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These buttery pull-apart rolls bake up crispy on the outside, tender on the inside, and, yes, light as a feather through and through.
I'm nuts about pull-apart rolls. (Actually, I love just about any kind of rolls.) The One, on the other hand, isn't a big bread fan. When he was a kid it was used as a way of filling bellies when there wasn't a lot to eat. So I held out little hope that would be even remotely interested in these pull-apart rolls. But when I took them out of the oven, their smell lured him into the kitchen like one of those big aroma fingers from the old Looney Tunes cartoons. These rolls have a thin, crisp crust and sweet, fluffy insides. They're great with butter and honey or homemade jam. This recipe was contributed by Sandy and Jack Wallace and Maureen Knapp of the International Dutch Oven Society. Originally published March 26, 2012.–David Leite
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These buttery pull-apart rolls are feather light. Paranormally airy, even. So much so that they practically levitate on their own, which takes us straight back to that loony levitation game we played at the pajama parties of our childhood. "Light as a feather, stiff as a board. Light as a feather, stiff as a…." Oops. Sorry. Anyways, we think you'll have no trouble lifting each of these pull-apart rolls with just two fingers. No chanting or paranormal activity required.
Buttery Pull-Apart Rolls
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- 24 Rolls
- 1 tablespoon instant yeast
- 1 1/4 cups warm milk [110°F to 115°F (43°C to 46°C)]
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup mild vegetable oil
- 2 large eggs
- 3 1/2 cups bread flour, plus more for the work surface
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) unsalted butter (2 oz), plus more for the work surface
- 1. To make the pull-apart rolls, combine the yeast, milk, sugar, oil, and eggs in a large bowl, stirring well. Add 2 1/2 cups flour and stir well for 1 minute. While stirring, slowly add the salt. Add the remaining 1 cup flour, a little at a time, or as much of it as needed, to create a soft dough.
- 2. Turn the dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead for 5 minutes or strongly whack the dough with a large spoon 30 times. [Editor's Note: Yes, you read correctly. It works!] Shape the dough into a round and place it in a large bowl. (Avoid stainless steel or sheet metal bowls, as both can have a negative reaction with the yeast.) Cover the bowl with a clean cloth and place it in a warm, but not hot, spot. Let rise until doubled in bulk. The warmer your kitchen, the faster your dough will double—figure 20 to 30 minutes at 75°F (18°C).
- 3. While the dough is rising, melt the butter in a warm 12-inch cast-iron Dutch oven or a similarly sized pot with a lid. Remove from the heat and tilt the skillet so the butter covers the bottom and about halfway up the sides of the pot. The excess butter will pool in the bottom of the pan. This s okay. In fact, it's more than okay, it's desirable.
- 4. After the dough has risen, place it on a clean, flat, lightly buttered work surface and shape the dough into a round ball. Pinch off a 1 1⁄2- to 2-inch portion of dough, roll the dough between your palms to round it, then pinch and smooth it to seal the seam. Plonk the dough ball into the prepared Dutch oven and roll it around in the butter to coat it on all sides. Place the buttery dough balll, seam side down, in the Dutch oven with its nice rounded top facing upwards. Repeat with the remaining dough, arranging the rolls so they touch one another.
- 5. Cover the Dutch oven with a clean cloth or its lid and place it in a warm, but not hot, spot. Allow the rolls to rise until almost doubled. Again, depending on the temperature, this will take 20 to 40 minutes. Watch the dough carefully!
- 6. Preheat the oven to 350°F (176°C). Slide the rolls into the oven and bake, covered with a lid or tinfoil, for 20 or so minutes. Then uncover and bake until puffed and lightly browned, 10 to 15 more minutes. (Keep in mind, every time you lift the lid to check on your rolls, you need to add 5 more minutes of cooking time.) Be patient and trust your nose, knowing when you can smell yeasty bread, the rolls are about 5 minutes away from being done. And when you smell baked bread, the rolls are done.
- 7. Remove the rolls from the oven. Thanks to the exceptionally generous amount of butter in the pot, the rolls should be easy to lift, slide, or plop onto a plate or platter. They can also be brought to the table in the Dutch oven, although if you leave the rolls in the vessel, its residual heat will cause the bottoms and sides of the rolls to get a little crunchy. (If you're really keen on serving the rolls out of your spiffy cast-iron Dutch oven, dump the rolls out on a wire rack to cool for a few minutes, then return them to your Dutch oven when it comes time to serve them.) We like them best when they're still warm, but they're lovely at room temperature, too.
Campfire Cooking Variation
- If you're baking these rolls outdoors over a campfire, arrange 8 hot coals in a ring underneath the Dutch oven and place hot 16 coals on the lid, keeping in mind that your target temperature inside the Dutch oven is 325°F to 350°F (163°C to 176°C). It may take 25 to 40 minutes to reach this temperature.
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text: > * Cluster people with significant constraints on space, power, or AC. just space, really. blade systems used to be almost unique in offering high-efficiency power solutions, but I think most or all that's become available in the commodity market now. (that is, 80-90% psu's in normal 1U servers). and remember, less space and approximately the same power means higher heat-density. I've never seen a lot of fully populated blade enclosures in one spot (which is kinda the point), though it should be doable with rack-back heat exchangers. actually, are there any blade systems that skip air-cooling entirely? that would actually make sense - if you're going to go for bespoke power because of potentially greater efficiency, bespoke cooling makes sense for the same reason. > * businesses that want a turnkey system, typically for HA > applications, that is compact and "easy" to support. that part never made sense to me. I'm skeptical that the management interface for blade systems is better than plain old IPMI. prettier, perhaps. > And that is fair enough, actually. Some places one literally has a > closet to put one's cluster in, and if one populates the closet with a a closet which just happens to have a huge jet of cold air going through it... http://www.cray.com/Products/CX1/Product/Specifications.aspx claims 1600W, 92% efficient. their pages don't give much info on the engineering of the blades, though. given that you have to add ipmi as an option card, it looks pretty close to commodity parts to me.


text: I totally agree with Michael. Except I'd assert that 32 nodes per rack is not a fully populated rack. :) Twenty-four of our 42U racks have 40 nodes apiece, plus 1U for a network switch and 1U blank. It works fine for us and allows us comfortably fit 1024 nodes in our pre-existing room. At full power, one 40-node rack burns about 13kW. Heat has not been a problem -- the only anomaly is that the topmost node in a 40-node rack tends to experience ambient temps a few degrees C higher than the others. That's presumably because some of the rear-vented hot air is recirculating within the rack back around to the front, and rising as it goes. There may well be some other subtle airflow issues involved. But yeah, initially Dell tried to tell me that 32 nodes is a full rack. Pfft. :) In case it's of interest (and because I'm proud of our room :), our arrangement is: A single 3-rack group for infrastructure (SAN, fileservers, master nodes, work nodes, tape backup, central Myrinet switch), placed in the middle of the room. Four groups of 7 racks apiece, each holding 256 compute nodes and associated network equipment. Racks 1-3 and 5-7 are 40-node racks (20 modes at the bottom, then 2U of GigE switch & blank space, then 20 nodes at the top). Rack 4 is 16 nodes at the bottom, a GigE switch in the middle, a Myrinet edge switch at the top, with quite a bit of blank space left over. In the room, these are arranged in a long row: [walkway][7racks][7racks][3racks][walkway][7racks][7racks][walkway] And that *just* barely fits in the room. :) One interesting element: Our switches are 48-port Nortel BayStack switches, so we have a natural arrangement: The 7-rack and 3-rack groups each have one switch stack. The stacking cables go rack-to-rack horizontally between racks (only the end racks have side panels). David On Friday 28 April 2006 14:22, Michael Will wrote: > A good set of specs according to our engineers could be: > > 1. No side vending of hot air from the case. The systems will be placed > into 19" racks and there is no place for the air to go if it's blown > into the side of the rack. Even if you take the sides off then you still > will have racks placed next to each other. Airflow should be 100% front > to back. > > 2. Along with that, there should be no "cheat holes" in the top, bottom > or sides of the case. All "fresh" air should be drawn in from the front > of the chassis. Again, the system will be racked in a 19" rack and there > is no "fresh air" to be drawn in from the sides of the case (see 1 > above) nor will the holes be open when nodes are stacked one on top of > the other in a fully populated rack (32 nodes per rack). > > 3. There should be a mechanical separation between the hot and cold > sections of the chassis to prevent the internal fans from sucking in hot > air from the rear of the chassis. > > 4. The power supply *must* vent directly to the outside of the case and > not inside the chassis. The power supply produces approximately 20% of > the heat in the system. That hot air must be vented directly out of the > chassis to prevent it from heating other components in the system. > > 5. The system should employ fan speed control. Running high speed fans > at less than rated speed prolongs their life and reduces power usage for > the platform as a whole. Fan speed should be controlled by either > ambient temperature or preferably by CPU temperature. > > 6. The system must have a way of measuring fan speed and reporting a fan > failure so that failed fans can be replaced quickly. > > Michael Will / SE Technical Lead / Penguin Computing > > -----Original Message----- > From: beowulf-bounces at beowulf.org [mailto:beowulf-bounces at beowulf.org] > On Behalf Of Bill Broadley > Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 2:55 PM > To: beowulf at beowulf.org > Subject: [Beowulf] Opteron cooling specifications? > > > I'm writing a spec for future opteron cluster purchases. The issue of > airflow came up. > > I've seen a surprising variety of configurations, some with a giant > rotating cylinder (think paddle wheel), most with a variety of 40x28 or > 40x56mm fans, or horizontal blowers. > > Anyone have a fan vendor they prefer? Ideally well known for making > fans that last 3+ years when in use 24/7. > > A target node CFM for a dual socket dual core opteron? > > A target maximum CPU temp? I assume it's wise to stay well below the > 70C or so thermal max on most of the dual core Opterons. > > Seems like there is a huge variation in the number of fans and total CFM > from various chassis/node manufacturers. A single core single socket 1u > opteron I got from sun has two 40mm x 56mm, and 4 * 40mm x 28mm fans. > Not bad for a node starting at $750. > > Additionally some chassis designs form a fairly decent wall across the > node for the fans to insure a good front to back airflow. Others seem > to place fans willy nilly, I've even seen some that suck air sideways > across the rear opteron. > > In any case, the nature of the campus purchasing process is that we can > put in any specification, but can't buy from a single vendor, or award > bids for better engineering. So basically lowest bid wins that meets > the spec. Thus the need for a better spec. > > Any feedback appreciated. > > -- > Bill Broadley > Computational Science and Engineering > UC Davis > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org To change your subscription > (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf


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BEIJING — The Beijing Independent Film Festival has a long history of absurd run-ins with the Chinese authorities, but this year's edition opened in such a Kafka-esque manner it could have been penned by an indie scriptwriter.
It began in mid-August with festival director Wang Hongwei announcing to the audience assembled in the Fanhall Center for Arts that "due to unforeseen circumstances," the opening film could not be screened. "Of course we all knew what those circumstances were," said Jenny Man Wu, a director whose short feature "Some Sort of Loneliness" was on the festival roster. "It was ridiculous. There were plainclothes policemen in the audience, so conspicuous with their cameras, leather shoes and serious looks."
Last year, after power was cut to the festival venue during the opening film, private screenings were organized in nearby artists' homes. This time festivalgoers stuck around too, hoping a similar approach would be taken. By 10 p.m., as they gathered at the nearby Li Xianting Film Foundation, the atmosphere was one of a sit-in, with cross-armed and cross-legged festivalgoers squaring off against policemen.
Wang then announced that a bizarre compromise had been reached: Panel discussions would continue, but the films could be watched only by groups of two to five people. It would be a film festival — just without the mass screenings. One disappointed attendee staged an impromptu funeral march, with a festival poster standing in for the corpse.
Since its inception 10 years ago, BIFF — which shows movies that have not been approved by government censors — has faced government pressure and last-minute cancellations from venues wanting to avoid trouble. When the festival moved out of the city center six years ago to Songzhuang, an artist village on the edge of Beijing, film buffs had hoped that it would enjoy more freedom. However, in the last three years organizers have had regular visits from police and have been threatened with arrest and even demolition of their property.
"The Chinese Communist Party doesn't understand culture. They think art should be a mouthpiece. They are afraid of anything uncertain, anything independent," said Zhu Rikun, a former director of BIFF and the owner of the Fanhall Center for Arts. "There are films they haven't even seen but will ban because they have sensitive titles. When it comes to the festival, they are scared of any event that brings together opinion leaders who do not work for the government."
His view is shared by Man Wu, who said: "These films aren't necessarily very political. They just don't like films that don't fit into their system. They're scared of people getting together and thinking freely."
Taking place in the national capital, in the shadow of central government offices, BIFF has been subject to more intense scrutiny than other independent cinema gatherings in China. But it is hardly the only such event that has had to cancel or move semi-underground. Independent festivals in Chongqing, Nanjing and Yunnan have all faced full or partial closures in the last year.
The Chongqing Independent Film and Video festival was almost guaranteed to face the wrath of the Chinese authorities after a movie by its program director, Ying Liang — "When Night Falls" — was banned and the filmmaker was threatened with arrest. But the Nanjing-based China Independent Film Festival (CIFF) was targeted last year despite its history of trying to toe the party line, even inviting local propaganda officials to attend its 2011 edition.
"CIFF has cooperated with local authorities, left the most politically sensitive films off the official program and even shown dragon-seal movies," or films with the official government stamp of approval, said Karin Chien, president of Chinese independent film distributor dGenerate Films. "In the past, these concessions have allowed CIFF to continue to exist. But in the recent climate, CIFF has had to concede substantial components, like public forums and screenings, of their festival too."
The greater difficulties that festivals have faced in the last year or so have coincided with a period of political transition. CIFF's 2012 edition could not have been scheduled for a more sensitive time — November, the same month that China's new rulers were announced at a Communist Party congress. Many in the film industry hoped that new President Xi Jinping would usher in a more open climate, but such expectations have so far proved illusory.
Despite the increasingly tough environment, many indie filmmakers refuse to be intimidated. After last year's power cut, BIFF's organizers this year brought their own generator, flashlights and batteries. Aside from the first night when the police presence made screenings impossible, BIFF's organizers defied the authorities, showing some 70 films to more than 500 people over nine days until the closing party last Saturday.
Organizers even hosted an awards ceremony; among the prize-winners was the outspoken artist Ai Weiwei, who was honored for his work "Peaceful Yueqing a documentary about the mysterious death of a dissident in small-town China.
"It's possible that some people will stop making films," said Wang, the festival director and an actor best known for his collaborations with director Jia Zhangke on films such as "Platform" and "Still Life." "But those who are sure of themselves will continue. Maybe as the environment gets tougher, this will even force them to grow."
"It doesn't make us scared," added Man Wu, who was the secretary of the Beijing Queer Film Festival, which was also held in August, spreading its screenings out to avoid police scrutiny. "Actually, if you put pressure on someone, it makes them want fight back. There's no way the government can stop us watching these films in the long run. If we can't have discussions, we'll talk about movies online. If we can't show them in one location, we'll rent a bus and have screenings on the bus."
The government's actions might not dampen filmmakers' spirits, but they can still have a negative impact, Wang said.
"This is an important platform for filmmakers to communicate directly with the audience and for people to gather, discuss and meet," he said. "This exchange of information definitely has an influence on individuals' creative work. Sure, we have the Internet as a means of communication now, but I believe in the power of face-to-face communication."


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Have you been following the Apple ebook price-fixing trial that has been going on the during the past couple of weeks? The trial is scheduled to end tomorrow, June 20.
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Apple Ebook Price-Fixing Trial Underway
by George H. Pike
The long-awaited antitrust lawsuit against Apple and its ebook practices opened in federal court on June 3. The first week of the trial was highlighted by an 80-slide PowerPoint presentation by the government outlining its case against Apple, along with testimony from senior executives from Google, Simon & Schuster, Penguin Group, and Amazon.
Apple Gambles on Winning Ebook Antitrust Suit
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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) came out swinging in its opening statement of its antitrust suit against Apple. In the past year, all of the publishers settled with the DOJ, ending their involvement in the case. Apple, however, has chosen to fight the charges in court.


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Northern Nicaragua: The South's Less-Crowded Cousin
Words by Brendan Buckley
Photos by Seth Stafford
Where: The northern portion of Nicaragua's Pacific beaches.
What: Fun waves. And I mean that in the least general way possible. This place isn't Indo, and you're not going to get spit out of a Pipe barrel here. But maybe there's beauty in imperfection, and chances are you're too much of a pussy for a Pipe barrel anyway. The waves in Northern Nicaragua are awfully challenging not to enjoy. Unless you're a sad, angry, horrible person whose hobbies include punting stray cats and anonymously saying bad things on the Internet, you will have fun surfing here. Puerto Sandino (sometimes referred to as "Freight Trains") is a barreling left and mostly considered the marquee wave, but the beachbreaks are where the fun is. The Leon area has some good waves, as does Chinandega.
When: Northern Nicaragua loves a south swell like a fat kid loves a talented baker. When a south swell massages the coast, the waves fluff up like a moist devil's food cake and tempt you to dig in. The Pacific's cake season is summer, but anything from May to November should not disappoint.
Why: Because this is the part of Nicaragua that isn't Costa Rica yet. In the past few years, the Popoyo region has become synonymous with Nicaragua. Sure, it hosts a surplus of quality waves and offshore winds, but you're also likely to find clogged lineups, and it's a hot spot for things like colored zinc and fun shapes. If you want to enjoy the fruitful waves of Nicaragua while straying away from these inherent dangers, give the north a look.
How: Fly into the capital city of Managua. Most hotels and camps offer transportation. Renting a car in Central America can get pricey, so choosing a place that includes transport isn't a bad idea and may even save you some money. If you choose to stay at a place that isn't all-inclusive, it's not too hard to get around.
Places To Stay: Hotel Chancletas is a cool place that's owned by an expat tube guru and run by some awesome local people. Baja Surf Adventures and Surf Tours Nicaragua both have camps in the zone as well. Snoop around the web to find the place that suits both your needs and your wallet.
Places To Eat: Don't expect to find an Olive Garden in Northern Nicaragua. Instead of bad Italian food and unlimited breadsticks, you'll find yourself eating a variety of tasty local cuisine with plenty of rice and beans, and you will probably fall in love with Lizano sauce. Also, there's the pleasure of knowing that the chicken you're eating wasn't born to die after a short steroid-filled horror of a life spent a small, shitty cage. Sounds nice, right?
Babes And Dudes: BYO-Babe. The guy-to-girl ratio is worse than a Star Wars convention. So if you're a girl, then go. Please, go. Bring (girl) friends. If you're a guy and have no babe of your own to bring, good luck. Unless you look like the hunchback of Notre Dame, the local girls might smile at you with their eyes, but they're usually younger than they look or married. Unless you bring the party with you, this place is not a party destination whatsoever.
Crowd Factor: Expect to make friends, not enemies. The lineups aren't nearly crowded enough to be frustrating, so be friendly to anyone you encounter! The locals usually wear smiles, so chat 'em up and improve upon that broken high school Spanish.
Stuff To Bring: You won't find a surf shop, but that doesn't necessarily mean you need to bring a surf shop with you. Some wax and an extra leash never hurts. Ding repair is easy to find and cheap. I STRONGLY advise you to bring some extra goodies for the locals. Clothes, fiberglass, surf accessories, stickers…whatever you got. There's a really great feeling in that direct form of charity, the act of literally handing something over to someone who needs it. It's far more rewarding than blindly chucking some stuff in a donation bin back in the US. It means the world to these people, and I wouldn't have resorted to all caps earlier in this paragraph if I didn't mean it. So pack up!
If The Surf Is Flat: If you need a day to mend your rashes, you have a couple of options here. There are volcanoes relatively close by, so you can go check one of those out. If your inner Hemmingway is calling, you can go try to nab a fish or two. It's never a bad idea to try to connect with the culture. Nicaraguans are very welcoming people, so don't feel weird checking some stuff out with the locals. Or you can simply kick back and relax (i.e., get drunk and fall asleep in a hammock wearing a sombrero).
Helpful Web Sites: Google Earth is always a fun way to make Columbus turn over in his grave by gaining an in-depth geographical understanding of a faraway place in a matter of minutes. Surf campsites have galleries of pictures from different spots in the area, so you can porn out on those. Check out surftoursnicaragua.com, and bajasurfadventures.com Northern Nicaragua site for some of that. Hotelchancletas.com posts a couple of photos daily, so you can get on there and dig the daily consistency. Don't be afraid to get familiar with your favorite surf forecasting site's Northern Nicaragua page either. As always, just remember never to claim any promising surf forecast on Facebook—that's a surefire way to scare the swell away, jackass.


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Students Ace 'Hole-In-One' Contest at JPL
The objective of the 16th annual challenge was to create a device that could propel or move a golf ball into a pyramid-shaped target located about 5 feet (1.5 meters) away from the device. Only one attempt was allowed, and the team that completed the task in the fastest time was crowned this year's winner.
Taking the prize this year was Alexander Hamilton High School, located in Los Angeles. They shot a hole-in-one in just 0.6 seconds.
Paul MacNeal of JPL created and produced the first Invention Challenge 16 years ago and has been running it ever since.
"All students should be exposed to the fun of engineering in this thought-provoking event," said MacNeal. "Students learn skills that are valuable, like brainstorming, teamwork, scheduling, fabrication, failure analysis and competitive design. When they see real engineers having fun, they can believe that engineering might make for a good career goal."
And while the Invention Challenge is really for the kids, JPL employees are always encouraged to participate. This year, 11 additional teams made up of engineers and scientists from JPL competed for pure bragging rights. The JPL winning team, consisting of Alan DeVault and Scott Nolte, earned a time of 0.62 seconds, a hair slower than the winning student team.
If you're interested in getting the specs on next year's challenge, start checking the Invention Challenge Web site in mid-August 2014 for details, at:http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/events/inventionchallenge/ .
The California Institute of Technology in Pasadena manages JPL for NASA.
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[Vast Aire]
You better watch my blade, speak the truth
I bring the pain like Method
Better yet a wisdom tooth
You been miseducated, your style's outdated
You need to regroup, I'mma rap cyclone
I'm tired of clones
You better get ten feet away, one size own
Flip 'em the bird, flesh from the chrome
You got three feet of space and I'll crack ya dome
Six minutes, Vast Aire is on
And the party don't stop till we see daylight
That's about six a.m
When you falling out the bar with ya next of kin
Where should we begin
I got the yac, he brought the gin
Now I'm seeing intruders like the Gods of crimson
Style's so sick, you need tea with lemon
(Hook) 2x
This is that Lunch Room Rap that the b-boy's holla
It ain't about money cuz we all make dollars
Ain't about money cuz we all make dollars
Ain't about money; ain't about money
[Vast Aire]
Yes sir! I leave men with no air
I dare you to step up unprepared
My lecture's sharp like nades of spare
Shrink a few heads make 'em disappear
Sons of Joel, you better kneel before Zod
Before I show you the wrath of God
I brush my teeth with a lightning rod
I can pop-n-lock in my Izod
My favorite rapper was Todd Smith
Till his head got gassed and he lost his shit
If you step up to me you better step legite
I'll hold you to the light like you conterfeit
Huh-eh, cuz I'm R A W
The 'R' stands for 'Run' thru you (Sha-boo-ku)
The 'A' is 'Allah's' virtue
The 'W' is a 'Wide' circle
Don't make me hurt you
(Hook) 2x
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This is that Lunch Room Rap, don't get smacked
There's ten more of us in here how you like that?
You can leave with ya face sour
I'll snap my fingers so you'll know I-got-the-power!
Who's that? Ya crew's wack
I guess Cinderella wants her slipper back
This is what happens when bears attack
Plus I got more ho's then a ThunderCat (HOOOOOOOO!)
Caddyshack, you want me to go for this and go for that
But I know how you moving and how you act
I'mma volcano about to react
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Sunday, January 14, 2007
A Little Spot of Sicilian Sunshine ~ KYOS
A wine that I will be following this year is KYOS, from the Cantina Sociale Santa Ninfa. This is interesting, in that this co-op is coordinating with another co-op, the Cantina di Soave. North and South working together for the betterment of Italian wines, what a concept. Perhaps the politicians could learn from the example of the farmers, the stewards of the earth. We can hope.
While I dont usually get excited about co-op wines, several of them in Italy have been making better than average wines. The Produttori del Barbaresco wines are in such heavy demand that they cannot supply enough wine.
KYOS will have two wines available in the American market to start, A Grillo and a Nero d'Avola. The Nero D'Avola that I have tried is a delicious red that has everything in check. The fruit is fresh but not overbearing and the alcohol is a sane 12.5%. A really well balanced wine that will sell, in most markets for around $10.
Importer is Tricana. Sam Levitas and company have found a real winner here. At this time, it can be found in NY metro, San Francisco, soon in Texas. It has been a real hit in Venezuela too. Grab ahold of this one, It will give the Planeta and Donnafugata entry level wines a run for your money.
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6 counting me terry!ReplyDelete
North - South Consorzio... For some reason I wonder about the dynamics of that relationship.ReplyDelete
I look forward to taking your suggestion and trying these out.
I'm fairly new to Italian wines so the idea of a COOP is unusual, has this ever been tried in California?ReplyDelete
Actually yes,ReplyDelete
some time ago...
The Winery called Italian Swiss Colony in the 1960's was, I believe, A co-op.
now the land values are too high.
YUM! Although I have never had a Grillo before it sounds good. Question, Nero D'Avola...can you give me a little background on what type of grape it is? I looked through the wikipedia link, but perhaps you can shed some more light on it.ReplyDelete
Thanks, and count me as #7
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Count me as #8 in Texas. I attended a wine event at a famous Italian grocery store in Dallas last night and came away with a small stockpile of KYOS. This has opened my eyes to Sicilian wines. Any others that have made it to the US from the coop?


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Review: Little Dragon stretches sound on new album
Little Dragon, "Nabuma Rubberband" (Seven Four Entertainment/Republic)
Three years after the release of its 2011 breakthrough, Little Dragon returns with the quirky sounding and titled "Nabuma Rubberband."
After gaining underground prominence with tracks such as "Twice" and "Ritual Union," Swedish electronic band Little Dragon's fourth studio album "Nabuma Rubberband" references the group's earlier records while pushing the boundaries of its electronic soul sound farther.
Opening track "Mirror" harks back to the stark simplicity of "Twice," relying heavily on vocals provided by singer Yukimi Nagano. Yet the song uses dramatic keyboard to make it seem almost spooky. The introduction of a pounding drumbeat toward the end of the track allows variation in the song. The lead track oozes synth and progresses into a twinkling vibrato toward the track's conclusion.
Nagano claims she got inspiration from listening to the likes of Prince and Janet Jackson's slow jams and the basic keyboard in "Paris" even seems to reference Kraftwerk with Nagano's smooth voice uttering melancholic lyrics: "Remember you said it was Paris/You said we were gonna meet?"
"Nabuma Rubberband" requires some patience. Lead single "Klapp Klapp" is the only track that really jumps out at you on first listen. But an eclectic concoction of synth-heavy tracks emerges with multiple listens.


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Davidi Hermelin is a member of the Young Likud faction within Israel's ruling Likud Party. To his surprise, Hermelin was recently featured on Al-Manar TV, the satellite television station of Lebanon's Hezbollah terrorist militia.
Hezbollah took interest in Hermelin after he and other Young Likud members voted for the inclusion of the Christian Lebanese delegation "Interest of Young Lebanese Forces" into the International Young Democrat Union (IYDU) at an conference in London.
Following that conference and his support for the Lebanese Christian delegation, Hermelin was accused by Hezbollah of seducing the Lebanese into collaborations with Israel.
Being in Hezbollah's focus, Hermelin is trying to not draw too much attention now. The Christian Lebanese delegation might even see worse consequences. According to Hezbollah they broke the law by speaking to and sitting in the same room with someone from the "Zionist entity."
Despite the risks, Hermelin agreed to speak to Israel Today reporter Kerstin Braun about why he, as an Israeli, felt it was important to back Christian political activists.
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After almost two decades in the dark, plans are rolling forward to energize metering lights in Pittsburg and North Concord by the end of the year.
County transportation officials also are looking at giving the green light to metering entrances to Highway 4 through Martinez and Antioch by the end of 2015.
The addition of the signals on Highway 4 and Highway 242 during peak commute hours is aimed at improving traffic flow on one of the Bay Area and nation's most punishing commutes, according to local transportation officials.
"We've seen metering lights deployed in other parts of California and the United States and it's a good operation that helps keep traffic flow moving efficiently and effectively," said Randell Iwasaki, Contra Costa Transportation Authority's executive director.
Officials point to the benefits drivers have seen from metering lights in Southern California and parts of the Bay Area such as Santa Clara and San Mateo counties.
Caltrans is in the process of repairing the existing — but never used — traffic lights at Highway 4 entrances between Solano Way and Railroad Avenue. Construction for that segment is estimated at about $900,000, according to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.
Plans call for lights to be added as part of the widening project under way from Pittsburg's Loveridge Road to Hillcrest Avenue in Antioch and ready to be activated once road construction is complete. The price tag for those lights is estimated at about $26 million.
According to the county's implementation plan, metering lights would reduce the westbound Highway 4 drive time from Antioch to Alhambra Avenue in Martinez by 10 minutes, and nine minutes for the eastbound afternoon commute.
Metering lights would shave seven minutes off the morning drive from Antioch to the Highway 242/Interstate 680 interchange and one minute off in the other direction in the afternoon, according to the study.
Though installed in 1995, Contra Costa transportation officials and local leaders had balked at using metering lights because they could cause surface street backups where onramps are short and red lights are long, thus creating headaches for local traffic.
With the approval of Proposition 1B in 2006, the county began studying ways to improve mobility in the area and along the Highway 4 corridor, with metering being one of the possible answers, Iwasaki said.
Metering lights help traffic move as the road crowds because they keep multiple cars from trying to to squeeze onto the freeway at once, causing drivers behind the merging cars to hit the brakes and set off a ripple effect, Iwasaki said. The number of side swipes and accidents would also be reduced, leading to a more "orderly procession," he said.
Local transportation representatives have varying comfort levels with the idea.
Sal Evola, Pittsburg's vice mayor, said the metering lights will be good for the region, if implemented properly.
"From all the studies and modeling I've seen, with the lights going through the entire corridor, it should be effective and reduce commuters' drive time," he said.
In addition to concerns about local traffic spillover, Concord Councilman Ron Leone wonders if the lights actually save drivers time or if they will cause more delays.
"I remember from my own experience commuting to Fremont, it seemed like it was delaying me more than helping me," Leone said. "Does it make sense for us to do? I don't know yet, but I'm willing to listen."
Traffic conditions are being monitored as part of a "before and after" study. Caltrans also will periodically monitor how the ramps are working once they are in operation to see if the signals need recalibrating.
A memorandum of understanding would also have to be agreed upon between Caltrans and the cities.
"The last thing we want is for traffic to be backed up into (city streets)," Iwasaki said.
Contact Paul Burgarino at 925-779-7164. Follow him at Twitter.com/paulburgarino.


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Weird eats: Tea and sympathy by the minute
LONDON — Where everybody knows your name – and what time it is.
"Here you are free to be yourself; you can work, do some art, read a book, play piano, get acquainted with good people, attend events, drink as much tea or coffee as you want — in other words, do whatever you like. Everything is free inside except the time you spend there."
That's the pitch for Ziferblat, London's latest experiment in hip Britannia, a soon-to-be pay-per-minute cafe — right now it's relying on donations — in the capital's du jour Shoreditch neighborhood. The idea has recently been imported from Russia, and like the Russian Formalism art movement it at least partially conceptually resembles, Ziferblat has few unifying principles other than the meter's always running — at 3p a minute, about 5 cents — and the zaniness factor is off the scale.
Imagine if the Russian punk band Pussy Riot were coffee shop owners and you're somewhat on the way to understanding Ziferblat, which has ambitions to be a sanctuary for artists, musicians, techies and activists.
"The idea is that we all together, the people, rent this space, it's not just a funny way of making money," Ivan Meetin, the 29-year-old mustachioed and boyish-looking Moscow native behind the idea told USA TODAY. "We all pay for time all the time. I have to pay the rent each month, for example, but with Ziferblat all of us, including the customers, share the expenses."
Meetin said he hopes to foster an environment where people can recapture some of the informality of childhood. When USA TODAY dropped by unannounced over the weekend some of that ambition was apparently being fulfilled. Customers were washing their own dishes in the kitchen. Many were making their own coffee.
The comments for this story were collected in a closet-sized room strewn randomly with objects and papers that looked to have no immediate Ziferblat purpose: An oil painting of a lamb, an open cartoon of grape juice, some yellowing wrapping paper.
"Some people will see this as just a strange idea but those that admire the root idea will stay us" Meetin said. He had not heard of a restaurant that opened last year in Brooklyn's Greenpoint neighborhood that also caught the public imagination. Diners at EAT are not permitted to speak.
WEIRD EATS: Shhhh! No talking at this Brooklyn restaurant
Ziferblat's London location is its first outside of Russia and Ukraine, where it has nine other branches.
Still, Londoners, never an easy sell, appear to be buying it. "We may only be a week into 2014, but this has to be a contender for best opening of the year," gushed Time Out London's review, under the headline: "The best things in life are 3p."
On Saturday, Ziferblat's modest second-floor space was heaving with the curious and seemingly do-it-yourself types.
"By opening Ziferblats around the world we will be creating a social network in real life," Meetin said.


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Browse Flickr. This is a photo-sharing web site allowing users to upload their photos, tag them with specific keywords and share them with the public if desired. Images pertaining to your genealogy research interests may be on this site. For example, one user has photographed and compiled a set of Texas Historical Markers. Experiment with Flickr for this week's challenge. Use different search terms related to locations, surnames and cemeteries. Notice how people label their photos. If you have a genealogy blog, describe what you find, or how this tool can benefit genealogy researchers.
Here is what I think is the best thing about Flickr for genealogists: You can find photos of your ancestor's homeland without having to travel. I searched for Terrington St. Clement in Norfolk, England and found some beautiful photos. I searched for Switzerland County, Indiana and found they had a Flickr stream from the tourist agency. And of course I had to search for photos of Rabbit Hash, Kentucky.


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In 1968 through 1971, I was a member of the Fleet & Special Order Department(the collectors call it COPO) at Chevrolet Central Office, in Detroit. A part ofmy daily duties was to approve or disapprove special paint requests, in additionto handling the other COPO requests. I would innerface with the folks at Dupont and at the assembly plants. Your question is an interesting one that I've not been asked in many years.Every year I would recieve a listing of paint specs for both passenger car andtrucks, to aid in the special paint process. As you know, all big block Camaroshad the upper rear tail panel painted black. A little known fact is that someof the COPO 427 Camaros had this rear panel painted black also, although inthe restoration process, years later they were repainted body color. Unfortunately, I no longer have my paint spec books and I sincerely doubt thatthere are any other copies around. However, I remember vividly that this rearpanel on the big block Camaros was painted a "Satin Black", not a gloss, nor a flat black. I hope that this information is helpful


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The goals for the Phoenix Children's Hospital's new addition were threefold: improve upon the existing hospital design, create a new campus image that was bold and unique, and improve the current wayfinding. Members of the design team at HKS Inc., Dallas, Texas, considered wayfinding their most difficult challenge because they wanted to create something that was childlike but not childish. It had to be as comfortable and fun for a 3 year-old girl to navigate as it was for a 19 year-old boy. They solved the problem by giving each floor its own identity and personality. Armstrong LinoArt MARMORETTE Linoleum, ColorArt MEDINTECH Sheet homogeneous sheet and MIGRATIONS BBT Bio-flooring helped designers accomplish their objective for creating wayfinding suitable for children of all ages.
Every color, finish, piece of artwork and material in the hospital's new, 775,000 square foot, 12-story, free-standing tower is designed to create a welcoming oasis in the desert, providing shade and healing while emulating the natural beauty of the surrounding mountains and desert. But it's easy to get lost in the desert, let alone a huge hospital. People help orient themselves in physical spaces and navigate from place to place by remembering visual clues. "That's why we decided to give each floor and clinic its own, distinctive color palette, landmark desert animal and desert botanical, in addition to floor level numbers and views to the outside," says Iris Dates, Vice President of Interior Design at HKS. She explains, "Each level and area in the facility has its own major color and three minor colors. For example, the ICU's main color is purple and everything about it follows that color scheme. Stressed parents and patients wayfind by remembering or being directed to the purple floor with the jackrabbit sculpture or the room across from the large purple flower."
The hospital already had six color standards, and this new tower added two additional standards to the mix. Fortunately, the flagship linoleum product line from Armstrong, LinoArt MARMORETTE Lineolum, had the breadth of color needed, which made the designer's job a lot easier. "Armstrong had the exact color palette, in fact, it was perfect. The hospital also wanted low maintenance floors with heat-welded seams for easy maintenance, and they wanted to use sustainable flooring. LinoArt MARMORETTE easily met all the requirements," says Dates. LinoArt MARMORETTE Linoleum is part of CONTINUUM™, the color and design system from Armstrong that uses a simple, organized tonal step system and cross connected colors with different product types to help optimize color selections across the entire portfolio of Armstrong commercial flooring products. LinoArt MARMORETTE Linoleum is made from rapidly renewable, natural materials and is protected by the exclusive NATURCote™ UV-cured, superior performance coating from Armstrong.
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Both the "on stage" and "off stage" spaces were creatively crafted using the same, bright color palette to make the staff feel uplifted. Every area has a similar design feel but uses different materials to meet budget limitations. Finding budget friendly options within the broad portfolio of Armstrong floors is not a problem. Originally, the backroom areas were going to use VCT flooring for economic reasons, but the hospital administrators and the design team were attracted to Armstrong MIGRATIONS BBT Bio-flooring for the product's unique formulation and affordable price point. MIGRATIONS BBT Bio-flooring contains BioStride® polymer made with rapidly renewable, U.S.-grown plant ingredients.
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On May 13, 2017, between my mother's birthday and Mother's Day, the husband and I ventured out on a trail in our area to hike and explore for the first time—and what a discovery!
We could almost claim the Glens Trail of Gorge Metro Park for ourselves on that beautiful spring Saturday. Although the parking lot was packed, few locals seem to realize how the Glens' beauty matches or exceeds that of the Gorge Trail.
How could we be ignorant of this treasure so nearby?
The park resides in the city limits of Cuyahoga Falls, our former hometown of seven years and the place where both my parents grew up. Aunts, uncles, and their siblings, my folks, came to know the area well during the 50s and 60s.
Back then, I daresay, the natural beauty of the Gorge was taken for granted. To our predecessors, it was just another close place of recreation in which to pass idle childhood moments. They had no idea how unique this playground was.
Its danger, however, became all too familiar to one family member, who shall remain anonymous. Playing hooky from school one day with a friend, this relative fell nearly 100 feet down into the Gorge. We think it was somewhere along this section of the Cuyahoga River bank, if not on what is now the Glens Trail itself.
The friend thought our family member was dead, but luck, providence, or fate would have it that the landing was mercifully soft, though not far from a treacherous boulder. No major head trauma, no broken bones. A bona fide miracle. Next time, there would be no skipping school at the Gorge—only in much safer places.
Nothing so dramatic but the view accompanied our virgin visit to the trail. Although the going wasn't easy, we know from experience it was easier than if we had taken the Gorge Trail, which is much more vertical, narrower, and rougher. The Glens Trail is almost 2 miles long, out and back; the return is on the same path.
Looking at the park map before arriving, I had expected a lower elevation, riverbed sort of trail. I think we were both pleasantly surprised by the scenic geology and dense greenery.
The Glens Trail runs parallel to the Cuyahoga River, but the trees made river views rare. With daylight waning, most water we could see was either frothed with white foam, trickling from a pipe atop the opposite bank, or more brown than blue from steady current through a shallow river, with its silty sedimentary bed and some urban contamination.
Investigating the sediment content online led me to learn more about the geologic history of the area. The main features combine shale, sandstone, and conglomerate rock layers.
Most of northeast Ohio is built on Bedford Shale (most easily eroded) overlain by Berea Sandstone (evident at Glens Trail).
The Sharon Conglomerate came later and is the most erosion resistant of the three layers. The best examples of this occur in parks and trails with the word Ledges in their names.
But I also found this note: "The most accessible location to view Mississippian and Pennsylvanian rocks, including the Sharon Conglomerate, is in Gorge Park, part of the Metro Parks, Serving Summit County system." Source: "Bedrock Beneath" at Green City Blue Lake, The Cleveland Museum of Natural History
With glaciation, erosion, damming, pollution, restoration, and now talk of removing certain dams, the Cuyahoga Valley has undergone many changes over the millennia.
The map: Cuyahoga River
The height and sheer faces of the cliffs are breathtaking, an unexpected feature of the trek that made us slow down and look around more than we might have otherwise.
An orphaned slab made way for a partial cave roof that appears to have been used, perhaps centuries ago, for shelter. A soot stain on the "ceiling" suggests repeated fires.
Birds were plentiful for an afternoon, due to the secluded, protected nature of the trail. We spotted catbird, sparrows, red-winged blackbirds, robins, cardinals, and Canada goose, among others, along with a kind of swallow I'm still not sure of.
I think I've narrowed it down to either a bank swallow or a tree swallow. By name, a cliff or cave swallow would make more sense, as it was perched on rock outside a nest in the cliff crevice, but colorings and territory ruled those out. Bank swallows usually nest in colonies in sandy hillside holes, whereas tree swallows nest singly in trees or cavities.
It may have been a juvenile or female tree swallow or a bank swallow taking its home where it could. As you can probably see, the picture is blurry, so the starker lines between the tree swallow's blue-green head cap, back, and wings versus white throat, belly, and under tail may have been smudged more softly together. Really, I was lucky to capture its image at all.
"Angry" bird: Robin flings debris in search of food or nesting material.
There were a few narrow parts where ducking was in order and some uneven ground to manage, including hills, but the views, especially of the rocks on our left going out, were well worth the effort. The drop-off is steep, but it's steeper on the other side of the river.
From the parking lot up the hill at 1160 Front Street, Cuyahoga Falls, visitors have central access to three major trails at Gorge Metro Park, Summit County, Ohio: Glens, Gorge, and Highbridge.
Next time, we'll try out the Highbridge Trail. Another moderate path, but almost twice as long as the Glens, it should be manageable with sufficient time. Directly opposite the Gorge Trail along the river, Highbridge goes roughly west. Glens goes roughly east.
Although the Gorge is the rock star of the park, the Glens Trail, wandering away alone, also deserves a second look.
Happy trails to you this summer, wherever you find yourself.


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RoboHelp and Soft skills
Happy new year! I am back at work and there are quite some news to share with you: Adobe RoboHelp is shipping! If you are a technical writer, Flex developer or RIA/software developer in general, training manager who needs to develop comprehensive performance support systems, or anyone who wants a well structured online reference or help system, you may want to check out the trial version. Important for me of course is the integration between Adobe Captivate and Adobe RoboHelp, which makes it easy to include visual demonstrations in online help systems. Show versus tell!
On a side note, it's exciting to see so many new blog entries about Adobe Captivate. Karl Kapp's caught my eye because he is giving some tips on using online learning for soft skills training. We are going to see a growth in soft skills authoring in 2007and with Adobe Captivate, it's easy to combine the soft skills aspect with software training.
Just imagine: you are training your support team on using the customer service software and at the same time. You are teaching them how to respond correctly in certain call situations while entering the call data.
Or, you are showing realistic situations on how to use sales data from an SAP report in addition to "how to generate the report." And don't forget - you can easily reuse the content and insert this just in time SWF file into your RoboHelp online help system!
Please include a link to your own soft skills example in the comments!


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Speed = distance / time.
This simple equation has been the backbone of The Baltimore Sun's determination that a series of city speed camera tickets have been erroneous.
That, two bricks, and a roll of yellow measuring tape.
The process works like this:
When trying to analyze the accuracy of a ticket, Sun colleague Scott Calvert and I first need to receive a copy of the citation. The city and vendor will not release copies of actual citations, so we rely on citizens to provide us with their copies. Once we have one in hand, we're in business.
Each citation comes with two pictures of how far a vehicle traveled over about half-a-second. Using the photos, we use landmarks, paint and other physical markings along the road to determine the spot of the vehicle in each picture. (As a rule, we are always overly generous to the camera when making these determinations.)
Then we wait for a break in traffic and run into the road. Once there, we mark the spots of the two photos with bricks, and then measure the distance traveled with the measuring tape. We always double-check the measurements, and fact-check each other's work.
Take the Subaru hatchback clocked going 56 mph on Cold Spring Lane on Oct. 5. If that were true, it would have traveled 41 feet in half a second. But we found it went just under 23 feet, translating to a speed of 31 mph — a hair over the 30 mph limit and not nearly fast enough to merit a $40 ticket.
—Luke Broadwater


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Nearly two weeks after a gas explosion rocked the La Cañada Flintridge Sport Chalet store, two employees who sustained severe burns in the incident find themselves in a slow recovery.
Lauren Polzin, a 27-year-old who led the store's scuba department, can't move her hands or talk, said her husband, Neil Polzin.
Neil Polzin said a large portion of his wife's body sustained second- and third-degree burns.
"I can't imagine what she's going through, stuck in a bed, in pain," he said. "We're hoping for the best."
On March 1, Polzin and store supervisor Victor Gonzalez, 25, were injured after they were asked to shut off a gas valve when someone reporting smelling gas, according to fire officials. The incident occurred in a utility closet near the store's pool at about 10 a.m.
Polzin has worked at the store for about seven years and most recently most led the scuba department, said her husband.
Both employees were taken to Huntington Memorial Hospital immediately following the incident, but Polzin has since been transferred to another hospital in the region. Family members declined to say which one.
Gonzalez is currently in stable condition at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center after sustaining second and third degree burns to 61% of his body, said his wife, Elsie Martinez.
"He hasn't had any complications," said Martinez. "We're just taking it one day at a time."
Martinez said her husband has already talked about going back to work, but doctors do not have a timeline for his recovery.
"We're not sure how long it will take," she said. "I know he wants to go back. He loves his job."
The company has offered ample support, Martinez added. "They're doing everything they possibly can to help us out. They're concerned about him and about us."
Last Friday, Sport Chalet announced a blood drive and fundraisers to support both employees.
The company will host the drive with the American Red Cross on March 26, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event will take place at the corporate offices of Sport Chalet, located next to the store on One Sport Chalet Drive in La Cañada.
The sporting goods chain has also established funds for both Gonzalez and Polzin through the website GiveForward. Money will be collected through July, but families of both employees will be able to access the funds at any time, said spokesman Evan Pondel.
Gift cards from restaurants, grocery stores and other shops can also be sent to Sport Chalet's corporate offices. They will be donated to the employees' families, according to the company.
Employees of Sport Chalet are covered by workers compensation, said Pondel, but the company cannot disclose when Gonzalez and Polzin will start to receive payments due to privacy concerns.
Health insurance is provided to all full-time employees of Sport Chalet, he added. Pondel said he could not say whether the two are full-time employees.
The explosion caused an estimated $10,000 in damage, officials said. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Arson Explosive Detail and the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health continue to investigate the incident.
Donors can access the fundraisers online at www.giveforward.com/Victor and www.giveforward.com/Lauren.
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