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You can't keep a good man — or James Bond blockbuster — down. Sony's "Skyfall" is leading the weekend box office chase in its fifth week of release, after taking in $3.1 million Friday.
The 23rd 007 film is on pace to win the weekend with $11 million. It debuted at No. 1 over the Nov. 9-11 weekend when it took in $88 million, and has run second to "Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 2" for the past three weeks. It's taken in $253 million in North America, $875 million worldwide.
DreamWorks Animation's 3D kids film "Rise of the Guardians" is running second after bringing in $2.2 million from 3,639 theaters Friday, just a 23 percent drop from last week. With family business expected to pick up on Saturday and Sunday, the final DreamWorks Animation film to be distributed by Paramount is on track for $10.2 million over the three days.
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Three-time defending champ "Breaking Dawn 2" and "Lincoln" were in a battle for third. Summit Entertainment's "Twilight" franchise finale took in $2.8 million Friday, raising its overall U.S. gross to $268 million. DreamWorks "Lincoln," distributed by Disney, brought in $2.5 from 2,014 locations Friday. Both films should come in between $8.5 million and $9 million for the weekend.
Fox's "Life of Pi" is on pace for an $8.2 million weekend in its third week of release after taking in $2.2 million from 2,946 screens on Friday.
The weekend's only wide opener — FilmDistrict's "Playing for Keeps" — took in $2.1million from 2,837 locations Friday. The romantic comedy, starring Gerard Butler, is looking at a very disappointing $6 million weekend.
Maybe Butler can commiserate with Brad Pitt. His "Killing Them Softly" took in just $881,000 from 2,424 locations Friday and will wind up under $3 million in its second weekend. It debuted to just $7 million last week.
The Weinstein Company's Oscar contender "Silver Linings Playbook" took in $642,000 from 371 screens Friday and is looking at $2.3 million for the weekend.
Also read: 'Playing for Keeps' Gets Some Really Rotten Tomatoes
The major studios steered clear of the weekend in anticipation of the Warner Bros.' Dec. 14 rollout of "The Hobbit: an Unexpected Journey," the first installment in Peter Jackson's latest Middle Earth epic. As a result, it's a slow weekend at the box office, but it is still tracking about 15 percent ahead of last year, when "New Year's Day" won with it $13 million.
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It is telling that "Rise of the Guardians," the kids' holiday film that is off to such a bad start that DreamWorks Animation is looking at a $50 million write-down, has a good shot at winding up No. 1 at the weekend box office. And that's in its third week.
The box office has a severe case of pre-"Hobbit"-itis. Warner Bros. will roll out the first installment of Peter Jackson's latest Middle Earth epic on Dec. 14 and rival studios have pretty much run for cover.
The only film opening wide this week is the PG-13 romantic comedy "Playing for Keeps," FilmDistrict's tale of a former star athlete (Gerard Butler) coming to grips with real life as a kids soccer coach, and it won't finish among the leaders.
The top spot looks to be a toss-up between "Guardians" and Sony's "Skyfall" and DreamWorks and Disney's "Lincoln," both of which are in their fifth week of release. Three-time champ "Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 2" could also figure in, and "Life of Pi" shouldn't be far behind. Analysts say that around $10 million — or roughly $120 million less than what "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" is expected to bring in over its first weekend — should be enough to win the weekend.
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The 3D "Guardians" — now in its third weekend — has taken in $50 million since its release the day before Thanksgiving. Its holiday themes should keep it in theaters through the end of the year, but it hasn't had the sort of start DreamWorks Animation and Paramount were hoping for from the CG-animated movie, which cost $145 million to make. It's done better overseas, with $57 million so far.
"Playing for Keeps" has a big-name cast, with Jessica Biel, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Judy Greer, Uma Thurman and Dennis Quaid co-starring. Gabriele Muccino ("The Pursuit of Happiness") directs. Debuting on 2,837 screens, it is expected to do around $6 million.
It has been a tough year for Butler who toplined the surf film "Chasing Mavericks" earlier this month, which opened to a very disappointing $2.2 million.
Open Road Films is expanding its cop drama "End of Watch" from less than 100 theaters to around 1,200 locations this weekend.
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On the specialty front, this could be an important week for "Silver Linings Playbook," now going into its fourth weekend. The Weinstein Company's Oscar hopeful that got a boost this week when the New York Film Critics made Bradley Cooper their surprise choice for Best Actor.
It's coming off a strong hold last weekend — just a 24 percent drop from Thanksgiving weekend — and could be building some momentum. It will be on 371 screens again.
Focus Features will debut "Hyde Park on Hudson," the comedy-drama directed by Roger Michell ("Morning Glory") and starring Bill Murray and Laura Linney as President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his distant cousin Margaret Suckley, with whom he had an intimate relationship.
"Hyde Park on Hudson" premiered at the Telluride Film Festival and also played at the Toronto International Film Festival. The reviews have been mixed, and the film has just a 42 percent positive rating on Movie Review Intelligence. It's rated R and will be on four screens. Focus plans to go wide with the film in January.
"Heleno," a biography of the tragic life of one of Brazil's greatest soccer players, Heleno de Freitas, will debut on on a single screens in New York and in Los Angeles and two in Miami for Screen Media.
Rodrigo Santoro ("What To Expect When You're Expecting") stars in the film, directed by Jose Enrique Fonseca from a screenplay by Fernando Castets. Rated R, the film has drawn mainly favorable reviews, with a 71 percent positive rating at Movie Review Intelligence.
The Weinstein Co.'s Radius label is rolling out director Stephen Frears' ("Tamara Drewe") R-rated comedy "Lay the Favorite" on 40 screens. Bruce Willis, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Vince Vaughn star in the tale of a young woman's journey into the world of sports gambling. Rebecca Hall, Laura Prepon and Corbin Bernsen co-star.


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FARGO, N.D. – All-American Kyven Gadson wasted no time this evening to clinch Iowa State's (6-1 overall, 1-0 Big 12) 22-13 win over North Dakota State (2-3 overall, 0-0 WWC), as he pinned NDSU's Colt Castlebury 1:25 seconds into their match at 197 pounds.
The Cyclones led 16-9 in the dual heading into the 197-pound bout. Gadson, ranked No. 2 by InterMat, improved to 9-1 overall this season and 6-0 in duals with his first period win by fall. He has now won 21 straight dual matches dating back to Nov. 25, 2012. The Waterloo, Iowa, native's pin was his third of the season.
Redshirt freshman Gabe Moreno was dominate from start to finish in a 12-2 major decision over NDSU's Clayton Cathey. The Urbandale, Iowa, native racked up 2:25 of riding time in the match. Moreno, fresh off a 7th-place finish at the Cliff Keen Invite a week ago, improved to 11-7 overall and 2-4 in dual competition with the win.
Senior Boaz Beard made his return to the Cyclone lineup tonight after sitting out the entire season up to this point with an elbow injury. Beard defeated NDSU's Kurtis Julson 2-1 to pickup his first win of the season.
174-pounder Tanner Weatherman came out on top in a back-and-forth match with No. 17 Hayden Zillmer of NDSU. He defeated Zillmer 7-5 in the second sudden victory period after notching two points on a textbook single leg takedown on the edge of the mat with 26 seconds left. The Huxley, Iowa, native is now 15-5 for his career in dual meets.
Fans at the Bison Sports Arena were treated to a top-six showdown at 165 pounds, as No. 5 Michael Moreno and No. 6 Steven Monk squared off. Moreno held a 2-1 advantage late with riding time in his favor, but Monk pulled off a five-point move in the final minute to earn the 6-2 win.
Iowa State returns to action Jan. 1-2, as it heads to the Southern Scuffle for the first time in school history in Chattanooga, Tenn. 135 NCAA-qualifiers and 34 All-Americans are slated to take the mat in the annual holiday tournament.
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On February 3, 1947, the record-low temperature for North America was recorded in Snag -63 Celsius (-81.4 F). In 1947, Snag's population was made up of eight to ten First Nation people and fur traders, along with an additional 15-20 airport personnel who used the airport barracks that remain at the site.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Researchers at the University at Buffalo School of Management have proposed a better way of measuring the capabilities of IT service providers in a study recently published in IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management.
The study was conducted by Rajiv Kishore, associate professor, and H. Raghav Rao, SUNY Distinguished Service Professor, in the school's Management Science and Systems Department, and Matthew E. Swinarski, associate professor, and Eric Jackson, assistant professor, in the Sam and Irene Black School of Business at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College.
For many years, IT service providers have been judged using the Capability Maturity Model IntegrationSM (CMMI) framework developed at Carnegie Mellon University.
Kishore and his fellow researchers have proposed a variation in the CMMI framework for thinking about and measuring capabilities of IT service provider firms. They call it the Quality Distinction (QD) Capability Model, as quality is its main theme.
Building upon the CMMI framework, the QD model also acknowledges the high importance of regularly evaluating and adapting the development and delivery processes of an IT firm. This gives IT managers a better tool to measure the effectiveness of their firm's information technology capabilities.
"Our model can be used by managers in conjunction with CMMI to gain a more reliable understanding of their IT capabilities," Kishore says. "The high focus on quality in the QD model makes it easier for an IT provider to measure and validate the quality of its products and services."
Kishore says it's also an important signal to employees and customers that the firm values a culture of quality, and incorporates quality into their products and services at the outset.
Carnegie Mellon's CMM framework is based on practical experience gained over the last two decades in actual software and IT project development work in a number of industries. But independent academic research has yielded inconsistent results across different studies with this model.
Because the new QD model is based in theory and also tested with survey data from IT services providers, the researchers believe that the results will be more consistent and, therefore, more beneficial to the companies who use this model to measure their process capability.
"One reason India has become so popular for outsourcing IT work is that many companies there are consistently certified as CMM Level 5, the highest CMMI certification level," Kishore adds. "Companies that use the new QD model in conjunction with CMM should feel even more confident in the quality of their IT providers."
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Report parts are deprecated for all releases of SQL Server Reporting Services starting with SQL Server Reporting Services 2019 and all releases of Power BI Report Server starting with Power BI Report Server September 2022.
Report items such as tables, matrices, charts, and images can be published as report parts. Report parts are paginated report items that have been published separately to a report server and that can be reused in other paginated reports. Report parts have an .rsc file extension.
With report parts, work groups can now take advantage of the different strengths and roles of their team members. For example, if you are responsible for creating charts, you can save your charts as separate parts that you and your coworkers can reuse in other reports. You can publish report parts on a report server or SharePoint site integrated with a report server. You can reuse them in multiple reports, and you can update them on the server.
The report part that you add to your report maintains a relationship to the instance of the report part on the site or server by means of a unique ID. After you add report parts from a site or server to a report, you can modify them, independent of the original report part on the site or server. You can accept updates that others have made to the report part on the site or server, and you can save the modified report part back to the site or server, either adding a new report part or writing over the original, if you have sufficient permissions.
Life Cycle of a Report Part
Person A creates a report with a chart that depends on an embedded dataset.
Person A chooses to publish the chart to the report server. Report Builder assigns a unique ID to the published chart. Person A does not choose to share the dataset, so the dataset remains embedded in the chart.
Person B creates a blank report, searches the Report Part Gallery, finds the chart, and adds it to the report . The chart is now part of Person B's report, along with the embedded dataset. Person B can modify the instances of the chart and dataset that are in the report. This will have no effect on the instances of the chart and dataset on the report server, nor will it break the relationship between the instances in the report and on the report server.
Person C adds the chart to a report and changes this chart in the report from a bar to a pie chart.
Person C has permissions to overwrite the chart on the server and does so, republishing it to the server. This updates the published copy of the chart on the server. Person C does not choose to share the dataset either, so it remains embedded in the chart.
Person B accepts the updated chart from the server. This overwrites the changes that Person B had made to the chart in Person B's report.
Publishing Report Parts
When you publish a report part, Report Builder assigns it a unique ID, which is distinct from the report part name. Report Builder maintains that ID, no matter what else you change about the report part. The ID links the original report item in your report to the report part. When other report authors reuse the report part, the ID also links the report part in their report to the report part on the report server.
These are the report items you can publish as report parts:
When you publish a report item that displays data, such as a table, matrix, or chart, the dataset that the report item depends on is saved with it, as a dataset embedded in it. You can also save the dataset separately, as a shared dataset that you and others can use as a basis for other report parts. For more information, see Report Parts and Datasets in Report Builder.
Some report parts can contain other report items. For example, a table can contain a chart, and a rectangle can contain a matrix and a chart. When you publish a report item that contains other report items, they are saved as a unit. The other report items are saved embedded in the container report part. You cannot update them separately, and you cannot save the items in the container as separate report parts.
For more information on publishing report parts, see Publish and Republish Report Parts (Report Builder and SSRS).
Modifying Report Part Metadata
You can publish report parts with default settings to a default location, or you can save each report part to a different location, and modify the metadata, such as the title and description.
It is a good idea to give the report part a clear name and description when you publish it to help people identify it when searching. You could end up with a lot of report parts with similar names on your site or server. Consider using naming conventions to illustrate relationships between report parts and their dependent items.
Also, consider saving shared data sources, shared datasets, and the report parts that depend on them in the same folder.
You can also edit the description in the Properties pane.
Reusing Report Parts
The easiest way to create a report is to add an existing report part, like a table or chart, to your report from the Report Part Gallery. After you add it to your report, you can modify it as much as you need, or accept updates from the server. Changing the report item in your report will not affect the instance of the report part published on the site or server, nor will it break the relationship between the instance in the report and on the site or server. If you have sufficient permissions, you can save the updated copy back to the site or server. If someone else modifies the copy on the site or server, you can decide to keep your copy as it is, or you can update it to be like the copy on the site or server.
Searching for Report Parts
You look for report parts to add to your report in the Report Part Gallery. You can filter the report parts by all or part of the name of the part, who created it, who last modified it, when it was last modified, where it's stored, or what type of report part it is. For example, you could search for all charts created last week by one of your coworkers.
You can view the search results either as thumbnails or as a list, and sort the search results by name, created and modified dates, and creator. For more information, see Browse for Report Parts and Set a Default Folder (Report Builder and SSRS).
What Comes with a Report Part
When you add a report part to your report, you are also adding everything it must have to work. For example, any object that displays data is dependent on a dataset - a query and a connection to a data source. It may also have one or more parameters. All of the items it is dependent on are its dependencies, and all of them, or pointers to them, are included with the report part when you add it to your report. The dataset and parameters are listed in the Report Data pane of your report.
The dataset for the report part may be embedded in the report part, or it may be a separate, shared dataset that the report part points to. If it is embedded in the report part, you may be able to modify it. If it is a shared dataset, it is a separate object that you would need permissions for. For more information about shared and embedded datasets, see Report Datasets (SSRS).
Resolving Naming Conflicts
When you add a report part, Report Builder fixes any name conflicts. For example, if you have a Chart1 in your report already and you add a report part called Chart1, Report Builder automatically renames the new report part Chart2. If you have a Dataset1 in your report already, and you add a report part that refers to a different dataset that is also called Dataset1, Report Builder renames the new dataset Dataset2 and updates the references.
Adding More Than One Report Part
You can add an unlimited number of report parts to your report. However, you can only add one report part at a time. You can even add multiple instances of one report part to the same report. They will all have unique names, but will all be instances of the same report part on the server and have the same unique ID.
When you add another report part that uses a dataset identical to a dataset already in your report, the wizard does not add another version of that dataset to your report; it redirects the references in the report part to go to the existing dataset. For more information, see Report Parts and Datasets in Report Builder.
Updating Report Parts with Changes from the Server
Every time you open a report, Report Builder checks to see if the server instances of report parts in that report have been updated on the server. It also checks for changes in the report parts' dependent items, such as the dataset and parameters. If any published report parts or their dependencies have been updated on the server, an information bar in your report displays the number that have been updated. You can choose to view and accept or reject the updates, or dismiss the information bar. If you choose to view the updates, you see a thumbnail of the report part, who last modified it, and when. Then you can accept any or all of the updated items.
You can disable the information bar and not be informed if a report part has changed. You set this option when you add the report part to your report. Even if you have disabled the information bar, you can still check for updates.
Report Builder checks for differences between the date the report part was last updated on the server and the date when you last synchronized the report part with the server. It does not check the date that you modified the report part in your report. Thus, the report part in your report and the report part on the server could be quite different, but when Report Builder checks for updates, it will not find any.
Accepting Updates
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Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and finding him, he said, "Do you believe in the Son of God?"
He answered, "Who is he, Lord, that I may believe in him?"
Jesus said to him, "You have both seen him, and it is he who speaks with you."
He said, "Lord, I believe!" and he worshiped him.
Jesus said, "I came into this world for judgment, that those who don't see may see; and that those who see may become blind."
Those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and said to him, "Are we also blind?"
Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, 'We see.' Therefore your sin remains.
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The Value Chain (VC) framework of Michael Porter is a model that helps to analyze specific activities through which firms can create value and competitive advantage.
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Note that a cost advantage can be created by reducing the costs of the primary activities, but also by reducing the costs of the support activities. Recently there have been many companies that achieved a cost advantage by the clever use of Information Technology.
Once the VC has been defined, a cost analysis can be performed by assigning costs to the VC activities. Porter identified 10 cost drivers related to value chain activities:
A firm develops a cost advantage by controlling these drivers better than its competitors do. A cost advantage also can be pursued by "Reconfiguring" the VC. "Reconfiguration" means structural changes such as: a new production process, new distribution channels, or a different sales approach.
Normally, the VC of a company is connected to other Value Chains and is part of a larger VC. Developing a competitive advantage also depends on how efficiently you can analyze and manage the entire VC. This idea is called: Supply Chain Management. Some people argue that network is actually a better word to describe the physical form of Value Chains: Value Networks.
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Having missed my morning coffee before going on an audition, I asked Siri to find a local coffee shop. The closest one, with good reviews, that popped up was Funnel Mill on Broadway Avenue near 10th Street in Santa Monica.
Not knowing what to expect, I found a welcoming, warm entrance. Off to the right from the entrance is a sitting area, with low, wide leather chairs with armrests, mixed in among wooden tables and chairs. The sitting area is separated somewhat from the rest of the shop by curtains.
The main part of the shop is long and narrow, with the coffee prep station on the left, with a dark brown wood bar where patrons can sit and watch their lattes and cappuccinos being prepared. More tables and chair filled the right. And decorating the back wall is a coffee syphon station, with long glass tubes that slowly drips custom coffee for a pricey cup.
Confused by the menu at first (a woman standing next to me was not sure about the menu offerings as well) I ordered a cafe latte ($5.75), sat at the wood counter and watched while the espresso for my latte was carefully pressed, the milk steamed and frothed, and an artful mounding of the foam took place. Watching it being made was perhaps more pleasurable than the drink itself, which was very fine by coffee standards. My standards, anyway.
The Funnel Mill sells and brews what they state on their website as "rare single estates of coffee beans and tea."
My spinach croissant, was basic. But as I noted, watching the activity and care of those making these coffee delicacies, was more interesting than my fare.
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Running Italy's wildly exposed and hyper-competetitve Sentiero delle Grigne
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On September 16 I found myself in Pasturo, Italy, at the starting line of my third-ever marathon. Barricades decorated in advertisements lined the road, while throngs of spectators cheered on all sides. From tall speakers came a driving beat and a stream of Italian that meant nothing to my uncultured ears.
I was about to embark on possibly the hardest and most technical marathon in the world—the Sentiero delle Grigne. Also known as Trofeo Scaccabarozzi—or "Scaccabarozzi Trophy"—the race was established in memory of Giacomo Scaccabarozzi, a renowned Italian mountaineer who died in a paragliding accident in the Grigne Mountains in 1998.
A skyrunning race of the highest caliber, Grigne links the two major peaks of the Grigne Mountains, taking its runners across 43 kilometers with 10,500 feet of climbing. In certain sections, the trail is so steep and rough that a fall could be fatal. The course record of 4:43:58 has stood since 2007, set by then-19-year-old Kilian Jornet in his first major international victory.
"The whole concept of skyrunning in its most logical form is running from a town to the nearest high point and back," says Lauri van Houten, co-founder and di- rector of the Inter- nationalSkyrunning Federation (ISF). More than merely a sport, skyrunning is a passion—an ethic of highly competitive racing on the cleanest lines on the most striking peaks.
Standing in the crowd of about 200 runners jabbering in Italian, I felt somewhat sheepish. I'd only arrived the day before and had no idea what to expect—but the feeling didn't last long. Soon enough, everyone shuffled forward and within 30 seconds, the race began.
With no qualms about being competitive, Europeans take an aggressive approach to mountain races—by which I mean they actually "race." At every race, easily 20 or 30 runners will crush them- selves trying to win. Races en- courage this sometimes-reckless intensity by offering top runners prize money, accommodations, meals and even appearance fees.
The race began on rolling, runnable terrain, weaving through forests and meadows. After 15 kilometers, the trail rose steeply toward the first peak on a sweeping ridge of arching stone, forcing me into a hard hike.
As I approached the top of the first cloud- covered peak, I pulled myself up on chains bolted into the rock. To keep moving up the sheer rock faces, I grasped the terrain with both hands, Batman-style.
The first descent was no less terrifying. The course seemed suspended in space, a gray void dropping off the sides of a narrow stone ridge. Strong-armed alpine guides stood in the most extreme sections to prevent runners from falling—though at the breakneck speed I was going, their touch would only have thrown me off balance.
Several hundred vertical feet later, the course began to resemble a trail again. Says Scotland's Tom Owens, who won Grigne in 2011, "I felt an overwhelming sense of relief upon finding myself safe and running on reasonable terrain once more. It was almost a surprise to realize my life wasn't in danger anymore."
These moments of security were few and far between. At times, the singletrack narrowed to the width of my shoe. I watched my footing closely, but couldn't help stealing glances at the brilliant Lake Como below. At its shores, the town of Lecco glittered in the sunlight.
Another section had us climbing lad- der steps drilled into the rock. Exhausted, I resigned myself to a slow march up to the second peak and highest point of the course, at more than 8000 feet. Clouds hung low all around me.
At the summit, I was buoyed by the raucous cheers of spectators—diehard fans who had hiked up five or six treacherous miles in the cold wind, just to cheer the runners. I grabbed a Coke and chocolate croissant at the aid station and began the descent.
With reckless abandon, I let gravity take hold and hoped my legs could keep up. The valley below was dappled with tiny houses, pastures and winding paths—but it was no time for scenery gazing.
I passed several people along the five-mile descent back into Pasturo. Even in town, the course remained technical, through winding streets and down staircases. Soon, my ears were again met by deafening crowds and the same Italian voice booming from the speakers.
I had just suffered through one of the world's most difficult marathons with people I had never met and could barely communicate with. But when I crossed the finish line—my third marathon, in a personal record of 5:06—I felt among friends.


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Apple Pie Bread {Guest Post}
Let's talk cravings, k? Julia of Fat Girl Trapped In A Skinny Body always has me cracking up over her cravings. I think this is just one way we've bonded, peculiar and sometimes down right random cravings… even when not pregnant. Seriously. Most girls hoard shoes, bags or nail polish. I think she has a secret stash of peanut butter and cheese somewhere in her house. Her cravings lead to some incredible dishes, including this one! Apple pie meet bread…meet belly.
These past couple of weeks I have had a serious craving for pie; apple pie and pumpkin pie in particular. The craving got so bad I almost bought one of the mini pies from Starbucks. Knowing it wouldn't satisfy my craving, I refrained. But, that meant the craving was still there and I still had no desire to bake a pie. I was in quite the dilemma. I mean, that's just pure laziness because it's not that hard to make pie, I just kept finding 800 reasons why I shouldn't make it. So instead, I made an apple pie bread. Sometimes I'm thankful for my laziness.
Good news, my craving is satisfied and I didn't have to resort to mediocre coffee shop pastries.
The crumble on top is like an apple crumble pie, buttery, crunchy, sweet.
The shredded and diced apples lend to a little bit of apple flavor and apple texture in every bite.
The vanilla bean cream cheese swirl is my 'a la mode.'
This is the perfect kind of bread for a brunch with the girls or for dessert (with an actual scoop of ice cream??!!). Um, or maybe even just for a normal Tuesday morning breakfast, because that's when I ate it. And then I had it again for lunch and for dessert. I told you, I had a craving, and this bread may have satisfied it, but it's so good it just begs me to keep eating it.
Apple Pie Bread
- 1 3/4 C all purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2 Tbsp apple pie spice
- 1 large egg
- 1/3 C vegetable oil
- 1/3 C apple juice
- 3/4 C light brown sugar
- 1 1/2 C shredded apples
- 1 C chopped apples
Vanilla Bean Cream Cheese Swirl
- 8 oz cream cheese room temperature
- 1 large egg
- 1/4 C powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla bean paste vanilla extract
- 2 Tbsp all purpose flour
- 4 Tbsp granulated sugar
- 1/2 tsp apple pie spice
- 2 Tbsp unsalted butter cold
- Preheat the oven to 350F°. Grease an 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 loaf pan.
- To make the bread batter, using a wooden spoon mix the egg, vegetable oil, apple juice, and brown sugar in a large bowl. Add in the apples.
- In a separate bowl sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and apple pie spice. Mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and stir until combined. (Mixture will be thick). Set aside.
- For the swirl, whisk all the ingredients in a small bowl, set aside.
- For the crumble. Mix the flour, sugar and apple pie spice in a small bowl. Cut in the cold butter until the mixture resembles course crumbs.
- To make the loaf, pour half the bread batter into the pan then pour in the cream cheese mixture. Pour the remaining bread batter over the cream cheese then pour all of the crumble mixture on top. Lightly press the crumbs into the batter.
- Bake for 65-75 minutes, until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- Cool for 15 minutes in the pan, then finish cooling on a wire rack.
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Check out some other awesome recipes from Julia: Double Chocolate Double Guinness Bundt Cake, Funfetti Cookies and Iced Tea Margarita.
19 Responses to "Apple Pie Bread {Guest Post}"
Woah. This looks seriously good!
Looks delicious! Bring on fall!
Such a better solution than the Starbucks pastry, this looks amazing!
yum, this sounds delicious!
This looks amazing, especially as I am looking for more fall recipes!
This bread is perfect for every meal. Hooray!
This one is going in the to-make pile! ;)
I am too thankful for your laziness :) really… this looks so good!
I made apple pie bread this week too – this looks great with the crumb topping!
At first (from the title) I was expecting to see pie crust baked into this bread! Seeing the apple pie spice in the ingredients made me realize no crust! This looks wonderful and has such a great combination of flavours.
What type of apples did you use? I want to make it this weekend!
this screams fall! i love this and i love that cheesecake swirl in the middle! great combo :)
I could totally justify this for breakfast every day! Love the vanilla bean cream cheese swirl.
Could not print page 5 . 'd love to make this. Cream cheese swirl looks deliciious
I suggest trying to print it again or emailing it to yourself as a print issue such as that would be on your end.
Now that's a great idea for a bread…I imagine it in a sandwich with chocolate spread and apple butter triple yummy….by the way I firmly believe that the best way to stop cravings of any type is to give in to them hi hi :)
My hubby is in Afghanistan and he loves apple pie. I clearly can't send him one this fall and I was feeling really bad about it! Then I found this recipe… making it for him right now! Thanks for having an apple pie craving and not making pie! I really appreciate it and so will my soldier!
I LOVE apple pie and all things apple so I cannot wait to try this! I'll have to make it gfree but I'm up to the challenge!
This recipe needs to be split between two 8×4 pans. Didn't find that out until I nearly burned my kitchen down.


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Tomorrow starts a new month: March. And, for the past several years, March's have been quite active, cold, and wet. Last March is a good example of one of the coldest March's we have had in the past 10 years with temperatures running nearly 3 degrees below normal, conversley March 2005 was unseasonably mild with temperatures running a good 3 degrees above normal. What does March 2009 have in store? Well, many forecasters are predicting a colder and wetter than normal March, and by looking at the short and long term models, those forecasts may not be far off.
The title of this blog post is "Dèjá Vu" mainly because we could go through a very similar pattern to last week starting tonight through next weekend. Remember last weekend when SaturDAY was dry, but then the rain moved in SaturNIGHT into Sunday? Well, expect the same deal this go around. Today was generally dry, but that is going to change as a new round of rain is moving into the area. It started raining in Hoquiam at 3 PM and will continue to move into the Kitsap area by this evening.
Rain continues through tomorrow, though it won't be relentless. Highs will be the biggest story as some forecast models are suggesting highs will be in the upper 50s and lower 60s. Because this storm system is bringing some warm, southerly air with it I almost expect highs will be quite a few degrees above the normal high of 51º.
Monday through Wednesday we play generally the same tune: times of clouds, sun, and rain with highs starting out in the 50s on Monday but ending in the 40s Wednesday. The atmosphere will be rather unstable and timing each individual system will be almost impossible, so be prepared for variable skies and weather conditions over the next few days.
And then there's Thursday. This is where the Dèjá Vu thing comes into play again, because if things pan out the way predicted on the models, we could be in for a repeat of the Thursday snow. Some very chilly air is expected to seep into our area Wednesday night and with moisture around we could be in for some more lowland snow around the area. This is obviously not a slam dunk yet, but just know the potential is there.
Friday onward looks drier and a bit warmer.
One thing that I've noticed some meteorologists do is cancel winter after mid February. Some claim that winter weather ends in the Northwest after February 15th. But sometimes the windiest, rainiest and even coldest weather of the winter has occured in March.
Bottom line? Don't put away the ice scrapers QUITE yet 🙂
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5 Students at boarding schools, patients in hospitals, residents of homes (e.g. retirement homes, homes for people with disabilities), and inmates of prisons are excluded from all supplementary surveys.
6 This supplementary survey was conducted in both urban and rural areas in all states and territories, but excluded persons living in Indigenous communities in very remote parts of Australia.
7 Women aged 15 years and over who had given birth to a child less than 2 years ago and were living with that child were included in the survey. The survey excluded:
8 In addition, for those women whose partner at the time of interview was not in scope of the survey (e.g. the partner was in the permanent defence forces), the details of the partner's job at November 2011 was not collected. For these partners, job details at November 2011 were classified as could not be determined.
9 In the LFS, coverage rules are applied which aim to ensure that each person is associated with only one dwelling and hence has only one chance of selection in the survey. See Labour Force, Australia (cat. no. 6202.0) for more details.
10 Supplementary surveys are not conducted on the full LFS sample. Since 1994 the sample for supplementary surveys has been restricted to no more than seven-eighths of the LFS sample.
11 The sample for PaETS is a subsample of 36,604 private dwelling households and special dwelling units included in the ABS Monthly LFS in November 2011. The final sample on which estimates are based is composed of 1,351 birth mothers aged 15 years and over, usually resident in these private and special dwellings in Australia, with at least one child less than 2 years of age living with them at the time of interview.
12 In cases where women had more than one child under the age of 2, data was collected in respect of the employment transitions of women around the birth of their most recent child (i.e. the youngest child).
13 Estimates in this publication are subject to sampling and non-sampling error.
14 The estimates are based on information collected in the survey month (November) and, due to seasonal factors, may not be representative of other months of the year.
15 Country of birth data are classified according to the Standard Australian Classification of Countries (SACC), 2011 (cat. no. 1269.0).
16 From 2006, occupation data are classified according to the ANZSCO - Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations, First Edition, Revision 1, 2009 (cat. no. 1220.0).
17 Also from 2006, industry data are classified according to the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC), 2006 (Revision 1.0) (cat. no. 1292.0).
18 Area data (Capital city, Balance of state/territory) are classified according to the Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC), July 2011 (cat. no. 1216.0).
19 The Labour Force Survey estimates and estimates from the supplementary surveys, are calculated in such a way as to sum to independent estimates of the civilian population aged 15 years and over (population benchmarks). These population benchmarks are based on Estimated Resident Population (ERP) data. Generally, revisions are made to population benchmarks after each five-yearly Census of Population and Housing (Census), however, revisions were made to the population benchmarks from July 2011, to reflect revisions to ERP. For more details on population benchmarks, see the Explanatory Notes in Labour Force, Australia (cat. no. 6202.0) and for details about the revisions made, see the article in the September 2011 issue of Labour Force, Australia (cat. no. 6202.0).
20 Care should be taken when comparing results from the November 2011 Pregnancy and Employment Transitions survey to the November 2005 Pregnancy and Employment Transitions survey.
21 The November 2011 Pregnancy and Employment Transitions survey was redeveloped to better capture information on:
22 Paid Parental Leave (PPL) and Baby Bonus were only asked of women who either, worked in a job or business while pregnant, or, who had a job or business they were away from during their pregnancy and did not leave that job before the birth of their child.
23 Data relating to PPL was collected of approximately 42% of women with children aged under 2 years. This is due to a combination of when the PPL scheme was introduced, in January 2011, and the sample of the survey covering a range of women with a child under the age of 2 (child ages from 0-23 months). Women whose child was aged 12 months and over would not have been entitled to the PPL scheme, only entitled to receiving the Baby Bonus, pending eligibility requirements.
24 Women who were employees (excluding owner managers of incorporated enterprises (OMIEs)) have been are classified as 'With paid leave entitlements' if they were entitled to paid sick leave and/or paid holiday leave. In all other cases, employees have been classified 'Without paid leave entitlements'.
25 Full-time or part-time status in job while pregnant after change in hours are calculated on the hours reported by women immediately before stopping work for the birth of child. This item is presented in Tables 7, 8 and 11.
26 Other paid leave comprises of paid sick leave and any other type of paid leave, and other unpaid leave comprises of parental leave and any other type of unpaid leave.
27 Information about taking types of paid leave (paid maternity, paid holiday or long service leave) was collected for women who were employees (excluding OMIEs) in the job while they were pregnant, who were entitled to a type of paid leave. If women were not entitled to any sort of paid leave, information about unpaid leave for the birth of their child was collected.
28 Information was collected on any other paid leave taken for the birth of the child for women who were entitled to some sort of paid leave (paid maternity, paid holiday, long service leave or paid sick leave).
29 For all data items relating to personal income of women, partners and other household members, where women either did not know or refused to report:
30 For data items relating to combined income, for example 'Weekly income of women and partner' or 'Weekly household income', where women did not know or refused to report an individual case of income, then data for that item is classified as 'Refusal'.
31 Additionally for estimates relating to income, equivalised income and quintiles, responses that included a refusal or a loss of income, are excluded from these estimates.
32 In analysing and interpreting the PaETS data, users should be aware that women may have difficulty in recalling the circumstances surrounding their employment over the course of a pregnancy (i.e. up to two years prior to interview). As the focus of the survey is women with at least one child less than two years old, some of the information, such as the age of the child when the woman began working after the birth, does not take account of the return to work circumstances of women, whose youngest child was born close to the time of interview, as they may not have returned to work.
33 An electronic version of the tables released in this publication is available on the ABS website in spreadsheets (cat. no. 4913.0). The spreadsheets present the tables and the related relative standard errors (RSEs) for each publication table.
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== How to Proof-listen ==
== How to Proof-listen ==
The topmost thread of the [https://forum.librivox.org/viewforum.php?f=
The topmost thread of the [https://forum.librivox.org/viewforum.php?f=Listening Forum] has a lot of information: [https://forum.librivox.org/viewtopic.php?t=17680 Listeners & Editors Wanted FAQs]
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In order to proof-listen (PL), you must first '''find a project''' in need of a PLer. There are many ways to do this.
In order to proof-listen (PL), you must first '''find a project''' in need of a PLer. There are many ways to do this.
* Check the [https://forum.librivox.org/viewforum.php?f=
* Check the [https://forum.librivox.org/viewforum.php?f=Editors Wanted Forum] and pick a project that interests you.
* Browse the Readers Wanted forums, and find a project that interests you there. Projects with a tilde (~) at the beginning of the subject line do not have a DPL.
* Browse the Readers Wanted forums, and find a project that interests you there. Projects with a tilde (~) at the beginning of the subject line do not have a DPL.
* Check the [https://forum.librivox.org/viewforum.php?f=28 Launch Pad]. Some of the new projects are looking for a Dedicated PLer.
* Check the [https://forum.librivox.org/viewforum.php?f=28 Launch Pad]. Some of the new projects are looking for a Dedicated PLer.
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Before a project enters the LibriVox Catalog, usually all its audio files are proof-listened.
What is proof-listening?
Proof-listening is the process of listening to a recording in order to catch recording mistakes, and verify that the file meets the technical requirements. All recordings are "prooflistened" to catch repeats, big stumbles or long pauses. A Proof-Listener (PL) is the volunteer who does the proof-listening, and will report back any errors in the file.
Note to all Prooflisteners: We do not allow computer-generated (synthesized) voices in our recordings. LibriVox recordings must be recorded by volunteers using their own voices. If you PL a section that sounds like it may be computer-generated, please PM the MC for the project for a second opinion before marking the section as PL OK.
What is a Dedicated Proof-Listener?
A Dedicated Proof-Listener (DPL) is a volunteer who commits to PL-ing all the files in a project. Being a DPL can be a big commitment if the project is a very large one. If you are not the DPL of the project, please do not jump in and PL sections unless the DPL or BC has specifically asked for help with the PLing.
A DPL can keep track of their PL workload by going to their Reader page, clicking on Reader Section Details, then clicking on PL View. This lists their DPL projects and which stage of PL each section is currently in.
How to Proof-listen
The topmost thread of the Listening Forum has a lot of information: Listeners & Editors Wanted FAQs
Find a project
In order to proof-listen (PL), you must first find a project in need of a PLer. There are many ways to do this.
- Check the Prooflisteners or Editors Wanted Forum and pick a project that interests you.
- Browse the Readers Wanted forums, and find a project that interests you there. Projects with a tilde (~) at the beginning of the subject line do not have a DPL.
- Check the Launch Pad. Some of the new projects are looking for a Dedicated PLer.
Levels of Proof-listening
Always check the first post for the level of proof-listening requested, or post in the thread to ask. Please do not offer feedback beyond the level requested.
- In general, we ask for standard listening -- repeats and gaps:
- Listen for repeated words or passages that the reader likely intended to edit out.
- Note any long pauses or bad background noises that disrupt the flow of your listening pleasure.
- Note that the intro and outro has the correct wording as noted in the first post of the project thread, and 5 seconds of silence at the end.
- If the recording seems too loud or too quiet, please note that as well.
- It is NOT necessary for you to follow along with the text; just listen as you would normally.
- A request for word-perfect (example: Einstein's Relativity) includes all of the above, and reading along:
- Follow along with the online text and note any differences between what is written and what you hear. (Note: sometimes the online text is wrong, or differs from the edition that a reader worked from! It is important to use public domain texts. In some cases, the corrected text is actually under copyright(example: Ulysses)! If in doubt, ask the BC.)
- A reader may request special feedback, and that would be whatever was asked for. (example: "Needs listeners who can understand French / Spanish / ...") The special need will be explained in the top post for that Prooflistening thread.
- And some Prooflistener requests are CC - Constructive Criticism sought.
- Sometimes folks would like feedback on how to improve their reading style or their recording setup -- they'll write CC at the head of their subject line and post details in the top post about what type of feedback they want.
Prooflistener Notes
A good prooflistener note gives the minute and second at which a gap or repeat or whatever other mistake occurred. It's good to give some context if needed to make searching in the text easy:
- 12:33 repeat, "She shells sea-- " (it's at 12 minutes, 33 seconds)
- 27:54 gap, about 7 seconds
- 31:02 "She nodded in commission" should be "She nodded in commiseration",
- 35:16 "He fell of the high horse of his" I hear "high course of his"
In order to see the timecode, you will need to download the file and open it in a media player. When you simply click on a file, it will often open in QuickTime in the browser window (on some computers), but that window will not show time code. If you open the QuickTime application and then open the saved audio file in QuickTime, you will see timecode.
Folks quickly learn to edit any errors in their file from last to first -- that way the timecode notes stay accurate during correction.
Feedback and Fine Lines
Please see Feedback, a LibriVox web page explaining the function of feedback in a kind and productive community.
We try to catch things like long silences, repeated text, editing problems, volume problems, static, etc. But we don't really make comments on reading style — too fast/too slow, not enough oomph. For instance, we never say: "This reader is not good enough for LibriVox."
Our policy is to accept ANY reader who wishes to read for us. We have such a huge task ahead of us: to record all the books in the public domain! We can't achieve that without an open door policy for everyone who wants to help. Plus, it's part of the LibriVox way. We welcome anyone who wants to help. That's how we got this far, and we want to go a lot further.
All that being said: WE DO CARE ABOUT THE QUALITY OF OUR RECORDINGS.
If you're ever uneasy about a file you've prooflistened, send a PM* to the Book Coordinator or Meta Coordinator (MC) or to any admin you're comfortable talking to. (*Private Message -- use the PM button at the bottom of a post by the person you want to message)
Test Yourself
Now that you've read through this guide, try our PL quiz
More Information for DPLs
For more information on the mechanics of DPL'ing, see DPLs: How to Update the Magic Window


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Bio::Align::Utilities - A collection of utilities regarding converting and manipulating alignment objects
use Bio::Align::Utilities qw(:all);
# Even if the protein alignments are local make sure the start/end
# stored in the LocatableSeq objects are to the full length protein.
# The coding sequence that is passed in should still be the full
# length CDS as the nt alignment will be generated.
# %dnaseqs is a hash of CDS sequences (spliced)
my $dna_aln = aa_to_dna_aln($aa_aln,\%dnaseqs);
# The reverse, which is simpler. The input alignment has to be
# translate-able, with gap lengths and an overall length divisible by 3
my $aa_aln = dna_to_aa_aln($dna_al);
# Generate bootstraps
my $replicates = bootstrap_replicates($aln,$count);
This module contains utility methods for manipulating sequence alignments (Bio::Align::AlignI) objects.
The aa_to_dna_aln utility is essentially the same as the mrtrans program by Bill Pearson available at ftp://ftp.virginia.edu/pub/fasta/other/mrtrans.shar. Of course this is a pure-Perl implementation, but just to mention that if anything seems odd you can check the alignments generated against Bill's program.
User feedback is an integral part of the evolution of this and other Bioperl modules. Send your comments and suggestions preferably to the Bioperl mailing list. Your participation is much appreciated.
email@example.com - General discussion
http://bioperl.org/wiki/Mailing_lists - About the mailing lists
Please direct usage questions or support issues to the mailing list:
rather than to the module maintainer directly. Many experienced and reponsive experts will be able look at the problem and quickly address it. Please include a thorough description of the problem with code and data examples if at all possible.
Report bugs to the Bioperl bug tracking system to help us keep track of the bugs and their resolution. Bug reports can be submitted via the web:
Email jason-at-bioperl-dot-org
The rest of the documentation details each of the object methods. Internal methods are usually preceded with a _
Title : aa_to_dna_aln
Usage : my $dnaaln = aa_to_dna_aln($aa_aln, \%seqs);
Function: Will convert an AA alignment to DNA space given the
corresponding DNA sequences. Note that this method expects
the DNA sequences to be in frame +1 (GFF frame 0) as it will
start to project into coordinates starting at the first base of
the DNA sequence, if this alignment represents a different
frame for the cDNA you will need to edit the DNA sequences
to remove the 1st or 2nd bases (and revcom if things should be).
Returns : Bio::Align::AlignI object
Args : 2 arguments, the alignment and a hashref.
Alignment is a Bio::Align::AlignI of amino acid sequences.
The hash reference should have keys which are
the display_ids for the aa
sequences in the alignment and the values are a
Bio::PrimarySeqI object for the corresponding
spliced cDNA sequence.
See also: Bio::Align::AlignI, Bio::SimpleAlign, Bio::PrimarySeq
Title : dna_to_aa_aln
Usage : my $aa_aln = dna_to_aa_aln($dna_aln);
Function: Convert a DNA alignment to an amino acid alignment where
the length of all alignment strings and the lengths of any
gaps must be divisible by 3
Returns : Bio::Align::AlignI object
Args : the DNA alignment, a Bio::Align::AlignI of DNA sequences
Title : bootstrap_replicates
Usage : my $alns = &bootstrap_replicates($aln,100);
Function: Generate a pseudo-replicate of the data by randomly
sampling, with replacement, the columns from an alignment for
the non-parametric bootstrap.
Returns : Arrayref of L<Bio::SimpleAlign> objects
Args : L<Bio::SimpleAlign> object
Number of replicates to generate
Title : bootstrap_replicates_codons
Usage : my $alns = &bootstrap_replicates_codons($aln,100);
Function: Generate a pseudo-replicate of the data by randomly
sampling, with replacement, the columns from a codon alignment for
the non-parametric bootstrap. The alignment is assumed to start on
the first position of a codon.
Returns : Arrayref of L<Bio::SimpleAlign> objects
Args : L<Bio::SimpleAlign> object
Number of replicates to generate
Title : cat
Usage : $aln123 = cat($aln1, $aln2, $aln3)
Function : Concatenates alignment objects. Sequences are identified by id.
An error will be thrown if the sequence ids are not unique in the
first alignment. If any ids are not present or not unique in any
of the additional alignments then those sequences are omitted from
the concatenated alignment, and a warning is issued. An error will
be thrown if any of the alignments are not flush, since
concatenating such alignments is unlikely to make biological
Returns : A new Bio::SimpleAlign object
Args : A list of Bio::SimpleAlign objects
Title : most_common_sequences
Usage : @common = most_common_sequences ($align, $case_sensitivity)
Function : Returns an array of the sequences that appear most often in the
alignment (although this probably makes more sense when there is
only a single most common sequence). Sequences are compared after
removing any "-" (gap characters), and ambiguous units (e.g., R
for purines) are only compared to themselves. The returned
sequence is also missing the "-" since they don't actually make
part of the sequence.
Returns : Array of text strings.
Arguments : Optional argument defining whether the comparison between sequences
to find the most common should be case sensitive. Defaults to
false, i.e, not case sensitive.
To install BioPerl, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm BioPerl
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell
install BioPerl
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.