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The stone benches in the Franciscan cloisters were intriguing for several reasons.
First, when I asked the guide how old they were, he told me they were from the 20th century. That was intriguing considering the buildup of lichens. I don't know how fast they grow there, so I can't offer a different opinion.
The second interesting aspect is the design. To many 21st-century Americans, the figure might have a distinctly offensive cigar-store-indian vibe.
The figure could well be offensive to some contemporary Peruvians for similar reasons.
However, the work can also be interpreted less harshly. For a long time after the European invasion (some would say up to the present), all things indigenous were shunned for reasons having to do with racism and religion.
However, with independence from the Spanish Empire, Peruvians looked at the nation's Inca past with fresh eyes. Some of the people of the new Republic of Peru viewed the Incas as their predecessors and themselves as their legitimate successors.
In a related vein, there was also an artistic movement called indigenismo that sought to portray indigenous subjects in the fine arts in a respectful light.
So, while putting an Inca on the arm of a bench would tend to trivialize the subject, it could also be seen as a sign of acceptance of and respect for the indigenous people and their past.
It is also important to take into account that the Franciscans had missions in Peru where they cared and ministered to the native people. The bench would thus be a reflection and constant reminder of the Franciscans' mission in Peru.
Deta 757 hockey charter at the Aero Mag deicing area in Ottawa, getting rid of freezing rain buildup.
London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom. Standing on the River Thames in the south east of the island of Great Britain, London has been a major settlement for two millennia. It was founded by the Romans, who named it Londinium. London's ancient core, the City of London, largely retains its 1.12-square-mile medieval boundaries. Since at least the 19th century, "London" has also referred to the metropolis around this core, historically split between Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent, and Hertfordshire, which today largely makes up Greater London, governed by the Mayor of London and the London Assembly.
The 4th SteineWahn happens in Berlin last weekend. There was a lot of work to be done previously.
I think this is a very important part of an exhibition for the participants. Everyone is concentrate to make sure that his moc is presented well. But everybody also helps each other. So i take my time to make some pictures of those moments.
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Venus, the 2nd planet from the Sun, has the hottest surface temperature in the Solar System at a scorching 867°F (464°C). This is caused by a runaway greenhouse effect from the buildup of carbon dioxide. Inevitably, Earth will suffer a similar fate within a few billion years as the Sun's luminosity increases. At the rate we're going, humans will be long gone before then.
This was my last successful attempt at capturing the razor-thin crescent Venus for the season. I set up about an hour before sunset and desperately searched the bright, hazy daylight skies for Venus. I finally caught it in my binoculars after the sunlight was blocked by a rapidly developing thunderstorm. I only had a few minutes to shoot before the clouds covered Venus too. Its position is not ideal for imaging near inferior conjunction this time, and the conditions have been garbage here. So this is it until 2024/2025!
Phase angle: 150.8°
Percent illuminated: 6.3%
Apparent magnitude: -4.38
Apparent diameter: 52.92"
Distance from Earth: 0.315 AU
Altitude above horizon: 14.1° to 12.4°
Captured from 23:50 to 23:58 UTC
Luminance: stack of 500 frames (best of 42,676)
Exposure 5 ms (200 FPS), Gain 182, Offset 25
RGB: stack of 500 frames (best of 35,829)
Exposure 5 ms (200 FPS), Gain 131, Offset 25
Location: Summerville/Ladson, SC
Atmospheric seeing: 2/5
Atmospheric transparency: 1/5
Camera: ZWO ASI224MC
Filters: Baader 685nm IR-Pass (for luminance), ZWO UV/IR-Cut (for RGB)
Telescope: Celestron C6 Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope
Barlow: Tele Vue 2x 1.25" Barlow (with ZWO ADC before Barlow, gives an effective focal length of ~3950mm at f/26.3)
Mount: Orion Sirius EQ-G (unguided)
Capture software: FireCapture
Processing software: PIPP, AutoStakkert! 3 (with 3x drizzle), PixInsight, GIMP
The G20 was the biggest police buildup Hamburg has ever seen. 23.000 riot police from all over Germany and numerous anti-terror squads from Germany and Austria were also on scene. Around 45 high tech water- cannons , armoured police SUVs as well as dozens of helicopters and patrol boats were also deployed. In Hamburg-Harburg a detention center for 400 people was erected at costs of about 3 Million Euro.
Weeks before the summit police conducted training with helicopters, road-blocks and anti-terror practice. During the summit-week police, beside establishing the red zone near the summit center, also installed a blue zone as a demonstration and gathering free area that stretched out about one thirds of the city area and covered 38km².
In many ways the police build-up was exceptional in a dense populated City like Hamburg. The lessons learnt after the Genua G20 riots in 2001 in summit policing did not much apply in Hamburg. Instead Hamburg minister of the interior proclaimed a “festival of democracy” and a police acting with low threshold of intervention.
The Hamburg police tactic can for sure be described as “zero tolerance”. Order was given for a hardline approach, preventing any breach of law promptly. This lead to a series of confrontations and feelings of besiegement among protesters and citizens of Hamburg - all in advance of the actual summit-riots. Weeks before the summit people all around the city were stopped and strip-searched, because “they looked suspicious”. Days before the summit, protest- camps, in some cases legally approved by courts, were blocked and disturbed by the police. For days police helicopters were hoovering above the city day and night. Main streets were blocked for “convoy-practise” and during the summit deliveries of goods and services were significantly disturbed.
During the summit-protests, police stuck to their hardline approach, leading to a significant escalation at the “welcome to hell” demonstration on Thursday the 6th, when police stopped and broke up the demonstration, before any physical violence occurred on side of the protesters.
From this point on, Hamburg saw 3 days of massive peaceful protests, as well as significant rioting and looting, which lead to the deployment of special forces (SEK) with hand held grenade launchers and assault rifles against rioters on the night of the 7th and 8th of July.
Police claims about 500 injured policemen, half of them probably due to friendly teargas fire, exhaustion and illness, others through injuries on duty and in riot. Many police had insufficient accommodation and many were on duty for 3 days without sleep.
There are no official numbers of injured protesters so far, but it is estimated that it must be more than a thousand, some with life threatening conditions, many broken limbs and head- injuries.
The question wether police could have prevented the worst is now widely discussed. Also in question is the fact that riots in the Schanzenviertel could spread for hours without any police present on Friday night. Also no police was on the scene when a group of hundred marched through the City of Altona burning cars and smashing shops on Friday morning. People of Hamburg are asking why 23.000 police were not able to prevent what was happening and why the police was conducting violence on peaceful protesters too.
The Hamburg Senate coalition of Social-Democrats and Green Party, so far, see no evidence of a failed police- tactic nor any evidence of police violence. It will be to the civil rights movements to investigate.
The promised “Festival of Democracy” and the safety of the citizens of Hamburg was a joke. The police failed to prevent mass riots and failed to handle the situation in many cases. The costs of all this is not just a money issue, but also an issue of basic democratic rights, that have been suspended for the safety of 20 world leaders.
Around 100.000 peaceful protesters on more than 80 events, were basically not represented in the public view. Instead police and media reports, in most cases, only focused on the riots.
Massive cumulus cloud buildup. Could be a pyrocumulus from a wildfire in that area that blew up, about the same time near Imnaha, Oregon USA.
A group of Adelie Penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) makes their way from colony to the sea, crossing ice/snow buildup close to the shoreline. Image taken on Paulet Island in Antarctica.
Skútustaðagígar is a cluster of pseudocraters surrounding Stakhólstjörn pond, at the southwest shore of Lake Mývatn. Pseudocraters, found primarily in Iceland and on Mars, are so named because they were never conduits for emerging lava. They're formed when lava flowing above ground heats subsurface water, causing explosions from steam and gas buildup. The Skútustaðagígar pseudocraters, each around 66 ft. deep, are quite striking from the road (or from Vindbelgjarfjall, below); but when viewed from the rims, they're simply grassy bowls.
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Indian River quarterback Dominique Brooks beats his old school… sweet revenge!
All week long, he heard the buildup surrounding the big Southeastern District showdown between No. 2 Indian River and No. 1 Oscar Smith. He also was going against his former team as he was the starting quarterback during the Tigers’ run to a third consecutive state championship game last season.
But Brooks handled the pressure as he threw for 206 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Braves to a 28-16 win over Oscar Smith in front of more 5,000 fans. It was the Braves’ first win over the Tigers since 1998. And the win also put Indian River in the driver’s seat to the district title, which they haven’t won since 1996. The Braves finish the season against Grassfield (4-4) and Western Branch (0-8).
Brooks overcame early jitters that included two penalties and back-to-back incompletions on his team's first possession, but he settled down with throws of 25, 15 and 24 yards.
Ahshawn Moore completed the drive with a 1-yard touchdown run to help the Indian River take a 7-0 lead.
The Tigers, who have lost just two Southeastern District games since 2007, answered when quarterback Cam’Ron Kelly threw a 21-yard touchdown pass to Kenny Etheridge.
Indian River (8-0, 7-0) regained the lead in the second quarter when Brooks threw an 85-yard touchdown pass to Rasheen Brooks for a 14-7 lead.
Oscar Smith cut the deficit to 14-10 on Austin Benoit’s 27-yard field goal with 3:04 left in the half.
The Braves added to their lead before the half on Carmello Sweat's 69-yard touchdown run to make it 21-10.
The second half started well for Indian River as the Braves capitalized on a muffed snap on a punt to get the ball on the Oscar Smith 31. Three plays later, Brooks threw a 19-yard touchdown pass to Moore, who made an incredible one-handed catch in the corner of the end zone. The Braves led 28-10 with 5:33 left in the third quarter.
But Indian River coach Glenwood Ferebee couldn’t relax. He remembered 2015 when the Braves led 14-2 in the fourth quarter, only to watch Oscar Smith score 13 points in the final 3:24 to beat them.
He thought about it even more after Kelly's 24-yard touchdown pass to Etheridge to help cut the deficit to 28-16 with 6:08 left in the game.
And the Braves held on as Ferebee beat Oscar Smith for the first time in his career.
All of the pictures were taken by Kirk Allen of RWM Sports | Red Weasel Media. Sponsored by King Neppy Clothing www.kingneppy.com
The G20 was the biggest police buildup Hamburg has ever seen. 23.000 riot police from all over Germany and numerous anti-terror squads from Germany and Austria were also on scene. Around 45 high tech water- cannons , armoured police SUVs as well as dozens of helicopters and patrol boats were also deployed. In Hamburg-Harburg a detention center for 400 people was erected at costs of about 3 Million Euro.
Weeks before the summit police conducted training with helicopters, road-blocks and anti-terror practice. During the summit-week police, beside establishing the red zone near the summit center, also installed a blue zone as a demonstration and gathering free area that stretched out about one thirds of the city area and covered 38km².
In many ways the police build-up was exceptional in a dense populated City like Hamburg. The lessons learnt after the Genua G20 riots in 2001 in summit policing did not much apply in Hamburg. Instead Hamburg minister of the interior proclaimed a “festival of democracy” and a police acting with low threshold of intervention.
The Hamburg police tactic can for sure be described as “zero tolerance”. Order was given for a hardline approach, preventing any breach of law promptly. This lead to a series of confrontations and feelings of besiegement among protesters and citizens of Hamburg - all in advance of the actual summit-riots. Weeks before the summit people all around the city were stopped and strip-searched, because “they looked suspicious”. Days before the summit, protest- camps, in some cases legally approved by courts, were blocked and disturbed by the police. For days police helicopters were hoovering above the city day and night. Main streets were blocked for “convoy-practise” and during the summit deliveries of goods and services were significantly disturbed.
During the summit-protests, police stuck to their hardline approach, leading to a significant escalation at the “welcome to hell” demonstration on Thursday the 6th, when police stopped and broke up the demonstration, before any physical violence occurred on side of the protesters.
From this point on, Hamburg saw 3 days of massive peaceful protests, as well as significant rioting and looting, which lead to the deployment of special forces (SEK) with hand held grenade launchers and assault rifles against rioters on the night of the 7th and 8th of July.
Police claims about 500 injured policemen, half of them probably due to friendly teargas fire, exhaustion and illness, others through injuries on duty and in riot. Many police had insufficient accommodation and many were on duty for 3 days without sleep.
There are no official numbers of injured protesters so far, but it is estimated that it must be more than a thousand, some with life threatening conditions, many broken limbs and head- injuries.
The question wether police could have prevented the worst is now widely discussed. Also in question is the fact that riots in the Schanzenviertel could spread for hours without any police present on Friday night. Also no police was on the scene when a group of hundred marched through the City of Altona burning cars and smashing shops on Friday morning. People of Hamburg are asking why 23.000 police were not able to prevent what was happening and why the police was conducting violence on peaceful protesters too.
The Hamburg Senate coalition of Social-Democrats and Green Party, so far, see no evidence of a failed police- tactic nor any evidence of police violence. It will be to the civil rights movements to investigate.
The promised “Festival of Democracy” and the safety of the citizens of Hamburg was a joke. The police failed to prevent mass riots and failed to handle the situation in many cases. The costs of all this is not just a money issue, but also an issue of basic democratic rights, that have been suspended for the safety of 20 world leaders.
Around 100.000 peaceful protesters on more than 80 events, were basically not represented in the public view. Instead police and media reports, in most cases, only focused on the riots.
Risøbank er et sommersted med gods og tidligere parafinoljefabrikk på i Furulunden i Mandal, like vest for Sjøsanden nær utløpet av Mandalselva.
Risøbank is a summer place with goods and former paraffin oil factory at Furulunden in Mandal, just west of Sjøsanden near the outlet of Mandalselva.
abstract photo of mineral buildup at ptbo liftlock. I created a mirror effect and put through distort ,polar coordinates and moved a few objects around in it. I added a half moon to it by composite.
I was sore and tired after a busy week and because of the cold weather. I made it a point to get out and get a long exposure photo of a waterfall. The ice formations are amazing and they didn't form like this last year.
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Well, time to head back and cross the river to where I parked the truck. February is still a freeze out. The waterfall on the St.Vrain caught my interest due to the ice buildup. Folks think this is a touching scene but it is where Vern Golden cleaned the leftover from his concrete trucks and dumped his scraps. No wonder he gave a magnanimous gift to Longmont instead of cleaning up. The flood exposed some of Golden's early works.
Although this is February, we are starting to pull out of the deep freeze. I decided to extend my walk by accessing the path across the bridge, which survived the floods. It turns and heads east across the town as the St.Vrain Greenway. I kept hoping the cloud would fully vacate the sun but I better keep moving for now. The weather gals are promising relief in spades for the coming week. Even I sent out a substitute in early February and stayed inside. The sky has been soup lately but today, we have some relief from the building snow. I don't the extents of the floods but it does look like it revealed some garbage. That may be why the shed is still good. It's about time to haul today's photo takes back home as the sun clears rhe cloud.
Today presented us with another overcast to take away any interest I had in a trek. I have a ton in unedited shots so I will attack some of them.
If you desire a skiing vacation, you're in great luck. Forty-three inches this weekend at Monarch. Our Rockies are loaded but beware most areas are on federal forest land and there, federal not Colorado's, drug laws apply to marijuana smoking. Focus on MJ (not Michael Jackson) and not hemp is beyond stupid! Hemp can be 10 times more efficient at producing ethanol than can corn... then you have the pesky byproduct of fiber for far superior clothes and paper. No wonder why John D. monkeyed with hemp and Henry Ford, like our gumment still does to perfection.
Photographs of clouds in the afternoon, during the buildup to a thunderstorm. Maleny, Queensland, Australia.