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Time abroad--especially in China and India--is becoming as "essential as an M.B.A. for a top executive's résumé," says Stacie Nevadomski Berdan, co-author with C. Perry Yeatman of Get Ahead by Going Abroad. The only problem is that the go-go growth and business style of emerging Asia can get into an executive's blood--so much so that he or she finds it hard to go back to headquarters. "I get a lot of résumés from executives just as they're being called back from an assignment," says Benjamin Zhai, head of China...
Sticky Rice Problem...
That's a possibility that doctors have been wrestling with for several years, as studies have shown a disturbing spike in heart attacks--as much as 25%--and even deaths in patients who have received blood, usually within a month after the transfusion. The problem may occur to some degree in almost every group of critically ill patients, from trauma cases in the E.R. to anemics in the icu. Since doctors know how to safeguard the blood supply from infectious diseases and keep allergic reactions from transfusions to a minimum, the heart-attack problem doesn't seem to be related...
...anticipate any problem with the UC getting your money to you as they have in the past," Nelson wrote to the treasurers at 11 p.m. last night, following several e-mail exchanges. "Your events are monitored and there are checks in place for the lawful service of alcohol. There is no issue here that I can see, and no reason not to fund your events as they have been funded in the past...
...However, capitalizing on an inequity—whether it’s superior looks, affirmative action, or your boss’s love for blondes—presents the problem of casting doubt over one’s true merit or skill. But we must remember that these situations present opportunities to smash the stigma of doubt through your performance. If someone wants to believe you don’t deserve that job, that fame, or that money, you can prove them wrong by being nothing short of impeccable at what you do. Of course, some will still hold onto...