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Thursday, 23 April 2009
Why Curbishley was NOT the disaster some would have us believe! Hotshot opines!
When Curb's was on TV on route for an interview to become West Ham's football manager, I was praying, please don't let him become manager, especially as West Ham now seem to have the backing of a Billionaire. I thought it would show a real lack of ambition, and that we should be looking to appoint a top international manager.
My worst fears were realised when he became manager, and I was one of the cynics right from the off, saying we had chosen an average football manager that didn't fit the new aspirations and financial clout of the club.
I remember people in forums showing blind loyalty to him, and vitriol was directed towards me for stating the blindingly obvious. They persisted to support him because he was English, nay even from the East End of London. It was entertaining to see over that year people's opinions gradually change, until finally it seemed almost all sentient West Ham fans had witnessed enough of his boring football, along with his dour TV personality, and his footballing philosophy which amounted to nothing more than staying in the league or constantly saying he was 'stabilising the ship'.
So when he finally walked, ironically because the clubs technical director Nani had sold two average players, and replaced them with a much better midfielder and defender, I was the first person cheering and relieved that we could now get back to showing the ambition that the club finally deserved, and appoint a manager that would be an attractive prospect for players to play for, and one that I could wholeheartedly get behind and support.
In came Gianfranco Zola, and although I was as surprised as anyone else at the choice, I at least thought that world class players may be attracted by the prospect of playing for him, and thought that if his winning mindset could rub off, and his contacts be utilised, that the future would be brighter than under Curbs.
Now people are raving on about Zola's exploits, and the new players that he has at his disposal, thanks to Nani's wheeling and dealing and the academy graduates coming of age. And it is regularly reported that Curbs bought a load of lemons and wasted the money and resources that were initially pumped into the club. Now that's where I draw the line, although many of the same people that were supporting Curbs, are now slating him, I do acknowledge that his purchases were actually very shrewd. They were also necessary in keeping the team in the Premier League at the time, and it could be agued that he didn't pay over the odds, when you compare the purchase prices with those of Spurs, or other clubs.
Bellamy – his class is not in question, Champions League experience, a potent striker, he brought a goal scoring edge and pacey dynamic that the team has since sorely missed. He was chased by quite a few clubs and later sold on for nearly double the fee paid for him.
Upson – became an England international and must again be worth at least double the fee we paid for him, and among the best centre- halves in the Premier League.
Parker – one of the best defensive midfielders in the league who again could have been sold for more than double the fee paid for him, and was chased by many clubs, during the January transfer window.
Neill – Although suspect at times, with his shirt tugging and lack of speed, has been a steadying influence in the team and at times shown the worth of his transfer fee.
Dyer – No doubt the ability to win games with his speed, creativity and eye for goal. Also an England international when fit, and at least worth the fee paid and could prove a bargain if he doesn't get injured
Boa Morte – The boo boys are starting to choke on their pies, as he is showing that he is well worth the fee paid for him and adds speed and attacking options to the team.
Cole – Ok Curbs didn't buy him, but when many fans would have had him sold and shipped off to Canvey Island, Curbs kept him and saw and developed his potential, which he is now beginning to realise.
Now onto Curb's relatively small number of doubtful purchases.
Quasie – I can't defend this one – Enough said.
Ljungberg – Was bought for a very small fee, apparently very high wages though, not sure if he was past his best – we'll never know.
Davenport – bought for a smallish fee, the club should be able to recuperate most if not all of it back, and for the record played well for the team when Collins/ Upson was injured.
If people require further proof of Curbs ability to identify good talent, he also tried to purchase Ashley Young and Darren Bent among others whose, attacking and goal scoring talents are not in doubt.
When people blame Curbs or the Eggmeister for allowing inflated wages, lets remember it was one of the few tools of leverage the club had at their disposal at that time – and so was justified. Why else would top quality players joined a team fighting against relegation?
So, Curbs although I didn't think you were the right manager for the long term (or even the short tem), I do acknowledge this, that the players that you identified, tried to purchase and did purchase were overall very good! Good luck in your next job mate!
Hotshot C
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This is not my favourite site but this is indeed a very good article.
Curbishley was the manager that kept us up. Please don't forget that and we done well last season with many injuries.
Not great football, but I would much rather beat Chelsea on Saturday in a poor game 1-0 (disputed goal as well) than take part in the best game of the season and lose 4-2!
Good luck Alan.
TrevorH - 23 April 2009 15:53
- Hammersfan said...
Sorry mate, I posted it because I will not censor opinions on this site, but I have to disagree. Curbishley's signings, Neill apart, did nothing to keep us in the Prem. Upson only played 40 minutes during the Great Escape and we lost both games! Quashie played in 7 games and we didn't win one of them! Boa-Morte only featured for the full 90 minutes in five games and was otherwise used as a sub or pulled off - we only won one game in which he played for the full 90 minutes, (away to the already crowned Mancs) - and, of course, he only scored one goal despite being bought as a goal scoring inside left / wide player. Davenport played in 6 games and we lost all of them except one, which we drew 2-2 (so the defence was hardly waterproof even then!) That is a dreadful record given approximately £20million was spent!
- 23 April 2009 16:00
- Hammersfan said...
TrevorH, you are still visiting! That's where we part as fans mate. I am a true West Ham fan, raised under Greenwood and Lyall to respect the values that our club stands for; you are just like Blackburn, Bolton and Stoke fans - get the points at any cost! You are welcome on the site and you wear a West Ham scarf but your soul is not claret and blue!
- 23 April 2009 16:03
- apache said...
I never wanted Curbs, but I continuously supported him, right up until the end.
Granted, I didn't enjoy the footy, but I accepted that the injuries played a big part in that - also for the record, I DON'T blame him for the injuries. If you look at physioroom.com, you will see that Charlton consistently had some of the lowest injuries whilst he was in charge. People forget that a whole new training pitch was laid the summer before and that's when our injuries started piling up.
As for Zola... right now he is fantastic. But let's not forget, it was a MASSIVE gamble.
I think KUMB did a poll just before his appointment and he was last out of the choices with less that 1% of the vote.
West Ham got lucky with Zola, very very lucky.
I can't think of a single manager EVER, that has turned around a teams playing style as quickly as Zola. I still have my reservations about his lack of experience, hopefully Steve Clarke will continue by his side for years to come.
Fanno, I think Curbs HAS to take some credit for keeping us up. Just look at Derby and Jewell last season. That is what you call a dour uninspiring manager! If Curbs was a terrible manager, the team would have capitulated a long time before. I know that you hate the guy, I would hope that not winding people up will have mellowed you out a little! - 23 April 2009 16:11
- Hammersfan said...
Apache mate, you know I don't rate the guy and know I have a loooooonnnngggggggg memory as far as Turds is concerned. Had the linesman not given the goal that never was against Blackburn, we would have sunk without trace. Turds was lucky, nothing more!
- 23 April 2009 16:30
Maybe the players didn't figure in a big way in the relegation battle, but I do agree there were some decent players bought, that could be/ have been sold on for a bigger fee... When you look at the spuds that spend 20 million on one player curbs did well to buy half a team with that amount....
- 23 April 2009 16:39
- mmaisonpierre said...
Exhibit A, regarding Curbishley's shrewd eye for talent: Carlos Tevez, sitting on the subs' bench.
- 23 April 2009 16:46
- Hammersfan said...
LOL mmpierre!
- 23 April 2009 17:03
- Hotshot C said...
mmaisonpierre - Carloz Tevez you may remember was played in the relegation run in and scored quite a few goals to keep West Ham up... He wasn't played at first because you may remember he was out of shape and quite a bit more plump than he was in the run in and how he looks now playing for man u.....
- 23 April 2009 17:12
- Hammersfan said...
What about my point Hotshot mate?
- 23 April 2009 17:15
You know what without curbs and the icelanders we would have gone down no doubt under terry brown and Alan pardew. They all done a great job however they done it as we survived. Dont be slagging off curbs now as he turned the hammers around after the most turbulent time in our history. Dont get me wrong Zola and Clarke are doing amazing but im sure the idiot who writes these stories and slagged off half the team and curbs or Turds as he called them is just writing this story so he doews not look like a total negative twat. We need to get behind players like LBM who battle their hearts out for the team and not just slag them off as it is fashionable. The 2 players who deserve no support are Quashie and Tristain who is just awful and not up to the premiership. The rest deserve all our support.
- 23 April 2009 17:17
- Hotshot C said...
I give you that one, that the players didn't play a big part in keeping the team up, but the fact new players were brought in at least perked up players that were just lazy 'bentley boys'... The main point I was trying to make is that the players he bought would make a profit if all were sold, and on that alone it could be argued that they weren't lemons (as many people on forums seem to accuse him of).... As I said I wasn't his greatest fan, but credit where credit's due... At least he showed ambition trying to by young & bent and buying Bellamy - a bit more than Di Michele & Tristan...:-)
- 23 April 2009 17:21
- Hotshot C said...
anonomous 17.17 - fanno didn't write the article so he's not writing it "to not look like a negative tw*t" , as it was written by me, and submitted by him....
- 23 April 2009 17:24
- CelticHammer said...
Funnily enough I emailed something recently to Hammerfan which dealt in part with my opinion of curbs. Hopefully he will post it soon but in the mean time I couldnt disagree more with any effort to label curbishley anything other than a terrible choice of manager.
The reason be bought, Neill, Parker, Upson, Dyer et all is he simply has to buy from the premiership (or in a couple of cases the championship) as he has no knowledge of continental football. It doesnt take a svengali of football to pay big money for people with premiership experience. It does take a little intelligence to carry out a medical or to notice that a player turned up in an ambulance and not a bentley to sign his contract.
Curbs had next to nothing to do with The Great Escape, the players and the fans had a damn site more to do with it. Curbs just picket the 11 players he had fit and crossed his fingers hoping for a miracle.
Last season was the most depressing I have ever endured as a Hammers fan. Due to work committments I usually end up flying in the day of or the day before a game. I usually enjoy this, it gives me a chance to catch up on team news, read some forums and I normally have a couple of games stored on the laptop to watch on the flight or flights!
Last season I must have looked like a guy awaiting extradition sitting in airports on my way to Upton Park. The depression would set in around thursday and by the time kick off arrive on saturday I would have the Samaritans on speed dial.
Even in games where we were getting thumped I never want the final whistle to go, under curbs I was calling for it before the ball left the centre circle at kick off.
Those players who he bought (or in Coles case played week in week out) only blossomed after Zola took over.
The only thing worse than the football we played were the cringe worthy excuses he trotted out in post match interviews about injuries and bad luck.
To make matters worse he cant keep his mug off TV taking credit for everything that is happening at WestHam at the moment, funny he doesnt do the same with Charlton. On top of all of that he is sueing the club for £1Million which pretty much sums the guy up in my eyes. - 23 April 2009 17:40
- Hotshot C said...
Hi fanno, apologies for the duplicates, my computer froze & went AWOL...:-)
- 23 April 2009 17:46
- Hotshot C said...
Celtichammer - i would be the firat to admit that i felt like hanging myself everytime i watched a match under curbs (although there was a spurs & arsenal match that were exciting) some credit needs to go to curbs for the players he bought, u can't give it all to Zola... And Zola or Nani need to put their hands up to the two impotent strikers they bought in - DDM & Tristian....
- 23 April 2009 17:51
- CelticHammer said...
HotshotC I posted a piece about my trip to Villa last weekend and I said that watching Diego Tristan play and score for WestHam will always be a very special memory. I also commented on my opinion of how he played. As for DiMichele, I met some Palermo fans when we played them in the UEFA cup a couple of seasons back, they took myself my cousin and my mate on the beer and I have stayed in contact with a few of them. I have even been over to a game there with them last season. When we signed DiMichele I asked what they thought of him and they love the guy.
He hasnt played in his natural role for us which is between the midfield and the main striker. He is pushed further forward as Noble had been playing at the point of the diamond in midfield for most of the season. That said you can not fault his workrate or that the guy has shown some exquisite skill at times. Remember that it was his two touches against villa that set up the goal of the season for us. - 23 April 2009 18:06
- Hammersfan said...
Celtic mate, I've found one article which went in to trash for some reason. I will post that either tonight or tomorrow. Haven't I run a Curbishley article from you?
- 23 April 2009 18:06
- CelticHammer said...
Hammersfan I dont think so mate. I resent them both to you, the second one is not a curbs article but one about BG and the club in general. As for curbs I could wear out the keys on my laptop writing about what a muppet that guy is!
- 23 April 2009 18:14
- Hammersfan said...
LOL. If you would like to write a grand opus on the Turds Era, I'd be happy to run it! When you are over, it would be good to meet for a beer with Hotshot and a few others from on here if they were interested.
- 23 April 2009 18:16
- Hotshot C said...
Celtic - it's interesting that you made the comment about DDM being an attacking midfielder as I had thought he would probs work better in that role (a little like benayoun), this said why is he be played as a striker? & with Tristian? It's like watching 'the mighty ducks' or some American wild geese story of no hopers & rejects becoming the 'A Team'.... But we all know tv stories for teens doesnt translate into reality :-)
- 23 April 2009 18:18
I 100% agree that when curbs left i was relieved as the football most of the time was dull to say the least but he did play a big part in keeping us up as just look at charlton when he left. The guy is a steady safe manager that will always get you just about mid table. When he left it was exciting as i hoped for a more dynamic manager and in Zla although not most peoples first choice at least the gut has an aura about him and he played amazing football so i was quite happy. Some of the football we have played this season has been quality and the players seem to love Zola and i can asure you they do as Rob lee is related to me and his son Oli loves the man as he is so genuine. But saying all this you cant rubbish the job Curbs done as he kept us up and as for the compensation then so what anybody forced out of their job would follow the same route going for compo. I hope he doesnt get it but if he does then he is probably owed it even if he doesnt deserved it.
- 23 April 2009 18:29
- CelticHammer said...
Anon 18.29 my problem with curbs is he was telling everyone how happy he was when Nani was appointed and with the vision laid out by BG and Dux for the club. Then he walks out when Anton and Linda are sold. To be honest with the money on the table for them both it would have been crazy to turn it down. I think curbs knew he couldnt do the job the fans wanted and took the oppertunity to use the sale of players as a chance to walk.
- 23 April 2009 18:49
- Hotshot C said...
Celtic - Are you saying that Savio, DDM & Tristan are better than Curb's choice of strikers: Bellamy, Young & Bent?
- 23 April 2009 19:14
- CelticHammer said...
HotshotC its all well and good curbs wanting bellamy, young and bent but he only managed to land ballamy and thats because liverpool were fed up of him and he was surplus to requirements. In the case of bent we supposedly offered him more money than spurs and curbs still couldnt convince him to come.
DDM was signed by nani on deadline day because curbs had failed to land striking cover after he and nani fell out over seb pinto.
As for Savio I think the kid has massive potentional and in Zola and Clarke he has a much better chance of realising that than he would have under curbs.
As for Tristan, I have seen him play in smoe reserve games this season and he has been fantastic for the yongster to play along side. In the first reserve match with chelski the guy was red hot. At the villa game you could see that his legs just simply wouldnt do what he told them to do. His goal was pure class and I think he will put in a good sihft against chelski this weekend. Is he the player he was? No! Of course not! He is past his prime but we couldnt have afforded him when he was in his prime. He was signed when the window was closed as he was a free agent and we desperately needed cover.
I rate DDM and I know we have not seen the best of him. His natural role is as a link player behind a target man. Unfortunately he has had to play with Cole whos positional sense is woeful, though improving slightly. I have watched some of their games together and you can see that Cole's lack of natural instinct has meant he isnt where DDM expects him to be. You can see his talent when we break as he keeps these breaks going and rarely allows them to break down. He is crucially involved in almost ever counter attack goal we score. He has super technical ability which can only benefit our younger players from seeing in training. He loves his football and I always have a softspot for players like that. I think his workrate is commendable and his willingness to try things in a team that has sometimes looked a little short of flare is the sign of someone who has self belief. I also think he will be at the club next season and while I doubt Tristan will I look forward to telling my little nephew about the time I saw him score for us at Villa Park. Hammersfan, I am Irish I never say no to a pint! - 23 April 2009 19:51
- Hammersfan said...
When are you over next? I will try to organise something. Coming over for the Boro game?
- 23 April 2009 20:31
- CelticHammer said...
Hammersfan I will be at the Heineken Cup final that weekend hopefully supporting Munster but if not I will grudgingly cheer for Leinster! Right now the only home game I have a chance of making is the liverpool one and that is doubful as I have a wedding on the Friday. It looks like my last game of the season will be Everton away. Will let you know in time to get the beers in if anything changes.
- 23 April 2009 20:58
- mmaisonpierre said...
Hotshot C: Yes, I remember something about Tevez scoring goals near the end of that season...
My point about Curbishley was that he lacked the imagination to put Carlitos in prior to that. When he finally put him in it was out of a lack of any better ideas; Tevez tells it that he pointed out to Curbishley during one match that maybe, Senor, I should go into the game as all the fans are singing for me?
When Tevez finally went in it was like a cork out of champagne. He alone on that team understood how to play the game without only worrying about how not to lose, which is the dreary hallmark of that West Ham era. Tevez might have been out of shape when he arrived, but he could have started that finaly miraculous run a lot sooner. - 23 April 2009 23:31
- Hotshot C said...
mmaisonpierre - Tevez played quite a few games before the final run in and due to unfitness and taking time to acclimatize to the English game wasn't actually much use, remember Pardew playing him/ and beginning of Curb's reign? I didn't enjoy Curbs defensive unimaginative managing either - the main point that was being made is that the players he bought were pretty good and have shown that they can compete at the top of the league...
- 24 April 2009 06:14
I think the article is a pretty good one and very fair. I was quite happy when Curbs was appointed as he was one of our own and I respected what he did at Charlton. By then of course, too many of our fans had become hooked on the idea that we were going to be a Top 4 side and expected us to get Jose Mourinho or similar rather than the guy whose claim to fame was keeping Charlton in the Premiership. Some people love to have a go at him for playing boring football but having managed myself, at a much lower standard, I know that when the majority of your best players are out injured you simply cannot play open attacking football. That was Curbs mistake but was it a mistake? I don't think we'd have been grateful for him playing attacking football and losing every week so he was screwed if he did and screwed if he didn't. His survival instincts meant he played the way he did at Charlton and that wasn't good enough for most West Ham fans but you have to give him credit for keeping us up and finishing in mid-table. I have no doubt that he could have stepped up his tactics had he had the chance but that's speculation. No matter what I say some West Ham fans will forever hate the guy but they are the sad ones unable to give credit where it's due. And how can anyone blame Curbs for spending transfer money when Eggy was freely handing it around? Who blames Mark Hughes for spending money at Man City? Was it Curbs that agreed Ljungberg's wages? Of course not - it was Eggy. And what gave Eggy the idea his fellow countryman was happy to spend whatever it took? BG? Zola has been a bright young manager with honesty, integrity and a style about him that we all love. However, no-one criticises Zola when half our first choice players are out injured but they did Curbs. No-one blames Zola for signing Lopez (Curbs had actually said no to Lopez), Tristan and DiMichele but they did Curbs for his signings. No-one blames Zola for wasting £9m on Savio when we urgently needed a forward to replace Bellamy. (I'm sure Savio will be a good signing but eventually...) Curbs was badly treated by our club. If BG did not want him to stay he should have just paid him off instead of breaking his employment contract. We were lucky in many respects after Curbs left. We got lucky with Zola and Clarke. We got luckier with injuries. We got lucky that several promising youngsters are maturing at the right time and we got lucky that the league is weaker than last year. Our points total this year would have put us in 10th place. Once Curbs has his settlement I am sure he will find a new club without any problem and I wish him well, thanks for a decent job which allowed Zola to move us on a stage further.
- 25 April 2009 12:15
- Hotshot C said...
Anon 12.15, agree with you about DDM, Tristan, Lopez & Savio... A vital error not replacing Bellamy with a striker? And how gutted will the club be spending 9 million on Savio if Stanislas is as good a player....
- 26 April 2009 18:47


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But it seems like since Huesien has been elected we, all sides of the spectrum, are giving way to much credit to the office of the Presidency. In other words, giving him credit, and fault for all that goes on, and allowing the office to act as a dictator or King rather than a President as outlined in our Constitution.
We are supposed to have a balance of powers. I think the concentration needs to be on electing a congress and senate that will "do the right thing"; call him out, stop all the UN-constitutional appointees, Czars etc. etc. We need a congress with some nads that will stop this fool, and future Presidents, no mater which party affiliation, and expose them (him) for what they are (what he is).
We, that believe in what America was founded upon, need a 100 year plan to take America back; just like they had a plan on how to destroy us.If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what will never be. (Thomas Jefferson 1816)
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Your problem is people are out for what they can get for nothing or what someone in their family is getting paid for by the tax payer. You have a lying, liberal, dirtbag president handing out promises left and right at any person or group willing to vote for him. Wether it be unions, people on welfare , college students, government workers, gays, Muslems, illegal aliens, large corporations looking for preferental treatment, or anyone wanting something for nothing.
They now go with the idea of lie , lie , lie and if anyone questions it LIE. They realize that people are stupid and with the help of mainstram news media they can control what people hear.
Look at some of the people in here that you have respect for as far as what they know about hvac. Then they give their political view and reasoning and all of the sudden you realize they have no clue as to what is really going on or they stick to that point of view being their wife, family or they themself is getting some overblown benifit that average person bustin his butt is not gonna get being they didn't have some lobbyist rigging it in his favor. I think a lot in here probly are not stupid enough to not know its not right but then they would never admit it being its in their benefit to vote to what fills their pocket then to do whats right for the country.
No point in arguing with them being you can't fix stupid
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Even the Fire Dept has learned how to tap the system. They now charge $1,500 - $2,000 for a 15 minute ride to the emergency room. And where do they go for that compensation, yep, the health insurance companies.
It seems nobody will take the first step to solve our health insurance problems. All they care about is making a buck and criticizing Obama.
My health insurance just went up 20%. Thanks Fire Dept. But go ahead, point to somebody else like everyone else does.
If you want to find blame for health care costs, look no further than Congress and the individual state legislatures. The main reason for rising health care costs is litigation, both directly and indirectly. Everything you touch in the medical profession is padded for legal reasons. It has been the golden well for much of America because nobody wants to enact tort law reform. Why not? Because the legislatures are made up of, wait for it.....................lawyers! Why would they kill the goose that laid the golden egg?
If your EMS is charging that amount it means they are finally charging what they must to recover their costs of operations. Much of that cost is bad debt and collections since the indigent care tax millage is drying up nationwide. When I left EMS in 1992 we were charging about $145 flat rate regardless if I emptied out the drug box. Medicare reimbursements have also been drying up and Medicaid does not pay for EMS service. People use EMS like a free taxi cab to get around town. They are carted into the ER where they hop off the stretcher and walk out of the ER often not even waiting to sign out AMA--against medical advice. Who pays for that ride? We do. When state grants and matching funds dry up to purchase new vehicles, equipment, communications systems it has to come from somewhere. An ambulance is for those who are so unstable they should receive pre-hospital emergency medical care and cannot ride in a taxi or POV (personally owned vehicle).Keep the fire inside the fireplace.
Congress has been bought by corporations, unions, special interest etc. They do not represent the people that voted them into office...this is an illusion.
If they represented themselves in their true attire, it would resemble that of a NASCAR driver.
If they didn't carry out the demands of their owners, they would have a very short stay in office and probably never work in politics again.
We have an autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader that practices economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition.
We have Fascism!
Now, how do we correct this and get back to a Constitutional Republic? With the blood of patriots and tyrants thats how.
There is no other way because those that hold power will not give it up freely...never...ever.
We need to start over, remove all elected officials from office, elect new ones with short term limits and no benefits unless approved by the people.
Every official office would have a minder of the people there to supervise the activity and report monthly directly to the people.
The peoples minder would be held accountable for any illegal activity that goes on in the office they oversee.
The PM would also have full powers of arrest...like a US Marshall, but for the people.
They would also monitor all polling stations and be responsible for counting ballets in this country.
Every minder would be required to memorize the Constitution and Bill of Rights, carry a copy at all times, and be sworn to uphold it under penalty of treason."If anybody can draw on the power, where do we put the meter?" - JP Morgan before pulling Tesla funding
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You make good points but if the insurance companies are being gouged because of lawsuits why arent the cash payers being charges at the same rate? They can sue the same as the insured.
As for EMS, they cost the same whether they are sitting in the fire station or out on a call, with the exception of a few supplies. Its my opinion that they are now in a need for more revenue so they decided to gouge the insurance trough just like the private ambulance companies have been doing for decades.
I am currently working for a retired fire captain. He said they all think it is crap that they now charge for their services. He said only about 33% of the cases get paid for. In other words, only the insurance companies pay it. So it continues that only those with money have to pay until their backs are broken.
Instead of going to war we can start by stopping the corporations from buying our government. A lot like separation of church and state....we now need separation of corporation and state.
I believe this is what the wall street protesters were trying to accomplish as we sat on our couches watching our media bash them...who does our media work for again?
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05-11-2012, 02:32 PM #10If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what will never be. (Thomas Jefferson 1816)
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If you all agree on limiting corporate interests in Washington why elect those that thrive on it? You know where the new Republicans stand and it seems contradictory to where you stand. Puzzles me.
Call me selfish but I vote mostly based on my self interests and the country I want both for my self and my family. The new Republicans don't even come close.
Now I see Paul Ryan wants to make the interest on student loans 6.25%+or- permanent. When you can buy a house today at 3.5% or close to that why can't a student loan be close to that?Tracers work both ways.
The original idea of citizen legislators is something needed to go back to. Career politicians who know nothing else, will do ,say, or fight to hold on to their comfy salaries and power as long as they are allowed to do so. 30 years in office? Really? NO. B.S. Get a real job and try again in another 10 years, maybe.
That's kinda my point. We need people in congress that are more interested in maintaining the rule of law and the Constitution then their own selfish means and personal beliefs. When they are sworn in, that is what they take an oath to do, but very few do that. Those that don't need to be held accountable by current or newly elected officials. There is no statute of limitations on murder; there should be no statute of limitations on crimes against this country.
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Jul 07, 2012, 07:01 PM
people food v dog food??
I know there are a lot of people foods that aren't good for dogs at all. But this is a bit of a reverse. When nephew was barely on all-twos and major drooler (getting more teeth)... he LOVED the BIG dog biscuits that my Dobies ate. The 2 of them stuck to him like GLUE... since he almost always had some kinda food in his hand, was easy to take from, or willing to share. Remember him being fairly covered with remnants of bbq chicken and them giving him a "pre-wash"!?!
Had neighbors who had 2 boys. One day, they were sitting at the fence with yogurt or pudding and spoons... a spoonful for me... a spoonful for you. Another time, they probably went thru a POUND of individual cheese slices that they shared with my "killer" dogs... bits of plastic wrap fluttering across my yard.
Kid's mom was not concerned about their sharing. Kids never teased my girls. Think they would have "taken a bullet" for those kids!!
I know some will thiink this is disgusting, unsanitary, WHATEVER... I call it great memories!
Jul 07, 2012, 07:46 PM
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Aw such sweet memories of your poochies with the kids. Yes, those children survived it all too.
Our rescue is always available to lap up any mishaps in the kitchen. He also gets a can of green beans every night in his chow. Loves them.
Thanks for sharing!
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Jul 07, 2012, 07:46 PM
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Thatchairlady, The kids are still around so so sharing didn't hurt them so I too call it memories.
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Jul 07, 2012, 07:55 PM
Memories as well in my family. To this day my DH continues to share his food - cookies,cheese, bits of leftover meat etc.--he doesn't want her to feel deprived. Just wish the dog wouldn't drool so much in anticipation of these handouts!!
Jul 07, 2012, 08:15 PM
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Oh Mama,
LOL about the drool. We have a drooler too. I keep a towel on my lap at dinner. Doggie doesn't get any treats at table but still tries.
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Jul 07, 2012, 09:01 PM
Drooler was KID... not dog!!
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Hello All,
Nephew had a standard poodle as his pet when he was very young. They used to sit on the back porch steps and Sam shared everything with Fumbles. One bite for me, one bite for Fumby (hey, not such a big bite Fumby), one sip for me one sip for Fumby. When I came to stay with sister and her family, she had made roast beef for my arrival. They came to the bus station to pick me up. When we arrived at the house ready for dinner, there was Fumby with a perfectly sappy look on her face and no roast in site. She had taken it down from the counter and eaten every scrap of it. Off to the pizza parlor we went sans Fumby. She slept the whole next day.
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Jul 08, 2012, 10:19 AM
Once a long time ago we had a neighbor who kept his bird dog in the house. That dog was at least as big as a dobie. Anyway, I went over one day to talk to the wife, our boys played together all the time. She was frying hamburgers on the stove. She turned around to say something to me & that bird dog stole a burger right out of the HOT skillet! After she chased him outside we both sat down & about died laughing! She said her hubby would have to do without his burger since it was HIS dog that stole one!
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Jul 08, 2012, 11:15 AM
We always share with our dogs. I know it's a no-no.....but they are spoiled.
Jul 08, 2012, 11:27 AM
We never shared table food with dog or people food because the vet said that was how a dog could have a bowel attack and I just thought that would be awful and my fault not the dogs. Our dog never had an accident either.


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Three Northeastern Technical College employees were recently named winners of the South Carolina Technical Education Association (SCTEA) Educator of the Year Awards.
James Oxendine of Rowland, N.C., was nominated for Teacher of the Year for his outstanding performance as a mathematics instructor. He has been an instructor for NETC for five years.
Donna Chavis of Bennettsville was nominated for Administrator of the Year for her dedication and commitment to the management of the College as human resources director, a role she assumed in 2010. She has worked for NETC for 25 years.
Cynthia Sellers of Chesterfield was nominated for Staff Person of the Year for her exceptional service and dedication to the college as a procurement specialist. She has served in this role for nine years and has worked for the college for nearly 15 years.
These NETC employees were recognized Feb. 22 at the annual SCTEA Conference in Myrtle Beach.
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As mobile applications proliferate, do financial advisors really use them?
�Definitely,� said Nate Call, vice president of product management at SunGard�s wealth and retirement administration business. �Not every meeting requires a mobile device but there are many times when an advisor will sit down with a client, outside of the office, and there will be information that needs to be presented to the client. Having that information on a mobile device such as an iPad changes the whole dynamic. Instead of being face to face with a client, the advisor can be side by side with that client, even shoulder-to-shoulder, sharing information as it appears.�
Wayne, Pennsylvania-based SunGard has recently introduced Mobile Meeting for Financial Planning, an application for mobile tablet devices such as the iPad. At the same, the company has launched MyRetirement, an analytic tool for those mobile devices as well as for traditional desktop computing. �With MyRetirement,� Call said, �advisors can personalize the �4% rule� for retirement planning to suit individual clients.�
Mobile Meeting for Financial Planning integrates with SunGard�s WealthStation Financial Planning to provide the following capabilities:
- Access to client relationship data such as demographics and beneficiaries;
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- Records of every client meeting; and
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Another component of WealthStation Financial Planning, MyRetirement is designed to help advisors answer clients who ask, How much can I safely spend during retirement? �The 4% withdrawal rate might be the standard,� Call said, �but it�s not the right answer for every client.� That is, conventional wisdom holds that a client who retires around age 65 will probably not run out of money by withdrawing 4% of his or her portfolio value in Year One and increasing the withdrawal amount each year to keep up with inflation.
�With MyRetirement,� Call said, �advisors can go over different withdrawal rates and different probabilities of success to illustrate the tradeoffs. Advisors can have a meaningful conversation with clients and get a better idea of what works for them.�
Call added that MyRetirement turns such planning �upside down,� as he put it. �Traditionally,� he said, �advisors ask clients how much they want to spend in retirement. Then advisors calculate how much a client will need to have in order to spend that much, with a certain withdrawal rate.�
Many clients, though, don�t know how much they�d like to spend in retirement, according to Call. �With MyRetirement,� he said, �advisors can ask clients how much they have invested now, and how much they expect to have when they retire. From there, advisors can show clients how much they�ll be able to spend, with different probabilities their money will last over a long retirement.� Clients who want to be able to spend more can easily see the value of increased saving during their working years.


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Funeral services were held at Centenary United Methodist Church, Tuesday, January 29, 2013, at 10:30 a.m. for Thelma Guidry Fortner, 92, who died Sunday, January 27, 2013 at her residence in Rayne.
Interment was in the Rayne Cemetery Inc., Rayne.
Surviving are three daughters, Virginia "Ginger" Cormier and husband, George, of Branch, Diane Brown and husband, Alan ,of Baton Rouge, Janice Rogers and husband, Tommie, of Lafayette; ten grandchildren; and eleven great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Jake Douglas "J.D." Fortner, Jr.; one grandson, Jeff R. Brown; parents, Sevigne "Ruben" and Virginia Guidry; one brother, Owen Guidry; and five sisters, Beulah Bazerque, Grace Alford, Maude Guidry, Rena Wright and Dorothy Link.
She was born Tuesday, August 10, 1920, in Duson, daughter of the late Sevigne "Ruben" and Virginia Guidry.
Mrs. Thelma loved her flowers in her yard and pots, worked hard to keep something blooming all the time.
She was an avid church worker and held numerous positions on the Administrative Board including chairman, vice chairman and chairman of different committees and a member of United Methodist Women's organization.
She worked as a secretary for South Rayne Elementary for 18 years before retiring in 1985.
Friends were received at Gossen Funeral Home, Inc., Rayne, Monday, January 28, 2013, from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. and Tuesday, January 29, 2013, from 9:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m..
Friends may view the obituary and guestbook online at www.gossenfuneralhome.net.
Arrangements were entrusted to Gossen Funeral Home, Inc. of Rayne.


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Policy makers have chosen to take action and we at the AAMA welcome a continued dialogue with them about the role of coin operated games in society.
The Coin Operated Industry today has a vigorous Parental Advisory System (PAS) that educates parents about the content of various games, using an easy to follow color-coded system.
We also have established a Code of Conduct which includes guidelines for which our industry's manufacturers, distributors, developers and operators should follow to ensure the PAS is fully implemented.
As policy makers address the difficult questions surrounding violence in America, we at the AAMA look forward to playing an active and constructive role.
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STREET STYLE: Anya Ziourova in Ostwald Helgason
When it comes to fashion inspiration, simply look out your front door. Although I'm a New Yorker (Chicagoan at heart), global fashion inspires me with equal measure. Thanks to my favorite street style blogs, I can be inspired by Fashion Weeks worldwide. And the eye candy from last week's Couture shows will tickle your sweet tooth for days. There are countless street style blogs, including my favorites Tommy Ton, Street Peeper, and Jak & Jil Blog. This shot is of Anya Ziourova (taken by Tommy Ton), who wears a look by newcomer designers of Ostwald Helgason. Get this brand on your radar. It features bold color, stripey separates, and the chicest sweatshirts you'll clamor to get your ladyfingers on. Spring pieces are currently being sold at Opening Ceremony, which only means promising things for Fall.
To emulate this look, I used Midnight Blue by Sinful, and Bikini So Teeny and Very Structured both by Essie.
To get these ladyfingers:
1. Start with a full dark blue nail
2. Using tape as a guide, tape off the full nail keeping the top right of the nail exposed
3. Paint the exposed portion light blue
4. Once dry, repeat step 2 moving the tape over to create an equal space parallel to the light blue portion
5. Paint the exposed portion brown
6. Using a fine paint brush or nail art brush, paint two white parallel lines in the dark blue portion
7. Top it off with top coat
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Chatilla van Grinsven scored seven of her team-high nine points to key an early second-half surge, and Saint Joseph's turned in its best defensive effort of the season in sailing by Fairfield, 51-38, Friday in the 21st Hawk Classic semifinals at Hagan Arena.
The Hawks (7-4) led 24-10 at intermission and widened the advantage with a 16-4 run to start the second half, with van Grinsven supplying the spark.
Cardinal O'Hara All-Delco Natasha Cloud and 2010 Daily Times Girls Basketball Player of the Year Erin Shields (Archbishop Carroll) combined for nine points, six assists and three steals for Saint Joseph's, which will meet UMBC — a 48-43 winner over Wagner — in today's championship game.
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Hollie Mershon posted her third double-double in five games, posting 22 points and a dozen rebounds, and fellow Archbishop Carroll All-Delco Rachel Pearson scored nine points for the host Dragons (7-3), who saw their three-game winning streak snapped by a 4-for-17 shooting effort from behind the arc at the Daskalakis Athletic Center.
Susquehanna 53, Eastern 49
Sophomore forward Meghan Nowak turned in a solid performance with 15 points, 13 rebounds and four assists, but the Eagles (4-7) squandered a seven-point halftime lead by scoring just four points over the final 7 minutes, 44 seconds of the Hoops for Hounds Tournament opener at Lycoming.
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KDE4.9 ====== This is the KDE Software Compilation 4.9.5 for Slackware 14 and later. You have to run Slackware 14 in order to use these packages! The upgrade from Slackware's own 4.8.5 will be trivial. I added five updated dependencies (akonadi, qt, soprano, shared-desktop-ontologies and virtuoso-ose). I updated several 'extragear' packages compared to Slackware 14: kdevelop, kdevplatform, oxygen-gtk2, and two are all new, oxygen-gtk3 and kio-mtp. Two KDE packages have been removed since the KDE 4.8.5 of Slackware 14: * kdemultimedia has been split up into several smaller individual packages. * ksecrets has been removed completely in the 4.9.x series. NOTE: * Possible issue when rebuilding these packages on 13.37: the new kwin requires at least mesa-7.10 and this is not installed by default. Slackware 13.37 has mesa-7.10.2 in the /testing directory though. Use that. It looks like KDE 4.9.x is the last series which will actually build on 13.37. NOTE: About the language packs (KDEI) - for Slackware 32-bit as well as 64-bit: * KDE localizations (language packs) are available in "x86_64/kdei". You only need one package (for your own language). Don't let the "x86_64" in the directory name fool you, the language packs are useable on both platforms. translations/localizations. NOTE: Sources and scripts have been separated from the packages in my 'ktown repository starting with KDE 4.9-rc1. If you want the sources for 4.9.5, run the following command to download them: # rsync -av rsync://alien.slackbook.org/alien/ktown/source/4.9.5 . But if all you want is the packages then you can skip the above command. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In order to install or upgrade to KDE 4.9.5, follow these steps: Make sure you are not running KDE or even X ! If you are running an X session, log out first, and if you are in runlevel 4 (graphical login) you first have to go back to runlevel 3 (console) by typing "init 3". To make it easy for you, here is a one-line command that downloads the whole 4.9.5 directory (excluding the sources), with 32-bit and 64-bit packages (and be careful of the 'dot' at the end of that command, it is part of the commandline !!): # rsync -av rsync://alien.slackbook.org/alien/ktown/14.0/4.9.5 . Or else, if you want to download packages for just one of the two supported architectures, you would run one of the following commands instead. If you want only the 64-bit packages: # rsync -av --exclude=x86 rsync://alien.slackbook.org/alien/ktown/14.0/4.9.5 . If you want only the 32-bit packages: # rsync -av --exclude=x86_64 rsync://alien.slackbook.org/alien/ktown/14.0/4.9.5 . OK. Assuming you just downloaded the bits you want from directory tree "4.9.5" and below that, you now change your current directory to where you found this README (which is the directory called '4.9.5'). If you used one of the above "rsync" commands then that would mean a simple: # cd 4.9.5 From within this directory, you run the following commands as root. Note that some of the old KDE package names are obsoleted too, they have been split up, renamed or integrated: On Slackware 32-bit: # upgradepkg --reinstall --install-new x86/deps/*.t?z # upgradepkg --reinstall --install-new x86/kde/*.t?z # removepkg kdemultimedia # removepkg ksecrets On Slackware 64-bit: # upgradepkg --reinstall --install-new x86_64/deps/*.t?z # upgradepkg --reinstall --install-new x86_64/kde/*.t?z # removepkg kdemultimedia # removepkg ksecrets If you already have one or more non-english language packs installed: # upgradepkg x86_64/kdei/*.t?z If you want to have a non-english language pack installed but none is currently installed, substitute your country code instead of the 'XX' in the next command: # upgradepkg --install-new x86_64/kdei/kde-l10n-XX-*.t?z Check if any ".new" configuration files have been left behind by the upgradepkg commands. Compare them to their originals and decide if you need to use them. # find /etc/ -name "*.new" A graphical (ncrses) tool for processing these "*.new" files is slackpkg: # slackpkg new-config Then reboot your system. =============================================================================== Eric Hameleers - alien at slackware dot com - 02jan2013


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2009 National School Climate Survey: Nearly 9 out of 10 LGBT Students Experience Harassment in School
Report Includes Analysis of 10 Years of Data, Finds Little Change in Victimization; Download Report on Top Right of Page
GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, today marks the culmination of 10 years of pioneering research documenting the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students with the release of The 2009 National School Climate Survey. The 2009 survey of 7,261 middle and high school students found that at school nearly 9 out of 10 LGBT students experienced harassment at school in the past year and nearly two-thirds felt unsafe because of their sexual orientation. Nearly a third of LGBT students skipped at least one day of school in the past month because of safety concerns. An analysis of National School Climate Survey data over 10 years showed that since 1999 there has been a decreasing trend in the frequency of "In 1999, GLSEN began data collection on the school experiences of LGBT students in order to fill a critical void in our knowledge and understanding of the ways LGBT issues play out in schools. It could not be clearer that there is an urgent need for action to create safe and affirming schools for LGBT students," GLSEN Executive Director Eliza Byard said. "As our nation seems to finally be taking bullying more seriously, it is crucial that LGBT students are no longer left out of efforts to address this public health crisis."
Student Experiences, a Hostile School Climate and the Effects on Educational Outcomes and Psychological Well-Being:
Positive Interventions and Support: School Climate Over Time: 1999-2009
"A look at 10 years of National School Climate Survey data reveals some gains in the availability of resources and supportive educators, thanks in part to GLSEN's work and that of educators and advocates across the country committed to safe and affirming environments for all students," said Dr. Joseph Kosciw, GLSEN Senior Director of Research and Strategic Initiatives. "Nevertheless, it is still the minority of LGBT students who report having sufficient support in school, which may explain why we have not seen greater improvements regarding in-school victimization. Without greater leadership and commitment to addressing anti-LGBT bias and behavior, we likely have a long way to go before we see significant change." GLSEN's biennial National School Climate Survey is the only national survey to document the experiences of students who identify as LGBT in America's secondary schools. The 2009 survey includes responses from 7,261 LGBT students between the ages of 13 and 21 from all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Data collection was conducted through community-based groups, online outreach, and targeted advertising on the social networking sites Facebook and MySpace. See also the GLSEN Research Learning Series: Fall 2010 Webinars here.
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This product is part of the AirVision product range from Ubiquiti.
For more than 2 cameras, a PC with a faster CPU would be recommended.
Update, Feb-2012: Ubiquiti has plans to release a new version of AirVision that will move the image processing function into the camera. This should dramaticaly reduce the load on the AirVision PC CPU.


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This listing is for this vintage fancy Porcelain Shaving mug & brush. Can you believe how ornate this shaving mug is, ladies it is pretty enough for us to use in our powder room. or vanity. Mug comes with this vintage ever-ready shaving brush(used) and has a place especially to hold it on the mug. The shaving soap goes in the top of the cup and it has holes for the water to drain through to the bottom of the mug
This mug is 4 1/4" high and 6 1/4" from spout to handle...


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Organic Sum Parameters for River Monitoring, Prof. Olaf Elsholz, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Dr. rer. nat. Wolfgang Genthe, Environmental Consultant.
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Then the Sunshine State and warmer weather called. Melissa freelanced for a couple of Pinellas County weekly publications before finding Patch in August 2011. For 11 months she contributed to various Pinellas Patch sites and served as Guest Editor for Largo.
Before pursuing the dream since second-grade of being a journalist, Melissa worked for a computer services company and taught sixth-grade.
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So where I live (and from my user name) I'm known as a big O&G player. I wanted a change and decided with the release of Vampire Counts recently that I'd have a go at them.
There are a few things you should know before you continue.
1/ I'm not the greatest at taking photos!
2/ I am obsessed with themed basing (and conversion to a lesser extent)
3/ I flit around from project to project so progress might not be as quick as some would like.
If you can put up with that then I promise we'll be raising the undead together for a good few months to come and I'll hopefully show you some neat ideas for conversions and basing of a Vampire Counts army.
Enough waffle newby I hear you scream get some pics posted!.....
first up my Vampire Lord on Zombie dragon. I removed the molded plastic rock type things and replaced them with an old tree as I decided early on that my force would be heavily themed in a graveyard setting.
A few shots of the Lord...


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