7 Things Extremely Persuasive People Do

While many people don’t like to sell, most find themselves having to persuade someone at some point. Persuasion is not just for salespeople and their prospects. You may try to persuade an employee to perform better, or perhaps you want to persuade your boss to take on your brilliant idea. Often the most effective persuaders are your kids. Somehow they come by it naturally while you, the adult, has to work hard to find the persuasive path to success.

http://business.time.com/2014/01/24/7-things-extremely-persuasive-people-do/ 

From ‘E-mail’ to ‘Email’: Dropping Hyphens Like They’re Hot Read more: New York Times Updates Stylebook--and Puts Some Hyphens to Rest

As of this week, reporters at the New York Times will no longer refer to e-mail. They will, instead, refer to email. The discarded hyphen comes with a batch of other updates to the Gray Lady’s stylebook—and in a time when hyphens have reason to be out of favor.

http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/10/30/from-e-mail-to-email-dropping-hyphens-like-theyre-hot/ 

The family company that invented the snow globe

Erwin Perzy III knows a thing or two about making it snow - it's the family business.

The 57-year-old Austrian is the grandson of the man widely acknowledged as the inventor of the snow globe. His grandfather, the first Erwin Perzy, came up with the idea by accident in 1900.
Mass production started in Vienna in 1905, and 108 years later, the company - Original Vienna Snow Globes - is still going strong.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25298507 

Royal pardon for codebreaker Alan Turing

Computer pioneer and codebreaker Alan Turing has been given a posthumous royal pardon.

It addresses his 1952 conviction for gross indecency following which we was chemically castrated.
He had been arrested after having an affair with a 19-year-old Manchester man.
The conviction meant he lost his security clearance and had to stop the code-cracking work that had proved vital to the Allies in World War Two.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25495315 

10 truly bizarre Victorian deaths

Life in Victorian times was arguably considerably more dangerous than now, if the newspaper reports of the time are anything to go by, writes Jeremy Clay.

A recent BBC News Magazine piece set out the dangers within the Victorian or Edwardian home. But there were plenty of ways to come a cropper outside the home.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-25340525 

The map that saved the London Underground

Europe was about to tear itself apart, but Londoners in 1914 were more preoccupied with the overcrowding on the Tube and a profanity uttered in a new West End play.

Just outside St Paul's, the Tube train hiccoughs twice, then stops. The bearded man in painter's overalls squashed beside me asks rhetorically why we should pay such ludicrous ticket prices for such a geriatric transport network? A flood of complaints echoes him: "London's going to the dogs!" 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-25551751 

Sean Bobbitt on 12 Years a Slave: 'The camera does not look away'

12 Years a Slave doesn't give its audience an easy ride. Sean Bobbitt, its cinematographer, talks about shooting the film's most uncomfortable scenes.

Texas-born Sean Bobbitt has had a busy couple of years. In 2013, his films included The Place Beyond the Pines, Everyday, Byzantium and Oldboy.
But it is his work on Steve McQueen's harrowing historical drama 12 Years a Slave that is getting most attention.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25713841 

Sklaven-Drama "12 Years a Slave": Freier Mann in Ketten

Bei den Golden Globes wurde "12 Years a Slave" als bester Film ausgezeichnet, jetzt gilt das packende, historisch verbürgte Drama als Oscar-Favorit. Der britische Regisseur Steve McQueen meint, Amerika sei bereit, sich mit dem düsteren Kapitel Sklaverei zu beschäftigen.

http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/kino/golden-globes-bester-film-12-years-a-slave-als-oscar-favorit-a-941111.html 

Studie zur Arbeitsmoral Jeder vierte Chef klagt über Berufsanfänger

Junge Berufsanfänger sind lustlos und gehen Probleme nicht systematisch an: Laut einer Studie sind 26 Prozent der deutschen Arbeitgeber mit dem Nachwuchs unzufrieden. Noch schlimmer ist die Lage nach Einschätzung der Firmen in den Euro-Krisenländern.

http://www.spiegel.de/karriere/berufsstart/ausbildung-arbeitgeber-beklagen-maengel-bei-berufsanfaengern-a-943191.html#ref=rss 

This Post Will Make You A More Effective Communicator In 90 Seconds Read more: This Post Will Make You A More Effective Communicator In 90 Seconds

I’ve recently been doing a bit of research on space exploration. The hunt has inevitably led me to stories about SpaceX founder (and billionaire genius) Elon Musk, a man whose mission to colonize Mars has led to the development of self-landing rockets, among other innovations over the last few years.

http://time100.time.com/2013/12/18/this-post-will-make-you-a-more-effective-communicator-in-90-seconds/

Stop asking employees for sick notes, OMA head urges

If your boss makes you go to the doctor for a sick note – when you would be better off in bed – you may want to bring this physician-approved recommendation to work: Sick notes just make everyone more sick.
In a written statement posted online, the president of the Ontario Medical Association, Dr. Scott Wooder, urged employees with the flu to stay home – and their employers not to ask them for sick notes that require a visit to a doctor’s office. That’s a costly practice, Wooder pointed out, since it fills up appointment times unnecessarily and brings sick people into a waiting room, where they can infect other patients waiting to see the doctor.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/the-hot-button/stop-asking-employees-for-sick-notes-oma-head-urges/article16242575/#dashboard/follows/ 

Nudel-Printer: Barilla arbeitet an 3-D-Drucker für Pasta

Spaghetti auf Knopfdruck: Die Nudelfirma Barilla arbeitet an einem 3-D-Drucker für Pasta. Kunden sollen auch ihre eigenen Entwürfe für die Teigwaren auf einem USB-Stick mitbringen können.

Parma/Eindhoven - Der italienische Lebensmittelkonzern Barilla entwickelt gemeinsam mit einem niederländischen Institut 3-D-Drucker für Pasta. Die Geräte sollen an Restaurants verkauft werden und auf Knopfdruck verschiedene Nudelsorten produzieren, wie bereits kürzlichverschiedene Blogs berichteten. Das Forschungsinstitut TNO aus Eindhoven bestätigte das Projekt, Barilla war zunächst nicht für eine Stellungnahme zu erreichen. 

http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3284349277250600938#editor/target=post;postID=7209160363297106070 

12 Years a Slave: Who was Solomon Northup?

With 10 Bafta and seven Golden Globe nominations, 12 Years a Slave looks set to triumph this awards season. The film is based on a 150-year-old account of how Solomon Northup, born a free man, was kidnapped into slavery. But who was Northup and why, until recently, was he virtually forgotten?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25589598 

What I wish I had known: 16 student tips on how to find a job

The Globe and Mail Student Advisory Council is composed of university and college students and recent graduates talking about life on Canadian campuses and in the classroom.
1. Most employers would rather train someone they like than work with an experienced person whom they dislike.
2. Let your passion drive you and let your brain make decisions. People who do, end up happy and successful in their own way. Those who don’t, end up extinguishing their passion because their brain told them to play it safe and have smaller goals.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/education/what-i-wish-i-had-known-16-student-tips-on-how-to-find-a-job/article16247660/?click=tglobe