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Millionaire's Shortbread and an Ode to Blogging
As I was taking the time out of a busy day to prepare this blog today, it dawned on me how much time I've spent on this site for the past four or so years. There are so many blogs on the internet these days that it can sometime seem like the virtual world is over-saturated and then some. It seems so easy log on to Blogger or Wordpress and start your very own little publication sphere. I think in a way, this has undermined how much dedication it takes to consistently run a blog. For my part, I know that sometimes, no matter how much I love interacting with readers and how much I love sharing my passion for food, I really have to pull through to get a blog post up. As Chocolate Shavings has steadily grown, I sometimes find myself being too much of a perfectionist. There are so many dishes that don't make it on to this blog because I feel like I haven't gotten my recipe exactly where I want it or because I feel like the photos I just took of a dish do not do it justice. There have definitely been countless, countless times where food had been brought to the table at room temperature because I wanted to take the very best shot I could.
All this is to say that sometimes it's easy to take a blog for granted - to quickly browse through a couple pages of a blog, maybe bookmark a recipe or just glance over recent content. I've done it, and I'm sure you have too. The term 'blogging' often gets a bad reputation as well. There is a sense that anybody could be a blogger, that anybody can jot down their thoughts of the day and quickly press 'publish' for the world to see. But being a dedicated, regular blogger really does take time It's often like running your own mini magazine, alone and to offer the content free of charge for all to enjoy. My goal with this post is really just to give fellow bloggers a real pat on the back. The realm of blogging was just a hobby when I started during college and has, in many ways, help me jump-start my career. It's what made me want to go to culinary school, what gave me the continued dedication to write on a regular basis and what got me my first commercial photography job. I owe a lot to the blogging world, and this is my small way of giving back.
So why not indulge with a slice of Millionaire's shortbread?
Millionaire's Shortbread
Adapted from Claire Robinson
2 sticks butter, cut into small pieces, plus more for preparing pans
2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for preparing pans
2/3 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
Caramel Layer:
2 (14-ounce) cans sweetened condensed milk
2 tablespoons butter
Chocolate Topping:
3/4 pound good-quality bittersweet chocolate
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Butter 2 (8-inch) square nonstick pans and coat with flour, tapping off excess. Place the flour, sugar and salt in a food processor and pulse once. Add butter and pulse until mixture resembles peas. Press the shortbread mixture into prepared pans and bake until golden brown around the edges, about 20 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool completely.
Caramel Layer:
In a heavy-bottomed saucepan over medium-low heat, combine the condensed milk and 2 tablespoons of butter. Slowly bring the mixture to a boil, stirring continuously. Continue stirring over the heat until mixture becomes thick and amber in color, about 15 minutes. Pour the caramel over the cooked shortbread and spread evenly using an offset spatula. Cool to room temperature.
Chocolate Topping:
In a glass bowl set over a saucepan of simmering water, melt the chocolate. Once chocolate has melted, pour it over the cooled caramel layer. Cool at room temperature for about 10 minutes, and then place in the refrigerator to cool completely, allowing chocolate to slightly harden but not get hard. Cut into 2-inch squares and enjoy, or store in an airtight container, at room temperature, or my favorite - keep in the refrigerator for a yummy sweet and cool treat!
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- Kelsey (Happyolks) said...
This is such an affirming post. A breath of fresh air. Blogging, I've found, is a humbling and vulnerable process. We put our passions and ideas on display to share, interact, and inspire with the hope that someone, somewhere, will walk away from their computers after visiting our site feeling enlivened or empowered. While there is a proliferation of blogs today, I think that it is more of a sign that people wish to be heard. They wish to connect with people who think like them, who challenge them, who have the same goals. It's amazing that if someone isn't getting that in "real" life, blogs can serve as a bit of a buoy.
- September 21, 2011 at 11:12 PM
- Karen @ Mignardise said...
Thanks for the recognition. I've been blogging for about three years. I am thrilled with the feedback and the online friends I have made. I did hope that by now I would have more followers/subscribers, but then I guess I'd have more pressure to produce. I enjoy my little blog and I'm glad others do too.
- September 22, 2011 at 10:54 AM
- Sam @ My Carolina Kitchen said...
I agree with some of Karen's thoughts. I've been blogging three years next month and it's been a fabulous experience and I've made so many wonderful friends along the way. However, the word "blogger" does have somewhat of a bad reputation. I mentioned to someone that I was a food blogger and her response was "I don't read blogs," like they were something distasteful. Now I say I am a food writer and hold my head up proudly.
Your shortbreads look fantastic and the photo is amazing. Would make a lovely cover to a cookbook don't you think.
- September 24, 2011 at 6:19 AM
- Chocolate Shavings said...
Sam: I agree, people tend to stick to labels and what they believe they stand for, which is in part what inspired me to write this post!
- September 24, 2011 at 9:20 AM
- renee@sweetsugarbean said...
I love this post! I've only been blogging for about 8 months, and I kind of compare it to the best part time job I've ever had, except I don't get paid for it, monetarily that is. I love every part of blogging, from cooking the food to the pictures to the writing. The people I've met and the lessons I've learned along the way have only enriched my blog, and well, my little ol' life. As far as your shortbread goes, I haven't had this in years. My mom made it when we were kids and I remember eating half the pan in one sitting. Ah, memories!
- September 27, 2011 at 6:32 PM
- The Wee Lass said...
I think I may have left SAH at the wrong time because if you're bringing stuff like this in the the office, consider me officially jealous. :)
- September 27, 2011 at 11:31 PM
- anna said...
I love reading blogs and interacting with people all over the world. What better way to do this? While munching chocolatey desserts! Heaven!
- September 29, 2011 at 9:23 PM
- Chocolate Shavings said...
The Wee Lass: ;)
anna: I agree!
- September 29, 2011 at 10:29 PM
- The Procrastobaker said...
Truly one of my favourite treats and homemade is always SO much better than storebought i find where these are concerned. Great recipe and a lovely post too :)
- September 30, 2011 at 7:55 AM
- Lucy said...
Very interesting and true post. Love Millionaire's Shortbread - such a treat :)
- September 30, 2011 at 12:17 PM
- Kim said...
i need to jump on the shortbread bandwagon. can you believe i still have yet to make it? yours look diving!!!
- September 30, 2011 at 3:51 PM
- Chocolate Shavings said...
Kim: you should give it a try! It's the perfect buttery, indulgent treat!
- September 30, 2011 at 6:25 PM
- Chocolate Shavings said...
Lucy: I agree!
- October 3, 2011 at 9:31 AM
- Elle said...
Very well said! It does take a lot of time to run a blog, and I think a lot of people don't realize that.
As for the shortbread, I'm craving it as much today as I was yesterday. Want!
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Thanks to LAObserved.com's Kevin Roderick for giving us in Opinion a little comic relief from our sorrow about the imminent departure of Opinion Editor Mariel Garza.
Roderick observes that the editorial board is mostly "older white guys." This brings to mind the last time someone drew attention to our age, ethnicity or gender.
That was a few months ago, when someone with an online column thought a feminist-sounding editorial went too far — and ripped Mariel for thinking it up. Funny, because the editorial had been proposed by and written not by Mariel but by one of us Older White Guys, and approved by the majority-OWG ed board.
I wrote about that incident before to illustrate the pluses and minuses of newspapers' traditional policy of publishing editorials without bylines. And to show that an editorial board's consensus on a given issue is the product of many different points of view, which may or may not correspond to individual members' places on a demographic spectrum.
Roderick's general point is fair: The Los Angeles News Group papers cover the United States' most diverse region, and must produce editorials and Opinion pages that reflect that.
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This B list entertainer(singer) had his new celebrity girlfriend trolling through groupies trying to find a third for their threesome. He is just going full bore now that he is getting divorced.
This B list entertainer(singer) had his new celebrity girlfriend trolling through groupies trying to find a third for their threesome. He is just going full bore now that he is getting divorced.
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Jason aldean
Robyn Thicke
Robin Thicke and whoever his piece of the week is.
Its me Sugar ; )
wanna tag-along?!
Paula Patton hasn't even retained a lawyer yet
It's Andean and the American idol wannabe
Sugar!! Who's the celeb girlfriend?
Have Chris Martin and Alexa Chung gone public yet?
I would LOVE for this to be Chris Martin. He's finally free!
Aldean is getting divorced?
If so a huge WHOOPIE to his wife. Good for her for putting out the trash.
There is no celeb GF yet he's trying to get his wife back.
It's Jason aldean and his GF Brittany whatever was on AI so technically a celeb in a small sense
Yes bacon....divorce filings in progress
I think Jason, even though I'm not into country, his GF would be considered a celeb from AI I don't think Robin has a GF yet, & if this was Chris it would be big news, mainly people are sick up with Goop & would be happy for him.
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On Scorned: Love Kills this weekend, I learned that threeways are the fastest way to being stabbed to death while you are sleeping off a coke binge on the couch. True story. Use your time and naughty bits wisely
So, Aldean and his American Idol loser GF? Ewww.
Its always those couches that get ya, TTTM.
Threeways on a couch sounds like it's own kind of dangerous.
Relationship experts usually tell you that invited a 3rd into your bedroom will kill your relationship, if your getting bored researc online, watch porn together or get some new toys.
Right?? My kingdom for a chaise lounge!
A day bed, kind sir? One that fully accommodates several amorphous heaving meat puppets?
I've now grossed myself out.
OK come on! A 3-way will not kill your relationship. I've had several with the hubby. Not on a regular basis but on occasion.
NOW if that is you always go to then it's indicative of other problems.
No, I really think it's the couch, Sherry. Stay off the couch after
Robin Thicke is too obvious. Chris Martin. EEEEEE!!!
Not Chris Martin. He's is the Bahamas with Goop and the kids. Yeah, I have no idea why, either.
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Do you think we will ever find life on extraterrestrial planets in our life time. That would be an amazing discovery to live to see.
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We need to terraform it. Is that a real thing? Or is that just in Marvel comics? We need to terraform it.
Ive read brief plans to terraform mars... typically involving a timespan of over 1000 years before human habitation is viable. It's hard to get politicians thinking ahead further than the next election, 1000 years is a bit of a stretch!
I'm not sure how much hope there is for terraforming a planet with virtually no magnetosphere. Earth is sheltered from the solar wind by its magnetosphere which acts kind of like a magnet shell deflecting almost all of the radiation away from the surface. Any atmosphere created by terraforming would eventually be blown away by the solar wind. And any creatures on the surface would be very unusual by our standards because they'd have to be impervious to the solar radiation that our magnetosphere protects us from.
Terraforming is a theoretical possibility. With Mars we would have to somehow bulk up the atmosphere (so that we could go outside with just an oxygen mask, not a full blown pressure suit). We could do it by melting the ice caps, water and CO2, both very good greenhouse gases, so we might manage to warm it up.
The biggest problem after that would be somehow restoring Mars' electromagnetic field so every single little solar storm doesn't cook peoples' gonads.
As for the other question, it's hard to say whether we will or won't, Adam, because we don't really have a good idea of how common life ought to be. In large part that's because we don't know how it originated. I suspect we'll have plausible theories (at the very least) on that subject in the next couple of decades, at which point we can say life either is/is not probable given early-earth-like conditions. And by then we ought to have a good read on how common "early-earth-like conditions" are. (By the way "early-earth-like" conditions are not like what you are experiencing right now while reading this sentence. Too much oxygen just for one thing.)
I believe it will be necessary for people to go look to truly settle the question. Probes can do a lot but they can't do something to answer the next question to raise. We are going to need to drill, then use microscopes on what we see.
"they can't do something to answer the next question that their findings raise." (correction in bold)
we are going to need to trill or dig, a lot deeper than a couple of inches then use microscopes...
Anyone we send there is going to be spending a lot of time underground as well. Between the storms and the radiation exposure, we'd probably have to send robot diggers ahead to make a cave system. In fact, it might be best not to send people there at all and just use robots for anything we want to do there.
If so then thickening the atmosphere would suffice for terraforming, since Low Earth Orbit is below the effect of the protective magnetic field, and the only difference at that point is the atmosphere. We would have to ensure it has an ozone layer, though.
But I believe there is a caveat here; how bad does it get when a CME hits Mars? Has Curiousity experienced one of those?
A CME was my first thought as well. I think a few inches of water provide adequate protection, and if Mars has water we can use, the explorers can live in a terrarium inside an aquarium, but talk about cabin fever. It'd be almost like living in Antactic winter year round, pretty much trapped indoors except for quick scurries outside in heavy and restrictive clothing. No suit provides much protection from radiation.
Anyway, if by "terraforming" is meant giving it enough of an atmosphere to sustain life, it won't be any Earth life, except perhaps from some very hardy single-celled critters. Certainly no grass or trees. And then there's the matter of the lack of a magnetosphere, meaning that the atmosphere would be blown off into space by the solar wind.
Face it, Mars will always be a kind of desert. I'm not sure it's worth the considerable effort of attempting to terraform it.


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It seems like it was only yesterday when we had to suffer thru the Cohan-Mullin-Nelson era of "entertaining mediocrity."
This ownership group, front office, and coaching staff, and players compete with the goal to win championships (not to just to 'entertain,' and not just to get into the playoffs, the Mullin-Nelson goal)!
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Marion County Park and Lake's fishing derby started with a quick catch on May 20 and will continue until May 31, 2015.
Robert Mueller of Wichita won $70 in the derby for catching a bluegill, one of four tagged fish of legal size.
Other species of fish include crappie, largemouth bass, and catfish. There is only one of each species tagged by Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks for a prize.
As winners emerge, pictures will be taken and displayed in the lake office.
The entry fee is $3 per species. Prize money will be 70 percent of total fees collected per species. The remaining 30 percent will be added to the county lake enhancement fund.
Entry tickets must be purchased prior to catching a tagged fish.
A running tally also will be kept and displayed in the lake office, and as sales increase, so will prize money throughout the year.
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Wales 19-26 Samoa, Cardiff, November 16
Jones devastated by defeat
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Wales captain Ryan Jones was devastated by his side's shock 26-19 defeat to Samoa in Cardiff and admitted it was one of the "lowest moments in his career".
Jones captained Wales for a record 29th time as Rob Howley's side looked to get their autumn campaign back on track following the loss to Argentina. But the home team were outplayed by Samoa throughout and Jones said: "I'm not really sure where to start.
"We came second best in quite a few facets of that game. It slowly slipped away from us and we didn't have enough in the end. Similar faults to last week - we played rugby in the wrong areas."
It was Wales' fifth successive defeat and Jones added on BBC2 Wales: "When you come off the back of some disappointing results things tend to snowball, but we have to draw a line under that.
"As players we have to take it on the chin because we have two of the best teams in the world coming next (New Zealand and Australia). There is no hiding place. We have front up and make sure we turn up in a week's time. What could have been one of the greatest days in my career has turned into one of the lowest."
Speaking about facing world champions New Zealand next, Rhys Priestland added: "It's going to be tough, the hardest game in world rugby. The boys are going to have to dig deep and really look hard in the mirror because the last two performances have not been good enough. We have been well short in everything."
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ALISO VIEJO – The keen-eyed fourth-graders expertly scan Journey School's Native Garden, deftly grabbing stems to yank the unwanted invaders from the ground.
The garden is one of five at the K-8 public charter school, each carefully tended by students, teachers and parents and intricately woven into daily lessons.
It is for those reasons that on Earth Day, Journey became Orange County's first school to win a U.S. Department of Education 2013 Green Ribbon Award.
Teachers and administrators include environmental awareness and sustainability in all parts of the curriculum and daily life, leading Journey School to be one of the 64 schools – and just five across California – honored in the Green Ribbon Award's second year.
While the fourth-graders tend to the indigenous and medicinal plants in the Native Garden, third-graders are busy practicing fractions by measuring wood for 10 birdhouses they'll place around the campus. Being eco-friendly is a lifestyle built into the curriculum for students at Journey School.
"It's fun because we're helping the planet, and that seems fun to me," said fourth-grader Mia Kaplan, 10. "I want our school to be beautiful."
The students practice compassion toward each other and toward nature, third-grade teacher Amanda Simmons said. On their field trip nature walks, kids often bring along trash bags to pick up litter. Many students also choose to spend recesses harvesting, Simmons said. Parents get involved too and help out at the school all week.
"We work together, and it's a family," Simmons said. "It's not just a place where you drop your child off in the morning and hope for the best."
Eighth-graders Quinn Shaw and Nick Rocha, both 14, have put their skills to use. Shaw worked with her mother and sister to plant strawberries and tomatoes in their yard at home. Rocha helped a family friend prune trees – and taught him the proper way to cut branches.
Many of Journey's eighth-grade students have known each other since kindergarten or first grade. Their class established the third-grade garden. Later, the students learned to graft branches on an apple tree, and now the school boasts a tree that produces different kinds of apples.
The campus has 40 fruit trees. Greenery is apparent in all areas of the campus, with potted plants lining the ramps to each classroom door. The 340 students in all grades take eco-literacy classes, where they learn composting, biology, water conservation, Native American culture, plant studies, permaculture and eco-leadership.
Gardening seems like a normal part of school life, said Piper Graber, 14.
"Growing up here, it sort of opens you up to this lifestyle," Graber said.
The school's award application noted the pervasiveness of its green culture, along with desirable outcomes: On last year's standardized state tests, 96 percent of fifth-graders and 81 percent of eighth-graders at Journey scored proficient or advanced in science.
The school leases space from Capistrano Unified School District, but administrators are hoping to expand. Journey School has launched a development office with help from private donors so the school won't be so dependent on per-pupil funding from the state, Executive Director Shaheer Flatas said. In the fall, the school will begin a capital campaign to find a permanent campus.
Journey School opened in 2000 with about 90 students in kindergarten to third grade. Teachers and staff follow the Waldorf education model with a focus on the environment and weaving together academics, arts and ethics, Flatas said.
"Journey is a place where students love coming to school," Flatas said. "The reason they love coming to school is because they are nurtured and challenged in every way."
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Miller, bullpen blank Pirates to lift Cardinals
ST. LOUIS -- The margin of error continues to be slim for the Cardinals' pitching staff, which has been asked to carry a club that entered Friday having scored just 13 runs in seven games.
On this night, the Cardinals would score only one. Yet Shelby Miller tiptoed around trouble, Carlos Martinez extinguished an eighth-inning mess and Trevor Rosenthal looked like the flamethrower of old in order to help that lone run stand tall.View Full Game Coverage
ST. LOUIS -- The margin of error continues to be slim for the Cardinals' pitching staff, which has been asked to carry a club that entered Friday having scored just 13 runs in seven games.
On this night, the Cardinals would score only one. Yet Shelby Miller tiptoed around trouble, Carlos Martinez extinguished an eighth-inning mess and Trevor Rosenthal looked like the flamethrower of old in order to help that lone run stand tall.View Full Game Coverage
St. Louis opened a six-game homestand with the 1-0 win over Pittsburgh in front of 43,193 at Busch Stadium. It was the 11th time in 24 games that the Cardinals have scored fewer than three runs in a game but just the second in which that was sufficient scoring to lift the team to a victory.
"You hate to keep doing that to these guys and making them have to be perfect," said manager Mike Matheny, whose pitching staff has now tossed a National League-most five shutouts.
The Pirates are spewing the same message, as they, too, have been offensively challenged. Pittsburgh has now lost four straight, scoring four runs total during that stretch.
"We're well aware of who we're playing," Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said. "The one opportunity they got, scratch a run in the first and make that stand. Who'd have thunk that?"
Neither team scored in the final eight innings, which made the Cardinals' ability to strike quickly against budding Pirates ace Gerrit Cole key. Matt Carpenter opened the first by pushing a bunt single up the third-base line. He moved to second on Jon Jay's groundout and home when Matt Holliday doubled to right.
That would be the only hit the Cardinals tallied in 11 chances with runners in scoring position on Friday.
"Early in the season you are trying to get your time right," said Holliday, who finished 3-for-3 and reached base four times. "I really feel I'm in a good spot. I had a three-hit game a couple days ago. The last few games I just missed a couple. I felt I was real close. Tonight I got results."
That support was all Miller got in his sixth try to end a hex against the Pirates. A team that had pounded him for 20 runs (18 earned) in his first five starts (27 1/3 innings) against them couldn't capitalize on the four walks Miller issued on Friday.
He walked two in the second before inducing an inning-ending double play from Travis Snider. An inning later, Miller walked Neil Walker to load the bases with one out. Reigning National League MVP Andrew McCutchen followed with a sharp shot up the middle that shortstop Jhonny Peralta gloved on a short hop as he slid. That, too, was turned into a double play.
"That was a tough turn," Matheny said. "Anytime you turn a double play on a player like McCutchen, you know, one, he's hit the ball hard, and two, you're making a good clean exchange."
It was the first of two key defensive plays for Peralta, whose hustle to third during an eighth-inning rundown helped the Cardinals navigate around all sorts of trouble.
"I know my offense right now is not where I need to be, but I can go on defense and work hard on defense," Peralta said. "If one isn't working, I need to be [helping] with the other one."
Peralta also had the offensive side clicking by the end of the night. He ended an 0-for-22 hitless skid with a fourth-inning double and finished with a multihit game.
Miller pitched into the sixth, when with two out and a runner on second, Matheny made the move to pull him. Afterward, Matheny explained that he preferred having Russell Martin match up against Pat Neshek -- Martin was 4-for-11 against Miller -- and felt "we had pushed [Miller] as far as we could."
The move was rewarded as Neshek retired Martin.
Kevin Siegrist and Martinez passed the shutout along to Rosenthal, who converted his seventh save. It was hardly, though, as smooth as that sounds.
The Cardinals' one-run lead turned especially tenuous behind Martinez, who hit the first batter he faced, pinch-hitter Starling Marte, in the eighth and allowed him to advance to third on a single. Marte was retired in a rundown, started by Martinez and closed with heads-up coverage of third by Peralta. A wild pitch and the intentional walk of McCutchen brought up Pedro Alvarez with the bases full.
"I like to be in those situations in the eighth inning," Martinez said afterward, with Peralta interpreting. "I know it's a close game, but that's what I like. I like to feel the pressure."
He showed it, first freezing the Pirates third baseman on an 87-mph slider and then striking out Chris Stewart on 101-mph heat.
"I don't know if you could get much tougher, you look at where we were in the lineup and how we got there," Matheny said. "He's done that a couple times now where he's been able to focus in and get the job done with way above-average stuff. He doesn't want to get that spot, but not many people can get themselves out."
Rosenthal struck out the side in the ninth.
The bullpen's work helped Miller improve to 2-2 this season despite not having been all that sharp in any of his first five starts. He has issued 18 walks in 28 1/3 innings and has finished six innings just twice. That's largely due to pitch count, as Miller is averaging nearly 17 an inning. He was pulled with a count of 97 on Friday.
"I haven't been pitching as good as I want to, but still been getting by," Miller said. "I have found ways to get past [the walks] and make big pitches when it matters against tough teams that are doing well. That builds my confidence."
Yadier Molina was able to extend his hitting streak to 15 games with an eighth-inning single.
Jenifer Langosch is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, By Gosh, It's Langosch, and follow her on Twitter @LangoschMLB.


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BROOMFIELD — Alexander Gintchin loves Legos.
The 6-year-old from Broomfield loves them so much that he dreamed up a playhouse made from the brightly colored building blocks. Today, in celebration of "World Wish Day," Colorado's Make-a-Wish Foundation unveiled the playhouse that about 20 volunteers built over five weekends in Alexander's basement.
When asked if the actual house looks like the one he imagined, his response was "no."
"This one is better," he said as he surveyed the 8-foot by 10-foot structure with a bright smile.
Alexander, who was diagnosed with cancer in the fall, is one of about 250 children in Colorado who will have a wish granted this year through the Make a Wish Foundation.
"It's a very true, very unique wish," Ashlee Carey, Make a Wish coordinator, said about Alexander's playhouse. "He put a lot of thought into what he wanted."
The playhouse started with a wood frame. Then, volunteers began adding Legos — on the walls, the doors, the windows and the roof. There's a mailbox made completely of Legos, a large mini-figure built from Legos and flowers made of Legos in the window boxes. Forty mini-figures decorate the door, while Alexander's name is spelled out in Legos on the front of the house.
In all, an estimated 7,000 Legos decorate the outside of the house. Another 2,000 to 3,000 also went into the mailbox, plus another 2,000 or so were used to build the large mini-figure.
Inside, all the décor also has a Lego theme, from the pillowcases to picture frames fashioned out of Legos. The house includes a loft with a bed and a tiny pull-out couch for a friend.
The Colorado/Wyoming Lego Users Group helped build the house, with club members drawing from their personal Lego stashes.
"It was just fun," said club member Mark Mancuso, who lives in Broomfield. "Anything we could do, we did. We loved helping. I'm jealous. I want to sleep here."
Along with a playhouse, Alexander also received a pile of Lego themed presents, from building sets to a Lego camera. His response to each gift was "cool," followed immediately by "thank-you" — and lots of smiles.
As to why Legos captured his interest, he said, "You can build almost anything out of them."
Alexander was diagnosed with Rhabdomyosarcoma in September. The soft tissue tumor is rare, accounting for about 5 percent of the childhood cancer cases in the United States. For Alexander, his parents noticed what turned out to be a tumor behind his ear.
He had several surgeries to remove the tumor and then went through a round of chemotherapy.
His parents, Lazar and Tzvetanka Gintchin, said movies, including his favorite "Night at the Museum," helped distract him during his hospital stays. The first chemotherapy session was the most difficult physically, his parents said, but he handled it well.
"He never complained," said his mom, Tzvetanka Gintchin.
His cancer is now in remission, though he must be checked every three months for the next two years.
"He's very energetic," said Lazar Gintchin. "He's as playful as he's always been."
Tzvetanka Gintchin said Alexander was "overwhelmed with joy" by the playhouse. As she talked about how well the volunteers replicated all the details he envisioned, she couldn't stop the tears.
"They poured their heart into it to try to grant every single detail," added Lazar Gintchin. "It's incredible. He's really going to have a blast here."
Once Alexander outgrows the playhouse, his family plans to donate it to another child or possibly to the Children's Hospital. But that's not likely to be anytime soon.
As the unveiling wrapped up, Alexander's parents repeatedly encouraged him to go upstairs for pizza and cupcakes. He steadfastly refused.
He was right where he wanted to be, absorbed in the details of his dream house.


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Modell's reign as majority owner might have ended in 2004 with the sale of the Ravens to Steve Bisciotti, but his attachment to the team and its lifestyle did not.
On any given Wednesday or Thursday, he can be seen motoring around the team's Owings Mills practice facility in a golf cart - often with his wife, Pat - lunching with friends or chatting up former employees.
It's a less demanding routine that suits his unofficial position as owner emeritus with the Ravens. His 1 percent interest in the team is a lifeline that keeps him coming back for more.
"It's part of my existence," he said recently. "You can't take this ballclub out of me. It's been my life."
Once one of the league's most powerful owners, Modell is revered in Baltimore for bringing back the NFL. At the same time, he is reviled in Cleveland for moving the Browns' franchise.
These days, he navigates the Ravens' cavernous training facility in a wheelchair because his balance isn't quite what it used to be before a 2002 stroke. At 81, he shows the wear from 46 eventful - and sometimes turbulent - years in the NFL.
"The worst thing is not being able to get around himself," Pat said. "He's such a strong, sensitive man. It makes it very difficult. He has fits of depression."
Despite a spate of health issues the past few years, Modell still has a sharp mind and strong spirit. His presence permeates the team's complex, starting in the main lobby, where a life-size oil painting of a stoic Modell in a camel-hair coat greets visitors.
The painting and a second-floor office with a balcony overlooking the Ravens' practice fields are courtesy of Bisciotti, who purchased minority interest in the team in 2000 and took control in 2004.
"Art and I were partners for four years and I thought it was just a nice way to honor him," Bisciotti said of the portrait done by California artist Joe Liang. "He was leaving me in charge of something that he loved dearly for 40 years."
Except that Modell really hasn't left.
In addition to his practice excursions, he attends home games. Afterward, in his private suite, Modell reviews the day's events with coach Brian Billick.
During the week, he'll call general manager Ozzie Newsome two or three times, as well as old friends in the league, such as Buffalo Bills owner Ralph Wilson.
At his home in Cockeysville (he and Pat have another in Vero Beach, Fla.), Modell enjoys visits from his four grandchildren, watches news shows and the Weather Channel with devotion, and gets daily exercise with the help of a therapist.
And when the question of retirement comes up during a 45-minute interview, Modell virtually bristles.
"I'm not retired," he said. "I'm not putting in the 80 hours a week I used to; those days are over. [But] I'm mentally active and I talk to my own people."
His "own people" include sons David, the former Ravens president, and John, who run Modell Ventures, a film production business. Modell said he also has controlling interest in Sportexe, a company that supplies artificial football surfaces (M&T Bank Stadium has a Sportexe surface).
Modell's stewardship in Baltimore has been distinguished by his participation in the community. He is a champion of charitable causes.
He currently chairs a $100 million fund drive that will help build a new cardiovascular tower on Orleans Street for the Heart Institute at Johns Hopkins. Sam Miller, executive assistant to Modell, said Art and Pat have contributed $10 million to the project themselves.
Miller said they also have made donations to Kennedy Krieger Institute, , Walters Art Galley, , House of Ruth, Hospice of Baltimore, Ed Block Courage House at St. Vincent's and the recent restoration of the Basilica.
Cleveland's loss was Baltimore's charitable bonanza.
"Cleveland owes this gal, more than anybody else, tons and tons of gratitude for what she did for that city," Modell said, indignation rising, about his wife of 39 years. "And she's doing it now for Baltimore. I'm very proud of her."
Philanthropy has always been a hallmark of Modell's teams, said Ravens senior vice president Kevin Byrne.
"I think that's why it was more of a shock to Cleveland to lose the franchise than some of the other cities that have lost franchises," he said. "We continue that here and I think we've done it well."
Ten years after moving the Browns to Baltimore, and eight years after Cleveland got an expansion team, Modell remains persona non grata in Ohio. Even now, he is unable to set the controversy behind him.
"It's over for me," he said. "Just ask the [Cleveland] Plain Dealer if it's over."
Newsome, a Hall of Fame tight end for the Browns who was director of pro personnel during their last year in Cleveland, remembers the financial spiral that led to the team's departure.
"I think his desire to win affected him in Cleveland," said Newsome, who became the NFL's first African-American general manager under Modell in 2002 and has since resisted overtures to leave Baltimore. "His not getting to a Super Bowl affected his running the franchise because that's what he wanted to do. He invested a lot of capital into the players to win a Super Bowl.
"I don't think anybody can describe how tough it was for him to have to leave Cleveland. I saw a man that was torn, but I saw a man that had no choice."
Bisciotti winces at the thought that Modell's contributions and leadership in the league may be overshadowed by the decision to relocate.
"I worry about that very much and I think that's why it's so important that he gets in the Hall of Fame," Bisciotti said.
"They ought to be thinking about picking him up and sending him to Canton [Ohio, home of the Pro Football Hall of Fame] right now. To me, it's mind boggling that a couple of sportswriters that are angry that he moved their beloved Browns out of Cleveland could rally the other sportswriters into penalizing Art."
These days, the best therapy Modell can get comes at the Ravens' practice facility, where he carries on as he always has.
"He loves the game, he loves the people involved in the game," Byrne said. "It's why he got involved in the first place. He's a happy, happy person at practice."


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Two years ago as a Marion High School freshman, Nick Meyer attended an FFA Greenhand conference, an event for first-year members.
Greenhands followed along as they were led through ceremonies, workshops, and activities designed to build enthusiasm for participation in FFA. It worked for Meyer.
"I just remember thinking it was cool," Meyer said. "I remember the opening ceremonies, I remember the national officer's speech — she talked about her dog. I remember the workshops, the state president and treasurer, and the district officers."
There was only one thing Meyer found unappealing about the experience.
"I didn't like that it was in Stafford, which was a couple hours away — we left at 6 a.m. to get there," Meyer said.
This year, Meyer, now a junior and FFA district treasurer for the South-Central district, got started on the Greenhand conference much earlier — in May.
District officer duties include planning and running the conference, and Meyer is discovering how much work it takes to pull off an event for up to 250 Greenhands.
A district officers' meeting at the FFA state convention in Manhattan at the end of May kicked off a planning cycle that continued through the summer and into the school year.
"We met as an officer team at state convention, and we spent a couple hours talking, planning out the year," Meyer said. "We met twice or three times in the summer, and then we had a big district officer conference the weekend before school started.
"We met two weeks later and talked about the Greenhand conference again, and we met again Wednesday."
Planning wasn't confined to meetings, as text messages and e-mails between officers flew continuously across the district from Winfield to Centre, Meyer said.
Meyer and his fellow officers had one final meeting Sunday in Newton. In addition to taking care of last-minute details for the conference on Monday, the officers had to put together an introductory video inspired by the superhero movie "The Avengers."
"We picked out a cool theme, it's called Ag-vengers — we went off the theme Avengers," Meyer said. "We all came up with characters, we've all got different ones. Mine won't be very hard. It's Nick the Hillbilly Hick."
When the conference kicked off Monday, the officers were in charge of registration for more than 450 participants.
They facilitated the opening session, the highlight being a speech by national FFA President Ryan Best.
"We got lucky this year to get the national president," Meyer said.
Workshops were next. District officers conducted workshops, and made sure transitions from one to the next went smoothly.
When Greenhands had rotated through all the workshops, it was time for the closing session and awards. Before the conference, Meyer and the other district officers each raised $55, the cost of an FFA jacket. They took turns pulling chapter names out of a hat, and the winners received a coupon to purchase an FFA jacket for one of their members.
Meyer said the officers were optimistic the conference would have a positive influence on new FFA members.
"This can be either a really good impact on them and they'll want to be really active in FFA, or this will be so-so, oh-well, I'm in FFA, I'm not going to do much," Meyer said. "We've tried to plan so they'll be super-interested and learn a lot about FFA.


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In keeping with the mission of the school to prepare future leaders, communication, particularly written communication, is highly valued at SUA. The goals of the University Writing Program are thus a reflection of this mission. The Program strives to give students an understanding of the principles of effective communication in written and oral English that will allow them to excel as writers and speakers. It strives to instill in students an appreciation for accuracy and precision in language and a devotion to life-long learning in written and oral communication. It also strives to help students develop their capacity to reflect on events and information and to reason critically and objectively. Finally, the Program strives to develop in students a commitment to the ethical use of language under all circumstances.
Related to the courses on communication skills is a course on modes of inquiry, which helps students approach the rest of the curriculum with a critical sense of the varying ways that knowledge and understanding are conceived and used by different disciplines. When investigating problems and articulating insights, students are able to choose among and combine different modes of inquiry.
They are able to understand the assumptions and limitations that underlie the various ways of inquiring used within disciplines, see that certain problems require using certain modes of inquiry, see that intellectual problems often require the use of many modes of inquiry, and see the delineation and commonalties among them.


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The Alpert Medical School's Early Identification Program (EIP) in Medicine offers outstanding Tougaloo pre-med students a route to apply for early admission.
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In 1964, surrounded by the Civil Rights Movement, Brown University and Tougaloo College developed a "cooperative agreement" that, despite an uneasy beginning, has come to educate and inspire individuals on both campuses by engaging the lives and histories of these two distinctive institutions.
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Big lasers, tiny circuits
Slava Rokitski describes how a childhood interest in the way things work led him to a career in laser manufacturing
When it comes to computers, small is big. The more we are able to shrink the patterns of circuitry on semiconductor wafers, the smaller and more powerful the chips made from these wafers become. This in turn leads to smaller and more powerful electronic de_vices – not just computers, but also phones, global positioning systems and medical equipment. Many of the people involved in this process come from a computing or materials-science background, but there are also roles for physicists like me, who help develop and build the lasers that make it possible to create ever smaller circuits.
I work for Cymer, a company based in San Diego, California, that specializes in excimer lasers. This type of laser uses light emitted via energy transitions of excited dimers – two-particle bound states created by electrical discharge in a specially prepared mix of inert gases and fluorine. Excimer lasers have several applications, including eye surgery, but the models that Cymer makes are used by semiconductor manufacturers to create patterns on semiconductor wafers, thus enabling the creation of the computer chips used to power the world's electronic devices. From the iPhone to your new flat-screen television, Cymer's lasers probably helped create the chip inside.
Manufacturing with light
When I was growing up in Ukraine, my heart and mind always turned to science. Like many other curious kids, I liked to take things apart to see what was inside, but my first encounter with physics came at the age of seven, when I read a book called Physics for Children. It explained in great detail how one could perform simple experiments at home, and I liked to verify for myself how it all worked in practice. When I was 11, I joined a specialized physics class, and the thought of one day becoming a physicist, scientist or engineer kept me going through even the toughest educational curricula. I earned a diploma in physics from Moscow State University in 1997, followed by a Master's degree in electrical engineering (specializing in photonics) from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) in 2001. I then stayed on at UCSD to earn my PhD in the same subject.
During the last year of my PhD, I studied the propagation of light along metal surfaces. This work brought me into contact with Cymer, which had been founded in 1986 by two UCSD PhD students, Robert Akins and Richard Sandstrom. After years of developing deep-ultraviolet excimer lasers for the US government, they had realized that there was a commercial application for excimer-laser technology in the burgeoning semiconductor and electronic manufacturing market.
Although it was only a small project, I really enjoyed the time I spent working with Cymer as a PhD student. Previously, I had never dealt with excimer lasers, so it was interesting for me to explore this unknown territory and to understand how these complex devices work. So after I finished my PhD, I joined the company permanently.
Today, I work at Cymer's San Diego headquarters as a staff systems engineer. My daily role is to lead the technical aspects of development and support for two of the company's product lines, known as XLA and XLR. In particular, I am the lead scientist working on the XLR 600ix, one of our most advanced light sources. These products can create chip features as small as 32 nm – below the diffraction limit. In addition to co-ordinating the technical design and overall performance of the system, I am also involved in the manufacturing production process itself, and with ensuring successful installations of our light sources at chip_makers around the world.
As well as overseeing these two products at the systems level, my work also involves identifying current issues with the firm's existing technology, and understanding the gaps that stand in the way of necessary advances. Semiconductor-photolithography processes depend critically on the quality of light being used for wafer exposure, since this affects the quality of the image projected onto the wafers. This means that tight control of all the laser's optical parameters – particularly the energy, wavelength and bandwidth stability of light at the semiconductor wafer – is essential in modern chip-manufacturing processes.
Advice and reflections
This month marks my fifth anniversary at Cymer, and though I am still considered relatively young in my industry, I have often been asked what advice I have for those pursuing a similar career. In general, I would say that it is important to develop a good portfolio of skills, including both technical expertise and the ability to organize and lead projects to completion. You need a passion for continuous learning in technical and non-technical fields, and, moreover, you should be interested in sharing new findings with your peers and with the technical community at large.
One of the biggest benefits of my job is that I am always learning new things as a result of continual and ongoing changes in the semiconductor industry that force me to keep pace with many different technology areas, and to apply that knowledge to continuously improve Cymer's lasers. I also find it exciting to apply the skills I had developed during graduate school to light sources at the cutting edge of technology in laser physics, optics, materials science and control systems. Skills such as troubleshooting complex systems, practical experience in the optics lab and advanced data analysis are all essential for someone with responsibility for a particular product. And because the performance of a laser system is determined by the hardware configuration and software control, anyone wishing to succeed in this area will find that solid backgrounds in physics, optics, signal processing and computer programming are all highly beneficial.
The continuous reduction of the feature size of semiconductor chips – and the technological barriers this represents – creates a fruitful environment for applying new technologies. Anyone who is motivated by the possibility of finding innovative solutions to these challenging issues will have a plethora of opportunities to choose from. So do I love my job? Absolutely – it is a wonderful feeling to know my work contributes to the betterment of humankind. And, it is a lot of fun!
About the author
Slava Rokitski is a staff systems engineer at Cymer. (email@example.com)
This article originally appeared in the June 2010 issue of Physics World.
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ENG 108 History and the Novel
An introduction to the novel itself in which we try to sustain the joy of first readings and attempt to understand how authors invite us to co-create this "other world," and how historical events and individuals are a part of this creative process. Our texts may range in length from Dicken's Tale of Two Cities to Tolstoy's War and Peace, in subject from politics in Warren's All the King's Men, and Garcia Marquez' The General in His Labyrinth to debates about historical sources like Yourcenar's The Memoirs of Hadrian and Vargas Llosa's The War of the End of the World. Selections from Latin American novelists like Garcia Marques, Fuentes, and Vargas Llosa may help us understand why the historical novel has been such a prominent literary mode in Central and South America. This course is offered in the spring semester. Not offered 2005-2006.
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