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Dear Neighbor,
As you read this newsletter, the Blizzard of '06 is just a memory, but writing this issue I still see mounds of snow outside my Smith Street office. This issue discusses two important pieces of legislation I am sponsoring in the Assembly. (See article) This year our entire process is on a fast track which should lead to an on-time budget. Passing an on-time budget is essential to promoting efficient government operations across the state.
Localities are better able to allocate their funds when they know what resources they can expect from the State. We all deserve an on-time, responsible budget every year. It happened last year and I am hopeful we can do it again this year.
I sat through the Governor's budget presentation and was disappointed that there was no mention of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity (CFE) decision. The courts have ruled that NYC schools and students have been short changed and the State must provide the necessary funding to provide each student with a sound basic education. With a two billion dollar surplus we have a responsibility to begin to address this issue.
This Spring I am planning several special events. My annual Women's History Month Essay Contest is held in March. Each year over 300 youngsters submit essays and attend an awards ceremony where U.S.A. savings bonds are presented to several students for their outstanding work. Also, after the successful flu shot program I am once again working with Long Island College Hospital to sponsor bone density screenings.
As always, please contact my office about issues that are important to you.
Yours Truly,
|Sponsoring Legislation to make NYC Safer for All
I have recently sponsored two bills to make New York City a safer place for all residents, and especially our children. Assembly Bill 9425 would prohibit the placement of cellular towers within 500 feet of school buildings in New York City. Assembly Bill 9704 would require large trucks to be equipped with a convex "cross-over" mirror, which would substantially reduce traffic fatalities and injuries, especially those involving pedestrians.
The cellular tower regulation bill provides protection for the city's most vulnerable residents: our children. There is continued controversy over whether cellular towers pose health hazards from exposure to radio frequency electromagnetic radiation. I believe that we have a responsibility to protect our children from daily exposure to this potentially serious health risk by prohibiting the placement of cellular towers in the vicinity of schools.
In addition to banning the placement of towers near our children's schools, this bill would allow municipalities, parents, and neighborhoods to receive notification and have the opportunity to comment on placement. Under the current law, cellular tower structures and equipment are often installed in neighborhoods without notifying the community or accepting public input. This legislation would force owners of property on which a cell tower is proposed to notify municipalities 90 days prior to the placement of a tower.
The cross-over mirror bill would ensure that all trucks and tractors in New York City over 18,000 pounds be equipped with convex mirrors, providing a great deal of added safety to pedestrians and drivers at a relatively low expense to truck owning businesses. As you know, many of these trucks use our local streets and roads every day. By eliminating blind-spots for truck drivers, a convex mirror on the front of the vehicle would significantly reduce the number of fatalities and injuries that result from accidents involving large trucks. The small cost of the mirrors would largely be offset because they are a legitimate business expense, and because they could result in a better insurance rating. I am convinced that the passage of this bill will greatly increase safety on the streets and highways of New York.
|Assemblymember Millman pictured with Assemblymember Gianaris at a rally calling for cell phone antenna regulations.
|Big Movies for Little Kids
A new film series for children at the Cobble Hill Cinemas located at 265 Court Street promises to be an entertaining introduction to the world of memorable films for children. The films are being shown every two weeks on Mondays at 4 PM and have received an enthusiastic response from the community - no surprise in an area with so many young children. The founders of the group are women from Cobble Hill who have kids and were looking for fun and educational activities. I have assisted them by connecting them with community groups that may be able to provide funding for publicity and presentation of the films. Films that have shown so far include the favorites The Muppet Movie and The Adventures of Milo and Otis. Future offerings will include Harold and the Purple Crayon, Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are and Charlie Chaplin's film The Circus. Admission to the films is $6 for adults and children.
For more information go to their website www.bigmoviesforlittlekids.blogspot.com.
Spring is on the Way...
so is Brooklyn Bridge Park!
Now that the Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation (BBPDC) will soon have control of piers 1,2,3 and 5, residents from across New York City will be able to enjoy recreation by the water and breathtaking views of the Manhattan skyline. According to the BBPDC, Pier 2 is slated for recreational use as early as this Spring. Possible activities that have been suggested by the BBPDC are basketball and tennis mixed with open public space. The BBPDC encourages suggestions, so feel free to contact them at firstname.lastname@example.com.
|Assemblymember Millman pictured at the Borough Board Committee hearings on the proposed project at Atlantic Yards. Millman questioned NYC DOT as to how they plan on mitigating increased traffic around the arena.
Osteoporosis Screening
On May 12, in cooperation with Long Island College Hospital, I will offer free osteoporosis screenings in my district office. The screenings will test bone density and determine your risk level for osteoporosis. The test is a simple procedure that only requires the participant to place their foot in a screening machine for a few minutes, and the results are presented immediately. Nearly 34 million people in the United States are estimated to have low bone mass, placing them at high risk for osteoporosis.
To schedule an appointment please contact my office at 718-246-4889.
|Outstanding Community Organization - Spring, 2006 Heights and Hill Community Council
This section of my Community Newsletter features an Outstanding Community Organization located in the 52nd Assembly District.
Since its inception 35 years ago, Heights and Hill Community Council has had one goal: to help older neighbors in Brooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill and Boerum Hill, particularly those who are frail and without family support, to live safe and independent lives as members of the community. The agency's longstanding stability and presence in the neighborhood, along with its strong and positive reputation, are key elements in making seniors feel comfortable in asking for and receiving services from the agency. Located at 160 Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights, Heights and Hill serves as a critical link between community members, government, and professional service providers whose common goal is to preserve the dignity of our older neighbors.While the organization's core service is social work case management - social workers meet with older people and their families to help them cope with the stresses of deteriorating health, the threat of being alone, and the difficulties of managing everyday life - other services include Meals-on-Heels, referrals for home care services, and information regarding various benefits and entitlements. Heights and Hill also provides transportation services through the Senior Shuttle, a fixed-route service that makes 32 designated stops throughout
For more information on Heights and Hill Community Council or if you would like to volunteer, please contact them at (718) 596-8789.
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Activision has detailed the final two collection packs for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. Collection #3 will be out on August 9 and features a new mode for Spec Ops where players can get power-ups while aiming to earn the highest possible score. Additionally, there will be four brand new Spec Ops missions and three new Face Off maps.
Collection #4: Final Assault will be out on September 6 and is a simple multiplayer map pack that adds five new maps.
Each collection will be out for Elite members first, and then to all Xbox 360 players for $14.99. The packs will be out for PC and PlayStation 3 players shortly after the Xbox 360 releases.
All in all, the season of DLC saw 29 pieces of additional content for Modern Warfare 3, which included some free maps for all players. For those of you that actually bought Elite, do you feel satisfied with the overall value of the package? Was it worth it, and do you see yourself renewing for whatever Black Ops II will offer?
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[Editor's Note: Some of you may notice that our PS3 and 360 reviews of The Orange Box have identical text, but the PS3 version has scored lower. This is not a typo. The two versions have identical content and both are fantastic. However, the PS3 version sometimes moves at a chuggy, stuttery pace (especially during Episode Two), and has notably longer loading times. These faults have cost it a point.]
You can't get much for sixty bucks these days. Dinner and a movie for two? Perhaps. A pair of jeans? Maybe one leg. So there's no way five incredible games, all worthy of individual purchase, would be available for that low, low price, right?
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The latest chapter in Dr. Freeman's unusual career is as thrilling as ever.
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The online multiplayer shooter with the face of Pixar and the heart of Schwarzenegger blows shit up and looks really cute doing it.
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This first-person, physics-bending puzzler is terrific, hilarious, and over too fast.
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The Froebel Archive for Childhood Studies is a collection of books, archives, photographs, objects and multi-media materials, centring on Friedrich Froebel's educational legacy, early years and elementary education. The Archive liaises closely with the School of Education, supporting teaching and learning within and beyond the University.
The Froebel Archive for Childhood Studies was established in 1977 at Froebel College where it was located until 2006. Since its formation the Archive has grown considerably, both in its collection of material on Friedrich Froebel, in English and in German, and in its holdings relating to the history of Froebel College.
The Archive has close links with Ibstock Place School, the successor of the College's Demonstration School which was started in 1894, and with the National Froebel Foundation, originally the Froebel Society, whose archives date back to its foundation in 1874. The Archive of the National Froebel Foundation is now stored alongside the Froebel Archive for Childhood Studies at Roehampton.
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Wave propagation in photonic crystals and metamaterials: Surface waves, nonlinearity and chirality Photonic crystals and metamaterials, both composed of artificial structures, are two interesting areas in electromagnetism and optics. New phenomena in photonic crystals and metamaterials are being discovered, including some not found in natural materials. This thesis presents my research work in the two areas. Photonic crystals are periodically arranged artificial structures, mostly made from dielectric materials, with period on the same order of the wavelength of the working electromagnetic wave. The wave propagation in photonic crystals is determined by the Bragg scattering of the periodic structure. Photonic band-gaps can be present for a properly designed photonic crystal. Electromagnetic waves with frequency within the range of the band-gap are suppressed from propagating in the photonic crystal. With surface defects, a photonic crystal could support surface modes that are localized on the surface of the crystal, with mode frequencies within the band-gap. With line defects, a photonic crystal could allow the propagation of electromagnetic waves along the channels. The study of surface modes and waveguiding properties of a 2D photonic crystal will be presented in Chapter 1. Metamaterials are generally composed of artificial structures with sizes one order smaller than the wavelength and can be approximated as effective media. Effective macroscopic parameters more »
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BURLINGTON, MA – October 30, 2014 -- Acquia, the digital experience company, today announced its 22nd consecutive quarter of revenue growth as demand for unified experiences continues to soar among top brands and organizations.
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BURLINGTON, MA – August 19, 2014 -- Record adoption of its digital experience platform by Global 2000 brands led Acquia to its 21st consecutive quarter of revenue growth in the second quarter of 2014. The company's bookings increased 65 percent year-over-year from Q2 2013 as more global brands, government agencies and NGOs turn to Acquia for an open cloud platform to deliver digital experiences that truly unify content, community and commerce.
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Acquia, a digital services company based in Burlington, announced Wednesday it has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Seattle-based e-commerce giant Amazon.
The funding follows a $50 million financing round announced in late May, led by New Enterprise Associates and including Split Rock Partners, North Bridge Venture Partners and Sigma Prime Ventures.
Amazon's latest investment will help Acquia accelerate the development of technology that would improve online shopping, according to Acquia.
Acquia CEO Tom Erickson said in a previous interview that the company plans to expand its website development services for e-commerce sites to provide online customers with a better shopping experience.
Acquia would do that by creating websites that appeal to a customer's "persona," giving customers a more personalized experience, Erickson said.
"We have this vision to enhance (e-commerce websites) by identifying your persona," he said in a previous interview. "You might be coming to the site looking (for products) from a fashion or sports perspective, or functionality or technical perspective."
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Amazon has taken an undisclosed stake in Acquia, a startup that provides commercial services around the open-source Drupal content management system. Acquia relies on Amazon Web Services to help the startup handle the 333 terabytes of bandwidth it serves up each month, Acquia CTO Dries Buytaert wrote in a blog post; the startup runs on over 8,000 AWS instances. In late May, Acquia took in $50 million in a series F funding round, which brought total investment in the Burlington, Mass.-based company to $118.6 million.
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Amazon has made a rare investment in Acquia, a Burlington, Mass.-based digital marketing company that operates on Amazon's cloud services.
The undisclosed investment piggybacks on a $50 million round closed in May from major investors, including Sigma Partners and New Enterprise Associates. In all, the company has raised more than $100 million over several rounds of funding.
The company said the money will be used to help deliver an open cloud platform for content, community and commerce.
Investments made directly by Amazon, and not Jeff Bezos, are fairly infrequent. Recent examples include small investments in e-commerce companies in China or India. Perhaps, domestically, the biggest largest example is an equity stake it took in Washington, D.C.-based LivingSocial. (Another investment was made today into security app Lookout, but it was by Bezos Expeditions, the personal investment fund of Amazon's CEO, and not the company).
This one is slightly different because Acquia is not consumer-facing. It operates on Amazon's Web Services.
"We are pleased to help further the development of Acquia's digital engagement solutions," said Jeff Blackburn, Amazon's SVP of business development, in a statement. "Acquia on AWS helps organizations of all sizes leverage cloud computing to power fast and reliable digital experiences at scale."
Acquia refers to itself as "a digital business company" that works with companies, including Pinterest, Mercedes Benz, Warner Music Group and Stanford University. According to a release, these companies rely on Acquia to generate new revenue, lower costs, and engage audiences by using content, community, commerce and context.
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Acquia, the company building a commercial business around the open-source Drupal content management technology, now has $50 million in new funding, bringing total investment to a tidy $118.6 million.
The cash influx will be used to build out sales and marketing — including adding more channel partners – and to push the use of the product in personalized marketing commerce applications, according to a statement.
The round, disclosed in a blog post by Acquia CTO and co-founder Dries Buytaert, was led by new backer New Enterprise Associates, with participation from Split Rock Partners. Existing investors North Bridge Venture Partners, Sigma Partners, Investor Growth Capital, Tenaya Capital, and Accolade Partners also participated.
The Burlington, Mass. company looks to be on the road to an IPO and just brought Bill Sorenson on board as CFO, according to BostInno. Sorenson helped shepherd Qlik Technologies and Blade Logic through IPOs of their own.
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The sweeping hand of Janice Min is at it again. In a memo to staff, the Guggenheim Media Entertainment Group co-president and chief creative officer announced an impressive roster of Billboard hires.
Starting today, Rob Hewitt is the publication's new design director. He comes to Billboard after three years with Conde Nast Traveler. Hewitt once worked with Min at InStyle and has also held positions at Premiere, GQ and New York magazine.
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Mike McCormick had experienced much in his baseball career, from making his big league debut 55 years ago at the age of 17, to capturing the 1967 National League Cy Young Award, and surrendering Hank Aaron's 500th career home run. But it wasn't until this week that the longtime left-handed pitcher visited the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
"It's the first time that I've been to the Baseball Hall of Fame, and shame on me," McCormick said on Thursday afternoon. "I've heard about it, obviously, my whole career and honored to be in it in different ways, not as an elected person. It's been a wonderful day so far and we're looking forward to the rest of it."
The 72-year-old McCormick is a native Californian who moved with his wife to Pinehurst, N.C. eight years ago. Now retired, he spends time on the golf course and keeping up with his beloved Giants thanks to a cable television baseball package. He was visiting Cooperstown with one of his daughters, her husband, and their two children. Soon after the family arrived, they were given a behind-the-scenes tour of the Museum.
"You come in as the average citizen and you see the exhibits but you don't see what's behind those exhibits," McCormick said. "They have some incredible things that they shared with my family and me that, had it not been under the conditions, we wouldn't even be aware that such things existed."
After a heralded prep career in a Los Angeles suburb in which he posted records of 49-4 in American Legion and 34-4 in high school, McCormick spent 16 seasons (1956-71) as a major league hurler. Because of the rules at the time, his reported $50,000 signing bonus from the New York Giants demanded he stay on the big league roster for his first two professional seasons.
"I wanted to be a baseball player," McCormick recalled. "And all at once I was thrust into it at 17 and it was whole different world, let me tell you. I grew up real fast."
While McCormick spent most of his time with the Giants, first in New York and then with San Francisco after the franchise moved in 1958, he also saw time with the Baltimore Orioles, Washington Senators, New York Yankees and Kansas City Royals. His career, which ended with a 134-128 won-loss record, was highlighted by his 22 wins in 1967 that helped him capture the senior circuit's top pitching prize.
"When I was healthy, I don't want to say I was the best but I was among the best. I just had a struggle staying healthy," McCormick said. "I went my first six years feeling fine then all at once I ran into a sore shoulder which set me back the next three years. I stayed in the major leagues but I was really a nonproductive individual. Then I got to Washington and re-established that I had some value, where I had three or four good years, one of which one was the Cy Young Award year. But then I had back problems and had to succumb to a back operation."
Walking through the Plaque Gallery, McCormick not only saw the bronze likenesses of such former teammates as Willie Mays, Gaylord Perry, Willie McCovey, Juan Marichal and Orlando Cepeda, but also legendary opponents like Hank Aaron, Roberto Clemente, Stan Musial and Mickey Mantle.
"I've been blessed to have played with and against the finest in the game," McCormick said. "I pitched in both leagues in the 1950s and '60s, an era I consider one of baseball's best ever."
Before continuing on his first-ever Hall of Fame visit, McCormick added, "It's an incredible place. I would tell everybody that has an opportunity that this is the place to come."
Bill Francis is a library associate at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
Kenny Loggins relishes Hall of Fame visit
I spend a lot of time walking through the Museum with celebrities. Some have very little interest, others modest – and then there's the serious fan, like Kenny Loggins.
The popular musician was in town Thursday to play a benefit show for Hospice at Ommegang Brewery in Cooperstown, fronting his band Blue Sky Riders, which includes vocalist Georgia Middleman and bass player/guitarist Gary Burr.
The very accomplished Loggins won Best Male Pop Vocal Grammy for "This Is It" in 1980, and co-wrote the 1979 Grammy-winning Song of The Year "What A Fool Believes" with his long-time friend, Michael McDonald of the Doobie Brothers.
Along with his son Luke, who is entering his senior year at Santa Barbara High School and pitches for the baseball team, Loggins spent Thursday afternoon at the Hall of Fame. The two completely immersed themselves in the history of the game.
Loggins, who played youth baseball through the Babe Ruth level, played catch with all five of his children through the years. "I wanted them to know baseball like I did," he said. "Luke has a much better temperament for the game than I did. He handles adversity well."
Growing up in Alhambra, Calif., Loggins and his dad would sit in the kitchen and listen to Vin Scully call Dodger games on the radio. "I grew up with Koufax and Drysdale. It seemed like one of them pitched every day."
Walking through the Hall of Fame's collections, "Oh my God, this is in great shape," he said, marveling at the wonderful conservation of the jersey.
Holding a Stan Musial game-used bat he looked skyward and said, "This is my day. 'The Man' was unbelievable." I explained to Loggins that Musial was a five-tool player – he could hit for power and average, run, throw and catch. I asked him if he knew any five-tool musicians.
Without even thinking, he answered exactly as Graham Nash did two years ago when I asked him the same question: "Prince." Loggins added Stevie Wonder and Nash added Stephen Stills.
After seeing Ty Cobb and Christy Mathewson sweaters, Loggins asked where he could get one. "I wish these were still in vogue. These are beautiful," he said.
Finally, while holding the bat Ted Williams used for his 521st and final home run, he noticed that part of the Louisville Slugger trademark was the word, 'powerized.' "Do you think I could get my guitar powerized?" he asked his Burr and me.
After seeing artifacts from Willie Mays, Orel Hershiser, and so many other, he softly said to no one in particular, "You forget how short a baseball career is. " How true.
Two hours later, Loggins concluded, "This Museum is incredibly well done. It is interactive and exciting, and chock full of great contextual information. It plays well to my son Luke, who's in high school and also to older folks, like Gary and me. The experience really took me back in time, right back to my childhood."
Jeff Idelson is the president of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
Dan Quisenberry: Fireman of the Year
Dan Quisenberry was never the type to grab headlines and national attention. He was a solid performer and a reliable closer. He won a World Series and appeared in every game of another Fall Classic. He pitched 12 seasons in the Majors, but he was anything but a typical ballplayer.
Quiz wrote poetry. He was a shutdown reliever, but he relied not on a blow-away fastball but pinpoint control, deception and a submarine delivery that confused hitters and earned him the nickname "The Australian," because he came from down under.
He might have been the wackiest guy to play for the Royals – though with personalities like "The Mad Hungarian" Al Hrabosky having worn a K.C. uniform that might be a tough title to hold. But in Kansas City, everyone who slots into the back of the Royals bullpen must live up to Quiz.
Growing up in Kansas City, I've gotten a steady diet of two things – bad baseball to watch and plenty of chatter about the team's successful past. Quisenberry is talked about with great respect. I was at his Induction to the Royals Hall of Fame and remember the sadness throughout the Metro area when he passed away after a bought with brain cancer.
A unique personality off the field, when Quisenberry took the mound hitters could expect a fight and lots of strikes. Using the solid defense behind him, he picked away at the zone. He gave up just 11 walks in 1983 and 12 in 1984 over a combined 268 innings, and was runnerup for the Cy Young Award in both years.
As guys like Hall of Famers Rollie Fingers, Goose Gossage and Bruce Sutter began to define the modern day closer, in some ways Quisenberry was right there. He set the single season record for saves in 1983 with 45 – a mark that is still tied for tops in the Royals record books. It was the first time any pitcher had reached 40 saves in a single season. In 1984 Quiz threatened his own record, ending the season with 44, while Sutter saved 45. The two shared the mark until Dave Righetti got 46 in 1986. Jeff Reardon joined Quisenberry as the only pitchers with a pair of 40-save seasons in 1988 and then in 1992, he broke Quiz's AL saves record, a mark he'd held since passing Fingers in 1987.
As the position of closer evolved in the 1980s, several pitchers put their stamp on the game, but today's advanced metrics show how good Quisenberry was. His Adjusted ERA+ (which factors ballpark tendencies and season averages) of 146 ties him for fifth all-time. The names above him: Mariano Rivera, Pedro Martinez, Jim Devlin and Lefty Grove. He's tied with Water Johnson and Hoyt Wilhelm. His career rate of 1.4 walks per nine innings pitched is the lowest since 1926 and fifth lowest since 1901.
One lasting impression Quiz holds on the closer position is his ties to the Rolaids Relief Man of the Year Award (originally called Fireman of the Year). From 1980 to 1985, he earned five gold-plated firefighter's helmets, including four in a row. During that span he yeilded only the 1981 honors to Fingers (who won four in his career). Rivera is the only pitcher to match Quiz's five Awards and noone has won more than two in a row.
Through the years, Quiz has become one of my favorite players, and the bobblehead of him wearing a fireman's hat that sits on my desk is one of my favorite pieces of memorabilia not only because of the record it represents, but the player and story behind it. The Hall of Fame's newest exhibit, One for the Books, which opens May 28, is focused on that exact concept. It seeks to not only glorify the game's greatest records, but the rich stories behind the records.
Trevor Hayes is the editorial production manager at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
Willie, Joey and the Doc
By Craig Muder
One at a time, they approached the podium at the New York Hilton. Men of great fame, accustomed to honors and accolades.
And one at a time, they looked to their right – 30 feet away in the audience at the New York City Baseball Writers' Association of America dinner on Saturday night. And they acknowledged the great Willie Mays.
Ron Gardenhire, skipper of the Minnesota Twins and the 2010 American League Manager of the Year. Bud Harrelson, the glue that held the 1969 Miracle Mets together at shortstop. John Denny, the 1983 National League Cy Young Award winner.
Each told similar versions of the same tale, separated by only geography and time. Mays was their hero, the player who inspired them to what they became.
As more than one said: The greatest living ballplayer.
It was a chance to celebrate the Giants' Hall of Famer, who will turn 80 this spring yet still elicits kid-like awe from three generations of baseball fans. For many, just sharing dinner with Mays was an experience they'll never forget.
Mays, however, was far from the only star in the room. The best of the best from the 2010 season received their hardware Saturday night, joined at the head table by luminaries like 2011 Hall of Fame electee Pat Gillick, 2012 HOF hopeful Barry Larkin, and Yankees general manager Brian Cashman.
It was the coda to the 2010 season, the official start of 2011. In 22 days, pitchers and catchers will begin to report to camps in Florida and Arizona. And the journey will begin anew.
It will be tough to top the heroics of 2010. Cy Young performances by Roy Halladay and Felix Hernandez. MVP seasons by Josh Hamilton and Joey Votto. And farewell campaigns from legendary managers Bobby Box, Lou Piniella and Joe Torre.
But come January of 2012, the magic will return at the BBWAA dinner. Maybe not with the bonus of an appearance by Willie Mays, but with the joy that is reborn with every fresh season on the diamond.
Craig Muder is the director of communications for the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
Hall Monitor: Hot Stove Around the Corner
By Trevor Hayes
Not much is left of 2010 and even less remains of the baseball season. With the Rookies of the Year, Cy Youngs and Manager of the Year Awards doled out this week, two awards remain – the League MVPs. The remnants of the season that was haven't stopped a flurry of action building toward 2011.
Classic impact: Monday saw a pair of new-bloods honored with the Rookie of the Year Awards. And for the third time in history, both players helped lead their club to the World Series. The Giants' Buster Posey and Rangers' Neftali Feliz were the first pair since Fernando Valenzuela and Dave Righetti in 1981 for the Yankees and Dodgers. The first pair was Gil McDougald and Hall of Famer Willie Mays in 1951 for the Yankees and Giants, respectively.
Seven is Three's Company: Your National League Cy Young Award winner, author of two no-hitters – one a perfect game and the other the second ever thrown in the postseason – is Roy Halladay. The Doc's second Cy Young shows he is among the game's elite, but he remains five behind the all-time lead in that category. His team however, just became one of only three teams with at least seven Cy Young Awards. Hallday is joined in Phillies history by Hall of Famer Steve Carlton (four), Steve Bedrosian and John Denny (one each).
Interestingly enough, the other two clubs with seven are also NL teams. The Braves racked up seven with Greg Maddux (three), Tom Glavine (two), Hall of Famer Warren Spahn and John Smoltz (one each). And the Dodgers out-rank all major league teams with nine Cy Young Award winners: Hall of Famers Sandy Koufax (three) and Don Drysdale (one), along with Eric Gagne, Orel Hershiser, Mike Marshall, Don Newcombe and Fernando Valenzuela (one each).
Nine years is a heck of a start: Minnesota's Ron Gardenhire won his first Manager of the Year Award, and Twins fans think it's about time. Gardy had previously finished second in voting five times. His teams have won 90 games five times and he is the first manger in history to win six division titles in his first nine years. With 803 career wins, only five managers had more wins in their first nine seasons than Gardenhire. All five now call Cooperstown home: Sparky Anderson (863), Al Lopez (836), Joe McCarthy (828), Earl Weaver (812) and Frank Chance (810). Current Angels manager Mike Scioscia, also had exactly 803 wins through his first nine seasons.
Hot Stove action: While the heat really turns up around the Winter Meetings, a least one big trade has already gone down. All-Star utility man Omar Infante is taking his talents to South Beach while slugging second baseman Dan Uggla shifts to Atlanta. Losing an All-Star who can play almost any position on the field is big, but the Braves may have picked up a steal. Uggla owns the third-best batting average of anyone at Turner Field since it opened in 1997 at .354. Only Albert Pujols and Barry Bonds have hit better.
But batting average aside, Uggla's best skill is his power. He's the first second baseman to produce four 30-home run seasons, let alone consecutively. And among the first five years of any middle infielder's career, Uggla's 154 home runs are tops. Three MVP-wining Hall of Famers round out the top five, with 500-home run club member Ernie Banks second (136), Joe Gordon third (125) and Cal Ripken Jr. fifth (108). Nomar Garciaparra is fourth with 117.
King Felix's Mariners vs. Lefty's Phils: Announced Thursday was the American League Cy Young winner, Seattle's Felix Hernandez. The honor continues a trend of moving away from wins in the voting. In fact, the AL wins leader has won only five of the last nine Cy Young Awards.
With the lowest win total for a Cy Young winner ever, King Felix and his team set a new precedent. Previously, Steve Carlton's 1972 Phillies were the worst team to boast a Cy Young winner. While the Hall of Fame lefty lead the league with an incredible 27 wins, his Phillies won 59 games – a .378 win percentage. This season, run support torpedoed Hernandez, who went 13-12, while Seattle posted a winning percentage of .377.
Catching up with the Hall of Famers: Drafted in 1978 and debuting in 1981 with the Phillies, Ryne Sandberg is returning to Philadelphia. After four seasons managing in the Cubs' farm system, the 2010 Pacific Coast League Manager of the Year was hired to manage the Phillies' Triple-A affiliate. Starting next season, Ryno will head the Lehigh Valley IronPigs as he continues his quest to pilot a big league club.
Stan Musial made news this week as the Cardinals legend was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama. The St. Louis faithful campaigned all season to get Stan the Man the nation's highest civilian honor.
Also, two more Hall of Famers grace Studio 42 with Bob Costas tonight. Legendary hitters Tony Gwynn and Rod Carew will drop by to talk baseball and the art of hitting with the veteran broadcaster at 8 p.m. ET on MLB Network.
Trevor Hayes is the editorial production manager at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
Big stars — and a little fun
By Craig Muder
INDIANAPOLIS — The man with the "GTS" monogram on his sweater looked around the room, then asked: "Where's my cameraman?"
Camera in hand — and with far less photography skills than worthy of the event — I darted over to the two gentlemen in the chairs. They had just wrapped up Sunday's afternoon Veterans Committee for Executives and Pioneers meeting at Baseball's Winter Meetings in Indianapolis, and they wanted to capture their moment.
Just two guys, 597 major league victories — and a whole lot of little boy in both of them.
"I'm keeping this one," said George Thomas Seaver, who couldn't resist the chance to pose with fellow Hall of Famer Robin Roberts. "How many wins do we have here?"
Let's see: 286 for Roberts, 311 for Seaver. Then, two of the best right-handed pitchers in history began doing what every pitcher does: They compared hitting statistics.
"I had four career stolen bases, and was never caught," said Seaver.
"You got me there," said Roberts. "I only had three steals. But I did something not even Babe Ruth did: I hit home runs from both sides of the plate."
Seaver was duly impressed — so much so that the three-time Cy Young Award winner dropped into his best "We're Not Worthy" pose, saluting the switch-hitting Roberts from the carpeted floor.
In a flash, the two friends were on their way — ready to pick up the conversation this summer in Cooperstown during the July 23-26 Hall of Fame Weekend. Two of baseball's greatest, still in love with the game they played.
A moment to remember.
Craig Muder is director of communications for the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
Nov. 25, 1981: Rollie Fingers becomes first relief pitcher in AL history to win MVP
By Bridget Bielefeld
When Oakland A's manager Dick Williams sent Rollie Fingers to the bullpen in 1971 after several sub-par outings as a starter, Fingers thought his short major league run had come to an end.
"Williams threw me out to the bullpen and I thought: 'Well that's the end of that,'" Fingers said in an interview with the New York Post. "My baseball career was over. I figured the handwriting was on the wall."
"No kid ever dreams of being a reliever," Fingers further explained. "Everybody wants to be a starter, and I was no different."
However, the transition proved to be a blessing in disguise for Fingers – who, during his 17-year major league career with the A's, Padres and Brewers, became one of the greatest relief pitchers the game has ever seen.
The pinnacle of his illustrious bullpen career came 28 years ago today when, on Nov. 25, 1981, just days after winning his first Cy Young Award, Fingers became only the second relief pitcher in major league history to win a Most Valuable Player Award and the first to do so in the American League.
In his 14th year in the majors, Fingers posted a 6-3 record, racked up an AL leading 28 saves and sported an infinitesimal 1.04 ERA. Utilizing his fastball and sharp slider, he struck out 61 men while walking only 13 in 78 innings pitched.
Fingers was especially dominant in the second half of the '81 season. After the Brewers got off to a lackluster start, the club rallied, emerging as second half champions and climbing to first place in the AL East.
"He's the type of pitcher who has command of all of his pitches," said former Brewers skipper Rene Lachemann, who managed Fingers in 1984. "He knows he's going to get [batters] out. He gives me a lot of confidence when he's out there."
While the 1981 Brewers would ultimately lose in the AL Division Series, Fingers was no stranger to October success. In his career, he pitched in 16 World Series games – winning three consecutive titles with the Athletics from 1972-74.
When Fingers retired in 1985, he was the all-time saves king with 341. Today, he is 10th on the all-time list.
Fingers, along with his famed handlebar mustache, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1992. Shortly after his enshrinement in Cooperstown, the Brewers retired No. 34 – Fingers' jersey number – to commemorate his four-year tenure with the team and his MVP accomplishment.
Bridget Bielefeld was the 2009 public relations intern at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.


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Hey everybody, Captain Obvious here. I'd like to talk to you about proper gym etiquette. Yes, Crossfit Hollywood is a great, supportive community of awesome people, but we all need to make sure we're doing our part to keep CFHW as awesome as possible. Being courteous towards your fellow members and coaches will ensure the best possible experience at the gym and prevent anyone talking shit behind your back. In no particular order, here are some things that might make your fellow CFHW members and coaches angry:
-Not using MindBody properly. This includes not signing up for class ahead of time, and also signing up for class and no-showing. That's messed up. We're bringing back the burpee penalty for no-showing. Next time you sign up for a class and don't show up, you won't be able to take class again until you do 30 burpees. Oh yeah!
-Leaving your shit out. Your mom doesn't work here. No one wants to clean up after you. We have a busy schedule with lots of members in a small space. Put your equipment back exactly how you found it. If you found it in the wrong place, put it back where it belongs. This includes rubber bands, boxes, kettlebells in the right spot, plates on the right stack (pay attention to where you're putting the 10's. There's 2 stacks now.) and anything else you use.
-Wipe your balls off. If you sweat all over the med-balls, please wipe them off before you put them back. Nobody wants your sweat all over them. This goes for AbMats and yoga mats as well.
-Breaking our shit. Don't drop empty barbells or kettlebells. They can break, and they're expensive.
-Leaving empty bottles around the gym. Your mom still doesn't work here. Recycle empty water bottles.
-Stinking up the gym. Hygiene is imporant. Seriously. Don't come in to the gym without using deodorant. I can't stress this enough. I don't want to smell you. The other athletes don't want to smell you. Don't be that person. Also, wash your gym clothes. Never, ever, come in here wearing dirty clothes. Wash your shit every time you work out. If your shirts start to develop that perma-stench, throw that shit away. Seriously, don't be the smelly kid in class.
-Parking in the lot. The guy at the cleaners will cut your head off if you park in his spots, and the rest of the lot has a 20 minute limit. If I can't park there, you sure as shit can't park there. You're not special. Don't park there.
-Coming to the gym sick. What the hell is wrong with you? Go home and sleep. Not only will you slow your recovery, but you'll get me sick, and the other members, too. Go home.
OK, that's some of the stuff. Don't be rude and inconsiderate, be awesome instead! OK, see you guys at the gym. Have a good time!
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The Clique Books: appropriate for tweens?
The Clique Series Book Review
By Lindsay Ferrier of Suburban Turmoil
The first novel of The Clique series opens with 13-year-old rich b@!#h in training Massie Block giving her mother a dressing down before flouncing off to her sleek, chic all-white room.
The book goes downhill from there.
Wealthy 12-year-old Massie Block and her privileged clique of friends, known as the Pretty Committee, spend all of their time shopping, talking about boys and parties, and being mean to girls who don't fit in. They don't ever face consequences for their bad behavior, nor do they mend their ways, a fact that infuriates many parents when it comes to MTV writer Lisi Harrison's popular young adult series.
However, I think of the The Clique as beach reading for tweens., and not so different from my own fifth grade collection of Sweet Valley High novels. If your adolescent daughter enjoys gossip magazines and shows like "My Super Sweet 16," there's an excellent chance she'll be a fan of The Clique, and you might as well grin, bear it and use the series as a lesson in how not to act.
Although I wouldn't ban a tween from reading the series (my oldest stepdaughter has a few Clique novels in her own bookshelf, but says she didn't like them), I also wouldn't buy them for my girls unless they were specifically included on a wish list. If you do find yourself reluctantly purchasing Clique novels for your daughter, take a few deep breaths and dig into them yourself. You'll definitely want to address some of the issues the series raises, such as materialism and the inevitable "mean girls" we all encounter in junior high and high school.
Remember, too, that by the time your child is old enough to enjoy these books (I'd recommend them for ages 11 and up), she's also old enough to realize that the "humor" in Massie and her friends is that they remain static throughout the series, despite the fact that the reader begins to want them to "see the light." The author also makes it easy to dislike Massie and company, and realize that the glamorous life isn't all it's cracked up to be.
8 Responses to "The Clique Books: appropriate for tweens?"
busymom6 Nov 28 at 6:25 pm Reply
I think this series perpetuates everything I try to teach my girls is awful and evil about junior high and high school girls. Even with the one character trying to teach everyone how to be nice, it is just unkind and awful and materialistic. I think they are worthy of a modern day book burning.
happymom Jan 18 at 8:27 pm Reply
i believe that the clique books are not bad.
My daughter even explained to me that these books tell her to stay away from those types of girls. She said that it shows her that she enjoys her life. It shows her that the wealthy kids don't have that glamorous stereo type and they are human beings.
A lot worse things have happened to them then will ever happen to my daughter.
The purpose of these books are just telling a different perspective of life. That is all there is to it.
It is basically middle school to the extreme and the kids know that.
I have asked my daughter multiple times and she has told me this over and over.
I have read the books and there is very limited bad language and if you read on, they get nicer and more accepting.
This is a great book series and i think it teaches are kids about acceptance.
Kawaii Mar 15 at 2:28 pm Reply
There is no problem with the Clique books. Theyre not putting any influencail cause to feel bad about yourself. The tweens who read this book probally can relate to the book, and it shows how to accept yourself with the induvidual 'Claire' who never gives up.
Rachel Aug 02 at 2:58 pm Reply
I would not recommend this series of books to girls under 12.
If a 9 year old read these books, I could see how it would be a problem.
There is some brief language more so in the later books of the series..
But, I found these books to be very interesting and good.
If your daughter is 12 or older and wants to read them just make sure that she is mature enough to understand it's just a book.
And that acting the way Massie does will not get you anywhere.
gigi:) Sep 12 at 4:27 pm Reply
I just started reading these books and I love them! theyre my new favorite series
DeeDee May 03 at 11:51 pm Reply
I think the clique books are….bad. When I read these books, the personalities given to the girls were what I might expect of a sixteen year old, what with the lip-kissing and unsupervised events throughout the series. I presumed these girls to be fifteen of sixteen, the very least in ninth grade. However, when I put some thought to it, however, and realized that not only were these girls lip-kissing and wearing skimpy halloween costumes, but they were barely even in eighth grade, it completely changed my perspective of the books. Claire is the ONLY one of all of them who acts her age-but this time, it means acting younger, not older.
Izzy Sep 30 at 6:44 pm Reply
Personally I like the books. I am 13, but I have enough common sense to know that the way they act is bad. I just like them because they are entertaining. It is a way for me to see the otheer way of people because i am not rich. So I would never EVER use them as my role model but I enjoy reading them.


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According to this Slate article, author Matthew Yglesias poses a question based on the "insights" of George Mason University former (obviously) Austrian economist Bryan Caplan:
"If Ron Paul and Ludwig von Mises know that cheap money can't last forever, why don't private investors? Why wouldn't firms avoid making the supposedly dumb investments?"
For the same reason that most private investors and businessmen believe that taxes are "the price we pay for civilization" (how the U.S. managed to grow exponentially for the first 135 years without personal income taxes is never a thought that occurs to most private investors and businessmen), that we need the Fed to control inflation and stabilize the economy, that war is good for an economy, that the New Deal ended the Depression, that minimum wage laws help the poor, that wage and price controls are good, that fractional reserve banking/fiat currency is more progressive than a 100% gold-backed currency: Because most private investors and businessmen who earned college degrees in business, which generally include courses in economics, got the Rockefeller/Rothschild school of "economics" version of economics rather than real economics. Having worked in the financial sector for almost twenty years, I can assure you that from my first-hand experience with financial people, most of them are clueless about real (i.e., "Austrian") economics. All that most private investors and businessmen know is that when interest rates are [artificially] low, it means it's time to get in on the cheap money before interest rates rise again.
Also, most investors, both public and private, don't even know that the New York Stock Exchange is a scam—and you don't have to know any Austrian economics or even be a conspiracy theorist to understand the basic logic as to why that is so.
UPDATE: And, as Don Cooper points out:
"Also, because if even one firm takes the easy credit then they have a competitive advantage; so the other firms have to take it too, even if they realize what they're doing. Moral hazard at its finest."
Mickey Propadovich points out:
"It's also worth noting that thousands of economically illiterate private investors ruined themselves piling into the recently deceased housing market to develop millions of speculative housing units, many of which still remain unsold. Those private investors schooled in the Austrian business cycle theory understood that the housing market, fueled by cheap credit, was a bubble in search of a pin and acted accordingly."
Building on Mickey's comment, I'd like to know how many private investors and businessmen are currently protesting the continuing low interest rates that got us into this mess to begin with—and are prolonging the mess?10:19 am on January 8, 2012 Email David Kramer


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Transform your cute kid into a trouble making villan from Mushroom Kingdom this Halloween. The Super Mario Bros. - Waluigi Toddler / Kids Costume includes a jumpsuit, hat, moustache, and gloves. 4-Piece set. Hand wash. Polyester. Imported.
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Location: Lake Zurich, IL
Title: bad product description
Date: Oct 03, 2012
I reviewed this item with my daughter to use as a Halloween costume for my 6 year old grandson, average size for his age. This says 4/6 which would leave one to believe it fits a 4-6 year old. However, when we received the product , the packaging says fits ages 3/4. No where in the product description on line did it indicate it was for a smaller or younger child. My daughter and I felt this was very misleading. We are now using this costume as a play garment for her 3 yr old son.
We felt the description should have been clearer and more detailed.
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Reviewed by: Mommyof5inKS
Title: Did not hold up!
Date: Nov 06, 2011
My son wore this costume long enough to parade around the school's parking lot, and then one of the straps broke. I was very disappointed. My son wears a size 6 and this fit perfectly, so it definitely is not an 8-10 either.
Reviewed by: zaronia
Location: Chicago, IL
Date: Oct 29, 2011
The costume was very cute, true to size, but the velcro on the back opening was poorly thought out. There needs to be additional velcro added along the back, which I did. Also one of the button straps came off, so I had to sew it back on.
Reviewed by: Caytee
Location: Long Island
Title: very cute
Date: Oct 24, 2011
awesome costume, fits great and look great, my 5 year old is very excited to wear this for halloween!
Reviewed by: katiebug01
Location: Littleton, CO
Title: Grandson excited
Date: Sep 05, 2011
Bought this for my grandson for this Halloween. He normally wears size 6-8 but he is tall for his age so I bought the 8-10 size instead. The costume fits him perfectly except it is a little long. The 6-8 would have been too small so I think this costume tends to run small.
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The biennial, privately funded $10,000 prize, given on behalf of the nation, recognizes the most distinguished book of poetry written by an American and published during the preceding two years. The prize is donated by the family of the late Mrs. Bobbitt of Austin, Tex., in her memory, and established at the Library of Congress. Bobbitt was the late President Lyndon B. Johnson's sister. While a graduate student in Washington, D.C., during the 1930s, Rebekah Johnson met college student O. P. Bobbitt when they both worked in the cataloging department of the Library of Congress. They married and returned to Texas.
The winner of the 2012 Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry is Gerald Stern for his book Early Collected Poems: 1965-1992. The 2012 prize—the 12th to be given and the first to be given for a book of collected poems—is awarded for the most distinguished book of poetry published in the preceding two years, 2010 and 2011. The volume was published by W. W. Norton in 2010. Read News Release
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Congress woos Muslims, BJP curses power metersMay 1st, 2009 | By Elections2009 | Category: Delhi
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|Rashtriya Alpsankhak Vikas Morcha backing Congress
NEW DELHI: With a week to go for polling in Delhi, all the candidates for the Lok Sabha from the North-East Delhi constituency have intensified their campaigning. While Congress candidate J. P. Agarwal sought support from the Muslim community on Thursday, his BJP rival B.L. Sharma "Prem" raised the issue of fast-running electricity meters being a gift of the Congress to the people.
Mr. Agarwal got the support of a section of the Muslim community of North-East Delhi which came out in his favour during the day under the banner of "Rashtriya Alpsankhak Vikas Morcha".
At a public meeting in Yamuna Vihar, the Morcha leaders appealed to the Muslims of Burari, Timarpur, Simapuri, Rohtash Nagar, Seelampur, Gonda, Babarpur, Gokalpur, Mustafabad and Karwal Nagar to vote for Mr. Agarwal and ensure his victory for the sake of communal harmony in the region.
Addressing the meeting, All-India Imam Organisation president Moulana Jeemal Ilyashi said: "The Congress has always been instrumental in the development of the nation. Mr Agarwal believes in secularism and works for the residents of Delhi. It is our responsibility to ensure his victory for the sake of our development."
For his part, Mr. Agarwal appealed to the people to vote for him to ensure communal harmony and overall development of his constituency.
Meanwhile, members of New Seelampur-based Rajasthani Dhanuka Samaj also came out and assured Mr. Agarwal of the support of the community in the elections. One of the community leader, Parminder Pumpy Danuka, proposed that Dhanukas, who number about 30,000 in the constituency, should vote for Mr. Agarwal.
On the other hand, BJP candidate B.L. Sharma 'Prem' addressing a public meeting in Burari said: "The fast-moving electricity meters are the gift of the Congress party. These meters would be taken out and torched and an inquiry would be instituted into their installation. We will indeed provide relief to the public from these faulty and fast moving meters."
Mr. Sharma also recalled how he had built a "Surghat" on the bank of the Yamuna when he was East Delhi MP and assured the people that he would again decorate the banks on both sides of the Yamuna with beautiful "ghats" or embankments that would conform to world standards.
Meanwhile, the BJP media chief for North-East Delhi Manoj Kashayp said that all the information about Mr. Sharma had been put on his website, blsharmaprem.com, and through this site contact has even been established with the non-resident Indians to seek their support.


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Great recipe! Easy, quick, tasty. I backed off on the sugar by 1/2 tbsp, as I didn't want the biscuits too sweet. Also, I didn't have any buttermilk, and only had skim milk, to which I added about 1 1/2 tbsp of vinegar. The dough was not too workable, so I added a little bit of flour, and spooned the dough onto a cookie sheet. They turned out great!
This recipe is so easy, so quick and so good! I will do this again without a doubt!
Needed nearly twice the amount of flour than recipe called for to even get it to become a workable dough. That said it was a piece of cake to make, and would be excellent as a strawberry shortcake biscuit. I only used 1 tbsp sugar since I was making these for biscuits and gravy, and it was still pretty sweet. Kill the sugar if you're looking for a savory biscuit. I'll make again but start with 2 cups flour and adjust sugar down.
This recipe is incredible. It's one of the few that I use without any alterations.
I like to prep the dry ingredients and butter quickly in my food processor, quick bursts--no warm fingers to melt the butter. Then I put the mixture in a bowl and add the buttermilk. I only knead the mixture slightly, maybe 3 times and pat it out to the thickness I want. The less you mess with the dough, the lighter the biscuits.
Made these for Thanksgiving - and so happy - Many failed attempts using other recipes - This is light - easy and foolproof! Added some extra buttermilk - secret is that the dough must be pretty wet - I used my hands to mix and cut them with a sharp round edge - I want to make these for breakfast too!
Sooo good!!! If you want to avoid the messy roll out and cut, then consider, quickly rolling into balls and gently pressing down, I did and they were delicious! (Quickly so the butter doesn't melt, the biscuit will be tough if not done quickly.) They aren't quite as perfectly shaped but still 'look' like biscuits.
easy. tasty. however, these were more of a cross between a biscuit and a scone. both in terms of the sweetness and the texture.
A nice, softly sweet flavor and very moist. I'm not usually good at biscuits and pastry items, but these were easy for me. I too, used the processor to mix and I don't think it hurt them at all.


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