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Mock drafts are popular this time of year, and we've decided to do something a little different at the Nation this summer. Instead of presenting our picks, we'll show consensus rankings and offer up scouting reports, than ask our readers to vote on the order they would select those players in.
We start with the top-10 selections.
The list order below is based on a weighted draft ranking done by NHL Numbers. The scouting reports are my own and are intended as summaries of other sources, including TSN, The Hockey News, Hockey Prospectus, Future Considerations as well as others.
The Consensus Picks
1. Seth Jones (WHL: 61GP, 14-42-56). 6'4", 205-pound defender is expected to emerge as a complete player. He's highly mobile (he skates well, not just well for a big man), has real puck skills, and his ability to read and react seems to be universally praised. If there's a drawback, it's that he isn't known for playing with a lot of edge, though nobody seems to question his ability to play a physical game.
2. Nathan MacKinnon (QMJHL: 44GP, 32-43-75). Just barely old enough to be eligible for this year's draft, MacKinnon lacks ideal size (6', 182 pounds) but that's basically all he lacks. He's an elite-level scorer, a fantastic skater, and despite his average frame he plays a power game and his work ethic gets rave reviews. His defence, as with most young players, will need to improve over time.
3. Jonathan Drouin (QMJHL: 49GP, 41-64-105). MacKinnon and Drouin are neck-and-neck, and in some eyes the left wing has outshone his centre. The Hockey News and Hockey Prospectus both rank Drouin ahead of MacKinnon, and given his offensive numbers it's easy to understand why. He's a fantastic scorer and has what Craig Button calls "exceptional intelligence."
4. Aleksander Barkov (FIN: 53GP, 21-27-48). Like MacKinnon, Barkov is extremely young – both players are only two weeks removed from a spot in the 2014 NHL Draft. The 6'2" centre excelled in the Finnish men's league, and his on-ice vision and ability to read a play – both offensively and defensively – get top marks. His skating isn't at the same level as other players in this draft, however. Read more at Flames Nation.
5. Valeri Nichushkin (KHL: 18GP, 4-2-6). The 6'3" winger combines high-level skating with a power forward frame, and his abilities with the puck mean he may end up being an elite NHL winger; some have even said that he's a contender for the top spot based on his tools. Nichushkin committing to playing in the NHL means KHL fears are lessened. Hockey sense gets mixed reviews – sometimes even by the same scout, as The Hockey News quotes one who questioned Nichushkin's decision-making early in the year but ultimately decided he had excellent vision. Defensively, he's not seen as a strong player and his scoring numbers (15 points in 43 KHL regular season and playoff games) are underwhelming. Read more at Oilers Nation and Flames Nation.
6. Elias Lindholm (SWE: 48GP, 11-19-30). Another player with average size, Lindholm can play both centre and wing. His scoring numbers in Sweden are exceptional, but scouting reports suggest he may not have the same offensive threshold as others in this draft. Where he excels is as a two-way player – the combination of high-level skating and extreme intelligence on the ice make him projectable as an all-situations player; Future Considerations went so far as to compare him to Patrice Bergeron and Henrik Zetterberg. Read more at Flames Nation.
7. Sean Monahan (OHL: 58GP, 31-47-78). Monahan's two-way game gets strong marks, but his offensive ceiling simply isn't as high as the players ranked above him. Playmaking, size (6'2", 187 pounds) and intelligence are all regarded as strengths; speed is the most significantly mentioned weakness while some question his scoring ability. Read more at Oilers Nation and Flames Nation.
8. Darnell Nurse (OHL: 68GP, 12-29-41). He's big (6'4", 185 according to the NHL; I've seen him listed anywhere from 6'3" to 6'5"), and at least as importantly he's mean – he plays with more of an edge (both hitting and fighting) than any of the other top-ranked players in the draft this year. He's not a one-trick pony, either; he makes a good first pass (though he isn't likely to be a high-end offensive defenceman) and provides solid coverage in the defensive zone. Read more at Oilers Nation.
9. Hunter Shinkaruk (WHL: 64GP, 37-49-86). He can skate, and he can score goals, and that's a highly attractive blend of skills for NHL teams. The winger lacks ideal size (5'10", 181 pounds) and his defensive game is apparently something of a mess, but he doesn't lack courage.
10. Rasmus Ristolainen (FIN: 52GP, 3-12-15). The 6'3" Ristolainen has a wide range of skills, but most of them at the 'good not great' threshold. He is a good skater, makes a good first pass, plays well in the defensive zone, but he's not seen as an elite-level player in any of those areas. Some reports also suggest a fear that he may struggle with the speed of the NHL game, given the more passive nature of the game on European ice. He projects as a two-way defenceman.
On The Outside
11. Nikita Zadorov (OHL: 63GP, 6-19-25). Another big defenceman (6'4", 200 pounds according to the NHL site; most media outlets list him at 6'5", 230 pounds), Zadorov is seen as a bit of a project. He's a dominant physical player and extremely strong, and he fares well enough in other areas – he skates well given his size, makes a reasonable first pass – to be of real interest. The trouble is that while he has a lot of tools they haven't come together yet; he's raw defensively and lacks high-end offensive upside. If it all comes together, though, he could be an elite shutdown defender.
12. Ryan Pulock (WHL: 61GP, 14-31-45). Nobody doubts his elite shot, and he Pulock has a strong puck-moving abilities, too. The trouble is his size and skating both fall into the average range, and there are mixed reports on his defensive play, which seems to be solid but unexceptional.
13. Adam Erne (QMJHL: 68GP, 28-44-72). The winger is a good skater, he's strong on the puck, and he has goal-scoring ability. He isn't seen as a strong offensive player otherwise, and he isn't a high-end player in any category, but he has a well-rounded skillset. One scout The Hockey News quoted indicated that fitness might be an issue right now, but that he had potential to be even better if he his conditioning improved.
14. Josh Morrissey (WHL: 70GP, 15-32-47). Size is the issue here – the WHL defenceman is listed at 5'11", 182 pounds. Otherwise there is a lot to like: he's smart, he's an excellent skater, his offensive tools are good and he relishes playing a physical game.
15. Max Domi (OHL: 64GP, 39-48-87). Smallish winger is an "offensive dynamo" and gets pegged by The Hockey News as a power forward despite generally being listed at 5'9" or 5'10" because he plays such a fearless game (he's also expected to play at 200 pounds or more at the NHL level). His effort level is questioned by some, and Future Considerations says that "self-control and maturity are still a work in progress."
16. Curtis Lazar (WHL: 72GP, 38-23-61). Lazar gets high marks for character and defensive play; he's also seen as good skater and a safe pick. The question is how much offence he will generate in the NHL, because despite strong goal-scoring numbers he is seen by some as a player who lacks the creativity to be a top-six forward in the NHL. Read more at Oilers Nation.
17. Anthony Mantha (QMJHL: 67GP, 50-39-89). The 6'4" winger skates well and is a one-shot scorer, but he doesn't play the physical game scouts would like to see. He's also at the old end of the draft curve (he missed being eligible for the 2012 Draft by less than a weak) and outside of his shot he's not seen as overly creative offensively by the consensus.
18. Frederik Gauthier (QMJHL: 62GP, 22-38-60). A 6'5" centre who skates well for his size, Gautheir gets good grades as a defensive forward and an intelligent player. What he lacks is a willingness to play a tough physical game, and his offence is open to question.
19. Bo Horvat (OHL: 67GP, 32-28-60). Horvat's trending upward since the NHL Numbers consensus rankings because he can do it all. He's tough, plays a 200-foot game, scores goals and skates, too. The only question is how high is ceiling is offensively.
20. Alexander Wennberg (SWE2: 46GP, 14-18-32). 6'1" forward can play either wing or centre; he skates well, has good offensive tools and hockey sense that makes him both a threat to score and a good defensive forward. He needs to add bulk to his frame.
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Mickey, my son and I
Disneyland Paris turns 25 this year. Dad and junior's verdict: Among mice, ducks and monsters, age is irrelevant.
People spend 374 days of their lives waiting. It's insane! For over a year, we are forced to simply be. We, the supposed crown of creation, reduced to a state of nervous apathy. We stare. We scratch. We consult our cellphones by the second. But in Disneyland, Paris, in the catacombs of Frontierland's Big Thunder Mountain roller coaster, there is no WiFi. So I spend the time musing on waiting itself – and on what it means to be young. My son Theo stands beside me, eight years old, a shock of blond hair beneath his green baseball cap – calmness personified. Leaning casually against the metal fence, he is unaware of the crowds around us as he works his way through a comic book. Where on earth does he get his patience from, not to mention the assurance in his eyes? Maybe he knows that deliverance awaits at the end of the line, a sled on rails that will take us hurtling around bends and through tunnels, over papier-mâché mountains and through illuminated caves. We'll whoop and laugh, tremble and scream, and inhale the fragrance of the summer night in the air rushing past. The ride will end, but our grin will remain glued in place.
None of this interests Theo. He is a fan. I gave him this trip, a visit to his gods, as a Christmas present. Theo's holy scriptures are his paperback doorstoppers full of garishly colored stories in which a mouse with white gloves hunts down felons and a miserly drake bathes in gold coins. Once he gets his hands on one of these comic books, you hear nothing from him for two hours at a stretch. He is in Duckburg. I know exactly what it's like. When I was his age, I read the same stories. I shared the excitement of the chase with Mickey Mouse, the rodent detective. I laughed at Goofy, Mickey's clumsy dog friend, always hoping that together they would catch Peg-Leg Pete, that mean, nasty, fat old gangster tomcat!
"Look Dad, the fairy-tale castle!" Theo presses his nose against the window of the shuttle bus. We are 32 kilometers east of Paris. One after the next, theme hotels rise from the green landscape, their revolving doors spitting out tourists. These high-rise hostelries are dwarfed only by Dream Castle, the American version of Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria. Disneyland Paris, consisting of Disneyland Park and the younger Walt Disney Studios Park, is a world-class attraction boasting roughly 14 million visitors a year. In fact, the walk-in cartoon pulls in more people than the Louvre Museum and the Eiffel Tower together. The Grande Nation is far from universally impressed by this fact. Let's face it, Mickey and Donald, Minnie and Daisy are all – mon dieu! – U.S. imports. But the park has poured some 68 billion euros into the French economy since it first opened, so its popular occupiers are borne with forbearance.
Disneyland Paris attracts more visitors than the Louvre and the Eiffel Tower together
Disneyland Paris is huge: It covers nearly 2000 hectares and its website lists 54 official attractions. Theo and I have just two days, so we dive straight in. On a studio tour, we learn that Mickey Mouse made his debut in 1928 in the animated short film Steamboat Willie. Cartoonists tell us how they develop characters for the big screen; during a stunt show, tough guys in fast cars lay down a thrilling chase – in reverse! Then we climb the Hollywood Tower, a hulking haunted hotel, only to plummet back down through 13 floors in the elevator shaft – 50 meters of free fall. Theo giggles, I scream to save my life, clinging to my safety belt. Bravery is not a question of age.
My son was born in 2008 whereas I am vintage 1978. A year before my birth, in 1977, director George Lucas' very first Star Wars movie was released. In 2012, Disney acquired the rights to the interstellar film series. And in 2017? The boys in Theo's class are all crazy about Star Wars, build Lego models of the starships and wave broom handles around like light sabers. What fires their imagination is more than 40 years old. Luke Skywalker versus Darth Vader. Good versus evil. Forever and ever, amen?
Maybe therein lies the secret of Disney's success. Times change, we grow up. But the heroes of our youth even inspire our children. And so the Disney bosses are effectively our modern-day Brothers Grimm: They have the copyright to our dreams, hold the rights to The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, and the cute fish Nemo and Dorie. Today, there are six Disney parks spread across the world, three of them in Asia. The corporation even has liners cruising the Caribbean. This year, Disneyland Paris is celebrating its 25th anniversary. That's another reason for the length of the line at Big Thunder Mountain today.
We are staying at the Disneyland Hotel right at the entrance to the park – a building framed by fountains and flowerbeds. With its white facade, bay windows, spires and pink roof, it looks like a Victorian train station whose architect was taking LSD. The carpets in the lobby are puddle-deep and the souvenir shop sells crystal Mickey figurines for 2000 euros. Hunger drives us to the buffet restaurant, where a surprise awaits us: Life-size Disney figures pad from table to table: Mickey, Pluto, Goofy – they're all here. Fathers' hands are shaken, wives are embraced, kids take selfies with extra-large ducks and mice.
Walt Disney Parks worldwide
Theo rushes over to Donald. Scrooge McDuck's hapless nephew is his all-time hero. Everything always goes wrong in Donald's little life; he is always stone broke, according to my son: "I like him, he never gives up. When he falls down, he gets back up. And he has a big heart." I am a little bit proud of Theo's admiration for Donald. I take a cellphone photo of the two of them. My son doesn't want to let go of the man inside the duck costume, who speaks only French, but Donald has to go, his shift will probably end soon. Theo and I eat pizza and fries.
When I was a kid, I rarely went to theme parks. Only California and Florida had a Disney park; and my mom preferred the Canary Islands, so I have some catching up to do. The next day, I try to see the place through Theo's eyes, from the perspective of an inquisitive child. I notice that many of the women are wearing mouse ears. In fact, a lot of people are in costumes and caps. Boys often go as Spider-Man or Captain America, while girls tend more toward Pocahontas or Snow White. Gender roles are clearly assigned at Disney.
Theo and I wander across the park, get lost in the Alice in Wonderland maze, fire laser guns with Toy Story's Buzz Lightyear. The figures from the restaurant return, ready to give hugs. Theo backs away as Pluto approaches. "He doesn't have a brain, does he, Dad?" Oh, they grow up so fast!
We make the most of our visit. At 10 pm, we are still tumbling out of roller coasters and racing through the park, parts of which are almost deserted at this hour. Theo and I, father and son, but now more of a duo infernale, two pals on an equal footing – if his mother only knew. The fireworks are just starting up over by the Dream Castle. Jets of water shoot into the sky, laser beams and video projections shimmer through the night. Theo stands speechless, his eyes on the spectacle. How I would love to be inside his head. My own is full of joy. I lay my hand on his shoulder. The wait was worth it.


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New KDE Application Database Online
Thanks to the hard work of Frank Karlitschek during the holiday season, we are proud to welcome
Last year, the KDE application repository apps.kde.com so kindly provided by MieTerra dropped off the web due to financial problems. We hope to have found a worthy successor in KDE-Apps.org
The word is...
By Joe Schmoe at Mon, 2004/01/05 - 6:00am
sidebar on dot.kde.org?
Will the apps sidebar be re-added into this site?
Re: sidebar on dot.kde.org?
yeah, yeah... first priority is to get the mailing lists working again then I'll this...
By Navindra Umanee at Mon, 2004/01/05 - 6:00am
A problem....
This new site allows people completely unreleated to an application to submit one.. this is a problem, because in the future, the author of the application might want to add links to a new version or whatnot, but can't control it..
Freshmeat had the same problem, so they added a checkbox when you submit an application that said "I am not the author or primary developer of this application"... they also added a form for primary authors to "claim ownership".
How is kde-apps going to handle this?
Re: A problem....
A future version of the system will be extended to handle this and other identified problems. At the moment you can still watch it change every day.
All screenshots view
I like to get an impression of an application by viewing screenshots. It would be very convenient, if you can click on "screenshots" and see all screenshots of that application instead of just one. It's the same issue like at kde-look.org. When I watch a theme, I usually open 10 windows with screenshots and close them one after another.
By Dominic at Mon, 2004/01/05 - 6:00am
Re: All screenshots view
Well, if you want to see the screenshots for the wonderful app CubeTest, click here. Don't worry about the text. That funny language is Dutch.
Actually, I like the new site too. Some things could be more efficient. But may are, due to the inheritance from kde-look.
By Jos at Mon, 2004/01/05 - 6:00am
Re: All screenshots view
So what is it ? ( My dutch is definitely not up to understanding that funny language :)
By CPH at Tue, 2004/01/06 - 6:00am
Re: All screenshots view
It's a small program that allows you to train your spacial insight, if that 's the correct term for it.
The description of the program is in dutch because it was written for a dutch contest. The goal of the contest was to write a computer program for primaty schools. I didn't win 1st prize (mobile phone) but even better: an inflatable tux of 1 meter high. Too bad this penguin has a small leak and its uptieme is only a few weeks.
By Jos at Tue, 2004/01/06 - 6:00am
Wonderful site!
- corporate design:
Other issues: Please backport KThemeManager into the 3.2 branch, 3.3 is too late.
By Gerd at Mon, 2004/01/05 - 6:00am
Re: improvements
> - show wether it is true kde or qt
You can see this if an application is marked to depend on Qt or KDE.
> Please backport KThemeManager into the 3.2 branch, 3.3 is too late.
It's too late to be included into KDE 3.2.
Re: improvements
No including it in 3.2. But ofering it as an external app
By Mario at Mon, 2004/01/05 - 6:00am
Re: improvements
It is offered as external application. What do you want?
Re: improvements
hope the distributors will include it and configure it as default
By elektroschock at Tue, 2004/01/06 - 6:00am
A few possible improvements
Some improvements not so far mentioned on the dot that I'd like to see are:
- A distinction between an update and a new release; an updated record (e.g. a corrected spelling or a new download URL) shouldn't reappear on the front page, but new releases should. Otherwise we have no easy way of tracking when new KDE apps are released, which was one of the handiest things about apps.kde.com
- Links to the changelog, screenshots page and download page as well as the home page; kde-apps.org isn't suitable for a large formatted changelog, many screenshots or a more complex download list, so quick links would be a nice courtesy
- A mini description of each item and, where appropriate, a summarised changelog on the index pages; screenshots and names by themselves aren't sufficiently descriptive, and if a new version has come out it's useful to see on the index page what has changed
It's nice to see an app repistory back, anyway. It would be *really* nice if it could get even better than apps.kde.com!
By Tom at Mon, 2004/01/05 - 6:00am
Re: A few possible improvements
" - A distinction between an update and a new release"
And also:
And see this problem in www.kde.org:
"06 January
KWrite (Text Editor) 4.1
Why is it twice?
One bigger problem has been some programs with modules. There could have been ten or more modules and all of them were mentioned separately when a new release of a program appeared. They took all the space for new apps in the main page of www.kde.org.
By Eeli Kaikkonen at Tue, 2004/01/06 - 6:00am
kde-look AND kde-apps account?
Any chance I could use a kde-look account for this site? They seem like relatives.
By ac at Mon, 2004/01/05 - 6:00am
Re: kde-look AND kde-apps account?
yes i logged into kde-apps using my kde-look account..
Re: kde-look AND kde-apps account?
My KDE-Look account never stays logged in. I always have to relogin when I go to the site. Anyone else seeing this problem?
Re: kde-look AND kde-apps account?
Yes that's a problem. But now it will remember you sign-on name at least. You still have to login every time. But you don't have to type your name.
By JusKickNit at Wed, 2004/01/07 - 6:00am
This is a great site - Period.
By Mike at Mon, 2004/01/05 - 6:00am
Bandwidth saving idea
Just an idea - I can afford the bandwidth for the screenshots for my apps. Maybe in future the upload of screenshots could be optional. The links can just be to some other server like with the packages. Perhaps worth implementing?
Otherwise this is so many times better than appsy. Also, the kde-look engine needs updating to generate useful 's, but I'm sure that this is issue is known..
By Max Howell at Tue, 2004/01/06 - 6:00am
Re: Thanks!
Yes, apps.kde.com was not very attractive IMHO. With this new site there seems potential for kde-look folk to colleborate with kde-app folk on some things. They are both KDE centric, yet doing their own thing, share logins, share looks. They seem more consistant with each other then almost any other KDE related sites do. I think they are a good thing which only can get better!
Perhaps a feature would be nice where KDE users can vote for apps or parts they like in apps they see on this new site to be in future KDE versions. It all seems much more accessable now.
By ac at Tue, 2004/01/06 - 6:00am
Re: Thanks!
Or special user requests about the usability and other criterias of applications.
By elektroschock at Tue, 2004/01/06 - 6:00am
Hmmm, there's got to be a better category for K3B than Utilities? :-) Maybe under Multimedia/Archiving? I think one app has to be findable through multiple categories.
It's impossible to find with a search too. I tried "burner" and "cd burner" and it didn't show any results.
Anyway, that's peanuts. This site is awesome. Looks good. Works good. The number of apps is growing so fast.
Re: K3B
Maybe the site's file structure should be synced with kde's menu?
Maybe enabling dynamic syncing of software if the program in the system menu (installed locally on users machine) is updated on the site, prompting a "wanna compile a update file for a ?" window so user could automatically update his/her software installation...
Ok, maybe a bit too large move to make it a repository-type system. :-)
And a bit large move to make the kde as dynamically updated thingie...
By Nobody at Tue, 2004/01/06 - 6:00am
What happened to the old application site?
What happened to apps.kde.com?
Re: What happened to the old application site?
Did you read the article at all???
By Mike at Tue, 2004/01/06 - 6:00am
Good stuff
Looks great! It also won't have all of the old unmaintained apps that were on apps.kde.org.
One annoying thing I find with this site (and kde-look.org) though - clicking on the thumbnail from the listing doesn't actually open up the image, it goes to the page for the item. Surely it would be more logical if the thumbnail linked to the image?
By Paul Eggleton at Tue, 2004/01/06 - 6:00am
Re: Good stuff
+1 Insightful
That gets me every time.
Re: Good stuff
> It also won't have all of the old unmaintained apps that were on apps.kde.org.
Agreed, it was strange to have stuff like KDE Studio Gold and KNapster blocking the first places of the most downloads chart.
Re: Good stuff
>It also won't have all of the old unmaintained apps that were on apps.kde.org.
Re: Good stuff
That's true, however I think having a lot of old outdated applications would give new users a bad impression. I think we (as KDE supporters) want them to see what works, what's new, what's being used and actively developed right now.
By Paul Eggleton at Wed, 2004/01/07 - 6:00am
Great stuff :)
I really like it but in my opinion the Multimedia section needs an additional entry. Something like CD/DVD because now I added K3b in Utilities because both Sound and Video seemed inappropriate.Now you think: "Sure! He wants a category of his own." ;) I think there are many apps fitting in such a section like cd players and audio rippers and the like. Perhaps it could even be possible to add an application to multile sections (restricted to three or something).
By Sebastian Trueg at Tue, 2004/01/06 - 6:00am
Defaults to screensaver
When I change an entry, the default 'area' is screensavers and if I forget to reset that correctly, then my app gets filed under screensavers.
By jalal at Tue, 2004/01/06 - 6:00am
Freshmeat feed
I tink apps.kde.com had some kind of freshmeat feed, where it would automatically add KDE applications submitted to freshmeat. This was a great way of adding new applications.
By Philippe Fremy at Tue, 2004/01/06 - 6:00am
Re: Freshmeat feed
No, it hadn't.
Re: Freshmeat feed
I have seen more than once my applications appearing magically on apps.kde.com after I submitted them to freshmeat. So either it had a backend, or Andreas was parsing the freshmeat feed himself.
By Philippe Fremy at Tue, 2004/01/06 - 6:00am
Re: Freshmeat feed
I once silently put an update on my website, and it appeared on apps.kde.org (i didn't submit the update nowhere). Strange ...
By ik at Tue, 2004/01/06 - 6:00am
Re: Freshmeat feed
Andreas was always watching other sites and looking around for new applications and versions.
Content needed
If you know of any application not added yet, submit them! KDE-Apps.org won't be a real replacement of apps.kde.com until more content is added. So, if you can remember things you had seen on apps.kde.com and can't find them here.
Re: Content needed
> If you know of any application not added yet, submit them!
No! The apps-kde.org system is not designed for that yet.
> Also I do miss the binary packages, I must say.
You paid for them at apps.kde.com?
Re: Content needed
FWIW, I tried several times to pay for the binary packages... I could not signup. I send around five emails to the contact addresses listed and never got a reply.
By Evan "JabberWok... at Wed, 2004/01/07 - 6:00am
Re: Content needed
>You paid for them at apps.kde.com?
By Anonymous at Wed, 2004/01/07 - 6:00am
KDE apps
- better one big than 3 little preview screenshots. The shots as they are, are to small, so you always have to click on them and load the full image.
- a preview screenshot can also be included in the packages.
By kalle at Tue, 2004/01/06 - 6:00am
Re: KDE apps
apps.kde.org had the link (all) to view all screenshots in one go.
By Anonymous at Wed, 2004/01/07 - 6:00am
Own PayPal Account
kde-apps.org should have their own paypal account. Just payed what I (couldn't) afford from my wellfare payment, and I'd prefer it'd go to to kde-apps.org specifically. Not that that I have anything against kde-looks - it just doesn't matter that much to me...
By Thomas Tanghus at Thu, 2004/01/08 - 6:00am
Download several packages
Great work.
However, that would be a good idea to enable give several links for download, e.g. Debian package, tarball...
By Renaud Lacour at Fri, 2004/01/09 - 6:00am
apps.kde.com not completely dead!
Thanks goodness! apps.kde.com isn't completely dead.
By anony-mouse at Sun, 2004/01/11 - 6:00am


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Until recently, hoarding and animal hoarding were not publicly known except by those directly affected — typically neighbors or family members.
But since the finding of 492 cats — 221 of them dead — in two homes belonging to Mount Vernon resident Ruth Knueven, 82, public interest has increased.
"Animal hoarding is different from hoarding of possessions," said John Yetman, chairman, Fairfax County Hoarding Task Force. "Animal [hoarding] is lumped in with hoarding in general because some of the behaviors are the same."
Hoarding is the excessive storage of items in and around a home to the extent that all available space from floor to ceiling may be occupied, according to the Fairfax County Hoarding Task Force. Hoarders keep an extreme, disproportionate collection of items such as newspapers, magazines, empty containers, old clothing, paper, trash, rotting food and sometimes animals, according to the task force.
When animal hoarders begin "collecting" animals they are not aware that what they are doing is unusual. They think they are taking care of the animals and then things get out of control, said Yetman.
"A person who hoards hangs onto something they can't discard," he said explaining the similarities between animal hoarding and hoarding in general. Yetman is an environmental health specialist for the Fairfax County Health Department.
The task force was created in 1998 to combine the resources of county agencies to provide a coordinated response to residential hoarding when it threatens life, safety and property, said Yetman. Those agencies include the health department — the primary agency involved because of health and safety issues — the county fire and rescue department, department of family services and when animals are involved, animal control.
HOARDING IS NOT limited to any age, race, gender or nationality, according to the task force.
But Barbara Hobbie, supervisor of the county's Adult Protective Services, said hoarding is more prevalent in the elderly.
"We're not sure why, it may be that it takes a life time to fill up a house," she said. "Many [hoarders] have a substantial amount of money, so money really isn't the issue."
A small number of animal hoarding cases have been reported in the county since the task force's inception, said Hobbie. She said of those reported she cannot give an average number of animals found, but did say cats were the animals involved in every case she has worked on.
"It's been pretty bad when it comes up," she said about cases involving animals.
Referring to the Knueven case, she said she had "never heard of a case like that" in relation to the amount of cats involved.
Of the cats found, 271 were alive and 221 were found dead, according to the health department. Hobbie said most of the living cats were euthanized because of health issues.
People who hoard can be from any educational or socio-economic level and are generally unaware that their living situations pose a danger to themselves and to others. Some hoarders are physically unable to throw away their collected items, said Hobbie.
"Hoarding behavior is pretty novel," said Hobbie. "We don't have many experts on [hoarding] because we don't have large number of hoarders in the community that we're addressing."
APPROXIMATELY FIVE to seven cases of hoarding are reported a month, said Yetman. Of those usually five are "truly hoarding cases" he said.
"If a person can't figure out what to do or to find out where to stay, then housing and mental health officials will step in," said Yetman. "The challenges for us, from a building code enforcement side, is we have a law that we have to deal with."
Under the health department two laws are enforced, said Yetman. One regarding the building code and physical function of a house and the second dealing with the health and safety of a living situation. Violations of these laws are misdemeanors and can result in a $1,000 to $2,500 fine and jail time from six months to one year.
In severe cases of hoarding, people can fill living spaces to the point where hallways are blocked and thin pathways between items are the only connectors to different rooms, said Yetman.
People can also neglect home maintenance issues, he said. This can include letting garbage pile up and general repairs to be ignored. Examples include letting a faucet leak until the floor begins to rot, or not fixing a clogged toilet, resulting in a person to "make due" without a toilet, said Yetman.
Fire hazards also become an issue because stacks of combustible materials can be placed by fireplaces, in ovens or next to stoves, he said.
In one case, a person died because medical personnel were not called in time to save his life. Because the residents were embarrassed about the condition of their house they did not want anyone to see the inside. Once emergency assistance was called, personnel could not get proper equipment into the house in time to save his life, said Yetman.
"When it becomes virtually impossible to get in a home and the person can't address the situation, that's what we would call a severe situation," said Yetman.
"Our department has social workers that are available on request that will provide support and help people clean up," said Hobbie. "If we can clean up the home and keep them there, that's our primary goal."
Family members or neighbors are generally the ones who report hoarding cases, because from the outside houses and neighbors may appear normal, said Yetman.
If a family member or neighbor is concerned about a person, or has reason to believe someone is hoarding either animals or other items, they should contact the health department at 703-246-2300.


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Letter, W. [William] A. Phillips to S. [Samuel] N. Wood
January 5, 1860
This letter from W. A. Phillips, Salina, to S. N. Wood, then serving in the territorial legislature, which had adjourned to Lawrence the previous day, expressed concern with regard to several local issues. He was especially troubled by the prospects of a renewed effort on the part of Junction City men "to steal a portion of Dickinson county." The boundary lines of both Saline and Dickinson counties should be left as they were, according to Phillips, who insisted the affected population agreed with him.
Keywords: Dickinson County, Kansas Territory; Junction City, Kansas Territory; Phillips, William A. (William Addison), 1824-1893; Salina, Kansas Territory; Saline County, Kansas Territory; Smoky Hill Valley, Kansas Territory; Territorial road; Wood, S. N. (Samuel Newitt)
Authors: Phillips, William A. (William Addison), 1824-1893
Letter, A. [Alexander] C. [Carraway] Spilman to S. [Samuel] N. Wood
January 14, 1861
From Salina, A. C. Spilman wrote "as one of your [Wood's] constituents" regarding his opposition to a Junction City proposal that to change the boundary line between Dickinson and Davis counties so as to increase the size of the former at the expense of the latter. Spilman believed "A change in the lines of Dickinson would necessarily involve a change in the lines of Saline which is something that must not be done under any circumstances."
Keywords: County boundary lines; Davis County, Kansas Territory; Dickinson County, Kansas Territory; Junction City, Kansas Territory; Kansas Territory. Legislature; Salina, Kansas Territory; Saline County, Kansas Territory; Spilman, A. C.; Wood, S. N. (Samuel Newitt)
Authors: Spillman, A. C.
Letter, W. A. Phillips to S. N. Wood
January 29, 1860
William A. Phillips was snow bound in Salina and wrote to encourage Wood to look after Salina's interests in the legislature. He was especially concerned about the potential effort by men from Junction City to promote their town at the expense of Salina, through the acquisition of "special legislative privileges." Phillips specifically mentioned the development of the "Pikes Peak road"--"I would rather nothing was done with any Pikes Peak road, or stage route this way, unless it is to be controlled by good reliable men, and not a cabal at Junction City." He expressed concern also about legislative actions that would allow a monopoly on bridge building, railroad charters and the location of such roads, and post offices.
Keywords: Admission, Kansas (see also Statehood); Dickinson County, Kansas Territory; Economic development; Junction City, Kansas Territory; Phillips, William A. (William Addison), 1824-1893; Pikes Peak road, Kansas Territory; Railroads; Reynolds, Robert; Salina, Kansas Territory; Saline County, Kansas Territory; Solomon, Kansas Territory; Town promotion; Wood, S. N. (Samuel Newitt)
Authors: Phillips, William A. (William Addison), 1824-1893
Letter, James [Mead] to My Dear Father
November 22, 1860
James Mead wrote from Salina, Kansas Territory to his father who lived in Davenport, Iowa. Apparently, Mead had heard news of Lincoln's election, but he did not know any specifics. The main focus of the letter was Mead's experiences buffalo hunting--he intended to send his father some of the meat. Between September 1 and the date of this letter he had shot 355 buffalo and killed 250 wolves. He had saved 250 buffalo hides and planned to sell them in St. Louis.
Keywords: Bison; Business enterprises; Hunting; Kansas Frontier; Mead, James R.; Prices; Salina, Kansas Territory; Saline County, Kansas Territory
Authors: Mead, James R.
Letter, James [Mead] to My dear Father
December 1, 1860
James Mead, a rancher and trader from Saline County, Kansas Territory, wrote this letter to his father, who lived in Davenport, Iowa. Mead and his companions were going to "the river" to send a load of buffalo meat and buffalo robes to the folks back home. He also spoke of a trading excursion he had taken recently to a Kaw Indian camp about twenty miles from his trading post, listing the goods that were traded. Although other settlers were suffering during the drought of 1860, Mead and those in the vicinity were faring quite well. He once again mentioned Lincoln's election and inquired about whether or not "the Union is dissolved."
Keywords: Bison; Business enterprises; Droughts; Election, Presidential, 1860; Food; Indian traders; Kansa Indians; Mead, James R.; Prices; Saline County, Kansas Territory; Saline River, Kansas Territory
Authors: Mead, James R.
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Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 12:07 pm
Post subject: cookery books
anyone ever written a cookery book?
what makes a good one?
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Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 5:15 pm
Post subject: Cookery books
I have put one together of sorts.
My sister was married last year, and because she already had her apartment kitted out, I didn't know what to buy.
I asked all the people invited to the wedding to send me a recipe for her, telling us why that recipe.
I had it all put together manually, but have since formed a company in Ireland to specialise in this sort of thing! I'll put on the web address if you are interested - and hope I don't offend everyone.
I presented it at the wedding, and it was really well recieved.
It truly is a masterpiece, and the best bit is - she does not need to be a masterchef to make the dishes in there - which she is not
In summary - I think that a good recipe or cookery book will address the needs of the users.
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I have a collection of family recipes from my mother, grandmother, sister and friends. I try to keep a collection of my favorite recipes and food i love!!! Its a great resource to have and i am starting to have quite a collection!
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I checked out your site.
I think it looks good.
I am actually tempted!
well done.
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Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 1:59 pm
Post subject: Recipe Collections
I've compiled 3 family recipe collections to give as bridal shower gifts.
Everyone loved them and still talks about them and the wonderful recipes.
It is a bit time consuming but not that difficult.
For my family recipe book I asked my mother, sisters and brother for their favorite family recipes growing up and to also include some memories of childhood. They sent them via email so I could put them right into my computer. I usually put 2 recipes per page, separated them into categories and added a table of contents: a whole page for desserts and another page for everything else. I also emailed everyone and asked them to explain how my mother makes a pot of tea and included the directions (tea can be quite a production when we are all together). We love looking at that page and comparing responses. I printed the original on prety paper from the stationary store and gave it to my mother. Then I made 20 copies, put them in loose leaf binders and gave one each to my siblings and each of their children. Now everyone has a copy of the cherished family recipes. I refer to mine often.
Try it!
"So many recipes............... so little time!"
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Susan. I think that is the thing. I have a book like this of my family history but not recipes. if we all had this we would be on the way to eliminating so many social problems that arise from people 1- not knowing how to live but 2- not know how to look after themselves. You will not hear a bad word about feminism from me- for very real reasons- but for modern people I thin it has resulted in a generation of two of people who do not know the basics of looking after oneself. Does this make any sense?
If i had grown up with a family book of my family's traditional receipes i think i would have eaten so much better and learnt a lot about life from it too. I am serious. I think that knowing how to cook means that you know how to live- unless you are born with a 'silver chef' in your mouth.
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I couldn't agree more, Georgia and Susan. I'm teaching my teenage sons how to choose good quality fruit and vegetables. It sounds kinda basic, but it's a good 'skill' to have. They can both already cook and know their way around the frozen food section of the supermarket, but I want to expand that knowledge so they can cook 'from scratch'.
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A vehicle crash near Hwy 130 and Leilani Ave in Pahoa has closed Hwy 130/Leilani Ave intersection and will require a detour of traffic for the next several hours.
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A 65-year-old Pāhoa man died Thursday (November 29) from injuries he sustained in a motor vehicle/motorcycle crash at the intersection of Route 130 and Leilani Avenue in Pāhoa.
Responding to a 3:34 p.m. call, Puna patrol and Traffic Enforcement Unit officers determined that the 65-year-old man was operating a 2003 Suzuki motorcycle and traveling north on Route 130 when a 1999 Lexus multi-purpose vehicle being operated by a 66-year-old Pāhoa man failed to yield the right of way and made a left turn onto Leilani Avenue.
The motorcycle operator was not wearing a helmet and was dead at the scene.
The driver of the Lexus was not injured. His wife, a 64-year-old woman, went to the Hilo Medical Center by private vehicle and was treated and released with minor injuries.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. — Phil Mickelson has some whacked-out theories about golf, but don't let anyone tell you he isn't interesting. And, occasionally, right.
Or rather, left.
Asked Tuesday whether he thinks it's a coincidence, or something about the course, that explains five of the last 10 Masters titles having been won by lefties, Mickelson — responsible for three of those — talked sense.
"Well, I think we are certainly cooler," he said, grinning.
"There are certain holes that actually do favour standing on one side of the ball over the other, based on shot dispersion. A hole like No. 12, as I stand up there as a left‑handed player, if I pull a shot and aim at the middle of the green, it's going to long right or short left (with a pushed shot) which is exactly the way that green sits. It's opposite of a right‑handed shot dispersion. If you aim at in the middle of the green and you pull it, it goes long left (into the foliage) for a right‑handed player, or short right in the water (with a push). So you have to hit a perfect shot there.
"But conversely, 16 plays the exact opposite. It's probably the hardest shot for me on the golf course. The right‑handed player can aim at the middle of the green, and if he pulls it, he'll still carry the water and take that out of play. If he comes out of it right, a lot of times it'll be short right and catch that swale and still come down and you have a good chance for par. Whereas, for me, short left is in the water and long right is up top."
THERE, THERE, BUBBA: The defending Masters champion had barely begun his pre-tournament media session when a question about whether he'd done anything special with his green jacket after winning started Bubba Watson crying.
He said he had seen a green blazer in the cart carrying him to the Butler Cabin for the presentation ceremony after winning the playoff over Louis Oosthuizen, "and I said (to the driver), is this my green jacket? ... I'll probably cry again, but he said, yeah, that's your green jacket that you're taking home ..." and Watson lost it completely.
"Thanks for bringing this up," he said, drawing a nervous laugh from the media, then dissolved again in tears. "I told him that I was going to go home and wrap (his infant adopted son) Caleb up in it.
"That's the only thing I did with it. Out of respect, out of honour," he began crying again, "for Augusta National, as one of greatest clubs we have, as one of greatest tournaments, out of respect for them, I didn't do any of my funny antics that I normally would do. Only thing I did was wrap Caleb up in it."
He wiped away his tears.
"That ends our press conference," he said, laughing at himself.
NO SECOND ACT: Watson said he had not tried, and planned not to try, a repeat of the magnificent, L-shaped, hooking wedge shot he hit out of the trees right of the 10th fairway in the playoff en route to his win.
But most everyone else, spectators or player, has walked over to the area and scratched his or her head at the impossibility of the shot.
"Sunday when me and my wife were playing, we were coming down off of 18 tee, there was a group of guys over there (in the woods off No. 10). Couldn't see who it was, and I yelled at them and I said, "No, that's not the spot, it's a little over.' Just joking with them, and they saw it was me. And it turned out to be Billy Casper and his son. Kinda funny."
Russell Henley, who won this year's Sony Open, said he'd been over a couple of times to look at the spot, "but that's about 50 yards past where I can hit it without (bouncing off) a sprinkler head or two. Hopefully, I won't be down there."
Matt Kuchar said he hadn't been to the spot yet, but planned to have a look.
"I don't know if there's any sort of ... I don't imagine there being a plaque," he said, "but there must be a thousand divots from the place, probably dug a hole with all of the people trying to replicate the shot."
CHILD CARE BY BEN: At 61, two-time Masters champ Ben Crenshaw isn't the oldest player in the field, but he'll be playing the first two rounds with the youngest, 14-year-old Asian-Pacific Amateur champion Tianlang Guan, and 19-year-old Matteo Manassero.
"I remember when I was 14. I had a girlfriend. I didn't play a lot of golf that summer and my father chastised me for it," said Crenshaw, after playing a practice round with Guan on Monday.
Adam Scott said he was finishing second in the Queensland Juniors when he was 14. Rory McIlroy, all of 23 himself, said when he was 14 he was playing in the European Young Masters in Augsburg, Germany.
Tiger Woods played a round with Guan two years ago, when he was only 12.
"I mean, this kid can't play high school golf. He's not in high school yet. So it's hard to believe," said Woods. "When I was 14, I was just trying to play more tournaments and I was running track and cross‑country; you know, trying to get homework done. I couldn't imagine playing in a Tour event, never mind the Masters."
LIVE AND LEARN: From Mickelson's media session:
"Q: Now that Augusta National has admitted female members, would you like to see the Royal and Ancient follow suit this year?"
"Mickelson: I love the game of golf, and I love playing professional golf. I love playing different courses. I love being part of different tournaments, organizations. What I don't love is getting involved in the politics of it. I tried that earlier in the year, regularly, it didn't go so well," he said, and paused while the writers guffawed. "So I'm good. I'm good."
Mickelson famously brought a world of scorn down on himself earlier this season when he decried the income tax rate in California.
RORY'S SORRY: Cancelling a planned trip with UNICEF to visit poverty stricken earthquake victims in Haiti last week was hard, but necessary, said Rory McIlroy, who had played poorly and sparsely and didn't feel prepared for the Masters.
So he pulled out of the Haiti visit to play the Valero Texas Open, where he seemed to recover his confidence and finished second.
"It was tough, because golf sometimes is a selfish sport, and sometimes you have to do what's right for yourself," he said. "I knew I was letting a lot of people down with my decision to go to San Antonio, but at the end of the day, that's what I needed to do to feel like I was ready for this week and this tournament.
"I made a couple of tough phone calls."


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Monday, June 20, 2011
Amanuensis Monday - Will of Alderman William Pickett
Today I am going to share the transcription and the Will of Alderman Pickett. The past couple of weeks I have been analyzing it carefully trying to find clues to his family life. It is turning out to be very hard because there are some parts that are very vague.
I William Pickett, one of the Alderman of London do make this my last will and testament. I appoint my friends Mr. Wm Bird of Broad Street and Mr. Caleb Talbot of Smithfield my executors and administrators to whom I leave One hundred pounds each.
I would leave my improved household estate in Essex with all the furniture, plate, live stock, carriages, pictures, books together with my furniture in the old Towry to be sold by auction on the premises, Ditchleys, at the proper season of the year. I would leave my freehold estate in old Fish street as is let to Mr. Ballinger and Co at two hundred and sixty pounds per annum subject to a rent of ten pounds to the parish and some parliamentary and parochial rate. Likewise my two freehold cottages at Pilgrims Hatch now let for a room to Mr. Crackland with two arable offices part of the Ditcheleys Estate at 19-18 per ann. Likewise the ____ shares in the _____ office to go to the purposes of my will. If there is any part of the plate, furniture which Miss Pickett _______ I would have her have full liberty to do as she thinks proper. I leave to Mrs. Shove a natural daughter forty pounds a year for her natural life to be paid half yearly. I leave forty pounds a year to each of my sons natural children for their natural lives. I leave forty pounds a year to Paul Wm Parkinson, a natural child for his natural life. I leave six pounds to a proper saint to be placed out in the world. I would leave a provision of one hundred pounds paid with living to some trade in the city of ______. I leave one hundred guineas to ___ Miss E. Bird as executor of estate(?) I leave ___ guineas to miss Sarah. I leave twenty guineas to Mr. Parkinson. I leave two hundred pounds a year to my daughter Mary Pickett for her natural life. All the annuities mentioned in this will I would have secured in the best manner so that persons mentioned viz Miss Pickett, Mrs. Shove, the two children of my sons and P. W. Parkinson so that they may want of ________ able to dispose of them but to remain a permanent security to them against the impositions which are so general in the world. All the rest of my property I leave to my daughter subject to any _____ or ____ that I shall insert on this sheet of paper. William Pickett, Nov. 25. 1796.
The freeholds I would have sold in London. The office as mentioned at Ditchleys by ____ Mr. Smith, Spurrier, Willard, or Burton.
There are some parts that I can't make out. If you can fill in some blanks, that would be awesome!
Notice how he says "each of my sons natural children for their natural lives" ? What exactly is that supposed to mean? The only son that the rest of the world knew about predeceased him. And he doesn't give a first name for his daughter Mrs. Shove.
Oh Alderman, could you be more vague?!
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Friday, June 17, 2011
Genealogy Lessons Learned the Hard Way
You know how when you just know you are on the verge of solving something and you can't stop cause you are waiting for that 'Aha' moment? Well, that's me. That's where I am at. I bet I have virtually been to every church in London this week. I have even been dreaming about the Lord Mayor. I woke myself up the other night when I heard my own voice say "Alderman!"
You're probably wondering, "what's the point to all of this?" So I will tell you. I ran so many searches for Alderman Pickett's children with no success. So I decided to check Familysearch. Sweet success! I found his son William's baptism record which also listed his birthday. When I noticed that the baptism date was 30 years after his birth, I assumed it was an error. So naturally I wanted to find the original image. For some reason I was not able to find any information about the original document through the batch no. After a lot of googleing I discovered that the London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 were now available on Ancestry. So here I am looking through all the images for the ST MARTIN LUDGATE, LONDON, LONDON, ENGLAND baptisms. I couldn't find the entry that Familysearch indexed at all!
So I went to the Familysearch Forum and pleaded for help. Thank goodness there was a kind soul there who went to Ancestry.co.uk. and found the entry right off the bat! My folly - I never imagined that he would have been baptized as an adult and therefor never checked under the date that I thought was an error (besides that, he was indexed wrong).
So now I have the proof of his baptism, but now I have to face the possibility that since he was not baptized as an infant, the Alderman's other children weren't either; or am I assuming again?
The National Archives!
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Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Wordless Wednesday - A Silver Piece made by William Pickett, 1769
|Description: GEORGE III SILVER CAKE BASKET, William Pickett, London, 1769. Oval, reticulated bowl, on pierced pedestal foot; gadrooned border, pierced swing handle - 23 oz., 2 dwt.; 3 1/2 in. x 12 1/2 in., without handle
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011
The Mysterious Alderman Pickett
Family tradition tells us that my 4th great-grandfather George Piggot's father was the Lord Mayor of London, and was disowned by his father for marrying a quaker girl. This has been very hard to prove.
Just last week I discovered new information about him which only leads to more questions!
William, a Liveryman of "The Goldsmiths' Company" was proprietor of a shop located at No. 32 Ludgate Hill, London. The business which operated under the sign Golden salmon, was founded about 1745 by Henry Hurt, a goldsmith and toyman. In 1759 it was known as Theed and Pickett, goldsmiths and jewelers when William partnered with William Theed. After Theed's death in 1772 William Pickett took on "Phillip Rundell" as a partner and the firm became Pickett & Rundell. William eventually retired from business leaving his property under the management of Mr. Rundell.
He was elected to the office of Alderman for Cornhill Ward and served from 1782 until near his death in 1796. During this time he served as High Sheriff in 1784, and as Lord Mayor of the City in 1789. He also contested for a seat in Parliament in 1790 and 1796, but was unsuccessful.
I found several articles about his professional life, some mentioning what they thought they knew about his personal life, but boy were they clueless! He left some money to two illegitimate children in his will (We'll talk about that in the next post). Well, he was a politician. Too bad there wasn't paparazzi back then; I could have found some good stuff!
I found several articles about his professional life, some mentioning what they thought they knew about his personal life, but boy were they clueless! He left some money to two illegitimate children in his will (We'll talk about that in the next post). Well, he was a politician. Too bad there wasn't paparazzi back then; I could have found some good stuff!
Most articles said that he had married into William Theed's family, some assuming that Mrs. Pickett was the daughter of Mr. Theed. I found his obituary in The Monthly Magazine, Volume 2 by Sir Richard Phillips and it said that he married "Miss Pratten, niece of Mr. Prentice, an opulent seedsman in Thames-Street".
So you know I had to go to Ancestry and do a search on Elizabeth Pratten. Low and behold I found their marriage certificate and none other than William Theed was a witness!
Stay tuned for the will and other discoveries.
|The Monthly Magazine, Volume 2 by Sir Richard Phillips, pg 910
So you know I had to go to Ancestry and do a search on Elizabeth Pratten. Low and behold I found their marriage certificate and none other than William Theed was a witness!
|Guildhall, St Sepulchre Holborn, Register of marriages, 1754 - 1764, P69/SEP/A/01/Ms 7222/1
Stay tuned for the will and other discoveries.
Silver Society Journal, Winter 1991, pages 94-96
Nineteenth-century silver, by John Culme, pages 57-58
Gentlemen's Quarterly Vol 79, 1796, page 1062
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Wordless Wednesday - My Mommy : -)
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A police helicopter that was flying over Glasgow smashed through the roof of a local pub last night, in a scene in which the word "terrifying" is most probably an understatement. At least one person is reportedly dead, and the number of fatalities is expected to rise.
Sniffer dogs are now combing the scene, according to the BBC:
Eyewitness Fraser Gibson, 34, was inside the pub with his brother to see his former band, Esperanza.
"Midway through their set it sounded like a giant explosion," he told BBC Scotland.
"Part of the room was covered in dust. We didn't know what had happened. We froze for a second; there was panic and then people trying to get out the door."
The Clutha pub was already crowded as people gathered to watch a local ska band, according to the AP, when the Eurocopter EC135 T2 helicopter came crashing through. More than 30 were taken to local hospitals, but more work is continuing as of now as people may be trapped in the rubble. Sniffer dogs are reportedly at the scene.
A BBC reporter who lives nearby reported a definite change in the rotor noise, followed by silence as it crashed into the establishment. It's not know what caused the crash, but a helicopter landing pad is approximately just two miles away from the pub.
Of course, we'll update you as we get more information.
UPDATE: All three people onboard the helicopter were killed, along with five people inside the pub, according to the AP. Despite it being St. Andrews Day, it's a sad day for Scotland.
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Bale's OCD Inventory Control 3.10
relay OCD dB Manager 1.10
I know that KoL attacts a lot of borderline OCD personalities that want to ensure that their inventory is never cluttered, so I figured I'd post this for their sake.
This is a script that will allow you to list the proper dispensation for absolutely every item that may be in your inventory. You can tell it exactly how many to keep of any given item, or tell it to keep all of them. You can tell it to put items in the mall, send items as gifts, mix keys into pies, use gift certificates, stock your display case or autosell trash items. It can either stock your own mall store, or send mall items to your mall multi.
Okay, the script is honestly a bit insane. I admit I'm somewhat nuts for listing a method of dealing with every single item I may own. I actually use this because I want to cleanse my inventory before every hardcore ascension. It takes a bit of effort to make the list of everything, but now my inventory can be malled in a flash. If anyone else wants to make the trouble of making their own list it would do the same for them.
If it's too much trouble to categorize your entire inventory because you only want to automate handling of a few items, that's fine. The script will operate on the items you specify and ignore the rest. It'll just warn you so that you know you've got uncategorized items.
To bring some sanity to the process of maintaining the OCD list, there is a relay script. This relay script will give you a quick and easy method of categorizing everything currently in your inventory. It will also allow you to edit items currently in your OCD database. Separate OCD databases are maintained for every character. Check it out and be amazed.
If you want to send mall items to a mall multi, there's an option for that in the relay scripts configuration tab. Just leave it blank to use your own mall store.
Note about stocking your mall store: When it malls an item in your store, you can choose to automatically price items or price them at maximum. On automatic pricing it will set the price to the 5th purchasable item in the mall. Hopefully that will enable it to skip a lot of 1/day limit stores.
How to use:
- To install this script, with a current daily build, please copy/paste the following line into KoLmafia's CLI and press enter:
Code:svn checkout https://svn.code.sf.net/p/bale/ocd/code/
- Invoke OCD dB Manager from your relay browser's top menu. Use it to create a map file with a list of how you want to treat every item. This map file can also be edited in a plain text editor if you're careful.
- Run OCD Inventory Control from your script menu to make all your excess items go away.
Once you've set it up, your inventory will be disposed of, fast!


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In inking Zach Bogosian to a long-term contract yesterday, General Manager Kevin Cheveldayoff officially avoided arbitration with all of the Jets' 5 RFAs who filed. In every case, the team paid full value for the player's services, including long term deals for the Big 3. Bogosian is no exception, signing at 23 for 7 years and $36M ($5.14M cap hit) after an up-and-down 5 years in the NHL. On the one hand, it's a story of redemption for the player as his time in Winnipeg has been his best hockey to date. On the other, it's a low-reward risk on the premise of potential.
Below we'll look at the contract and the player separately as always.
The Contract
We all knew it was coming. Way back, we talked about it costing $5.5 for 6 years, and in that light I think we can be satisfied that it cost a little less for a little longer. The team bought 5 UFA years from a former 3rd overall pick and the youngest player to ever dress for the franchise, suiting up at just 18 years, 87 days. Now still just 23, Bogosian is a critical piece of the young core moving forward, and an established top-4 defenceman that helps the team win now.
But there are concerns with the length and dollar value of this contract.
First and foremost, Bogosian's injury history is extensive. A broken leg, broken thumb, injuries to each wrist, knee problems, a shoulder injury, and the usual bumps and bruises mean that out of a possible 376 games in the past 5 years, he's played in 297 of them. He's a physical, mean defender, it's a brutal sport, and no doubt luck has a part to play. Yet, with the evidence at hand, we should consider Bogosian a 70-game-per-year player already at 23, and that injury list is likely to get longer and harder to overcome as he ages.
The second concern is with the idea of 'potential.' Granted, Bogosian is a young man, and there is a solid narrative of constant growth to be written. He's a 5 year pro who has been tried at forward, healthy scratched, and considered trade bait during his entry level contract. Under Defensive Coach Charlie Huddy, he's played two better seasons of hockey in Winnipeg. He's averaged 35+ points while playing medium to tough competition in an up-hill battle on a team without a ton of help to offer him. But he's only played 98 games of hockey in those two seasons – a sample size equivalent to one full season and 16 playoff games. Maybe Bogosian is getting better, will continue to get better, and the Jets will be paying $5.14M for a Norris candidate. Or maybe that's just a narrative, and the team should be concerned that he's able to live up to the bar he's set in Winnipeg in each of the coming 7 seasons.
The Player
I want to go on record by saying that I like Zach Bogosian a lot. He's hard not to like, really. He's a mountain of a man who skates well, hits people, and scores. To be honest, I think his 84 rating in NHL 13 is a touch low beause the guy is a born video game hockey player. Can you imagine him in NHL 2000 when they had that Torpedo Check button?! Case closed. Give the guy a billion. Plus, he won the Community Service award for the Thrashers back in 2011. What a guy.
Seriously, though, by eye and by numbers, he put together a terrific season of hockey for the Jets this past year.
- EVTOI: 19:23 (2nd among 7 defencemen with 20+ GP)
- PPTOI: 1:44 (3rd)
- SHTOI: 1:59 (3rd)
- Boxcars: 33GP 5-9-14, -5 (on a team that -4)
- (Pace: 82GP 12-22-34)
- 5×5 Points/60: 1.06 (1st)
- RelCorsi QualComp: 1.115 (2nd)
- RelCorsi: -5 (6th)
- RelCorsi QualTeam: -0.730 (7th)
- Offensive Zone Start: 45.3% (2nd hardest)
- Offensive Zone Finish: 49.5% (7th)
- PDO: 997 (3rd)
He played the toughest competition alongside partner Ron Hainsey and had a tough zone start as well. He still managed to score at the best even strength rate among defencemen on the team with an even PDO. What's not to like?
You guessed it sports fan, there are concerns.
First up, his possession numbers. This was his first season playing such tough competition, but it's not his first with a negative RelCorsi. In fact, that would be his 4th in a row with negative RelCorsi in contexts that have gradually increased in difficulty. His possession rate this season is noteworthy given the context, though not overwhelmingly successful, and in his 180 minutes played away from partner Ron Hainsey (who is now a Free Agent), Bogosian's success sunk slightly from a corsi % of 48.7 to 47.2.
The next concern is his PDO – that is, his on-ice save % added to his on-ice shooting %. At almost 1000, we can call it a season that wasn't affected much by luck. On the other hand, his on-ice shooting % was second on the team at 10%, while his on-ice save % was a second worst 897. In sum, the good luck in the offensive end covers up the bad luck in his own end. This becomes a problem if, as I did above, we try to find the silver lining in his possession numbers through his offensive success (itself somewhat illusory).
It's even more of a concern if the contract is premised on the potential for his offence to grow. It's plain for all to see that Bogosian is a strong skater and has a heavy slap shot. He's put the puck in the net in the past using those skills. He scored 19 goals in his first 128 games despite major injury, including a period of 17 goals in 56 games. Since his sophomore year, he's scored 15 in 169 games. His shot totals continue to increase every year – he averaged a whopping 2.5 shots a game in 2013 – but his shooting % was high in those heady goal-scoring days, and the narrative of finding the range again this past year is also heavily percentage dependent.
As a player, Bogosian has all the physical tools a fan or coach could hope for, and there is no doubt that by eye he's a better player under Charlie Huddy than he was in Atlanta. Still, there's not yet a lot of evidence to suggest that he can even repeat the season he just had – arguably the best of his career – nevermind build from it.
The Bottom Line
The team paid full value for all of their RFA players this off-season, from giving Paul Postma 2 years to Wheeler's $5.6M. They aren't *bad* deals, just not discount ones either. Had Cheveldayoff decided to sign Bogosian to a longer team deal back in September of 2011, it's possible they could have given him something similar to Travis Hamonic, who has a cap hit just under $4M over his 7 year deal which builds from $1.25M in the first year to $4.875M in the final 4 years. It's a risk, but the likelihood that Hamonic is outplaying his $3.857M cap hit by the 4th year of the contract his high, especially as we know the cap is going to move up considerably in the next few years. Can we reasonably imagine that Bogosian will be out-playing his cap hit at any point during the contract?
What concerns me is how the team made the evaluation on Bogosian. Had Bogosian's offensive luck run dry this season, it's possible the team would have offered him a 1 year deal as Sam Gagner got in Edmonton last year, retaining his RFA rights while getting another viewing of the player. Instead, 98 games of good hockey and a confirmation bias later, and the team has taken a massive gamble.
Again – Bogosian has all the tools to be a top-pairing defenceman within a few short years. Right now, he helps the Jets win and that can't be denied. Nevertheless, he's being paid to be a Top-4 (though not elite) level defenceman after a very short audition in that role, and without the kind of success to show he can do it for the next 7 years. At best, we can hope that he lives up to his cap hit.


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Carrie Underwood Takes Pride in Using Religion in Her Music
From the start, Carrie Underwood was never shy about her personal beliefs, especially when releasing her single, 'Jesus Take the Wheel' in the early part of her career. The song went on to become a powerful smash in country music, landing the 'American Idol' winner her first chart-topping hit.
In a recent interview with Glamour magazine, Underwood said the song's content never worried her as far as how fans would embrace her or the song. "It wasn't a worry to me at all," she says in the magazine. "Country music is different. You have that Bible Belt-ness about it. I'm not the first person to sing about God, Jesus, faith [or] any of that, and I won't be the last. And it won't be the last for me, either. If you don't like it, change the channel."
As far as her personal life goes, Underwood and her hubby, Mike Fisher, try to fit time into their daily lives to practice their spiritual beliefs with one another. "Every Wednesday, my husband and I have a study group with our friends," reveals the powerhouse singer. "I attend church. We try to devote time in the morning [and] say a prayer. I'm not a big reader, though. I have to feel it, hear it, touch it [and] be involved in it."
Underwood's new headlining Blown Away tour kicked off in late May. The trek also features newcomer Hunter Hayes. Click here for a full list of dates where the two will be performing this summer.


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OnebaseGo "KDE 3.3 Beta2" LiveCD Released
The Onebase Linux Team is pleased to announce a new flavor of OnebaseGo 2.1 LiveCD providing exclusive preview of the complete KDE 3.3 Beta2 "Kollege" desktop suite. This edition has been primarily released to test and report bugs about this unstable KDE version (gdb is included). All the KDE packages were compiled and optimized with GCC 3.4.1 to provide top-notch performance and speed. Also included are KOffice 1.3.2, Flash 7.0 and many more software. Read the full announcement.
very much thanx to the onebase linxu team for this release, its nice to have an up-to-date livecd!
By superstoned at Thu, 2004/08/05 - 5:00am
well wicked
I'll check this toroughly as soon as those folks from the admin team in our dormitory enables my internet access again. I wish for a ride, and I think I'll get hell of one. KDE is the best desktop ever. Go KDE, go.
By that guiser at Thu, 2004/08/05 - 5:00am
Re: well wicked
what about 3d?
By Ian Monroe at Thu, 2004/08/05 - 5:00am
Password ?
Does anybody know the root password for this live distro ?? I couldn't find the password to enter kde :-((
By Andreas Scherf at Thu, 2004/08/05 - 5:00am
Re: Password ?
By Anonymous at Thu, 2004/08/05 - 5:00am
Re: Password ?
Thanks but couldn't find any password or anything else on this page ... ???
By Andreas Scherf at Thu, 2004/08/05 - 5:00am
Re: Password ?
By Lukumo at Thu, 2004/08/05 - 5:00am
Re: Password ?
Has anyone found the password for root yet.. Still looking
By Rockem at Tue, 2004/08/24 - 5:00am
Excellent way to get more beta-testers
A lot of people can download, burn and test a live cd. A lot less scary than installing some rpm's, let alone compiling from source.
If only it wasn't released on the freeze date for kde-3.3-RC1 :(
Too bad, this could be such a valuable tool.
By Johan Veenstra at Fri, 2004/08/06 - 5:00am
Is amarok included in this release?
By tux at Fri, 2004/08/06 - 5:00am
Re: amarok?
Why not find out?
Simply questions require equally simple answers :P
By uniplex at Fri, 2004/08/06 - 5:00am
Re: amarok?
Sounds quite arrogant for an answer where a simple yes or no would do.
By Anonymous at Fri, 2004/08/06 - 5:00am
Responsible behaviour
I think the big warning in the background image stating the purpose of this CD ("test version, software may be unstable, if you prefer a stable version then get it from the website") is a very responsible measure.
By cm at Fri, 2004/08/06 - 5:00am
Enrico Ros for President!
Enrico, your optimizations make konqueror so much more fun to use, well
(For those who don't know what I'm speaking about:
Enrico, you rock and I hope you will make your way through kde cvs and look
Such "small" optimizations are so important!!
Apart of that, support for css::border-collapse:collapse; is a nice and
Big thanks to all the KDE developers from a happy user!
By ac at Mon, 2004/08/09 - 5:00am
Re: Enrico Ros for President!
Thanks for pointing this out, it is indeed AWESOME stuff. Keep going, Mr. Ros!
Can't wait for 3.3 to see all this stuff in action!
By Mikhail Capone at Tue, 2004/08/10 - 5:00am