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Apache HTTP Server Version 2.4
Description: | Context-sensitive smart filter configuration module |
Status: | Base |
Module Identifier: | filter_module |
Source File: | mod_filter.c |
Compatibility: | Version 2.1 and later |
This module enables smart, context-sensitive configuration of output content filters. For example, apache can be configured to process different content-types through different filters, even when the content-type is not known in advance (e.g. in a proxy).
works by introducing indirection into
the filter chain. Instead of inserting filters in the chain, we insert
a filter harness which in turn dispatches conditionally
to a filter provider. Any content filter may be used as a provider
to mod_filter
; no change to existing filter modules is
required (although it may be possible to simplify them).
In the traditional filtering model, filters are inserted unconditionally
using AddOutputFilter
and family.
Each filter then needs to determine whether to run, and there is little
flexibility available for server admins to allow the chain to be
configured dynamically.
by contrast gives server administrators a
great deal of flexibility in configuring the filter chain. In fact,
filters can be inserted based on complex boolean
expressions This generalises the limited
flexibility offered by AddOutputFilterByType
Figure 1: The traditional filter model
In the traditional model, output filters are a simple chain from the content generator (handler) to the client. This works well provided the filter chain can be correctly configured, but presents problems when the filters need to be configured dynamically based on the outcome of the handler.
Figure 2: The mod_filter
works by introducing indirection into
the filter chain. Instead of inserting filters in the chain, we insert
a filter harness which in turn dispatches conditionally
to a filter provider. Any content filter may be used as a provider
to mod_filter
; no change to existing filter modules
is required (although it may be possible to simplify them). There can be
multiple providers for one filter, but no more than one provider will
run for any single request.
A filter chain comprises any number of instances of the filter harness, each of which may have any number of providers. A special case is that of a single provider with unconditional dispatch: this is equivalent to inserting the provider filter directly into the chain.
There are three stages to configuring a filter chain with
. For details of the directives, see below.
declares a filter, assigning it a name and filter type. Required
only if the filter is not the default type AP_FTYPE_RESOURCE.FilterProvider
directive registers a provider with a filter. The filter may have
been declared with FilterDeclare
; if not, FilterProvider will implicitly
declare it with the default type AP_FTYPE_RESOURCE. The provider
must have been
registered with ap_register_output_filter
by some module.
The final argument to FilterProvider
is an expression: the provider will be
selected to run for a request if and only if the expression evaluates
to true. The expression may evaluate HTTP request or response
headers, environment variables, or the Handler used by this request.
Unlike earlier versions, mod_filter now supports complex expressions
involving multiple criteria with AND / OR logic (&& / ||)
and brackets. The details of the expression syntax are described in
the ap_expr documentation.FilterChain
directive builds a filter chain from smart
filters declared, offering the flexibility to insert filters at the
beginning or end of the chain, remove a filter, or clear the chain.mod_filter normally only runs filters on responses with
HTTP status 200 (OK). If you want to filter documents with
other response statuses, you can set the filter-errordocs
environment variable, and it will work on all responses
regardless of status. To refine this further, you can use
expression conditions with FilterProvider
The FilterProvider
directive has changed from httpd 2.2: the match and
dispatch arguments are replaced with a single but
more versatile expression. In general, you can convert
a match/dispatch pair to the two sides of an expression, using
something like:
"dispatch = 'match'"
The Request headers, Response headers and Environment variables are now interpreted from syntax %{req:foo}, %{resp:foo} and %{env:foo} respectively. The variables %{HANDLER} and %{CONTENT_TYPE} are also supported.
Note that the match no longer support substring matches. They can be replaced by regular expression matches.
FilterDeclare SSI FilterProvider SSI INCLUDES "%{CONTENT_TYPE} =~ m|^text/html|" FilterChain SSI
FilterProvider SSI INCLUDES "%{HANDLER} = 'server-parsed'" FilterChain SSI
FilterDeclare gzip CONTENT_SET FilterProvider gzip inflate "%{req:Accept-Encoding} !~ /gzip/" FilterChain gzip
FilterProvider unpack jpeg_unpack "%{CONTENT_TYPE} = 'image/jpeg'" FilterProvider unpack gif_unpack "%{CONTENT_TYPE} = 'image/gif'" FilterProvider unpack png_unpack "%{CONTENT_TYPE} = 'image/png'" FilterProvider downsample downsample_filter "%{CONTENT_TYPE} = m|^image/(jpeg|gif|png)|" FilterProtocol downsample "change=yes" FilterProvider repack jpeg_pack "%{CONTENT_TYPE} = 'image/jpeg'" FilterProvider repack gif_pack "%{CONTENT_TYPE} = 'image/gif'" FilterProvider repack png_pack "%{CONTENT_TYPE} = 'image/png'" <Location "/image-filter"> FilterChain unpack downsample repack </Location>
Historically, each filter is responsible for ensuring that whatever changes it makes are correctly represented in the HTTP response headers, and that it does not run when it would make an illegal change. This imposes a burden on filter authors to re-implement some common functionality in every filter:
Cache-Control: no-transform
header from the
aims to offer generic handling of these
details of filter implementation, reducing the complexity required of
content filter modules. This is work-in-progress; the
some of this functionality for back-compatibility with Apache 2.0
modules. For httpd 2.1 and later, the
API enables filter modules to
declare their own behaviour.
At the same time, mod_filter
should not interfere
with a filter that wants to handle all aspects of the protocol. By
default (i.e. in the absence of any FilterProtocol
directives), mod_filter
will leave the headers untouched.
At the time of writing, this feature is largely untested, as modules in common use are designed to work with 2.0. Modules using it should test it carefully.
Description: | assigns an output filter to a particular media-type |
Syntax: | AddOutputFilterByType filter[;filter...]
media-type [media-type] ... |
Context: | server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess |
Override: | FileInfo |
Status: | Base |
Module: | mod_filter |
Compatibility: | Had severe limitations before
being moved to mod_filter in version 2.3.7 |
This directive activates a particular output filter for a request depending on the response media-type.
The following example uses the DEFLATE
filter, which
is provided by mod_deflate
. It will compress all
output (either static or dynamic) which is labeled as
or text/plain
before it is sent
to the client.
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html text/plain
If you want the content to be processed by more than one filter, their
names have to be separated by semicolons. It's also possible to use one
directive for each of
these filters.
The configuration below causes all script output labeled as
to be processed at first by the
filter and then by the DEFLATE
<Location "/cgi-bin/"> Options Includes AddOutputFilterByType INCLUDES;DEFLATE text/html </Location>
Description: | Configure the filter chain |
Syntax: | FilterChain [+=-@!]filter-name ... |
Context: | server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess |
Override: | Options |
Status: | Base |
Module: | mod_filter |
This configures an actual filter chain, from declared filters.
takes any number of arguments,
each optionally preceded with a single-character control that
determines what to do:
Description: | Declare a smart filter |
Syntax: | FilterDeclare filter-name [type] |
Context: | server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess |
Override: | Options |
Status: | Base |
Module: | mod_filter |
This directive declares an output filter together with a
header or environment variable that will determine runtime
configuration. The first argument is a filter-name
for use in FilterProvider
The final (optional) argument
is the type of filter, and takes values of ap_filter_type
- namely RESOURCE
(the default), CONTENT_SET
or NETWORK
Description: | Deal with correct HTTP protocol handling |
Syntax: | FilterProtocol filter-name [provider-name]
proto-flags |
Context: | server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess |
Override: | Options |
Status: | Base |
Module: | mod_filter |
This directs mod_filter
to deal with ensuring the
filter doesn't run when it shouldn't, and that the HTTP response
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Thursday, October 2, 2008
THAT...Doesn't Look Like Dirt
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Brain matter?
Squiggly pile of earthworms?
I could see it.
DIRT?!? Heck no!
Unless we're looking at the earthly remains of Edward (eeewwwww), then I'm afraid I just don't get it. And Beth H., that spider is totally freaking me out.
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- Wonderful World of Weiners said...
Actually it looks like what comes out of my dog when someone STUPIDLY sneaks her table food!!
Plus, that spider looks angry. And scarey. And mean.
http://wonderfulworldofweiners.blogspot.com/ - October 2, 2008 at 9:05 AM
How about giant pile of poo?
- October 2, 2008 at 9:07 AM
- Heidi said...
If they had only crushed up some Oreos and tossed it over that "dirt". :)
- October 2, 2008 at 9:09 AM
- Unknown said...
...gives a whole new meaning to "no one loves me, everybody hates me, I guess I'll go eat worms"
- October 2, 2008 at 9:11 AM
- The Courteous Chihuahua said...
Thanks; now I'll have "the worms crawl in, the worms crawl out..." song stuck in my head all day.
Poor Edward...he's a pretty good guy for the shape he's in. - October 2, 2008 at 9:12 AM
It looks more like a big pile of crap to me.
Anyway, if you want to make dirt, everyone knows you use crushed oreoes. :P - October 2, 2008 at 9:13 AM
- Tracy O said...
EWWWWWWW! Eww! Eww! Eww! Ewww!! I do research in digestive diseases and at first glance (even before reading your comments) I said - why are there intestines on that cake?
Tracy - October 2, 2008 at 9:15 AM
- Rosemary said...
"Older than kidney beans," maybe?
- October 2, 2008 at 9:16 AM
- Unknown said...
I'm definitely going with brain matter.
Unless it's intestines. - October 2, 2008 at 9:18 AM
- M K Glass said...
There are some other things that resembles... all of them not dirt, but most of them dirty.
I guess nobody thought to use Oreo crumbles? Would have been much cooler, especially if it included some Gummi worms... mmmmmm.... - October 2, 2008 at 9:20 AM
- Bri said...
I also don't get the dark brown shadow over the "dirt". What is that?
The spider addition is just cruel! :] - October 2, 2008 at 9:21 AM
- Unknown said...
- October 2, 2008 at 9:22 AM
Gag. Intestines is right. I've never seen dirt like that.
~Amy B - October 2, 2008 at 9:22 AM
- Ellen Mint said...
Maybe it's supposed to be a refrence to zombies and Edward is really gonna want some brains and intestines after he turns into an undead.
- October 2, 2008 at 9:22 AM
Well, I actually think the idea of the cake, and the handwriting is cute- I love the way she used brown & black icing, it gives a little extra. But how exactly DO you make icing look like dirt? I think I would have been thinking more out of the box and dusted over my icing "dirt" with crushed cookies or graham crackers- but then again, I am no professional cake decorator.
- October 2, 2008 at 9:28 AM
- Chris said...
Ya know, I was just innocently eating my breakfast and looking forward to my daily CakeWrecks read....
Now I may forgo lunch!
EWWWWW! - October 2, 2008 at 9:28 AM
I love frosting more than anyone one I know. but that cake has turned my stomach. The dirt looks like ... like...poop! And not from a healthy person or animal. Oh god and the SPIDER. I have arachnophobia. There is no way I would ever eat that cake. This is about as disgusting at that foot cake! * rocks self in a corner while crying *
- October 2, 2008 at 9:33 AM
- Rachel said...
Yeah, I thought it was poo at first. Who wants to eat poo? Well, besides my dog who eats her own....yuck!
- October 2, 2008 at 9:34 AM
- clueuin said...
Does the person who bought that cake love Edward or not?
I had a hard time thinking that someone order a cake to look like that on purpose. Especially someone who loves a family member.
I mean the joke is funny but the delivery (in bad cake form), needs work.
Looks like a combo of brains and intestines to me, Jen.
Clueuin - October 2, 2008 at 9:34 AM
- Kim said...
I'm a cake-a-holic, and I would have to swear it off if that were set in front of me! UGH!!! It looks completely unappetizing and creepy! blech!!
http://kimstepsoffaith.blogspot.com - October 2, 2008 at 9:37 AM
- Laura said...
Kinda looks like lots of little kidneys!
Loving the site!! - October 2, 2008 at 9:41 AM
- Team Serrins Springfield said...
Wait. 50 is older than dirt? I thought 50 was the new 40.
- October 2, 2008 at 9:45 AM
- Ed said...
And why oh why are there green flames coming out of the intestine looking, brain matter, not dirt?
It takes some sort of awesome chemical reaction to create green flames using copper sulphate. - October 2, 2008 at 9:54 AM
- Kelly said...
Good God I love your blog!
If I need a good laugh - which is multiple times a day - your blog never fails me! Thanks.
I'll tell you later Betty
Kelly - October 2, 2008 at 9:55 AM
- Esther said...
Ewwwwww. I vote for intestines. Or poo. Or poo in intestines. Either way, not apetizing!
- October 2, 2008 at 10:04 AM
- Funnelcloud Rachel said...
Actually, it looks like earthworm poo to me!
And what is that dark brown shadow that looks like it's rising behind the "dirt"?...
Happy Birthday, Edward, here's a steaming pile of sh*t! - October 2, 2008 at 10:09 AM
- debbiearnn said...
Looks like somebody ruined the cake with baked beans...eew.
I'd have to agree with others who've said something about cookie/cracker crumbs. - October 2, 2008 at 10:10 AM
- Kopperhead said...
@team serrins springfield: Yeah, I kinda took offense at the reference of 50 being 'older than dirt' than I did at the brainpooguts all over the cake itself! It is intensely ugly, though. (I say here as I am eating a slice of coconut layer cake...which is yummy!)
- October 2, 2008 at 10:13 AM
- Sheri said...
I'm frightened.
- October 2, 2008 at 10:17 AM
- Michelle said...
I mean really, when there's a big pile of doo-doo on your cake, why bother piping so nicely in white along the bottom edge of the cake? And frankly, why bother centering the name on the cake either? At least this decorator realized the second of these two.
- October 2, 2008 at 10:21 AM
- Kat Mortensen said...
Whoever made that "dirt" was pooping it out pretty consistently, at least. Look at that lovely uniform line at the bottom. Mind you the two grass-tufts on either side give it rather an aquarium-feel, which would mean the dirt could be some squirmy sea-life. It's such a happy cake though with that blue sky. The spider is a nice touch - a bit of early Hallowe'en?
Kat - October 2, 2008 at 10:22 AM
- The Barnes Crew said...
My first thought was intestines also!!! YUCK!!
- October 2, 2008 at 10:23 AM
- mMm said...
I'm thinking that it looks like a corpse covered in stones... which is no more pleasant than intestines or dog poop.
I might've tried brown sugar for the dirt. That is, if i had to make this cake at all, which i would've given anything to avoid. ;) - October 2, 2008 at 10:35 AM
- Maggie said...
I think it's more along the lines of an overflowing septic tank. And What is going on with the word spacing? A shame because the writing itself isn't all bad.
- October 2, 2008 at 10:35 AM
- Unknown said...
My daughter looked at this cake and said "Wow, that spider has laid a lot of eggs!"
- October 2, 2008 at 10:36 AM
It looks kind of... fungal. Maybe the dark brown airbrushed shadow is the dirt, and the light brown stuff is some kind of forest fungus growing on it. Mmm, mushroom flavored cake!
At least the writing is nice! - October 2, 2008 at 10:39 AM
Would the poor old dear be able to eat it, or would he die of a heart-attack or something? - October 2, 2008 at 10:40 AM
- Theatre Geek said...
Yeah, I thought perhaps a hill of beans (still done badly, though).
- October 2, 2008 at 10:44 AM
- JordanBaker said...
clearly it's pinto beans, and the caption should say "Edward: 50 and still full of beans."
- October 2, 2008 at 10:48 AM
- Boozy Tooth said...
Definitely intestines. No doubt about it.
- October 2, 2008 at 10:48 AM
How depressing. You're "old" AND there's a spider in your cake.
- October 2, 2008 at 10:48 AM
- Trevor said...
I thought it was going to be a post about an intestine cake when I saw the pic without reading anything. YUCK!
- October 2, 2008 at 10:50 AM
- Gothic Dragon said...
Gosh, dirt could have been so more easily done with crushed chocolate cookies than with icing entrails!
Even chocolate smudges and a few candy rocks would have been better!
Chrissy - October 2, 2008 at 11:09 AM
- sues2u2 said...
I'm w/ the looks like poop crowd! Could be intestines although they are actually a little pinker (or at least healthy ones are!) than that.
Also w/ the crushes oreos crowd. Would have made a world of difference! - October 2, 2008 at 11:09 AM
I'm going to have to go with kidney beans on this one, just because the more accurate descriptions are making me not want my breakfast anymore.
- October 2, 2008 at 11:12 AM
Ugh. It looks like what happens when someone gets food poisoning. Pick an end, any end, it looks the same >_<
- October 2, 2008 at 11:17 AM
- October 2, 2008 at 11:26 AM
"Would anyone like a piece of poo...I mean cake? Anyone? Anyone?"
- October 2, 2008 at 11:37 AM
Yeah at least it didn't say "You're UNDER the dirt!" I was thinking a big pile of baked beans.
- October 2, 2008 at 11:44 AM
- Laura ~Peach~ said...
after reading everyones comments and going back to stare in disbelief I do believe that the intestines are supposed to be ROCKS and the black spray is the dirt.... though I am not sure just really reaching out here ya know.
ACK... poor cake wreck - October 2, 2008 at 11:45 AM
- Miss Kolleen said...
i love that spider.
- October 2, 2008 at 11:59 AM
- Dea said...
That so does NOT look like dirt....blegh....and brown and black icing - reminds me of the scene in Steel Magnolias when they're talking about the Groom's Cake - and Sally Field says, "It's got gray icing! I can't even begin to think how you make gray icing!" Best....ever....
- October 2, 2008 at 12:00 PM
- Karen said...
Yikes! Baked beans was definitely my first thought.
- October 2, 2008 at 12:07 PM
The first thing I thought of when I saw that was poo. It looks like a pile of poo. LOL
- October 2, 2008 at 12:14 PM
- Kyla Michelle said...
At least the writing is done nicely!!
- October 2, 2008 at 12:24 PM
- Pixel said...
Since when was "older than dirt" a common cake-phrase, anyway?
- October 2, 2008 at 12:36 PM
- Adams Family Album said...
Shiny frosting should NEVER be used in such a manner! Do people not THINK when they decorate??
- October 2, 2008 at 12:42 PM
- Alli said...
Intestines was my first thought. Yuck! Why the need to put in the spider?
Thanks for the laughs, keep up the great work! - October 2, 2008 at 1:10 PM
- Hi Kooky said...
Definitely intestines.
- October 2, 2008 at 1:14 PM
- Lauren said...
It's definitely baked beans
For comparison:
http://www.freefoto.com/images/09/37/09_37_4---Baked-Beans-on-toast_web.jpg - October 2, 2008 at 1:36 PM
Looks like what my toddler deposits in the toilet after too much dairy.
(new here-- this site is simply the best read of my day) - October 2, 2008 at 1:42 PM
- Meg said...
Mmmmmm...chocolate tripe cake!
- October 2, 2008 at 1:52 PM
I vote for intestines.
- October 2, 2008 at 2:15 PM
- CaliGirl9 said...
In form, that cake looks like small intestine. But the color is wrong.
Or that small intestine is badly diseased.
The spider is kind of cute. If spiders can be cute.
And 50 is soooooo NOT older than dirt. Dirt is much much older than 50 years of age! We're talking millions here LOL - October 2, 2008 at 2:24 PM
Wow, that is a truly disgusting looking cake. I'm thinking the decorator's intention may have been to make Edward feel better about being old by making him a cake that is just so revolting he feels better about the way he looks, considering his age.
- October 2, 2008 at 2:26 PM
My vote is for baked beans.
- October 2, 2008 at 2:46 PM
- Cynthia A. said...
I mean really, who's the lucky bugger to get the spider? The birthday boy himself? Poor, poor Edward.
- October 2, 2008 at 2:48 PM
It occurs to me (too late!) that maybe it's intended to be a hill, and that the alternate text would have read something about his being "over the hill"... maybe?
- October 2, 2008 at 2:57 PM
Before I even read the post I said to myself... "Self, what is a pile of intestines doing on that cake?"
- October 2, 2008 at 3:15 PM
Older than poop?! Ugh!!!
- October 2, 2008 at 3:20 PM
- Chuck said...
As someone who spends a lot of time in the woods it actually looks just like a fresh pile of deer droppings - A.K.A. - POOP
- October 2, 2008 at 3:21 PM
Happy Birthday Edward!
Older than poo! - October 2, 2008 at 3:30 PM
- Crazy Raven Productions said...
Looked vaguely intestinal to me. Ew.
- October 2, 2008 at 3:38 PM
I think it looks like intestines!
- October 2, 2008 at 4:00 PM
since when is "50" older than dirt? o_O
- October 2, 2008 at 4:21 PM
- ipa said...
My dear old Dad - long dead - used to eat brains on toast for his lunch on a Saturday!
Looked like Edward's cake - sans spider!
India Pale Ale - October 2, 2008 at 4:39 PM
- Lori said...
Brain. Clearly Edward is older than brain. Odd.
How hard is it to make dirt? Ever heard of crushed Oreo's? Hello?! - October 2, 2008 at 4:47 PM
- Jennifer Good said...
I hate when people say someone is "older than dirt" after they hit a certain age. Isn't 40 supposed to be the new 30 and 50 the new 40, or something? I don't think 50, 60, or even 70 is that old anymore, unless you're really decrepit and unhealthy.
- October 2, 2008 at 4:48 PM
Even using the airbrushing on the "dirt" pile (which does look like intestines to me), like under the "Older than Dirt", or cocoa powder would have looked better... it's just the sheen to it that's really creepy.
- October 2, 2008 at 6:04 PM
- Tamsyn said...
Wow that is seriously gross, it actually made my stomach turn. I don't know if it is the brain/intestinal pile or the creepy spider. YEUCK!
- October 2, 2008 at 8:48 PM
- Michelle Kemper Brownlow said...
Ewwwwww...reminds me of the excriments they describe on those "CLEANSE" infomercials...BLECH!
- October 2, 2008 at 8:54 PM
- okapistripes said...
Beans, beans, the musical fruit...
- October 2, 2008 at 9:40 PM
So if dirt looks like that, then the mess my cats just made on the carpet must be nothing more than dirt droppings. Shame my mess is likely just as difficult to clean up as that cake will be.
- October 2, 2008 at 10:27 PM
- E.A.D. said...
Glad to see I'm not the only one who thought "intestines" before reading the commentary! Probably would have been better to put an ant on the cake instead of a spider. I don't recall ever seeing frosting that shiny before.....which just adds to the "intestinal eruption" effect. Gross!
- October 2, 2008 at 10:43 PM
- Amy Lee said...
Looks like a pile of poop to me..LOL
- October 2, 2008 at 10:58 PM
- ksaldria said...
Yep, looks like intestines to me. Icky brown intestines. :P - October 2, 2008 at 11:09 PM
- b said...
Huge thanks to you Jen and all of your loyal Cake Wrecks readers!! My little blog for friends and family has had more hits today than it has averaged each month of its 8 months in existence.
Thanks also to your wonderful readers for their shouts in my comment section!! Keep them coming!
It has been such an exciting day for me, but does this count as my 15 minutes?
Thanks again and here's hoping none of you are ever given a cake like the one from today!!
beth h. - October 3, 2008 at 12:10 AM
- TB Tabby said...
"I put some beans on it...y'know, in case you wanted some beans on it."
- October 3, 2008 at 12:40 AM
If I was at Edward's birthday party, I would ask for a piece from the top of the cake. No poo for me, please!
- October 3, 2008 at 2:27 AM
- Gallifrey said...
it looks like hearts of poo!!
- October 3, 2008 at 8:42 AM
- Eve said...
It looks disgusting! How could anyone not see that, and change it. He/she could have crumbled a Cadbury's Flake, that would have been much better.
Eve - October 3, 2008 at 9:01 AM
- Rebecca said...
I am quite positve that is a TICK not a spider.
- October 3, 2008 at 8:20 PM
- Mad Izatie said...
I'm not sure if I want to even take a bite out of that. It looks so... hm... suspicious. It's like seeing the after product of eating it. Crap. XD
- October 3, 2008 at 10:03 PM
- katie@tulsadetails said...
OMG, that is so gross!
- October 3, 2008 at 10:06 PM
- cherryblossomshiba said...
Tapeworm, tanned in the sun.
Mmmm. - October 4, 2008 at 8:14 AM
My daughter saw this cake and immediately said, "brains". LOL
~Amy B - October 4, 2008 at 9:28 AM
Alright, I don't know if this is a Cakewrecks "first," but this cake actually spawned a nightmare for me. I won't go into details, but I woke up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat because of this foul thing. I need a hug.
- October 5, 2008 at 4:53 PM
- Maddy said...
Hmmm melted chocolate. Another favourite.
Cheers - October 5, 2008 at 5:00 PM
- CrazyMom said...
Ew. At least it's not gray or white! Or should it be?
- October 5, 2008 at 10:34 PM
- Red Wolf said...
I think it's some sort of giant segmented earthworm.
- October 8, 2008 at 7:59 PM
Haven't you people ever seen worm poop? Now you have. I kid you not - that's just what it looks like.
I'm not sure I'd be eating it though... - October 13, 2008 at 6:47 PM
it looks like a funeral cake with an ominous black cloud coming for ed's decomposing body
- October 22, 2008 at 1:12 AM
it's actually a nice looking cake! except for the "dirt"..
- January 16, 2009 at 12:54 AM
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I've been lacking a bit in inspiration for menu planning lately. It's not that I haven't been cooking, but I've been making old favorites instead of trying out new recipes. Last week I'd had enough, so I started browsing some of my favorite blogs for ideas for my weekly menu. I love any and all Mexican food, so when I saw these taquitos, I immediately added them to my weekly menu.
We loved loved loved this dinner. The filling was bright, fresh, and flavorful, and the salt sprinkled on top was a really nice touch. We dipped them into what I call "tomatillo guacamole," which is just mashed avocado mixed with tomatillo salsa. I highly recommend it for these taquitos, as well as just snacking with chips. If you have your chicken cooked and salsa ready, this comes together quite quickly. The filling can be prepped in advance, which would make for an even faster meal. Or, they can be assembled and then frozen for later. Next time I make these, I definitely plan to make a double batch and freeze half.
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Creamy Baked Chicken Taquitos
adapted from Pennies on a Platter, originally from Our Best Bites
- 3 oz cream cheese, softened (reduced fat is fine)
- 1/3 cup salsa verde
- juice of 1/2 a lime
- 1 tsp chile powder
- 1/2 tsp ground cumin
- pinch cayenne pepper
- 1/2 tsp onion powder
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
- 3 Tbs chopped scallions
- 2 cups cooked and shredded chicken *
- 1/2 cup shredded extra sharp cheddar cheese
- 1/2 cup shredded Pepperjack cheese
- 8-12 (6-inch) corn tortillas
- kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- cooking spray
In a large bowl, combine the cream cheese with the salsa, lime juice, cumin, chile powder, cayenne, onion powder, garlic, cilantro, scallions, and 1/4 tsp kosher salt. Fold in the chicken and cheeses. Taste and season with additional salt and pepper if necessary.
Working 3 tortillas at a time, stack them on a microwave-safe plate and cover with plastic wrap. Cook 30 seconds, or until tortillas are soft and pliable.
Spoon 2-3 tablespoons of filling onto the lower third of each tortilla, and roll tightly. Place seam side-down on the prepared baking sheet. Repeat with remaining tortillas and filling.
Spray the taquitos lightly with cooking spray, sprinkle with salt. Bake 15-20 minutes, or until the tortillas are crisp and golden-brown. Serve with salsa, sour cream, and/or guacamole.
*This is how I prepare my chicken if I don't have leftover chicken to use: Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Spread a piece of aluminum foil across a baking sheet, and arrange chicken breasts in a single layer in the center. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, and season as you wish. Fold the aluminum foil over the chicken breasts, and enclose them to form a "packet." Bake the chicken (on the baking sheet) 35-45 minutes, or until it is cooked through.
**To freeze, prepare the taquitos, but before baking, place the baking sheet in the refrigerator until the taquitos are completely cold. Wrap each taquito in plastic wrap or aluminum foil, and freeze. To bake, unwrap the taquitos and cook in a 425 degree oven for 20 minutes (no need to thaw first).


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I'm Michel Martin and this is TELL ME MORE from NPR News. Coming up, a lot of famous people have gotten in trouble for being reckless with the social media tool Twitter, but now the skilful use of the delete key may not be enough to save them if they are running for office or are already a member of Congress. We'll find out why in just a few minutes.
But first, we turn to today's political news. Wisconsin governor Scott Walker survived the recall attempt last night. He beat Milwaukee mayor Tom Barrett decisively in a battle that was largely sparked by Walker's move to strip many public sector workers of some benefits and their collective bargaining rights.
Elsewhere, Mitt Romney won the presidential primaries in five states yesterday, including New Mexico and California. Those are two states with significant Latino populations. We decided to focus on what these votes mean and what lessons they may hold for November's general election. So, joining us now are Shawn Johnson. He is a reporter with Wisconsin Public Radio. He's been covering the recall there. Also with us, Gabriel Sanchez. He's a professor of political science at the University of New Mexico.
He's also the director of research at the polling group Latino Decisions. Welcome to you both. Thanks so much for joining us once again.
SHAWN JOHNSON, BYLINE: Thanks.
GABRIEL SANCHEZ: Thank you for having me.
MARTIN: Shawn Johnson, let's go to you first. Scott Walker gets to keep his job as governor of Wisconsin, beating Tom Barrett in a major labor union effort. I just want to play a short clip from Governor Walker last night.
GOVERNOR SCOTT WALKER: Tonight we tell Wisconsin, we tell our country, and we tell people all across the globe that voters really do want leaders who stand up and make the tough decisions.
MARTIN: So, Shawn, is that how this vote is being viewed? As just, you know, giving the advantage to the guy who, even if distasteful, the decision had to be made; he was the guy in the chair who made the decisions? Is that how it's being viewed, as a referendum on leadership of that sort?
JOHNSON: You know, definitely Republicans are going to slice it that way, and just listening to the governor speak there he doesn't sound like somebody running for a local or state office there. He's presenting himself as a global candidate. And so they want this election to have, you know, wide-ranging implications for the GOP in addition to Governor Walker, you know, as he goes forward in his political career.
MARTIN: What about other people?
JOHNSON: They think it's big.
MARTIN: But what about other people there? How are other people viewing it?
JOHNSON: Well, you know, we had this sort of peculiar scenario last night where I think by any measure it was a huge win for Governor Walker. This is an election that Democrats and unions have been saying for a year and a half now is coming, we're coming for you, we're going to get you, Governor. They came up well short.
Most of the other Republicans on the ballot did well also. A couple other things that happened last night, though. It looks like Democrats were able to win control of the State Senate. We had four State Senate recall races last night. Democrats needed to win one of them to win control of that chamber, and they did.
And so that at least through the end of this year sort of puts the brakes on Governor Walker's agenda. Also, something very strange is that in the exit polling that was done on this race yesterday, the people who supported Scott Walker for governor would support Barack Obama for president. If the election were held today Barack Obama would win handily with this electorate, according to the exit polls.
So that makes it harder to, you know, say there was one clear-cut lesson from all this.
MARTIN: Interesting. I'll tell you the one that was clear-cut, though, is according to the Center for Public Integrity, Scott Walker out-raised Tom Barrett more than seven to one. And what effect do the people think that had?
JOHNSON: No question, the governor used kind of a quirk in our recall laws that says when you are the subject of a recall, from the moment a petition is taken out to recall you, the normal campaign finance limits that apply to candidates in Wisconsin no longer apply.
So instead of giving the governor a maximum of $10,000, people could give him anything, and he got half-million-dollar donations. And the number of six-figure donations, which is just unheard of in a state the size of Wisconsin. So that let him kind of control the narrative on television, you know, even as the race got more heated toward the end and Democrats were able to match some of that spending.
Still, it seemed like the governor was out-spending them on TV and so, yeah, for the handful of voters in the middle who were undecided, they were presented with Governor Walker's view of things much more frequently than they were with Democrat Tom Barrett's.
MARTIN: Shawn Johnson, I'm going to ask you to stand by as we turn to Professor Sanchez. You've been patiently waiting. There were presidential and congressional primaries in five states yesterday, so what was the turnout like, particularly among Latino voters in New Mexico and California?
SANCHEZ: Well, you know, as you might expect without California and New Mexico being relevant in the presidential primaries, I mean, those on the Republican side, you know, Romney had wrapped it up well before we got out here, you know, the turnout was pretty low. Here in New Mexico, overall, you had about a 20 percent of eligible voter turnout rate. About the same for Hispanic voters. A little bit less, but about the same.
In California, you didn't even reach that. So the turnout was extremely low but that was somewhat anticipated, you know, because you don't have the top of the ticket driving mobilization, and you had a lot of uncontested races across the other, you know, federal and state, both in New Mexico and California.
So turnout wasn't great, so there's not a whole lot we can, you know, utilize here to make assumptions about the general election, but there was still a lot of interesting stuff going on.
MARTIN: Well, we're going to talk more about that. We're taking a look at some of the big political news yesterday in Wisconsin as well as in some races out west - New Mexico and California. Our guests are political science professor Gabriel Sanchez of the University of New Mexico and Latino Decisions. Also with us, Wisconsin Public Radio's Shawn Johnson.
Professor Sanchez, so what are some of the other interesting things that you notice? I mean, one of the things that I noticed was that Mitt Romney's been trying to make inroads with Latino voters. He's of course the presumptive Republican nominee and he recently released an ad that essentially blamed President Obama for the economic difficulties that a lot of Latinos are facing now.
I was just interested in whether there's any sign that that message is penetrating.
SANCHEZ: Well, that'll be a difficult conversation for him to have with Latino voters. And one way to look at it is that's pretty much the same approach that they're taking, at least early on, with courting other groups. For example, women voters, where they're making the same argument: Look, women have suffered hard under the last several years economically. And it's kind of the same approach in the context of Latinos.
One problem for him with that line of reasoning is when you look at some polling data, for example, Latino Decisions ran a survey back in January and basically asked the Latino electorate who do you blame for the current economic situation, you know, former President Bush or current President Obama and an overwhelming 66 percent of Latinos blamed President Bush for the economic trouble.
So he's really going to have to reverse that trend in a major way for Latinos really to galvanize around that message. I mean, you know, it's really early to tell but I don't think that's going to work.
MARTIN: And there's one technical thing I wanted to run by you. California launched its so-called top two primary system. That means the top two vote-getters move on to the general election, even if it means it's two Democrats or two Republicans. And I'm just wondering if you think that that is going to affect turnout in some way. Is it affecting how people are campaigning in any way?
SANCHEZ: Well, you know, with the low turnout it's going to be hard to analyze, you know, what impact might it have in the general election, but what's very interesting about the context in California is this is a state that's usually not very interesting this time of the year, right? It's pretty much projected it's going to be a Democratic state, so there's not a lot of action.
This makes a lot more of these congressional races competitive. One case point; Congressional District 10 out there, which is interesting because you've got a Democrat newcomer, Jose Hernandez, former astronaut, good life story. You know, he emerged out of the top two to face off with the Republican incumbent Jeff Denham, and this system really provides the opportunity for a candidate like him to emerge, where he would not have in the previous system.
So I think there's a lot of eyes on California to see how this system works and, you know, possibly see if it's copied by other states in the future.
MARTIN: You know, speaking of that, Professor Sanchez, I did want to get your take on what happened in Wisconsin yesterday. There was tremendous national attention focused on this race and a lot of money, as Shawn Johnson told us. And I'm just wondering if there are ripples - are you seeing ripples elsewhere of how the results in Wisconsin might affect races elsewhere, particularly in November? Is there any talk about that?
SANCHEZ: Well, I think the major thing that outsiders were looking at is whether or not this kind of blueprint for tackling, you know, labor unions and for economic or fiscal conservatives, whether or not this blueprint would be useful in other contexts, and it's tough to say because in the context of money it's important to remember that the Republican s brought in about $50 million of outside-of-the-state money to target this. That's unheard of and vastly overshadowed what Democrats did in this context.
So, if you take that out of the equation, would you still have the same outcome? You know, I don't have a crystal ball, but that's really the backdrop of this - is just the outside interests, the outside financial influence.
For Democrats, I think what this poses as a dilemma is just kind of the dwindling power of labor unions, and this loss here, I think, is somewhat of a, you know, a tough one on the chin for that particular very powerful segment of the Democratic base.
MARTIN: And, Shawn, I know that those results are new and you're still reporting on this, but what about that? I mean, are union leaders in Wisconsin - or union members in Wisconsin - very much disheartened by this? Or just what are you hearing?
JOHNSON: Oh, yeah. Well, I mean, the union members, especially the rank and file who sort of poured their hearts and soul into this race for - it was just a year and a half - less than a year and a half, but it felt like forever, that people were out canvassing, you know, doing doors, working the phones. They're looking at the results of this race and they're wondering what's next for them because, really, the unions in Wisconsin, especially the public sector unions - they're not getting members what they were able to before Scott Walker came into office.
I mean, it means less to be a member of a union now because you can bargain for less. It's harder for them to keep membership up. It's harder for them to collect dues and so, especially the public sector unions in Wisconsin - it's a pretty heavy blow to them.
MARTIN: And I do want to go back to something you told us earlier in the minute that we have left. It's still was kind of a split decision. It's true, Scott Walker won decisively, but lost control over the State Senate, or his party lost control of the State Senate, and voters are still saying that they support President Obama. How do you read that?
JOHNSON: Well, you know, the senate race that decided it for Democrats last night was based in one county, so extrapolating that to the rest of the state is kind of tough to do, but it was the combination of these recalls that we had yesterday and the recalls last year that put Democrats back in power.
So it was a tool that they were able to use somewhat effectively in the sense that, if they hadn't done the recalls, they'd still be pretty deep in the minority in both our Senate and our State Assembly right now.
MARTIN: Shawn Johnson is a reporter for Wisconsin Public Radio. He joined us from member station WHA in Madison, Wisconsin. Shawn, thanks so much for keeping us up to date.
JOHNSON: Thank you.
MARTIN: Also with us, Gabriel Sanchez. He's a political science professor at the University of New Mexico. He's also the director of research at the polling group, Latino Decisions. He was kind enough to join us from KUNM in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Professor Sanchez, thank you so much for joining us also, once again.
SANCHEZ: Always a pleasure to chat with you.
MARTIN: Coming up, when a tweet becomes a whoops, what do you do? Delete it, right? Well, if you are a politician, damage control just got a little harder. A watchdog group is archiving tweets that politicians delete. They're calling the project Politwoops and we will talk with one of the people who set it up. That's ahead on TELL ME MORE from NPR News. I'm Michel Martin.
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Obama himself after taking office declared that the USA would spend its way out of this recession/depression and the only condemnation that Krugman could muster of this strategy was that the administration wasn't borrowing and spending enough money. Since the government could create its own "money" at a whim, the only limit on spending our way back to boom conditions was a political will to increase the government's debt obligations to future taxpayers.
Then came the Greek crisis. Consistent with his Keynesian viewpoint, Krugman said that the "solution" for Greece either would be huge European Union bailouts or a return of Greece to its own currency, abandoning the Euro. Anyone who might argue that governments were cannibalizing future resources and production in order to maintain current spending was condemned as a promoter of "austerity," which in Wonderland is a Truly Evil Person.
Ever since joining the EU, the Greeks have acted as though Paul Krugman were their Guiding Light. As this article demonstrates, Greece's government, courtesy of EU taxpayers, has created boondoggle after boondoggle complete with a bloated public payroll:
Even on a stiflingly hot summer's day, the Athens underground is a pleasure. It is air-conditioned, with plasma screens to entertain passengers relaxing in cool, cavernous departure halls - and the trains even run on time.Not that any of this would matter in Keynesian thinking. Indeed, the Greek Underground would be considered the Ultimate Exercise in Creating Prosperity because it spends lots of money, and anyone who might protest that this is a huge waste of resources is an Enemy of the People.
There is another bonus for users of this state-of-the-art rapid transport system: it is, in effect, free for the five million people of the Greek capital.
With no barriers to prevent free entry or exit to this impressive tube network, the good citizens of Athens are instead asked to 'validate' their tickets at honesty machines before boarding. Few bother.
This is not surprising: fiddling on a Herculean scale — from the owner of the smallest shop to the most powerful figures in business and politics — has become as much a part of Greek life as ouzo and olives.
Indeed, as well as not paying for their metro tickets, the people of Greece barely paid a penny of the underground's £1.5 billion cost — a 'sweetener' from Brussels (and, therefore, the UK taxpayer) to help the country put on an impressive 2004 Olympics free of the city's notorious traffic jams.
The transport perks are not confined to the customers. Incredibly, the average salary on Greece's railways is £60,000, which includes cleaners and track workers - treble the earnings of the average private sector employee here.
The overground rail network is as big a racket as the EU-funded underground. While its annual income is only £80 million from ticket sales, the wage bill is more than £500m a year — prompting one Greek politician to famously remark that it would be cheaper to put all the commuters into private taxis.
The picture painted of Greece in the above article is a picture you won't read on Krugman's page or in the NY Times, as the omission of Greek wastefulness really highlights where Keynesians and Austrians part company (not that they ever walked together, anyway).
In the Keynesian/Krugman view, spending is separate from production and, to be honest, spending is the key to producing wealth. If you spend, they will produce.
I note this because I can anticipate the objection: Demand drives production, and even Austrians, with their emphasis upon the valuation of the factors of production being imputed by consumers placing value on the "final product," would admit to that. However, when Keynesians and Austrians speak of "demand," they are speaking in two different languages.
Keynesians couch demand in simple spending; put money into the hands of people, let them spend, and the economy magically will appear. (Chartalists go even further, claiming that because governments can claim a legal monopoly over money creation, that the amount of "demand" governments can create is infinite, since government is not "revenue constrained.")
Austrians, on the other hand, note that one cannot consume when one is not producing, and that Say's Law -- yes, that "tyrannical" Say's Law that Keynesians hate so much -- has something to tell us. The only way out of this world-wide depression is for governments to stop this massive borrowing and spending and permit the malinvestments -- and they are legion -- to liquidate and for the lines of production that are sustainable to be permitted to develop.
The current tragedy in Greece is the product of reckless spending and malinvestment. Unfortunately, neither the Greeks nor the economics faculty at Princeton are willing to face the facts.


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