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Tuesday, June 9, 2009

UDC Update Session at IFLA 2009

UDC Update Session at World Library and Information Congress: 75th IFLA General Conference and Assembly "Libraries create futures: Building on cultural heritage", 23-27 August 2009, Milan, Italy - will take place on Tuesday, 25 August 2009, 12:00-13.00 in Room Turquoise 2.

Colleagues attending IFLA in Milan are welcome to attend.

UDC Update Session at IFLA 2009

Monday, June 8, 2009

Interview with New York Weddings Photographer Tracy from Maia Studio

I wanted to share this amazing New York wedding photographer Tracy Toler from Maia Studio.
I had the pleasure of asking her a few questions on her fashion forward photography.

1. What makes Maia Studio unique?
Maia Studio is a boutique wedding photography studio that caters to each clients needs. I am Tracy Toler, the main photographer. I come from a fashion photography background where I have been published in several fashion magazines. My fashion background works in my favor for wedding photography. It gives me an editorial edge in my shooting. My wedding photography style can be described as a combination of documentary and editorial lifestyle photography.

2. What services do you provide?
Digital Wedding photography services and album design.

3. What can you advice brides and couples to be aware of or avoid when looking for a photographer?
Make sure that you just don't like a photographer's work, but also the albums they offer. At the end of the day, you are only going to have your images and the album...so make sure you love the kind they offer! There are a lot of poorly made albums on the market that may not stand the test of time, so look for names like Queensberry, Cypress, Leather Craftsmen, etc.

4. How do you stay motivated, what inspires you?
My motivation is looking through all the latest fashion and bridal editorials. I like to keep up with trends in photography and fashion!

5. Do you have a favorite wedding?
Not really. There is something amazing about every wedding. I always have a "favorite" part of each wedding I shoot. Sometimes it is the bride's shoes or a special song that a guest sang for the couple. There is something really unique and special about every wedding!

To see more of Tracy's photography and Maia Studio visit the online gallery website.

xoxxo

-Lela

In Defense of the Orioles

I figured two months was about time to check in on how the Orioles are catching the ball. There is no perfect defensive metric but I think the best one is UZR. So thanks to FanGraphs.com, a quick analysis of the O's have been flashing the leather.

UZR does not apply to catchers.

Overall, the O's come in 26th in terms of UZR:


Team        UZR/150    Inn     PO     A     E    DP    FP
Red Sox      -6.9      4152   1384   461    33   81  0.982
Mets         -5.8      4101   1367   499    39   96  0.98
Orioles      -5.2      4197   1399   524    33  116  0.983
Braves       -4.9      4113   1371   532    29  103  0.985
Rockies      -4.8      4023   1341   572    32  116  0.984

The defense has been disappointing thus far. A unit that was supposed to be greatly improved is ranked near the bottom of all the teams in baseball.

Let's break it down. First base:


Name          Pos    Inn    PO    A    E    DP    FP    DPR    RngR   ErrR    UZR/150
Ty Wigginton  1B      42    40    3    0    4      1    0.2     11.1  0.1      14.6
Aubrey Huff  1B      424.1  409  26    2   37   0.995   0.1    -4.1   0.6     -11.8

It ain't pretty at first but we all expected that. Huff does, however, rank as one of the worst fielding first baseman in baseball.

Wigginton, on the other hand, has been good in limited action. Perhaps he should start serving as a late innings replacement when the Orioles have the lead? Granted those are rare these days...

On to second base...


Name           Pos   Inn   PO   A   E   DP   FP   DPR   RngR   ErrR   UZR/150
Brian Roberts  2B   457.1  75  153  2   34  0.991 0.6   1.5    0.9      6.9

Roberts has actually been quite good so far ranking in the top third of all second baseman. Not bad for a 31 year old speedster.

Third base...


Name            Pos   Inn   PO   A   E   DP   FP   DPR   RngR   ErrR   UZR/150
Melvin Mora     3B   300.1  32  61   3    4 0.969  0.2   -1.2    0.3    -3.4
Ty Wigginton    3B   156    14  26   2    1 0.952 -0.2    -1    -0.4    -14.4

Melmo has been below average int he field this year, just like last year. After a few good seasons feilding, age is catching up to him. The good news for Mora is that Wigginton is even worse.

Shortstop


Name           Pos    Inn   PO   A   E   DP    FP   DPR   RngR   ErrR   UZR/150
Robert Andino   SS    100   12   32  2   4   0.957  0.4    3.2   -0.8    35.3
Cesar Izturis   SS   363.1  69  129  5   30  0.975  0.3   -0.1    0.1     0.1

This one becomes even more relevant now that Izturis is on the DL. Izturis has been steadier, making the plays when he gets to the ball btu has been average overall. Andino is less sure but has demonstrated great range up to this point. If he can cut down on the errors, Baltimore may see play equivalent to Izturis...or maybe better.

Left Field


Name           Pos    Inn   PO   A   E   DP    FP   DPR   RngR   UZR/150
Felix Pie       LF   151.1  52   2   0    0     1     4    0.2    25.6
Nolan Reimold   LF   140.1  29   0   1    0   0.967 0.6    0.1     6.5
Lou Montanez    LF    88.2  23   0   0    0     1   0.4    0.1     3.9

Left field has been the source of great success for the O's. Reimold has been very good since his call up. After a rougn start, Pie has been stellar on the rare occastions he gets to play. Montanez was pretty good too before he got hurt.

Center Field


Name       Pos    Inn   PO   A   E   DP    FP   DPR   RngR   UZR/150
Felix Pie   CF     64   18   0   0    0     1  -1.8    0      -25.7
Adam Jones  CF   402.1 138   4   4    0  0.973 -6.4   -1.2    -18.6

Jones has been disappointing so far. He has already made more errors this year (4) than he had all of last year. His range has not been good either. Maybe bad luck? Maybe bad routes? Still plenty of time to turn it around here.

Right Field


Name           Pos   Inn   PO   A   E   DP    FP   DPR   RngR   UZR/150
Nick Markakis  RF   463.1  92   5   3    0   0.97 -9.5   -0.5    -26.6

Same for Nick. This Oriole outfield had the potential to be one of the best in baseball but the two best fielders are having down years. Nick, like Jones, already has as many errors this year as he had all of last year. The range is down too. The only thing he is still doing well is his outfield assists. In terms of UZR, Nick MArkakis ranks last in the majors among right fielders.

In conclusion, outside of Brian Roberts and Nolan Reimold, there's not a lot to feel good about among the Oriole defenders. The good news is that the talent is there, these guys have performed before. There's still two-thirds of the season to go and plenty of time for things to start moving in the right direction

Sunday, June 7, 2009

Beautiful Rank Widgets For Blogger

Rank Widgets are actually used to display your rank of blog of various types to be displayed on your blog in form of widget,like traffic rank on alexa,page rank on google,incoming links on yahoo,or technorati rank.And i have seen many blogs using these widgets,to display of there traffic rank or page rank.

Now how to get these widgets as for them you have to visit these respective sites and grab your widget like,

Alexa Traffic rank Widget:-Just go to this site and build any widget you like and get codes and paste in your blog html.
Google Page Rank Widget:-Just read on this post to get this widget.
Technorati Widgets:-Just visit this page and get a lot widgets from here.
Yahoo Links To Page:-Shows of your all incoming links from yahoo.

You will like all these widgets for sure.Now as you will visit these sites you will get limited styles widgets for your blog.SO i have an website for you providing all these widgets at one place and in new designs like below.

So just visit rankwidget.com and click on the widget you want,then will ask for your blog and give you of the codes of all new style widgets.
I loved for sure watching these widgets and gonna use them for sure in my new blog design that soon i will be switching to.