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| | The Banyan tree or Strangler Fig (Ficus strangulosa), twists its solid vines over a host tree until the host tree dies, and all that remains is the Banyan 'tree'. As it maturesit puts out aerial prop roots that eventually become new Banyan trees, and can take over a sizeable section of any forest like this...
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| | I visited China from the beginning of last december until christmas. My backpack was filled with prejudice and the expectation of having a hard time travelling there. The reality looked quite different. China was a blast! Vibrant, lively, fascinating, contradictory and quite the opposite from the european life style. Swallowed in Beijing and spit out in Hong Kong I enjoyed China all over. Definitely not the last I have been there. Again my favorite pictures:
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| Since the pandemic, executives have had to rethink their work-from-home policies to better support their companies' bottom line. Recent research conducted in a real company showed that employees who worked from home two days a week experienced higher satisfaction and lower attrition rates compared with their colleagues who worked from the office. This reduction in turnover saved millions of dollars in recruiting and training costs, thereby increasing profits for the company. Business leaders can learn valuable lessons from this study to implement a successful hybrid work model: establishing rigorous performance management systems, coordinating team or company-level hybrid schedules, and securing support from firm leadership. Additionally, executives should A/B test their own management practices to find what works best for them.