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I stumbled on what folks are calling micro-frameworks a few months ago when searching for an easier way to create RESTful services. I was using Zend Framework at the time with Zend_Rest_Route and Zend_Controller_Rest. That worked fine, except that it was super slow for something so simple, and there was no way to handle hierarchical resources. For example it was impossible to route requests to something like: /folder/3/file/2. Instead one would have to create a resource like /folder-files/2/?folder_id=3. Thugly.
Anyway, I knew that all the cool Ruby kids were using Sinatra – at least for prototyping, and so I started looking for Sinatra inspired PHP frameworks, and guess what? There are lots of them! Not surprisingly, they appear very similar to one another in a Sinatra-ish sort of way. Most of them allow one to define a resource and its implementation using lambdas. For example:
$app = new App(); $app->get('/folder/{folder_id}/file/{file_id}', function($folder_id, $file_id) { return "Hello World!"; });
After experimenting with a number of these frameworks, I thought I'd give my initial impressions along with some benchmarks and any interesting contextual information I found.
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Silex (Requires PHP >= 5.3):
The Silex project is led by the ever prolific Fabien Potencier, the creator of the Symphony framework. Silex is available under an MIT License, and has commercial backing from Sensio Labs – which also backs Symphony, Doctrine and Twig to name a few.
Silex has a couple of interesting features that are unique among PHP micro-frameworks. First is its simple and elegant DI container based on Pimple, another Sensio Labs product. The Silex Application class extends Pimple, which is an implementation of the ArrayAccess interface that has been part of PHP since v5.0. Doing this makes it possible to use an instance of its Application class as if it were an array. For example, you can attach any object to an Application object with the following syntax:
$app = new Silex\Application(); $app['config'] = new Config($config_path);
This gives us an incredibly easy way to inject dependencies when testing, or using the application in other environments, such as the command line.
The other unique aspect of Silex is that it is built on a number of Symphony2 components, which are included in a phar distribution. These include an autoloader, and request and response classes that make handling things like json and http headers much easier. There is decent but not extensive documentation available on their website.
2. Slim (Requires PHP >= 5.1)
Slim takes a minimalist approach while providing much of what you need to get started. It supports hooks for executing code at different points in its life-cycle, and tie-ins for Rack-like middleware. In addition, it contains classes for managing requests, responses, cookies, logging, views, HTTP caching, and more. Because Slim supports PHP >= 5.1, it does not utilize namespaces or lambdas in its library code. However, it allows for the use of lambdas when defining routes as long as you're running PHP >= 5.3. The following is an example of defining routes with and without lambdas.
require 'Slim/Slim.php'; $app = new Slim(); $app->get('/hello/:name', function ($name) { echo "Hello, $name!"; }); $app->get('/hello2/:name', 'hello2'); function hello2($name) { echo "Hola $name!"; } $app->run();
The Slim framework has well organized and thorough documentation, and it has an active user base with over a thousand users watching it on github.
3. Limonade (Requires PHP >= 5.1.6, may work with older versions)
Limonade is the oldest of the Sinatra inspired frameworks. Rather than defining an application class, Limonade's single library file defines a number of functions that you use to define routes and run the application. Here's what that looks like:
require_once 'vendors/limonade.php'; dispatch('/', 'hello'); function hello() { return 'Hello world!'; } run();
This may be terse, but it seems messy to rely on global functions, especially considering the number of functions limonade.php defines. If you can get past this design decision, the rest of the library looks well written, and because its been out there for a while, it appears quite mature. The framework provides hooks and filters, as well as a view component that supports layouts. Additionally, it has good documentation on its github page.
4. Flight (Requires PHP >= 5.3)
Everything about Flight appears simple and elegant, including its website and documentation. It is a bare-bones framework that takes a somewhat unique approach in a couple of ways. The most obvious is that it uses static methods, and so does not require that the application class be instantiated. Here's what a sample app looks like:
require 'flight/Flight.php'; Flight::route('/', function(){ echo 'hello world!'; }); Flight::start();
A lot of people decry even the liberal use of static methods, but it makes sense when all that is needed is a single instance of something. It does make it impossible to implement the ArrayAccess interface that Silex makes use of, but Flight does something similar with its register method which allows you to map classes to a static method that will in turn return a shared instance of the class you specify. For example:
// Register class with constructor parameters Flight::register('db', 'Database', array('localhost','mydb','user','pass')); // Get an instance of your class // This will create an object with the defined parameters // // new Database('localhost', 'mydb', 'user', 'pass'); // $db = Flight::db();
The first parameter is the name of the method to create, the second is a class name, and the third is an array of parameters. Flight::db() will subsequently lazy load the Database class the first time it is called, then return a shared instance on each additional invocation.
The second unique feature is what the author calls filters, which can be executed before and after any function, and can change both the parameters and output of the function they're attached to. This feature is in place of the hooks that other frameworks use to inject code into different parts of the application life-cycle. Here's an example from the Flight documentation.
// Map a custom method Flight::map('hello', function($name){ return "Hello, $name!"; }); // Add a before filter Flight::before('hello', function(&$params, &$output){ // Manipulate the parameter $params[0] = 'Fred'; }); // Add an after filter Flight::after('hello', function(&$params, &$output){ // Manipulate the output $output .= " Have a nice day!"; } // Invoke the custom method echo Flight::hello('Bob');
Additionally, Flight contains views with layouts, request and response objects and http caching. All in all it appears to be a well executed and innovative framework.
5. Fat-Free Framework (Requires PHP >= 5.3)
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Wednesday, December 17, 2008
The brightest time of year
Mileage: 12.5
December mileage: 431.4
The sun rose today at 8:42 a.m. and set at 3:06 p.m., for a daylight total of six hours and 24 minutes. Juneau is going to lose exactly one more minute of daylight between now and the solstice on Sunday; then we begin the long upward arc toward summer. It is, by most accounts, the darkest time of year. And yet, I don't see it that way.
Back when I first moved to Alaska and started venturing out into the snow and painful air to train for the Susitna 100, I joked with Geoff that winter was my favorite time of year in Alaska. But as years wore on, as snow fell and wind blew and I spent more and more time out in it all, that became less of a joke. Now I find myself in my fourth winter in Alaska, falling more deeply in love.
I love the sharp lines and soft colors of a world swept with snow and encased in ice.
I love the crunch of tires spinning up a difficult trail. In winter, the rides become so much harder; the rewards so much greater.
I love the random bruises that crop up on my skin after I fling myself off my bicycle in yet another battle with gravity. They remind me that I am pushing myself; that I am always pushing myself to be better.
I love the sting of cold air on sweaty skin, and the flecks of frost wrapped around strands of hair and eyelashes. They remind me that I am a furnace of self-perpetuating warmth, biologically engineered to move freely through the world, awake and alive.
I love the low sun and long shadows, stretched across pristine landscapes.
I love the stark, white surface of distant high mountains, looming with all the fragility of a ceramic sculpture and mystique of a forbidden border.
I love the deep silences and startling realizations.
I love my Pugsley.
I love winter.
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Me too. I like rain gear, long johns, hot coffee. The cold reminder that I'm alive.ReplyDelete
We had snow. And it's about as cold as it gets here today. I love it.
And snow. And your photos of Alaska.ReplyDelete
Nice work Jill.
Your last picture makes you remind me of "survivorman" but you would be "survivorwoman"- if that makes sense :)ReplyDelete
winter luvs you back. i asked.ReplyDelete
I'm growing to love the winter, as well -- though i really, really, really hope for an awesome summer in 2009! Last year's summer was... less than magnificent.ReplyDelete
I think the frost on the trees is the thing that tips me over to really liking winter up here. It's rather fantastical. Almost fictional. At least, from a Floridian's perspective!
Beautiful post -- AWESOME photos!
- Janson
A good friend told me about your blog and I am glad he did. It was 71f here today and while reading and taking in the breath taking photo's I felt that a little hot chocolate was in order!ReplyDelete
Thank you once again for your pictures.ReplyDelete
Isn't reflected light off the snow wonderful?
It is glad to see this blog, it is good and detailed fun to read this, nice informative blog, Thanks for share this article.ReplyDelete
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Skip to comments.Vaccine Failure Means Setback in AIDS Fight
Posted on 03/21/2008 5:39:05 AM PDT by metmom
The two-decade search for an AIDS vaccine is in crisis after two field tests of the most promising contender not only did not protect people from the virus but may actually have put them at increased risk of becoming infected, The Washington Post reported.
Experts are questioning the overall strategy and scientific premises of the nearly $500 million in AIDS vaccine research funded annually by the government after the two field tests were halted last September and seven other trials of AIDS vaccines have either been stopped or put off indefinitely.
The recently closed studies, STEP and Phambili, were halted when it became clear the STEP study was futile and possibly harmful.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
Outstanding post. Just outstanding.
I'm not a budget analyst so I don't really know anything about the funding of Disease A vs. Disease B. Maybe you should ask the President, who has taken a courageous stance in promoting increases for HIV/AIDS funding. Also, instead of taking funding away from HIV/AIDS funding for the similarly-preventable disease of your choice, why not instead question the hundreds of billions the government wastes on real nonsense (like the entire Departments of Housing & Urban Development, Agriculture, Education, Labor and Commerce?).
The total spending on all disease research is peanuts relative to the total budget. As for actual dollars per disease, that's just not something I know remotely enough to comment intelligently on.
The self-righteous moralists who say that all people with HIV/AIDS (and there are around 40 million of them, plus 25 million already dead) deserve to have HIV/AIDS because they're sinners and that therefore we shouldn't worry about them.
I want an apology from you for the nasty comment to me in your post 93, to wit: "Maybe gay sex is more common in the nightspots you frequent..."
Take it back.
You're both outstanding. :)
Who said that?
Name somebody.
Got a link? Got a post number?
Your arguments are asinine.
Probably not any more than the ones to you calling someone gay.
Just a suggestion: do both.
Tell smokers not to smoke AND work to develop treatments for lung cancer.
Tell people in Africa at risk for HIV to avoid risky behaviors (and tell them how to do so), AND also work to develop treatments and maybe even a cure.
Tell people who are obese or who have a family history of heart disease to exercise and eat right, AND also work to find better cholesterol lowering medications, etc.
Life isn't a zero sum game.
No please, tell me what you really think.
I'm waiting for that apology for your rude comment in #93.
OK. Asinine, and lacking in originality.
Okay, what if the smokers' lobby demanded the right to teach elementary students about their alternate lifestyle? What if they demanded a greater share of research dollars so that smokers could freely practice their lifestyle choice with no physical consequences?
That's what the GLBT lobbyists do. You know that, admit it.
A real one.
Use FReepmail if you aren't man enough to do it here.
I think a lot of prevention activities have happened over the last 25 years -- prevention and education programs are all over the place. And there's been a significant reduction in incidence (at least in western countries) since then.
But as far as viewing it as consequences for bad behavior, no, I won't agree with that. I've lost family members to smoking, I urged them again and again to quit, but they chose not to. I couldn't see myself stand back and say "well, those are the consequences of your behavior".
There were a couple people I knew in high school who later died of AIDS. When I heard they were ill, I didn't think "oh, now you're suffering the consequences of your behavior". I felt badly for them, I felt badly for their family (a mother having to bury her son is one of the saddest things that can happen -- even if the son was gay and died of AIDS).
I agree that gay activists are obnoxious, offensive, and 100x more bothersome than most other disease treatment advocates. And I agree that the amount of money spent on HIV/AIDS is out of proportion to what's spent elsewhere, and I know that's due in part to PC.
But I can't take the next step and insinuate that because someone was stupid enough to have receptive anal sex that society should treat them differently from anyone else who contracted a disease due to lifestyle choices. Just because we all know that Larry Kramer and other AIDS activists are [insert insulting term here] doesn't mean the person who suffers from a lifestyle related disease doesn't deserve compassion and treatment. That's true whether the lifestyle related disease is smoking-related cancer, AIDS, diabetes from obesity, whatever.
"OK" what?
And tell the GLBT community here to stop it's immoral, life threatening behavior.
The people in Africa are bearing the consequences of that irresponsible behavior. The AIDS/HIV research isn't about them anyway. It's a liberal PC push to allow gays to continue in their lifestyle without bearing the consequences of their behavior.
Most of the rationale behind the funding for this isn't to help the victims in Africa and it will likely be decades before any over there even have hope of seeing it. That's why we're simply calling it as we see it. It's about promoting a consequence-free homosexual and drug lifestyle.
It's nobody else's fault the disease is still around because a cure hasn't been found but that of the gay and drug using community. They are the ones responsible for it. They are the ones who can stop it dead in it's tracks and they are responsible to do so. It's reprehensible that they would continue behavior that they know will result in the deaths of others.
It's wrong to continue that, demand funding, and then lay the deaths of innocents at the feet of scientists and researchers for something they failed to do.
Not so with AIDS. Even if it is contracted by a couple of other means other than homosexual sexual behavior, the source of it was still the same, in all cases.
With the exception of people exposed via transfusions or hospital errors, those infected with HIV/AIDS are not "victims", they are stupid perverts that prey on our male children.
Even you must remember when smoking and drinking was advertised in every magazine, movies, radio and on TV as being the "cool" thing to do. Medical knowledge was limited at that time and the jury was still out on whether these activities were actually the cause of the diseases of the liver and lungs. HIV/AIDS has always been associated with perverted gay sex, i.e. "gay cancer" back in the late 70's.
The government charges taxes on every pack of cigarettes and every bottle of booze. The government does not charge a tax on every time some rump ranger "gets lucky". Yuch. Anyway, my point is that smokers have paid trillions in FEDERAL TAXES throughout the years, drinkers have done the same. If some of that money is used for treatment of smoking/drinking diseases, then so be it. Look at the taxes paid over a smokers lifetime as sort of an insurance policy. They lent money to the government, now they want some of it back.
There is no reason for us "normal people" to suffer increased life/health insurance rates because of the actions of the perverted sick behavior that is known to spread this dreaded disease to other like-minded sickos.
You can throw all the money that has ever been printed at trying to find a cure for HIV/AIDS and the goal will never be met. Contracting the HIV/AIDS virus and dying from it is the only cure. It will cleanse itself from this planet if it is allowed to eliminate those prone to such behavior that allows it to spread. I've said this before and caught all hell from some FReepers who questioned my morals and compassion. I have no compassion for HIV/AIDS "victims" because they are not "victims"!
Keeping them alive at the taxpayers expense is equal to keeping rabid dogs alive to run through the neighborhoods and school grounds biting and infecting our children with rabies. It just doesn't make sense. And before you ask, yes, I do know people with HIV/AIDS and they admit they brought it on themselves through careless drug use (dirty needles) and promiscuous sexual encounters.
"That is so false, it boggles the mind that you actually believe it! There are 100s of causes of Lung Cancer. NOT simply smoking. It is one yes, but to claim Lung cancer is totally preventable is ridiculous! You can't possibly be that ignorant on the subject. Maybe you should do a little actual research, instead of reading junk science articles on the subject."
Thank you
So you're suggesting that we all wash our hands after having anal sex with a stranger in a truck stop washroom? Think that'll help?
I do believe AK has left the discussion.
Smallpox was eradicated and, last I read, exists only in research facilities and biological weapons storage. Polio has not been wiped out, but clearly decimated.
This wouldn't be as much of an issue if it weren't for Viagra. So I've heard anyway...
You are MORE than welcome!
Over 90% of lung cancer cases are caused by smoking. Many of the rest are caused by other preventable issues (radon inhalation and asbestos being prominent). The vast majority of lung cancer cases are preventable -- a relatively small number aren't. Similarly, a lot of people who have HIV have it because their husband cheated on them, because they were infected in utero, because they were raped or because they received a tainted blood transfusion (or other substandard medical procedure).
Not sure why that boggles your mind...
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but you're wrong. I'm still here. Unfortunately, I am gainfully employed and cannot spend all my time with all you lovely people.
That's not killing a virus, technically. Not in the sense I think 50sDad meant, I think, but I don't want to put words in his mouth.
I think that'll probably help prevent you from spreading colds, yes. Probably won't do to much about other diseases you might contract in the process.
So many possible responses, yet so likely they would be pulled. :)
With another man, or men
because they were infected in utero,
By a mother infected by a bisexual man or drug abuser
because they were raped
by a drug abuser or bisexual man
or because they received a tainted blood transfusion (or other substandard medical procedure).
from a gay man or drug abuser.
BTW, do you know the REAL reason all health care workers use universal precautions?
IOW your analogy is worthless for the purpose of positing moral equivalence. Given that there exists an easily-understood and effective means of rendering its epidemiological impact to one of extreme rarity, and that said means (monogamy) is demonstrably beneficial to the general good of a society, then to argue that hundreds of billions of money be confiscated by force to be spent on prevention and treatment does not put HIV on the same level as any other infectious disease.
40 million people (mostly in Africa) are preying on our male children? Scary. I guess it's lucky that my sons have so far escaped unharmed.
HIV/AIDS has always been associated with perverted gay sex, i.e. gay cancer back in the late 70s.
That may well be true. But the vast majority of people with HIV/AIDS didn't get the disease from "perverted gay sex."
Or replying to other threads, either, snicker.
AK, you keep talking about Africa.
Where do you live? Africa?
Because it is false. That's why!
1. I don't think that's true -- unless some ridiculous percentage of the population of Southern Africa is bisexual.
2. Even if it were true, so what? Do women control who their husbands cheat on them with? Regardless of whether their husbands get HIV from prostitutes, from local floozies or from other men, they still get the disease. In the long run -- at least from the woman's perspective -- it really doesn't matter.
90% of lung cancer cases are not caused by smoking? Really?
Uh... you're going to need a little more than a snappy one liner if you're hoping to overturn the consensus of the American Cancer Society, the American Lung Association, the Merck Manual, the American Medical Association and every other medical group under the sun...
I'm talking about Africa because that's where the vast majority of people with HIV/AIDS live. If we were talking about SARS, I'd be talking about China. If we were talking about BDS, I'd be talking about California.
Viruscide? Genocide? Extinction?
Either way the virus was killed dead until there is none left (in the 'wild') to kill.
I'm just guessing here, but I'd be willing to bet you don't know the transmission rate of HIV from female to male, vs male to female or male to male.
In fact, I doubt you have a clue. For someone who doesn't know the amount of money spent on HIV research vs the other MAJOR killers, doesn't know why universal precautions are mandatory now when they weren't 30 years ago, and who doesn't know HIV transmission rates in varying demographics, you have a remarkably one-sided viewpoint.
Any idea how many in the US, where all the fuss is, are living with HIV?
It wasn't conservatives cheering them on. At least they limited themselves to the companies involved and didn't try to shame John Q Public.
And by the way, I asked for an apology from you for your rude remark to me in your post 93.
You didn't give me one.
I have posted civilly to you, and you have refused to return the favor.
The next time I see you elsewhere on the forum, I will remember your behavior here today, and your behavior here will definitely color my assessment of your veracity.
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A euthanization at the Copenhagen Zoo raises larger questions about animal rights and contraception.
After the Copenhagen Zoo euthanized a healthy giraffe named Marius on Feb. 9 to avoid inbreeding, people worldwide criticized the decision.
The 18-month-old giraffe was shot in the head by a bolt gun and then, in public view, dissected. Parts of the giraffe were fed to the zoo's lions and the rest were used for scientific research.
Zoo officials say euthanizing the animal was the best solution as Marius' genes weren't needed for breeding and no other accredited zoo in Europe could take him in.
Reports have surfaced that another Danish zoo is considering euthanizing one of their giraffes -- also named Marius -- if they acquire a female giraffe for breeding purposes.
But is this necessary? And could this happen at an American zoo?
MORE: Danish zoo euthanizes giraffe to prevent inbreeding
Differing views on contraception
The Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), the zoo-accrediting organization in the United States, said in a statement that Marius' death was an "unfortunate incident," and one that wouldn't happen at AZA-accredited facilities.
One reason is American zoos more readily embrace contraception to manage animal populations.
"We can't and we shouldn't produce more individuals than we can care for well," said Cheryl Asa, director of the AZA Wildlife Contraception Center, based at the St. Louis Zoo, in an interview with USA TODAY Network.
For some species, simply separating the males from the females is the simplest thing to do, Asa said. But for others, like wolves, which stay in monogamous pairs, contraception is "better than disrupting that pair."
"The decision is made on a species-by-species and case-by-case basis on what method would be best," she said.
Zoos accredited by the European Association of Zoos and Aquariums (EAZA), of which the Copenhagen Zoo is a member, have a different philosophy.
European zoos like their animals to "perform behaviors naturally," including sexual behavior, said Gerald Dick, executive director of the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums based in Switzerland, which has AZA and EAZA as members.
Also, contraception is seen in Europe as an experimental option that can cause serious side effects in animals.
"We've seen evidence that contraception can be nonreversible and can result in permanent sterility," said David Williams-Mitchell, a spokesman for EAZA, in an interview with USA TODAY Network. "On top of that, we've been seeing pathology, such as cancer, in certain animals" who use contraception.
In the 1990s, large cats like lions and tigers were developing cancers and tumors caused by contraception, Asa said. But since then, she noted, zoos have developed safer alternatives.
Asa also said there was no "completely right way or completely wrong way" of breeding animals and maintaining genetic diversity. "We just feel, in most cases, contraception is the compromise we find preferable."
Public response
In last 20 years, Copenhagen Zoo has bred 33 male and 36 female giraffes. Of those, only Marius was euthanized, Williams-Mitchell said.
Dick noted that euthanasia is a last resort, that "might need to happen if there's no other options." But he objected to the way in which the Danish veterinarians publicly dissected the animal.
"You might feel insulted if you see it, with the organs made visible," Dick said. "In terms of biology, this is natural and not a big deal. On the other hand, public perception is a bit different."
Comments on Twitter revealed shock and disgust.
In an interview with the BBC, Bengt Holst, the zoo's scientific director, said animals are euthanized in both American and European zoos, often due to illness or old age. The Copenhagen Zoo typically puts down 20 to 30 animals a year,
In Nordic countries specifically "there's a greater transparency over how animals are treated when they die," Williams-Mitchell said. "Danes are not squeamish about that."
The public outcry with this particular animal's death may be due to the perception of giraffes being a more "charismatic species," he said.
Some feel that the focus on an individual animal's death misses the larger point: Zoos are charged with conserving populations that have been subject to poaching or habitat degradation.
Williams-Mitchell said he understands people are upset over the giraffe's death, but added, "We have not heard a single solution which addresses the underlying problem, which is humans are absolutely trashing nature."
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Apple Pie and Jalapeno Cheese Soft Pretzels…
…only--not together! Did you all know that April is soft pretzel month? Yeah, it is! I love a warm, soft pretzel. They're salty, a touch sweet--and if you have something to dip them in, it's even better! This week, I decided to try making some again. Apple Pie Pretzels are slightly sweet, with nice bits of dried apple and apple pie spice-so very nice. Jalapeno and cheese is kind of self explanatory. The finely diced jalapeno, we found, makes a perfect addition to a soft pretzel! Shredded cheese over the top (and right in the dough, too!) makes a nice addition.
Notice how I said "making some again" up there? Even though they're incredibly simple to make, I've only ever made them once before. I was about 17 the first time I tried making these. Back then, it was a huge deal for me to make a yeast dough! I worked so hard to get them all looking good. They were delicious, and I was so damn proud. I let them cool, then stored them in a couple of big Ziploc bags. One of my cats at the time loved baked goods. I mean really loved them. We had to watch him all the time, the little bugger. There was no cookie, cake or pie that was safe in his vicinity. I came home from school and found that he'd bitten through both bags, and taken a bite of EACH pretzel! Not just one--no, that wasn't satisfying enough. Each and every one. After trying two or three, was he expecting the next one to taste like tuna or salmon? "Hmmm, pretzel flavor again. Damn! Maybe this one? No. How about that one? Huh. This one? That one? No, no, and no." Every single one. I was so ticked off! I only had one the day before! I was in no mood to make more, I can tell you that. Freaking cat. I miss that little shit.
Keep in mind, if you want to make both flavors, you'll need to do them separately because the add-ins go in before kneading--so plan on having double the ingredients on hand.
Apple Pie and/or Jalapeno Cheese Soft Pretzels
adapted slightly from Aunt Annie's recipe
makes about 9 large pretzels--I made one batch for each flavor
1 1/2 cup warm water
1 1/8 teaspoon active dry yeast
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 1/8 teaspoon salt
4 cups all purpose flour
2 cups warm water (Don't add this to the dough! Read recipe through first.)
2 tablespoons baking soda (Don't add this to the dough, either! Read recipe through first.)
1 egg, beaten
For Apple Pie Pretzels:
1 cup dried apple pieces (I had dried slices that I simply cut up with kitchen shears-chop them finely, as they plump up as the dough rises)
1 1/2 tsp apple pie spice
turbinado sugar for sprinkling over tops before baking (optional)
For Jalapeno Cheese Pretzels:
1 medium jalapeno, finely diced (if you want them spicier, leave some seeds and ribs in the pepper)
1 cup grated cheese (I used a mix of Monterey Jack, Cheddar, Queso, and Asadero)
a bit more cheese for sprinkling over the tops during baking, about 1/2 cup or so
3/4-1 tsp Adobo Seasoning
Pour the 1 1/2 cups of water in your mixing bowl. Add the yeast, sugar and salt, and stir to dissolve them. Let this sit for about 5 minutes.
Add the flour, and your choice of add-ins. In my Kitchen Aid mixer, I mixed on low, then let the dough knead with the dough hook for just a couple of minutes. It comes together very quickly.
Set the dough aside to rise, covered with plastic wrap, for about an hour. (This is about how long I was gone running errands.)
While your dough is doing it's thing, mix the baking soda and the 2 cups of warm water in a bowl that you can dip the pretzels in before baking. Set aside.
Heat the oven to 450. When you're ready to roll the pretzels, take a portion off the dough, and roll it into a long rope. My apple pieces weren't cut small enough and they were all plumpy, so I got lumpy pretzels. Still delicious! Shape into a pretzel shape. Here's a great diagram! Set each pretzel aside on a parchment lined baking sheet. When you've rolled all of them, dip each pretzel in the baking soda/water mixture and set back on the sheet.
Brush each pretzel with the egg wash.
For the Jalapeno Cheese pretzels, bake them for 8 minutes. Take them out, sprinkle the cheese over, and then return to the oven for 2-3 more minutes. Remove from oven and place the pretzels on a cooling rack.
For the Apple Pie Pretzels, do the egg wash, then if you're using the turbinado sugar over, do it now. Bake for 10-12 minutes. Remove to a cooling rack.
- My pretzels baked up as fatty little boombalatties, sort of like rolls. SO--not only are they super satisfying pretzels, but they make awesome sandwich rolls! Hell yeah, they do.
- Try a bacon (or ham), egg and cheeser on the apple ones and you'll be in pretzel breakfast sandwich heaven. Trust me. You're welcome.
- What's a soft pretzel without something to dip it in? I chose a Fleur de Sel Caramel Sauce for the Apple Pie Pretzels, and a Salsa con Queso for the Jalapeno Cheese Pretzels.
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Paajarvi Should Have Been Held Back A Year
Jonathan Willis
January 27 2011 09:47AM
This fall, some argued that the Oilers were making a mistake inserting all three of their blue-chip forward prospects into the line-up at the same time. The player I suggested should have been given another year of seasoning at a lower professional level was Magnus Paajarvi, and given what we've seen so far this season I think that would have been the correct decision.
It's not that Paajarvi's been a bad player. He hasn't, particularly given his age and role on the roster. With Hall (and Eberle, prior to injury) playing so well, it sometimes seems Paajarvi doesn't get his due. He's still a player I think we can regard as a difference maker somewhere down the road.
The problem is that the Oilers are burning a year of Paajarvi's entry-level contract while he isn't a difference maker to give him limited NHL minutes, when they could be saving that year for when he's a better player and giving him virtually unlimited minutes in the SEL or AHL. From a cap management and development perspective, that strikes me as flawed thinking.
This is particularly true when there are plenty of other options available. Let's compare Paajarvi's performance to that of two other forwards, one currently on the Oilers' roster and one who the team bought out last year. For ease of comparison, we'll adjust games played to Paajarvi's 47.
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Given that this was always going to be a burned season anyway, the difference in performance between Paajarvi and a player like Robert Nilsson or Linus Omark is a trivial thing, but the fact is the Oilers could have got comparable play from either option.
In either case, there would have been tangible benefits:
- Paajarvi could play a much larger role on a lower-level professional team
- Paajarvi's ELC would slide forward another year, keeping him at a lower pay threshold for one additional season and delaying his UFA eligibility by an additional season
- (If Omark) The Oilers would have had a better opportunity to evaluate Omark at the NHL level over an entire seaso
- (If Nilsson) The Oilers would have saved the money used in his buyout, as well as avoided the six-figure cap penalty for 2011-12
It's not the end of the world that the Oilers chose to bring Paajarvi into the NHL this year, and I don't doubt it will be valuable experience for him. It just doesn't strike me as the best option.
January 27 2011, 05:03PM
I would however like to see a comparison to some higher-profile SEL players in their first half of a season.
January 27 2011, 05:06PM
well, assuming he is still the "tin man" from the old days around the interweb, i suggest asking him where he, at one time, had Mr.Robert Nilsson pegged.
Hint- it was along the lines of "sure fire 2nd liner in the NHL"
if he isnt who i think he is, then i will go back to eating my giant block of cheese and watching Wheel of Fortune re-runs
Ha-ha, ya I probably overshot Nilsson....though considering the "mid range" 2nd line LW/RW put up 42 and 37 points last year, I'm still confident he could produce at that level.
He just couldn't wrap his head around the rest of the game.
January 27 2011, 05:06PM
I would however like to see a comparison to some higher-profile SEL players in their first half of a season.
I mentioned MArkus Naslund earlier.
January 27 2011, 05:06PM
I don't have a problem with the opinion that he isn't improving. I have a problem with your defense of that opinion. I have a problem with the statements you often give that just do not make sense and/or are blatant cherry picks.
You go on and on about being frustrated watching him, but from your comments I get more of an impression of a guy who has made up his mind and is seeing only what he wants to see while ignoring context completely.
If you could give even the slightest impression that you were trying to watch him objectively it might lend a touch of credibility.
Guess i'm just an all or nothing guy. Fair enough TUG, i'll keep my mouth shut on Gagner and hope i'm wrong.
Paajarvi Better playing in the AHL ( must need online hits )? Sammy has proven to play at the NHL level. He without a dought helps those kids on that line. I wouldn't use him in a shootout or expect a 70 point player but he is a decent 2nd line center. What's the beef?
January 27 2011, 05:11PM
At the end of Training camp there were a whole lot of people who thought Paajarvi was going to have the best season out of the big 3. In the past 2-3 weeks MPS has been a different player. This season has been a learning experience, and one he probably needed.
He COULD have learned how to be a better NHL player in the SEL or the AHL, but something tells me that he needed to be broken into the NHL.
He's had a pretty average rookie campaign, but there are 30ish games left. I want to see his progression.
January 27 2011, 05:15PM
...Naslund had 11 pts in 71 games his first year
...But Sundin had 59 pts in 80 games.
Unfortunately Nilson is a pretty good comparison. Except that we now know he has little drive.
January 27 2011, 05:30PM
Ha-ha, ya I probably overshot Nilsson....though considering the "mid range" 2nd line LW/RW put up 42 and 37 points last year, I'm still confident he could produce at that level.
He just couldn't wrap his head around the rest of the game.
is that a fancy way of saying you were wrong?
January 27 2011, 06:04PM
Question: Why do so many people think that the POG line's success so far is because of putting PRV and Omark together. Couldn't and shouldn't some of the accolades point to Gags as being pert of the success, not just a guy that is riding coat-tails?
Second: And slightly off topic, but someone mentioned Detroit. We all wish we could have their players, but I think calling their GM picks as genius is off the mark. If Holmstrom, Datsuk, Zetter, Lidstrom and other were so good, why weren't they taken sooner..even by Detroit. Drafting is skill, but also luck. A chunk of those players turned out to be wicked good, and drafted super late after selecting useless guys that haven't played or had any impact.
January 27 2011, 06:06PM
I didn't expect this to be a popular viewpoint, so I'm not surprised by the general reaction. A few minor points I'd like to make:
1. Jordan Eberle got 20 AHL games and and four seasons of Major Jr. before making the jump to the team this year. In his last year of junior he scored 50 goals and 106 points in 57 games after a very strong training camp. I'd argue that keeping him in the WHL/AHL in 2009-10 helped him develop his all-round game, and is part of the reason he is the player that he is today.
2. On the other hand, Sam Gagner got stuck in the NHL at 18 and though he put up points early on he was clearly out of his depth. Did that NHL time help or hinder his development? How does his development path compare to that of Logan Couture (an inferior player)?
3. The comparison wasn't to the career potential of Omark/Nilsson; rather, to their hypothetical production this season.
4. This article was not intended to bash Paajarvi in any way whatsoever. He's a fine player and one that I think will be critical down the road.
5. The decision to keep Paajarvi out of the NHL would have been made, not during training camp, but during the summer - just like the Oilers made that decision on Omark to the minors and Jones over Reddox in the summer. People act like TC is a legitimate contest, but the reality is the outcomes are largely predetermined - because player careers are a better indicator of performance than two weeks of preseason games and skating drills are.
Thanks to everyone for commenting, though.
The bulk of your argument seems to be - "Eberle is turning out like this and Gagner is turning out like that."
I'm not actually in disagreement with your conclusion - though I don't really know what the purpose of saying it now might be - but you yourself have shown many times that pointing out specific examples that happen to support your argument doesn't prove much.
There are examples out there of almost every possible development path. There are high picks that played in the minors and developed beautifully. There are also high picks who played in the minors and never developed at all.
I don't see how pointing to a guy who developed well a certain way is in any way proof that another will do the same.
Again...I tend to agree with your conclusion, but you need to provide more of an argument than that to assert anything.
@Jonathan Willis
Do you really think another year of Junior would have been better for Gagner than the second line centre minutes and coaching of the NHL? That surprises me. I don't think his career path has hurt his development. I think his size and the fact that other teams have a lot of video on him has limited his statistics a bit, but I think a player learns more in the NHL as long as he is getting the opportunity to play.
I am not convinced that Eberle learned more playing another year of Junior than he would have being part of the Oilers squad, but I think that being removed from the poisonous room last year was a benefit so I am glad he played where he played. It was also probably good for his confidence to excel in Regina. I don't think Gagner needed any more confidence than he had coming in.
January 27 2011, 06:16PM
The only problem I have with this argument is the "it would keep an extra year on his ELC" part. I understand that it's a good idea to plan for the future, and in the salary cap era staying one or two steps ahead of the game is obviously ideal.
But, to me it feels like a moot point. For one no one has any idea what the new CBA is going to look like. Who knows, maybe in 3 years time the cap will be $75 million. It's highly unlikely but you never know. And whenever this argument is brought up I just feel like everyone is looking at it from a stance that all the young players are going to be making/demanding 8+ million dollar salaries and that the Oilers will have absolutely no cap room, they're going to have to jettison all the good players and we'll be stuck with a team full of Jacques and Strudwicks, etc, etc. None of us have any idea what the Oilers cap situation is going to look like, how these players are going to develop in terms of how much money they're going to warrant when the time comes, what the roster is going to look like, how competitive the Oilers will be, and so on.
I just think that "we should keep this guy in the minors so 3 years from now we'll have an extra 3 million in potential cap space to work with" isn't nearly as sound as "let's see if this kid can keep pace on the big team, and if he does then we'll keep him up". Even though this year was always going to be a wash, you might as well start building chemistry with the young guys and getting them used to the NHL game as soon as possible.
Not playing someone because you could potentially run into cap space problems 3 years down the road is akin to needing a new computer to get more work done, but holding off because a better one is going to come out in 5 years. That's the way I feel anyway.
But I agree with JW on pretty much everything else. I thought PRV could have used at least a few games in OKC by the first week of December.
January 27 2011, 06:27PM
I think Eberle gained a lot of experience from his time in the AHL and his year in junior.
He was able to get better positionally and tune his skills before making the jump.
He was also able to completely dominate at a level before moving on. That does a lot for confidence, and confidence does a lot for a player's game.
January 27 2011, 06:28PM
Omark has the confidence, but not the fine tuning. a year in the AHL would help, and his games there did help. Now, I don't see any way he goes back there. He put up good points and now has to develop here.
January 27 2011, 06:30PM
Semin signed for 1 yr $6.7M..... say what now?
Does this give Hemsky ammo for a BIG payday? Similar pedigree, results, and injury history.
January 27 2011, 06:30PM
I am picking up what you're putting down LT. I too was one who suggested that MP should spend the year in the AHL to adapt, in fact I wanted Eberle down there all year too. I mean, why not? Not like we were going to win a cup with them in the lineup, and this would give them more development time whilst saving us a year of contract. Conversely, since this is a "development year", and wins dont matter, why not develop these kids whilst the heat isnt on, so that next year they are pros.
January 27 2011, 06:32PM
At this point, the only place PRV can go is NHL. Shoulda, coulda, woulda.
Even if some time in the AHL would still benefit him, the only way he goes is if he loses his D game, and nobody thinks that will happen.
Now if we could just get him to fill out sooner....
January 27 2011, 06:40PM
Gagner is a bust. Trade him.
Wow, what is Horcoff doing to live up to that contract?
Lowebellini needs to be fired! Take a little longer to make a decision already.
January 27 2011, 06:41PM
Not really serious about above post, just trying to spur some debate since work is brutal for me today.
You know, I had totally disaggreed earlier, but you did just make some good points. I don't think he benifits from a full season in the A, but, maybe like Omark, he would have benifited with 20 or 30 games. Side note, Did anyone catch Hall's comments about Windor. Something to the effect of the core arrived as 16 year old and build into 2 memorial cup champs....like what he feels is happening in Edmonton! This guy will be crazy good, because he wants it so bad, and the god given talent dosn't hurt either.
January 27 2011, 06:45PM
I agree. I wasn't sure about drafting a winger last year, but after seeing him play 2 games, it was the best decision.
He is so good already even though he is so raw. Other than his talent, which is undeniable, the thing that sets him apart is the fact that he wants to do something every time he is on the ice. EVERY TIME! He looks disappointed when he has to come off.
I agree. I wasn't sure about drafting a winger last year, but after seeing him play 2 games, it was the best decision.
He is so good already even though he is so raw. Other than his talent, which is undeniable, the thing that sets him apart is the fact that he wants to do something every time he is on the ice. EVERY TIME! He looks disappointed when he has to come off.
I know, it is crazy to see that abslolute will that he has. Makes me very happy MBS choose him!
I like the fact that the year Khabibulins contract is up is also the same year that they need to resign Hall, Pajaarvi, Eberle, and Whitney. Not bad timing there. Lose a 3.75 cap hit just when you need to sign some of the up and coming kids and our best defenseman.
Waxman, the way you spark debate gives me a headache. I don't want to defend Gagner anymore today, and I certainly don't want another Horcoff debate. I am glad you sent the disclaimer that you weren't serious in the post.
Now firing of Lowebellini? Lowe has been a bonehead enough times to lose his job, but he has also admitted his mistakes, which makes me think he won't make the same ones, which makes me want to keep him instead of breaking in a new guy. I am still pretty happy about his work putting together the spare parts to make a run at the finals in 2006. I have a feeling that he would plug the holes that need filling a lot better than Tambellini. I don't trust Tambellini to evaluate weaknesses and fill them with the personnel we need. So if he was gone I would not be sad.
Gagner is a bust. Trade him.
Wow, what is Horcoff doing to live up to that contract?
Lowebellini needs to be fired! Take a little longer to make a decision already.
EDIT sorry for the double post. I thought I lost my first one. Swore once or twice then went at it again.
January 27 2011, 07:04PM
Thanks for trying Bucknuck. but I am now reserved to playing Mass Effect to ride the rest of my day out. See you all tomorrow (or later probably).
January 27 2011, 07:09PM
If you guys know hockeybuzz.com then you know who Eklund is. Check out this video some goofball made about him, LOL!
January 27 2011, 07:29PM
HAHAHAHAAAA!! That's awesome! And so true.
btw.... the Sedin twins are being traded to Washington for Laich and Backstrom and an Ovechkin bobblehead. Trust me... E-10,000
Now back to Mass Effect
January 27 2011, 07:33PM
Q. Should Paajarvi have been in the NHL this season, right from the get-go?
A. No diggity, no doubt. (In my humble opinion.)
I would have picked him for my star except that Eberle had me at hello when I saw the 08/09 World Jrs. And at the risk of being ostracised for my noob-ocity, that was the same year I started following the Oilers.
January 27 2011, 07:41PM
is that a fancy way of saying you were wrong?
Even I am fallible.
January 27 2011, 07:43PM
@Wax Man Riley
I'm all over the credits for that game and its DLC...assuming you're playing Mass 2.
I have nothing else to add, just wanted to say.
January 27 2011, 07:50PM
I'm all over the credits for that game and its DLC...assuming you're playing Mass 2.
I have nothing else to add, just wanted to say.
On a COMPLETELY unrelated note I hope everyone's been watching Village On A Diet on CBC, Monday evening's.
*Absolutely NOT shameless self promotion*
If the management makes hockey decisions based on what the fans want then we have a problem (and we do). Think Ken Holland gives a rats ass what the fans want? He puts together a winning team. You only have to pander to the fans' desires if you've done a s&%tty job of icing a team for the past few years (as we have).
If you let Johnny from the beer league dictate how the team is run and how the cap is managed then any success on the rebuild will be by accident.
I fully expect that the fans expecations had something to do with the big three being played up with the big club and that is just another one of the reasons I think our management is incompetent.
EDIT: I thought this when Omark went down after largely outplaying Magnus PI in the preseason. This team's management is selling the future and they can do a better job of selling the guys that the fans want to see.
RT, You aren't a season holder.
The Oil brass had a special meeting with those who pay, outlining the Oil SOTU. It was agreed to, and what they wanted.
And that my friend is how you sell corporate boxes.
And I agree that this direction is miles better than Torontos or Ottawas or Calgarys, although as much as I dislike Toronto, they are trying, albeit failing.
January 27 2011, 10:19PM
@John Chambers
I sort of have to agree with this. I really like JW and his views, but this is the feeling I got when reading this too.
I wish the Oil had a center who realized how fast and how open this kid is when possession changes. Hes gone like hes shot out of a cannon and inevitably has to wait for some puck hog smurf to get to the blue line where he waits.
A wee exercise in speculation for those who follow the dub. Anyone think RNH would tune into this PRV kids speed?
One advantage that may have been gained from a tour in OKC would be the opportunity to beat dmen wide and gain some confidence. I dont think PRV realizes how easily he could blow by these guys, maybe in OKC he would prove it to himself.
Young kid, foreign country, bunch of mouth breather media types, "pucks" begging for it. A bit overwhelming Im sure. The change in the kids game as soon as brass balls omark arrived was noticeable. Hes been good and getting better. Im fine with the decision to keep him up here... and yes Im a season seat holder.
Now that fn Jacques guy..... Ive about had it with funding his paycheck!!
January 27 2011, 11:07PM
@Jonathan Willis
Is Couture that much better or is he just on a team with some much depth that he does not always see the best defensemen and have a lot of top level talent to mentor him.
I know he is not playing with thornton. but remember cheecho, and to some extent setoguchi. are these top level picks or players who look better in san jose.
Not saying couture isnt the real deal but it still early.
We all remember how excited we were to se Sam in his second year. Were we not thinking 60 points.
And yes I have watched Couture play. He does make a lot of plays on his own.
January 27 2011, 11:11PM
no hemsky gets no where near semin money because hemsky scores maybe 25 goals not 40 - 45.
I hate Semin, what a little ........
January 28 2011, 01:10AM
I'm all over the credits for that game and its DLC...assuming you're playing Mass 2.
I have nothing else to add, just wanted to say.
Nope, gotta play through the first one before I hit ME2. My poor, poor wife. She stuck with me through Fallout NV, and now this. I am a lucky man that I am not divorced right now. ....yet
January 28 2011, 06:56AM
@Wax Man Riley
Yeah, I played through Mass 1 twice before I started writing my Thesis. At least I could justify it later when I started working for BioWare on Mass 2, but at the time...
Eberle was left in Jrs. for another year because he was under-sized and his skating needed work. Not be cause he couldn't pass, shoot, or think at an NHL level.
He grew a bit, put on some muscle and his skating improved. Good move.
But MPS already has world class wheels and is 6'2" or so.
The areas he needed work in is adjusting to a new country, city, league and team.
So he is exactly where he is supposed to be.
Eberle was left in Jrs. for another year because he was under-sized and his skating needed work. Not be cause he couldn't pass, shoot, or think at an NHL level.
He grew a bit, put on some muscle and his skating improved. Good move.
But MPS already has world class wheels and is 6'2" or so.
The areas he needed work in is adjusting to a new country, city, league and team.
So he is exactly where he is supposed to be.
January 28 2011, 12:02PM
I feel that Paajarvi is best suited to learn the ropes here, this year. So if we kept him in the SEL or AHL he would be a more dominant player but he would not be getting used to NHL talent or NHL speed. I would still have an adjustment period like he has had this year but he would be a year behinf Hall and Eberle for seasoning.
Let's compare Stamkos and Paajarvi for ONLY A MINUTE. (They are not in the same league Yet)
Would Stamkos been better suited for a year of seasoning in the AHL because he only had 23G 23A 46P in 79GP and Paajarvi is on his way to 10G 22A 32P in 80GP (projected by TSN)
Stamkos had similar TOI but a minute more of PP time than Paajarvi in his rookie season, look that the quality of the PP units. (Paajarvi might get an extra 5 points if he had more PP time)
Paajarvi and the rest of the youth can spend this year getting better under NO PRESSURE to succeed.


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Since most highland pipers play standing up, the role in their performance played by their feet has been largely restricted to ambulation. The only exception to this has been in Cape Breton where pipers playing for dancing frequently do so sitting down. One advantage of this practice is that it liberates the feet for other roles,and this has become a feature of Cape Breton piping, a feature that has, of late years, been adopted by a number of bellows pipers.
The question arises then, does this technique have anything to do with 18th century Lowland piping? My answer has to be, If you mean did 18th century pipers employ similar footwork then no, it seems to me highly unlikely, and there is no evidence that I know of to the contrary. If your question however is along the lines of 'does this technique have any relevance to the way we play Lowland music today, then my answer is very firmly, yes.
My introduction into piping back in the 1980's was via the world of traditional French dance, particularly the music of the cabrette players. Here footwork is a vital part of the performance, and I suspect that it was one of the things that excited me about the music. I have a feeling [based on no evidence] that Cape Breton pipers took their inspiration from similar sources, from those French fiddlers and pipers who joined them in the New World.
It was inevitable for me, that once I started playing lowland music this footwork would become part of my performance. This was particularly true as I began to explore the repertoire in depth; there, were, it seemed to me, rhythmic affiliations between this music and that of central France. Those tunes that appear in the notated sources to be 'jigs', as I hve posted elsewhere, actually play more like three-time bourrees, and I have more recently began to see that those that appear as 'reels' [or sometimes as 'rants'] play rather like two-time bourrees [I hope a post on this is coming soon]
Here are two examples of cabrette pipers playing three-time bourrees in Youtube videos [sorry about the cows in the first one- you can fast forward past them...]
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The first of these, you will see, shows the 'piper's chair'; beneath it is a board specifically for the feet.
It is clear that individual pipers have developed or adopted their own variations on this stepping. You can hear my Scottish Lowland version here [This is the recording from this year's competition, and is a typically stressed example of my competition playing; I will try to get a more relaxed performance posted]


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