Tag: 2009

Professionalism and Medical Education’s Hidden Curriculum (February 25, 2009)

Frederic W. Hafferty, Ph.D. (Professor of Behavioral Sciences, University of Minnesota Medical School, Duluth, Minnesota) presented a sociological and literature review of professionalism in medicine and medical education. Dr. Hafferty proposed an analytical model of “network maps” that visually display the lines of connection among core competencies and professionalism indicators extant in a four year medical curricula.

UFOs Mystery in the sky maryland virginia north carolina 29 Mar 2009 -10 WAVY NEWS

(AP) A team of scientists is looking into what could have caused bright lights in the sky that prompted hundreds of calls to the National Weather Service and emergency officials. Emails about the mystery in the sky www.wavy.com Callers from Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina described brilliant, streaking lights followed by an explosion-like sound around 9:45 pm Sunday. Virginia residents from Hampton Roads to Richmond reported seeing “great balls of fire” lighting up the sky in shades of yellow, white orange and blue. Some described the explosion as sounding like thunder. Several calls came to Richmond International Airport, but spokesman Troy Bell said tower workers did not see anything unusual. The weather service said no damage was reported. Mysterious Lights Cause Panic in 3 States www.nbcwashington.com Mysterious-Lights-Cause-Concern-in-3-States.html www.avimoas.com
Video Rating: 4 / 5

The road to the 2009 Stagg Bowl – UW-Whitewater Warhawks bring home the title

The UW-Whitewater football team won the 2009 NCAA Division III national Championship on Dec. 19. This video is an account of the game on the football team’s side and the fan’s side. The NCAA all footage of the actual game copyrighted, so it could not be reproduced in this video.
Video Rating: 4 / 5

4 APRIL 2009 COMMUNITY COMMISSION ON WORKER JUSTICE- Arlington, Virginia (CLIP 3)

HEI Hotels & Resorts is one of the countrys fastest growing hotel owners. A privately held company, HEI gets most of its investment capital from university endowments. At the same time, workers and their families at HEI hotels face unfair layoffs, unaffordable healthcare, and lack of respect on the job. Through UNITE HEREs Hotel Workers Rising campaign, HEI workers, backed by students from campuses across the country, are seeking respect Its time for our community to find out whats going on in HEI hotels. and better livelihoods for themselves and their families. HEI workers at the Sheraton Crystal City have joined workers at HEIs Le Meridien in San Francisco and HEIs Hilton in Long Beach, CA in their call for a fair process for deciding whether to form a union, without management interference. In each hotel where workers have gone public, HEI has committed a series of suspicious layoffs and disciplines of Union activists.

Bridge Day 2009

Bridge Day 2009 the only day out of the entire year which BASE jumpers are legally allowed to jump from the New River Gorge Bridge. It’s the second tallest bridge in the United States and the longest steel arch bridge in the western hemisphere. Bridge Day attracts many spectators, over the course of the day around 200000 spectators stop by and join in on the excitement as jumpers throw them selves off the 876 feet tall bridge. Around 200-400 Base jumpers turnout for this event and can jump as many times as they can get in from 9:00AM till 3:00PM. The New River Gorge Bridge is located in Fayetteville, West Virginia over the New River. ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// There is a High Definition version of this video on my account. So if you would like to view it then please click my username then go to uploads and select Bridge Day 2009 HD