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...These are what they call low-frequency, high-intensity incidents," says Daniel B. Kennedy, a forensic consultant and criminal justice professor at the University of Detroit Mercy, referring to Le's murder. "It does not bespeak any sudden wave of violence and homicide at the workplace. It just had a number of unique twists...
Although the total number of killings in American workplaces remain relatively low, they still average more than one a day, and the data show that they disproportionately affect women. In recent years homicide has been the leading cause of death of women on the job, says Corinne Peek-Asa, a professor of occupational and environmental health at the University of Iowa. Homicide accounted for 26% of female deaths on the workplace last year, federal figures show, compared with just 9% for men. Experts say better safety measures must be implemented to reduce workplace risk. "It's an area where...
...drawn to something that also at the same time makes you so terrified? I think you have to talk to Dostoevsky or Carl Jung or someone more qualified for that answer. I don't know. Maybe because it's a challenge? Maybe it's some kind of low level search for grace? Why do people do things that they fear? It may be that the fear contains information. Something can be interesting if you get to the other side of that fear. And the first time you make people laugh? Oh, that is fun. That's a rush...
...project before the financial crisis hit. Despite the financial constraints of recent months, the committee did not want to delay the project—even if it meant keeping embellishments less than lavish, Bhatt said.“There was a huge amount of pressure to keep expenses extremely low, so...it’s not as comfy-loungey as some may expect it to be,” said Bhatt, who added that the designers had originally intended to install hardwood floors but ultimately opted for linoleum. “That was definitely something that hung over...
...With the government's tolerance of opposition already at a low point, security forces have moved to shut down the few remaining dissenting voices. The rights of ordinary citizens to come to Beijing to seek redress for wrongs suffered in the provinces - a safety valve that Chinese have exercised for two millenniums - have been circumscribed to the point that trips to the capital by petitioners are virtually banned. Access to the Internet has been tightened to the highest level in memory. Even Twitter and Facebook are now blocked. (Read "Chinese Internet Censorship...