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 

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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/