Until yesterday, I had no idea that laundromats outside Alaska don't come standard with showers.
Just to explain, Alaskan laundromats have, along with laundry facilities, several shower cubicles. Basically, there are four or five little rooms along one wall with shower setup and changing space. They're private, cost about $5, and provide towels. There are also water filling stations for people who live in dry cabins, which are exactly what they sound like- no running water. You fill up your five gallon jugs and haul them out to the car.
Your other alternative is a gym, or, if you're University staff or students, then you have the student rec center and there are showers in several of the campus buildings. The building my dad worked at has a couple of showers downstairs that are used by staff or grad students, and have been very useful when our pump broke down at home (we have running water. Mom was not going for a dry cabin with two babies.) When I worked at one of the campus libraries, our building had a small locker room. One of my coworkers who lived in a dry cabin would come in and shower there each morning.
I live in Maryland at the moment, and apparently this is not a thing. A quickie FB poll agrees. It's interesting to see what we take for granted as normal.
There are three kinds of people: those who learn by reading, a few who learn from observation, and the rest who have to test the electric fence for themselves.
"Mom, do you think the good side or the evil side will win?"
Like, in life? Dude, it's Monday morning. Quit it.
My answer: "The fluffy side will win. Pick your side and add fluffies."
I had a magical experience on Friday. I went into Washington, DC, for a dental appointment in Georgetown. It was my birthday weekend, so I decided after lunch to go up to Dumbarton Oaks, a historic garden and museum. I love the garden and try to go a few times a year, but it's been a while since I was in Georgetown. I got there around 3:45 and wandered around for a bit before I came to part of the garden called the Ellipse. It's a huge circle of grass surrounded by benches and a double row of hornbeams, with a fountain in the middle.
I sat down on a bench to catch my breath, looked at the lush grass and thought, "Why don't I?" I promptly pulled off my sandals and walked onto the freshly trimmed grass. It felt so good underfoot, like a living carpet. I let my feet feel where they wanted to go, padding slowly in a circle for several minutes until I heard a group coming.
Then I put my shoes back on and retired to the North Vista, which drops in shallow levels to an ornamental rail. Again, my shoes came off and I walked the length of the vista slowly, watching for chipmunks (I saw my second one of the day there!) and just enjoying the different feel of the sun-warmed patches of grass and the shady ones. After that, I went back to the Ellipse and began walking it again, this time in company with another woman. We smiled and nodded, both of us moving in concert in our bare feet around the circle.
After a little while, we passed each other and she spoke to me, asking if I was meditating. I said I was, and she was too. We kept walking and smiling as we passed each other again, until another woman and her three young daughters came in. She asked, "Are you grounding?" and we both agreed that we were. She joined us with her youngest daughter and we all continued to walk together.
When they left, my impromptu meditation buddy and I kept walking for a while, enjoying the transition from sun to shade as the sun's angle shifted. When the garden came close to closing time, we both wound down our walk and got ready to leave, thanking each other for the experience. It was wonderful.
There's a photo below (not mine) of what it looks like.
First day on the new site. Let's see how it goes.
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Merry Beltane to all who celebrate!
Our silly spaniel has strained her back somehow, either from jumping or from slipping on ice. We're trying to keep her on one level and away from stairs, but preventing her from leaping onto the couch/rocking chair/bed is another matter altogether.
It is my couch, and I am pretty.
I spent the weekend downloading all my CDs to my laptop. Total as of this morning was 787 songs. I hadn't realized I had that many CDs that weren't on it already. I found some stuff I hadn't listened to in years, which was really good. I like The Wreckers, but I'd forgotten that I had their album. Nice country/folk duo which has since disbanded. Also some Glenn Miller stuff and a set of ten jazz singers albums, like The Andrews Sisters and Lena Horne. And I found a bellydance CD from my first teacher with songs that she liked. I'd totally forgotten about this, and I'm really glad to find it again.
I went to see my internist last month. Everything is fine, though he wants me to start tapering off one of my prescription meds. I dutifully start doing so, adjusting as necessary. I call in for a refill. He's apparently decided I can't have that med any more. At all. Along with my migraine meds, which is just ducky as I'm in mid-migraine. So much for the Hippocratic Oath. He never mentioned a problem with the migraine meds when I saw him three weeks ago. I now have to go in to see him again, spending more money, because he's high-handedly decided I can't have meds I've been taking for twenty plus years because- I don't know why, since he hasn't explained!
I'm getting a new doctor. This isn't the first problem I've had with him, but I'm damned if it's not going to be the last.
After shoveling heavy wet snow for an hour on Wednesday, I was still sore on Friday, so my gym workout turned into 45 minutes of walking with me doing pushups and hanging leg raises every other lap. It's not my preferred workout, but it was effective and I started feeling better.
I had to pick up a prescription, go to the library and do laundry after work, so I decided that I'd eat dinner out at a little diner near the laundromat (we normally do it at home, however, the bad weather meant that laundry had piled up and dad was worried we'd overdraw the well.) I had sourdough pancakes and reindeer sausage with blueberry pie a la mode. I don't eat like that often, but I really needed those pancakes. And the sausage. I don't eat pork, so it's usually turkey sausage at home. Reindeer sausage is a rare treat.
Saturday I went to run errands, but did not have time to go to the bookstore. Bah. We went to see Neil Simon's play Fool, which was hilarious and fun and silly. I ran into the father of someone I used to babysit- she's now a science teacher. I'm old!
Today I took a morning walk, did laundry since the well is ok, went to my office for a couple of hours and then took a sauna at the gym. I enjoyed the sauna, but not the migraine I currently have. It triggered before the sauna, so I should probably have skipped it. I'm all doped up on meds now and will hopefully get off my computer and go to bed soon.
Anyone who says three days off work is an unmixed blessing didn't spend those three days with a migraine. Or have to visit Urgent Care because the friend they asked to take them to the pharmacy said, "Actually, I think you need to see a doctor, because you can't stand for more than thirty seconds without wobbling and you're having chills." She was right.
She's home from the hospital, her sister is there and the dogs are snuggling in.


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I love photographing weddings! I devote a lot of time witnessing and documenting couples take their vows and embark on a new journey together. It is such an honor to be chosen to photograph one of life's greatest moments.
Even more amazing is the privilege of capturing a couple's milestone anniversary. Last week, I got to do just that! Hassa & Usha celebrated their 40th Anniversary surrounded by their friends and loved ones. The room was filled with hugs, smiles, love & laughter. I wish this sweet, happy couple many more wonderful years together. Here's a peek at their anniversary gathering.


SEC looking at mortgage securitization?
Yves Smith relates what could be some of the best news in a long time on the foreclosure crisis.
What is particularly interesting is that the SEC seems to be targeting specifically the sort of abuses that we have chronicled at length on this blog: failure to convey mortgages to the securitization trusts in accordance with the pooling and servicing agreements (which were part of the offering documents); whether robosiging is inconsistent representations made to investors (this frankly is a novel angle, I'm impressed the SEC is considering it), as well as an issue that has gotten more attention in the media, that investors appear to have been mislead on a widespread basis about the quality of mortgages in late vintage subprime mortgage bonds.
Note that we've been surprised at the complacency of investors regarding the losses banks are taking on the issue of standing in courts all over the US. The securitization industry has desperately been trying to spin this as "deadbeat borrowers trying to get a free home" when the overwhelming majority of people in court are either convinced that they are the victim of servicing abuses, are fighting the dubious and pervasive practice of banks trying to break a bankruptcy stay (all creditors are supposed to take a time out while the borrower works out a bankruptcy plan with the court), or really just want a mod, but are having to cudgel the bank in court instead. Investors have been filing a few cases, but peculiarly on the (we think) not so attractive representations and warranties issue, in which the investors argue that the mortgages in the securitization pools were far worse than they were told, and the lousy quality of those mortgages (as opposed to the economy taking a big hit) is the reason they have suffered losses.
Even though the banks clearly put a lot of dubious loans into the deals, it is difficult and costly to win these rep and warranty cases, which means these case are typically settled early on, and for not very large amounts compared to the amount at issue). The issue of failure to convey mortgages properly to the trust seems more of a slam dunk, but we wonder whether investors are loath to advance a legal theory that strikes at the heart of the mortgage industrial complex. After all, if they win, they have just established that they were sold non-mortgage backed securities. Nevertheless, the news that the SEC is taking this matter to heart may embolden some of the fence-sitters.
Lench goes on to say this isn't just about what happened in the years leading up to the financial collapse of 2008, but will include issues arising today.
Mr Lench said his unit was working with "legacy" cases from the financial crisis as well as new ones stemming from the "rippling effect of the unfolding crisis".
Hopefully this will go towards stopping foreclosures based on faulty documents and places where the current servicer does not have custody of the mortgage note with a proper chain of custody.
The real question, at the end of all of this, will be if regulators pursue criminal charges for those parties who committed criminal behavior. Short of criminal charges, I'm not sure that there is any action regulators can take which will meaningfully discourage this sort of behavior which wrecked our economy and continues to wreck peoples' lives from happening again.


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Catharine Pendrel: 2014 World Mountain Bike Champion & Winner of 10 World Cups Talks Fitness
March 20, 2017 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)
Catharine Pendrel is a Canadian cross-country mountain biker from Fredericton, New Brunswick. She was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, and grew up outside the small community of Harvey Station, New Brunswick. Listed as her personal heroes are Gunn-Rita Dahle and Marie-Hélène Prémont. She has been a member of the Canadian National team since 2003. Pendrel was the world champion in cross-country mountain biking in 2011 and 2014 and was the 2007 Pan American Games champion. She is also the current reigning Commonwealth Games champion when she won gold in Glasgow. Additionally, Pendrel is the 2010 World Cup Champion as well as the winner of the 2012 UCI World Cup Series.
Pendrel was a competitive horse rider in dressage prior to selecting mountain biking as her primary sport. Her brother Geoff Pendrel is an elite downhill mountain bike racer. He introduced her to the sport as a child through the trails he built on their horse farm. Pendrel's first race was on a bike borrowed to her by her brother. She noted that she got into mountain biking because she "sucked at all the school sports." She recounts that her first rides on her bike were often quite nervous ones ruled by fear, especially on descents
where she would walk her bike down, she said that "what I remember from starting is falling and crashing a lot."
She then headed from the East Coast to the West Coast where she began riding at the University of Victoria. There she had to convince future coach Dan Proulx into taking her on, as he was quoted "Catharine and I often joke because, no, I didn't see (world champion potential) in her at first. It took a lot of persistence and hard work over time. She had to bug me a bit to get me to coach her at first and luckily it all worked out. It just goes to show you, you can work hard and make something happen."
Her first international competition was at the 2004 World Championships in Les Gets, France where she finished 46th. Prior to competing at the 2008 Summer Olympics, Pendrel competed at the 2007 Pan Am Games where she won gold. She finished 4th at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the cross-country event just 9 seconds out of a medal position.Pendrel was not as notable a rider at the time as was her hero, teammate, and gold medal favourite Marie-Hélène Prémont who did not finish after a lingering and unknown illness caused her to retire from the race.
This near Olympic success helped launch Pendrel's most successful period. She won the 2010 UCI World Cup Series before winning the 2011 World Championships. These achievements put her as one of Canada's top medal favourites for the 2012 Summer Olympics. In advance of the London games, she had won an online fan poll to be selected as Canada's flag bearer, though the Canadian Olympic Committee eventually selected Simon Whitfield as the flag bearer. In response she tweeted "Thank you Canada & cycling fans for voting me as people's choice for flag bearer. You honor and inspire me!"
Pendrel followed up Olympic disappointment with a great result in her next major multi-sport event the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. There she won the gold medal in the women's mountain bike event while teammate Emily Batty followed her for a Canadian one-two finish on the podium.
Achievements of Catharine Pendrel
2014 World Mountain Bike Championship in Lillehammer, Norway
2014 Gold at Commonwealth Games Glasgow
2013 Cyclocross National Champion
2013 3rd World Cup Czech
2012 World Cup Overall Champion
2012 9th London Summer Olympics
2012 World cup wins Houffalize, MSA, Windham
2011 World Champion Champery, Switzerland
2011 Winner London Olympic Test Event
2010 4th Mtb World Championships
2008 4th Beijing Summer Olympics
10 World Cup wins, 4 Silver, 2 Bronze, 18 World Cup Podiums
4 Time Canadian National Champion
2008 Pan American Champion
2007 Pan Am Games champion
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Owen Teale Joins Cast of No Man's Land
AuthorEmma ClarendonPosted on April 10, 2016 Categoriesdrama, Theatre, UncategorizedTagsOwen Teale, Patrick Stewart, Sean Mathias, Sir Ian McKellen
Tony Award winner Owen Teale will join Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen in a production of Harold Pinter's No Man's Land.
Directed by Sean Mathias, the production will tour the UK from the 3rd August prior to arriving in the West End from the 8th September.
Welsh actor Owen Teale will play Briggs in No Man's Land, joining the previously announced Ian McKellen (Spooner) and Patrick Stewart (Hirst). Teale is most recently known for playing Ser Alliser Thorne in HBO's Game of Thrones. He won a Tony Award in 1997 for his portrayal of Torvald in A Doll's House – for which he was also nominated for an Olivier Award.
No Man's Land will open in Sheffield from the 3rd of August, followed by dates in Newcastle, Brighton and Cardiff. The production will then travel to London, where it will open at the Wyndham's Theatre at the 8th September for a limited 14 week season.
Sean Mathias's production received highly acclaimed reviews at the Cort Theatre in New York, whilst in repertory alongside Waiting for Godot – which also starred McKellen and Stewart and directed by Mathias.
One summer's evening, two ageing writers, Hirst and Spooner, meet in a Hampstead pub and continue their drinking into the night at Hirst's stately house nearby. As the pair become increasingly inebriated, and their stories increasingly unbelievable, the lively conversation soon turns into a revealing power game, further complicated by the return home of two sinister younger men.
With further casting yet to be announced, No Man's Land will feature set and costume designs by Stephen Brimson Lewis and lighting design by Peter Kaczorowski.
No Man's Land will appear at the Wyndham's Theatre from the 8th September to the 17th December. To book tickets visit: Ticketmaster.co.uk,Discount Theatre.com, Last Minute.com, Theatre Tickets Direct.co.uk, Love Theatre.com, Theatre People.com and UK Tickets.co.uk.
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Q: UNIX find command with particular file extension I am trying to find all files in the directories and sub-directories on Desktop with a file name starting with prac_ followed by two digits and ending in .c or .o
find ./Desktop -type f -name "prac_[0-9][0-9]*" \( -name "*.c" -o -name "*.o" \)

The problem I'm having is that the above command will bring up files like prac_99BLAHBLAH.o when I only want files with the format prac_99.c.

A: Using * in a filename globbing pattern matches any string whatsoever, so it's correct that the name prac_99BLAHBLAH.o matches the pattern prac_[0-9][0-9]*, and one of *.c or *.o.
Instead, use
find ./Desktop -type f -name 'prac_[0-9][0-9].[co]'

The filename globbing pattern [co] matches the single character c or o, so putting it at the end of the pattern used with -name enables you to find filenames that has either character at the end of the name.

A: You're just not restricting the characters between the numbers and file extensions. It can all be a single regex:
find ./Desktop -type f -regex ".*/prac_[0-9][0-9][.][co]"

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*The .*/ at the beginning is because -regex matches on filepaths rather than just filenames.

*The [.] is a single-character set that matches a period. It's used because a plain . matches any character. Escaping it like \. works too, but I tend to avoid that style because the syntax varies across programming languages (e.g., with an extra escape like \\. or in a raw string like r"\.").

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I love simple cards that can WOW! This window card is a quick card sure to delight and it's a surprise how FAST it is to create!! It's not a traditional card yet embraces the beauty of the season.
Start by eye-balling where you will place the sentiment on the card. Using the Big Shot, the Magnetic Platform and Circle Framelits cut a circle to provide a frame in the Chocolate Chip card stock (using just a 1/4 of a sheet to provide the 'frame).
Prep the Chocolate Chip and Crumb Cake card stock with the Embossing Buddy. (This gives a clean surface for better embossing!) Use this to make a guide on where to stamp the Poinsettia on the Crumb Cake card stock with the Versa Mark pad. Cover the surface with the White Embossing Powder and Heat Set with the Heat Tool!
Now there are TWO Options... here I used the Real Red ink to create a warm and vibrant look to this card. Simply rub the ink on with our Stampin' Sponges and the embossed flower will POP! Add Red Permanent Marker to the top of our pearls for a luminescent red.
Change it up with this Chocolate Chip ink rubbed across the embossed flower. It gives it a vintage and grunge look. Very cool and antique looking.
Here the uncolored pearls fit in line with this card. So whether you are a color or vintage lover - this card can accomplish both!
Layer the Embossed Window over the Crumb Cake base with the Stampin' Dimensional adhesive and you have a quick card that with layers creates a cool effect.
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During the busy Holiday Season a quick card that WOW's is a must! Go ahead, have fun and create simple cards that deliver depth and style. Depending on your style, traditional or not, change up the look of this card with a few swipes of your Stampin' Sponges! Don't you just love how cool this window card looks?!! Me, too!!


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Rupert Friend stars in new trailer for Hitman: Agent 47
By Gem Seddon 2015-06-23T15:22:11.173Z News
A brand new trailer has arrived for the latest big screen adaptation of the Hitman video game franchise. The second cinematic outing based on the popular title, Hitman: Agent 47 stars Rupert Friend as a genetically-modified agent who rallies against the corporation that transformed him into a super soldier.
His efforts aren't without their heroics - his goal this time is to rescue a woman targeted by the same tyrants who wish to harness her DNA to roll out a new line of Hitmen. As expected with a reboot, Agent 47 ignores the events of the previous film -- 2007's Hitman which starred Timothy Olyphant in the titular role. There's still plenty of bullets and bodies, however. Check out the new trailer below:
Friend's previous work on Homeland showcased his ability to play the calm, cool type whose true nature bubbled just below the surface. Here he happily shrugs off that demeanor, embracing the slow-mo action and gun-totin' antics of being a pumped-up assassin. While the overall story beats don't exactly stray into new territory, there's plenty of flashy sequences to maintain a smidgen of interest.
Directed by Aleksander Bach and co-starring Zachary Quinto, Ciaran Hinds, Hannah Ware and Thomas Kretschmann, Hitman: Agent 47 opens in the US on August 21 and the UK on August 28.
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