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Wordpress 2.5 Dashboard Widgets

Viper007Bond has come up with a great solution to the rather messy Dashboard in Wordpress 2.5. He has created Dashboard Widget Manager. It will let you manage what feeds you want shown in your Wordpress Dashboard. 

Great stuff! Just what I need when using Wordpress as a CMS for clients!

Export Email from Outlook to Gmail Software

Here is the software that will make it much easier to export your Email from Microsoft Outlook / Outlook Express to GMail.

Download the file here.

It would be great with some feedback on how this worked for you.

You need a Google Apps account.

Hansel and Gretel Breadcrumb Plugin for Wordpress

It seems that the author took down the web site this Wordpress plugin was located at, so I have uploaded it on my site.

Breadcrumb makes a breadcrumb like: Home - News - Football News

Download here: Hansel and Gretel Breadcrumb Plugin

Hattrick Scout Comments

Talent Training Impression

• I have to tell you, player x is our top talent at the moment. He could become a good player
• I wouldn’t say player x is necessarily much of a player today, but in contrast to some of the other boys, he certainly has potential for improvement.
• I’m starting to realize that <x> is a diamond in the rough! Train him well and he will be your most valuable young player.
• Let me tell you one thing about <x> - he has more natural talent than any other player on the team.
• I like <x>, he could become our top player if we help him develop his potential.
• Make sure you give <x> lots of chances, because he is a quality player.
• You could see from -x-’s sessions this week that he has lot to learn, but that he does have the potential.

Talent Game Impression

• Don’t give up on <x>, boss. I’m sure he has a lot of football in him.
• Don’t be fooled by what you saw on the pitch this week - I still think <x> is one of our more promising players.
• He may not have shown it in the game this week, but <x> could very well be our most promising player
• In my opinion, <x> has the potential to improve considerably, he just needs someone to give him a break.
• It’s quite obvious that <X> hasn’t received the right training in the past, and that he could benefit a lot from the proper attention.

Motivation

• I’m sure you noticed that xxx had an unusually good game this week. Let’s hope he can learn how to play more consistently at that level.”
• I hope you saw player x play this week, he did one of his best performances in the team so far.
• Make sure you give <x> lots of chances, because he is a quality player.
• I liked the way <x> gave his everything in our last game. I hope to see him like that again sometime soon.
• <x> had a great game this week, don’t forget to mention that to him.
• In this week’s game, xxx played close to his potential. Very well done!
• <x> had a delightful game this week, he fought harder than any of our other players.
• <x> had a charmed game this week, I haven’t seen him play that well before.
• Did you see <x> in this week’s game? He did really well, given his capacity.
• It was endearing to see <x> in this week’s game, he really gave us all he’s got.

Skill Reaches Potential

• Feel free to let your boys try different positions, but I really think you should try giving <x> some <skill> training, too.
• Feel free to keep training <x> like you do, but eventually he should also get a chance to practice his <skill> skills.
• It’s always OK for a player to hone multiple skills, but in the case of <x> it’s obvious that a focus on <skill> sessions would be very productive.
• When I see <x> on the practice ground, I can’t shake the feeling that he really wants to train <skill> instead.
• In my opinion, <x> not going to reach his potential as a footballer unless he gets some <skill> training.
• Mark my words, it would be a good thing to give <x> some <skill> training before it’s too late.
• I’m not saying <x> is not benefiting from the current training, just bear in mind his real talent lies with the <skill> skill.
• <x> has considerable talent for <skill>, which he is not improving with the current training regime. Think about that…

Skill-Ups

• <x> keeps developing, his <skill> ability is now better.
• XXX had a good week, his <skill> has really improved lately.
• <x> is an ambitious young boy, and I’m happy to say it is paying off. Especially with his <skill> ability, which has improved with training.
• <x> is improving his <skill> ability, I think the current training regime is worthwhile in his case.
• Some good news about <x>, he is responding well to the <skill> training sessions.
• <x> has responded well to the <skill> sessions we have organized this week. It’s good to know our work has had an effect.
• This week I can report that several players have improved their capabilities through training. A special mention for <x>, who has worked well on his <skill> skills.
• xxx improves his <skill> skills. I think the training is worth it in his case
• Don’t change the <skill> training for <x> it sure seems to be paying off at the moment!
• This week I noticed <x> has improved his <skill> ability

Full Trained Player

• Maybe it’s time to break in some fresh talent in the team, boss. Take <x>, for example, he doesn’t seem to improve at all any more.
• It’s time to start judging xxx on his merits right now, not on his future progress within our youth academy. I don’t think he will improve that much any more.
• It seems to me that Dalton Blevins can’t learn that much more in the youth academy.
• Boss, I’m having some trouble with the father of <x>. He says the kid shouldn’t stay at the Academy anymore, because he is not responding to our training anymore! He’s kind of right, but this is not his decision to make, is it?
• <x> claims the youth academy is holding him back! To be honest, I think he may be right…
• xxx is working hard in the practice sessions, but he just doesn’t seem to get much out of it. You need to decide if he should join the senior squad, or maybe tell him to start thinking about another career than football…
• To be honest, I’m not sure <x> can get much better right now, no matter what kind of training we will give him. He seems to have reached a threshold in his development.
• You should consider xxx future. I think he needs senior football to develop his game further. Whether or not that’s a good idea, only you can decide.
• -x- does not seem to respond to our training any more. Maybe he needs a new challenge?

Aggressivity

• Player X has a very rough attitude, both on and off the pitch. That could get him into trouble…
• We had to pull Player X out of a fight again this week. That kid never learns.
• Player X is one of those players that adds a lot of fighting spirit on the team, but sometime he overdoes it.
• I don’t get Player X, he’s always the first to pick a fight!. (no example just a guess)
• Player X has a very long fuse, never really gets in a fight.
• One thing I can say about Player X is that he is very calm and peaceful.
• While he has other qualities, sometimes I wish Player X would be more involved emotionally on the pitch.
• Player X is such a fine young boy, never gives us any headaches in training. Loves his mother, too.

Leadership

• Player X is the player I need to convince first to get my ideas through to the team.
• After a bad game, player X is often the first to shake off his disappointment and start talking about the next match.
• He’s just a boy, but still X has a very commanding presence on the field. The other kids look up to him.
• When the boys don’t know what to think about something, they tend to turn to Player X for his opinion.
• Player X won’t ever be captain material, but could very well be a competent team player..
• Player X is a trooper - quick to get in line and do what he is told.
• Player X is a sweet kid, but never expect him to lead the team if the going gets tough.
• Not everyone can be a leader, can they? Player X was born to follow…

Honesty

• You never see Player X taking a dive on the field. You’ve got to respect the kid for that.
• Player X is a stand up guy. I like him..
• You can always trust Player X to give you his honest opinion about the situation in the team, that’s valuable I think. (no example just a guess)
• In this week’s game, Player X confessed a foul that the referee didn’t spot. Maybe that’s overdoing it, but it’s still nice to see some youngsters still have moral fibre.

Birthday

• Player X had his birthday this week. Remember we can’t keep the kids on the squad once they’ve turned 19 years old.
• After one of the training sessions, we celebrated player x’s birthday. How quickly they grow up, eh?
• Player X wanted me to ask you if he could have a senior team contract for his birthday. I’m not sure if he was being serious or whether he was trying to make me look silly.
• The boys celebrated player x this week, apparently it was his birthday.
• On a sidenote, it was <x> ’s birthday this week. Time sure flies.
• <x> was in a great mood this week, I heard he had his birthday recently.
• It was birthday of -x- this week, but he made no fuss about it.
• -x- had his birthday this week, and his mother came over with a really tasty birthday cake for the clubhouse. What a nice gesture.

How to remove Easy Internet Signup

When you buy a laptop from HP you get something that is called Easy Internet Sign-up that goes totally mad on you. The program that runs Easy Internet Sign-up is HP SDP Application Module (HPSdpApp.exe).

Easy Internet Signup is a “helper” that ask you if you want to sign up with any of HPs service partners. When you tick now it is supposed to turn it off forever, but just the opposite is what happens. It starts running every 30 mins and there is no end to it. It will actually continue on launching itself in a popup forever unless you find out how to remove it.

Well here is how to remove it:

1. Click Start, type Scheduler in the search field, and select Task Scheduler when it appears.

   If prompted for permission, click Continue.

2. In the left column, click Task Scheduler Library.

3. In the center column, select the task you want to stop.

4. In the right column, click Delete, and then click Yes to confirm deletion.

5. Close the Task Scheduler window.

Wenger make bid for Håvard Nordtveit

In a press conference late today, board member Ingolf Steensnæs told the press that Arsene Wenger had made a official bid for FK Haugesund youngster Håvard Nordtveit. The bid was turned down by the club, but more talks were expected.

Wenger was in Haugesund himself and watched Håvard Nortveit play the match against Notodden.

Hattrick Youth Stars

After analysing all my new players reports, and looking at many other players reports across general threads on the topic, I am currently thinking that Youth Stars ain’t quite as cryptic as they are being made out to be. In fact they may be to an extent very easy to translate.

Knowing that my old youth pulls years ago ALWAYS came out with passable form initially, I have decided to call Passable form the Average BASE level for my prediction.

I am Proposing that 1 Blue star = 1 Level the equivalent of 1 level playing ability in that area

On Passable form
1 star = disastrous
2 star = Wretched
3 star = Poor
4 star = Weak
5 star = Inadequate
6 star = Passable
7 Star = Solid
8 Star = Excellent

Now we all assume you cant get above an excellent player so what about these 9 Star goalkeepers / Defenders. These can be accounted for by Higher than passable form / Weather / ((hattricks new random inaccuracy’s in the reports)) this is staying in brackets as its a big IF / Unknown.

Important things to remember

Midfield stars have always been harder to aquire because to be good in that region (according to hattricks game engine) requires more skills in effect than a defender - Thus analysing players from this Area, I believe may be the hardest. What’s important to remember is 6 star midfielder (youth stars) does not necessarily = a passable play maker, as there are other skills that have a bias on a mid fielders skill (PASSING DEFENDING AND PLAY MAKING MODIFIER STAMINA),

SCOUT REPORTS ARE NOT 100% accurate I would expect a 1 level discrepancy each way roughly.

At the moment my pattern seems to fit best if you assume that any level you read the trainer says the player can emerge into the senior squad with with deduct 2 levels (1 seasons training? roughly) - it fits with my players iv pulled on this rule so far. ( THIS IS A HUGE ASSUMPTION TO MAKE WHICH IS WHY I HAVE DOUBTS STILL (For example my coach says my defender can reach passable - pulls 4.5 stars in defence with passable form somewhere in-between weak and inadequate? would make sense….)

I would be interested if people have players who have been told there youth players current X skill is Y and they could emerge with Skill X at level Y to contact me so I can further my study with a lot more players.

Thanks for anyone who takes the time to read this and post a constructive replys.

Hattrick Youth System FAQ

FAQ:

Can I have both the youth academy and the scouting system running at the same time?
Yes.

If I promote a player to the my youth academy (calling my scouts), can I also promote a player to the senior team via the scouting system in the same week?
No. You can only acquire one new player in total to any of your teams (either to your youth academy or your senior team).

If I promote a player from my youth academy to my senior team, can I also promote a player to the senior team using the scouting system in the same week?
Yes, that is possible.

If I call my scouts and all the players they give me are lacking in skill, can I choose to promote a youth from the scouting system instead?
No. Once you call a scout, you have made your system choice for that week.

If I get an offer from a scout, can I get another offer from another scout before I decide I want the offer or not?
No, you have to say no to an offer before you can get another one.

If I say no to an offer, can I go back and change that answer if it turns out that the other offers are worse?
No, you can not - your answer is definate.

I can train two things with my youth academy - if I train a player using the same training type for both training choices, will he gain more training (percentage-wise) than if he gets trained using two different training types?
No, he will gain less training percentage-wise if you use the same training type for both primary and secondary training.

Once I’m in a youth league, how long am I in there for?
You are in that league until all matches in it have been played. The length of a league depends on the size of the league. After all matches have been played you are free to reorganize that league again, or join another league.

Are all scouts equally good?
Yes, all scouts have the same chance to find a good talent.

Are all youth academy trainers equally good?
Yes, they are.

Are some youth players faster learners than others?
All youth players are quick learners in general, but depending on their character they can learn faster (or slower) than other youth players.

If a youth player plays both a league game and a friendly game one week, does he get training twice then?
Yes, he does. The training effect for a league game is bigger than for a friendly game though.

List of Ping Services

Remember that adding to many sites to ping, may slow down your site.

Here is a small list of ping services for your blog:

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http://1470.net/api/ping
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http://api.my.yahoo.com/RPC2
http://api.my.yahoo.com/rss/ping
http://bitacoras.net/ping
http://blog.goo.ne.jp/XMLRPC
http://blogdb.jp/xmlrpc
http://blogmatcher.com/u.php
http://bulkfeeds.net/rpc
http://coreblog.org/ping/
http://mod-pubsub.org/kn_apps/blogchatt
http://ping.amagle.com/
http://ping.bitacoras.com
http://ping.blo.gs/
http://ping.bloggers.jp/rpc/
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http://ping.weblogalot.com/rpc.php
http://ping.weblogs.se/
http://pingoat.com/goat/RPC2
http://rcs.datashed.net/RPC2/
http://rpc.blogbuzzmachine.com/RPC2
http://rpc.blogrolling.com/pinger/
http://rpc.icerocket.com:10080/
http://rpc.pingomatic.com/
http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
http://rpc.weblogs.com/RPC2
http://topicexchange.com/RPC2
http://trackback.bakeinu.jp/bakeping.php
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http://www.blogoole.com/ping/
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http://www.blogroots.com/tb_populi.blog?id=1
http://www.blogshares.com/rpc.php
http://www.blogsnow.com/ping
http://www.blogstreet.com/xrbin/xmlrpc.cgi
http://www.lasermemory.com/lsrpc/
http://www.mod-pubsub.org/kn_apps/blogchatter/ping.php
http://www.newsisfree.com/xmlrpctest.php
http://www.popdex.com/addsite.php
http://www.snipsnap.org/RPC2
http://www.weblogues.com/RPC/
http://xmlrpc.blogg.de/
http://xping.pubsub.com/ping/

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Bloody hell, this is crap!