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We keenly feel the obligation to be with them to retain a relationship, but after a couple of hours there really is nothing for us to talk about.
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Visits require three hours of travel time one way, and so an afternoon or evening together is never enoughthere must be an overnight.
We feel like insensitive and ungrateful brats for not being able to endure being the audience to their excruciating stories full of half-remembered details and tangents.
We have tried to talk about our lives and experiences but that only reminds them of their lives and experiences and thus the monologue takes flight.
Is this just a situation that must be endured? Is it possible that they feel the discomfort but just fill it with the only talk they know how to do?
Are all elderly people like this? Or can you offer us some way that might help us to be with these people that we would like to love but who make it very difficult?
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Dear Tapped Out: I am frequently around elderly people who are not at all boring--so you shouldn't assume that all older people become this way. You should, however, check your own basic tolerance level and make a point of trying harder not just to tolerate, but to try to enjoy these visits.
I have two thoughts. One is for you to engineer a shape and direction for these visits to make them less tedious for everyone. You could do this by diving in to family history through old photographs, family trees, etc. Decide that you will be engaged, and ask questions as you go. Ask them to relate their experiences to current events.
The other is for you to basically duck and cover by treating this elderly couple to new experiences.
On your visits, you should plan at least one outing for all of you--not only a meal out, but perhaps a visit to a museum, concert or local attraction.
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The graduation invites are flowing in. Some are legit, while others are outright money grabs.
One very clever mom (actually a very talented salesperson) whom we only see about every two years and the grad in question not in the last eight years has booked her event three months out, all but killing any alibis/excuses to opt out.
What's the financial expectation/obligation on this stuff, if any?
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Wildflower or Weeds? Two-year legal battle rooted in couple's backyard
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Brad Bradley, of Frankfort Square, in his backyard garden that fills a wetland draining easement and features prairie plantings Friday, May 11, 2012. | Brett Roseman~Sun-Times Media
Updated: July 26, 2012 6:03AM
One person's wetland prairie is another's overgrown eyesore.
And that can spell trouble when the two become neighbors.
That's the case in southwest suburban Frankfort Square, where a two-year legal battle took root after a neighbor complained about the back yard of Brad Bradley and Sheri Bianchin.
The self-described "amateur naturalists" — who also happen to work for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency — filled a drainage easement behind their home with "native plants and wildflowers." They live on a subdivision cul-de-sac near Harlem Avenue.
The married couple said the plants are there to catch water, and they said Will County officials encouraged them in 1997 to plant them when they moved in. Bradley said most of their neighbors blessed the idea too, save for one who had no opinion.
But a neighbor next door said the prairie started luring rodents into her back yard three years ago. Tracy Bojan said several neighbors complained over the years about the couple's wildflowers, but hers was the "final straw."
In September 2010, Will County accused the couple of violating its weed law. The couple's response: a 64-page federal civil rights complaint.
The ensuing battle has been costly. County officials said they've spent more than $50,000 on outside attorneys to fight the civil rights claims. Bradley and Bianchin have an attorney too, but Bradley declined to say how much that's cost them. A judge ordered the couple this spring to pay the county $8,755 in legal fees, though, and Bradley said they still face potential penalties exceeding $1 million.
Bradley said he won't give up because a principle's at stake.
"I have the right to the quiet enjoyment of my yard, as do all of my neighbors," he said, "And I think that's a right that shouldn't be trampled on."
Bojan said she never meant to start such a massive fight. But she also said the county's laws exist for a reason.
"What about everyone else's enjoyment?" Bojan said. "I mean, we all pay taxes here."
Birds, butterflies ... and rodents?
Chuck Pelkie, a spokesman for the Will County state's attorney's office, said the county's weed law is "extraordinarily reasonable." He also said it's the government's job to look out for people like Bojan.
"The way you keep your property shouldn't interfere with your neighbor's right to enjoy their property," Pelkie said.
Bradley said he and his wife had limited options for dealing with the easement in their yard when they moved in. They planted the wildflowers to not only capture water but draw in birds and butterflies. Bradley concedes it also meant less time spent mowing in the summer.
Though some neighbors may have been receptive to the idea at first — and some still are — Pelkie said the county eventually heard complaints about rodents and "critters" crawling around next door.
"They didn't want their children going up to the edge," Pelkie said.
Bojan said her family moved in next door to Bradley and Bianchin in 1999, when she said the wildflowers were "dormant."
Mary Tatroe, head of the state's attorney's civil division, said the county tried to work with the couple before filing the complaint. For example, she said, they agreed to mow a buffer between the wildflowers and the neighbors' yards. Bradley said he eventually mowed it. Bojan said she's still waiting.
"They were given so long to do that," Tatroe said. "At some point, they still hadn't done anything."
So the county filed its complaint, and the couple hit back with their federal lawsuit. They accused the county of conspiring to prosecute them "selectively and maliciously." They also said the weed law was unconstitutionally vague.
Tatroe denies that, but she said the county planned to update it anyway. The revision happened early, she said, because of the complaint.
'You do whatever you want'
Pelkie and Tatroe said the county brought in an outside attorney — Martin W. McManaman — to handle the couple's federal complaint. It was dismissed on April 14, 2011, but the naturalists filed a similar counter-claim five days later at the state level. McManaman helped there, too.
His work has cost the county about $50,000, Pelkie said.
But the issue is still moving through the local court system. Pelkie and Tatroe said attorneys haven't even had a chance to deal with the alleged ordinance violation. That's why the couple's wildflowers are still there.
"It's extraordinarily unfortunate," Pelkie said.
Even if the county chose to drop the ordinance violation, ending the fight and the legal bills, Tatroe said the two sides would still be forced into a courtroom to deal with Bradley and Bianchin's civil rights complaints. Pelkie said the county tried to settle with the couple, but they couldn't reach a deal.
According to a letter the county received from their attorney, the couple's demands included a written apology and attorneys' fees. They also wanted the county to highlight their yard as an "exemplary way to use native landscaping in a suburban environment."
Pelkie said dropping the complaint would also send the wrong message.
"What do we do the next time that there's a case like this?" he said.
Other neighbors who answered their doors last week said they don't really mind the wildflowers. One, who asked not to be named, said she understands the couple's reasons for planting them. And she called them "really nice people."
Laura Reis said her family moved behind Bradley and Bianchin's home about 15 years ago. She said her family never had problems with bugs or rodents.
"It's kind of like your own property," Reis said. "You do whatever you want."


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Coyotes captain Shane Doan, who signed a new four-year contract to stay in Phoenix the day before the lockout started, says he feels for the fans who were denied their favorite sport.
"I think just a humble apology for everything and that we're going to do everything we can to earn back their appreciation of the sport," Doan said when asked about what he'd say to fans.
"There's no use in saying whose fault it is or who did what, we all owe them an apology."
In all, the labor stoppage shaved 34 games off of each team's schedule, meaning the 2013 campaign will be a sprint as opposed to the normal marathon, which creates several challenges according to Doan.
"Getting on the same page, getting everyone back skating again and getting your legs caught up to what a game is like," Doan said. "That's going to be interesting and fun, but we're fortunate we've got a great coaching staff and a good group of guys that understand what makes us successful."
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MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - More changes will soon be made on who's eligible for BadgerCare.
Both houses of the state Legislature approved the changes Tuesday, after a recent settlement between the governor's office and the federal Medicaid agency.
Wisconsin adults who make more than poverty-level wages could still get BadgerCare through March 31st, if they sign up by the end of January.
Starting February 1st, only those making poverty wages or less can apply for the Medicaid-funded BadgerCare. Those above the poverty line who apply after February 1st would have to sign up for Obamacare -- just like 77,000 other current BadgerCare recipients above the poverty line who will lose their coverage at the end of March.
That cutoff was originally planned for the end of December -- but because of problems with the Obamacare Web site, it was delayed for three months. There was also a three-month delay to start BadgerCare for 83,000 impoverished people -- but that's being moved up two months under the new settlement.
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When the Beaumont Independent School District formed its own police department, administrators cited the need to provide security for its many facilities. Accepting their stated good intentions does not diminish the duty to investigate allegations of wrongdoing – rather than cover up incidents the districts might find embarrassing or for which they might be held financially liable.
One such incident was the 2010 traffic stop by a Jefferson County sheriff's deputy who pulled over BISD transportation supervisor Clifton Guillory in the early morning hours for driving his district-owned pickup so erratically the deputy told his dispatcher, "He's drunker than Cooter Brown; ran off the road three or four times while I was behind him."
Recall that a BISD police officer came to the scene and gave Guillory a ride home. No breathalyzer test was performed and no charges were filed on the supervisor who was allowed to quietly retire. It was fortunate no one was injured or killed – including Guillory – but school district police should not be permitted to shield employees from the legal consequences of their actions.
A report this week of a school-related crime brought the Guillory incident to mind. A parent of a female student at Austin Middle School described how their daughter's teacher put on a movie in her class, turned down the lights and promptly fell asleep. In the classroom while the movie played, the parent said two male students sexually assaulted their daughter and another girl, both 11 years old. Both girls reported the incident to school officials who brought in BISD police, who in conjunction with the Austin principal, promptly drew a curtain of secrecy over the investigation citing the rights of the alleged perpetrators and laws about confidentiality in cases involving juveniles.
At a minimum, such incidents should be reported to Beaumont Police and the Jefferson County District Attorney's office for two reasons. First, both agencies have trained investigators with vast experience handling such cases. Second, there is frankly good reason based on past performance to doubt the competence and impartiality of school district police to see that justice is done and not to place the best interests of the district over the victim of a crime. By bringing in the police and DA, the district would be forced to comply with the letter of the law. Despite juvenile shield laws, surely the young victims and their parents have a right to know the status of the young men accused of sexually assaulting her.
BISD must move quickly to demand total professionalism and accountability from the principal and the district police chief, and not allow either to hide behind district lawyers to thwart justice in the name of limited liability. Timothy Chargois will almost certainly inherit this problem when he takes control of the district as its newly selected BISD superintendent. If the allegations are upheld, the sleeping teacher and the male students in question must answer for their actions, or lack of same, and we call on the superintendent to take swift action. Two 11-year-old girls deserve at least that much.
Or Examiner, what about the
Or Examiner, what about the child who video-ed the fight on a school bus, posted it on FB and he was suspended this week - and the fighters - I haven't heard that anything happened to them. Also what about transparency in the phone records which is not to exceed 10,000 and is over 14,000? There is no transparency - it seems BISD has run amok - and think they are the only entity in town.
Before you jump on this very
Before you jump on this very out-of-tune bandwagon, you may want to make sure you have your facts straight. The district CANNOT comment because of federal protections for the rights of all involved - and you, of all people, should know this. There are always two sides to each story, and the media needs to allow the investigation to proceed involving only those who have the FACTS in the case and not in the court of public opinion. I usually agree with your editorial comments, but when you jump in without all the information in a situation involving children or a person's career, you have an obligation to be more careful in your reporting.
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You are asking too much. This publication is known for its faux outrage and YELLOW JOURNALISM. If you expect anything more, perhaps you should consider reading a more reputable publication. In fact, it was only a few days ago that their very own Managing Editor/ investigative reporter, was fired for an undisclosed reason.
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Submitted by Dog Connections | January 1 2010 | Permalink
It can be difficult when the weather is bad to keep our dogs active physically and mentally. All the activities you listed are great.
I have a couple to add to that.
Go Look Game: Hide a treat or favorite toy somewhere in the house and get your dog to go look and find it.
Practice down stay: Have your dog on a down stay in one room. Walk away in a different room. Your dog has to wait until you call his name to find you. I usually then play tug a war or ball.
You can also teach your dog to through the ball back to you. First have him in a sit position, facing you. You sit on the floor too. Through the ball and get him to through it back at you. Great to play in small places. I use to play this game a lot when I was stuck in hotels with my dog.
Interesting point: 10 minutes of mental activities will get your dog as tired as one hour walk.
I will put a few treats, a kong, or even a marrow bone wrapped up in a towel or blanket. The dog will not only have to hunt to find it, but then she will have to "dig" it out.
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I read about a homemade puzzle on the I Love My Bad Dog blog. Take a muffin tin. Put treats in each of the holders. Put a ball on each, and let them track down the treats. Kept my pup working for awhile. When I put it up on the counter, he stared longingly at the tin.
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How about Living Room Agility? Check out Christina Sondermann's story in Bark last January. http://thebark.com/content/living-room-agility
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Regarding "tugging": I have always heard that playing tug-o-war with a dog can encourage biting.
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Back around the mid-point of the season, I gave Kari Lehtonen a failing grade on the Thrashers' mid-season report card. At the time he was 5-11-2 with a .900 SV% and 3.41 GAA with one shutout on the season. He was also coming off of an injury that kept him on the shelf for 21 games.
A lot of you thought I was being quite harsh on him with my grade. However, I was judging him not only on the numbers but the overall performance of the job. Kari was not brought here to be a backup…or even to simply compete for the top job. He was selected with the second overall pick in 2002 to be "The Man" between the pipes.
That sorta job you either pass or fail in most cases.
Also, the reason for the "F" was because I felt if he was indeed playing for his future with the Thrashers…given last summer's one-year contract…those numbers and yet another injury wasn't going to get it done for him. He was failing in proving once and for all that the #1 job in the ATL would continue to be his.
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Key words being…"at that time".
Since mid-January, Kari has gone 13-9-1. Placing those numbers into some perspective, that type of record played over…say…a 55 start season would run out to something like 31-21-3. A team that plays an entire season at a clip of 13-9-1 would finish the year with 96 points.
Kari has added two more shutouts to the total, his GAA has dipped below three for the first time all season and now sits at 2.94 and the SV% has risen to .915…which is just one point off of his career high for a full season. Lehtonen has won his last five starts, six of his last seven and seven of his last nine. During that time, he has a 2.22 GAA and a .937 SV%.
During his 5-game win streak, Lehts has stopped 170 of the 176 he's faced, a .966 SV% and he's posted a 1.64 GAA. Monday night's 49 save on 50 shot performance was a thing of beauty that we will all not soon forget.
In short, Lehtonen has performed in the manner that justifies the faith and hope placed in him by this franchise by selecting him with that precious second overall pick seven years ago.
Going back to my post on January 11…I summarized my comments by saying "If the first half of the season is indicative of what is to come, the Kari Lehtonen era in Atlanta is but months…if not weeks…away from being officially over".
I happy to now be able to say that, indeed, the first half was definately not a foreshadowing of what was to come…the the past two months has seen him play at his best level yet and because of it, I would say that Kari Lehtonen has taken full and total control of the top goalie status for the Atlanta Thrashers.
He may very well have also earned something more than another one-year deal this coming summer.
March 19th, 2009
11:47 am
I agree. He has performed extemely well
March 19th, 2009
11:47 am
I have to agree. It's time to lock up Kari for a few years and see what to do with the rest of our goalies.
March 19th, 2009
11:49 am
I've never doubted Kari. I have, however, doubted the defense.
March 19th, 2009
11:52 am
I'm not sold still. Let me see how he finishes out the season and that would dictate the terms…I mean he might be the big chip needed to pull of some blockbuster draft-day trade…. I dunno.
I think he's got what it takes to be "the man", but the injuries really really bug me.
March 19th, 2009
11:53 am
His injury-plagued irradic play every season is what makes it so difficult to decide what the best thing for the franchise to do about the goilies in the offseason. I'm really glad to see him playing so well, but is this the new Kari we can plan to expect from now on, or an aberration? Longterm deal to Kari and trade Pavs, or the opposite? I still go back and forth.
March 19th, 2009
12:01 pm
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March 19th, 2009
12:12 pm
I agree with Tony C. I have never had a problem with his play. I think he has played quite well over the years (for the most part) considering the defense (or lack thereof) in front of him. The problem is with his injury history. I don't think I would offer him a big money/long term contract until he shows he can avoid these nagging injuries. I think he has earned a raise over his $3 mil. salary from this season. I would think a 2-3 year deal at about $4 mil. per season would be fair. Then, during that contract if he proves he can play consistenly well and give you 60 games per year, he will have earned a contract comparable to the top goalies.
March 19th, 2009
12:30 pm
While the groin injury is most likely related to lack of conditioning, the back issue is not. He has taken a professional approach to his craft and thus has not had the groin problem recurrance. The back can get thrown out of whack anytime for a goalie. Its a constant concern. You are stretching and reaching out in all manners, and all it takes is a bump to the wrong part of the body at the wrong time to mess things up for weeks.
Personally, we sign Kari to the long term deal. Show a committment. Showcase Ondrej over the coming weeks for one of two reasons…to have him be the back up Kari, or to have him as trade bait. Since it appears as though we are playing our way out of the lottery, we can use him plus our first rounder for the first overall pick (and possibly their third rounder)should it be to a team that needs a goalies (i'm thinking Colorado or Ottawa…perhaps Toronto. Land the coveted Tavares. My feeling is that Ondrej is going to be good, really good. But he is going to be unhappy as a back up here. We don't need that kind of discontent in the locker room.
March 19th, 2009
1:06 pm
Tough spot. I tend to lean towards Tony C. Kari has been fantastic for sure over the last month. I need to see a little more and I hate to write it but I smell "payday". I hope, hope I'm wrong, but Kari can SMELL the cash coming.
Lets look at it like our boofon owners are probably looking at it.
We are going to stay near the minimum cap, kari (in my opinion) is going to get 4 million a year. What are we going to cut to get down to the minimum? How are we possibly going to sign Kovy? It scares me. I can see them getting dandy don to trade Kari (for some pucks, a 12 pack of PBR, a first round pick and Denny Lambert), save that money, play Ondrej, because he's obviously cheaper. Then it will be spun that Moose will help Ondrej and we are building for the future again!! It's an uneasy feeling with these owners and I don't trust them for a second. I just don't know how they can expect to sign Kovy and Kari and expect to stay at the floor of the cap??? Maybe I'm wrong, usually am, but what do you guys and girls think?? Rawhide??
March 19th, 2009
1:22 pm
Let him play all of the remaining games, then we can decide. I would not give him more than 1 or 2 years… And there MUST be an incentive in there for staying healthy…
I have had enough of MOOSE… I would be happy not having to watch him for the rest of the season.
Next year should be LEHTONEN/PAVELEC… Trade MOOSE at the draft for a 7th rounder or something like that…
March 19th, 2009
1:35 pm
Moose won't get anything in trade value. That's the problem. Think of all the goalies that have passed though waivers this season. There are also many ex-NHLers in the AHL. I can only hope we can talk him into being a part of the coaching staff.
I'd like Ondrej as a backup to Kari. Yes he is cheap. But some guys (Moose) have the backup mentality. Ondrej clearly does not, so who wants that in the locker room. This is a really deep draft. Trade him now to move up to get Tavares if that can be done. I think Pavelec can be good. But we don't know how he will handle the long season. Kari was a stud in Chicago too. Makes me think back to Chico Resch. He wanted to be a starter and get out from behind Billy Smith's long shadow. Never really panned out from him once he was traded.
March 19th, 2009
2:03 pm
Kari has been playing well recently.
CNNSI NHL had an article recently talking about the physical stress on butterfly goalies.
March 19th, 2009
2:16 pm
Never doubted Kari's ability or importance to the Thrash. With Pavelec, we should have a good duo next year and there is no question that good teams are built from the goal out. I hope that DW can get him on a long term deal.
March 19th, 2009
2:41 pm
I agree on trading a goalie and Kari is the keeper if the Thrash expect to contend for the PO next season. I have to trust the hockey people in our organization on this but to me going with Ondrej who is, excepting short stints, untested at the NHL level would be risky and possibly disasterous. His play has been stellar at times and it stunk some other times.
So sign Kari and I would be thrilled to trade Pavs and our #1 for the overall #1. Straight up if necessary, assuming Tavares will live up to all the expectations. Surely Kovy would be quite pleased, yes?
March 19th, 2009
2:45 pm
Of course, if the Islanders own the #1, I don't expect they will be interested in trading it for a goalie. They have DiPietro, the 15 year man.
March 19th, 2009
2:47 pm
Islanders would never do that since they have Rickey Di locked up until the next ice age. They would be fools to do anything but draft the next golden boy. Unless of course they get screwed by the ping pong balls
Go UCONN!
March 19th, 2009
3:05 pm
Right – the Isles are set in the net (or are they, DiP misses a ton of games too…think they would like a redo and keep Luongo?) so we'd need Colorado, Toronto, Ottawa to get the top pick. TB will never trade within the division and PHX has Bryzgalov.
March 19th, 2009
3:14 pm
J Blue – GREAT article. Very, very insightful.
I never used the butterfly because – A. I am too short and B. wearing the pads that loose (that is how they slid forward to face the shot instead of rotating with the legs) always hurt my knees when I tried to bounce back up to face the next shot. Thanks so much for the link.
March 19th, 2009
3:28 pm
What's even more telling with Kari's recent performance is how much better he's fared when compared to Moose. Same defense, but a statistically significant different story. I'm glad to see Kari putting on a show, and am hoping for more of the same tomorrow night. Go Thrashers!
March 19th, 2009
3:48 pm
My problem with Kari has been consistency, not conditioning. I have never doubted his physical tools; they're as good as any goalie I've ever seen in the league. Does he have the mental toughness to play sharp, game in and game out, for 55-60 games?
As Bill pointed out, over the last 23 games, he has been as sharp as he's ever been. Not only has he stopped everything he should, he's stopped pucks he shouldn't be able to.
The bottom line you should be asking yourselves is, do you have confidence in Kari to play like this for 55-60 games in a season? I don't.
March 19th, 2009
4:06 pm
I think Kari is now, as he said in the VS on-ice interview after the win over the Caps, "older and wiser." He is still young (25) but I think he realizes he is getting old in terms of his player profile around the league and it is time to fulfill his potential.
An interesting stat line on Kari that doesn't seem to fit together:
He has 18 wins, tied for 25th in the league, a 2.94 GAA, 37th place and a .915 SV%, tied for 14th. So….put better skaters in front of Kari to maintain puck control and the wins total will go up, probably by a lot. Hopefully that will happen for the next decade or so.
March 19th, 2009
4:25 pm
I 100% agree with NASCARDave… We need to trade Hedberg, yes great guy, BUT… I want to see the two young goalies battle it out next season. Then after next season, one will have to be traded… But then and ONLY then, they need to battle next season to win the job.
Just makes easy sense, plus Pavs will cost less and that should endear waddell to these owners !
But if one does go, there better be a VERY HIGH rate of return coming here, no question. ! But Hedburg needs to go, I have seen enough…
March 19th, 2009
5:12 pm
Machacek and Sterling sent back to Chicago. Crabb has been re-called to Atlanta.
There goes post-deadline move number four.
March 19th, 2009
5:17 pm
I think Hedberg is signed through next season and assuming we can't trade him or waive him (someone earlier mentioned that it's been tough to unload veteran back-ups), we'd have to buy Moose out, sign Kari and also pay Pavlec an NHL salary. All while staying near the cap minimum? I think Moose may be here one more year – I don't think we should trade Pavs by any means until Kari can make it one full year uninjured and we get more depth at the position in the system.
March 19th, 2009
5:20 pm
As already has been said, Moose has no trade value or very little. He might get picked up for 1/2 price on waivers but there are other goalies willing to work for the same price. Since we have him signed for next season at $1,087,500 and we are paying him for his mentoring and experience, I expect him to be on the roster next year. But that's just me.
March 19th, 2009
5:22 pm
Since we are talking goalies…
…here is one to watch in the draft.
March 19th, 2009
5:29 pm
I would have to consider trading Pavs if it would yield a top two pick this year. I don't think that's too likely but let's see how things play out the rest of this season in the lottery positioning.
March 19th, 2009
5:34 pm
Aw darn, Homer is still out. As much as I want the Thrashers to win tomorrow I was kinda excited about seeing him. Thanks And I think if Kari stays healthy then he'll be an awesome goaltender, also I think we should hang on to Moose, he's kinda like Kari's mentor and to me that's worth something.
March 19th, 2009
5:50 pm
Kracker – if you package Ondrej and our first pick (which will be in the top 10) to the team with the first overall pick (provided they are one of the teams mentioned earlier that needs a goalie) I think it is a trade that works for both teams.
Look at Moose's numbers – he is dead last in the league for save%. The only way we get rid of him is if there is another team that is low in salary cap that is willing to take some sort of split with the Thrashers and will receive multiple draft picks to do so. To be honest with ourselves, the best we can hope for is for Moose to realize his skill have eroded and for him to retire.
We may also be vastly over rating Mr. Pavalec. Look at his numbers in Chicago…he's 13th in the league with a 2.45 and .917. Kari was far better his last year there with a 2.27 and a .929.
March 19th, 2009
7:45 pm
We may be over-valuing Pavelec, but so are a lot of other people in the league. His much vaunted "winner's attitude" that had Elliott gushing over him has not gone un-noticed around the league. Also, when you look at the success of Mason and Rinne as rookie netminders, I think the market for unproven goaltenders is better now than … well, maybe EVER.
As far as unloading Moose, dude, let's be real CuJo has basically let it be known that he will work for peanuts next season, and if you're a team with a young netminder, there are way worse guys your youngster could take advice from. I'd be tempted to offer him a job as a system-wide goalie coach. Never hurts to have a "living legend" be the guy that helps you break down your video…
March 19th, 2009
9:16 pm
Speaking of goalies, Osgood is scheduled to start tomorrow night. Should be interesting. Hopefully it will be a good, close game. … Rawhide, do you read Puck Daddy over at Yahoo? If not, you got mentioned in his post about d-bag Matt Cooke's hit on Bogosian. F'in Pittsburgh.
March 19th, 2009
9:52 pm
Sara definitely holds it down for the A-Town over there… also from elswhere in the ol' blogotopia I found this interview with The Kapitain:
March 19th, 2009
9:55 pm
I'll be there. Now that work stuff is winding down, I'll be able to make it to a few more Thrashers games, which will be nice. I'm glad to see Kovy practiced today. As much as I want Detroit to win, I do want to see Atlanta's best players in the line-up.
Am I a troll? If so, I don't think I am as obnoxious as that Darious dude. What was that about?
I know I am late on this, but work gets me behind at this time of year – how was the protest at the Montreal game?
March 19th, 2009
11:06 pm
Great link Tony! Kovalchuk: "You can't be an amoeba when you play hockey…" Huh? Great quote, I am wondering if something got changed in the translation….About the future: "Basically, I'm not thinking about the future right now. I'll say it again-I like it in Atlanta, and I hope I can stay there. But I understand that this is a business. We'll see."
March 19th, 2009
11:07 pm
Beat you by three hours on the Crabb thing, Rawhide. Also, I too posted on that Puck Daddy blog posting. You might recognize the name, but few others will. And I like it that way.
March 19th, 2009
11:09 pm
kracker, sounds more to me like he's worried about being traded. That says a few things. My favorite part was where, in response to playing with Heatley again, that he would "go talk with Dany now so that he can ask to be transferred to Atlanta."
March 20th, 2009
7:11 am
I sort of got that idea, too, Alan, but more like Ilya knows something big will happen soon. Hopefully, by this summer it's over with the long extension. If not….I just can't envision Waddell trading Kovy except mafia style, with a gun to his head.
March 20th, 2009
7:22 am
I liked the amoeba and Healtey statements too…he's a funny guy.
March 20th, 2009
8:37 am
I got few comments also.
1. Kari needs to get contract. I will say give him a contract for 3 years around $10 mln. First year – $3, second – $4, third year – $3 mln or any other combination.
2. It is very funny situation with Pavs and Moose. Moose is horrible on this year. Why? Nobody knows. I guest he is getting older, his reaction is not sharp anymore. I do not know. Pavs is not stable person. Some game he was playing Great, next one he was just blew it. I guest it is call expirience, which he needs to get here as back-up. Perfect scenario will be as keep Moose for few months next season. We will play him in First and Second month around 10 games and if he is fine and if his Saves % is good and GAA is low, just keep him of rest of the season. If he will bad as now, trade him, or buy-out his contract and bring Pavs to the team.
3. Kovy interview was great. I read that interview in Russian also. He wants to stay here. Why? His wife Nikole likes warm weather, no ice in winter. They Loves a house and they have two little kids. And Big things that Russian people do not like relocate to much. I know that. He will be here if team will play good hockey. As for today I am sure for 50% that Kovy will sign here.
4. Last one I like to see Heatly back to Atlanta. He will be great help for us, but it is never happend
March 20th, 2009
11:31 am
Russian — 2. I think Moose will retire and be goalie coach if team does well next season and he can not perform to backup goalie level, which to me is close to 50% points total on a good team. Maybe he will agree to be goalie coach.
3. Your thoughts on Kovy staying here are nice to hear. He seems to be not a big publicity needing person. If the team can compete, I believe he will extend his contract and stay here. For how long…who knows?.
March 20th, 2009
9:10 pm
Say something nice about the guy and he rewards you with a couple of soft goals through the first two periods.
March 20th, 2009
9:24 pm
Hey, Thrashers fans! It appears we've worked out a deal to get Hossa back in Blueland! Did I mention we're offering ice-level seats at LOW, LOW PRICES???
Old Time Hockey…Since 1999!!
March 20th, 2009
9:28 pm
Rawhide. I respect and love ya guy. However. Were the love letter to Kari Letemin on newsprint I would have shredded then burned it! LaLa Land boy looks like his pitiful self tonight. Even the most worthless of scum stumble into hot streaks from time to time. These do not offset the other abysmal choke jobs! Oh well. Best to you and yours. That said…The true Toiletlids are back! Another totally gutless performance by a completely heartless group (team is not proper word to use here). Kari Letemin is back to being his normal untalented sieve self. Damn bestard Finn! All three goals (to date) were stoppable. Think not? Check out legitimate goaltender in Red Wing net! Somebody should nail that turncoat Maryann Hossa. Gloating son of a betch! No one will. Why? Toiletlids possess no manhood. They are only compliant betch dogs for other true NHL teams! Now 3-0. Hope it winds up 10-0! Do not want these miserable quitters to break the shutout! They and mindless fans deserve to be shut out. Lined up to offer excuses for this mail-in job? Do not bother. There are no damn excuses. Keep any to your own damn self! Unacceptable no matter how you cut it! Hope these guys are quitters for fans in another city next season. Minor league toilet residue!
March 20th, 2009
9:44 pm
That 4th goal is all on Kari as well, garbage rebound given up there.
March 20th, 2009
9:47 pm
SCORE!!! Bryan Little, his 31st!!, on the PP!!


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This is bigger than Big Bird or even binders full of women.
The first two presidential debates and vast public reaction have raised too many media-related questions to be addressed in one column. But the ones involving huge conversations in social media demand a closer look — especially in terms of who's doing the talking and how representative or biased they might be.
Tuesday's town hall showdown generated 12.24 million comments on Twitter and Facebook, making it the top political event of all time in social media. Before the debate had even ended, a phrase uttered by Romney, "binders full of women," had 20 Facebook pages and its own Twitter account with more than 12,000 followers. One of the Facebook pages had 136,000 likes, according to the Associated Press.
Romney's words were intended to support his claim that as governor of Massachusetts he had made an effort to find qualified women for Cabinet posts. But on social media, they became a target of ridicule. Big Bird went viral the same way when Romney said in the first debate he would cancel funding for "Sesame Street" if elected.
The media metrics have been widely reported, but we in the news media haven't gone inside the numbers to explore what social media conversations might say about the state of politics, media and the way we communicate today.
How "authentic" is that conversation, for example, and could some of it be generated by party operatives? Might there be an ideological bias to such social media talk? After all, the two big conversations so far have been loaded with anti-Romney snark.
The clearest change noted so far by researchers studying social media and the role it's playing in the 2012 election is the way in which it is further compressing the news cycle.
"In the pre-Internet era, you had morning-after polls," says Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project.
"But now, we've got these new tools where you can watch millions of people have real conversations ... in real time, and the feel of this is so much greater than with a morning-after poll," he adds. "Here, you can instantly see what millions of people are saying rather than just sticking your microphone or notepad in a single person's face as they're walking by The Baltimore Sun building and saying to them, 'What did you think of the debate?'"
William Powers, director of The Crowdwire, a Boston-based project analyzing the role of social media in the 2012 presidential race, sees a "new symbiosis between Twitter and the news media" in the use of hashtags based on things said in the debates.
The result is a near-instant news cycle driven by editors seeing hashtags go viral and then ordering up stories based on the hashtags — in effect, validating those hashtags and shaping the news budget.
"In the old days, when something took off like 'Morning in America' [a Ronald Reagan campaign slogan], you had to have a poll done a week later to see if people had noticed the ads, and it was this much longer, more drawn-out process," says the former Washington Post reporter who now works for Bluefin Labs, a pioneer in social media metrics. The Crowdwire is a Bluefin project.
Now, "when one of these takes off, and people are using it in large numbers on Twitter, that's a very delectable morsel for the media, because they can actually see the impact in a quantifiable way and have confidence reporting it," he says.
"It's like a new cycle is happening that we don't even have a word for yet," he says. "It's changing the whole process."
A snapshot of that symbiosis can be seen in C-SPAN's coverage of the debates. C-SPAN2 now shows the pool feed of the debates in split-screen with real-time tweets from 270 political reporters.
"The showing of tweets during debates is a natural evolution," says Howard Mortman, communications director for the cable industry's public affairs channel. "There's definitely a huge volume of tweets from big-name, top-shelf reporters. ... For us it's just part of sharing the full story of the debates — and the ongoing transformation of the media."
Mortman points to the changing nature of the Spin Room, a campaign-trail institution, in explaining that transformation.
"It used to be all the campaign spokespeople would show up in the media rooms after the debates, and the reporters would huddle around them and furiously jot down notes," he says.
"The Spin Rooms don't really exist any more," he says. "The facilities are there and the structure is there for the spokespeople to show up. ... But for the most part, the spinning is done by the campaigns on social media during the debates."
Going deeper than Big Bird and binders on Twitter and TV debates
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