Sharing all info: October 2008

Thursday, October 30, 2008

CFP: International UDC Seminar 2009 "Classification at a Crossroads", The Hague, 29-30 October 2009

Following the success of the first International Seminar on UDC, the second in a series of biennial conferences entitled Classification at a Crossroads: Multiple Directions to Usability will take place on 29-30 October 2009 in the UDC headquarters at the Koninklijke Bibliotheek in The Hague.

The 2009 Seminar aims at exploring how new developments in information standards and technology influence

CFP: International UDC Seminar 2009 "Classification at a Crossroads", The Hague, 29-30 October 2009

A Golden Argument for Nick Markakis

Nick Markakis had a fantastic year with the glove this year. We know it. But we've watched a bunch of Oriole games this season. How many non-Oriole fans can say that?

So Nick's hopes for a Gold Glove rest on word of mouth and the numbers.

Defensive stats are flawed but if you look at the whole spectrum, you start to get an idea of how good Markakis was this year. All stats are for AL corner outfielders.

RZR for AL Corner Outfielders


Drew       .935

Markakis   .925

Crawford   .911

Ibanez     .893

Dye        .887

Only J.D. Drew had a better Zone Rating. But...

OOZ (Out of Zone) Plays by AL Corner Outfielders


Markakis   56

Dye        55

Gutierrez  55

Suzuki     50

Rios       50

Nick leads the corner outfielders is plays out of his "defensive zone". Great range, great jump on the ball.

BIZ Leaders


Markakis   295

Ibanez     291

Young      275

Abreu      274

Dye        238

Fielding Percentage


Dye      .996

Abreu    .993

Markakis .991

Fielding Percentage is a very flawed stat since you can't make an error on a ball you didn't get to in the first place. But Markakis is still third in the league with only 3 errors all year despite leading the league in balls hit to his "zone".

Assists


Markakis   17

Young      11

Abreu      10

Anderson    9

Ibanez      9

Markakis is far and away the leader in outfield assists. Only B.J. Upton (a centerfielder) is close with 16 assists. Among corner outfielders, he is the undisputed champ.

All of this while leading the league's corner outfielders in innings played.

What else does he have to do?

Nothing.

The only problem is that voters select the Gold Glovers from the entire pool of outfielders so he'll be competing with centerfielders too. At a glance, there are four centerfielders who are worthy of serious consideration: Carlos Gomez (Twins), Grady Sizemore (Indians), our own Adam Jones and B.J. Upton (Rays).

Jones is a rookie and played fewer innings than the others due to his injuries so he is probably out. B.J. Upton led AL centerfielders in assists but didn't show great range and made a fair share of errors. Carlos Gomez had the best overall range and made the most SportsCenter caliber catches. Grady Sizemore was probably the best all-around centerfielder in the AL.

Sizemore and Gomez should win two of the three available Gold Gloves. I can't see Markakis losing to Upton. Only Torii Hunter, based on reputation alone and not current prowess, could jump up and bite him.

Stupider things have happened.

However, I am guessing Nick picks up the first of several Gold Gloves this year. It won't be because he doesn't deserve it.

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Base Hits: 10/29/2008

I don't always agree with ESPN's Keith Law but I come to respect his opinion. He's a smart guy when it comes to scouting. In his caht from earlier this week:

Matt J. (Baltimore, MD): Klaw - Wondering if you saw Brandon Snyder at the AFL, and if he can become an everyday 1B for the O's at some point.

Keith Law: Yes, saw him, liked the swing and the raw power, but he needs to show he can drop the head of the bat and get to the ball down. Potential is there for him to be an everyday 1b offensively.

I am pulling for every Oriole prospect but was not that high on the guy given his huge strikeout totals. Law likes him more than I do. Law also seems to like Nolan Reimold a lot more than I didi too. I see these opinions as a good sign that our prospects are viewed in a better light around baseball than we think.

Also from Law:

Greg (philly): Is Ryan Howard turning into a real life Pedro Cerrano?

Keith Law: Haven't seen his locker.

Good line.

*****

Adam Loewen is a tool.

Yes, baseball is a business. Yes, he was well within his rights to sign with the Blue Jays.

But taking $4 million from the club that was willing to let you re-invent yourself as a hitter when you flamed out as a pitcher? A club that you had a handshake agreement with to re-sign with to sign with a division rival? That's a dirty move. I don't care how long a shot it was that he made it back to the majors. It's rotten.

Your have no honor, Adam. Good day, sir! I said, good day!

*****

The stuff going on out in the winter leagues is just too depressing...more on that later...

Monday, October 27, 2008

Couture wedding invitation box

I love these Lela New York custom box wedding invitations!
The wedding invitations are layered with our silk invitation holder and red suede ribbon.
Designed in chocolate and red accents with Swarovski crystal accents it creates a warm and inviting introduction to a big day!
They are shipped in our deluxe paper boxes and mailed out with our custom designed mailing labels.

Sunday, October 26, 2008

New Two Column Denim Template

I have designed a New Two Column Denim Template for you friends. I hope you will like it for sure. Its the Denim template by google i have just make it little streched added some widgets and colors to look it beautiful and proffesional.

First i would like to show the preview of my template. You can watch below image.

Its Live Demo | Download

Installation

1) Expnadable Post hack is Already Installed In it.

2) Add The Links To your Top Menu widget from Below Change URls or from Here

<a href="http://www.about.com/" class="navigation">About</a>
<a href="http://www.photos.com/" class="navigation">Photos</a>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/ class="navigation">Amazon</a>
<a href="http://www.contact.com/" class="navigation">Contact</a>

3) Place The Google Leaderboard Code In advertisement Section.

4) Now About the header of your template. As just visit this site and design a header for you.
And Upload the Header image to your Blog using image instead of title and description.

5) Page navigation Widget - Very Simple Just add it From Here.

I hope You will Like this Template. If you come with any Problems in installing it Please Leave Your Comments.

New Two Column Denim Template

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Getting to Know Brandon Snyder

Brandon Snyder was the Orioles first round pick in 2005. He was drafted as a catcher but now projects as a corner infielder. After an off 2007, Brandon put together a solid 2008 with the best full season slugging percentage of his career. One of the O's top prospects, he earned a trip to Arizona to play with the other top Baby Birds in the AFL.

(On a side note, the Surprise Rafters, the team the O's prospects play for got beat 28-1 on Monday afternoon. 28-1. Ladies and gentlemen, that's 30-3 for all practical purposes. On the bright side, the lone run came on a Nolan Reimold solo shot.)

Brandon's been hitting the cover off the ball for Surprise, hitting even better than Matt Wieters but not getting the playing time that Matt is. He is blogging from Arizona. I like player blogs. You can learn a lot by reading between the lines. What have I learned?

On the surface, the 21-year old Snyder appears to be pretty grounded and involved with his family. His father was a journeyman major league pitcher and he seems very close to his family. He has interests outside of baseball (cooking, hunting, fishing...hmm, those are all really related aren't they?) and is active in charitable organizations.

Having guns is good. Gives him something in common with Luke Scott, Nick Markakis and, if he stays with the team, Jamie Walker.

Some other tidbits:

Our facilities are UNBELIEVABLE! Our home field is the big league spring training facility of the Rangers and Royals and it is top shelf. It definitely makes you feel like you're in the big leagues when you put on the big league uniform and walk out on a big league field like that.

From this you can glean how crappy the Orioles minor league Spring Training facilities are. They must be really bad. Probably worse than the Ft. Lauderdale site.

Even though we try and get some home cooked meals out here its tuff not being home....My best friend from back home called me to tell me it was opening day of bow season. It stinks not being able to be home for the little things like that but that's the sacrifice that we make to live our dreams. And im sorry if that's a bad example but im sure a lot of you out there will understand what I mean.

That's not an interesting fact in itself but it's just so damn honest! Maybe the most honest thing I've seen a professional athlete write.

I'm rooting for the kid. Hope he blogs some more.

To wrap this up, a comment on this comment left on Brandon's blog.

Brandon,As a fan of baseball I would like to congradulate you on a great season that will hopefully jump-start your big leauge career! As an animal lover I would hope you keep your hunting exploits to yourself! Stick to baseball camps and working on your defense...
By hudsdog@comcast.net

What a tool. The kid can't talk about his hobbies because you are an "animal lover"? Hey Brandon, keep talking about your hunting exploits and do it graphically. I love to see a detailed description of how to field dress a buck. What a dummy this hudsdog is.

(For full disclosure, the guy revealed he is a Red Sox fan later in the comment so he has it coming. And for the record, I don't hunt either...)

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Rudy Ray Moore (1927-2008)

R.I.P. Dolemite.

Keep pimpin'...

O.G. Orioles...This Ain't Pretty

Reading this article by Matthew Namee at The Hardball Times got me thinking. Namee hypothetically returns all MLB players to the original organizations they signed with and takes a look at the rosters. He only covered the teams that could field competent major league rosters so, of course, the Orioles were left out of the article. You can guess what comes next.

If you aren't eating anything, take a look at the 2008/2009 Baltimore Orioles 25 man roster consisting only of players originally signed by the club.

The Starting Lineup

C Matt Wieters
1B Jayson Werth
2B Brian Roberts
SS Augie Ojeda
3B Brandon Fahey
RF Nick Markakis
CF Willie Harris
LF Nolan Reimold
DH Gregg Zaun

Wieters would have been rushed to the bigs and along with Roberts and Markakis would be the bright spots in the lineup. Fahey would be forced to play third and former catching prospect (and current Phillies outfielder) Werth would be converted to firstbase.

I figured that the organization would rush Reimold to the majors in lieu of trotting out Alex Ochoa in left. Current Nationals centerfielder Harris would be back in black and orange. Ditto at DH for Rick Dempsey's nephew.

The Bench

C Eli Whiteside
Util Jerry Hairston
Util Mike Fontenot

Whiteside would be the only available option for a backup catcher. Eeesh. Hairston could be the fourth outfielder and Fontenot would be a capable infield backup.

The Rotation

SP Mike Mussina
SP Erik Bedard
SP Daniel Cabrera
SP John Maine
SP Garrett Olson

It's not a great rotation but, given good health, it's better than we have right now! Brian Matusz would still be waiting in the minors for a shot to crack this rotation too. John Maine would be competent in the AL but not great and Mussina would be wrapping up an illustrious Oriole career.

The Bullpen

RHP Jim Johnson
RHP Hayden Penn
LHP John Parrish
RHP Chris Britton
RHP Radhames Liz
RHP Jim Hoey
LHP Arthur Rhodes
RHP Chris Ray

Liz and Penn take the Albers\Johnson route to the bigs and are probably better for it. But overall, the pen is shaky outside of Johnson and Ray. Welcome back Arthur Rhodes!

In conclusion, it's just another example of the Oriole's poor drafting over the years. The inability to develop corner infielders and corner outfielders is especially glaring since those prosepcts are usually to easiest to find!

Also, only two players on this list were signed from outside of the U.S. (Cabrera and Liz). That will have to change if the Orioles hope to return to contention.

Tomorrow, a check in with some of those players that we hope will change that!

Monday, October 20, 2008

Silver Box invitations for a Winter Wonderland wedding!

I wanted to share Lela New York's boxed invitations that were created for Arlene and Thomas' Winter Wonderland Wedding.
They opted for our Deluxe Paper box invitations with silver and grey details.
Lela New York accessorized the boxed wedding invitations with silver paper layers, velvet flowers, and a suede belly band. Lela New York also added a Swarovski crystal for a little sparkle accent.

Thank You Arlene and Thomas for letting us share your beautiful wedding invitations!

O's Spring Training in Ft. Lauderdale for '09...But Then What?

I got a notice in my e-mail informing me that Orioles Spring Training is just around the corner! Pitchers and catchers will report before you know it! (At this point, the obvious joke is, "What pitchers?" but I'll refrain. Oh, and there's only one catcher anyone will be watching at ST 2009...)

Spring Training will remain in Ft. Lauderdale...for this year. I've talked about this before but I am all for the Orioles leaving Ft. Lauderdale for a more attractive location. Ft. Lauderdale is a) a dump, b) so small that the O's minor league camp is across the state in Sarasota and c) is still painted with Yankee colors, the field's previous tenants.

The obvious and attractive choice would be to move into the historic Dodgertown facility in Vero Beach that the Dodgers left vacant after 61 years of spending Spring Training there. But as Ray McNulty opined in the TCPalm, that may not be the only option:

...if the Orioles decide this month to move their spring-training operation to Vero Beach in 2010 -- it will be on their terms and at their price...

Because our Indian River County representatives, elected and otherwise, have botched this thing from the start.

They've bargained from a position of weakness, rather than strength, conducting these negotiations as if the Orioles held all the cards, as if the team would be doing us a favor...

I have to admit, I'm surprised that the county would be so eager to keep a team in Vero Beach. I've always understood that the area has a lot of wealth and that they wouldn't be in a big hurry to have another team move in. But this must be good for the Orioles, right? What did they get by dealing from a perceived position of strength?

They've given the Orioles the upper hand -- first by signing a ridiculously one-sided exclusivity agreement under which the team could continue to talk to Fort Lauderdale but the county couldn't talk to any other teams, then by extending the deadline for accepting their offer until Halloween, thus allowing these negotiations to drag on far too long.

Worse, they've allowed Orioles owner Peter Angelos to use the county's pitch as leverage in simultaneous negotiations with Fort Lauderdale, his team's current spring-training headquarters.

And now that the exclusivity agreement with Indian River County has expired, Angelos is free to talk to any other community interested in becoming the Orioles' spring-training home.

He can talk to Fort Myers, which could lose the Boston Red Sox to Sarasota.
He can talk to Sarasota, which lost the Cincinnati Reds to Arizona and is sure to call the Orioles, if the Red Sox stay in Fort Myers.

So Angelos has options.

If Angelos is truly deeply involved in these negotiations, I have to grudgingly say he's doing a masterful job.

He's going to parlay substandard Spring Training facilities into a) a brand new facility in Ft. Lauderdale, b) a beautiful and historic facility in Vero Beach or c) reunite the whole organization (major and minor league) in Sarasota where the minor league camp is right now. (for now, the Red Sox look like they're staying in Fort Myers....)

If so, there's still a chance the Orioles will bring spring training back to Vero Beach.

But because of the way this thing has been handled, it will be on their terms and at their price.

Lucky us, huh?

So Indian River County may get held hostage by Peter Angelos? Welcome to the world of an Oriole fan, Mr. McNulty.

So where are the Orioles in spring of 2010? In order of likeliness, I'd say Vero Beach, then Sarasota, then the new Ft. Lauderdale facility.

Personal preference? My sister moved across the state to Fort Myers so Sarasota would be excellent. Then Vero Beach and lastly Ft. Lauderdale.

Vero Beach has extended the deadline to Halloween. By the end of the month, at least one option will be eliminated.

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Expandable Post i.e Display Post Summary hack

Expandable Post i.e Display Post Summary hack for blogger as, was only available in wordpress but now is available in blogger also and its very easy to expand post. Dispaly Post summary on main page of your blogger is now can be added very easily.

Lets start with its installation

Go to Layout > Edit HTML in your Blogger dashboard and check the "expand widget templates" box.

Find the closing </head> tag in your blog template, and paste the following section of code immediately before it:

<script language='javascript' src='http://www.sigmirror.com/files/16723_kc9lz/jquery-1.2.3.pack.js' type='text/javascript'/>
<script language='javascript' src='http://www.sigmirror.com/files/16722_nbdvm/jquery.extractor.js' type='text/javascript'/>

<script type='text/javascript'>
$(document).ready(function() {

$('.excerpt').expander({
slicePoint: 450, // default is 100
expandEffect: 'fadeIn',
expandText: '[...]', // default is 'read more...'
userCollapseText: '[^]' // default is '[collapse expanded text]'
});

});
</script>

Now, find this section of code (or similar) in your template:

<div class='post-body entry-content'>
<data:post.body/>
<div style='clear: both;'/> 
</div>

Replace this section of code in green with the following instead:

<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType != "item"'>
<div class='excerpt post-body entry-content'>
<data:post.body/>
<div style='clear: both;'/> 
</div>
<a expr:href="data:post.url">Read More..</a>
<b:else/>
<div class='post-body entry-content'>
<data:post.body/>
<div style='clear: both;'/> 
</div>
</b:if>

Now Preview the template you will see Read More... link below your each post like this in image below.

You can Now save Your template.

Now How to add Expand /Collapse hack Link below each Post If You not liked this Read more hack.

Now in the beggining you added the javascript codes before the </head> tag in your blog template, Find that code i.e written below :-

<script language='javascript' src='http://www.sigmirror.com/files/16722_nbdvm/jquery.extractor.js' type='text/javascript'/>

And replace it with this instead:

<script language='javascript' src='http://www.sigmirror.com/files/16742_fgkbf/jquery.expander.js' type='text/javascript'/>

I have only edited extractor.js to expander.js

Please Upload these scripts to your server and change the script links to yours as mine might not work because of exceeded bandwidth problems of my sever.

Now, find the below codes you have added before while going through this tutorial and delete the line in bold red..

Now Save and View Your blog. Posts will Look like this in image below.

You can click this link to expand or collapse the posts on that page itself without leaving that page as in read more case ypu are redirected to blo post link.

Some Tips.. About it..

1.You can use both read more.. and expnad collapse hack together also.Just use second tutorial and dont remove that read more line in red i exlained above and use expander.js script.

2.Its working in all browsers now as it has been fixed but can create problems sometimes if you are using so many scripts in your blog.

3.In the javascript codes you added at top there is a line like this slicePoint: 280.Now you can change that slice point from 100-1000 i.e upto from which % it should put your expand/collapse link or Read More.. link . Enjoy...This HAck

One More Important Tip :-- You can use any image Link instead of showing read more link also just In the codes above in red line written is read more..... just use embeded image link there and save it.

Image will be shown to click and read the post as check it here.
Source :- Blogger Buster

Expandable Post i.e Display Post Summary hack

Now Preview the template you will see Read More... link below your each post like this in image below.

You can Now save Your template.

Now Save and View Your blog. Posts will Look like this in image below.

Expandable Post i.e Display Post Summary hack

Now Preview the template you will see Read More... link below your each post like this in image below.

You can Now save Your template.

Now Save and View Your blog. Posts will Look like this in image below.

Saturday, October 18, 2008

Try Google's oldest search index 2001

Google's oldest search index 2001 brought again by google in honor of there 10th Birthday, Google brought back there oldest available index. Take a look back at Google in January 2001.

All the sites that were online and indexed appear there as you can see there old version how they appeared at that time.

Click image to Preview Large

Now enjoy Checking Old sites and how they looked.

Try Google's oldest search index 2001

Click image to Preview Large

Now enjoy Checking Old sites and how they looked.

Try Google's oldest search index 2001

Click image to Preview Large

Now enjoy Checking Old sites and how they looked.

Friday, October 17, 2008

Star Rating widget For Blogger Posts

Star Rating widget For Blogger Posts one of the beautiful widget to rate the post. Now its very easy to add star rating widget below each blogger posts.

If you wanna add star rating widget like below to your blog, Just login to your blogger with draft.blogger.com instead of blogger.com.

Now Follow this path:-

LAYOUT > Page Elements > Edit Post Box > Select There Rating Widget > SAVE

Now View your Blog , you will see the rating widget below every post.

This will only work if you are using uncustomized blogger template by google.

If you are using customized template or third party template on blogger. Then add these few codes to your blogger html.

Layout > Edit Html > Ctrl + F

Now,
Search For <data:post.body />

Add below codes Just after this green line

<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "item"'>
<span class='star-ratings'>
<b:if cond='data:top.showStars'>
<div expr:g:background-color='data:backgroundColor' expr:g:text-color='data:textColor' expr:g:url='data:post.absoluteUrl' g:height='42' g:type='RatingPanel' g:width='180'/>
</b:if>
</span>
</b:if>

Now Find This Line <b:include name='nextprev'/>

Add Below codes just after it

<b:if cond='data:top.showStars'>
<script src='http://www.google.com/jsapi' type='text/javascript'/>
<script type='text/javascript'>
google.load("annotations", "1");
function initialize() {
google.annotations.createAll();
google.annotations.fetch();
}
google.setOnLoadCallback(initialize);
</script>
</b:if>

Now Save Your Template. Its Done View Your Blog.

A Beautiful Post Rating widget is now added below your each post of blogger.

Star Rating widget For Blogger Posts

Add below codes Just after this green line

Now Find This Line <b:include name='nextprev'/>

Add Below codes just after it

Now Save Your Template. Its Done View Your Blog.

A Beautiful Post Rating widget is now added below your each post of blogger.

Star Rating widget For Blogger Posts

Add below codes Just after this green line

Now Find This Line <b:include name='nextprev'/>

Add Below codes just after it

Now Save Your Template. Its Done View Your Blog.

A Beautiful Post Rating widget is now added below your each post of blogger.

Thursday, October 16, 2008

How to add more than 5 Recent Posts Widget For Blogger using script.

Click LAYOUT > ADD A GADGET > HTML/JAVASCRIPT

Now add the code from below to it and save it.

As now just replace red codes in above codes with your script url and the number 5 is the no of posts to be displayed and last red is your blog url.nuchars=100 is for post desription.

Another Method To add more than 5 Recent Posts Widget For Blogger using feedburner.To read about it just visit this post.

How to add more than 5 Recent Posts Widget For Blogger using script.

Click LAYOUT > ADD A GADGET > HTML/JAVASCRIPT

Now add the code from below to it and save it.

How to add more than 5 Recent Posts Widget For Blogger using script.

Click LAYOUT > ADD A GADGET > HTML/JAVASCRIPT

Now add the code from below to it and save it.

Friday, October 10, 2008

Payal evicted from Bigg Boss House

After the entry of monica payal has been evicted from the bigg bouse as the audience dont want him in between rahul and monica

Supporters of rahul are increasing day by day and competetion to win a car has been growing difficult for others .

Now my eyes are on next week nominations as i wanna hear the reasons of the housemates to nominations as they are very intersting.

Monica too is avoiding rahul to get away from conspiracy to get nominated .

Lets watch further what happens in bigg boss house and stay tuned to it.

Payal evicted from Bigg Boss House

After the entry of monica payal has been evicted from the bigg bouse as the audience dont want him in between rahul and monica

Payal evicted from Bigg Boss House

After the entry of monica payal has been evicted from the bigg bouse as the audience dont want him in between rahul and monica

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Trick To Fast Login On Gmail

Trick To Fast Login On Gmail will be very helpful and basically on slow connections. Its very fast to login gmail now.

On Lets Not waste the time let's share this trick , You guys will be waiting for it.

Now how to Do it?

Use HTML version of gmail instead of standard version.

You can access to gmail’s HTML version directly from this url

It is very lo-fi version of gmail but the speed of logging in really fast, it is opening instantly.

Also try gmail mobile version via http://m.gmail.com , The mobile version of gmail login page is simple, fast and furious. So no more gmail login problems now.

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So small na its very easy

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Trick To Fast Login On Gmail

Trick To Fast Login On Gmail will be very helpful and basically on slow connections. Its very fast to login gmail now.

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So small na its very easy

.

Subscribe to my blog if you liked this post soon i will be back with new trick.