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Ranch owner Cane Kirk lost more than his arm in the war. He lost his way, battling his inner demons by challenging any cowboy unfortunate enough to get in his way. No one seems to be able to cool him down, except beautiful Bodie Mays. Bodie doesn't mind saving Cane from himself, even if he is a little too tempting for her own peace of mind.
But soon Bodie's the one who finds herself in need of rescuing - only, she's afraid to tell Cane what's really going on. How can she trust someone as unpredictable as this fierce cowboy? When her silence only ends up getting her into even deeper hot water, it's up to Cane to save the day. And if he does it right, he won't be riding off into the sunset alone.
©2012 Diana Palmer (P)2012 Brilliance Audio, Inc.
"Palmer demonstrates, yet again, why she's the queen of desperado quests for justice and true love." (Publishers Weekly on Dangerous)
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
"What a Treat"
Ok, this story really rocked me, and I don't know if it was the fantastic telling of the story, or the characters in the story or that sexy, mouth watering, heat in your pants Phil Gigante narrating, needless to say I listened to this story twice.
Cane Kirk is a Veteran, who has lost part of his arm, and has been rejected by a couple of females because they "didn't want to get involved with a cripple." This has made him surly, rude, and angry. He frequently ties one and goes on a rampage and the only one who he responds to is Bodie. Well Bodie has issues of her own and when she asks Cane for monetary help he takes it wrong, and goes off on her, leading her to do the only thing she can to save her family.
Don't miss out on this one it was really good, and especially with Phil narrating and Natalie Ross producing. This is one hot couple that can really tell a tale. This two did the last 3 books in the Fever series, by Karen Moning. They really bought the books alive.
I enjoy many types of books and am always looking for new authors to read and listen too. I enjoy reading the reviews and adding my own from time to time.
"Tormented hero finds love despite angry attitude"
Have not read the book so I can not compare. Long book so easier than holding in hand for many hours.
I liked the interaction of all the characters in this book. Explosive many times between Cane and Bodie's characters though there was tenderness of course. Lots and lots of misunderstanding. Cane is so hard headed and angry most of the time that he causes a lot of pain to those who care about him. Bodie really deserves better from him but in the end of course it does work out.
I would say Cane as he does his anger and confusion so well. I also enjoy the performance of his brothers.
More than one actually and would be hard to pick which one made the most impression on me. What happens when she does the only thing she thinks she can to save her home from her stepfather (real creep) is intense and moving. Cane of course manages to make a mess of this as well as other times he misreads what is going on around him. Stubborn, stubborn man.
Read or listen to the book. It is good and worth the time or credit.
I love books, it's my great escape.
"Could not put this one down, It's a Hit with me."
I have recently started to love Diana Palmer's books. I love her strong male characters with a few flaws to make them more realistic. I also enjoy her female characters who are intelligent, strong women who in turn get recused and do some emotional recusing of their own. Now just add in a great story line, villains that you absolutely love to hate and want to kill, kill, (that would be Bodie's slimy perverted step-father) and a sexy male lead (and that would be Cane Kirk). Caine is real hero because he has sacrificed to save others. As a result he lost part of his arm and is not coping very well. All this equals a great romance. Bodie is an adorable your woman who is coming into her own with the responsibilities of the world on her young shoulders. My heart aches for this character and cheered for her accomplishments. Wow, this was a great book and it totally took me for surprise. I was not expecting it to be this good. The icing on the cake is the narrator.
Phil Gigante can discuss a rock for me and make it sexy. This man's voice is liquid sex. He has his own fan club, he that good. Phill really added to this book in my opinion. Not to mention that another favorite narrator is the director for this audio book (and that would be Natalie Ross). I am telling you Phil Gigante and Natalie Ross teamed together is the prescription for a great audio experience. Even better if these two actually are teamed as narrator and narrator vs. narrator and director. Having Natalie and Phil as narrators on this book would have been the only think that could make this one better in my opinion.
"Don't Waste a Credit on this One!"
Right off the bat I knew I wasn't going to like this book. It started with a virginal girl, Bodie, having to retrieve a drunken Cane from a bar because his own brothers cant do it themselves. It seems Cane only responds to Bodie when he is off on a drunken tangent. Then it was further downhill from there. It seemed the nicer Bodie was to him, being she loves him the bigger an ass he was to her all the way up to the end. Geez! This is the second book of the Wyoming men series but it just was not at the level the first book Wyoming Tough was. Furthermore, the narrator did an ok job with the male characters but did a dreadful job with the female characters. They all sounded like Mrs. Doubtfire.
"Wonderfull Read"
I've always enjoyed Diana Palmer and this book really does prove what a great writer she is.
I like the way her female characters are strong willed. Definetly worth a credit.
Hot romance/Sci Fi we're so lucky to have Audible to feed our book addictions. I love walking my precious dog Sydney & listening to my books
"Not good !!"
"Wyoming Fierce" is one of her few books I've listened to that i did not like the male character from beginning to end. I did not see him as redeemable. It's hard to believe that the female character could forgive him and why should she? I disliked them both, felt no real connection to her on his part and no woman should be that much of a victim to make it work. Very Preachy. :(
I thought the premise was interesting, but about 10 minutes into the book I was cringing and soon I felt ill. Despite that, I listened for almost 3 hours, hoping it would get better. Initially it was the Republican politics in the book that was making me uncomfortable, so I decided to push through and try to be open minded. There is a lot of political beliefs that are stated. There were also a few things that made me think this was written in the 80s, not months ago.
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This is the first Diana Palmer book I've read, so I don't know much about her writing, but soon I was thoroughly disgusted. Within the first hour, every woman in the book but Bodie, the main character is portrayed as a whore. Then, Bodie is accused of being a whore by the man she apparently loves (who is a violent alcoholic, over 10 years older than her, and deeply resents women). Then Bodie is extorted and sexually harassed by her step-father and his friend. Luckily, she's saved by the main love interest and his brothers before she can be raped for money on camera!
All of this is sprinkled with an almost liberal sensibility ("even if I were gay, I wouldn't be ashamed of it", "why can't the government provide us with the help we need", etc) but they were put forth in such a clumsy, backwards way. Bodie is supposed to be a strong, independent character who dreams of getting a PhD in archeology, an admirable dream, but then she also states "why does every woman have to be a high powered executive, or a top politician? Isn't having a family enough?" Pretty much every belief in this book is hypocritical and maddening. Rape shouldn't be used willy-nilly as "character development", or a chance for the woman to be saved by her "hero". If Palmer is going to write about heavy subjects like abuse, maybe she shouldn't demean her characters quite so much by using it as a writing tool.
She could have been a better feminist to her main character.
He was okay. He has a nice voice, but his "voices" creeped me out.
"Another really attention grabbing story."
Ms Palmer never disappoint s ! I have listened to so many of her books ... Always brings joy to my boring days
Good story line & narrator. It could have been a more sensitive, heart wrenching story without the "over the top" sex scenes. It certainly did not enhance the story one bit. I like westerns and western romances without peeking under someone elses sheets. I want my money back.
"Very preachy"
The story was good, the performance was good, but the religious aspect was a bit too much at times.
"my first ever audio book..."
my favourite books of all time are horror and action BUT i love light hearted romance novels/chic lit too and because my reading is interfering with how many hours i put in at work (self employed home worker) I thought i would start listening to my books whilst i work and I loved it. This is a nice book though slightly repetitive at times. I do prefer my main leads to be less pure and godly but I really did enjoy it over all. I can honestly say I laughed so hard i snorted a few times, very inelegant I know lol I spent much of the time imagining what the guy who read this must have been thinking during some parts of the book. I can honestly say I prefer to read the book myself so i can set the ambiance and tone of voice myself but this is a niche that I am sure I will be spending a lot of money on - I have just purchased the next one in the series :D
its a romance novel so slightly predictable but thats not a bad thing - its the reason i read romance novels
I think he is extremely good at his job a few times his tone of voice didnt reflect the emotion or tone suggested by the writing but thats just me being overly picky.


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I keep hearing that grain free food is the way to go for our dogs. I am feeding Phobe "Now" which is a highly rated grain free food made in Calgary. It comes highly recommended. She has however been having the itchies within the last 3-4 weeks. Had her ears checked and they are slightly inflamed but not to the point where medication other than cleaning and Otomax are being used. I have no idea if her food is causing the itchiness or if it is seasonal allergies or what. How would I have any idea if it is the food without changing it and what would I change it to? Ideas????
I fed "Now" for a long time before I went to raw. Do you add any additional Omega 3/6? If you look at the ingredient list for Now it is lacking in those Omega's. So IMO before you jump to another food, try adding Wild Salmon oil to boost the Omega's and see if that helps. I would give it a good 6 weeks before deciding to make a change. If you add oil...go very slowly and I never give the amount it says on the bottle. After all they ar in the market to sell their product, the more you use the more you buy. I give my adult dogs maybe 1/2 a squirt and Kohl gets closer to a full pump once a day, cus he's a big guy.
Yes, Phoebe is 5 months old. I am more than willing to try the oil so will look for some next time I am out. Have you any idea how much I should give her and how often? Thanks. Carol
because it will give her the runs. I get the Wild Salmon Oil (Grizzley or Alaskan Bear Treats) in a larger size with a pump. I give a partial pump, it you measure I would only start with 1/4 teaspoon for the first week. You can give daily but I don't always give daily but somewhere around 4-5 times a week. The bottle gives you a suggested amount but I always do less then what it says. You can work her up to a couple of teaspoons a day or 4 times a week.

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Kobe Bryant says at shoe launch he won't lace 'em up Friday
Kobe Bryant's return to the court is fast approaching, but maybe not as quickly as many hoped.
Speaking to a handful of national reporters at a Nike promotional event Wednesday, Bryant reportedly said he will not make his season debut Friday in Sacramento, eight months after rupturing his Achilles tendon.
CNN and Turner Sports reporter Rachel Nichols tweeted: "Kobe tells me he's getting closer to returning but that he's not planning on playing Friday (Lakers' next game)."
After Friday, the Lakers next play Sunday at Staples Center against Toronto.
Bryant has not spoken with Lakers media since Nov. 25 in Washington. Wednesday marked his second straight practice, and he is expected to participate again Thursday.
Coach Mike D'Antoni said Wednesday that if Bryant felt good after both Wednesday and Thursday practice, "then Friday looks good. But we don't know that for sure."
Appearing on NBA TV on Wednesday night, Shaquille O'Neal predicted that Bryant would play in Sacramento. O'Neal owns a minority share of the Kings, and said he plans to attend the game.
"It would be nice to see him back on the court," O'Neal said. "It's amazing what he has done. ... I've been knowing this guy since he was 18 years old, he works harder than anybody i've ever seen in my life."
However, some doubt remained.
Wesley Johnson, a first-year Laker, said he would be surprised if Bryant played against the Kings.
"I don't think it will be Friday," he said. "But you never know, he'll probably just make it a surprise for all of us. But we'll have to wait and see. Me? I don't think he'll be out there."
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General Technical Chat This section is for technical discussions relating to general maintenance, electrical issues, engine trouble, and recalls.
Topic Review (Newest First) |
Oblivion |
I just tested it (now that it's warmer outside). After a minute of running: A very thin film of 'white smoke' comes out. Along with it: A liquid. If you romp on the gas (neutral): It spews the liquid on the ground. More than a trickle, less than a cup. It's also very inconsistent. A moment ago: Nothing. But not two minutes later: White smoke again (ergo: My edit, and now this edit). And now: Nothing again. |
freemind | Does the white "smoke" ever go away? |
Oblivion |
[2001 Ford Focus ZX3] Antifreeze burning in the sparkplug wells (#1, #2) Hello. On my way to work yesterday evening: My vehicle's temperature gauge was at 0F (never moved) for the majority of the drive; I thought it was rather peculiar, but possibly had something to do with the fact that I had just put petroleum jelly on the battery terminals (which shouldn't affect anything). Then, ~10 miles in: The engine started to misbehave, and misfire (and now I think I know why). I pulled over, looked at it, and saw nothing wrong. I unscrewed the antifreeze reservoir, and immediately noticed it had no pressure built up. Then, after I started the vehicle up: The temperature gauge suddenly (slowly) climbed to 50% (where it normally sits at after you drive for a bit). It stayed there for a bit. Then, as I drove off, and used the gas: It would slowly drop back down to 0F. This morning (a few hours ago), after I pulled into the drive way: I checked the radiator cap again. It had a very little amount of pressure. The temperature gauge read 'normal' too. It did the same trick. I decided to pull the spark plug cover off, because I heard a slight 'hissing' noise (I thought it was the serpentine belt honestly). The spark plug well was filled up half way with something BOILING, and STEAMING (antifreeze.. The water portion). I left the covers off, and walked away. I came back but not 10 minutes later: All traces of the liquid were gone. It doesn't smell like antifreeze. But I know what I saw. Could it possibly be the head gasket (cracked/blown/damaged)? Could it possibly be the 'core plugs/freeze plugs/valve covers/whatever nickname they have' be to blame? (http://www.focusfanatics.com/forum/general-technical-chat/284552-help-2000-zetec-spitting-out-coolant-plug-holes-valve-cover.html) Could it possibly be something else, somewhere else, that I've yet to discover? It's definitely an INTERNAL leak. I have visually inspected everything. Symptoms laid out: - No pressure building up (radiator cap was good last I knew!) - "White" smoke (but no odor) from the exhaust (possibly condensation from the cold morning?) - Engine misfires on occasion (possibly occurring when the liquid enters the spark plug well) - Low power/Acceleration (again: misfires?), until ~3k RPMs (DPFE sensor? EGR valve?) Any ideas on how to check for sure what the problem is, and any potential solutions? I am fixing to try a $10 solution that should theoretically work (assuming it's the head-gasket/tiny hole/valve cover screw): "Mendtite by Zecol" (a 'stop leak' type deal). Thanks. |


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18:05 Commentary
So, after the warm-up band, the headline act. "Ladies and gentleman," says I, adopting Michael Buffer gravitas. "In the red corner, the reigning European champions and protectors of The Beautiful Game - Spain. In the green corner, yes. It's the world's most expensive footballer, Real Madrid's £80m male model/ winger Cristiano Ronaldo (and 10 other Portuguese players). Let's. Get. Reeeeady. To. Ruuuuuuu………." You know the rest.
18:11 Commentary
Portugal much more than a one-man team, of course, what with six different players knocking seven goals past North Korea without reply. Spooky. BBC pundit and former Netherlands midfield general Clarence Seedorf had the same thought process as myself in previewing this match, or vice versa. Please do take a look at his boxing-themed montage ahead of this 'All-Iberian heavyweight clash'. Kick off is at 1930 BST. Can they give us something to rival one of the greatest sporting contests ever held on African soil, the Rumble in the Jungle? Who's to take the Foreman tag? Will a Muhammad Ali take a step towards immortality?
18:20 Commentary
Important not to shamelessly over-hype matches at course, but also important not to undersell them. Bucking what appears a popular trend, I'd say Paraguay's eventual victory over Japan on penalties was in no way as hideous as suggested. On the brink of a historic World Cup quarter-final, every single player tried his heart out. And, unfortunately, both teams showed more invention and collective nous than England. Well done to the South Americans. But let's look ahead now. Text me your Spain-Portugal thoughts on 81111 (UK) or +44 7786200666 (worldwide), or join the debate on 606. For example, can Torres sort his form out?
Paul in London: "David Villa to prove tonight why he's regarded as the world's best striker."
18:30 Commentary
Teams are in: SPAIN: 1-Iker Casillas; 15-Sergio Ramos, 3-Gerard Pique, 5-Carles Puyol, 11-Joan Capdevila; 14-Xabi Alonso, 8-Xavi, 6-Andres Iniesta, 16-Sergio Busquets; 9-Fernando Torres, 7-David Villa. PORTUGAL: 1-Eduardo; 2-Bruno Alves, 21-Ricardo Costa, 6-Ricardo Carvalho, 23-Fabio Coentrao, 16-Raul Meireles, 15-Pepe, 19-Tiago, 7-Cristiano Ronaldo, 11-Simao Sabrosa, 18-Hugo Almeida.
18:38 Commentary
Fernando Torres has looked like a man who's had two knee operations in the past few months at this World Cup. But he starts. Good on Spain boss Del Bosque. He knows class is permanent. It's as you were actually, after their victory over Chile. Portugal are back to their first-choice XI after the bore draw with Brazil. Simao Sabrosa returns in place of Duda, and Hugo Almeida is restored to the attack. Less than an hour until kick off in Cape Town.
Alexandereski: "Tonight will be, possibly: a) good football, b) boring as one side nullifies the other, or c) a mass audition for a Shakespearean tragedy."
18:52 Commentary
You must take a look at this map of the route to the final. It's frightening. Well, what I mean is that Spain might meet Argentina in the semis. Yep, frightening. Xavi against Messi. Torres against, erm, Gutierrez. What an incredible match that would be, and I do stress would. Don't want to get ahead of ourselves do we? That fixture (next Wednesday) could be Germany against Paraguay.
Wayne in Northern Ireland: "Spain have more match-winning players, and a greater depth of squad, than Portugal. They also have the averageness of Torres just waiting to hit some form, possibly tonight?"
19:00 Commentary
That's it from me Chris Whyatt, punching over a short incisive pass infield a la Andres Iniesta to Jonathan Stevenson in Johannesburg. What will he do with it?
19:04 Commentary
Mis-controlled, ran out of play. Classic Jonathan Stevenson. Anyway, I think this is probably the most excited I've been before a World Cup game since, ooh, maybe the final four years ago. Welcome back to the host city of this year's final, Joburg - refresh your page and let the mayhem ensue.
19:06 Commentary
Let's start with a stat: Spain and Portugal have NEVER met in a World Cup game before, I kid you not. They have met in a major competition before though, twice – in Euro 1984 they drew 1-1 in the group stage, while at Euro 2004 Portugal won 1-0 thanks to a Nuno Gomes goal. That was the last time these boys went tete-a-tete.
19:09 Commentary
Are you seriously telling me you've got nothing to say about Spain or Portugal or the World Cup? I steadfastly refuse to believe you. Empty your thoughts thus: by tweeting, as people do these days @Stevo_football; by texting, which people did more before Twitter came along, to 81111 (UK) and +44 7786200666 (worldwide); and on the 606 page of truth, which will ever be so.
Contributor BBC Sport's Chris Bevan
"Fantastic atmosphere at Cape Town Stadium already - Spanish and Portugal fans are here in numbers tonight. I'm sat next to Alan Shearer, who predicts a tight win for the European champions - 2-1 or 1-0. I think he's right, this one is going to be very close indeed."
Contributor BBC Sport's Jurgen Klinsmann
"We expect Spain to control the game and so the only way to beat them is to play quickly on the break."
From Dave: "Two defensive formations here. Very little width in the Spanish team and Busquets and Alonso will probably sit very deep. Portugal have six defenders in their starting line-up. Wouldn't surprise me if this went to penos after 120 minutes of tactical chess aka tedium."
19:15 Commentary Legendary Spanish pundit Guillem Balague:
"I exchanged text messages with a few of the Spain players before the game. They would have preferred to play Japan in the quarter-final, should they get through. As for Spain's rivalry with Portugal? It's like Chelsea and Fulham. Not that big a deal."
19:17 Commentary
Two years ago today, Spain ended 44 years of hurt by winning Euro 2008, rounding off a glorious tournament with a Fernando Torres goal in a 1-0 victory over Germany. But today, debate rages in Spain as to whether a nowhere-near fully-fit Torres should even be in the team. And here's a sentence you never thought you'd read: some esteemed pundits have even dared to compare the Liverpool frontman with England carthorse Emile Heskey. Which makes me ponder this: If Torres is El Nino, what weather phenomenon best describes Heskey?
From hemil_3000: "I want Spain to win to see a Spain-Argentina semi-final. Imagine, what will Messi think of playing against his Barcelona team?"
19:20 Commentary Portugal coach Carlos Queiroz:
"It is a regional rivalry between the teams and it is also a social, cultural and historical rivalry between two nations. Therefore the game between Portugal and Spain is always a mouth-watering game, I'm sure of that. Just like 'derbies' between, say, England and Germany."
19:21 Commentary Spain coach Vicente del Bosque:
"I don't think we should become obsessed with Ronaldo. We have to centre our attention on Portugal as a team because they have shown defensively and offensively that they are a very competent squad. Thanks to the work carried out by their coach, Carlos Queiroz, they have come to this World Cup in top form."
Contributor BBC Sport's Jurgen Klinsmann
"Cristiano Ronaldo will want to show people around the world that he is better than Lionel Messi. He is having a very good tournament so far, but now is the moment to step it up a level. He seems very disciplined."
19:24 Commentary
Led by the referee, Argentine Hector Baldassi, and the captains, Iker Casillas of Spain and Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal, the teams emerge at the Cape Town Stadium. Oh it's almost too exciting. Get the anthems in.
Contributor BBC Sport's Chris Bevan
"I arrived a bit later than usual for this game, mainly because I was talking to Jurgen Klinsmann beforehand, with him telling me how England can learn from the way he helped German football bounce back after they had a disastrous tournament at Euro 2004. That is not the kind of conversation you want to rush away from, obviously, but it meant I had to battle through throngs of Portuguese and Spanish fans on my way into the ground - for this, my first Iberian derby. I'd been told it's along the lines of Brazil-Argentina and England-Germany and, with a billing like that, it surely can't be a game that will disappoint, can it?"
19:28 Commentary Legendary Spanish pundit Guillem Balague:
"Even if Xabi Alonso had been injured, Cesc Fabregas would still not have started. It's his second World Cup for Spain and he's having a frustrating time."
19:30 KICK-OFF Spain v Portugal
Cristiano Ronaldo and Iker Casillas (captaining his country for the 51st time tonight, a new national record), team-mates at Real Madrid, shake hands, exchange pennants and embrace warmly, and then Hector Baldassi gets us under way in Cape Town. Come on.
Contributor BBC Sport's Mark Lawrenson
"Straight away it's Cristiano Ronaldo on the right and Simao on the left, so they've changed."
2 mins Commentary
Fernando Torres cuts in from the left and curls a shot goalwards for Spain, the out-of-form striker seeing his effort tipped away by a sprawling Eduardo.
3 mins Commentary
Whatever Fernando can do - David Villa cuts in from the Spain left this time and his shot bounces in front of Eduardo, who pushes it away from danger. Good, threatening start from the Euro 2008 champions.
Contributor BBC Radio 5 live's Graham Taylor
"I deliberately counted. There were 19 passes in that Spain move."
Contributor BBC Sport's Chris Bevan
"The first goal is going to be very important. Portugal simply hate conceding goals - they have kept clean sheets in 22 of their last 26 games. So, they are going to keep a tight ship, but if they score first, then expect them to park the bus. Spain? If they play to their potential, they will win. It's as simple as that. The good news for them is that Fernando Torres and David Villa are looking very lively already."
7 mins Commentary
Pretty impressive start by Spain, I wonder when they'll let Portugal play with their ball too. David Villa again cuts in from the left and again shoots low, this time towards the near post, with Eduardo saving well.
9 mins Commentary
Better from Portugal as they get the ball in the Spain area a couple of times, but nothing comes of it. They look a bit more settled, though.
10 mins Commentary
Cristiano Ronaldo finds some space and flings over a cross from the Portuguese right, but it's a bit too far ahead of Hugo Almeida and runs out of play.
Contributor BBC Radio 5 live's Graham Taylor
"There are some opportunities, perhaps half-chances, now falling to Portugal. Let's hope it continues. We don't want to see any more dull football at this World Cup."
12 mins Commentary
Xavi turns sharply on a sixpence and whips a shot just over from a quickly-taken corner from the Spain right.
From Terry, Chichester. "(See 19:17) Weather system to describe Emile Heskey? The gulf (in class) stream."
16 mins Commentary
Spain look quite happy just popping the ball around the surface in Cape Town, they're back into their usual rhythm, but so far there's no end product.
Contributor BBC Sport's Chris Bevan
"Spain just keep coming forward, playing the slick passing game they are so good at, and they have already brought three good saves out of Eduardo. They also had a penalty shout turned down when Fabio Coentrao blocked off Fernando Torres but Alan Shearer, sat to my right, felt it was nailed on. He's currently singing the praises of David Villa, by the way."
18 mins Commentary
Cristiano Ronaldo tries a free-kick from fully 40 yards, out to the left, but it bounces into the arms of Iker Casillas. Ronaldo should really know better than to try and beat Casillas from there.
20 mins Commentary
Xavi finds Fernando Torres on the right-hand angle of the Portugal penalty area, but he doesn't look like he knows what to do and after a couple of stepovers, the two defenders standing in his way mop up with minimum fuss.
21 mins Commentary
Fabio Coentrao, the best left-back at the World Cup, starts a great move for Portugal with a brilliant run into the Spain half and when he tees up Tiago, his 25-yard blast is pushed into the air by Iker Casillas. When it drops, Casillas has to get back quickly to push it away from a leaping Hugo Almeida. Nervy moments for the Spanish.
From JonesMike101: "He's the Portuguese Gareth Bale, young Fabio Coentrao. Up and down that line like lightning. Smooth name too."
25 mins Commentary
Almost a gorgeous passing move from Spain, but Xavi's pass into the area on the left is a fraction too heavy for David Villa to reel in and it goes out of play.
Contributor BBC Radio 5 live's Graham Taylor
"It's almost as if Portugal are saying: 'Whilst you've got the ball in front of us, we're not that bothered.' Spain ought to release their forward pass a little bit earlier. That would cause them more problems."
28 mins Commentary
Hmm. Cristiano Ronaldo fizzes one in from 37 yards (telly just told me) and it's moving about all over the place - Iker Casillas cannot hold it and Gerard Pique has to get in quickly to head away. Ooh, that cheeky Jabulani.
31 mins Commentary
It might still be goalless, but it's utterly absorbing in Cape Town. They are still feeling each other out a little, as Xavi tries to get the ball to bend back in from 25 yards but watches the Jabulani fly straight as a die out of play.
Sam, Glastonbury: "Who is this imposter and what have you done with the real Andreas Iniesta?"
Contributor BBC Sport's Chris Bevan
"You've got to feel sorry for Spain goalkeeper Iker Casillas, who is having to deal with a) Cristiano Ronaldo free-kicks and b) this World Cup ball - it moves around enough as it is, without the £80m man pinging them in from ridiculous distances. The bad news for Casillas is that Ronaldo seems to be finding his range too."
36 mins Commentary
Spain are still knocking it around, but there's not much tempo to the game as there was in the early stages. Portugal are proving once again they are a very difficult team to try and play through.
Contributor BBC Radio 5 live's Graham Taylor
"Twice now, probably more, Alonso has mis-controlled the ball. But his desire to win it back is absolutely first-class. I can only assume he learnt that in the Premier League."
39 mins Commentary
It's looking a little like the Switzerland game at the moment, worryingly for Spain. They have pressed for the last 10 minutes, yet it is Portugal who attack, Simao who crosses, and Hugo Almeida who heads wide from six yards when he probably should have scored.
41 mins Commentary
Portugal are committing fouls in clever areas of the pitch and stealing the ball back when Spain try to attack, it's a very intelligent performance from Carlos Queiroz's side at the moment.
Contributor BBC Sport's Chris Bevan
"'Portugal aren't pretty but they are very stubborn.' That's what Alan Shearer just told me to write anyway, and I can't help but agree. I note that Portugal have 11 men behind the ball - can Spain break them down? 'It might take time but they're relentless. They just keep chipping away.'"
43 mins Commentary
Very good goalkeeping from Iker Casillas - after Eduardo claims a corner he throws it out very quickly and with the Spanish defenders dawdling, Casillas races 35 yards out of his goal to boot it out. When Portugal take the quick throw, the cross is headed wide by Tiago. Going forward, they are by far the more dangerous of the two teams.
44 mins Commentary
Spain are getting desperate already - Gerard Pique tries a right-foot shot from 30 yards, but it hits a defender.
45 mins INJURY TIME
Andres Iniesta nips into some space and finds Fernando Torres, but his movement is a bit sluggish and Ricardo Carvalho mops up with ease. Into a minute of added time.
20:16 HALF-TIME Spain 0-0 Portugal
It's not dull, that's for sure, but it hasn't yet come to life. Portugal will be the happier of the two teams.
Contributor BBC Sport's Alan Hansen
"It's very watchable. Portugal survived a Spanish onslaught at the start, but then the Portuguese came right back into it and had the better of the chances. Also, Iker Casillas has looked very edgy."
Contributor BBC Sport's Jurgen Klinsmann
"What has surprised me is that after a bright start David Villa has not been in the game. And if he isn't, he should swap sides, because they are doubling up on him on the left now."
Contributor BBC Sport's Chris Bevan
"Alan Shearer just told me he would have buried both those Portuguese headed chances before half-time and I have to agree with him (he is sitting next to me after all). Spain might have had the lions' share of possession and created most of the openings but they could easily be behind. As it stands, this game is finely poised at the break, and the Portuguese resistance shows no sign of breaking. In fact, Spain look more likely to crack first."
From IonicJohn: "Spain need to do a lot more than this in order to win the match. Portugal are just waiting to steal this game on one successful counter-attack."
Contributor BBC Radio 5 live's Graham Taylor
"Sometimes Ronaldo can try too hard. But that doesn't serve a purpose, as he tends to hold onto the ball instead of releasing it earlier. This is a game on edge - and it can go either way."
Isabel, Sunbury: "Sick and tired of all the comments about Spain. Portugal are playing well and a clever game, we have just as many chances of winning. Let's not forget we finished fourth in the last World Cup and are currently number three in Fifa's world ranking. Come on Portugal!!! We can do it boys."
20:34 Commentary Spain 0-0 Portugal
Back under way after an 18-minute interval in Cape Town. Get in touch will you, by the way? Send us a text to 81111 (UK) and +44 7786200666 (worldwide); hit me a tweet @Stevo_football and join in the fun on 606. Do it for Iberia.
47 mins Commentary
Same same. Spain have ball, Spain try to create an opening, Portugal counter with pace. Fabio Coentrao tackles Fernando Torres expertly - Torres is so out of sorts.
49 mins Commentary
Just for a split-second it looks like Andres Iniesta might have a shooting chance on the edge of the Portugal box, but Raul Meireles gets in double fast to nick the ball away.
From thekingofnothin: "This is crying out for Navas, Silva, Mata or Pedro to give the Spanish some width, stretch the game and free Villa up more."
52 mins Commentary
Ooof that was close. Portugal break with electric pace again and Hugo Almeida's cross from the left is deflected by Carles Puyol - it loops horribly into the air and for a second Iker Casillas thinks it is falling in, but it's inches wide of the far post.
54 mins Commentary
Spain are being so patient trying to work an opening and David Villa tees up Andres Iniesta on the edge of the box, but his shot is blocked. Portugal are working their collective socks off.
Contributor BBC Sport's Mark Lawrenson
"They are extremely well-drilled, Portugal - they funnel everyone down the middle and make it hard for Spain to play through them. But Spain have got to come up with something different."
57 mins Commentary
David Villa tries to play a one-two with Andres Iniesta, but the striker goes to ground too easily and there's nothing doing for referee Hector Baldassi.
59 mins SUBSTITUTION
A substitution apiece - Portugal send on Danny for Hugo Almeida, while Spain curiously haul off Fernando Torres and bring on like-for-like Fernando Llorente.
From PanasonicVieira: "Spain need to get Ramos and Capdevila to be more advanced and supply width. Otherwise it's comfortable for Portugal."
61 mins Commentary
My word that's a chance for a young man to make his name. Fernando Llorente gets on the end of a Sergio Ramos cross from the right but his header is straight at Eduardo from five yards, while moments later David Villa drills narrowly wide from 22 yards. Good spell from the Spanish.
63 mins GOAL Spain 1-0 Portugal
It feels like Euro 2008 again. Spain play some quickfire passes on the edge of the box, with Andres Inietsa at the heart of it, and after Xavi's flick puts David Villa in on the left, his first shot is saved by Eduardo and his second hits the underside of the bar and bounces the right side of the line for Spain.
65 mins Commentary
There is just a slight doubt over whether David Villa was onside from Xavi's flick, but maybe the assistant just wanted to see Portugal come out and play?
Contributor BBC Radio 5 live's Graham Taylor
"The intricacy of Spain's movement and passing there - the intricacy of that back-flick. Very, very good."
68 mins Commentary
So, no clean sheet for Portugal today, after 20 in 24 games since Carlos Queiroz took over. But what can the former Real Madrid boss conjure up in an attacking sense? Cristiano Ronaldo has hardly had a kick this half.
Contributor BBC Sport's Chris Bevan
"That goal was just what this game needed. It seemed that Portugal were choking the life out of the Spaniards but Fernando Llorente's introduction brought Vicente del Bosque's side to life and, after a flurry of chances, David Villa has given them that vital first goal. Time to see what Portugal have got in the locker when they have to come out and attack rather than simply soak up pressure - things should get very interesting from here on in."
70 mins Commentary
Now it's Spain's turn to break with pace as Andres Iniesta sends Sergio Ramos away down the right and he cuts inside, cuts on to his left foot and slams a shot towards the far corner that Eduardo tips behind for a corner.
72 mins Commentary
Portugal make a double substitution, with Pepe and Simao coming off and Pedro Mendes and Liedson coming on instead.
Contributor BBC Sport's Mark Lawrenson
"I can only think that those changes are to try and get more service to Cristiano Ronaldo, because he hasn't had the ball at all."
74 mins YELLOW CARD
Spain pick up their first yellow card of the tournament - and first since a friendly against France on 3 March, after Xabi Alonso brings down Pedro Mendes.
Mauricio Espinosa, linesman: "I think you'll find that Villa's goal hit the wrong side of the line."
76 mins Commentary
Portugal have some space to attack down their left, but as Fabio Coentrao bombs on from left-back, Carles Puyol gets in one of his magnificently timed tackles and before you know it, the ball is back with Iker Casillas. He's made a living out of those.
77 mins Commentary
It's probably fair to say David Villa knows how to hit a football. From all of 30 yards he connects with one properly and it hurtles towards goal, Eduardo managing to react quickly enough to parry it away. Crikey that was travelling.
Contributor BBC Radio 5 live's Darren Fletcher
"Since the goal, Sergio Ramos is almost playing as an outside-right for Spain."
79 mins YELLOW CARD
Portugal are running out of time in Cape Town. Though to be fair to them, at 1-0 down against one of the best teams in history at keeping the ball, this probably isn't much fun. Tiago is booked for fouling David Villa.
From araevoi: "Bad management by Queiroz. Ronaldo's talents & energy are wasted lying in wait so high up the pitch for 'that' chance."
83 mins Commentary
Portugal get the ball, but Pedro Mendes asks way too much of Cristiano Ronaldo and within the blink of an eye Spain have it back.
Contributor BBC Sport's Chris Bevan
"Portugal are looking a bit desperate to me now - and they are struggling to get the ball off Spain, let alone create chances for an equaliser. Alan Shearer has been very impressed by the Spanish approach tonight. 'They have got loads of confidence now after scoring but you still have to admire the way they have been passing it around all game - it is awesome.'"
85 mins Commentary
Cristiano Ronaldo chests down a long pass and gets inside Joan Capdevila, only to go down under a challenge from the defender - but there's no free-kick for the £80m man, and he rightly looks a little aggrieved.
87 mins Commentary
David Villa swings a cross over from the left and Fernando Llorente's header drifts inches wide of Eduardo's left-hand post. They probably deserve to win by a couple, Spain - Portugal have offered so little.
88 mins SUBSTITUTION
Spain striker David Villa gets a great ovation as he makes way for the last few moments, with Pedro coming on. Suddenly there's a chance for Portugal, but Danny's shot from 18 yards is brilliantly blocked by Joan Capdevila.
89 mins RED CARD Ricardo Costa (Portugal)
This is unseemly. Joan Capdevila goes down under a suspected off-the-ball challenge from Costa, and the referee shows a red card to the Portugal defender. Initial replays don't seem to show anything, but it's not very clear at the moment.
90 mins INJURY TIME
We're into three minutes of injury time in Cape Town. Shame so many games have to end like this, isn't it?
90 mins SUBSTITUTION
Bruno Alves is furious with Joan Capdevila - there's no doubt Portugal think the full-back got Ricardo Costa sent off. Spain take Xabi Alonso off and send on Carlos Marchena. Seconds remaining.
21:22 FULL-TIME Spain 1-0 Portugal
Horrible end to the game, but the right team have gone through. Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal's World Cup is over.
21:24 Commentary
Spain's players are absolutely delighted, but Portugal keeper Eduardo is inconsolable on the ground.
Contributor BBC Sport's Alan Hansen
"I'm delighted, because it's undoubtedly a victory for attacking football. Portugal defended brilliantly, but they didn't know how to chase the game."
Contributor BBC Sport's Jurgen Klinsmann
"It must have been so frustrating for Cristiano Ronaldo, he had no service and no goalscoring chances. Why did they not have a Plan B for being 1-0 down against Spain? I don't understand."
21:28 Commentary
OK, here's what I think about the sending off of Ricardo Costa: we cannot tell whether he makes contact with Joan Capdevila, but he does go to swing his elbow and he's been stupid at the very best. Capdevila's behaviour, on the other hand, is abhorrent - he goes down as if he's been killed, moves to get up a second later, and then goes down again as if he's been killed when he sees the referee coming over. It's disgusting.
Contributor BBC Sport's Clarence Seedorf
"If he doesn't touch the player with his elbow, he's been sent off for intent."
Contributor BBC Sport's Chris Bevan
"Impressive stuff by the Spanish, who had to be patient to wait for their chance against Portugal but never looked back once they had taken the lead. Fernando Torres may be out of sorts but David Villa cannot stop scoring and Spain are looking in ominous form as they move into the last eight. It might have been a different story had Portugal taken one of their first-half chances but ultimately they were second best to their Iberian neighbours on the night.
Contributor Legendary Spanish pundit Guillem Balague:
"This was a show of maturity from Spain. You wait for your moment. There were a lot of question marks. Many of them were answered tonight. The debate begins now on whether Torres will start in the quarter-final."
From Anon: "Spain might be a good team to watch football-wise, but I have seen them get two players sent off for no reason and I hate the way they ask the ref to card people."
With you there. So needless.
21:38 Commentary World Cup quarter-finals:
Netherland v Brazil
Uruguay v Ghana
Germany v Argentina
Paraguay v Spain -
From FionnGM: "Capdevila was a disgrace. If that's a red card offence I'm switching allegiance from footie to dominoes."
21:42 Commentary
That's the last World Cup quarter-final all wrapped up, then: Paraguay v Spain, at Ellis Park in Johannesburg on Saturday at 1930 BST.
From The Kid from Fuenlabrada: "Torres will prove his worth when Spain (finally) play a team that likes to play football. He'll be very important against the likes of Argentina, Brazil, Germany, Holland, ie the true footballing nations of the world."
21:50 Commentary
Seems like there's no such thing as a totally happy ending in football, but tonight the best eight teams are left in the World Cup. I'm off - you got any ideas what I could do on Wednesday and Thursday? No, me neither. The withdrawal symptoms have started already. Night all.
European champions Spain survived a stern test from Portugal to book their place in the quarter-finals of the World Cup through David Villa's goal.
Two years to the day since they beat Germany to triumph at Euro 2008, Vicente del Bosque's side showed their slick brand of passing football is still just as effective by edging out their well-drilled Iberian rivals.
Spain had to survive a succession of missed chances by the Portuguese in the first half but, once Villa broke the deadlock in the 63rd minute with his fourth goal of the tournament, they rarely looked threatened.
Portugal, semi-finalists in Germany four years ago, had Ricardo Costa sent off for an off-the-ball clash with Joan Capdevila before the end but by then their fate already looked sealed.
The only concern for Spain, who play Paraguay in the last eight, is the continuing lack of form shown by striker Fernando Torres, who seems to still be feeling the after-effects of the knee operation he had in April.
Torres did play his part in a bright start by Spain, cutting into the area and testing Eduardo with a curling shot, but he quickly faded and it was actually Portugal who had the best openings before half-time.
Villa had also brought a fine save out of Eduardo early on, while Xavi fired a first-time shot over from a corner but, after surviving those scares, Carlos Queiroz's side not only found a way of keeping Spain at arms length, they also began to threaten at the other end.
Twice Cristiano Ronaldo tried his luck from long range with free-kicks, and on the second occasion Spanish goalkeeper Iker Casillas could not hold on to the ball and Gerard Pique had to mop up.
Casillas looked jittery again when he parried a pile-driver by Tiago and had to race to beat Hugo Almeida to the ball, which was dropping towards the net.
Almeida somehow missed the target after rising to meet Simao's inviting deep cross, while Tiago wasted another good opening when he nodded wide from Fabio Coentrao's driven centre.
That should have acted as a warning for Spain, but they were caught on the break again early in the second half and were lucky to escape when Almeida's cross span off Carlos Puyol and looped just beyond the far post.
Portugual failed to seriously test Casillas again after that, but it still took the introduction of striker Fernando Llorente, who came off the bench for the ineffective Torres just before the hour mark, to spark Spain into life.
Within seconds, Llorente met a Sergio Ramos cross with a diving header that flew straight at Eduardo, who was relieved when Villa bent a shot round his post from the outside of the box soon afterwards.
You sensed the Spanish knew this was their moment and, in their next attack, Xavi's clever backheel played in Villa, who had his first shot saved but lifted the rebound into the roof of the net.
Del Bosque's men grew in confidence after taking the lead and, with Ronaldo anonymous, Portugal seemed short on ideas of how they could find an equaliser.
Spain should have added to their lead before the end, with Eduardo saving from Ramos and Villa, while the impressive Llorente headed wide.
But one goal was enough for them to secure victory and they look in good shape to go past the last eight, which is as far as they have progressed at a World Cup since they finished fourth in Brazil in 1950.
- Venue: Green Point Stadium
- Referee: H Baldassi
- Attendance: 62,955
- Possession 62% 38%
- Attempts on target 12 5
- Attempts off target 4 4
- Corners 6 3
- Fouls 11 19
Projected table based on current scores
Group A
Group A teams | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | PTS |
Uruguay | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
Mexico | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
South Africa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
France | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
Group B
Group B teams | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | PTS |
Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
South Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 4 |
Greece | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
Nigeria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 1 |
Group C
Group C teams | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | PTS |
England | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Slovenia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
Algeria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
Group D
Group D teams | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | PTS |
Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
Ghana | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Australia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 4 |
Serbia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
Group E
Group E teams | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | PTS |
Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
Japan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Denmark | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 3 |
Cameroon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 0 |
Group F
Group F teams | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | PTS |
Paraguay | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Slovakia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 4 |
New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Italy | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 2 |
Group G
Group G teams | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | PTS |
Brazil | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
Portugal | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 5 |
Ivory Coast | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
North Korea | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | -11 | 0 |
Group H
Group H teams | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | PTS |
Spain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Chile | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Honduras | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |


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Hawke's Bay Regional Council has hit back at allegations it failed to adequately consult over the Ruataniwha dam proposal, saying its efforts to liaise with Maori became caught up in iwi politics.
The council's efforts included making "strenuous efforts" to consult with hapu linked to the lower part of the Tukituki River, its lawyer, Trevor Robinson said yesterday.
He was speaking on the final day of a six-week board of inquiry hearing into the council's application for resource consent to build the Ruataniwha water storage scheme in Central Hawke's Bay and permission to make related changes to the Hawke's Bay Regional Resource Management Plan.
The scheme is designed to alleviate water shortage problems for agricultural and horticultural businesses on the drought-prone Ruataniwha Plains in Central Hawke's Bay.
Ngati Kahungunu Iwi Incorporated (NKII) said earlier in the hearing the council has failed to meet its obligations under the Resource Management Act (RMA) to consult with Maori.
"Ultimately, the [council's] view is that they have got caught up in the politics of Ngati Kahungunu. They have endeavoured to do the right thing against a background where as a matter of law, the RMA clearly does not require consultation on resource consent applications," Mr Robinson said.
The board of inquiry was not the forum to address the iwi's claim that the council had failed to consult on the proposed regional plan change, known as Plan Change 6, he said.
"NKII's submission that Change 6 is fatally flawed because of an alleged failure to consult is a challenge to the lawfulness of the decision to publicly notify the plan change dressed up as a submission on the plan change. Such a challenge should have been brought by way of judicial review in the High Court."
The board of inquiry chairman, retired High Court Judge Lester Chisholm, last week floated the possibility that the board might seek an extension of its April deadline for delivering a decision on the project if it believed further consultation was required.
Mr Robinson said yesterday lengthening the process would be "fundamentally unproductive".
While progress had been made reaching agreements on concerns held by some parties "significant opposition remains and given the strength of feeling apparent in the submissions to the board, that position is clearly not going to change," he said.
The board of inquiry has now retired to produce a draft submission which is due to be released in late February or early March and will be open to consultation.


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Fog switch
I just got the stock fog switch as a christmas gift and I just had a question if anyone knows how to wire in the stock fog switch or if I have to purchase a special connector...?
Never did that job, but my philosophy is to always be an owner of the offcial service manual for a car that I own and to use forums like this one to get tips and insight the manual writers could never think of. A good forum has so much collective wisdom -- I'm humbled every day I read through some of these posts.
I'm a newbie and am not aware that TJ's have fog lights as an option. If I had to guess, I'd say you're installing something new that may require a nonsignificant amount of work. Lights suck down a lot of current and should be ran off of a fused circuit! Please do this -- I think that you'll save a lot of time -- go to a dealership during a slow time and chat up the parts counter guy. Things get crazy at dealerships at the parts counter, so I implore you to go when things are slow. Ask the parts guy to look up the switch you were gifted and have him identify where the harness connector that it mates to can be found. If it exists, it's probably under the heater controls. If it is not a Chrysler/Jeep part he will not be able to help you, of course. In that case, I'd call the maker of the switch. You should also mention the year and other details about your Jeep when asking the forum questions. By the way, check your owner's manual to confirm that a fused circuit for fog lights exists. Look up fuses and it should point you to a chart showing the circuits in the car. that should give you a quick preliminary answer. Sorry that I'm rambling here -- it's late and the Merlot is quite good :D -- hope this helps! |
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How to Travel on a First Job Salary
See the world while you're young and on a budget.
By Lauren Bayne Anderson
July 15, 2011
The best time to travel is when you're young. Seeing the world changes you—and helps shape your world view.
When you're young, traveling is less about "vacation" and more about experiencing culture. Most likely you don't have kids to worry about or a mortgage to pay. But…it's expensive. And the catch is that most young people don't have a lot of extra money to put toward travel.
So, how do you travel on an entry-level budget? It is possible.
It won't be luxurious – you won't be staying in 5 star hotels—but you will get to see the world, experience the culture, taste the food and bring back tons of pictures and souvenirs to show your future kids and reminisce over for years to come.
- Backpack: The term refers to buying a super huge backpack into which you stuff everything you need (from sleeping bag to clothes) for weeks of travel. It's easy because you don't have tons of bags to lug around. Everything is right there on your back! Plus your hands are free to hold maps, drinks and everything else you need to find your way around a new city.
- Book early: If you're planning a trip, book your flights early and do your research. Check sites like www.kayak.com for their fare calendar, which shows you which days are the cheapest travel dates and compares several websites.
- Don't spring for the Eurail ticket just yet!: If you're backpacking around Europe, you've heard countless people tell you to buy a Eurail train pass. But it's not always the best option. Europe has tons of low cost airline carriers that can get you there for cheaper and save days worth of travel time. For example, British airline Ryanair has flights from Paris to Barcelona for 20 Euros, including tax—that's $30! They offer flights around France, Spain, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, even Morocco and more! And there is more than one European low cost carrier—so check them out before you book your train ticket. Europe is not the only place with low cost airlines—be sure to research your location and you may be surprised.
- Book hostels: Don't let the movie scare you, hostels are a cheap alternative to hotels and most of them are pretty safe. Think of a hostel like a dorm—you'll be sharing the room with several other people and you'll have access to a shared bathroom down the hall. There are lockers to keep your stuff secure and many even offer free breakfast in the morning. The best part is, you can book a night at a hostel for around $15 depending on where you're staying. Make sure to book in advance if possible—some hostels are much nicer than others. Do your research online, read traveler reviews and look at pictures. Then book the one you're interested in, because like hotels, they do book up fast, especially during busy seasons.
- Have one good meal in every city: Food can get expensive, but it is part of the culture you're there to experience. Instead of dining out every night, select local "hole in the wall" places—they often have great, authentically local food and are super cheap. Eat from street vendors (that look clean) and buy snacks from grocery stores. But do allow yourself at least a couple of nice meals at nice restaurants. If you're traveling for an extended time, a good idea may be one nice meal in every new city. You'll get the flavor of the country without going broke.
- Don't be afraid to travel alone: None of your friends can take time off work and you feel like if you keep putting it off, you'll never live out your dream of backpacking around Thailand, or Europe, or South America. Our advice? Don't let that stop you! Get on a plane and go. You'll find you're not the only young travelers traveling alone. You will meet friends and the best part is, when they start to get on your nerves, instead of fighting about it, you can just split up! Trust us: Many a best friend has learned they can't stand traveling together AFTER they were two weeks into a trip. And we promise, traveling alone will not be anywhere near as lonely as you think.
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Casey At The Bat
The classic American baseball poem might have vanished if not for an actor's impromptu performance.
October 1967 | Volume 18, Issue 6
A mysterious phenomenon, to which professional critics are usually oblivious, reoccurs often in the literary history of the United States. A man or a woman with no special talent for poetry will put together some apparently run-of-the-mill stanzas and manage to get them printed in a newspaper or magazine. The poem is read and talked about. It is reprinted here and there. People cut it out to carry in a billfold, or pin on a bulletin board, or put under the glass top of a desk, or frame and hang on a wall. Thousands memorize it. Eventually it becomes so well known—inexplicably, and often to the author's own amazement—that it is hard to find a literate person who has not read it. "Casey at the Bat" is such a poem, and its author, Ernest Lawrence Thayer, is a prize specimen of the one-poem poet. He wrote nothing else of merit. No one imagines that "Casey" is great in the sense that the poetry of Shakespeare or Dante is great; a comic ballad obviously must be judged by different standards. One doesn't criticize a slice of superb apple pie because it fails to taste like crepes suzette. Thayer was only trying to write a comic ballad, with clanking rhymes and a vigorous beat, that could be read quickly, understood at once, and laughed at by any newspaper reader who knew baseball. Somehow, in harmony with the curious laws of humor and popular taste, he managed to produce the nation's best-known piece of comic verse—a ballad that began a native legend as colorful and permanent as that of Johnny Appleseed or Paul Bunyan. Here, in time for the World Series, is Casey's story.
One of the most humiliating defeats in the history of the New York Yankees took place on Sunday, October 6, 1963. Because a well-thrown ball bounced off the wrist of first baseman Joe Pepitone, the Yanks lost the fourth straight game and the World Series to their old enemies, the former Brooklyn (by then the Los Angeles) Dodgers. Across the top of next morning's New York Herald Tribune ran the headline: "The Mighty Yankees Have Struck Out." Lower on the same page another headline read: "But There's Still Joy in Mudville" (the New York Stock Exchange was holding up well under the grim news).
Every reader of those headlines knew that they came straight out of that immortal baseball ballad, that masterpiece of humorous verse, "Casey at the Bat." But not one in ten thousand could have named the man who wrote that poem.
His name was Ernest Lawrence Thayer, and he was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, on August 14, 1863, one hundred years before the mighty Yankees made their celebrated strike-out. By the time he entered Harvard, the family had moved to Worcester, where Edward Davis Thayer, Ernest's well-to-do father, ran one of his several woolen mills. At Harvard, young Thayer made a brilliant record as a major in philosophy. William James was both his teacher and friend. Thayer wrote the annual Hasty Pudding play, and was editor of the Harvard Lampoon, the college's humor magazine. Samuel E. Winslow, captain of the senior baseball team (later he became a congressman from Massachusetts), was young Thayer's best friend. During his last year at Harvard, Thayer never missed a ball game.
Another friend of Thayer's college years was the Lampoon's business manager, William Randolph Hearst. In 1885, when Thayer was graduated magna cum laude—he was Phi Beta Kappa and the Ivy orator of his class—Hearst was unceremoniously booted out of Harvard. (He had a habit of playing practical jokes that no one on the faculty thought funny, such as sending chamber pots to professors, their names inscribed thereon.) Hearst's father had recently bought the ailing San Francisco Examiner to promote his candidacy as United States senator from California. Now that young Will was in want of something to occupy his time, the elder Hearst turned the paper over to him.
Thayer, in the meantime, had settled in Paris to brush up on his French. Would he consider, Hearst cabled him, returning to the United States to write a humor column for the Examiner's Sunday supplement? To the great annoyance of his father, who expected him to take over the American Woolen Mills some day, Thayer accepted Hearst's offer.
His contributions to the paper began in 1886. Most were unsigned, but starting in October, 1887, and continuing into December, he wrote a series of ballads that ran about every other week in the Sunday editions, under the by-line of "Phin." (At Harvard his friends had called him "Phinney.") Then ill health forced him to return to Worcester, but he continued for a while to send material to the Examiner, including one final ballad, "Casey at the Bat." It appeared on Sunday, June 3, 1888, sandwiched inconspicuously between editorials and a weekly column by Ambrose Bierce. Thayer was paid his usual fee for it—five dollars.


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Currently he's batting around .333 on DC hires.
Sorry the Saints didn't consult you before making the decision.
It's as if y'all think Payton and Loomis sought out the worst candidate for the job and then offered him a position. I'm sure their research on the candidates far exceeds the quick search we do on google and Wikipedia.
Currently he's batting around .333 on DC hires.
Way to not argue against any of the numbers I posted though. 1 good defense in the last 10 years.
I'd rather take a shot on a college coach like Grantham (who didn't really have a lot of success as an NFL D-Coordinator either) or a position coach.
I'll trust Payton's opinion over your "this was a bad hire" statement of fact.
I'm not thrilled about hiring yet another DC who was just fired. but Ryan has never coached on a team who has an offense that can be methodical as ours. Frankly, I don't care about the total yardage given up by his defenses. It is almost a lost cause in today's NFL IMO. If we can be in the middle of the pack in scoring defense we will be in great shape.
Do you think that Ryan has been a good defensive coordinator throughout his career?
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True enough. Flipper were a shambolic, distorted, slow-moving train wreck, a seeming intentional affront to the audience. "It just developed," says Loose of early Flipper. "It evolved; I had this little bass rig with three different amps running different signals. An incredible sound. Punk-rocky and anti-that. A very different groove from what anyone else had. Also, Will had more advanced philosophical sarcasm; I had a kid's."
DePace concurs: "Bruce and Will were one heart and soul together." So why return without Shatter? "Because I'm allowing it to, if we're gonna be that bold," says Loose. "I don't know . . . because it's fun? Without me, it's not Flipper. There's nobody to carry on the spirit Will and I carried."
And is he concerned about the effect reuniting will have on the Flipper legacy? "I really don't know. But we do put on a good show."
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DURHAM — The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is offering a reward of up to $3,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the incendiary fires in downtown Durham during the early morning of Feb. 2.
Investigations conducted by the Durham Police and Durham Fire Departments and New Hampshire State Fire Marshal's Office and ATF have determined that five fires in Durham, at 6 Main St., 15 Main St., 19 Main St., 20 Main St. and 4 Smith Park Lane were all incendiary in nature, meaning they were all intentionally set.
"Arsons have a devastating effect on our communities. Arsons not only result in the loss of income and the loss of property, but they also endanger the lives of firefighters who respond to these fires and who protect our communities" said Eugenio A. Marquez, acting special agent in charge of the ATF Boston Field Division.
"Anyone who may have witnessed anything suspicious during the early morning hours of Fe.b 2 is urged to call the Durham Police Department. All callers can remain anonymous," said Durham Deputy Police Chief Rene Kelley.
The Durham Police Department can be reached at (603) 868-2324. The New Hampshire State Arson Hotline can also be contacted at 1-800-400-3526, while the ATF Arson Hotline can be contacted at 1-800-ATF-FIRE (1-800-283-3473).
This is a joint investigation between the Durham Police Department, the Durham Fire Department, the New Hampshire State Fire Marshal's Office and ATF.
ATF is the federal law enforcement agency with jurisdiction for investigating crimes of arson. More information on the ATF and its programs can be found at www.atf.gov.
Feds offer reward for information on Durham arsons
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In March Seattle's cast architecture and the nonprofit Urban Sparks developed a pitch for a $35 million community center in the city's quirky Fremont neighborhood, known for its statues of Lenin and an 18-foot troll crushing a
With paid work slow at the four-man architecture firm, the volunteer project fit in nicely, and Matthew Hutchins, a Cast principal, is hoping it might eventually lead to a paid design contract for the center. "We view pro bono, besides giving back to the community, as a means to do research and development and market our firm," he says. Cast's past pro bono projects–a shed for a community garden and a public park–have helped it develop contacts and expertise in new areas. The public park, for example, got Cast on a preferred provider list for the city's contracts.
Pro bono work by architects, lawyers and even corporations has been growing during this recession. That's in contrast to past downturns and seems to reflect an enlightened opportunism. It's a way to put idle employee hands to work, to network and to get greater bang from a firm's charitable bucks.
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The Pro Bono Institute in Washington, D.C., which coordinates and studies attorneys' volunteer work, estimates that lawyers at big firms increased their volunteer hours by 13% in 2008. One reason is that firms have discovered the virtue of deferred job offers. Having lined up the most desirable law school graduates, they don't have enough business to justify their $160,000 starting salaries. So they typically pay the recruits a third of that to go off and do good deeds until billings recover. The institute estimates 1,000 novice lawyers are now occupied this way.
Corporations have been stepping up the volunteer pace as they cut dollar contributions. A study by Giving usa and the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University says that corporate giving fell an inflation-adjusted 8% in 2008 to $14.5 billion. While it's doubtful pro bono has made up for the decline in corporate giving, it clearly is on the upswing.
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Some companies are now using volunteerism to magnify the impact of their donations. Target has long made book-buying grants to school libraries. But beginning in 2007 its building division started getting involved in rehabbing the libraries, too. This year, with advice from the Heart of America Foundation, Target chose 16 schools (out of 164 that applied) for library makeovers, complete with new shelving, furniture and books. Target won't disclose how much each rehab costs but says its mass production experience–it's opening 76 new stores this year–holds down makeover costs. In the final week of construction as many as 300 Target employees descend on a school.
Impact? The efforts get a lot more attention for Target than a book shipment. More important, Belinda Green, principal of the Maxfield Magnet Elementary School in St. Paul, Minn., says book borrowing by her largely African-American students has increased tenfold since the Target-renovated library there reopened in April.
"Pro bono work is about solving real problems and issues in the world," says Laysha Ward, president of Target's community relations.
For more on the practical challenges of corporate pro bono, see www.forbes.com/pro-bono.


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January 16, 2014 by Robert Moore
Just over a year ago, I encountered a headstone that really… seemed to pique my interest. I began developing a post around it, but, for whatever reason, it fell by the wayside. Today, the thought seemed to find its way back to me. The lighting was not the best when I took the photo this […]


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It's all about the fantasy!
A few of my favorite words to live by
and I try to do so by writing stories of
some of my favorite characters.
Come join the world of the dark and supernatural
to the light and romantic
and forget your troubles and worldly wearies.
Recline back,
curl up under a nice toasty blanket
and make sure you have plenty to snack on and drink
while I take you away to
a land of make believe.