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In this chapter, we use examples to give an overview of Pads. The examples used in this chapter appear in the Pads distribution in the pads/demo directory.
We start by briefly describing the data formats we will use as running examples.
One of the formats that web servers use to log client requests is the Common Log Format (CLF) [KR01]. Researchers use such logs to measure properties of web workloads and to evaluate protocol changes by "replaying" the user activity recorded in the log. This ASCII format consists of a sequence of records, each of which has seven fields: the host name or IP address of the client making the request, the account associated with the request on the client side, the name the user provided for authentication, the time of the request, the actual request, the http response code, and the number of bytes returned as a result of the request. The actual request has three parts: the request method (e.g., GET, PUT), the requested uri, and the protocol version. In addition, the second and third fields are often recorded only as a '-' character to indicate the server did not record the actual data. Figure 2.1 shows a couple of typical records.
In the telecommunications industry, the term provisioning refers to the steps necessary to convert an order for phone service into the actual service. To track AT&T's provisioning process, the Sirius project compiles weekly summaries of the state of certain types of phone service orders. These ASCII summaries store the summary date and one record per order. Each order record contains a header followed by a sequence of events. The header has 13 pipe separated fields: the order number, AT&T's internal order number, the order version, four different telephone numbers associated with the order, the zip code of the order, a billing identifier, the order type, a measure of the complexity of the order, an unused field, and the source of the order data. Many of these fields are optional, in which case nothing appears between the pipe characters. The billing identifier may not be available at the time of processing, in which case the system generates a unique identifier, and prefixes this value with the string "no_ii" to indicate the number was generated. The event sequence represents the various states a service order goes through; it is represented as a new-line terminated, pipe separated list of state, timestamp pairs. There are over 400 distinct states that an order may go through during provisioning. The sequence is sorted in order of increasing timestamps. Figure 2.2 shows a small example of this format.
184.108.40.206 - - [15/Oct/1997:18:46:51 -0700] "GET /tk/p.txt HTTP/1.0" 200 30 tj62.aol.com - - [16/Oct/1997:14:32:22 -0700] "POST /email@example.com/confirm HTTP/1.0" 200 941
0|1005022800 9152|9152|1|9735551212|0||9085551212|07988|no_ii152272|EDTF_6|0|APRL1|DUO|10|1000295291 9153|9153|1|0|0|0|0||152268|LOC_6|0|FRDW1|DUO|LOC_CRTE|1001476800|LOC_OS_10|1001649601
Punion client_t {
Pip ip; /- 126.96.36.199
Phostname host; /- www.research.att.com
Punion auth_id_t {
Pchar unauthorized : unauthorized == '-';
Pstring(:' ':) id;
Penum method_t {
Pstruct version_t {
"HTTP/"; Puint8 major;
'.'; Puint8 minor;
bool chkVersion(version_t v, method_t m) {
if ((v.major == 1) && (v.minor == 1)) return true;
if ((m == LINK) || (m == UNLINK)) return false;
return true;
Pstruct request_t {
'\"'; method_t meth;
' '; Pstring(:' ':) req_uri;
' '; version_t version : chkVersion(version, meth);
Ptypedef Puint16_FW(:3:) response_t :
response_t x => { 100 <= x && x < 600};
Precord Pstruct entry_t {
client_t client;
' '; auth_id_t remoteID;
' '; auth_id_t auth;
" ["; Pdate(:']':) date;
"] "; request_t request;
' '; response_t response;
' '; Puint32 length;
Psource Parray clt_t {
entry_t [];
Precord Pstruct summary_header_t {
"0|"; Puint32 tstamp;
Pstruct no_ramp_t {
"no_ii"; Puint64 id;
Punion dib_ramp_t {
Pint64 ramp;
no_ramp_t genRamp;
Pstruct order_header_t {
Puint32 order_num;
'|'; Puint32 att_order_num;
'|'; Puint32 ord_version;
'|'; Popt pn_t service_tn;
'|'; Popt pn_t billing_tn;
'|'; Popt pn_t nlp_service_tn;
'|'; Popt pn_t nlp_billing_tn;
'|'; Popt Pzip zip_code;
'|'; dib_ramp_t ramp;
'|'; Pstring(:'|':) order_type;
'|'; Puint32 order_details;
'|'; Pstring(:'|':) unused;
'|'; Pstring(:'|':) stream;
Pstruct event_t {
Pstring(:'|':) state; '|';
Puint32 tstamp;
Parray eventSeq {
event_t[] : Psep('|') && Pterm(Peor) ;
} Pwhere {
Pforall (i Pin [0..length-2] : (elts[i].tstamp <= elts[i+1].tstamp));
Precord Pstruct entry_t {
order_header_t header;
eventSeq events;
Parray entries_t { entry_t[]; };
Psource Pstruct out_sum{
summary_header_t h;
entries_t es;
Figure 2.3 gives the Pads description for CLF web server logs, while Figure 2.4 gives the description for the Sirius provisioning data. We use these examples to illustrate various features of the Pads language. In Pads descriptions, types are declared before they are used, so the type that describes the totality of the data source appears at the bottom of the description.
Pstructs describe fixed sequences of data with unrelated types. In the CLF description, the type declaration for version_t illustrates a simple Pstruct. It starts with a string literal that matches the constant HTTP/ in the data source. It then has two unsigned integers recording the major and minor version numbers separated by the literal character '.'. Pads supports character, string, and regular expression literals, which are interpreted with the ambient character encoding. The type request_t similarly describes the request portion of a CLF record. In addition to physical format information, this Pstruct includes a semantic constraint on the version field. Specifically, it requires that obsolete methods LINK and UNLINK occur only under HTTP/1.1. This constraint illustrates the use of predicate functions and the fact that earlier fields are in scope during the processing of later fields, as the constraint refers to both the meth and version fields in the Pstruct. Chapter 5 describes Pstructs in detail.
Punions describe variation in the data source. For example, the client_t type in the CLF description indicates that the first field in a CLF record can be either an IP address or a hostname. During parsing, the branches of a Punion are tried in order; the first branch that parses without error is taken. The auth_id_t type illustrates the use of a constraint: the branch unauthorized is chosen only if the parsed character is a dash. Pads also supports a switched union that uses a selection expression to determine the branch to parse. Typically, this expression depends upon already-parsed portions of the data source.
Pads provides Parrays to describe varying-length sequences of data all with the same type. The eventSeq_t declaration in the Sirius data description uses a Parray to characterize the sequence of events an order goes through during processing. This declaration indicates that the elements in the sequence have type event_t. It also specifies that the elements will be separated by vertical bars, and that the sequence will be terminated by an end-of-record marker (Peor). In general, Pads provides a rich collection of array-termination conditions: reaching a maximum size, finding a terminating literal (including end-of-record and end-of-source), or satisfying a user-supplied predicate over the already-parsed portion of the Parray. Finally, this type declaration includes a Pwhere clause to specify that the sequence of timestamps must be in sorted order. It uses the Pforall construct to express this constraint. In general, the body of a Pwhere clause can be any boolean expression. In such a context for arrays, the pseudo-variable elts is bound to the in-memory representation of the sequence and length to its length.
Returning to the CLF description in Figure 2.3, the Penum type method_t describes a collection of data literals. During parsing, Pads interprets these constants using the ambient character encoding. The Ptypedef response_t describes possible server response codes in CLF data by adding the constraint that the three-digit integer must be between 100 and 600.
The order_header_t type in the Sirius data description contains several anonymous uses of the Popt type. This type is syntactic sugar for a stylized use of a Punion with two branches: the first with the indicated type, and the second with the "void" type, which always matches but never consumes any input.
From a description, the Pads compiler generates a C library for parsing and manipulating the associated data source.
typedef struct {
Pbase_m compoundLevel; /* Struct-level controls, eg., check Pwhere clause */
order_header_t_m h;
eventSeq_t_m events;
} entry_t_m;
typedef struct {
Pflags_t pstate; /* Normal, Partial, or Panicking */
Puint32 nerr; /* Number of detected errors. */
PerrCode_t errCode; /* Error code of first detected error */
Ploc_t loc; /* Location of first error */
order_header_t_pd h; /* Nested header information */
eventSeq_t_pd events; /* Nested event sequence information */
} entry_t_pd;
typedef struct {
order_header_t h;
eventSeq_t events;
} entry_t;
/* Core parsing library */
Perror_t entry_t_read (P_t *pads,entry_t_m *m,entry_t_pd *pd,
entry_t *rep);
/* Selected utility functions */
void entry_t_m_init (P_t *pads,entry_t_m *mask,Pbase_m baseMask);
int entry_t_verify (entry_t *rep);
/* Selected accumulator functions */
Perror_t entry_t_acc_init (P_t *pads,entry_t_acc *acc);
Perror_t entry_t_acc_add (P_t *pads,entry_t_acc *acc,
entry_t_pd *pd,entry_t *rep);
Perror_t entry_t_acc_report (P_t *pads,char const *prefix,
char const *what,
int nst,entry_t_acc *acc);
ssize_t entry_t_write2io (P_t *pads,Sfio_t *io,entry_t_pd *pd,entry_t *rep);
/* Formatting */
ssize_t entry_t_fmt2io (P_t *pads,Sfio_t *io,int *requestedOut,
char const *delims,entry_t_m *m,entry_t_pd *pd,
entry_t *rep);
/* Conversion to XML */
ssize_t entry_t_write_xml_2io (P_t *pads,Sfio_t *io,entry_t_pd *pd,
entry_t *rep,char const *tag,int indent);
To give a feeling for the library that Pads generates, Figure 2.5 includes selected portions of the generated library for the Sirius entry_t declaration.
Figure 2.6 shows a simple use of the generated Sirius library to filter out ill-formed records and normalize the representation of optional phone numbers. The code first initializes the Pads library handle, p, by invoking the core library function P_open. The second argument to this function allows the user to customize behavior in the Pads library by passing a (pointer to a) Pdisc_t discipline. With this discipline, the user can specify properties such as the endianness of the data, the default character set (ASCII or EBCIDC), error handling, etc. The third argument to the P_open function specifies a (pointer to a) Pio_disc_t discipline, which allows the user to describe how to detect record boundaries, i.e., are records new-line terminated, fixed width, EBCDIC-style, etc. Passing zero in these argument positions triggers default behavior, which means ASCII encoded, little endian, new-line terminated records. Chapter 15 describes the use of disciplines in more detail.
After initializing the Pads handle, the code uses the core library function P_io_fopen to open the data source by specify the path to the data on disk. The code then uses generated functions to initialize the mask, parse descriptor, and in-memory representations for the header and the entry types. The specified mask values instruct the parsing code to check all conditions in the Sirius description except the sorting of the timestamps. The P_Set flag instead instructs the compiler to simply set the in-memory representation for the timestamp sequence.
After reading the header, the code echoes error records to one file and cleaned ones to another. The raw data has two different representations of unavailable phone numbers: simply omitting the number altogether, which corresponds to the NONE branch of the Popt, or having the value 0 in the data. The function cnvPhoneNumbers unifies these two representations by converting the zeroes into NONEs. The function entry_t_verify ensures that our computation hasn't broken any of the semantic properties of the in-memory representation of the data.
Finally, the core library functions P_io_close and P_close close the IO stream and Pads library, respectively.
P_t *p;
summary_header_t header;
summary_header_t_pd header_pd;
summary_header_t_m header_m;
entry_t entry;
entry_t_pd pd;
entry_t_m mask;
P_open(&p, 0, 0);
P_io_fopen(p, "data/sirius");
/* Initialize header data structures */
summary_header_t_init(p, &header);
summary_header_t_m_init(p, &header_m, P_CheckAndSet);
/* Initialize entry data structures */
entry_t_init(p, &entry);
entry_t_pd_init(p, &pd);
entry_t_m_init(p, &mask, P_CheckAndSet);
mask.events.compoundLevel = P_Set;
/* Try to read header */
if (P_OK == summary_header_t_read(p, &header_m, &header_pd, &header)) {
summary_header_t_write2io(p, CLEAN_FILE, &header_pd, &header);
} else {
error(2, "reading header returned: error");
/* Try to read each line of data */
while (!P_io_at_eof(p)) {
entry_t_read(p, &mask, &pd, &entry);
if (pd.nerr > 0) {
entry_t_write2io(p, ERR_FILE, &pd, &entry);
} else {
if (entry_t_verify(&entry)) {
entry_t_write2io(p, CLEAN_FILE, &pd, &entry);
} else {
error(2, "Data transform failed.");
Before using a data source, analysts must develop an understanding of both the layout and the meaning of the data. Because documentation is usually incomplete or out-of-date, this understanding must be developed through exploring the data itself. Typical questions include: how complete is the description of the syntax of the data source, how many different representations for "data not available" are there, what is the distribution of values for particular fields, etc. Pads addresses these kinds of questions with the notion of an accumulator. For each type in a Pads description, accumulators track the number of good values, the number of bad values, and the distribution of legal values. Selected functions from this portion of the library appear in Figure 2.5; more detailed information appears in Chapter 16.
We can of course use these functions by hand to write a program to compute the statistical profile of any Pads data source. However, ad hoc sources are often simply a sequence of records, perhaps prefixed by a header. For example, both the web server log and the Sirius data sources exhibit this pattern, as does any data format that can be read in one bulk read. As a convenience, Pads supplies a program template to construct accumulator programs for such data sources. Pads provides this template as a C include file and supports customization via C's macro system. Using this template, we can write an accumulator program by specifying only the names of the optional header type and the record type. Figure 2.7 contains the entirety of the user-specified accumulator program text.
#define DEF_INPUT_FILE "data/wsl" /* Default data location */
#define PADS_TY(suf) entry_t ## suf /* Name of record type = entry_t */
#define IO_DISC_MK P_nlrec_make(0) /* Records are new line terminated */
#include "wsl.h" /* Header file for generated library */
#include "template/accum_report.h" /* Accumulator template program */
The accumulator report for the length field of the web server data that results when run on a data set used in several studies of web traffic [KW00, KW02] appears in Figure 2.8.
<top>.length : uint32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ good: 53544 bad: 3824 pcnt-bad: 6.666 min: 35 max: 248591 avg: 4090.234 top 10 values out of 1000 distinct values: tracked 99.552% of values val: 3082 count: 1254 %-of-good: 2.342 val: 170 count: 1148 %-of-good: 2.144 val: 43 count: 1018 %-of-good: 1.901 val: 9372 count: 975 %-of-good: 1.821 val: 1425 count: 896 %-of-good: 1.673 val: 518 count: 893 %-of-good: 1.668 val: 1082 count: 881 %-of-good: 1.645 val: 1367 count: 874 %-of-good: 1.632 val: 1027 count: 859 %-of-good: 1.604 val: 1277 count: 857 %-of-good: 1.601 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SUMMING count: 9655 %-of-good: 18.032
By default, accumulators track the first 1000 distinct values seen in the data source and report the frequency of the top ten values. In this particular run, 99.552% of all values were tracked. When generating the accumulator program (or when using the library directly), Pads users can specify the number of distinct values to track and the number of values to print in the report. Details about customizing accumulator programs appear in Chapter 16.
Perhaps surprisingly, the report shows that 6.66% of the length fields contained errors. A glance at the error log generated by the program (which contains all records flagged as errors) reveals that web servers occasionally store the '-' character rather than the actual number of bytes returned, a possibility not mentioned in the documentation [KR01]. Accumulators often serve as a quick tool for iteratively refining a Pads description until only genuine errors remain.
To support converting ad hoc data into a delimited format, the Pads library generates a formatting function for each type. This function, an example of which appears in Figure 2.5, takes a delimiter list as an argument. At each field boundary, it prints the first delimiter. At each nested type boundary, it advances the delimiter list unless the list is exhausted, in which case it reuses the last delimiter. The mask argument allows the user to suppress printing of portions of the data. Programmers can use the library directly to write formatting programs by hand. However, as in the accumulator case, Pads can generate a formatting program for commonly occurring data patterns given only the header type (optional), record type, and a delimiter string. Users can further customize the generated program by specifying an output format for dates and mask values as illustrated in Figure 2.9.
#define DEF_INPUT_FILE "data/wsl"
#include "wsl.h"
#define PADS_TY(suf) entry_t ## suf
#define IO_DISC_MK P_nlrec_make(0)
#define DATE_OUT_FMT "%D:%T"
#define DELIMS "|"
#include "template/read_format.h"
Given the delimiter string "|" and the output date format "%D:%T", the generated web server log formatting program yields the output shown in Figure 2.10 when applied to the sample data in Figure 2.1.
18.104.22.168|-|-|10/16/97:01:46:51|GET|/tk/p.txt|1|0|200|30 tj62.aol.com|-|-|10/16/97:21:32:firstname.lastname@example.com/confirm|1|0|200|941
To support customization, Pads allows users to provide their own formatting functions for any type. More information on formatting functions can be found in Chapter 19.
Pads also supports converting ad hoc data into XML by providing a canonical mapping from Pads descriptions into XML. This mapping is quite natural, as both Pads and XML are languages for describing semi-structured data. One interesting aspect of the mapping is that we embed not just the in-memory representation of Pads values, but also the parse descriptors in cases where the data was buggy. This choice allows users to explore the error portions of their data sources, which can be the most interesting parts of the data. Given a Pads specification, the Pads compiler generates an XML Schema describing the canonical embedding for that data source. As an example, Figure 2.11 shows the portion of the Xml Schema generated from the Sirius data description related to the eventSeq type.
<xs:complexType name="eventSeq_pd"> <xs:sequence> <xs:element name="pstate" type="Pflags_t"/> <xs:element name="nerr" type="Puint32"/> <xs:element name="errCode" type="PerrCode_t"/> <xs:element name="loc" type="Ploc_t"/> <xs:element name="neerr" type="Puint32"/> <xs:element name="firstError" type="Puint32"/> <xs:element name="elt" type="Puint32" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/> </xs:sequence> </xs:complexType> <xs:complexType name="eventSeq"> <xs:sequence> <xs:element name="elt" type="event" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/> <xs:element name="length" type="Puint32"/> <xs:element name="pd" type="eventSeq_pd" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/> </xs:sequence> </xs:complexType>
The Pads compiler will put the generated schema in the same directory as the generated library. The schema file will share the name of the Pads description and have the extension xsd.
The Pads compiler generates a write_xml_2io function for each type, an example of which is shown in Figure 2.5. Programmers can use these functions by hand to write conversion programs, or they can use
Pads also provides a template for generating such conversion programs for data that can be read entirely into memory.1 Figure 2.12 contains an example of such a program. More information about converting to Xml can be found in Chapter 20.
#define DEF_INPUT_FILE "data/sirius" /* Default data source */
#define PADS_TY(suf) out_sum ## suf /* Record type = out_sum */
#define IO_DISC_MK P_nlrec_make(0) /* Records are new line terminated */
#include "sirius.h" /* Header file for data source */
#include "template/read_orig_write_xml.h" /* XML Conversion template */


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- WI LouLou Nov 11, 2007 06:20 PM
Well there you have it; the next Iron Chef is Michael Symon.
I was rooting for Chef Besh from the get go, but after watching each week, felt either one would do a great job. Thought the last minute dessert really was going to secure the coronation for Besh, but I think what tipped the scales to Symon was his interactive personality. Looking forward to his commentary while cooking in future competitions.
Only disappointment was that we didn't get to see as much of the food preparation as a regular episode of IC--had to save minutes for the two panels of judges.
re: coasterphil
In The Cleveland Plain Dealer they are reporting all chefs and Ruhlman voted for Symon, leaving Donetella and Andrew supporting Besh
I would LOVE to try Besh's cooking one day, but I was strongly rooting for Symon since I've had his food so may times and loved it each time. Also, I really like his personality..
I wish they showed who voted how, too. And I am surprised at what the Plain Dealer is reporting... it sounded like Morimoto, Flay, and Andrew (he's the guy with long hair, right?) were all siding with Symon, it sounded like Cora was going to vote for Besh, and it seemed like Donatella and Rhulman were up in the air. But, assuming the Plain Dealer is right, that just shows the power of editing...
re: septocaine_queen
I hope not, but that's been the rumor. If he leaves the show, I will have very little motivation to watch any more.
re: septocaine_queen
Batali has publicly stated several times that he is not leaving Iron Chef America. My guess is that he simply was unable to participate in this filming, and they really only needed three iron chefs to balance the other three judges.
re: Morton the Mousse
He may have "stated" that, but the word on the street in New York is that he is gone from the Food Network, and that means ICA as well. The new Iron Chef is replacing him.
I think Symon will be great in that mix, but I, too, was a Besh supporter.
re: ChefJune
man, i'm going to miss mario. he was one of the very few remaining reasons to watch TVFN.
re: ChefJune
He's on Fine Living regularly, and FL is owned by FN, so how far gone is that? Word on the street is not infalible, but I have a sinking feeling he may have left ICA. But then ICA seems to be a sinking ship... They're advertising a "special" ICA with Paula Deen and Cat Cora as "southern girls" meeting a couple of the lesser male cooks on FN... If anyone is a great fan of the guys, sorry I can't remember their names. Anyway, FN has turned into a jumble of pie contests, barbecue contests, and half baked cooking shows...
Gee, am I crabby or what? :-)
re: Caroline1
the guys are tyler florence, whom i happen to adore...and robert irvine, the british guy on that show "dinner impossible" [or as tony bourdain calls it, "dinner slightly difficult"]. the man's built like a tank [again, bourdain has a more colorful way of describing chef irvine - i believe his exact words were "overmuscled f*ckwit]. anyway, the first time i saw him i had to wonder how he maneuvers around the kitchen without knocking crap over all the time!
i'd love to watch it for tyler florence, but i think an hour of seeing paula molest cat cora [and the butter-laden abominations they're sure to create if ms. deen has anything to say about it] would make me want to stab myself in the eye with a fork.
re: goodhealthgourmet
No no no! Don't do that! How would you watch the upcoming special where Ms Deen has a butter-induced heart attack on camera live?
re: Caroline1
i certainly wish ms. deen no physical harm...and i don't think TVFN would air it if that unfotunate event occurred...mostly because the censors/standards & practices people wouldn't approve when her sons came running out of the audience to administer mouth-to-mouth.
re: goodhealthgourmet
re: goodhealthgourmet
I once ate tyler's food off one of his healthy episodes and a scale of 1 to 10 it was not good.
re: tpigeon
tyler's not really known for his "healthy" food.
re: goodhealthgourmet
I ate at Cafeteria when Tyler worked there and the food was entirely unmemorable. He's been gone for years and the place hasn't missed a beat.
I found the finale pretty anti-climactic because i was pretty confident that Symon would win. I was sure about this partly because of the Toronto paper's leak, and partly because of what we'd been shown of the judging. I don't have anything against Symon, and I think he'll probably do a good job, but my basic feeling is that I don't care.
Interesting episode. Was a bit disappointed with swordfish as the ingredient, as it is not one I favor, but it gave a lot of room for creativity. With that, somewhat surprised there were so many overlapping dishes between the two contestants. FAR too much fluff with all of the introductions and repeated histories -- is there anyone here who cares about who helped inspire the designs of the new chef's jackets to be premiered sometime next season? I must admit I got caught up in the battle, but so much of Iron Chef is hucksterism ("The Chairman"? give me a break) and I think they do themselves a disservice by not revealing and televising the plating that takes place after the clock runs out.
re: nosh
funny, Symon's plating as he went (a very practical move) kinda blew the illusion you get on regular ICA that they finish and plate within the 60 minutes, instead of getting one representative plate done during the 60 minutes that is not the one that anyone eats.
I bet they make him change that for tv drama during regular season play . . . .
re: Caroline1
since this was a show even more edited than usual (time collapse)
they could have done that if it's the practice, but they didn't
actually, it would lead to too many continuity issues so
I *think* they more or less stick to the chronology of events
What I've got to wonder if this was Symon's competition (and finale) to lose. Looking up and down at the contestants, while he certainly has the skills to back it up, he certainly is by far the most "camera friendly" contestant in terms of entertainment value and how he would come across on TV as an Iron Chef. I wonder if the Food Network did indeed have some say in who became the next Iron Chef.
I would have liked to see the scorecards for the battle. I also wished they had neutral judges such as Steingarten, Ted Allen, etc. That's the only blind way to do this.
re: Xericx
In another post they listed the scores from the judges: all 3 Iron Chefs voted for Symon, and so did Rulmann among the guest judges. Donatella and Aaron voted for John Besh.
So I think it was quite clear that for the final battle Symon won. However, it was hard if you were to put all the battles into judgment.
Couldn't go wrong with either Chef Besh or Chef Symon. I'd pay more money for Besh's food, but Symon I think will make for better television. Certainly his food and personality are both great matches for the Iron Chef format...now when does Season 6 begin!?
they both certainly deserved to be in the finale, but based on the iron chefs' comments during the judging/tasting, i thought it was pretty clear they preferred symon's food...and of course we all knew ruhlman would vote for him.
i have to raise an issue about the promo that aired during the show for the upcoming holiday dessert battle with paula deen, cat cora, tyler florence & robert irvine. i won't even start with my thoughts about the battle itself. i just have to wonder WTF is going on with tvfn when no one there caught the fact that they misspelled the word "feisty" iin the promo...??!!
re: goodhealthgourmet
It's a shame that Food Network is now overly cross pollinating/polluting Iron Chef with their other programming. Maybe they'll do an epic cake battle or Thanksgiving theme as well, with Emeril, Sandra Lee and special host, Rachel Ray?
re: tastyjon
If they continue to bring "cooks" and not chefs on there, I wil stop watching. I already decreased viewing on the american version. IC was one of the better shows on the foodnetowrk. lets hope they dont spoil it. Next thing you know they are going to have regular schmucks on there. Even more regular that RR and Paula, and that is scary.
re: lyn
It seems as if food network has its favorites and uses them in all different shows. I dont know if any of you remember but several years ago, at least 5 I think, Symon had a show on the food network along with Wayne Bracken (i think thats his name) and they cooked on a set that was made to look like a home kitchen. It did not run for long, but it seems as if Food Network was already prepping him then. I will admit I liked Besh better.
now hounds, please don't flame me out on this thought: is Symon the politically correct choice for "diversity" on the IC show? cat cora was the last "new chef", right?
i'm thinking the execs have a demographic in mind, esp. since one of their latest additions to programming is the "latina" with an accent that nobody can mistake. their ads focus on the "latin"-ness, in "Simply Delicioso.")
(and if you look at the photo, the FN execs are also going for the "giada-like cleavage exposure" demographic that so many other FN female personalities are catering to.
i like symond from when he did a FN show a few years back on latin cooking, "Melting Pot," with the other "latin" contestant (whose name i cannot recall, but wore the headband). (or maybe it was wayne bracken....?)
i was going to make the prediction that symon would win, but just waited....
this last FN show was too tiresome to watch....sorry...and besh seemed arrogant. but, as i say, i couldn't really watch it. too much time wasted on silly fluff.
re: alkapal
headband chef: aaron sanchez is his name.
brachman is the correct spelling. (my bad)
melting pot info:
re: alkapal
Is Symon not melting-pot-america white male?
I don't know a thing about the guy, but that's what I got from watching the show.
re: pitu
holy moly, was symon the latin chef on melting pot, or eastern european? calling all hounds with better memories than alkapal, apparently!
symon's bio on fn site re melting pot show:
alright, maybe the fn execs are going with the latina demographic AND the NATO-expansion eastward" demographic! ;-0
re: alkapal
Symon did the Eastern European stuff on Melting Pot, appropriately enough for a dude from Cleveland who features a beef cheek pierogi on his restaurant's menu. I still have a recipe for a mushroom casserole that he did on Melting Pot, which I have, in fact, never made.
re: LeslieB
bless you LeslieB! i think he'll be a good iron chef. he seems like a nice guy. good for tv. (think about it, cat cora was on melting pot, also padma. she was that same affect-less persona then. annoying!)
re: alkapal
Agreed on Cat. She never looks happy (or much of anything else), and it leads you to imagine she's just really not a very pleasant person to be around. I think Symon is a fine fit too. He looks good on TV, doesn't seem to take himself too seriously (good for the camp factor involved in IC) and, of course, has that ridiculous laugh. There's an Everyguy appeal there.
Besh's food looked great throughout the competition but Symon is less arrogant and more entertaining. Part of the appeal of IC is watching the chefs scramble under pressure. It's less fun watching a guy like Besh, who acts like he's always in control, than it is watching a guy like Symon, who takes chances and half the time seems on the verge of a complete meltdown. I do think Symon can be too dramatic sometimes but a big personality is an asset on an over-the-top show like IC. To me he's the more interesting competitor and a better fit for the show.
re: Grubbjunkie
I'm glad it was Symon, as he was my pick from the beginning. Cleveland Rocks! But, the whole show was such a disappointment. FN Reality TV couldn't have been more predictable. They totally set this up to cater to demographics, and ultimately, TV ratings. I think the whole competion was as much of a farce as "the chairman's nephew". I picked the top 5 in order after watching Episode 1. Where's the Iron Chef drama in that?
re: egbluesuede
My only regret is that they didn't use this format for picking Cat Cora. '-)
Off for a fresh saucer of milk!
I had John Besh pegged to win it all, and listening to what people are saying (OK, Andrew Knowlton and Donatella), sounds like Besh had the better tasting food in the finale. But odd that all the other Iron Chefs chose Symon. (Um, maybe they felt threatened by Besh and voted for the more acceptable partner?? Conspiracy theorists talk amongst yourselves!)
I think the winner should have just been based on the kitchen stadium results, because really of all the challenges, this final one has the closest to what the Iron Chef will do day-to-day, compete in an hour to come up with five dishes.
Anywho, I think Symon will make a good Iron Chef. He does seem to be creative. But is he going to be the male version of Cat Cora in terms of culinary specialty? Not much of a diversity of culinary points of views.
re: singleguychef
It sure did seem like the chefs preferred Besh's food during the episode, but maybe they didn't think he was a good fit for the show as a whole with his personality. They may have been looking more towards that then the actual food in front of them. Otherwise I can't understand why they voted that way as everything they said during the tasting made it seem like Besh's was the winner.
Besh seems like he would've been more of a challenge as an IC, based on the fact that he beat Batali (pretty soundly if I remember correctly) in his appearance on the show and just seems like he always has a handle on things.
re: singleguychef
Or another conspiracy could be foodnetwork has too much invested in an inferior chef from New Orleans & could not have him shown up.
Two things:
1) I wanted to see the scoring. I thought it was ridiculous that this wasn't included.
2) Besh seemed to get net more positive remarks than Symon from the three chefs. How then did they vote for Symon?
re: famedalupo
editing. we didn't hear most of the comments. to me it sounded like flay clearly preffered symon, cora besh, morimoto toss-up.
re: whiner
re: editing
from what we saw of the judges' comments i got the impression flay and morimoto both preferred symon's dishes. morimoto's praise for symon was more effusive than his positive comments for besh's food.
i also got the sense that cat cora was trying to be the hard-ass of the group. jeffrey steingarten is better at it, but at least she doesn'tt talk with her mouth full :)
re: goodhealthgourmet
I'm not normally a conspriacy theorist, but I think Cat actually voted for Besh, as her on-air comments would lead me to believe. My theory is that FN wanted Symon, and broke the (3-3) tie in favor of Symon. They are trying to make it appear as if the 3 iron chefs were all in agreement on the decision. I wanted Symon to win, but the whole thing seems fishy to me.
re: egbluesuede
It looked like that Cat was all over Besh. Maybe a llittle fling sometime?
re: catsailor
Pretty unlikely as Cat Cora is a lesbian.
re: KTinNYC
Is she out? I had assumed she was a lesbian but I did not know for sure.
re: whiner
She is definitely out. I saw a profile of her and she introduced her partner and they also mentioned that they are raising a daughter together.
re: KTinNYC
ooo snap!
re: famedalupo
Re: scoring -- did they even do regular IC score cards with taste/plating/originality? Or did they just talk a while then have a secret ballot?
re: momjamin
Nope, they didn't do typical scoring based on the three categories. In the end, Alton Brown just asked all six judges to write the name of the chef who should win and pass the name up to him, and he delivered it to the chairman. I think the scoring should have been more traditional kitchen stadium way.
Judging by all of the discussions of NIC on these boards, and despite all of the format flaws, it appears FN has pulled off a great programming coup and scored incredibly high on regenerating interest. Even if it is to bitch.
I thought the format sucked.
Check out Ruhlman's blog at blog.ruhlman.com.
He talks about the outcome, and clarifies a few things.
Also check out Andrew Knowlton's comments at http://www.epicurious.com/bonappetit/...
It's one thing to second-guess the judges, another to hear it directly from them.
re: cmvan
Wow. I can't believe Donatella attacked Flay and Cora for their decision! lol!
Also, it is funny reading Andrew Knowlton's blog. He comes across as far more intelligent and considered when writing than in his off-the-cuff comments made on the show.
FYI: Symon has a blog (you can access it by going to the Lola/Lolita website: www.lolabistro.com ) and he seems actually to read the comments and then respond to them. Some of the responses are recipies that people ask him for -- for example, he posted what sounds like an amazing recipie for brussel sprouts that I am going to try reall really soon.
re: whiner
It is no secret that Bobby Flay has no respect for New Orleans cuisine and heritage, for him to be there was a given negative.
re: Shiloh
He has been quoted for having said that he doesn't consider New Orleans food a credible cuisine.
re: Tonto
I suspect the quote was taken out of context. At least the time I saw/heard him discuss New Orleans food, what he was saying is that there is no single type of food that is NO. NO food includes Cajun, Creole, French, Southern, Soul, and American cooking, and I'm sure I've left out a few. And I have to agree with that. Unless you want to categorize a muffaletta as "New Orleans cuisine." '-)
The only thing I fault Bobby Flay with is too damn much chili in everything. He's on the verge of becoming a Johnny One Note. But then maybe it's just me. I'm getting pretty fed up with the current top two food trends: flame out your taste buds and/or bury it under a mountain of basil. Helloooooo...? Too much of a good thing is NOT a good thing!
re: Caroline1
caroline, who is the "mountain of basil"?
I think what made the difference in the finale is that Symon ventured out of his known style - Mediterranean/Midwest - and tried different techniques and styles such as using the sous vide. Besh, however, stayed too comfortably in his French/Southern zone.
Going into the finale, I honestly thought Besh would win and that the judges were biased in his favor. His style is French, something the ICA lineup is lacking. He's telegenic and handsome. He's got the "support New Orleans" vibe going as one of the visible leaders of the dining revival in the region. Also, I think he appealed to Donatella's and Andrew's snobbery - New Orleans has cuisine in their eyes, while Cleveland does not.
But I think the right chef won. Besh was consistent, but consistently second place is still second place.
I agree I could see either one.I did vote for Symon.I just like him.I was happy to see Besh won the next Iron Chef competition after the finale.


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PWG held Night 1 of the second annual DDT4 (Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament) in Burbank, CA on Saturday night. In the weeks leading to the event, several wrestlers booked for the shows were forced off the cards due to various injuries. The Briscoe Brothers were forced out of the tournament due to an injury to Mark Briscoe, Kota Ibushi (who was set to make his PWG debut this weekend) was injured days before the event, and PWG World Champion Human Tornado suffered a very serious knee injury that will prevent him from being in action for a year.
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DDT4 Semi-finals/PWG World Tag Team Title Match: Kagetora and El Blazer vs. Kevin Steen and El Generico
DDT4 Semi-finals: Jack Evans and Roderick Strong vs. Los Luchas
Non-tournament: Brandon Bonham vs. TJ Perkins
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These areas predominantly constitute homeowners in lower quality smaller detached and semi-detached properties or flats. They are dominated by couples and singles with some retired elements and family groups. They typically populate rural neighbourhoods, small towns and suburbs and are in most cases employed in white collar and manual trades. However we do see an incidence of individuals rising up the professional ladder. Levels of investment and credit risk are both lower than average.


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As well as helping out with Foyle View School's Christmas show, we also created videos for the show. This is the last video shown on the night, a video postcard from the students to their parents!
Using a game capture device I took footage from the latest WWE game and recreated one of their past events. Expect more gaming related videos when I get the time!
Since last time I posted an article, Ive done quite a few. Click the picture for a direct link to my profile on the site where you can read articles on a variety of subjects including football, music, television, gaming and WWE. Here's a full list of the article titles:
- 5 Musicians Who Need to Shut Up and Sing
- 15 Worst Gaming Characters of 2013
- 10 WWE Christmas Moments
- 8 Broken Games You Won't Believe Were Released
- 10 Essential Point and Click Adventures
- 6 Reasons Hulk Hogan's Return Is Bad For Business
- Complete History of WWE Games (Parts 1-4)
- 10 Classic Games That Deserve HD Remakes
- Republic of Ireland's 5 Most Memorable Moments
- Best of the WWE European Title
Here's the second video I did for Business in the Community, covering their Too Good To Waste conference.
In late 2013, I did some video and social media work for Business in the Community. Here's the first of two videos, from a BITC event in Belfast.
Trying to move into other areas as well as wrestling, since its a very niche subject. Here's an attempt at a short music article on some under appreciated Green Day songs. There's a typo on the first page I'm aware of but unfortunately due to the site settings I can't get in and amend it. I said a aheyyyyyyyyyooooooooooh


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Utica, NY
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Yorkville, NY (2.4 miles WNW)
New York Mills, NY (3.1 miles W)
Whitesboro, NY (3.4 miles WNW)
New Hartford, NY (3.4 miles WSW)
Deerfield, NY
(1.4 miles NNE)
Deerfield Heights, NY (2.4 miles NNE)
Maynard, NY (2.7 miles NNW)
West Frankfort, NY (3.4 miles ESE)
West Schuyler, NY (4.1 miles E)
Heritage Acres, NY
(3.4 miles E)
Brookside Manor, NY (5.1 miles SSW)
Sauquoit Mobile Home Park, NY (6.4 miles S)
K And B Mobile Home Park, NY (6.6 miles S)
Applewood Community, NY (6.6 miles W)
Green Acres, NY
(6.7 miles NNE)
Millgate Meadows, NY (7 miles W)
Country Meadows Mobile Home Park, NY (8 miles ESE)
Maple Grove, NY (8.7 miles NNW)
Farrel Corner, NY (9.5 miles ENE)


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Beer Middle School - School Profile
Enrollment Information (2009-2010 school year)
Helpful Resources
Corrections to the school database are encouraged! School Edit Form.
Beer Middle School - School Boundaries Map (School Attendance Zone)
Nearby Public Schools (within a 15-mile radius)
Beer Middle School, MI
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Butcher Community Center, MI (0.7 miles E)
Siersma Elementary School, MI (0.8 miles S)
Warren Mott High School, MI (0.9 miles N)
Community High School, MI (1.1 miles W)
Madison District Early Childhood Education Center, MI
(1.1 miles W)
Four Corners Montessori Academy, MI (1.2 miles W)
Madison High School, MI (1.3 miles W)
Mark C. Roose Elementary School, MI (1.4 miles SE)
Lean Elementary School, MI (1.5 miles N)
Nearby Private Schools (within a 15-mile radius)
Immaculate Conception Ukrainian, MI
(0.9 miles NNW)
Antioch Baptist Academy, MI (1.6 miles NNW)
St. Dennis School, MI (2.3 miles W)
Calvary Christian School, MI (2.4 miles W)
St. Clement Elementary School, MI (2.7 miles ESE)
St. Anne Roman-Catholic-Grade Sch, MI
(2.7 miles NNE)
Peace Lutheran Church & School, MI (3.5 miles ENE)
St. Paul Lutheran School, MI (3.7 miles W)
St. Bartholomew School, MI (3.8 miles S)
Warren Sda Junior Academy, MI (3.9 miles ENE)


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The Denver Broncos front office was hit with a slew of DUIs. Director of player personnel Matt Russell, 40, was arrested July 6 for a DUI in Breckenridge. It was later uncovered that Tom Heckert, 45, was arrested for a DUI on June 11th, but it had never made it to the media.
Now a third Denver Broncos DUI has surfaced, this one before the other two in May of 2013. The Denver Post discovered that offensive lineman Quentin Saulsberry was arrested May 19 for a DUI.
"We have been aware of Quentin Saulsberry's arrest and will continue to monitor the legal developments related to this matter, which is subject to review under the NFL's policies," Broncos spokesperson Patrick Smyth said Monday.
This comes on the heels of the Denver Broncos trying to recover and save face from the two previous DUIs.
"We're not perfect. We've made our errors. We admit it. You can say we apologized for it — but I think an apology rings hollow when you run into the back of a police car or you're blowing a blood-alcohol limit that's three times the legal limit. I don't think fans, I don't think the public, I don't think anybody wants to hear an apology," Denver Broncos President Joe Ellis.
Quentin Saulsberry spend last year on the team's practice squad and served a 4 game suspension for violating the league's PED policy. He signed a 1 year contract in January worth $405,000.
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Since joining Houlihan Lokey in 1997, Mr. Mazzucchi has advised on many of the firm's largest and most complex restructuring, advisory, and corporate finance assignments in the energy, industrial, paper & forest products, and metals & mining sectors, among others. Recent noteworthy engagements include Dynegy, Inc., Edison Mission Energy, Longview Power, NewPage Corp., Patriot Coal, Smurfit-Stone, and Wise Metals.
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Can the price of gasoline be affected by the amount of oil produced here in the United States? Experts say no; logic says no; free market economics say no.
Now, thanks to some work by the Associated Press, we can now say that the historical data also say no.
The AP went back and looked at domestic oil production numbers and the cost of unleaded gasoline since 1976, which is as far back as records go documenting the cost of unleaded gasoline. It then asked several top statisticians whether they could find any correlation between the two.
In other words, is there any evidence whatsoever that domestic oil production affects the price of gasoline?
Its conclusion:
A statistical analysis of 36 years of monthly, inflation-adjusted gasoline prices and U.S. domestic oil production by The Associated Press shows no statistical correlation between how much oil comes out of U.S. wells and the price at the pump.
For example, beginning in 1986, oil production in this country began a long,
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11:00 PM, 26 Nov 2011
Pop Goes Her Heart
While shopping for Thanksgiving ingredients in the giant, beloved superstore that is Globus, I miraculously happened upon some microwavable popcorn. Now, Mom, I know that you say that such food is terrible for the body, but we have to think about the soul here: you could not imagine how excited I was upon discovering the popcorn, especially as I was having an otherwise dreary and terribly long day/week. I bought four packets and brought them home, triumphant.


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The wearable and innovative trends from London and New York continued through to Milan, a city known for its decadence and extravagance, with more fur, gold leathers, lamés and sequins on the catwalks. Here are my highlights from Milan.
Fendi with the amazing Karl Lagerfeld didn't disappoint. Cara Delevingne opened the show wearing a sleek, fur-hooded coat, carrying a white handbag in one hand…
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This DIY dress caught our attention at #Coachella adorned with jewels and pom-poms #streetstyle #wgsnlive


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After the amazing success of "Need You Now" on country radio (where it spent a month at #1) and on the pop charts (#3), Lady Antebellum kept the country audience interested with "American Honey." After that song, too, hit #1 and ACM Award wins for "Need You Now" and Group of the Year award wins, Lady Antebellum is returning to the charts with "Our Kind Of Love." Written by Charles Kelley, Dave Haywood, Hillary Scott and Busbee "Our Kind of Love" recalls both the trio's debut album's hits (like "Love Don't Live Here" and "Lookin' For A Good Time") and the other more textured stuff found on the double platinum Need You Now, the single features an interesting sonic soundscape and finds Charles Kelley getting his first 'lead' of the singles from this album and like moody title tune, this one comes off as a true duet.
The lyrics discuss the kind of relationship a couple has as they go through life, they keep it fresh and fun and don't take themselves too seriously. Honestly, that's how love should be. There will be ups and downs but if you try to keep the relationship interesting, fun and don't take everything like it's the end of the world then you're likely gonna have a long relationship together.
Lady Antebellum have become superstars on the basis of their appealing blend of male-female vocals, pop/rock melodies and strong songs that stick with you. "Our Kind of Love" is but the latest in what may very well be a long line and years of success for the trio.
You can support Lady Antebellum by purchasing this single digitally at Amazon | iTunes.