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At a crossroads – Needing to make an important decision

When you are at a crossroads, you are at a point in your life where you need to make a decision. The implication is that the decision you make will have big, life-altering consequences.

Bad apple – Bad person

You can use this idiom to describe someone who is not nice and maybe even criminal.

Barking up the wrong tree – Pursuing the wrong course

When you “bark up the wrong tree” you are pursuing the wrong solution to your problems.

Be closefisted – Stingy

If you are being “closefisted”, you don’t want to spend a lot of money.

Be cold-hearted – Uncaring

If you decide to be “cold-hearted”, you are making a deliberate decision not to care about someone or something.

Be on solid ground – Confident

When you are “on solid ground”, you are confident in your position or feel that you are safe.

Beat around the bush – Avoid saying

When you do this, you are taking a long time to say what you really need to say. You may be doing this because the “truth” is embarrassing or your unsure about how the listener will take it.

Behind you – Supportive

When you are “behind” someone, you are saying that they have your support.

Between a rock and a hard place – Facing difficulties

When you have to choose between two options, neither of which are ideal or “good”.

Blow off steam – Try to relax

When you are stressed or upset about something, sometimes you need to do something to keep you from thinking about it.

Born with a silver spoon in their mouth – Born wealthy

This idiomatic expression is used to describe someone who was born into a wealthy family.

Break the bank – Spend a lot

When you “break the bank”, you spend a lot of money on something. If something will “break the bank”, then it’s expensive.

Bright spark – Smart

A “bright spark” is someone who is smart and valuable to an organization.

Build a case – Argue your point

When you “build a case” for something, you are preparing to argue a point or convince someone that your opinion is the right one.

Build castles in the sky – Daydream

When you fantasize about something you hope to have or achieve.

Burn your bridges – End a relationship

When you “burn your bridges” you end a relationship permanently.

Butter up – Flatter

When you “butter” someone up, you are telling them nice things about themselves.

Bought a lemon – Bad bargain

If something you bought is a “lemon” it is a bad product. In a sense, you wasted your money on it.

Break the ice – Start a conversation

When you start a conversation strangers with the end goal of making new friends.

Calm before the storm – Peaceful

When you use this to describe your state of being or mind, you’re talking about a quiet period before anticipated trouble comes your way.

Chasing rainbows – Pursuing dreams

When you try to follow your dreams. The implication here, however, is that you might be better off forgetting your dreams.

Clear as mud – Hard to understand

When you are confused about something or a situation.

Cool as a cucumber – Calm

This idiomatic expression is meant to describe someone who is calm and relaxed.

Couch potato – Lazy

A couch potato is a lazy person. Specifically, someone who sprawls on their couch watching TV almost all day.

Cross that bridge when we get to it – Think about it later

When you say this, you are telling someone that you will think about something later. The implication is that it’s a problem or a decision that can be put off for now.

Chew it over – Think had about something

This idiom implies that you need to make an important decision and can’t afford to be hasty about it.

Come to light – Be revealed

When something “comes to light” something that was originally concealed from you is revealed.

Cut back on – Reduce

When you use this idiom, you are reducing something.

Cut to the chase – Speak concisely

When you tell someone to “cut to the chase”, you are expressing impatience. This is usually used when someone feels someone else is taking to long to deliver important news.

Crystal clear – Easy to understand

When you say that something is “crystal clear”, you are saying that it is understood.

Dead-end job – No more opportunities

When you are stuck in a “dead-end job”, you are in a career situation where there is no more room for advancement.

Dig deep – Strive

When you “dig deep” you put a lot of effort into a task.

Digging into – Looking closer

When you “dig into” something, you are looking for more information.

Don’t run before you can walk – Don’t assume something is easy

This is a descriptive idiom, it’s meant to make you think about how a baby needs to learn how to walk before they can run. It’s supposed to caution you about assuming you can just do something without learning the basics.

Down to earth – Practical

This describes someone who is known for being sensible and practical.

Eat like a bird – Small appetite

This is used to describe someone who doesn’t eat a lot.

Eat like a horse – Eat a lot

If you eat like a horse, you are eating a lot. You can “eat like a bird” most of the time but “eat like a horse” at a specific time because you are either very hungry or you really like the food.

Eat your words – Admit you were wrong

When you “eat your words” you are admitting that something you said earlier turned out to be wrong.

Every cloud has a silver lining – Things will get better

When you say this, you are telling yourself or someone else that you will get through your troubles.

Face the music – Face the consequences

When you “face the music”, you are owning up to a mistake and trying to make amends.

Find your feet – Adapt

When you are “finding your feet” you are learning how to adapt to a new situation, like a new job.

Follow in their footsteps – Imitate

This idiom is often used between children and their parents, but it can also refer to a mentor or someone you admire. If you “follow in someone’s footsteps”, you do the same thing that they did.

Food for thought – Something to think about

If you are given “food for thought” you have been given something to think about.

A frosty reception – To be unwelcome

If you received a “frosty reception”, you are not welcome.

Fly off the handle – Rages

You can use this idiom to describe someone who is visibly angry over a situation. Often this means that someone is shouting and maybe gesturing violently and even causing damage to property. It also implies that the angry reaction is disproportionate to the situation.

Get on with your life – Continue on after a setback

This is something you can say and should do after going through some problems.

Give them a run for their money – Compete

If you are competing with someone, you are giving them a “run for their money.”

Go Dutch – Split the bill

You can use this idiomatic expression when dining out with friends.

Go with the flow – Relax and get along

When you “go with the flow” you keep calm and just go along with whatever is happening around you.

Got off scot-free – Escaped

When you “get off scot-free”, you managed to escape any consequences for your actions.

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Hard to swallow – Unbelievable

If someone told you something that you just can’t believe, they told you something that is “hard to swallow”.

Have your whole life in front of you – Young

Someone who has their whole life in front of them is young and full of promise.

Hold out an olive branch – Apologize

When you do this, you try to make amends or peace with someone you’ve hurt or angered.

In hot water – In trouble

This idiomatic expression can be used to say that you are in a less than ideal situation.

Inching forward - Making slow progress

When you say this, you’re saying things are proceeding slowly.

Keep on the straight and narrow – Keep out of trouble

When you say this, you are implying that you are going to live in a morally correct way.

Keep your chin up – Stay positive

Even if you’re going through a hard time, you should keep thinking positive.

Kicked the bucket – Died

This is an irreverent phrase to say that someone has died. Be careful how you use it.

Let the cat out of the bag – Spoiled the secret

You “let the cat out of the bag” when you accidentally let someone in on a secret that they weren’t meant to know.

Look up to – Respect

When you “look up to” someone you are acknowledging that you respect them and value their opinion.

Loaded – Rich

When you call someone “loaded” you are saying that they are rich.

Lost at sea – Confused

If a situation is making you feel confused or lost, this is the idiom to use.

Making ends meet – Careful budgeting

If you. don’t have much money, you need to “make ends meet”. This means you carefully budget what you do have to meet your needs.

Make a mountain out of a molehill –Exaggerate

This idiom is used to say that someone is being over-dramatic with their complaints or concerns.

Make waves – Change things

When you “make waves”, you change a situation dramatically. This can also mean that you caused trouble.

Nip in the bud – Stop

When you do this, you take action to keep a situation from getting worse.

No sweat – Easy

When you say “no sweat” you are saying that a task was easy

Not your cup of tea – Not something you like

If you say that something is “not your cup of tea” you are saying it’s not something you particularly like or enjoy.

Once in a blue moon – Rare

This implies something that either won’t happen or rarely happens.

Out in the open – Public knowledge

When something is “out in the open”, it is a matter of public knowledge.

Over the moon – Very happy

You can use this to describe the feeling of getting something you’ve been looking forward to for a long time.

On cloud nine – Very happy

Similar to being over the moon.

Packed like sardines – Crowded

If people are “packed like sardines” in a venue, they are standing very close together in a small space.

Piece of cake –Easy

If you say something is a “piece of cake” you are saying that it is easy.

Pitch in - Contribute

When you “pitch-in”, you work with a group of people to reach a common goal.

Point of view – An opinion

Your “point of view” is what you think about someone or a situation.

Pony up – Pay

If you are paying back a debt, you are “ponying up” the money.

Pour oil on troubled waters – Calm things down

This basically means that you played peacemaker and kept an argument from developing into a physical fight.

Put your head in the sand – Deny something unpleasant

When you have your “head in the sand”, you are deliberately ignoring a bad situation.

Rags to riches – Became rich

Someone who went from “rags to riches” was born poor or underprivileged, but is now in a better social position.

Rain or shine – No matter what

This idiomatic expression is used to express the idea that nothing will stop you.

Reap the rewards – Received the benefits

When you “reap the rewards”, you are getting the benefits of your good work.

Rings a bell – Sounds familiar

When you think that you’ve heard a piece of information before but are not so sure.

Rule of thumb – General practice

A “rule of thumb” is an unwritten rule that is followed by the majority.

Separate the wheat from the chaff – Decide what is valuable

This picturesque idiom refers to how, when you harvest wheat, you need to separate it from the stalks and leaves. So, it means that you pick out or choose what is valuable to keep.

Shell out money – Pay

When you “shell out money”, you pay for an item.

Sitting on the fence – Neutral

When you “sit on the fence” you are avoiding making a decision. Often, this is a decision between two people with different opinions.

Smart cookie – Smart person

You can use this idiom to describe someone intelligent.

Spice things up – Make things interesting

When you “spice things up” you do something to break out of your normal routine.

Spill the beans – Tell

When you do this, you tell someone something they didn’t know. It may or not have been a secret previously.

Sticky fingers – Thief

If you accuse someone of having “sticky fingers” you are basically calling them a thief.

Take a side – Choose who to support

When you “take a side” in an argument, you are agreeing with one of those arguing.

Throw light on – Explain something

When you “throw light on” a situation, you help make sure that it is understood.

To move at a snail’s pace – Move slowly

This is another idiomatic phrase that’s meant to paint a picture. A snail moves slowly, so to move at its pace means things are going slowly.

Tread carefully – Be cautious

This implies that a situation is fraught and it might be easy to offend those involved.

Under the table – Secretive

When you do something “under the table”, you are trying to do something so that only a small amount of people are aware of it. It’s commonly used to describe something that is possibly unscrupulous. For example, bribes are given “under the table”.

Undermine your position – Act unconvincingly

When you behave in a way that makes you and your opinion seem untrustworthy.

Up in the air – Uncertain

When you say something is “up in the air”, you are saying that you are not sure that an event is happening.

Weather the storm – Survive

When you “weather the storm”, you endure a bad situation.

When it rains, it pours – Trouble comes

This refers to the fact that sometimes, many bad things happen to people at one time.

So there you have it, 10 idiomatic expressions and their meanings. These idioms are used by native English language speakers to add some color to their daily speech.

 

Google is an American multinational technology company focusing on search engine technology, online advertising, cloud computing, computer software, quantum computing, e-commerce, artificial intelligence,[9] and consumer electronics. It has been referred to as "the most powerful company in the world"[10] and one of the world's most valuable brands due to its market dominance, data collection, and technological advantages in the area of artificial intelligence.[11][12][13] Its parent company Alphabet is considered one of the Big Five American information technology companies, alongside Amazon, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft.

Google was founded on September 4, 1998, by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were PhD students at Stanford University in California. Together they own about 14% of its publicly listed shares and control 56% of the stockholder voting power through super-voting stock. The company went public via an initial public offering (IPO) in 2004. In 2015, Google was reorganized as a wholly owned subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. Google is Alphabet's largest subsidiary and is a holding company for Alphabet's Internet properties and interests. Sundar Pichai was appointed CEO of Google on October 24, 2015, replacing Larry Page, who became the CEO of Alphabet. On December 3, 2019, Pichai also became the CEO of Alphabet.[14]

The company has since rapidly grown to offer a multitude of products and services beyond Google Search, many of which hold dominant market positions. These products address a wide range of use cases, including email (Gmail), navigation (Waze & Maps), cloud computing (Cloud), web browsing (Chrome), video sharing (YouTube), productivity (Workspace), operating systems (Android), cloud storage (Drive), language translation (Translate), photo storage (Photos), video calling (Meet), smart home (Nest), smartphones (Pixel), wearable technology (Pixel Watch & Fitbit), music streaming (YouTube Music), video on demand (YouTube TV), artificial intelligence (Google Assistant), machine learning APIs (TensorFlow), AI chips (TPU), and more. Discontinued Google products include gaming (Stadia), Glass,[citation needed] Google+, Reader, Play Music, Nexus, Hangouts, and Inbox by Gmail.[15][16]

Google's other ventures outside of Internet services and consumer electronics include quantum computing (Sycamore), self-driving cars (Waymo, formerly the Google Self-Driving Car Project), smart cities (Sidewalk Labs), and transformer models (Google Brain).[17]

Google and YouTube are the two most visited websites worldwide followed by Facebook and Twitter. Google is also the largest search engine, mapping and navigation application, email provider, office suite, video sharing platform, photo and cloud storage provider, mobile operating system, web browser, ML framework, and AI virtual assistant provider in the world as measured by market share. On the list of most valuable brands, Google is ranked second by Forbes[18] and fourth by Interbrand.[19] It has received significant criticism involving issues such as privacy concerns, tax avoidance, censorship, search neutrality, antitrust and abuse of its monopoly position.

In March 1999, the company moved its offices to Palo Alto, California,[52] which is home to several prominent Silicon Valley technology start-ups.[53] The next year, Google began selling advertisements associated with search keywords against Page and Brin's initial opposition toward an advertising-funded search engine.[54][22] To maintain an uncluttered page design, advertisements were solely text-based.[55] In June 2000, it was announced that Google would become the default search engine provider for Yahoo!, one of the most popular websites at the time, replacing Inktomi.

 

In 2003, after outgrowing two other locations, the company leased an office complex from Silicon Graphics, at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway in Mountain View, California.[59] The complex became known as the Googleplex, a play on the word googolplex, the number one followed by a googol zeroes. Three years later, Google bought the property from SGI for $319 million.[60] By that time, the name "Google" had found its way into everyday language, causing the verb "google" to be added to the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary and the Oxford English Dictionary, denoted as: "to use the Google search engine to obtain information on the Internet".[61][62] The first use of the verb on television appeared in an October 2002 episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.[63]

Additionally, in 2001 Google's investors felt the need to have a strong internal management, and they agreed to hire Eric Schmidt as the chairman and CEO of Google.[49] Eric was proposed by John Doerr from Kleiner Perkins. He had been trying to find a CEO that Sergey and Larry would accept for several months, but they rejected several candidates because they wanted to retain control over the company. Michael Moritz from Sequoia Capital at one point even menaced requesting Google to immediately pay back Sequoia's $12.5m investment if they did not fulfill their promise to hire a chief executive office, which had been made verbally during investment negotiations. Eric wasn't initially enthusiastic about joining Google either, as the company's full potential hadn't yet been widely recognized at the time, and as he was occupied with his responsibilities at Novell where he was CEO. As part of him joining, Eric agreed to buy $1 million of Google preferred stocks as a way to show his commitment and to provide funds Google needed.

Google generates most of its revenues from advertising. This includes sales of apps, purchases made in-app, digital content products on Google and YouTube, Android and licensing and service fees, including fees received for Google Cloud offerings. Forty-six percent of this profit was from clicks (cost per clicks), amounting to US$109,652 million in 2017. This includes three principal methods, namely AdMob, AdSense (such as AdSense for Content, AdSense for Search, etc.) and DoubleClick AdExchange.

In addition to its own algorithms for understanding search requests, Google uses technology its acquisition of DoubleClick, to project user interest and target advertising to the search context and the user history.

In 2007, Google launched "AdSense for Mobile", taking advantage of the emerging mobile advertising market.

Google Analytics allows website owners to track where and how people use their website, for example by examining click rates for all the links on a page. Google advertisements can be placed on third-party websites in a two-part program. Google Ads allows advertisers to display their advertisements in the Google content network, through a cost-per-click scheme.[138] The sister service, Google AdSense, allows website owners to display these advertisements on their website and earn money every time ads are clicked.[139] One of the criticisms of this program is the possibility of click fraud, which occurs when a person or automated script clicks on advertisements without being interested in the product, causing the advertiser to pay money to Google unduly. Industry reports in 2006 claimed that approximately 14 to 20 percent of clicks were fraudulent or invalid.[140] Google Search Console (rebranded from Google Webmaster Tools in May 2015) allows webmasters to check the sitemap, crawl rate, and for security issues of their websites, as well as optimize their website's visibility.

Consumer services

Web-based services

Google offers Gmail for email, Google Calendar for time-management and scheduling, Google Maps for mapping, navigation and satellite imagery, Google Drive for cloud storage of files, Google Docs, Sheets and Slides for productivity, Google Photos for photo storage and sharing, Google Keep for note-taking, Google Translate for language translation, YouTube for video viewing and sharing, Google My Business for managing public business information, and Duo for social interaction. In March 2019, Google unveiled a cloud gaming service named Stadia. A job search product has also existed since before 2017, Google for Jobs is an enhanced search feature that aggregates listings from job boards and career sites.

Some Google services are not web-based. Google Earth, launched in 2005, allowed users to see high-definition satellite pictures from all over the world for free through a client software downloaded to their computers.

Software

Google develops the Android mobile operating system, as well as its smartwatch, television, car, and Internet of things-enabled smart devices variations.

It also develops the Google Chrome web browser, and Chrome OS, an operating system based on Chrome.

 

Hardware

 

In January 2010, Google released Nexus One, the first Android phone under its own brand. It spawned a number of phones and tablets under the "Nexus" branding until its eventual discontinuation in 2016, replaced by a new brand called Pixel.

In 2011, the Chromebook was introduced, which runs on Chrome OS.

In July 2013, Google introduced the Chromecast dongle, which allows users to stream content from their smartphones to televisions.

In June 2014, Google announced Google Cardboard, a simple cardboard viewer that lets user place their smartphone in a special front compartment to view virtual reality (VR) media.

Other hardware products include:

•Nest, a series of voice assistant smart speakers that can answer voice queries, play music, find information from apps (calendar, weather etc.), and control third-party smart home appliances (users can tell it to turn on the lights, for example). The Google Nest line includes the original Google Home (later succeeded by the Nest Audio), the Google Home Mini (later succeeded by the Nest Mini, the Google Home Max, the Google Home Hub (later rebranded as the Nest Hub), and the Nest Hub Max.

•Nest Wifi (originally Google Wifi), a connected set of Wi-Fi routers to simplify and extend coverage of home Wi-Fi.

 

Enterprise services

Google Workspace (formerly G Suite until October 2020) is a monthly subscription offering for organizations and businesses to get access to a collection of Google's services, including Gmail, Google Drive and Google Docs, Google Sheets and Google Slides, with additional administrative tools, unique domain names, and 24/7 support.

On September 24, 2012, Google launched Google for Entrepreneurs, a largely not-for-profit business incubator providing startups with co-working spaces known as Campuses, with assistance to startup founders that may include workshops, conferences, and mentorships. Presently, there are seven Campus locations: Berlin, London, Madrid, Seoul, São Paulo, Tel Aviv, and Warsaw.

On March 15, 2016, Google announced the introduction of Google Analytics 360 Suite, "a set of integrated data and marketing analytics products, designed specifically for the needs of enterprise-class marketers" which can be integrated with BigQuery on the Google Cloud Platform. Among other things, the suite is designed to help "enterprise class marketers" "see the complete customer journey", generate "useful insights", and "deliver engaging experiences to the right people". Jack Marshall of The Wall Street Journal wrote that the suite competes with existing marketing cloud offerings by companies including Adobe, Oracle, Salesforce, and IBM.

 

Internet services

In February 2010, Google announced the Google Fiber project, with experimental plans to build an ultra-high-speed broadband network for 50,000 to 500,000 customers in one or more American cities.[178][179] Following Google's corporate restructure to make Alphabet Inc. its parent company, Google Fiber was moved to Alphabet's Access division.[180][181]

In April 2015, Google announced Project Fi, a mobile virtual network operator, that combines Wi-Fi and cellular networks from different telecommunication providers in an effort to enable seamless connectivity and fast Internet signal.

 

Facebook is an online social media and social networking service owned by American company Meta Platforms. Founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with fellow Harvard College students and roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes, its name comes from the face book directories often given to American university students. Membership was initially limited to Harvard students, gradually expanding to other North American universities and, since 2006, anyone over 13 years old. As of July 2022, Facebook claimed 2.93 billion monthly active users,[6] and ranked third worldwide among the most visited websites as of July 2022.[7] It was the most downloaded mobile app of the 2010s.[8]

Facebook can be accessed from devices with Internet connectivity, such as personal computers, tablets and smartphones. After registering, users can create a profile revealing information about themselves. They can post text, photos and multimedia which are shared with any other users who have agreed to be their "friend" or, with different privacy settings, publicly. Users can also communicate directly with each other with Facebook Messenger, join common-interest groups, and receive notifications on the activities of their Facebook friends and the pages they follow.

The subject of numerous controversies, Facebook has often been criticized over issues such as user privacy (as with the Cambridge Analytica data scandal), political manipulation (as with the 2016 U.S. elections) and mass surveillance.[9] Posts originating from the Facebook page of Breitbart News, a media organization previously affiliated with Cambridge Analytica,[10] are currently among the most widely shared political content on Facebook.[11][12][13][14][15] Facebook has also been subject to criticism over psychological effects such as addiction and low self-esteem, and various controversies over content such as fake news, conspiracy theories, copyright infringement, and hate speech.

 

Zuckerberg built a website called "Facemash" in 2003 while attending Harvard University. The site was comparable to Hot or Not and used "photos compiled from the online face books of nine Houses, placing two next to each other at a time and asking users to choose the "hotter" person". Facemash attracted 450 visitors and 22,000 photo-views in its first four hours. The site was sent to several campus group listservs, but was shut down a few days later by Harvard administration. Zuckerberg faced expulsion and was charged with breaching security, violating copyrights and violating individual privacy. Ultimately, the charges were dropped. Zuckerberg expanded on this project that semester by creating a social study tool. He uploaded art images, each accompanied by a comments section, to a website he shared with his classmates.

A "face book" is a student directory featuring photos and personal information. In 2003, Harvard had only a paper version[ along with private online directories. Zuckerberg told The Harvard Crimson, "Everyone's been talking a lot about a universal face book within Harvard. ... I think it's kind of silly that it would take the University a couple of years to get around to it. I can do it better than they can, and I can do it in a week."[29] In January 2004, Zuckerberg coded a new website, known as "TheFacebook", inspired by a Crimson editorial about Facemash, stating, "It is clear that the technology needed to create a centralized Website is readily available ... the benefits are many." Zuckerberg met with Harvard student Eduardo Saverin, and each of them agreed to invest $1,000 ($1,435 in 2021 dollars[30]) in the site.[31] On February 4, 2004, Zuckerberg launched "TheFacebook", originally located at thefacebook.com.

Six days after the site launched, Harvard seniors Cameron Winklevoss, Tyler Winklevoss, and Divya Narendra accused Zuckerberg of intentionally misleading them into believing that he would help them build a social network called HarvardConnection.com. They claimed that he was instead using their ideas to build a competing product. The three complained to the Crimson and the newspaper began an investigation. They later sued Zuckerberg, settling in 2008 for 1.2 million shares (worth $300 million ($354 million in 2021 dollars[30]) at Facebook's IPO).

Membership was initially restricted to students of Harvard College. Within a month, more than half the undergraduates had registered.[36] Dustin Moskovitz, Andrew McCollum, and Chris Hughes joined Zuckerberg to help manage the growth of the website.[37] In March 2004, Facebook expanded to Columbia, Stanford and Yale.[38] It then became available to all Ivy League colleges, Boston University, NYU, MIT, and successively most universities in the United States and Canada.

In mid-2004, Napster co-founder and entrepreneur Sean Parker—an informal advisor to Zuckerberg—became company president.[41] In June 2004, the company moved to Palo Alto, California.[42] It received its first investment later that month from PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel. In 2005, the company dropped "the" from its name after purchasing the domain name Facebook.com for US$200,000 ($277,492 in 2021 dollars). The domain had belonged to AboutFace Corporation.

In May 2005, Accel Partners invested $12.7 million ($17.6 million in 2021 dollars) in Facebook, and Jim Breyer added $1 million ($1.39 million in 2021 dollars) of his own money. A high-school version of the site launched in September 2005. Eligibility expanded to include employees of several companies, including Apple Inc. and Microsoft.

 

Facebook was sued by the Federal Trade Commission as well as a coalition of several states for illegal monopolization and antitrust. The FTC and states sought the courts to force Facebook to sell its subsidiaries WhatsApp and Instagram.[183][184] The suits were dismissed by a federal judge on June 28, 2021, who stated that there was not enough evidence brought in the suit to determine Facebook to be a monopoly at this point, though allowed the FTC to amend its case to include additional evidence. In its amended filings in August 2021, the FTC asserted that Facebook had been a monopoly in the area of personal social networks since 2011, distinguishing Facebook's activities from social media services like TikTok that broadcast content without necessarily l

 

At a crossroads – Needing to make an important decision

When you are at a crossroads, you are at a point in your life where you need to make a decision. The implication is that the decision you make will have big, life-altering consequences.

Bad apple – Bad person

You can use this idiom to describe someone who is not nice and maybe even criminal.

Barking up the wrong tree – Pursuing the wrong course

When you “bark up the wrong tree” you are pursuing the wrong solution to your problems.

Be closefisted – Stingy

If you are being “closefisted”, you don’t want to spend a lot of money.

Be cold-hearted – Uncaring

If you decide to be “cold-hearted”, you are making a deliberate decision not to care about someone or something.

Be on solid ground – Confident

When you are “on solid ground”, you are confident in your position

I was tagged a few times previously for this game, but I figured there were enough pics of me already on flickr & Ipernity, & didn't want to post another one, but Marcela tagged me today, & who can say 'No' to sweet Marcella? So here I am as of a half hour ago!

I Tag Everyone!!!!

 

Fave Color? all shades of blue

 

Lucky/favorite number? 7

 

Celeb Crush? Keith Harkin

 

Sexuality? Married to my high school sweetheart ... a man

 

If you could meet anyone on earth, who would it be? I already met Keith in March!!!!

 

Middle name? Mary

 

Believe in love at 1st sight? Never! You always find out the truth later!!

 

Allergies? pet dander, dust mites, pollen & certain meds

 

Addiction? Artisan Breads, Salmon, dolls, Music, Celtic Thunder, Movies, Several TV shows, mini get-aways, singing in the shower .....

 

Typical weekend? yardwork, errands, doll time, cooking, movie nite.

 

Favorite Serial Killer? Joe Carroll of 'The Following' (fictional of course!)

 

Birthday? November 20th

 

Best Friends? Hubby & sister. I also consider many of you doll people as fave friends too!

 

Milkshakes or yogurt? Greek Yogurt!! Love it!

 

Favorite Media Site? Flickr & Ipernity

 

Current mood? Fantastic ... the sun is out!!

 

Age? Do I have to say?? OK, I won't! I'm older than you are!!

 

Have you ever stolen anything? Yes (Shamefully) in my youth many, many years ago.

 

What is you favorite movie? Hmmm ... I LOVE so many movies!! I don't think I can pick one!

 

What do you like about yourself? my honesty & my love of life ... I find joy in every aspect of it! And I LOVE trying different restaurants!!

 

What is your favorite sport?

Walking around the neighborhood & seeing the changes going on!

 

Do you smoke? I used to & quit 18 years ago.

 

Do you drink? Yes ... On weekends I love having a vodka & 7 or two with grapefruit juice! YUM!

 

Do you like to play video games? I used to love it, but all that has been replaced by doll time!!

 

How do you feel about tattoos? I feel that is up to the person. It's a matter of taste, but it's not for me.

 

What is the perfect 1st date? A picnic by a body of water on a warm sunny day!

 

Have you ever broken a bone? Yes ... my tail bone. I fell off a horse when I was about 10 ? years old.

 

If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be? I love it here in my small town. I was born & raised here, know tons of people & love our history.

 

What was you fave toy as a child? Barbie of course! I wanted all of her stuff, but we were very thrifty & had very little. I'm making up for that now!

 

Do you like cheese? OMG YES!!!!! If I could have just 2 items in my kitchen, it would be bread & cheese!!

 

What's your fave TV show? Well I have several! .... The Following, The Originals, Supernatural The Blacklist, Call The Midwife, Downton Abbey, American Horror Story, The Vampire Diaries ..

 

If You could travel anywhere in the world, where would it be? Hawaii The eastern coast states in the fall, & Ireland

 

Favorite Song? It changes ALL the time! Right now I would say it's 'Invisible' by Hunter Hayes. But I love all music except jazz & extreme country.

 

What do you want to be when you grow up? Happy & healthy & at complete peace with God.

 

Ten Years from now, what do you want to be doing? Still enjoying my dolls, hope to have finished Lauren Land, & traveling anywhere I choose to go ... with my husband!

    

A question for any American collectors is this a genuine Ford part? I would be disappointed if it was a replica it looks genuine to me though and considering how old it is its in amazing shape it has clearly been restored hopefully its not a aftermarket replica i cant believe I’ve found 3 US import caps now!

A fruit-eating butterfly dining on watermelon

November Zion National Park Autumn Subway Hike! Sony A7rii & Sony 16-35mm Vario-Tessar T FE F4 ZA OSS E-Mount Lens! Dr. Elliot McGucken Fine Art Photography

 

An important thing to remember is that even though pixel sizes keep getting smaller and smaller, the technology is advancing, so the smaller pixels are more efficient at collecting light. For instance, the Sony A7rII is back-illuminated which allows more photons to hit the sensor. Semiconductor technology is always advancing, so the brilliant engineers are always improving the signal/noise ratio. Far higher pixel counts, as well as better dynamic ranger, are thus not only possible, but the future!

 

Yes I have a Ph.D. in physics! I worked on phototranistors and photodiodes as well as an artificial retina for the blind. :)

 

You can read more about my own physics theory (dx4/dt=ic) here: herosodysseyphysics.wordpress.com/

 

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I love shooting fine art landscapes and fine art nature photography! :) I live for it!

 

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And all the best on Your Epic Hero's Odyssey!

 

The new Lightroom rocks!

 

Beautiful magnificent clouds!

 

View your artistic mission into photography as an epic odyssey of heroic poetry! Take it from Homer in Homer's Odyssey: "Tell me, O muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy. Many cities did he visit, and many were the nations with whose manners and customs he was acquainted; moreover he suffered much by sea while trying to save his own life and bring his men safely home; but do what he might he could not save his men, for they perished through their own sheer folly in eating the cattle of the Sun-god Hyperion; so the god prevented them from ever reaching home. Tell me, too, about all these things, O daughter of Jove, from whatsoever source you may know them. " --Samuel Butler Translation of Homer's Odyssey

 

All the best on your Epic Hero's Odyssey from Johnny Ranger McCoy!

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A spot of Porto philosophy just behind the station.

 

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Alice questions everything she's ever heard about the queen of hearts.

 

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Formspring

 

Thirty Strangers - One Question: What makes you happy?

 

An answer so obvious, I'm surprised it's taken so long for anyone to think of it. Mums always make everyone happy :) One thing after completing this project I've come to realise is that I should really have asked everyone why they wrote what they wrote... As it would be interesting to know what about it that makes them happy.

 

This guy was just having coffee with his two friends and was really enthusiastic about the project, It was really nice talking to them about it.

 

Doing this project you get exposed to a whole range of people, the ones who think that it's a really cool idea and want to know more, the ones who are pretty impartial to what I'm doing and why... sometimes to the point of not even asking what the picture is for haha, and then the people who get angry when I ask and tell me to piss off :(

Publication: Oct. 2, 1858

 

Format: Still image

 

Abstract: Cartoon with Death scattering pestilence among the people.

 

Related Title(s): Is part of: Harper's Weekly, v. 2, p. 640.; See related catalog record: 100897546

 

Extent: 1 print

 

Technique: wood engraving

 

NLM Unique ID: 101436169

 

NLM Image ID: A012973

 

Permanent Link: resource.nlm.nih.gov/101436169

Mosaic of the Question Block from Super Mario Bros. for Nintendo.

The eternal question...

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At a crossroads – Needing to make an important decision

When you are at a crossroads, you are at a point in your life where you need to make a decision. The implication is that the decision you make will have big, life-altering consequences.

Bad apple – Bad person

You can use this idiom to describe someone who is not nice and maybe even criminal.

Barking up the wrong tree – Pursuing the wrong course

When you “bark up the wrong tree” you are pursuing the wrong solution to your problems.

Be closefisted – Stingy

If you are being “closefisted”, you don’t want to spend a lot of money.

Be cold-hearted – Uncaring

If you decide to be “cold-hearted”, you are making a deliberate decision not to care about someone or something.

Be on solid ground – Confident

When you are “on solid ground”, you are confident in your position or feel that you are safe.

Beat around the bush – Avoid saying

When you do this, you are taking a long time to say what you really need to say. You may be doing this because the “truth” is embarrassing or your unsure about how the listener will take it.

Behind you – Supportive

When you are “behind” someone, you are saying that they have your support.

Between a rock and a hard place – Facing difficulties

When you have to choose between two options, neither of which are ideal or “good”.

Blow off steam – Try to relax

When you are stressed or upset about something, sometimes you need to do something to keep you from thinking about it.

Born with a silver spoon in their mouth – Born wealthy

This idiomatic expression is used to describe someone who was born into a wealthy family.

Break the bank – Spend a lot

When you “break the bank”, you spend a lot of money on something. If something will “break the bank”, then it’s expensive.

Bright spark – Smart

A “bright spark” is someone who is smart and valuable to an organization.

Build a case – Argue your point

When you “build a case” for something, you are preparing to argue a point or convince someone that your opinion is the right one.

Build castles in the sky – Daydream

When you fantasize about something you hope to have or achieve.

Burn your bridges – End a relationship

When you “burn your bridges” you end a relationship permanently.

Butter up – Flatter

When you “butter” someone up, you are telling them nice things about themselves.

Bought a lemon – Bad bargain

If something you bought is a “lemon” it is a bad product. In a sense, you wasted your money on it.

Break the ice – Start a conversation

When you start a conversation strangers with the end goal of making new friends.

Calm before the storm – Peaceful

When you use this to describe your state of being or mind, you’re talking about a quiet period before anticipated trouble comes your way.

Chasing rainbows – Pursuing dreams

When you try to follow your dreams. The implication here, however, is that you might be better off forgetting your dreams.

Clear as mud – Hard to understand

When you are confused about something or a situation.

Cool as a cucumber – Calm

This idiomatic expression is meant to describe someone who is calm and relaxed.

Couch potato – Lazy

A couch potato is a lazy person. Specifically, someone who sprawls on their couch watching TV almost all day.

Cross that bridge when we get to it – Think about it later

When you say this, you are telling someone that you will think about something later. The implication is that it’s a problem or a decision that can be put off for now.

Chew it over – Think had about something

This idiom implies that you need to make an important decision and can’t afford to be hasty about it.

Come to light – Be revealed

When something “comes to light” something that was originally concealed from you is revealed.

Cut back on – Reduce

When you use this idiom, you are reducing something.

Cut to the chase – Speak concisely

When you tell someone to “cut to the chase”, you are expressing impatience. This is usually used when someone feels someone else is taking to long to deliver important news.

Crystal clear – Easy to understand

When you say that something is “crystal clear”, you are saying that it is understood.

Dead-end job – No more opportunities

When you are stuck in a “dead-end job”, you are in a career situation where there is no more room for advancement.

Dig deep – Strive

When you “dig deep” you put a lot of effort into a task.

Digging into – Looking closer

When you “dig into” something, you are looking for more information.

Don’t run before you can walk – Don’t assume something is easy

This is a descriptive idiom, it’s meant to make you think about how a baby needs to learn how to walk before they can run. It’s supposed to caution you about assuming you can just do something without learning the basics.

Down to earth – Practical

This describes someone who is known for being sensible and practical.

Eat like a bird – Small appetite

This is used to describe someone who doesn’t eat a lot.

Eat like a horse – Eat a lot

If you eat like a horse, you are eating a lot. You can “eat like a bird” most of the time but “eat like a horse” at a specific time because you are either very hungry or you really like the food.

Eat your words – Admit you were wrong

When you “eat your words” you are admitting that something you said earlier turned out to be wrong.

Every cloud has a silver lining – Things will get better

When you say this, you are telling yourself or someone else that you will get through your troubles.

Face the music – Face the consequences

When you “face the music”, you are owning up to a mistake and trying to make amends.

Find your feet – Adapt

When you are “finding your feet” you are learning how to adapt to a new situation, like a new job.

Follow in their footsteps – Imitate

This idiom is often used between children and their parents, but it can also refer to a mentor or someone you admire. If you “follow in someone’s footsteps”, you do the same thing that they did.

Food for thought – Something to think about

If you are given “food for thought” you have been given something to think about.

A frosty reception – To be unwelcome

If you received a “frosty reception”, you are not welcome.

Fly off the handle – Rages

You can use this idiom to describe someone who is visibly angry over a situation. Often this means that someone is shouting and maybe gesturing violently and even causing damage to property. It also implies that the angry reaction is disproportionate to the situation.

Get on with your life – Continue on after a setback

This is something you can say and should do after going through some problems.

Give them a run for their money – Compete

If you are competing with someone, you are giving them a “run for their money.”

Go Dutch – Split the bill

You can use this idiomatic expression when dining out with friends.

Go with the flow – Relax and get along

When you “go with the flow” you keep calm and just go along with whatever is happening around you.

Got off scot-free – Escaped

When you “get off scot-free”, you managed to escape any consequences for your actions.

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Hard to swallow – Unbelievable

If someone told you something that you just can’t believe, they told you something that is “hard to swallow”.

Have your whole life in front of you – Young

Someone who has their whole life in front of them is young and full of promise.

Hold out an olive branch – Apologize

When you do this, you try to make amends or peace with someone you’ve hurt or angered.

In hot water – In trouble

This idiomatic expression can be used to say that you are in a less than ideal situation.

Inching forward - Making slow progress

When you say this, you’re saying things are proceeding slowly.

Keep on the straight and narrow – Keep out of trouble

When you say this, you are implying that you are going to live in a morally correct way.

Keep your chin up – Stay positive

Even if you’re going through a hard time, you should keep thinking positive.

Kicked the bucket – Died

This is an irreverent phrase to say that someone has died. Be careful how you use it.

Let the cat out of the bag – Spoiled the secret

You “let the cat out of the bag” when you accidentally let someone in on a secret that they weren’t meant to know.

Look up to – Respect

When you “look up to” someone you are acknowledging that you respect them and value their opinion.

Loaded – Rich

When you call someone “loaded” you are saying that they are rich.

Lost at sea – Confused

If a situation is making you feel confused or lost, this is the idiom to use.

Making ends meet – Careful budgeting

If you. don’t have much money, you need to “make ends meet”. This means you carefully budget what you do have to meet your needs.

Make a mountain out of a molehill –Exaggerate

This idiom is used to say that someone is being over-dramatic with their complaints or concerns.

Make waves – Change things

When you “make waves”, you change a situation dramatically. This can also mean that you caused trouble.

Nip in the bud – Stop

When you do this, you take action to keep a situation from getting worse.

No sweat – Easy

When you say “no sweat” you are saying that a task was easy

Not your cup of tea – Not something you like

If you say that something is “not your cup of tea” you are saying it’s not something you particularly like or enjoy.

Once in a blue moon – Rare

This implies something that either won’t happen or rarely happens.

Out in the open – Public knowledge

When something is “out in the open”, it is a matter of public knowledge.

Over the moon – Very happy

You can use this to describe the feeling of getting something you’ve been looking forward to for a long time.

On cloud nine – Very happy

Similar to being over the moon.

Packed like sardines – Crowded

If people are “packed like sardines” in a venue, they are standing very close together in a small space.

Piece of cake –Easy

If you say something is a “piece of cake” you are saying that it is easy.

Pitch in - Contribute

When you “pitch-in”, you work with a group of people to reach a common goal.

Point of view – An opinion

Your “point of view” is what you think about someone or a situation.

Pony up – Pay

If you are paying back a debt, you are “ponying up” the money.

Pour oil on troubled waters – Calm things down

This basically means that you played peacemaker and kept an argument from developing into a physical fight.

Put your head in the sand – Deny something unpleasant

When you have your “head in the sand”, you are deliberately ignoring a bad situation.

Rags to riches – Became rich

Someone who went from “rags to riches” was born poor or underprivileged, but is now in a better social position.

Rain or shine – No matter what

This idiomatic expression is used to express the idea that nothing will stop you.

Reap the rewards – Received the benefits

When you “reap the rewards”, you are getting the benefits of your good work.

Rings a bell – Sounds familiar

When you think that you’ve heard a piece of information before but are not so sure.

Rule of thumb – General practice

A “rule of thumb” is an unwritten rule that is followed by the majority.

Separate the wheat from the chaff – Decide what is valuable

This picturesque idiom refers to how, when you harvest wheat, you need to separate it from the stalks and leaves. So, it means that you pick out or choose what is valuable to keep.

Shell out money – Pay

When you “shell out money”, you pay for an item.

Sitting on the fence – Neutral

When you “sit on the fence” you are avoiding making a decision. Often, this is a decision between two people with different opinions.

Smart cookie – Smart person

You can use this idiom to describe someone intelligent.

Spice things up – Make things interesting

When you “spice things up” you do something to break out of your normal routine.

Spill the beans – Tell

When you do this, you tell someone something they didn’t know. It may or not have been a secret previously.

Sticky fingers – Thief

If you accuse someone of having “sticky fingers” you are basically calling them a thief.

Take a side – Choose who to support

When you “take a side” in an argument, you are agreeing with one of those arguing.

Throw light on – Explain something

When you “throw light on” a situation, you help make sure that it is understood.

To move at a snail’s pace – Move slowly

This is another idiomatic phrase that’s meant to paint a picture. A snail moves slowly, so to move at its pace means things are going slowly.

Tread carefully – Be cautious

This implies that a situation is fraught and it might be easy to offend those involved.

Under the table – Secretive

When you do something “under the table”, you are trying to do something so that only a small amount of people are aware of it. It’s commonly used to describe something that is possibly unscrupulous. For example, bribes are given “under the table”.

Undermine your position – Act unconvincingly

When you behave in a way that makes you and your opinion seem untrustworthy.

Up in the air – Uncertain

When you say something is “up in the air”, you are saying that you are not sure that an event is happening.

Weather the storm – Survive

When you “weather the storm”, you endure a bad situation.

When it rains, it pours – Trouble comes

This refers to the fact that sometimes, many bad things happen to people at one time.

So there you have it, 10 idiomatic expressions and their meanings. These idioms are used by native English language speakers to add some color to their daily speech.

  

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Full Blue Moon Dementia

Lady Knox Geyser is a joke

We really questioned before we went how the Geyser would go off every day at 10:15 am, but figured they would not make that up. When you get to the Wonderland Park, you have to go to the main building and get your ticket. Then you have to drive to where the Geyser is. We all entered an area where there were seats and the first thing we noticed was this little Teepee looking thing that looked like it was made out of paper mache. At about 10:20, the guy who was directing traffic in the parking lot came out with a bag of stuff. He gave a short talk and then dumped the bag into the mouth of the Geyser. Like a cheap high school lab experiment, the Geyser went off for about 2 minutes and shot about 20 feet in the air. That was it, the whole show.

 

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There are lots of wonderful natural phenomena in Wai O Tapu. This is just not one of them.

From January 1, 2023: “What is standing in my way right now?” is a #question I’m being asked as I embark on a year long journey of #writing to uncover my authentic self, a #course guided by @RachelAstorAuthor for the @DailyOM. There are many things standing in my way right now, which all impact my ability to be more creative through #writing & visual #art.

 

#Anxiety & depression are the root of what stands in my way. I’ve known this for a long time. All of the other obstacles that stand in my way are offshoots of this thick, muddy root. And every obstacle serves as harsh reminders of all the #pain I’ve cause myself for not #healing my #depression. I’ve had a lifetime to heal my depression, but I’ve failed miserably at it.

 

One offshoot that’s weighing down on me today relates to my #learning journey. One of my @kwantlenu courses went live, one I dropped last year. It’s taught by a new professor but in a very different format from how the last professor taught, which has spiked my anxiety. Also, the @hibiscusmoon crystal program I first enrolled in back in 2020, & then again in summer of 2021, has ended. I’ve known for a year now that the program was being retired, but like so many other things in my life, I’ve not been able to finish it. In the back of my mind I thought “lifetime access,” but that’s only for the lifetime of the program, which ceased operations on December 31, 2022. So it’s this huge red beacon of a reminder that my monkey mind has latched onto, screaming “See! You can’t finish anything. You’re so wasteful. Thousands gone, another lost opportunity at mastering another craft. So many have finished it, but you couldn’t. You’re such a loser!”

 

This idea of wastefulness is tied to a 2nd obstacle about how horrible I am at managing #money. Overspend. Overspend. Overspend. I buy to fill a void that can never be filled by stuff. This feeds a 3rd issue, that I’m a hoarder with a mess I feel I’ll never crawl out from under. I’ve made some progress but now on January 1, I feel so behind.

 

So these are just 4 of my #anxieties I want to #scrub away this year. But I fear I’m not going to be able to do it.

 

1/365 of my subversive #selfie #project for 2023.

 

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1941 Lincoln Raymond Loewy Designed Continental

Coachwork by By Derham

 

As the show cars inched along in line toward the awards stand I noticed this unusual looking car. What the heck was this, I thought. Glancing at its hubcaps I knew it must be a Lincoln but what kind - what year - what model, I questioned. Now maybe many classic cars aficionados would have the answer but me, being merely a quasi aficionado (if there is such a thing?), had no idea. I walked briskly over the driver/owner to question him. Being quite accommodating the gentleman explained quickly and in my rush to get in position for a shot of this “beast”, I was able to pick up only a few words here and there. I heard “continental”. I heard “Derham", I heard “Studebaker” and I heard "Raymond Loewy" but then I had to scurry back as he began moving forward and I had to get back and try to line up for a shot of the car. I managed to snap off a few shots. Frankly I wasn’t very impressed with its looks……..but have since discovered this car took top honors in its class at Pebble Beach . Don’t know the Concours year it was but just the name “Pebble Beach” denotes prestige.

 

Over the time these pictures have been residing in my 2023 Geneva Concours d’Elegance folder, I have learned a great deal more about this rare car. From what I understand this car has two “sister cars”, each slightly different in their appearance and equally rare. Much better than I could, the author of the following New York Times article provides the “rundown”.

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The first Lincoln Continental, originally designed as Edsel Ford’s personal vehicle, has often been cited as one of the most beautiful cars in the world. Perhaps no other car can boast of a more prestigious design pedigree. It was originally sketched by Bob Gregorie, Ford’s chief stylist (reportedly, in an hour, in response to Mr. Ford’s urgent request for a “vacation car”).

But Raymond Loewy, the famous industrial designer, figured he could improve it. So Loewy had his staff restyle a 1941 model to his specification. When it was finally completed in 1946, a Saturday Evening Post article referred to it as “The Fanciest Thing on Wheels.”

 

The one-of-a-kind beauty (a similar car created for Loewy’s wife has since disappeared) turned up this weekend on the block at Gooding & Company’s classic car auction here, where it was a real show-stopper. It sold for $451,000 — about three times what a stock Continental of that vintage is generally considered to be worth. The car had been owned by an Asian collector for many years, a Gooding spokesman said. (Loewy died in 1986.) The Loewy Lincoln has seldom been seen in recent years, although it made a star turn last August at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in Monterey, Calif.

 

At the time of this car’s makeover, Loewy’s “staff” at the time included a veritable who’s who of automotive design: Virgil Exner, who would in later years design Chrysler’s famed Forward Look cars; Gordon Buehrig, responsible for many noted Auburn, Cord and Duesenberg designs; and Bob Bourke, later head of Studebaker styling. They helped Loewy recraft the Lincoln into a low, long stunner with fenders integrated into the body, a clear plexiglass roof and round opera windows. The conversion work was done by the noted custom coachbuilder, Derham Body Co. of Philadelphia.

 

Arguably, the Loewy Lincoln’s most over-the-top feature was its 24-carat gold horn ring, instrument bezels and control knobs.

The car also includes a couple of inside jokes, including an “RL” emblem on each side that is encircled by a chrome band. Sharp-eyed industrial design fans may notice the chrome ring comes directly from a Frigidaire refrigerator, which Loewy had also designed.

 

The one potentially sour note on the entire car is the unusual custom grille. Loewy replaced the original grille of the Lincoln — a lovely chrome “waterfall” design that was perhaps its signature feature — with a styled version of the sometimes-lampooned “bullet nose” found on postwar Studebakers.

 

Why would Loewy do such a thing? It would not have been too smart for Loewy to be seen driving anything blatantly identifiable as a Ford product at the time. Loewy’s firm, you see, had an exclusive, ironclad contract to design Studebakers.

Now, as they say, you know the rest of the story.

 

Source: New York Times   |   Wheels

By Jerry Garrett

January 20, 2008 11:16 am

  

………One final word. The title chosen for this artwork. Frankly I thought the design of this car as odd and this conjured up thoughts of a James Bond movie I saw years ago - Goldfinger and one of Goldfinger's henchmen, "Oddjob". (This is how my brain moves……. ) Then comes the design, or job that Loewy did. Not overly impressive in my estimation but who am I to argue with the judges from Pebble Beach! The the background. It’s a scene from the Austrian Alps but why chosen? Mainly because I didn’t have much choice……and it looks pretty.

  

Hope ya’all enjoy…………

What you can’t see by yourself was his first question. Before that I asked him why he was wearing that coat in this hot summer. Not realizing, I could not answer and then came the reply – if you knew it you would be me. And then he burst into laughter.

 

I found him near high court at ramna in Dhaka. He considered me to be journalist who would report “gongika” and make him out of high court premise. Several others were in line with him and took a hand on me. It took hours to make them convinced that I was not a journo guy rather an armature photographer. He then allowed me to take this shot and several others joined the line. When the shooting was over I asked him whether he needed anything – with a big smile, he said “just a photograph”

 

Question everything... ok but... why?

      

"In that case, what is the question?" Gertrude Stein (3 February 1874 – 27 July 1946) These are her reported last words."

=Some Years Ago. The Moth Cave=

 

"You mean to tell me you've never had a birthday party?" Drury asked incredulously. He ​lowered the auto-parts catalogue, and stepped away from his desk, his face smeared with axel grease from his latest back-firing Mothmobile.

 

Julian shrugged passively. "My parents were Jehovah Witnesses. They didn't believe in material possessions or celebrations, or, holidays for that matter."

 

"Right, well, we're fixing that!" Drury declared, patting him on the back enthusiastically.

 

"That's... Not necessary," Julian protested.

 

"Nonsense," Drury scoffed. "You're a Misfit. And the Misfits, know how to party."

 

~-~

 

The party in question, took place at Crazy Quilt's, the nightclub owned by Paul Dekker, the Misfits' eccentric tailor who ran a series of profitable (albeit morally dubious) ventures on the side under the guise of the bar's namesake.

 

"Hmph, well, it's not quite the Gotham Royal," Morty Drake stated, turning his nose up at the venue, as the young waiter guided the party to their seats.

 

"Yeah, well, when you pay off your debts, you can pick the venue... You know you don't need a pheasant pantry, right?" Len Fiasco rolled his eyes.

 

"A life without luxury is a life not worth living my uptight friend," Drake educated him.

 

"It's fine. Really," Day assured the pair, as the trio sat down at a corner booth. Drury, Chuck and Blake were already sat down, each wearing paper crowns on their heads. Drake and Fiasco were now looking over the drinks menus.

 

"Here: happy birthday, Jules, I baked you a banana cake. It's even got dates!" Drury grinned, as he handed him a neatly wrapped parcel. Blake, was already stifling a laugh, to Julian's confusion who looked down at the loaf and frowned.

 

"I appreciate the... gesture, but I don't like dates," he stated glumly.

 

"Pfffft! What are you doing calling yourself the fucking Calendar Man then," Blake chortled, as he raised his hand, and smacked Day's buttocks.

 

"Ah. A joke, I see."

 

"Here, drinks are on me! I'll have a Porn Star Martini; Sex on the Beach for the pencil," Blake pulled the waiter close, a goofy grin on his face.

 

"Drury, you have to try this whiskey," Drake spoke, ensuring that Blake would not order on his behalf too. "A Macallan for the boy and I, good man. 72 years, if you could be so kind."

 

"We're on a budget," Drury blushed..

 

"There's no such thing as a "budget" when you're celebrating," Drake toasted.

 

"Château du Blanc, please," Day asked politely.

 

"I, uh, I'll have a creme soda," Chuck said.

 

With the waiter out of earshot, Fiasco leaned in. "What the hell is a 'Sex on the Beach?'" he scowled.

 

"Course, you wouldn't know," Blake teased. "That's a joke, put down the steak knife. It's a cocktail, man. Jeez."

 

While the two bickered, Chuck saw his chance. "Here. Happy birthday," Chuck smiled as he passed a red and white present over to Julian.

 

"Thank you, Charlie. I.... take it Garfield couldn't make it?" Day presumed.

 

"Ah, no. No. He has that thing with Sionis; Black Mask. Guy's a real up and comer. Looking for muscle. Thought it could be a pretty good gig for us," Drury explained.

 

"Sionis? That lowly drug lord in the narrows?" Drake pondered.

 

"You didn't say he was a drug dealer, Dru," Chuck stated, a little wary of it.

 

"This is what I never understood..." Julian rolled his eyes. "Why do you even entertain the notion of dealing with these... mobsters. You would think, that after Bressi-"

 

"Hey," Drury snapped. "Tony Bressi was a two-bit gangster who thought he was better than me and the other capes. Sionis isn't like that. He's got a mask. He's got a gimmick. This is good for us! We finally have a freak on the high table, and it'd be stupid not to capitalise on that. It's good business: Gar, Len and I had that arrangement with Twag and Falcone way back, and that was solid!"

 

"I heard Falcone had Twag whacked," Len noted.

 

"That... doesn't matter. It's all good news guys, honest!"

 

==The Gotham Royal==

 

East Hallway: Floor 24

 

Time until Detonation: 46 minutes

 

Drury and Chuck led the way; followed by Sharpe, Flannegan and Joey. Lastly, Gar walked slowly behind them. Needham and Mayo had taken the party guests in the opposite direction, and even with the bomb still in play, Gar's mind began to wander.

 

Intuitively, Drury picked up on this behaviour, and halted the group's progression. "What is it?" he asked, as he walked over to his friend.

 

Gar, kicked the ground. "It's nothing, I-"

 

"Uh, hello! Fearless Bomb, anyone?" Sharpe waved at the pair impatiently.

 

"I... I gotta go back for Jenna," Gar decided.

 

"You... What-?" Drury stammered, but it was no use; Gar had already turned back in the direction of the second group

 

"Uh, no, you don't," Sharpe chased after him. "Half an hour ago, she thought you were going to propose, and instead, you gave her a fucking homework assignment. This is real shit we're in, Lynns. Whatever happened to bros before -"

 

"You know, it's a wonder more people don't shoot you in the head," Rigger shook his head in disbelief.

 

"Most people miss," Sharpe winked cheekily.

 

Though his mind was made up, this gave Gar pause. "I didn't- She- She didn't actually think I was gonna propose, right?"

 

"Go," Chuck assured him. "We'll go on ahead. Just, uh, send her our best."

 

"Their best," Flannegan corrected him. "I don't know the broad."

 

As Gar departed, Drury's comms device began buzzing with static. Already agitated, he put his finger to his ear, and cursed loudly. "Blake, I swear to god-"

 

"Now, now. Let's not bring Him into this. This mess is all yours," a cold voice cut him off.

 

"Julian..." Drury said in shock, turning to Chuck, his face pale.

 

"Julian-?" Chuck stammered. "How did you get this frequency?" he wondered.

 

"I took the earpieces from Thomas and the Ten-Eyed Man. They're unharmed, don't worry. They're much more useful to me alive, after all."

 

As he spoke, a horrifying thought entered Chuck's mind. "Wait, if you've got their comms, that means-"

 

"I'm afraid so. For what it's worth, it seemed like a very good pla-"

 

Chuck ripped his earpiece out, tossed it to the ground and crushed it with his heel. In turn, the other Misfits did the same. "Actually, I think I might just put mine in my pocket," Joey reasoned. "Might be handy later."

 

"Right. Yeah... Probably shouldn't have smashed mine," Chuck admitted.

 

"Probably not, no... Guys, I hate to be the pessimist here, but... what now?" Joey wondered. "Jules knows we're coming."

 

"Gar could be walking straight into an ambush..." Drury shook his head.

 

"And we're all gonna be huffing crazy gas if you don't stop Day. You three need to get in that penthouse, we'll back up Lynns," Flannegan stated, gesturing at Sharpe. "Besides. I owe Krill a rematch," Flannegan smirked, as he and Sharpe strutted off.

 

As they prepared their next move, a fist chapped on the bathroom door opposite them. "Hello? Is it safe to come out yet?" Booker's nasally voice called out.

 

Chuck, Joey and Drury each looked at one another. "No."

 

==East Stairwell: Floor 19==

 

By the time Gar had caught up to them, Needham had already taken the grumbling ensemble of party guests down three flights of stairs; L-Ron was lagging behind, pushed forward by a rather high spirited Mayo; Franco was muttering obscenities to anyone who would listen (namely, Jenna, Rosso and Gaige) and the Great White Shark was whistling sea shanties.

 

"Jenna! Jenna!" Gar called out.

 

"What does that bacon-faced prick want now?" Franco whispered to Rosso.

 

"Hey, Eric, can you give us a minute?" Gar halted the group.

 

"Sure," Needham shrugged. "Let's keep moving, people," he ordered.

 

"Gar? What's wrong?" Jenna's brow furrowed. "Are you alright?"

 

Gar twiddled his thumbs, avoiding her eye-line. "No. I mean, I am, but listen; I know all this is crazy. You went to this party, I dunno, to escape the craziness of our lives. And instead there's a calendar killer, and a really irritating Brit. It's mad. But it's more bearable, I think, I hope, if we face it... Face it..."

 

"What is it, Gar?" she smiled expectantly.

 

His eyes bulged as he noticed a familiar figure take aim at him. "Duck!"

 

Before Jenna could react, Gar had pushed her to the ground, as a purple, ice-cold polka dot soared overhead, where he and Jenna had been standing just moments before: Krill, had found them.

 

"'Ello, lads. Heard ya were looking for me," he smirked, as he hurled a second dot at the stunned party guests; one Needham halted with a well-aimed web.

 

"Into the hallway!" Needham ordered the crowd, as he pushed White through the fire door.

 

Gar helped Jenna to her feet, and took a defensive stance against Krill. "Go with them," he instructed her, as he gestured half heartedly to Franco. "I got this," he added, thoroughly unsure of himself.

 

"Sure you do," Krill chuckled dismissively. "Sure you- Ow!"

 

Gar's brow furrowed; A white baton had struck Krill on the side of his head. Sharpe, was sliding down the banister towards them, while Flannegan followed along on foot.

 

"You... shouldn't have been able to hit me," Krill rubbed the fresh bump on his head.

 

"I'm full of surprises!" Sharpe grinned as he knocked Krill through the fire door with a flying kick: Despite Gar's best efforts, the fight had carried over into the hallway. Needham and Mayo had pushed most of the guests onwards, but Franco's ensemble had elected to stay behind and watch the fight.

 

"Away from the guests, you moron!" Gar snapped at Sharpe.

 

"Oops?" Sharpe apologised with mild sincerity.

 

Meanwhile, Flannegan was throwing scattered, furious punches at Krill, with none of them finding their mark; With every punch the Misfits threw his way, Krill simply redirected the blow to hit one of their own; Gar aimed an uppercut at Krill, and struck Flannegan instead; Sharpe aimed his leg at Krill's groin and instead incapacitated Gar; Flannegan attempted to headbutt Krill, and instead collided with a brick wall; it was a disaster.

In a last ditch effort, Gar unhooked an incendiary grenade from his belt, and tossed it at Krill, who diverted the explosive towards a charging Flannegan; as the resultant explosion knocked him down, the disruptor slid out of Flannegan's grip. Not appreciating what the device really was, Krill kicked it aside and let out an amused chuckle. He knelt beside Flannegan, and peeled a familiar, buzzsaw-like dot off of his suit. "Now," he smirked at Flannegan. "Am I the only one having an intense case of deja vu right now?" he joked.

 

Gaige, glanced back at the fight, and against his better judgement, broke away from the crowd.

Puzzled, Franco clutched the Physician's arm. "What are you doing? This is exactly what we wanted," he smiled. "Let that calendar creep and his goons have their fun, when they're done, we can have Gotham- you and-"

 

Gaige nudged past him, and stomped off in Krill's direction, Walker's words ringing in his head.

 

"Where are you going-? Physician!" Franco protested. "Ah, fuck this!" he exclaimed, thrusting his fist through the plaster on the nearby wall. "Physician, what are you doing?!" he panicked, chasing after him.

 

Ignoring Franco's tantrum, the 'Physician' calmly picked the disruptor up from off the ground and latched it onto Krill's back.

 

"What the- Who the fuck are you-?!" Krill exclaimed nervously, desperately trying to remove the now chirping device from off his person.

 

"Physician!" Franco snapped defiantly.

 

"I'm not The Physician, son," The man warned. "I'm The Doctor."

 

"Doctor! Doctor who?" Krill protested, now fruitlessly trying to open a portal.

 

The Doctor smiled, pulled off his ascot, and wrapped it around his head. Then, he reached into his pocket, pulled out a replacement gold tie, and tied it around his neck. "Doctor Gaige, you polka dotted prick," he announced as he pulled his fist back, and launched it at Krill's face.

 

"Oh." Krill stumbled backwards; blood trickling down his face. "So... so does anyone actually stay in prison these days, or is it just a fucking bed and breakfast?"

 

"Holy crap, Gaige?! Aw, man, Drury's gonna freak out!" Sharpe exclaimed. Having already put the pieces together himself, Gar simply glanced at him, and shook his head.

 

"Hey, Dickhead," a gruff voice called up at Krill, and before he could react, Flannegan's own fist had collided with Krill's jaw.

 

Intent to join the winning team and hoping to get back in Jenna's good graces, Franco smirked at his date and advanced forward. He picked up a discarded suitcase and threw it against Krill's back. 'Y'know, something chivalrous. Romantic, even.' That notion soon dissipated as Krill turned back, scowled, and drop kicked him across the hallway with damning ease.

 

"Tsk, tsk. Naughty Davey. Naughty. Leave the fighting to the professionals," he tutted.

 

As Franco reached for his pistol, Krill shot a pink dot at him, striking him in the side. Franco peeled back his dinner jacket, and scowled at the fresh, deep gash the dot's ridged edge had left.

 

"Davey!" Jenna screamed.

 

As she motioned to help him, however, she suddenly found herself unable to move, as though she had been rooted to the spot. Rosso stared back at her, and marched over to Franco in her stead, placing a hand over his wound and pressing down. Hard.

The two of them locked eyes for a moment, and in that instant, they resolved to fix this the only way they knew how: Franco reached into his bloodstained jacket and retrieved his phone; his final attempt to get control of the situation and of Gaige and Jenna. "Hello? This the Mothkiller?" he asked in a hushed tone into the receiver. His answer, was the heavy breathing of a longtime smoker. That confirmed it.

Franco cleared his throat, and continued. "I... I think I have some information you might be interested in."

 

~-~

 

The Misfits now knew what they had to do: Without his portals, Krill was just another C-Lister with a gimmick. And those, they knew how to deal with.

 

As his desperation grew, Krill kept frantically ripping the dots off his suit, and hurling them at the pair, one after another; Gar ducked; Gaige blocked them; Flannegan took two to the chest but kept moving; Sharpe leapt over them one after the other.

And then, Krill looked down at his costume: He'd ran out of dots. Flannegan grabbed him by the scruff of his neck, and flung him against the far window; glass shattering as he made impact. He reached for a shard of broken glass, pulled Sharpe towards him, and held the shard close to his throat.

 

"Go on then!" he warned the Misfits. "Bring it on, you dicks! You think I won't kill this prick? I killed Manga Khan! And guess what, I liked him! He didn't hit me in the head with a fucking billy club neither."

 

"Hem-hem," a tinny voice called out.

 

Krill's eyes darted feverishly towards the approaching figure. "They really don't pay me enough for this," he gasped. "Alright, Johnny Five, what have you got?"

 

L-Ron, bowed his metal head. "Excuse me, but you did not kill Lord Manga."

 

"Eh-?" Krill's mouth twitched.

 

"Lord Manga, isn't dead," L-Ron restated. "Lord Manga is an energy being. Essentially formless. And you, took the head off of his favourite armour."

 

A cloud of pink mist erupted through the broken window frame, wrapped itself around Krill's face, and pulled him and Sharpe through the open window.

 

"No!" Gar cried, as he ran over to the broken windowsill. "I can't- I-"

 

He paused. "I don't believe it."

 

Krill and Sharpe had landed on the cloth awning above the hotel lobby, and though they were both worse for wear, they were breathing: Sharpe's powers had saved them both.

 

==Sionis Penthouse: Floor 48==

 

"Abner? Abner, come in. Krill!" Day bellowed down his comms device. No answer.

 

"See," Blake chuckled. "That's the one thing you need to know about the Misfits, pal-"

 

"I know everything there is to know about the Misfits," Day snapped at him.

 

"It's that, we may be assholes, but we're persistent assholes."

 

"I- I don't think I'm an asshole," Ten stated.

 

Day's lip curled; his head rocked from side to side, and it looked like he might throw up. Then his body stiffened. "Noted," he said softly.

 

==Jumbo Carson's Apartment==

 

"WHAT?!" Carson bellowed, flipping over a table in blinded rage. "Walker's back in Gotham? Why the hell did no one tell me that?!"

 

"Dad, calm down," Bridget pleaded, placing a hand on his shoulder. He shrugged it off.

 

"No!" he dismissed her, tossing the Christmas tree onto its' side. "Who does Day think he is? Trying to cut me out of the action? Me?! How dare he! The Royal's like ten minutes away! We could've coordinated! I could've been there! I approached him: me! But no, he's too good for me! First, he denies me, then he bosses me around, and now he won't even give me the time of day! Fuck him!"

 

Carson set the phone down, and took a deep ragged breath.

 

"He's dead, Bridget," he growled. "That bald little prick is dead. What about it, Hayden? Fancy a trip out?"

 

The pirate, nodded excitedly. "Silly little red man throwing quite the fit.

Silly little red man, hasn't thought it through a bit.

So you take the silly little man, all dressed in black and red

And you grab the red man by the throat and you cut off his head."

The Cosmic Question Mark (NGC 7822) is a nebula located in the constellation Cepheus, which is approximately 2,900 light years away. The nebula is home to one of the hottest stars known. The star is known as BD+66 1673. This star is one of the primary sources illuminating the nebula.

 

The nebula gets its name because it resembles a question mark in its entirety. I didn’t plan very well and didn’t shoot another couple mosaic panels to capture the entire nebula! The other two panels will be another project in the winter as this was a little bit of a pain to capture.

 

Image Detail:

- 22 hours of total integration time (300 seconds, gain 100, camera cooled to 14 degrees)

- 11 hours of HA/OIII narrowband data for each panel

 

Equipment:

- SVBONY SV503 80ED

- SVBONY SV220 HA/OIII dual narrowband filter

- SVBONY SV226 filter drawer

- Sky Watcher Star Adventurer GTi

- ZWO ASI 2600MC Pro

- ZWO ASIAIR Mini

- ZWO EAF

- ZWO 120MM guide camera

- ZWO guide scope

 

Software:

- PixInsight

- Adobe Photoshop

- RC Astro Blur Xterminator

- RC Astro Noise Xterminator

- RC Astro Star Xterminator

They usually know where the bathrooms are (that's the "loo" to me Brit buds, the "WC" to mein German buds, and a "tree" to me Aussie and Canadian buds.).

 

Relax, it's just a bit of humor. Police action in San Jose, California. Resolved peacefully.

For her school work

 

Developed by Whampoa Colour Centre

Mam Tor or not Mam Tor, that was the question I was asking myself when I left the house this morning, and after much deliberation and driving around I settled on Higger Tor and the Kit Kat stones.

The mist was heavy this morning and at times whilst I stood waiting I wasn't sure if I'd get a result, but I did. At times I didn't know which way to look or even point my camera as the scene was constantly changing, but this was a morning I won't forget for some time.

It was gone 10am when I finally got back to the car, and that wasn't down to just taking photos, it was because I was in admiration of what was around me. Superb!!

 

Où il est également question de la célébrité.

 

La première fois que j'ai entendu parlé de François Sagat c'était lors de la nuit toute nue de Canal + le 18 juillet 2007 que mes parents regardaient pendant que j'étais au dehors. www.madmoizelle.com/actu/actu_canal-plus-se-met-au-nu_200...

 

Puis Britney sort son Gimme more et sur youtube je tombe sur la vidéo de François se brossant les dents. J'ai trouvé ça tellement drôle.... Que je me suis promis de faire une photo inspiré de ce mini-clip : www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_ljf1-N3UA

 

Et maintenant musique ! Si, si à écouter : Gimme more de Machinae Supremacy, album Overworld

www.deezer.com/track/916902

 

Nous sommes nés la même année comme tant d'autres : www.ados.fr/naissance-1979.html

ça m'épate toujours de voir des personnes de mon âge qui soient célèbres. Qu'est-ce qui pousse chacun à faire la vie qu'il mène ? Qu'est-ce qui me pousse à faire ces photos ?

A question of balance. Moody Blues. Week 182 of the utterly fabulous re packaged group. Nope. Don't have this one.

Question: how long would it take for nature to take back the planet?

My question is what are they doing? They were on a rotting log, many more than those pictured. I know the larvae live in rotting wood, so perhaps they just emerged. But many were flying around in some sort of frenzy. Perhaps it is a mating frenzy?

Lake Roland, Baltimore County, Cockeysville Quad, May 29.

So, as you can tell from the title, I have another question for you guys. This ones about my profile picture, I'm thinking it might be time to change it up a bit, seeing as I've had this one since I began here on Flickr. I may also change my banner as well, just so everything's been changed.

 

So... yeah, what do you guys think? Feel free to give suggestions and opinions. I know this is probably quite a minor thing, but still felt it might be something worth asking. XD

 

EDIT #1: I have found one I'm pretty happy with, thoughts?

EDIT #2: May try this one, seeing as this one is me. (or at least a version of me. XD)

In Ladakh the general emphasis of photographers is to take in the wide desert mountainsides and the occasional portrait of monks and lined weathered faces of the local citizens.

 

Not much gets documented about the people and how they spend their time, specially not the worn out forgotten old people spending their time spinning a prayer wheel and counting prayer beads in the alleys and backways of Leh city.

 

The ruined and dilapidated structure behind the two "at peace" Ladakhis has since then disappeared. The structure was being brought down when this was shot one day in the late afternoon in November. A shard of strong sunlight came through the domes and walls of a Buddhist temple lighting up the two men deep in their conversation. What were they talking about? That question hurriedly crossed my mind as I reeled off a few shots without disturbing the peace of the place. I was more worried about mundane things like exposure and getting a good focus on a hunting lens.

  

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Question mark butterfly feeding on a purple coneflower. Lens used with a 16 mm extension tube.

Do ya'll think people would be interested in purchasing minifigs like these off ebay as I am thinking whether or not to sell them?

Most of todays uploads are butterflies on Lantana.

Three Questions

 

When this female grizzly made serious eye contact with me three questions popped into my mind.

  

Is it just curiosity?

 

Is she just warning me to get out of her space?

 

Is she considering me for dinner?

  

No matter. The answer to all three was the same. Get back into the car. I had been shooting over the hood of the car and as soon as I got back inside she lost interest and began to browse the nearby vegetation for goodies.

 

*Christmas question!*

What is the kind of your favorite cake?

あなたの好きなケーキはなんですか？

 

Christmas series #4

※明日もう一個あるので、覚悟して下さい(o'(ェ)'o）

 

Dec 23, 2008 #461

 

Thanks for visiting! Most photos are of Mei, my wife and muse.

 

FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)

 

My photos with more than 1000 Faves: 1000+ faves album

So...yeah, this is the picture in question, the one that was used by a national geographic photographer to promote a for-profit photo workshop at Burning Man. Kinda funny that it's getting all the attention, because it's a fairly crappy HDR in my opinion. Anyway, thanks for the support...you can check out my other burning man photos here:

 

Burning Man 2012:

 

www.flickr.com/photos/michaelholden/sets/72157631392416880/

 

Burning Man 2011:

 

www.flickr.com/photos/michaelholden/sets/72157627529205924/

Burning Man 2010:

 

www.flickr.com/photos/michaelholden/sets/72157624681071111/

 

Burning Man 2009:

 

www.flickr.com/photos/michaelholden/sets/72157622425997753/

 

Burning Man 2008:

 

www.flickr.com/photos/michaelholden/sets/72157608718823709/

  

Here's the original story:

 

Chris and I got to Burning Man on Friday the 28th, before the event opened. Shortly after sunset I rode out to the Man. It had just rained and was fairly stormy. The only person out there was a single Ranger, on what has been called "stick duty". I took a number of exposures and ended up liking this one the best...something about that Ranger out there all alone. This is an HDR image made from three exposures (1/13, 1/25, 1/50) at f7.1 shot with my bitchin' Tokina 14-24mm wide angle lens. After I processed the source files in Photomatix I ran it through Noise Ninja to help deal with artifacts induced in the HDR manipulation process.

 

You can view and download high-rez versions of this photo on a nice background on my website at

 

www.michaelholden.com/pics/v/bman09/DSC_7998_9_7_tonemapp...

 

(lots of other pics from Burning Man, festivals, events, parties and chihuahuas are up there too!)