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Aboubakar Fofana squeezes out a small cloth to demonstrate indigo dyeing. Indigo dye and bogolan workshop held with Aboubakar Fofana in Johannesburg, South Africa
As part of our program, we had to visit a school in a village up in the hills. We had the option of taking a long walk up or to squeeze into this small 4WD for the ride up.
After seeing the hill we had to ascend, these friends of mine thought that the drive up would take half an hour tops. So, they didnt mind the rather tight squeeze. In fact, they seemed to have fun doing it. I whipped out my camera and eveyone instantly flashed their mega-watt smile; perhaps amused at the novelty of the situation they found themselves in.
Then, my Nepali friend, Anil - cheeky as he is - came by and told them of the meeting point at the destination. Further friendly banter was exchanged. They clearly didn't seem to mind the claustrophobic conditions.
Finally, the jeep was ready to move off. Anil and I bid them farewell (we were to wait for this jeep to go up, and come down to pick us).
Just before Anil shut the backdoor of the jeep shut, he said, "See you guys in two hours' time."
The instant change of the eight facial expressions was priceless.
Near Armala Village, Nepal
Dani, PCV, tries her hand at extracting the oil from the palm nuts. The nuts are crushed in the cylinder to extract the oil.
Dundalk overwhelm Bangor in All Ireland Final
by Roger Corbett
Bangor’s amazing run in the All Ireland Junior Cup came to an abrupt end when they were comprehensively beaten by Dundalk, eventually losing by 55-5.
Where do you start when trying to relate and absorb the events of Saturday’s final at Chambers Park? Firstly, congratulations to worthy winners Dundalk who nullified the Bangor attack, then went on to produce some stunning plays which racked up no less than 8 tries, each by a different player. For Bangor’s part, they were unable to respond to the intensity of Dundalk’s game, and lacked the cutting edge which their opponents used to great effect.
The day started full of promise, as the strong support from North Down made their way to Chambers Park in Portadown, knowing Bangor would be fielding their best team. Once again, the pundits had Bangor as the underdogs – just as they had done so in the previous three rounds! In confounding the experts earlier, Bangor produced some awesome performances against top quality opposition to get to the final. Dundalk had produced some convincing wins in the early rounds of the competition, but had struggled to get past CIYMS in the semi-final, just managing to squeeze ahead at the second time of asking. However, with a number of key players returning to the side in time for this game, they were now back at full strength and would be a formidable force to contend with.
Having won the toss, captain Jamie Clegg elected to play into the stiff wind in the first half. For the first 5 minutes, Bangor doggedly retained possession and tried to play their way into Dundalk’s half through a series of determined forward moves. However, little ground was made and, when possession was finally lost, the Dundalk back line produced a burst that simply cut through the Bangor defence resulting in an easy touch down under Bangor’s posts for a 7-0 lead.
Bangor stuck to their plan and slowly, but patiently, got their attack moving forward, eventually winning a penalty to the left of Dundalk’s posts, but Mark Widdowson’s kick into the wind drifted just wide of the mark.
The contrast in play between the two teams was becoming clear, with Bangor trying to keep the ball close while Dundalk were throwing it wide. The latter strategy was proving to be the more effective as, with 20 minutes gone, a quick back line move with players looping around resulted in an overlap on the right wing which gave a clear run in to again, score under the posts. A further 9 minutes later, they did it again and, although the Bangor defence had sensed the danger and moved across to cover it, their tackling let them down allowing Dundalk to get over in the right hand corner, taking their lead to 19-0.
By now, Bangor were trying to hang on until half time when they could regroup and come out with the wind at their backs. Dundalk, on the other hand were anxious to press home their advantage and give them a more comfortable lead. To Bangor’s credit, although camped on their own line for lengthy spells, they dug in and managed to hold on until the referee’s half time whistle.
As the teams reappeared from the dressing rooms, it was obvious Bangor were ringing the changes, particularly in the backs. With the wind advantage having lessened considerably, Bangor got the second half underway. It was now Dundalk’s turn to adopt the slow, steady approach, just as Bangor had done earlier. However, their more confident off-loading and support play was, once again, taking play deep into Bangor’s territory. Frustration at not being able to gain possession and take play out of their danger area eventually resulted in a yellow card for Clegg after a succession of penalties. Dundalk kicked the penalty to touch, won their lineout and drove for the line. Although initially held up by the Bangor defence, Dundalk’s repeated drives were eventually rewarded with another converted score, extending their lead to 26-0.
From the touchline, the Bangor faithful had felt that if their players had managed to score first in the second half, they may have been able to mount a fight-back and close the gap to their opponents. As it was, this Dundalk score simply bolstered their confidence and pushed Bangor deeper into trouble. With Bangor still a man down, Dundalk added to the score with a penalty and then another score in the corner. Everything was now working for the Leinster men, as even the difficult touchline conversion into the biting wind successfully split the posts, bringing the score to 36-0.
As the game entered the final quarter, and with Dundalk all but holding the cup, Bangor were now on the ropes. By contrast, the Dundalk players were in almost total control, and were not going to slow down now. In a 10 minute spell, they ran in a further 3 tries, making the scoreline 55-0. By now, any sense of dejection the Bangor supporters may have been feeling was now moved to feelings of sympathy for their players. However, pride was at stake and once again Bangor rallied as the game entered its final minutes. At last, the forwards got within striking distance of the Dundalk line and, although their repeated attacks were repelled, they finally managed to do what their opponents had done so effectively, and quickly passed the ball wide to Davy Charles. Even though they were 55 points ahead, the Dundalk defence made Charles work hard to drive through the tackles and score Bangor’s consolation try, bringing the final score to 55-5.
From Bangor’s point of view, the final score doesn’t tell the whole story of this competition. While the final may have resulted in a sad anti-climax for Bangor, the remarkable journey to get there will be remembered for some time. On the day, Dundalk were by far the better side, and Bangor would have to concede that their game was not up to the usual standard. However, there is no doubt the experience of competing at this level is something to relish and the goal now will be to secure a top four place in the league and try again next year.
Everybody at the club has nothing but the highest respect and praise for what has been achieved this year by not just the 1sts, but all the senior teams, and one poor result isn’t going to change that – the welcome at Upritchard Park for the returning players is testament to that. With that in mind, the players now need to put this disappointment behind them and provide the best possible response against a struggling Portadown side at home in the league next Saturday.
Bangor side: J Leary, A Jackson, P Whyte, F Black, G Irvine, R Latimer, J Clegg, C Stewart, R Armstrong, K Rosson, D Charles, M Aspley, M Weir, M Widdowson, C Morgan
Subs: S Irvine, O McIlmurray, D Kelly, M Rodgers, C Harper, D Fusco, M Thompson
Bangor scores: D Charles (1T)
Dundalk Storm To Title Dundalk 55 v Bangor 5 from KnockOn.ie
Dundalk Scorers: Christopher Scully, Owen McNally, Jonathan Williams, John Smyth, Ultan Murphy, Tiernan Gonnelly, James McConnon and Stephen Murphy 1 try each. Ultan Murphy 6 cons, 1 pen.
Bangor Scorers: David Charles 1 try.
In front of a big crowd at Chambers Park on Saturday afternoon Dundalk delivered a stunning and ruthless display to see off the challenge of Bangor and capture the All Ireland Junior Cup title for the very first time.
Three first half tries had them firmly in control at 19-0 ahead having played with the elements at the Portadown venue during the first half and while the wind dropped somewhat after half time the Dundalk intensity most certainly didn’t as they cut loose scoring five more tries.
Dundalk returned to a heroes welcome at their Mill Road clubhouse on Saturday night after a display of pure brilliance throughout the afternoon.
Precision, pace and skill from the Louth men from start to finish left Bangor playing second fiddle for long periods.
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02 If I Didn't Love You
03 Pulling Muscles (From The Shell)
04 By Your Side
05 Strong In Reason
06 Another Nail In My Heart
07 King George Street
08 Last Time Forever
09 Up The Junction
10 I Think I'm Go Go
11 No Place Like Home
12 Piccadilly
13 Hop, Skip And Jump
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15 Messed Around
16 Annie Get Your Gun
17 Black Coffee In Bed
18 My Railway Journey To Boston (Instrumental Improv)
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Fresh fruit in Thailand is purely amazing. From left to right: Freshly squeezed melon, watermelon, and pineapple juices.
I miss these already.
Ring of Kerry squeeze - This picture gives a great view of the challenges our tour drivers face everyday touring places like The Ring of Kerry, Dingle Peninsula, The Burren, etc. Picture taken by Mick McAuliffe on The Bonnie Dozen Tour - Butlers Bus Tours Ireland
at the Hinkle Horn Honking Holes in Nettlebed Cave (deepest cave in NZ). To access the rest of the massive cave one must pass through these 3 tight squeezes.
While I haven't been fortunate enough to spend quite as much time as I would have liked exploring the rain drenched reaches of Starr County recently I did make it out a few times with some good success. I spent a number of hours late one night swimming around in a small pond, slowly stalking breeding pairs of Mexican Burrowing Toads.
Once a male has successfully attracted a mate with his haunting call, he will grasp her hind regions, entering into a mating ritual known as amplexus. As the female deposits her eggs in the water the male will release a sperm-filled fluid to fertilize them.
Unfortunately they were quite shy of my lights and the water was really quite murky for any reasonable underwater or split level shots... but here is a male putting the squeeze on his lady!
We have lots of fresh citrus growing on the rainforestinn property. Curtis, one of our volunteers, is squeezing some incredible fresh juice.
I like this pic ;-) but I guess it's time now to do some outdoor shots again - I hope the weather will be nice next week!
In the Christmas season, when I was young, my brother and I used to have a wonderful time squirting orange peels into the flames of a candle. Squirt! and the flame would do all sorts of interesting things.
This set is an attempt to capture that experience photographically. It wasn't easy, because the flame effect is very quick.
This couple tried to step out of my low-level shot of a street vendor on Beach Street in Chinatown. I was taking it with my D5000's viewfinder flipped open, which causes a shutter lag of anywhere up to about ten seconds. I don't think they were even in the shot when I pressed the shutter. (They add a nice touch, though, as does the girl walking by in the background.)