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...ultimately save the day. It's amazing what you can do in the planet-saving department if you just have a uniform, a pass and the right flashlight, apparently. One of the most eye-opening special effects of an effects-laden movie is how it makes minimum-wage employment appear to be a rewarding and glamorous career...
...hospital floor is a help or a hazard. An oft cited 2004 study of intensive-care units found that medical residents made 36% more serious mistakes during 30-hour shifts than during shifts half as long. So the simple solution to ensuring patient safety - and resident sanity - would appear to be reducing the length of their shifts, a plan endorsed by a lengthy Institute of Medicine (IOM) report in December 2008 that assessed the impact of resident fatigue and proposed a new set of guidelines restricting shifts to 16 continuous hours if no rest is granted, mandatory uninterrupted five-hour...
...integration into the proceedings would also increase transparency and faculty awareness of Ad Board rules, according to Hammonds. “I can see all those smiles out there—people who are dying for this job,” she said. The report also recommends that students appear before a subcommittee of at most three people to ease feelings of intimidation. Currently, students are required to come before a group of at most 20 members of the Ad Board—which includes 31 standing members as well as a number of non-voting guests, and on occasion...
...around the world may try to learn from the success of the Sri Lanka government. President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his army have turned the conventional wisdom on fighting insurgencies on its head, adopting strategies and tactics long discredited, both in the battlefield and in the military classroom. Since they appear to have worked against the Tigers, other countries wracked by insurgencies - from Pakistan to Sudan to Algeria - may be tempted to follow suit. But Rajapaksa's triumph has come at a high cost in civilian lives and a sharp decline in democratic values - and he is no closer to resolving...
...industry will hit a post-bankruptcy tipping point around Labor Day. Chrysler will be several months into its Chapter 11, and, unless there is a miracle like one seen at Lourdes, GM will be in court within two or three weeks. It will appear to the public that the car industry is burning to the ground. Desperate dealers offering prices that defy logic will only heighten the sense that the American car business is just hanging on to the ledge...