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Here’s how companies are trying to lure workers back to the officeFinance bosses are offering more incentives, including free meals, ping-pong and “contemplative spaces” as they battle to get staff back to the office, while concerns about the cost and value of commuting to work weigh on attendance worldwide.
Hybrid working policies were introduced across the industry during the COVID-19 pandemic, but data seen by Reuters and interviews with finance sector executives showed attendances falling short of expectations globally.
And with expenses like fuel and food rising rapidly, workers accustomed to saving commuting costs have further reason to want to stay away, handing employers a challenge to increase the appeal of office working.
“Employers have done a fair amount to make the office more attractive and purposeful,” Kathryn Wylde, chief executive officer of the Partnership for New York City, told Reuters, citing a range of perks from free meals to improving social space with ping-pong tables.
But a global survey of nearly 80,000 workers conducted by consultancy Advanced Workplace Associates (AWA) showed employees are not complying with hybrid working policies.
Madeira Terrace, Madeira Walk, lift tower and related buildings were built between 1890 and 1897 to the design of the Brighton Borough Engineer Peter Lockwood. Over the years the structure has rusted and begun to fall in places. In 2012 the Council began to fence of the fallen sections until structural engineers said the entire length of the structure needed to be fenced off. It has remained abandoned and derelict since then but a charity was established to with a campaign to 'Save Madeira Terraces'., so far raising approx. £26,000 towards the £millions the work will cost. This year work has at last begun to restore 41 of the arches.
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...one tooth at a time.
Side note:
I just wanted to say thanks to each of you for viewing, commenting, and faving various photos in my flickr stream and those emails in 2007. I also wanted to say thanks to those who share their creativity through photos and those special groups that have helped me in a big way. Thanks family for being with me through my struggle, my joys, and being patient with me with this gift called photography. I cannot have done this with out you.
See you guys in '08. Be safe and I wish each of you success in 2008. Let's take the world!
I've been visiting this place known locally as the "Graff Factory" for a couple of years and in all that time, the Street Fighter graff pieces remained intact and untagged. Tonight I found it mostly ruined by a graff "artist" who is nowhere near as good. It won't be long before Scorpion is gone altogether...
Explore #313 1/13/13 (Any numerologists out there?)
Click here to see the awards count for this photo. (?)
Thanks for the visit, favs, comments and awards
We were visiting Spello, a medieval walled town of pre-Roman origins preserving three Roman gates and many other remains from the Roman age. Stone upon stone, in such ancient towns every inch is colonized and civilized. Houses, churches, palaces and towers are huddled together like male Emperor penguins in a colony during incubation. As you are strolling around, breathing with the breath of history, you should expect some suprise at every bending - a flight of steps running up towards the bright colours of a walled garden, an enticing alley carved out of the crowded buildings, a small curiosity shop or a brewery where you can eat some local food while tasting their (usually quite good) handmade beer...
Here I have captured a typical view of Spello (Fonte del Mastro street, looking downwards). The small church at the dead center of the framing, suppressed after the unification of Italy in the 19th century, is now home to the European Studies Center of Medieval Music "Adolfo Broegg" (sorry, in spite of the international vocation of the Center, the site is almost entirely in Italian).
But there is even more than this to Umbria - more than simply this flavourful cocktail of nature, history, and art. One of the things I love of Umbria is the Umbrian people. The Umbrians are generally friendly, even congenial, and they enjoy taking (or rather tasting) life at an easy pace - which is particularly refreshing for people like us, coming from antipodean places where every day is just a new damn hectic day. This quiet, typical view of Spello shows just a minimal touch of human presence: a man climbing the steep paved street on his Vespa scooter - admittedly only a negligible bit faster than walking. But then, I am sure that it was just a way to save his breath for something more important :-)...
I have obtained this picture by blending a "fake" (i.e. from a single RAW file) exposure bracketing [-1.0/0/+1.0 EV] by luminosity masks in the Gimp (EXIF data, as usual, refer to the "normal exposure" shot).
Ty Mawr Wybrnant has a special place in Welsh culture - it is the birthplace of Bishop William Morgan who, during the 1580s, translated The Holy Bible into the Welsh language and thus saving the language from disappearing. We now spend Thursday evenings learning the language in our local college - thanks!
The National Saving And Trust Company is a historic bank building located at the corner of New York Avenue and 15th Street, NW in Downtown Washington, D.C. It has also been known as the National Safe Deposit Company and the National Safe Deposit Savings and Trust Company.
It was designed by architect James H. Windrim and built in 1888. The Queen Anne Style building is constructed in red brick, and elaborately detailed with copper and terra cotta.
It is currently occupied by a branch of SunTrust Banks, based in Atlanta, Georgia.
For those of you who have never seen me or have not seen me for a while... I am doing well!
(Photo by my friend Koullis Arkatitis during a recent night photo-shoot in Nicosia)
Sometime, in this past decade, snow clearing has become a major winter industry. I can't count the number of contractors in town -- well I could but i can't be bothered. We are on about our 5th, and I think we like the current gut the best. Yesterday, when I got up at 3:30, I looked out the window, and our drive had been plowed, but the town plows has deposited a bank at the edge of the drive. When I looked again, it had also been plowed. That's what we like best about this contractor -- he returns for a second pass in good time.
This was our contractor but is not our street. I just happened to see him and grab a quick photo while out walking.By the time we returned home, our drive had also been plowed.
© AnvilcloudPhotography
She's fallen, but she is free. She cannot fly but she can see. Her soul is broken, her body is cut, but her heart is full where my strength is not. He wings may be torn, but she has her friends who will travel thru the pits of Hell to find her and bring her back
AngelaCrossbow Resident
#TemplemoreHalloweenContest
Sim: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Templemore%20City/108/111/31
Elsa is saving a couple Mpolys. Maybe she can buy a new pair of shoes soon.
This piggy bank is Hamm from Toy Story.
Blythe a Day. January 2026. Day 24.
The Saving Grace when the World has gone Mad
In shadows deep where madness reigns,
The heart of earth beats loud with pain,
Through chaos thick the spirits wade,
Yet find in darkness a light's cascade.
As Beauty fades in the grasp of fear,
The souls imprisoned shed their tears;
With every blow from Hate's cruel hand,
They rise anew to take a stand.
For once in silence all was lost,
When Nature wept at her heavy cost;
The whispers of ghosts from histories past,
Echo the lessons too long amassed.
Adversity walks a path unknown,
In fields once lush, now overgrown;
But through the fire of forged despair,
Blooms the strength of the ones who dare.
Death’s cold breath wraps close its claims,
Yet life persists amidst the frames;
A tapestry woven with threads of strife,
Unraveling truths about this life.
Betrayed by power’s relentless chase,
We yearn for Justice—a saving grace;
Through desolate nights where terrors play,
Hope glimmers softly in shades of gray.
Communities rise where division falls,
In unity’s warmth, each spirit calls;
To break free from chains that bind our sight—
Empathy shines like stars in the night.
Though politics twist and turn like fates,
And History whispers of vengeful states;
We gather our hearts and draw forth our might—
To shape a tomorrow bathed in light.
Oh journey through peace—let hatred cease!
In Nature's cradle find our release;
For through this madness we still must strive—
In love and compassion we find our drive.
So lift your gaze when darkness is near,
For even in peril true hope appears;
And as we forge through our mortal fate—
Together we've sculpted a world less great.
I took this snapshot eight years ago. It came up yesterday on my Amazon cloud storage because of the link that shows all of my photos on their anniversary.
Other than the fact that I took this on January 21, 2009 and that in a wider shot there was a dragon on the roof. I have no clue where this was or what it was for.
I have been collecting memories for a life time.....albums, pictures, and stories ......... storing them as we all have. This is a reminder of the beauty of it all!
"To make your candles last for aye,
You wives and maids give ear-O!
To put them out's the only way,
Says honest John Boldero."
“Favorite Mother Goose Rimes” illustrated by Blanche Fisher Wright and published by Rand McNally & Co., who copyrighted in 1916. I believe my research shows that this book is the last half of the “Real Mother Goose” which can be viewed at Gutenberg Project for free.
Weckhoven / Neuss / North Rhine-Westphalia / Germany
Album of Germany (the west): www.flickr.com/photos/tabliniumcarlson/albums/72157713209...
Album of Neuss: www.flickr.com/photos/tabliniumcarlson/albums/72157625997...
it was dark early...
next time, tripod & strobes
this is what he was doing in the same spot
thanks for the #1 explore :)
I'm living in this fantasy
You are the words to my melody....Is this a dream?
I'm losing touch with reality
Unsure if you're killing me
Or saving me....
Baby I don't know.
Every two weeks our local Council provides a collection service for household recyclable items.
Garden refuse and plastics are collected separately and this vehicle collects paper, card, glass and tins.
This was taken while my beautiful friend and photog Christine was visiting...she brought the rainy weather with her from Seattle, which turned out to be a great thing for photography :-) We traveled all up and down SoCal taking photos...she even took some of me. This one is a self portrait also featuring Olivia Clemens :-)
Now I am in PA for a week visiting family...a much needed trip as I was extremely homesick and longed for the familiar feeling of a cool breeze, autumn leaves, and my dad's famous soups.
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A century old temple is under restoration process by “Archeological Survey of India” (ASI)
(The above shot is dedicated to special one who is absolutely my lifeline)
L’ora legale nel 2015 è introdotta questa notte, quando le 2 diventeranno le 3 (come si dice, si dormirà un’ora in meno). L’ora legale esiste in Italia dal 1916 e fu adottata durante la Prima guerra mondiale per risparmiare sull’energia sfruttando un minore uso dell’illuminazione elettrica. Il principio su cui si basa l’ora legale nacque però molto prima: fu proposto da Benjamin Franklin in una lettera scritta nel 1784 a un giornale di Parigi.
Negli Stati Uniti, come in Italia e negli altri paesi che adottano questo sistema, ogni anno si discute sul fatto se l’ora legale sia davvero necessaria e se la sua adozione porti effettivamente a uno stato di stress temporaneo causato dal dormire un’ora di meno e dallo spostare i propri orari biologici. L’Atlantic poche settimane fa definiva il passaggio all’ora legale “dispendioso, inutile e persino pericoloso”. Nello stesso periodo il Wall Street Journal raccontava le conseguenze negative del “Daylight Saving Time” per le relazioni sociali e la salute. Per chi volesse controllare l’ora esatta (e la precisione del proprio orologio digitale) il sito Time.is offre questa possibilità. Per chi fosse invece più interessato ai dati relativi al risparmio energetico, Terna – operatore di reti per la trasmissione dell’energia elettrica – ha messo a disposizione lo scorso anno i dati riguardanti il risparmio energetico ottenuto in Italia nel 2014 grazie al passaggio all’ora legale.
As the sun sets on the evening of Sunday, March 9, 2025 - the first day of Daylight Savings Time - an eastbound BNSF "Z" train carries intermodal loads through the hills of Granby, MO.
The change from Daylight Saving Time back to Standard Time has been a source of consternation for the cats as I try to shift their feeding times an hour later. It is expressed with counter stalking and dramatic licking of the scoop that I use to dole out portions of dry food--as if to say "I am on the brink of starvation".
I can not get them to understand the concept. :D
This is Jimmy (in front) with Muse passing behind him.
These are the bulbs that produce the light for Fanad Lighthouse on Fanad peninsula, Donegal, Ireland. If I remember rightly, one set of two are backed up by the other other set of two.