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fotograzio · 2 months

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The Approaching Fog by Wayne S. Grazio Via Flickr: A low-key image of a digital photo I took one foggy morning from across Los Penasquitos Canyon Reserve, Lopez Ridge, Mira Mesa, San Diego, California, USA.

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tufftythirty · 3 months

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High Key effect and tinted. Davao City, Philippines. From Wayne S. Grazio on flickr

#androgeny

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kaelula-sungwis · 2 years

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Mantis Mug Shot by Wayne S. Grazio Via Flickr: The guardian of my pepper plants. This praying mantis ate the catepillars of butterflies that laid eggs on my plants.

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gregory-lejeune · 6 years

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Spiritual Twirl Art #22 - "Jacaranda Sky" par Wayne S. Grazio Via Flickr : Mirrored Twirl Art effect of a jacaranda tree's blossoms against a blue sky. Hi ! Congrats! The photo Spiritual Twirl Art #22 - "Jacaranda Sky" you added to the group Singin' The Blues - P1/A2 has been selected to be its cover photo.

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haxyr3 · 2 years

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Word of the Day: тихий

тихий /ˈtʲixʲɪɪ̯/ adjective, masculine -- quiet, calm

В каждом классе есть такий тихий парень, который способен однажды удивить всех. Every class has that quiet guy who can one day surprise everyone.

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#Russian #vocabulary

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asteriapolis · 2 years

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#moss #stone #abandoned #forest #it is way too early in the winter for me to be missing green as much as i am

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effyeahmeerkats · 3 years

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Meerkat - backlit duotone by Wayne S. Grazio

#photographic art #animal #Meerkat #Animals #suricate #mammal #Suricata suricatta #Flickr #nature #photography #wildlife #Zoo #black and white #meerkats #effyeahmeerkats

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chubz1110 · 3 years

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Cultural Exchange by Wayne S. Grazio Via Flickr: An American sailor (r) visiting Spain tries on a Spanish sailor's hat on the streets of Rota, Spain in the early 1980s. American sailors then, like today, are told NOT to wear their uniforms out on liberty so as not to draw attention to themselves. (Re-released without watermarks for free downloading).

#street photography #sailors

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darkstoryspinner · 3 years

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Inktober: Muddy

Composite made from a bust of a statue and a stained-glass texture that was doubled and transformed. “Lost (in one’s thoughts)” by Wayne S. Grazio, flickr She had vowed she would do it, end it today. But she had already planned Timmy’s birthday party. She stood in the midst of a party store aisle, her face sweating under her mask. Maybe after her son’s birthday? Tears blurred the colors of the…

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#fight for mental wellness #sisters in mental illness #surviving ideation

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muabannhadatbinhduonggiare · 4 years

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13:10Nghĩa trang nhà giàu: Lăng mộ là những ngôi nhà to đủ tiện nghi, sang hơn cả nhà người sống

Nếu đi vào khu nghĩa trang này, bạn sẽ cảm thấy choáng ngợp bởi nhà người chết ở còn sang trọng hơn nhà người sống.

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Đi vào Khu Nghĩa trang Manila Chinese ở thủ đô của Philippines, bạn có thể nghĩ rằng mình đang ở một vùng dân cư ngoại ô. Nằm ven một con đường hai chiều là những ngôi nhà và biệt thự, một vài căn trong số đó có hai hoặc ba tầng. Những ngôi nhà này thực ra là những ngôi mộ. Không chỉ vẻ bên ngoài đâu, mà bên trong chúng thực sự là những ngôi nhà đầy đủ tiện nghi hiện đại như điều hòa nhiệt độ, phòng tắm có nước nóng và lạnh, nhà vệ sinh xả nước, nhà bếp. Người thân của những người quá cố thường đến viếng ngôi mộ sang chảnh vào cuối tuần, đồng thời cúng thức ăn và thắp nhang.

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Được biết đến với cái tên là “Hàng mộ triệu phú” và “Tiểu Beverly Hills” (Beverly Hills là tên khu nhà giàu ở Mỹ), Nghĩa trang Manila Chinese được xây dựng vào cuối thế kỷ 19 dành cho tất cả những người TQ không theo đạo Công giáo, họ bị thực dân Tây Ban Nha từ chối chôn cất trong các nghĩa địa Công giáo. Vào thời điểm đó, những người định cư gốc TQ làm nghề bán rong các thể loại nằm trong số những người giàu nhất ở Manila. Để thể hiện sự giàu có và dân số ngày càng tăng, họ đã xây dựng những nghĩa trang lớn nhất trong hầu hết các nghĩa trang.

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Thậm chí ngày nay, nhiều gia đình giàu có nhất ở Manila đã có dòng máu lai giữa TQ và Philippines, và những ngôi mộ phô trương mà họ đã xây dựng cho người chết như một minh chứng cho sự giàu có của mình. Một lô đất trong Nghĩa trang Manila Chinese có thể tiêu tốn tới 50 triệu peso (gần 59 tỷ đồng) cho hợp đồng thuê 25 năm, sau đó phải trả một khoản phí thuê khác, nếu không thi thể sẽ phải chuyển đi nơi khác. Ngày nay, ngoài người TQ không theo Công giáo, nhiều người TQ theo đạo Chúa cũng được chôn cất tại nghĩa trang này.

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Không phải tất cả đối tượng được chôn cất ở đây đều giàu tới mức mua được villa, biệt thự làm nơi yên nghỉ. Nghĩa trang này cũng có một “khu vực nghèo” với những lăng mộ có kích thước thông thường. Chúng nằm dọc theo lối đi hẹp ở phía lối vào.

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Trong nghĩa trang còn có một số địa danh nổi tiếng, ví dụ như Đền Chong Hock Tong, ngôi đền TQ cổ nhất ở Manila. Hội trường Liệt sĩ (The Martyrs Hall) được xây dựng vào đầu những năm 1950 để vinh danh các nhà lãnh đạo cộng đồng người TQ bị người Nhật xử tử trong Thế chiến II. Đài tưởng niệm Ruby Tower thì dành riêng cho người Philippines gốc TQ đã thiệt mạng trong trận động đất năm 1968, nó cũng nằm trong nghĩa trang.

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Bài viết 13:10Nghĩa trang nhà giàu: Lăng mộ là những ngôi nhà to đủ tiện nghi, sang hơn cả nhà người sống đã xuất hiện đầu tiên vào ngày Mua bán nhà đất Bình Dương.

source https://muabannhadat.binhduong.vn/1310nghia-trang-nha-giau-lang-mo-la-nhung-ngoi-nha-to-du-tien-nghi-sang-hon-ca-nha-nguoi-song-25680.html

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fotograzio · 2 months

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Huutat (Lemonade Berry) flowers by Wayne S. Grazio Via Flickr: The lemonade berry is a small shrubby tree. The plant is native to the coastal range of southern California and Baja California. This tree can grow up to 25 feet in height and is a common member of the chaparral plant community. The Kumeyaay Indians used tangy huutat berries to flavor their tea. The berries are soaked in water to provide flavor and they’re also eaten fresh. The seeds from these berries are ground up and combined with this tangy drink. A wad of lemonade berries can also be placed in the mouth as a means to keep thirst at bay during long hikes under the sun. The bark of this tree is used in a tea after childbirth.

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twocorndogs · 5 years

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Tired Street Dog by Wayne S. Grazio Via Flickr: Paoay, Ilocos Norte, Philippines - an older long haircut street dog rests on some shaded concrete try to keep cool in the tropical Philippines.

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hypervigilant-org · 7 years

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Great Expectations, Part 2

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Albeit under a coat in the floor of the truck (who does that?) he was minding his own business when she started grabbing the coat away from him. He hissed and growled like a cat, trying to keep the coat, and she started laughing and pawing back at him. He started pulling at her laces, in cat fashion, when she decided she didn’t like him messing with her shoes and got…

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#adopt #adopted #adopting #Alice in Wonderland #Alice through the Looking Glass #consequences #fighting #get off me #LSD #lying #school #sibling rivalry #trigger #truth

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gregory-lejeune · 6 years

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Condensation on Plastic Wrap par Wayne S. Grazio Via Flickr : I made a batch of chicken alfredo and put it in a bowl covered with plastic wrap to eat later. When I went to get the food to eat, the condensation under the plastic wrap caught my eye for this interesting shot. Featured in this fine gallery: www.flickr.com/photos/131225362@N05/galleries/72157679417...

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baherkamal-blog · 5 years

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Poor Working Conditions Are Main Global Employment Challenge

Human Wrongs Watch

Progress in reducing unemployment globally is not being matched by improvements in the quality of work, says the International Labour Organization’s World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2019 report.

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kstewartdigitalculture · 6 years

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Ride Sharing

You wake up one late morning and rush through your daily ritual to get ready for work. Bread in the toaster, coffee pot brewing, the shower turned on. After finally finishing getting ready, you run out to your car only to realize, it won't start. It is now 8:35 and you know your boss would be furious if you showed up late again, you don’t have time to try and get your car to start before work. You start to panic until you remember you can call an Uber. While you might have to skip a few small luxuries this week to make up for the cost of getting a ride to and from work, it is more than worth it in your eyes if it means you aren’t late to work today. You pull up the app and quickly call a ride and are on your way to work in a manner of minutes. Somewhere in another part of the city, that very night someone is having their 21st birthday party. Drinks are passed all around and by the end of the night, they are excited to go home and attempt to sleep off what will no doubt be a very bad hangover the next morning. Normally, they would be the designated driver for the night, but since they were the guest of honor, their roommate called the both of them a lyft to get them home safely that night. These are just a few stories of how helpful ride-sharing services can be. However, many people are still skeptical about them and don’t trust their safety.

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One of the biggest concerns surrounding ride-sharing services is that they do not always have to follow the same laws and regulations that taxis do, despite the fact that they provide more or less the same service. They avoid following these rules to save money and to avoid red tape in their business practices. There are also concerns about the fact that drivers are able to have access to passengers names and (if the passenger chooses to upload it) a profile photo of the passenger. The purpose of this is to provide passengers a better experience so that drivers know who they are picking up, but like anything else on the internet, it can be abused. In March 2014, a reporter for The Daily Beast Olivia Nuzzi wrote about her experiences being harassed by an Uber driver. Nuzzi writes about her encounter with a driver who had taken a photo of her while she was out on the street, and then who later used information found on the app to track her down and email her employer after she complained to Uber about him and got him fired. After contacting Uber, Nuzzi was informed this was not the first time someone complained about this particular drivers actions. Nuzzi writes about many other women who have faced similar harassment from Uber drivers, ranging from drivers soliciting phone numbers to drivers sexually harassing female passengers. Matthew Feeny, a policy analyst for the CATO institute, words it best- “It is inevitable that, among a large and growing group of rideshare drivers, some of them will turn out to be bad apples. Traditional taxi drivers sometimes have run-ins with the law as well. The operative question is: Are Uber and Lyft taking proper precautions to protect their passengers’ safety? Are they screening their drivers adequately?” There are some places that have even gone as far as to ban ride-sharing services completely. It is also worthy to note that women being harassed on public transit, and in public in general, is not limited to Uber and other ride-sharing services. The recent increase in reported sexual assault is part of a larger issue with society that cannot be changed completely overnight and is seen by many women regardless of where they are. There is also the fact that sexual assault among women may not necessarily be increasing in recent years, but rather more women feel comfortable reporting it and sharing their stories.

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This is not to say that ride-sharing services are without their perks. Researchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) found, “3,000 four-passenger cars could serve 98 percent of taxi demand in New York City, with an average wait-time of only 2.7 minutes”. That means fewer cars on the roads, which means fewer car accidents, less time sitting in traffic, less gas usage, less CO2 emissions, among other things. It is also safer for drivers, as there are fewer instances of violence towards Uber drivers compared to taxi drivers. Drivers for ride-sharing apps do not carry cash like taxi drivers do, so there are fewer robberies. Drivers are also able to report issues about passengers to the company they drive for since the company has the name of everyone who uses their service. These protections have made ride-sharing services much safer for the drivers. The fact that it is easier to report a driver from a ride-sharing program over a taxi driver also attracts many people to use their services. Many passengers feel safer using Uber over a taxi because through the app, you can report drivers who have acted inappropriately.

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Ride-sharing services are also often cheaper for passengers than taxis are. In a study done by Ride Guru, a service that compares prices of transportation in most cities, that when getting a ride at the top 25 busiest airports in the US it is always cheaper to take an Uber than a taxi. However, this is not the case for 3 out of the 25 airports when the service is doing surge-pricing, which is when the service is experiencing an increased amount of use in a particular location at a particular time and raises its prices. According to Time, there are instances where choosing an Uber over a taxi can save you up to $37 when leaving from LAX.

There is a risk in any public service that isn’t news to anyone. It’s ultimately up to the passenger to decide if the benefits outweigh the risks. Services like these are very helpful when you’re in a tight squeeze or even just if you want to have a backup plan after a night out. They provide an easy and relatively inexpensive way to get from point A to point B. Every day there are thousands of people who use services like these with no negative outcomes. But is it worth the risk that you take once you set foot into that car?

Here are some links that give some tips on how to stay safe while riding in an Uber.

http://college.usatoday.com/2015/10/26/uber-safety-tips/

https://www.uber.com/info/rider-safety-tips/

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/stay-safe-riding-uber/story?id=23990496

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