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Adorned with a wild boar's tusk, facial chalk markings, decorated goat-skin clothing and an ornamental clay lip-plate - Mursi semi-nomadic pastoral settlement situated near the banks of the Mago River, a tributary that joins the essential Omo River in a remote corner of southwestern Ethiopia.
On the meaning of lip-plates
The Mursi are one of the last groups in Africa where women still wear large wooden or clay plates in their lower lips. Most Mursi women wear lip-plates as an aesthetic symbol of cultural pride and identity, signifying passage to womanhood/adulthood. The labrets are more frequently worn by unmarried or newly wed women and are generally worn when serving men food or during important ritual events (weddings, men's duelling competitions, communal dances, safari photo-ops).
Debunking popular myths
Contrary to popular opinion among travellers and other passing strangers, ethnographers found little or no connection between the size of a woman’s lip-plate and the size of her bridewealth (cattle, guns).
Anthropologists have debunked another popular myth surrounding the lip-plate in this region. They found no evidence that the labret originated as a deliberate attempt to disfigure and make women less attractive to slave traders, yet this myth seems to surface regularly in accounts by professional and amateur photographers, tourists, and bloggers alike.
The Mursi and Mursiland
The Mursi are semi-nomadic farmers and herders who depend on shifting hoe-cultivation (mostly drought-resistant varieties of sorghum) and cattle herding for their livelihood. They number less than ten thousand today.
Most Mursi live in small settlements dispersed across Mursiland, a remote territory of about thirty by eighty kilometres between the Omo and Mago Rivers in southwestern Ethiopia, near the border with South Sudan and northern Kenya. The terrain varies from a volcanic plain dominated by a range of hills and a major watershed to a riverine forest, wooded grasslands and thorny bushland thickets.
Cogent ethnographic accounts on the meaning of lip-plates in Mursi culture and society include:
• David Turton, "Lip plates and the people who take photographs: uneasy encounters between Mursi and tourists in southern Ethiopia", Anthropology Today, 20:3, 3-8, 2004,.
• Shauna Latosky, "Reflections on the lip-plates of Mursi women as a source of stigma and self-esteem", in Ivo Strecker and Jean Lydall (eds.) The perils of face: Essays on cultural contact, respect and self-esteem in southern Ethiopia, Mainzer Beiträge zur Afrika-Forschung, Lit Verlag, Berlin, 2006, pp. 371-386.
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Heliconia psittacorum is a perennial herb native to the
Caribbean and South America. It is considered native to French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Panama and Trinidad and Tobago. It is reportedly naturalized in Gambia, Thailand, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Jamaica and the Lesser Antilles. It is often cultivated as a tropical ornamental plant in regions outside its native range. Unlike most species of plants that require the use of pollinators for pollination the H. Psittacorum naturally prefers the absence of pollinators for pollination. In other words, it is well capable of pollinating itself, any use of pollinators can do more harm than good. The flower has both male parts and female parts, also referred to as a hermaphroditic angiosperm.
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami FL
With apologies to you know whom … I simply could not resist showing this little levitation gem enhanced by some cool rim light. Does not look too shabby in large either. What happened is that the resident squirrel received a visit from his south-american cousin, the flying squirrel. Family being what it is, and not to offend the south-american machismo, he pretended to be genuinely impressed by his cousin’s antics. But as soon as his cousin had left, he came over and in a conspiratorial voice whispered to me “Come watch this and bring your camera”. I had nothing better to do at the time, actually, I rarely have anything better to do at any time, and moved the Adirondack chair into position and observed his masterful command of levitation in some pretty cool lighting conditions. Truth be told, we were at this for about an hour and these lighting conditions occurred for only about 5 minutes.
I have a huge problem here. During my research for catchy tunes I came across this Elvis song that has absolutely nothing to do with this image. You may have noticed that does happen from time to time. What to do? I could just ignore this dilemma and post the song but the squirrel sprang to my aid and invoked an old light incantation whose origin is shrouded in mystery to this day. He turned to the sun and whispered "Kiss me Quick" …
For catching take off Position ; It definitely required patience then experience and luck!...
PS - I used monopod...
In the summer months ladybirds give off a faint scent, which is thought to deter potential predators. In the winter this 'ladybird perfume' could be one of the ways they find each other at hibernation sites. Ladybirds hibernate through the winter as adult insects, so this is the time when they start looking for suitable sites. Different species will usually hibernate in different places. Some shelter under tree bark, others sleep under leaf litter etc.
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Up until now, scientists believed that anything over seven foot was a long-distance flight for a ladybird - but the new data shows they can actually travel up to 74 miles in a single flight.
The study of the common or garden ladybird was undertaken using a monitoring device at Rothamsted Research, an agricultural research institution based in Harpenden, Hertfordshire.
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I started using Monopod on long walks. Here is my Carbon Monopod details : Really Right Stuff MH-01 Monopod Head with Standard Lever - Release Clamp - Nikkor AF-S 200-500mm f/5.6 ED VR fitted MPR-113 Multi-Purpose Rail lens foot and Gitzo GM2542 Series 2 4S Carbon Monopod.
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With the recent overnight snow in the south quickly disappearing by morning,a trip down memory lane may be required for any snow....as here at Whitchurch,Hants, on 10/Feb/1991 with NSE 47711 departing its booked stop with a Salisbury to Waterloo service,terminating at Basingstoke due to the adverse weather conditions.
enshrined at the side marble chapel (camarin) of the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño de Cebu.
The Augustinians are required to display the original image as mandated by Pope Paul VI when he elevated the San Agustin Church to Basilica Minore del Sto. Niño.
Detailed macro photograph of cutting a millimetre small mustard seed with a small sharp scalpel blade.
“cut the mustard” This expression meaning “to succeed; to come up to expectations; reach the required standard”
Abkhazia. A country at war. In many places where there are people who hang posters like "Special forces require youl" The proposed salary for this dangerous service - 9000 rubles, about 300 U.S. dollars.
This poster is still the slogan "Just do what should be and that would be" courageous people.
In this case, photographed a poster hanging on the door of the shop. I liked how it formed the sun's rays.
Абхазия. Страна, находящаяся в состоянии войны. Во многих местах, где бывают люди, висят подобные плакаты "Ты нужен спецназу" Предлагаемая зарплата за эту опасную службу - 9000 рублей, около 300 долларов США.
На этом плакате есть еще лозунг "Делай что должен и будь, что будет" Мужественный народ.
В данном случае сфотографирован плакат, висящий на дверях магазина. Мне понравилось, как на него легли солнечные лучи.
A Gulf Fritillary enjoys a bit of nectar from and Ironweed blossom in the garden of good and evil at El. Franco Lee Park. Not the best of captures, but something to break up the monotony of the heron and lizard parade.
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In the Flower Dome in Singapore, the display on the theme "Jaipur" requires a lot of preparation and skills. This lady was putting the finishing touch to the tail of a Peacock and I watched her work with great interest. /
Au Dôme des Fleurs de Singapour, l'exposition sur le thème "Jaipur, la cité rose de l'Inde" a demandé un grand travail de préparation et beaucoup de talent. Cette dame mettait la touche finale à la queue d'un Paon presque aussi grand qu'elle !. J'ai observé - et admiré - son travail avec beaucoup d'intérêt.
History
In 1900, Bayless Paper chose to construct a paper mill in the Freeman Run Valley. By 1909, the company realized that occasional dry seasons required a more reliable water source. After finding a small earthen dam to be inadequate, the T. Chalkey Hatton firm built a large concrete dam across the valley. The dam was 50 feet (15 m) high, 540 feet (160 m) long and cost $86,000 to construct.[1] It was designed to be thirty feet thick, but was built only twenty feet thick.
Within only a few months of its completion, problems were detected. The dam bowed more than 36 feet (11 m) under the pressure of the water it was holding and the concrete started cracking. The bowing was alleviated by using dynamite to blast a 13-foot (4.0 m) space for the excess water to spill over. The cracking was claimed to be normal because of the drying cement.
On September 30, 1911, the dam failed and destroyed the Bayless Pulp & Paper Mill as well as much of the town of Austin. The damage was approximately $10 million. It also resulted in the deaths of 78 people. The paper mill and dam were subsequently rebuilt, but the mill was lost in a fire in 1933. The new dam failed in 1942 with no loss of life. The dam was not replaced after the second failure.
A documentary about the dam disaster, featuring narration by Willie Nelson, was created by Mansfield University of Pennsylvania professor Gale Largey in 1999. It includes interviews with five survivors along with original newsreel footage.
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Northamptonshire, where we live, is perhaps one of the least known counties in England despite the fact that the M1 and the A14 pass through it. It is a rural county with rich farmland and the remains of two large medieval forests. There are only half a dozen large towns, of which the largest is Northampton itself, several miles to the south of here.
Formerly known as a shoe and leather producer, and for its iron and steel industry based mainly at Corby, Northamptonshire is now mainly a light industrial and storage and distribution centre with vast warehouses either lining or close to the main through routes. It has also been required to build vast new housing developments to help reduce the housing problem in the south-east of England.
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Newark North Signal Box on the 5th March 1977, a Great Northern Railway signal box which I can find virtually no information. I suspect it use to control a level crossing until the overbridge behind was built.
Any information on this box gratefully received,
My thanks to "Ingy the Wingy" for the following information.
A Great Northern Railway type 1 design fitted with a 35 lever Rapier 1870 Patent frame that opened on 14/08/1875. The lever frame was replaced by a 40 lever Railway Signal Company frame in 1900 and the signal box closed on the 27th February 1977
Praktica LTL, High Speed Ektachrome
After the grey day, the grey weekend and the grey month we have had so far, a bit of colours will do me some good! Thanks for the colours graciously offered by this Yellow Warbler and its decor!
Had to stand in the middle of the stream to avoid most of the treetrunks but still there are some left in frame.
Zeiss 21/2.8 Milvus
Recent acquisitions into my collection. They require fixes before usage.
Canonet QL17 - GIII
Minolta Hi-Matic 7sII
Shot with Pentax 645
Ex B&O caboose, no couplers, no trucks, sits close to Martins in Connellsville, Pa. A friend from the area says it also used to be a store that sold CD's. It's in sad shape now.
"A man requires but eight liters. A palm, then, equals five men. There are twenty palms out there—one hundred men.”
This is a relatively simple build. The actual scene from the movie is pretty plain, in that the textures are all smooth and tan. Don't get me wrong it is a beautiful scene. I added a lot of my own made up details and textures to try and break up all the tan color. I wanted to keep the build pretty small as well mostly because I do not have that many tan pieces. All around I am pretty happy with it. It isn't my best work and I was feeling kinda stumped on what else I could've added to it, but I still like it. I hope you enjoy!
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Yeah, it's happening, the haters are coming out.
We're Here - Photographs with unreasonably long names
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The ZWO 294mc Pro requires Dark frames, Flat frames are always desired. Bias frames I shoot because I'm supposed to :) But for this capture of M42 I did use any of the calibration frames. I used the RASA 8 which had been shelved for almost 2 years. My goal was just to get it wired up and ready for another night but decided to grab a few frames anyway.
RASA8, ZWO 294mc Pro, AM5 mount. Exposure, 30 secs. 400 captures. Stacked in DeepSkyStacker. Processed in Pixinsight where SCNR was applied 3 times haha! Crop and sig in PScc.
This shot requires two more people to complete.
No matter how long we waited, no team of four crossed the street together.
So I left it unfinished. Someday the opportunity will come.
Karlsbad - Karlovy Vary
18.08.1989 - CSSR Trip mit damals noch erforderlichem Visum im Reisepass.
Tschechoslowakische Sozialistische Republik
Analogue Slide scan
Kodak Film Ektachrome 100
Camera Canon A1
Carlsbad
18.08.1989 - CSSR trip with a visa still required in the passport at the time.
Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
I was at Vandalia by the dam waiting on this guy. The high sun was setting in and getting too far around for a northbound. A stack train stopped right in front of me, so I had to race to the car and make a mad dash up I-75 to Troy. I set up just in time to get this Q352 with a dogs brunchfast: KCS SD70MAC/CN SD75i/MP15T/GP15T. The light angle was a bit better here, anyway and wider open.
Thanks to Erik Landrum for the heads up and Rob W for the updates.
Continuing with our local small town Post Office problems, is this somewhat larger PO in Farnham, Richmond County, Virginia. As you can see there are three parking spaces in front of the PO which abut the main road (on which I am standing to take the picture.) The problem here is obvious to anyone reading the sign which says “No Backing into Highway.”
So here I am pulled head first into my parking spot. I was easily able to get into this larger PO to return my damaged fishing rod. Now it is time to leave, but the sign says I can’t back into the highway. Luckily I have a button marked Levitation on my dashboard which allows my car to rise straight up, turn 90 degrees and plop right down on the highway.
Why not pull into that little alleyway on the left you say. There is a sign that covers that as well. On the left side of the building is a sign that says “No Parking in Driveway.” To the right of the building is room for the Postal Worker’s car and maybe one other.
So here we have a nice size rural Post Office which is too far to walk to, but impossible to get to by car if you need to park. Hmmm! Food for thought.
A corrugated metal wall separates Wylie Avenue from the Hulsey Rail Yard, alongside the...
Atlanta (Reynoldstown), Georgia, USA.
27 February 2018.
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It requires some effort to get to this place. Sitting in a non four-wheel vehicle for almost an hour going through a very uneven surface road with loose rocks is really a pain in the arse. But persistence pays off, this place worth all the sweats! ;)
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