid traditional therapy in favor of health food, exercise, yoga, and meditation. Six years later the cancer he developed is in remission and he is in fair health. The decision to donate his papers came as a result of his desire to have his work preserved for others as a foundation from which to build medical and social systems that promote a healthier personal psychology.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of migrating her patients' paper records to digital format.

Presents a list of books about psychology. "Phobias--Revealed and Explained," by Richard Waters; "Creative Envy: The Rescue of One of Civilization's Major Forces," by Carlos Amadeu Botelho Byington; "Love at First Sight," by Suzi Malin.

In this article, Charlie Borst, director of photography at Education Week shares his experience of working with the national news paper in the U.S. Borst states that the news paper reflects on all important field related to standard-12 education and role of teachers in classrooms. Borst reveals that he spends most of the times in news paper editing and he regularly updates web-contents to keep readers engaged online.

The article presents the author's opinions on the book "Milk Eggs Vodka", a book of grocery lists that was written by Bill Keaggy. A discussion of Keaggy's reaction to some of the lists that he placed in his book, and of what he feels the lists show about families, individuals and society, is presented,

The article describes techniques for firefighters who need to help people who are caught in machines, and offers an example scenario involving a man with his arms caught between the rollers of an industrial press, such as a paper press. Tools such as socket wrenches, wedges, and hoists are mentioned, and the psychological aspects of dealing with the scenario are described. Emergency medical response to crush syndrome is also mentioned.

The article focuses on a paper about the benefit of mindfulness in helping nurses provide compassionate care.

The article presents abstracts on papers related to psychology such as "Facilitated physical activity as a treatment for depressed adults: randomised controlled trial," by M. Chalder and colleagues and "Antipsychotic drugs versus placebo for relapse prevention in schizophrenia: a systematic review and meta-analysis," by S. Leucht and colleagues.

Several letters to the editor are presented related to the insanity lying behind the mentality of environmental protection in the August 14, 2006 issue, the role of the mighty pencil in the real world of engineering design in the June 26, 2006 issue, and the comparison between math software and the No. 2 Pencil.