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...weren't successful because they had their own habits, and old habits are hard to break," says Roberto DeAngelis, P.F. Chang's director of international operations. "So we'd rather have someone new." (See why Chinese-American food is so different from the real thing...
...being at the end of the day with this stuff. But at the same time, did I want to cause panic around Bristol? Yes. Of course I did. And I think I succeeded. I also succeeded with the fact that it was compelling blog theater to watch the entire thing go down." (Ask Your Questions: Skateboarder Tony Hawk...
...their chapter on climate change by citing the concerns over the risk of global cooling, which were held briefly by some scientists in the early 1970s - that's a common trope for climate contrarians, who say that if concerns over cooling turned out to be false, maybe the same thing will come of the current worries over global warming. They go on to question the accuracy of today's climate models, and by extension, whether we should really be concerned about potentially catastrophic temperature increases over the coming century. They further point out that plants may indeed thrive...
Geisinger's brand of care can take some getting used to - at least for the doctors. Come to work for Geisinger and the first thing you notice is that your days as a medical free agent are over. You are now an employee, an idea that may seem like a very bad thing - until you get used to it and realize that it can be a very good thing. (See pictures of angry health-care debates...
Casale was charged with implementing the new plan. The first thing he and his team did was take 20 general steps all surgeons follow throughout a bypass episode and try to sharpen them in a way that would remove as much chance and variability as possible, going so far as to spell out the specific drugs and dosages doctors would use. The result was an expanded 40-step list that some surgeons balked at initially, deriding what they called "cookbook medicine." Once doctors began following the expanded checklist, however, they grew to like it. After the first 200 operations...