text: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 Patients' Expectations of Activity Following Knee Replacement Not Realized Following knee replacement surgery, patients' physical activity levels are significantly lower than what they expected they would be, says a Reuters Health article based on study in The Journal of Arthroplasty. Researchers surveyed 83 patients with arthritis who were about to have a knee replaced, then questioned them again 1 year after the procedure. At the time of surgery, study participants reported that they were active about 2 hours a week, "mostly doing moderate-intensity activities such as yard work, strength training, and walking." The patients expected to spend about 23 hours per week exercising 1 year after their surgery, the article says. According to the second survey, people were more active postsurgery but not to the degree that they had anticipated, averaging 11 hours a week of activity. Lead author and APTA member Dina Jones, PT, PhD, said the reason people's expectations don't match reality is likely because those expectations are rarely brought up in presurgery conversations, which usually focus on the knee's function immediately after the operation. Even if surgeons don't always discuss long-term exercise goals with patients, "from the data we've collected I don't see anything that says physicians are telling people they'll have more function than they used to," Jones told Reuters Health. Jones and her colleagues are working on developing educational pamphlets and presentations that would help people manage their exercise-related expectations for after knee replacement. APTA member James J. Irrgang, PT, PhD, ATC, coauthored the study.


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With the New York Spring shows in full swing you would be forgiven for thinking that we were all getting ahead of ourselves! So on Friday we went to check out the new Autumn/Winter Airborne Denim Collection for ONLY. Between tiger tees and stars and stripes, the fashion show at Weston Airport was a feast for the fashion senses!
Stand out pieces for us came from all sections, with the American flag motif jumpers from the Stars and Stripes collection a big favorite at STELLAR towers.
The Animal Rock collection was on trend with a great pair of slouchy yet stylish patterned trousers featuring as well as some laid back tees which looked the right side of worn. Their leopard print high-waisted shorts looked like they would flatter as well as make a statement this season.
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Here's an underreported fact that tells you a lot about the JPMorgan Chase fiasco and the state of banking regulation four years after the financial crisis. Between the time the Dodd-Frank financial-reform act became law in July 2010 and the first proposed regulations were published in October 2011, staffers at the Fed, Treasury, FDIC, CFTC and SEC met with outside groups and people with vested interests to discuss how the new law would read.
And just who was bending the regulators' ears? A vast majority of their meetings--93%--were with folks in the financial industry. A mere 7% were with public-interest, labor, advocacy and research groups. At the very top of the meeting agenda was JPMorgan, which met with federal regulators 27 times. Jamie Dimon himself got face time. Your average citizen? Not so much.
Much of that bank lobbying power has been used to transform Dodd-Frank's now famous Volcker Rule, which attempts to limit high-risk financial gambling by the banks, into the Vapor Rule--mostly air. Not only is there a loophole to allow the sort of portfolio hedging that may have resulted in JPMorgan's massive loss (estimates of which have jumped to around $4 billion from $2 billion over the past week); there's also one to create wiggle room for banks to define high-risk activities so that they fall within the law's parameters.
Dodd-Frank was supposed to be a way of capturing the spirit of the Glass-Steagall banking law, enacted in 1933 to prevent a repeat of the stock speculation that led to the Depression. Until its weakening and ultimate repeal in 1999, Glass-Steagall split commercial banking--meaning plain-vanilla lending to real people--from the riskier if mostly routine trading done by investment banks like Morgan Stanley. The idea was to federally insure banks and have them handle deposits and consumer and business lending while investment banks (along with hedge funds) did the higher-risk, higher-profit trading. Our deposits were safe, while rich people were free to invest as they pleased in uninsured institutions.
But under constant assault by the banking lobby, Dodd-Frank retreated from that goal, which is why a small but vocal group of economists, politicians and activists are asking whether we shouldn't restore Glass-Steagall, or put in place something like it, as a way of making banking safer. As Senate candidate from Massachusetts Elizabeth Warren puts it, "Banking should be boring, and that's inconsistent with trading."
It's a debate worth having, though not for the reasons you might think. During the financial-reform discussions in 2009, the possibility of reviving Glass-Steagall was raised and then quickly rejected, in part because the first institutions to fail were investment banks and an insurer--Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers, AIG--not conglomerates that combined commercial and investment banking.
Yet to discard Glass-Steagall as a regulatory option is to miss the point, and not just because JPMorgan does both retail and investment banking. We typically demand regulation that addresses the previous crisis (which is never the same as the next one) or in some cases the current one. Instead we should be looking for the best overall ways to make the financial system less risky, especially for the general public.


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NEWS- Still gleaming: Razor wire case heads back to court
Four years ago, Bland Circle resident Shirley Presley erected a pair of razor wire fences to keep hikers from crossing her brush pile-covered property along the Rivanna River. Today the brush pile is gone, but the razor wire remains, and Presley heads back to court early next year with her $1.5 million lawsuit against the city and the nonprofit that ran its walking trail across her property without permission.
When the Hook last reported on Presley in October 2005, her federal lawsuit had been dismissed in U.S. Western District Court in Charlottesville. Presley and her attorney, Debbie Wyatt, appealed, and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld her right to sue Charlottesville and the Rivanna Trails Foundation for violating her rights by effectively seizing part of her property for the trail. The suit will be heard in federal court here January 15, 2008.
Presley has successfully stymied the city's efforts to force her to remove the wire. In 2004, Judge Robert H. Downer ruled that City Code as written– forbidding razor wire that "encloses" or "partially encloses" property– doesn't apply, even though the sharp coils stretch on two sides of her property, from her embankment to the Rivanna River bluff.
Although Presley has thus far preserved her right to string a potentially lethal barrier across her property, some citizens are concerned that a wall of concertina wire that stretches from ground level to 45 inches high still poses a hazard to those who can't read the large signs warning of its presence, such as small children and animals.
"The issue to me is harming innocents," says Elizabeth Petofi. "A bird, a hawk, or a squirrel can run across it, and its feet are cut off before it knows it."
In 2004, the Hook reported that at least one person and one dog had been injured by Presley's unusual measure.
The case, according to Wyatt, isn't about Presley's right to string razor wire. "I'm defending her right to be left alone on her property," Wyatt says.
Petofi notes that she was friends in college with a man who had been blinded by a bootlegger's explosive boobytrap. Such measures are illegal in many jurisdictions and have resulted in civil judgments– even from victims who were trespassing.
"I respected [Presley's] wanting to keep people off her land," says Petofi, herself a landowner who has been troubled by trespassers. Nonethess, she notes, "A landowner has a certain responsibility if someone gets hurt."
City attorney Craig Brown says there have been recent discussions about settling the case before it heads back to court. "Until it's resolved," he says, "I'd better refrain from talking about razor wire."
"It will not be resolved with a trail across her property," predicts Wyatt. "It is not her desire or mine to need razor wire."
That would suit Petofi, who believes Presley is carrying the Fourth Amendment– the one giving the right be secure in one's home– too far.
"We certainly have lost all common sense when razor wire is out there," she says. "[Animals] can't exactly call 911 and say, 'I just got my legs amputated.'"


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Job accounting is done via a central database at JSC and the information about all jobs will be gathered once a day around midnight, based on information obtained from the LoadLeveler. Users get information about their current quota status or the usage of jobs by using the command: q_cpuquota <options>
See detailed description below.
User groups are granted in general a cpu quota on a monthly basis. Jobs run at a normal priority unless 3 monthly quotas (previous, current and next month's) are consumed. At the beginning of the month the following month's quota is added. Remaining quota from earlier months is no longer available, so "saving of cpu time" is not possible.
But project accounts will not show a cpu-quota balance below -101% at the begin of every month. This offers projects that have used the systems in times of low demand and have thereby strongly overdrawn their quota, the possibility to reach - in reasonable time - a state in which they can again submit jobs with regular priority. The waived quota will be listed in the monthly overview
Smaller quotas (e.g. <= 1 rack month) are granted as a fixed quota over the whole allowance period.
Users will be informed by mail, if they run out of cpu quota or if new quota is assigned.
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- LoadLeveler jobs will be charged for the complete time they are in execution and for the number of nodes they have occupied or reserved, regardless if the mpirun within the job is actively processing or the job script is doing other things.
- After exhausting the monthly or fixed quota, jobs may be still submitted with a reduced wallclock time and executed at a lower priority, when no other jobs are waiting. They will still be accounted for.
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I write this from western India, where I've traveled at the request of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to assist in reviewing the influence of irrigated agriculture on water scarcity and freshwater ecosystems. It's my first trip to India, and I'm getting an eyeful.
One of my first images of India is a memory that I'm trying hard to shake off. Soon after leaving the Aurangabad airport by car, we passed an old woman washing her clothes in the filthy water collecting in a roadside drainage ditch, tainted with animal and human waste, motor oil and who knows what else.
A moment later, we crossed over a river bridge, where we could see hundreds of people bathing and drinking directly from a river that was clearly bearing a heavy pollution load.
This is the raw face of poverty, and a poignant example of the often-brutal connections between water, poverty and human health.
I must admit that I've become a bit too complacent about oft-repeated statistics about water and global health — that 1 billion people lack access to clean drinking water, for instance, or that a child dies every 17 seconds somewhere on the planet from waterborne disease.
But when you see those tragedies unfolding before your eyes, you can't help but become reinvigorated to do everything possible to make the world better.
So why am I now leaving India hopeful for a more secure water future for this country and other developing nations?
Our focus for the trip was a review of one company's influence on agriculture in India. Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd., headquartered in Jalgaon, supplies two-thirds of the "micro-irrigation" systems in India — they are the drip- and sprinkler-irrigation kings in this part of the world.
During the past couple of days, we've visited a number of onion, mango and cotton farms that were until recently "flood irrigated," meaning that water is poured onto the farm until flooded. A good portion of that water evaporates, doing nothing for the crop. Jain is helping farmers purchase water-efficient irrigation systems and providing them with the basic know-how to operate them properly.
The results have been quite spectacular. The farmers are using an average of 40 percent less water, which means that a lot more water stays in the aquifer or river, where it will benefit fish, trees and birds.
This is where poverty alleviation and conservation meet each other. And it is exactly the type of improved water use The Nature Conservancy wants to encourage through our new water certification program, which will recognize companies taking action to reduce their water use and pollution.
More important for India's farmers is the fact that they're getting 50 percent more crop from their farms. As the saying goes, "more crop per drop." Farmer after farmer told us stories about how they could barely scratch out a living before they switched to micro-irrigation. Now they have money to build safe drinking water wells, feed their families and send their kids to school.
India faces a daunting water future. Most of the country is running short of water. Its population continues to swell. Already more than 450 million live in poverty here..
But I leave India with a hopeful heart. A water-efficiency revolution is taking place, and it is spreading beyond India.
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I'm only 6'2″, maybe 6'3″ if I don't slouch, and trimming my toe nails is a pain in the butt. Sometimes I wonder how these 7 footers cut their nails. Do you think they have so much money they can pay people to do that? I think if another person tried to cut my toenails, I would find it too ticklish. That's just what I need, to have someone cut my toe or take my heel to their jaw. Anyway, the fantasy world (and real basketball world) was abuzz with the matchup between LeBron James and Kevin Durant. James finished with 39 points (4-8 from behind the arc), 12 rebounds, 7 assists, and 2 steals, while Durant reached 40 points (1-5 from deep), 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal and 3 blocks. I'm curious, who do you think had the better game? Besides the viewers, who got to watch this great performance (while everyone else was with their valentine, d'oh!). In my mind, James still gets the edge, both for last night and for the rest of the season. Updated R.O.S. rankings shall be forthcoming, and if they don't, it's because you touch yourself at night.
Earl Clark – He scored 4 points on a disappointing 2 for 10 shooting, but he did manage 7 rebounds, 3 assists, and 3 steals. I like this guy, he is okay, we can throw the football around and be friends.
Antawn Jamison – Heartbreak Hotel had a decent game thanks to 17 points (1-3 from downtown), 4 rebounds and an assist. I've decided to call him Heartbreak Hotel because expectations never lead to reality with him, and you just want to jump out of a hotel window.
Chauncey Billups – In only 16 minutes, he scored 21 points with 3 boards, 3 dimes and 4 steals. Interesting… In back to back games, he averaged 20 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals. As a starter, too. I'd say he's probably worth stashing, yeah? Yeah!
Dwyane Wade – He only mustered 13 points, but he brought the mustard with 5 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 steals and a block. Did you know he's averaging 1 1/2 blocks per game in February? If you didn't, now you do. And you can't unlearn that!


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We're spending less time playing, sleeping and eating or drinking, but working longer, according to the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) survey on how Australians use their time.
In 2006 Australians slept for an average of 8 hours 31 minutes a day, five minutes less than in 1997. Time spent eating and drinking also decreased by 4 minutes a day to 1 hour 29 minutes.
Time spent on recreation and leisure activities has decreased by 1 hour 45 minutes per week since 1997 (to 29 hours 31 minutes a week). We're spending on average an extra hour a week on activities such as watching television and using the Internet than we did in 1997 (16 hours 20 minutes a week spent on audio/visual activities). However, time spent on sport and outdoor activity has decreased by nearly an hour compared to an average week in 1997 (to an average 2 hours 13 minutes a week in 2006).
Men and women spent a similar amount of time on both paid work and unpaid work (such as domestic activities, child care, purchasing, and voluntary work and care), with 51 hours 55 minutes a week for men and 52 hours 58 minutes for women. This is around 2 hours more than in 1997.
Men spent 31 hours 51 minutes a week on paid work in 2006 (up 5% on 1997). This was nearly double the amount of time that women spent on paid work (16 hours 27 minutes a week for women, up 7% on 1997). More people were employed, contributing to the higher average hours of paid work.
However, men spent much less time on unpaid work (20 hours 4 minutes) than did women (36 hours 31 minutes). Domestic activities made up just over half of the time spent on unpaid work by both men and women. Time spent by women on domestic activities has decreased nearly an hour a week from 1997, while men spent the same amount of time as in 1997.
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A temporary 4,500-square-foot tensile addition to the Durango-La Plata County Airport is scheduled to open at the end of June and relieve overcrowding.
The approximately $600,000 cost is partially paid for by the airport's operating budget, with the remainder paid for through a grant from the Colorado Department of Transportation's Aeronautical Board.
The structure is temporary because a new terminal structure plan is in the works, said Kip Turner, the airport's director of aviation.
La Plata County commissioners approved the redesignation of CDOT funds at a meeting Thursday. The money was previously targeted for a project to improve the apron. The transfer of the $200,000 grant will help to finish the tensile structure. CDOT suggested this amendment, Turner said.
"This will allow us to put the money toward the project that was previously funded solely by the airport," Turner said.
The temporary addition, which resembles the large tents seen at Denver International Airport, is expected to accommodate as many as 200 people and relieve overcrowding. The airport expects to surpass 200,000 passengers for the first time in 2013.
The temporary structure will include regular amenities, although passengers will have to walk inside the permanent structure for a restroom, he said.
Once the terminal expansion is complete, the temporary structure will either be used for a different function or will be sold, Turner said.
In another effort to alleviate congestion, a second TSA security line is being put into place. Complaints from passengers who said they have missed flights because of long security lines prompted the second line.
Turner said in Thursday's meeting that the second line was expected to open Friday. As of Friday morning, it was not in operation.
Meanwhile, the airport will update its master plan.
Turner presented a new $400,000 grant agreement to county commissioners Thursday. The grant will be used to revise the terminal master plan and for continued design efforts for terminal expansion. This agreement is among CDOT's Aeronautical Board, the city of Durango and La Plata County.
The current master plan, which discusses what the airport needs to do in terms of future infrastructure, its abilities, employees and facilities, was created in 2010. It needs to be redesigned because the numbers and data from 2010 have significantly changed to the betterment of the airport, and the data needs to be reassessed before the airport goes through with expansion, Turner said.
"This is a very timely award and timely plan that the airport is very excited about," he said.
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DOT starts issuing REAL ID driver's license today
A change is coming Tuesday to Iowa driver's licenses as the state starts issuing REAL ID driver's licenses.
The new cards come with some new requirements: you will need to bring a birth certificate or passport and two documents that prove residency in Iowa when applying for a new license.
You can learn more about what documents you need at http://www.iowadot.gov
Existing Iowa driver's license or nonoperator ID cardholders are not required to get a REAL ID-approved card, but may apply for one if needed.
If you're a foreigner, you will have to show lawful status in the United States with five different documents.
"We will start to mark a card with a star that signifies to authorities it's a federally compliant card and that means we enroll the person using proper documents that we verify and authenticate those documents," said Mark Lowe, of the Iowa DOT's Motor Vehicles Division.
The rules enacting the REAL ID system were approved in September by the Iowa Transportation Commission, reported the Cedar Rapids Gazette newspaper.
Congress enacted the REAL ID Act in 2005 after the Sept. 11 attacks. It establishes new federal standards for state-issued driver licenses and non-driver identification cards in an effort to improve security, but many states have delayed implementing the requirements calling them unconstitutional.
Existing Iowa driver's licenses already in your wallet won't be going away.
Iowans who have them must decide whether to apply for the new cards in hopes of avoiding additional security delays at airports and federal facilities.
The new cards used in REAL ID won't add security features, being almost identical in appearance except for a circle with a star cutout in the upper right-hand corner.
A big part of REAL ID's value, according to Mark Lowe, director of the DOT's Motor Vehicle Division, will be in verifying the authenticity of the documents and the accuracy of the information used by applicants.
Iowa will be able to interact with federal databases to verify that federal documents submitted by applicants are authentic.
American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa Executive Director Ben Stone said he'd assumed the REAL ID issue had been put to rest in Iowa after suffering defeats in so many other states.
He said he was surprised and disappointed when told of the rule adoption by The Gazette.
"A hospital-issued certificate is not acceptable," Stone told the Gazette. "This is certainly going to be a difficult situation for many people who will have to find a certified birth certificate."
Lowe, of the DOT, said the birth certificate requirement is essentially unchanged from current regulations, and Iowans already are required to have their full legal names on their licenses.
The REAL ID cards won't cost more than obtaining a regular Iowa state driver's license, the Gazette reported.
Officials said that if you were born after Dec. 1, 1964, your federal compliance date to get a REAL ID is Dec. 1, 2014. Starting Dec. 1, 2014, federal officials may ask you for REAL ID-approved ID when boarding aircraft, entering federal facilities and entering nuclear power plants.


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Check out the preview of the issue on DC's The Source! Killer colors by Peter Steigerwald!
Can Dawn Be Saved? -DC's The Source
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Tuesday, August 02, 2011
Batman and Soulfire Pencils
Here are some pencils from both books that were released this past week.
Soulfire Issue 2:
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Just a few thoughts on the two books.
Batman turned out fairly close to what I imagined but because of a super tight deadline for the whole team, the book could have been a bit stronger on the art side from myself. I think that fans looking in from the outside believe that the art teams have months and months to prepare a book but it isn't always the case. Because of the relaunch by DC, we needed to get these books done quickly and out on the shelves fast to end this arc and prepare for Dave's relaunch issue in September. This can lead to rushed pages from everyone on the team. There are pages I'd love to go back and fix but alas, I cannot. I was happy to learn that I could complete a book in less than 5 weeks when the need is there. Hopefully this won't be a common occurance. Ryan Winn and Batt also did a killer job on inks. I am thankful for the opportunity to work on the book and here's hoping for more of Batman in the future!
Soulfire issue 2 was a real surprise for me when I picked it up. John Starr's colors totally stole the show. I'm very very picky with colors and most of the time, I don't like the look of my books but John has been killing it on all these books. The work he did on issue 2 left me speechless. This is a great example of hard work and going the extra mile to make the colors really scream off the page. I use a lot of black in both the foreground and background and John's use of color holds really creates depth in each panel. I had left John some color notes as to what I imagined and he hit everything right on the head. Even though I am proud of my batman work, Soulfire #2 is by far my favourite looking book and the best colors I've seen over my work. John Starr is my new hero.
ALSO Mark Roslan deserves a huge credit for his digital inks over my mucky pencils. The guy is a miracle worker.
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Obama seeks to curb Iran, Syria dissident monitoring
(Reuters) – President Barack Obama will announce sanctions on Monday on those helping Syria and Iran acquire technology that lets them target dissidents through their cell phone and Internet use.
Social media tools that allowed democracy campaigners to organize rallies across the Middle East and North Africa are being monitored by Tehran and Damascus to "facilitate serious human rights abuses," an administration official said.
Obama was to unveil the executive order, which he signed on Sunday, in a speech at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.
The order freezes U.S. assets linked to people found to have aided satellite, computer and phone network monitoring in Syria, where more than 9,000 people have been killed in more than a year in turmoil, as well as Iran, where Washington believes authorities are clamping down on opposition groups.
The order cites the Syrian General Intelligence Directorate, the Syrian cell phone company Syriatel, Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iran's Law Enforcement Forces and the Iranian Internet provider Datak Telecom, as well as a number of individuals.
"The United States condemns the continuing campaigns of violence and human rights abuses against the people of Syria and Iran by their governments and provides a tool to hold accountable those who assist in or enable such abuses through the use of information and communications technology," it read.
The sanctions coincide with reports from Iran on Monday that the country's main oil export terminal had been hit by a suspected cyber attack affecting the Oil Ministry and national oil company.
The Washington Post reported that Obama would also offer grants to companies to develop alerting tools to make activists aware of dangers of crackdowns or mass killings.
The president's response to the yearlong violence in Syria as well as Iran's steps towards nuclear development has been sharply criticized by Republicans during this election year.
Obama, a Democrat, has been emphasizing the potential for a diplomatic resolution to the crises while trying to add pressure on both governments through financial and other sanctions. He was elected in 2008 in large part due to his promise to wind down U.S. military engagement overseas in Iraq and Afghanistan.=
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Microprocessors are getting so tiny that they're actually small enough for quantum mechanics to start affecting their performance. That's bad news for traditional computing, but it's led to a breakthrough in spintronics, getting us a step closer to quantum computers.
Although "electronics" is often thought of as a sort of general technological short hand, it actually has a very specific meaning - all electronic devices take advantage of the controlled movement of electrons, using the individual subatomic particles as units of information. Spintronics, on the other hand, utilizes the spin of the electrons. (For an explanation of spin, check out this post.)
Since an electron can either be "spin-up" or "spin-down", this allows for a single electron to carry two pieces of information, as opposed to just one in traditional electronics. Spintronics is a big part of what will eventually become quantum computers, which makes use of various quantum phenomena to greatly increase the speed of its calculations. Finding suitable spintronic materials is an ongoing challenge in the slow march towards quantum computers.
It turns out the silicon transistors in microelectronics provide the perfect spintronic material as well. Deep inside the silicon is a small group of phosphorus atoms, which are known to be unusually good at maintaining their spin over relatively long periods. When a team of researchers at Australia's New South Wales University attached a sensor to the microelectronics, they were able to observe a spin lifetime of about six seconds. It may not sound like much, but a few seconds is actually a pretty long time for current spintronic materials, and the researchers are optimistic they can use these silicon microprocessors for the next generation of spintronic and quantum computing devices.


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(Apologies for this week's Photo Hunt entry being less informative than usual; but the 2010 Hong Kong International Film Festival has gotten underway and I've got tickets to five screenings this weekend alone. So if there's a time to let photos largely speak for themselves...)
Weaving together various observations and musings -- usually pertaining to aspects of Hong Kong (life) but sometimes beyond.
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Fresh (This week's Photo Hunt theme)
(Apologies for this week's Photo Hunt entry being less informative than usual; but the 2010 Hong Kong International Film Festival has gotten underway and I've got tickets to five screenings this weekend alone. So if there's a time to let photos largely speak for themselves...)
33 comments:
- MaR said...
Great shots! the pictures speak for themselves. Apologies accepted: enjoy your weekend!!
- March 27, 2010 at 3:02:00 AM GMT+8
- Anonymous said...
Wonderful shots. You nailed it.
- March 27, 2010 at 7:36:00 AM GMT+8
- sassy mom said...
Those are great shots!
Interesting market..
- March 27, 2010 at 12:08:00 PM GMT+8
- Bengbeng said...
ah, i have missed you. glad to b back
- March 27, 2010 at 2:12:00 PM GMT+8
- Unknown said...
oh, enjoy your weekend!
love your "fresh" shots.:p
- March 27, 2010 at 3:22:00 PM GMT+8
- Randi said...
Your photos are great and need no words! I love to visit the the markets in HK. You have so many exotic fruits and vegetables - I don´t even know the names of them.
I wish you a great weekend at the HK Int´l Film Festival!!!
- March 27, 2010 at 3:25:00 PM GMT+8
- YTSL said...
Hi Marcee --
Thanks and I sure will try re the weekend! :)
Hi ewok1993 --
Thanks for your positive vote! :)
Hi sassy mom --
Wouldn't call them markets per se... but for the second, a really nice market (Graham Street) is indeed nearby. :)
Hi Bengbeng --
Welcome back! And see you visited Hong Kong recently too!!!
Hi Luna Miranda --
Thanks x 2. :)
Hi Randi --
I don't even know the names myself of some of the fruit I see in Hong Kong markets. And haven't dared to try them yet as well! ;(
- March 27, 2010 at 3:39:00 PM GMT+8
- Breigh said...
Great photos! I'm familiar with the markets from here in Rotterdam (The Netherlands) but have never seen anything like the fish being sold out of the boats! Very interesting :)
My Fresh Post
- March 27, 2010 at 4:48:00 PM GMT+8
- Gemma Wiseman said...
Such an interesting variety of products here creating a scenic landscape! Going by the first photo, people view their fish from the pier? The strong variety of colour in the second photo is amazing!
- March 27, 2010 at 5:55:00 PM GMT+8
- Unknown said...
great shots! Mariposa's PhotoHunt
- March 27, 2010 at 6:17:00 PM GMT+8
- EG CameraGirl said...
Fresh fruit and vegetables look and taste yummy. The photo is so colourful!
- March 27, 2010 at 6:29:00 PM GMT+8
- Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪 said...
I hope they let you choose the freshiest of the fruits. Some small stalls in Singapore won't let you choose.
ypu miss the wing beans and belachan?
- March 27, 2010 at 7:33:00 PM GMT+8
- magiceye said...
lovely takes!
- March 27, 2010 at 7:45:00 PM GMT+8
- rdl said...
nice take!
- March 27, 2010 at 8:44:00 PM GMT+8
- Carver said...
Those photographs speak volumes. Fresh catch from the boats and fresh produce are so wonderful.
- March 27, 2010 at 9:40:00 PM GMT+8
- Smalltown RN said...
Great photos...and perfect for the theme!
- March 27, 2010 at 9:51:00 PM GMT+8
- candi said...
Wonderful shots! I love the second one.
- March 27, 2010 at 10:04:00 PM GMT+8
- sarah bailey knight said...
hi ytsl,
These photos of people going about their daily lives are fun, interesting and informative. They speak for themselves and a lot of words aren't necessary.
- March 27, 2010 at 10:18:00 PM GMT+8
- Sandi @the WhistleStop Cafe said...
- March 27, 2010 at 10:25:00 PM GMT+8
- Mrs. Mecomber said...
Terrific photos! What, no history?!?! :(
It's OK. I know you are busy. :D But next week, do remember that I need my history lesson! lol
Have a blessed weekend, my friend!
- March 27, 2010 at 10:47:00 PM GMT+8
- Gattina said...
Fresh fruits ! that's something for me !!
- March 28, 2010 at 12:10:00 AM GMT+8
- Noel Morata said...
i like your interpretation of this weeks theme on fresh and the amazing vegetable vendors on teh water...miss hk....thanks for sharing.
have a nice weekend....
- March 28, 2010 at 12:46:00 AM GMT+8
- Annie said...
Great photos! Love the perspective on the fruit market. Several fruits I've never seen before. Enjoy the festival!
- March 28, 2010 at 1:11:00 AM GMT+8
- jams o donnell said...
An excellent take on this week's theme! Have a great weekend
- March 28, 2010 at 3:32:00 AM GMT+8
- Sandra said...
Great shots, love the market scene! Have fun at the film festival.
- March 28, 2010 at 4:15:00 AM GMT+8
- jmb said...
Oh well we will let you off this weekend. :)
Yes those are different fishermen and boats from ours.
Happy film hunting YTSL. You will be cross eyed.h
- March 28, 2010 at 4:45:00 AM GMT+8
- julie said...
Hope you enjoyed your movie screenings! :)
- March 28, 2010 at 8:01:00 AM GMT+8
- Scott Law said...
They certainly do speak for themselves and very well. Hope you have a great weekend.
Certainly a FRESH look at this week's theme. If you want to get FRESH with me this week check mine here.
- March 28, 2010 at 9:13:00 AM GMT+8
- Susanne said...
Great shots! How colorful the market is.
- March 28, 2010 at 10:16:00 AM GMT+8
- eastcoastlife said...
For someone who cooks, I love buying food fresh from the markets. And having a good selection is another bonus.
Happy weekend and enjoy the film festival!
- March 28, 2010 at 10:17:00 AM GMT+8
- YTSL said...
Hi Breigh --
Even in Hong Kong, I've only ever seen that sight in Sai Kung. So, yeah, it's not that common a sight. :)
Hi Greyscale Territory --
Re the first photo: yep. If you were to enlarge the photo, you'd see little ladders leading from the boats up. After a customer makes his or her choice, the sellers will go up and give it to them (and get cash in return). :)
Hi Mariposa --
Hi EG Wow --
Photo or photos? ;b
Hi Ann --
Yeah, you point to what you want and they give it to you. And yes, I do miss my kacang botol and hieh koh! ;b
Hi Magic Eye --
Ta! :)
Hi rdl --
Thanks to you too! :)
Hi Carver --
A picture says a thousand words, right? ;b
Hi Smalltown RN --
Thanks! :)
Hi Candi --
The first shot has generally got more attention so am glad there's at least one person who loves the second photo. :)
Hi sbk --
But if I had time though, I'd have plenty to write about: e.g., how the Cantonese are known for loving their food fresh, and how this kind of activity adds color to life in Hong Kong. :)
Hi Sandi --
Yes, indeedy! :b
Hi "Mrs Mecomber" --
Hmmmm re next week... as the HKIFF will still be on!!! ;S
Hi Gattina --
Me too -- with fresh fruits being my usual breakfast fare. :b
Hi Noel --
Er... the vendors on the water are selling seafood! :D
Hi Annie --
Re the fruit photo: FYI, it was taken from the Central-Mid Levels escalator. :)
Hi Jams --
Thanks and hope you have a good weekend too. :)
Hi Sandra --
Thanks and I'll try! :)
Hi jmb --
Am trying to pace myself... so hopefully not! :D
Hi Julie --
So far, not bad re the films. :)
Hi Scott --
Hehe re your fresh invitation! :D
Hi Susanne --
Hi EastCoastLife --
Whenever my mother comes over to Hong Kong, she marvels at how fresh the food in the (wet) markets look. Even if you don't buy, it's really a pleasant sight. :)
- March 28, 2010 at 11:13:00 AM GMT+8
- A. @ A Changing Life said...
I love the array of fresh fruit available. It seems such a luxury to me. I'm sure there's equal variety in the fish too.
Sorry I'm so late coming by, but it sounds as though you've more than enough to do than worry about it. :)
- March 31, 2010 at 5:36:00 AM GMT+8
- YTSL said...
Hi A. --
That's actually quite a modest fruit stall in terms of range of fruit on offer. And yeah, better late than never! ;)
- April 1, 2010 at 12:07:00 AM GMT+8


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The Aztecs finally have a full football slate for 2013. And it looks to be a pretty challenging one, too.
On Tuesday, the
Exact dates have yet to be determined, but the West Division Aztecs will host
In comparison to 2012, when three of the Aztecs' four home conference games came against teams that finished in the bottom half of the Mountain West standings, this year's home contests should generate a little more excitement among SDSU fans.
Boise State and Fresno State shared the 2012 Mountain West title with SDSU, while the Aztecs beat Nevada on the road in a thrilling overtime game. Even the game against the
Under the conference's new two-division format, each team plays five intra-divisional games, and three cross-division games annually. The Aztecs' Mountain Division opponents for 2013-14 are Boise State, New Mexico and Air Force.
The champions of the West and Mountain Divisions will clash in the league's inaugural conference championship game on Dec. 7 at the home stadium of the divisional champion with the higher
The new league schedule was computer generated, and each school will play four home and four road conference games every season, and will play every Mountain West opponent home and away in each four-year cycle.
With nonconference games already scheduled for Oregon State and Eastern Illinois at home, and Ohio State and New Mexico State on the road, the Aztecs' 2013 schedule could be one of the toughest in recent history.
Ohio State finished last season 12-0 but was kept out of the postseason due to NCAA sanctions. Oregon State was ranked 13th in the final BCS rankings of 2012, with Boise State ranked 19th and San Jose State ranked 24th.
Six of the Aztecs' 2013 opponents made a bowl game last season, and they finished a combined 82-70 (.539) .
If you examine just SDSU's 2013 home opponents, the competition gets even tougher. They combined for a 47-30 (.610) overall record.
The Mountain West will release exact dates in the next few weeks.
Aztecs MWC Football Opponents 2013-16
Aztecs' 2013 Mountain West Opponents
Away: Air Force, Hawaii, San Jose State and UNLV
Home: Boise State, Fresno State, Nevada and New Mexico
Aztecs' 2014 Mountain West Opponents
Away: Boise State, Fresno State, Nevada and New Mexico
Home: Air Force, Hawaii, San Jose State, UNLV
Aztecs' 2015 Mountain West Opponents:
Home: Fresno State, Nevada, Utah State, Wyoming
Aztecs' 2016 Mountain West Opponents:
Away: Fresno State, Nevada, Utah State, Wyoming
Home: Colorado State, Hawaii, San Jose State, UNLV