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Shakira has bub! Do you like the name? Plus latest celeb babies
Congratulations to new parents Shakira and Gerard Piqué!
The couple announced the birth of their new baby boy on Shakira's website today: "We are happy to announce the birth of Milan Piqué Mebarak, son of Shakira Mebarak and Gerard Piqué, born January 22nd at 9:36pm, in Barcelona, Spain," reads the post.
"The name Milan (pronounced MEE-lahn), means dear, loving and gracious in Slavic; in Ancient Roman, eager and laborious; and in Sanskrit, unification.
Just like his father, baby Milan became a member of FC Barcelona at birth."
Little Milan weighed in at 6lbs and 6oz.
The happy news comes on the heels of earlier tweet from Shakira today asking people to pray for her on this very important day, revealing she was in labour.
Last week Shakira asked people to join her worldwide baby shower for Unicef. Such a generous notion!
"The countdown begins! And we'd like to invite you to participate in our world baby shower joining efforts with UNICEF. http://uni.cf/baby
I remember well the mixed emotions during labour and that huge explosion of love when my baby was finally in my arms. Exciting times ahead for Shakira and Gerard! Congratulations to them both.
Check out our gallery of other cute bubs born recently …
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New celebrity babies
Peaches and baby Phaedra
Peaches and Tom Cohen welcomed their second baby, a boy named Phaedra, on April 24, 2013. Phaedra was born via c-section on the same day as Peaches' late mother, Paula Yates' birthday.
Fifi's daughter Beatrix 'Trixie' Belle
Radio host Fifi Box welcomed daughter Beatrix 'Trixie' Belle Box in April 2013.
Chrissie's baby girl Peggy
Chrissie Swan welcomed baby girl Peggy into her family on 26 March 2013. A little sister for Leo and Kit.
Natalie's baby Hendrix
Natalie Bassingthwaighte and husband Cameron McGlinchey welcomed their second child – son Hendrix John Hickson McGlinchey in May 2013
Bryan's baby girl Lula Rosylea
Bryan Adams and his partner Alicia Grimaldi welcomed their second baby girl in February 2013. Lula Rosylea joined big sister Bunny.
Shakira's son Milan
Shakira and Gerard Pique welcomed their first son Milan in January 2013.
Lily's baby Marnie Rose
Lily Allen welcomed her second daughter Marnie Rose on January 8th 2013.
Rosie's baby Dakota
Rosie O'Donnell and wife Michelle Rounds welcomed a baby daughter into their family in January 2013. Rosie shared a picture on Instagram with the caption ""We r thrilled to announce the arrival of r daughter Dakota – #withloveandthanks – AMEN."
Did you go into labour naturally? Or did you have a inducement date like Shakira?
More celebrity goss and pics on Village Voices:
- CUTE pic! See Kristen Bell's baby bump, plus 2013′s pregnant celebs
- Celebrity mums who went from drab to fab for the Golden Globes
- Kourtney K wants to breastfeed Kim's baby, plus 21 celeb breastfeeding mums!
- Twitter wrap: Ellen's big Aussie announcement
- Blue Ivy's extravagant 1st birthday, plus 8 lavish celebritot parties


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I like it, I would rather have some nice Hagon, or repro style shocks on it though. If I had the money and a place for it I would ride it to work.
What the hell do you guys want? A modern bike that looks like its old skin deep or an old bike built today the same as back then?If your going authentic, as I have read from Beach' most bikes back in the day did not do the ton, it was the goal, it was the magic number. My favorite so far is that Velo Thruxton replica. Very nicely done. Those rear shocks and fender hoops gotta go but I like it.
A British tuned 500 Indian Bullet reached 112 mph 2 years ago [ officially timed ]. Cafe Racer'd and with a small Avon half fairing.My own "Race " Bullet [ 500 ] topped out in the flying kilo at 111.8 mph back in 1968.I'll dig out some details.BTW - when the current CEO took over there was talk of resurrecting the 700 Constellation they had been working on around 1999. ............................. oh er.
I would never want a single as a cafe racer, because the engine character of a single is not racy in anyway (imho).
Stumbled across a Royal Enfield Cafe Racer that they have came out with for 2013. Looks pretty cool but I doubt it has any performance updates. http://austin.craigslist.org/mcd/3405473594.htmlfound more infohttp://www.returnofthecaferacers.com/2012/01/royal-enfield-cafe-racer.html
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As we just celebrated our nation's independence, catastrophe, in the aftermath of the collapse of the housing bubble pervades our East Valley. Blame for that debacle is still looking for a home.
We already know about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac doing the bidding of a corrupt Congress for nearly two decades, but think about this: the monster bubble could not have happened unless the market met demand. The market responded with the help of huge numbers of low paid, illegal workers. Their agents were not only industry lobbyists, but also those who insisted Americans wouldn't do the work.
Some time ago, I wrote about East Valley residents who not only do dirty work, but they love it. They are regular, struggling folk, who tend to be the catch basins for the run-off from fabricated civil rights; they're the designated losers when illegal players cut in line.
An outpouring of readers, confirmed the perpetuated lie that "Americans won't do dirty work."
This, from Fran and John Anderson, longtime Mesa residents and the parents of three sons. Sadly, the illegal avalanche penetrated their lives in an unimaginable way. They wrote:
"We appreciate your article on 'do the dirty work.' We have felt this way for so many years. Especially when back in the early 1990s our oldest son wanted to do landscaping so badly. He loved being outside, didn't mind the heat, enjoyed camping, hunting ... all that good stuff. When he got out of the Army he tried to get into landscaping ... but the white people were the minority, so he wouldn't be hired. He ended up not doing anything and passed away shortly thereafter by his own hand. All he wanted was to do what he loved."
A veteran, lost in civilian life, gets caught in the cross hairs of an industry pirated by illegal workers; a double whammy.
And, this from Rick Wagner, owner of Wagner Installations, Inc. This Mesa resident was once a flooring installer who tried to compete. In early 2000, Wagner was asked by "every company he worked for to lower his pricing to match the illegal's rate." His answer was, I can't and still remain in business because "I report my taxes ... carry workmen's comp ... and I'm licensed."
Soon, every one of those companies switched to an almost exclusive Mexican installation force, he tells me. Determined, he went on to start his own flooring business. He "beefed up his English speaking, citizen crew" and, today, while so many flounder, Wagner is flourishing he said because the construction industry is slumping, illegals can't find work, homeowners are uncomfortable with illegals in their homes, immigration controversy over tax avoidance and the love of benefits, crackdowns on illegals and companies, the E-Verify program. And, finally, Sheriff Joe Arpaio. "Illegals do not want to stay in Arizona with him around."
Wagner says: "The above are reasons why all but two of the companies we worked for in the past have gone under. In contrast, our company has grown ... beyond our expectations." He warns, "Wake up Arizona and look at the costs associated with illegals in our system."
An entire culture has been built out of the promotion of illegal workers, a culture that assisted in inflating the bubble that has deeply harmed our economy. This day was bound to come, in which Americans are forced to reclaim their bent and broken job market. Left alone, citizens, themselves can rebuild - without federal intervention. Too bad the Anderson's son isn't here to help.
Linda Turley-Hansen is a syndicated columnist and former veteran Phoenix television news anchorwoman who lives in the East Valley. She can be reached by e-mail at email@example.com.


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Here's a recording in a mystery language.
Can you identify the language, and do you know where it's spoken?
Here's a recording in a mystery language.
Can you identify the language, and do you know where it's spoken?
With no expertise in African Languages it sound a little like Mandingo or at least in the vicinity of Senegal.
I'm not sure, but I think the content relates to Islam.
Don't know what it's all about, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's a Nilo-Saharan language like Maasai, spoken in Kenya and Tanzania.
I think I listened to this pretty much as soon as Simon put it up. I was thinking along Daydreamer's lines that it might be a Nilo-Saharan language. I don't think it's Mandinka or Masai because neither of those languages seems to have the nasalized vowels that we hear in this recording. I thought maybe it was a Songhai language, but that doesn't seem to be right, either. I also don't think the content has anything to do with Islam. Dan is presumably picking up on the repetition of [ala], but I think this is probably from the Global Recordings Network (the clips Simon uses usually are!). The [ala] may not have anything to do with "Allah" at all, but even if it does, I think people who have "Allah" in their daily vocabulary use it even when they're not talking about Islam (and probably even if they're not Muslim).
I'm going to try Soninke, mainly spoken in Mali with speakers also in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, the Gambia, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea and Ghana.
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re matching salaries -- indeed, Barea maybe. Nice addition for the Lakers, wasted cap space for the Wolves when Rubio comes back.
Here are some ridiculous numbers:
Out of the ten Pacers who have appeared in five or more games, only three of them are shooting better than .410 from the field - David West at .491, Lance Stephenson at .469, and Ian Mahinmi at .443.
For comparison's sake, the second worst team is Cleveland with five players over the .410 mark.
Unsurprisingly, our team FG% is 29th in the league at .413 (within .005 of Washington at 30th, and Cleveland and Charlotte at 28th and 27th respectively). Thankfully, our opponents' team FG% sits at .408 - the lowest in the league by .016!
The opposing team's high scorer has been a guard fourteen times (74%) and a forward or center only five times (26%). When two players shared the team-high mark, I gave it to the more efficient of the two. I don't know if that stat means anything, but I was interested in seeing, so I saw.
We lead the league in opponent FG% (.408) and are tied for 2nd in opponent 3P% (.321), but we rank near the bottom - 28th - in opponent FT% (.795). Vogel needs to do something about our free throw defense, and if he can't get the job done, it's time for Shaw to take over.
Yes, the stat means we protect the paint well.
It just makes me sick that the Pacers can't make these type of deals. Walsh brought Felton to the Knicks the 1st time, so he had to know Felton's game.
15/2.5/7... 42.5% FG... 39% 3PT... 68% FT... 2.5-1 A/TO rate for 14.85 mil for 4 years.
18/5.5/6... 42% FG... 38% 3PT... 82% FT... 2.5-1 A/TO for 5.7 mil this year and 6.2 mil next year.
Sickening absolutely sickening.
Darren Wolfson: #Twolves source: Rubio angling to play tomorrow. Still a better chance because his conditioning isn't 100% that we're a week away from that. Twitter @DarrenWolfson
Nice, I'm glad he is ready to come back.
Dave McMenamin @mcten
Kobe on the team's viewing of "Lincoln": "I don't know if the guys knew who he was ... It came as a big shock to them when he was killed"
Retweeted by Jared Wade
And suddenly, so much of why the Lakers have been a colossal failure was revealed.
By the way, even if he returns to full health he will still be a bad fit in NYK. They play defense now. I don't see how Amar'e can help with that.
Will he ever be healthy again, though? I certainly hope so :)
The bad fit was blown out by the media, he fits fine, now that Felton is back they should be able to do similar damage to what they did before the Melo trade, those two looked amazing together, Amare was scoring over 25ppg(I think) and Felton was on his way to his first all star game.Quote:
By the way, even if he returns to full health he will still be a bad fit in NYK. They play defense now. I don't see how Amar'e can help with that.
The hilarious part is that Walsh cleared this cap space to get LeBron and if not then Bosh. In order to not look ridiculous by coming up empty handed, he signs often injured Amare to a poor contract. One that is still untradeable 2 years later. I really wonder how much pressure he was getting from Dolan to do something with all that capspace.
Amare and Carmello are the epitome of having guys that fit, not an allstar team. Trade Amare to LA for Gasol. Amare with Nash works, proven to be so. Gasol can hide his deficencies with Tyson Chandler patrolling the paint. I'd hate both teams even more.
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I would love to have Dwill.
If agent Rob Pelinka had a personal Twitter account, he might echo his clients claims from last February.
It was then that Minnesota Timberwolves forward Derrick Williams tweeted, Anybody ever felt like a caged lion?
According to a team source, Pelinka has voiced his displeasure with Williams lack of playing time. He hasnt gone as far as to request a trade, but he has inquired about the possibility that one will come.
The Wolves stance from the source: We told him to wait for our team to come together. Wait for Derrick to play with Ricky (Rubio). When they played together last year, Williams benefited greatly.
But hey, maybe he can stick around the perimeter and shoot outside J's while D12 pounds the inside.
Meanwhile I think that would make the Knicks very good, BUUUT they're doing very well with Melo playing the 4.


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Media firms spent a fortune on opinion polls in the last week of the election campaign but another survey flagged the result for free: the official jobs figures.
The Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday the economy added 63,500 jobs last month, the biggest gain for nearly two years. The unemployment rate in NSW fell to 5.1 per cent, a 23-year low.
After this result one private sector economist said Australia had a champagne economy and the voters seemed to agree.
The nation's undisputed prosperity, and the threat that this might be in jeopardy if the Government changed hands, always pointed to a fourth term for John Howard.
The stellar performance of the economy easily overshadowed potential electoral negatives for the Prime Minister such as soaring petrol prices and lingering controversy over the war in Iraq.
In the 2001 election, national security and border protection dominated the debate and in 1998 the tax system, particularly the GST, was at the top of the pre-poll agenda. But this time the broad theme of economic management held sway - an unambiguous positive for the Government.
Last week's jobs figures rammed home the Coalition's economic credentials days before polling, but a raft of indicators emerged during the campaign to underscore its economic case.
The quarterly National Accounts last month showed growth at a cracking 4.1 per cent in the year to June, interest rates were left on hold for the 10th month in a row and consumer confidence rose to its second highest level in 30 years.
Just for good measure, the sharemarket registered a series of record highs and even the dollar strengthened.
All that came on top of a low, stable inflation rate, rising real wages and a momentous housing boom that left the 70 per cent of households who own their own home considerably wealthier.
Labor frontbencher Wayne Swan summed it up when he asked in the National Tally Room on Saturday night why his party had suffered such a comprehensive defeat. "It's the economy, stupid," he said.
But Mr Howard's thumping win has created the opportunity for him to cement a reputation as an economic reformer, not just a good economic manager.
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John McCarthy, the influential technology pioneer
who died in October (p. 37), coined the term Artificial Intelligence (AI) in
1956 and defined it as "the science and engineering of making intelligent
machines." Since "intelligent" is used in the definition, his definition avoids
the challenge of defining what we mean by "intelligence." Most would agree that
AI means having a computer emulate things usually associated with human
abilities, e.g., understanding language at the level humans do. There is
presumably no requirement that a computer evincing AI would perform its magic
doing things with the same mechanisms brains use. Alan Turing famously proposed
his "Turing test" in 1950, suggesting that, if a human interacting with the
machine by language couldn't tell if it was human or a machine, the result
suggested the machine could "think."
Whatever defines human intelligence, it is
perhaps not the goal we should be targeting with computers. We want computers
to help humans, not emulate them. How does a machine understand the subtle implications
of a statement like Shakespeare's "That which we call a rose by any other name
would smell as sweet" in the context of Juliet's love for Romeo, but his being
a member of the wrong family? That level of understanding may be a legitimate
research goal, but should it be the goal of commercial products? Today's speech
recognition and "natural language understanding" is achieved largely through
statistical means that could be argued have little "understanding" of their
To the degree that we want to achieve certain goals
such as speech understanding to help with certain tasks using a computer, we
are best served when we recognize the difference between computer processing
and human processing, and take advantage of what the computer does best. Computers
do some things well beyond human capabilities, e.g., storing maps that include
almost every street in many countries—with little danger of forgetting what
they have "learned." Computers are also good at certain types of pattern
recognition from examples. They are probably better at comparing fingerprints
than humans, for example, and certainly faster at comparing a fingerprint to a
large database of fingerprints. This is more than just comparing images
bit-by-bit; key features of the fingerprints that humans would call "patterns"
are used to narrow the search. Computers excel in their ability to analyze
large databases and come up with the most consistent explanation of that data,
and then to use that explanation to produce information in a form useful to humans.
Computers excel at tasks such as retrieving specific information in large
databases, or at least narrowing the search. Let's call capabilities of this
nature "Computer Intelligence" (CI).
Most have forgotten or never knew about a disagreement
early in AI development regarding how computers should approach performing
things we associate with human intelligence. My 1972 book, Computer Oriented Approaches to Pattern Recognition, took the
position in the title and content that we should use statistical methods to
recognize patterns with computers, using examples of patterns and their
classification, and not try to copy the way humans did things. This general approach
is hardly controversial today—it has produced breakthroughs such as the Hidden
Markov Modeling and Statistical Language Models at the core of modern speech
recognition technology.
To be clear, CI often requires human
intelligence as input to its analysis. Humans recognized that patterns in
fingerprints such as "loops, whorls, and arches" could be used to summarize an
otherwise complex pattern. Later, computer scientists used mathematical
representations of these features in fingerprint classifications software.
Human understanding that speech is composed of a finite number of phonemes was
used in creating today's speech recognition systems. And human transcriptions
of speech are used to create most statistical language models used in
speech-to-text transcription.
Can CI move closer to AI? Is the classical
science fiction image of the intelligent robot, be it friendly or evil, likely
to become real someday? Will computers simulate intelligence so well that they
can become beloved "pets" or "friends"? In the sense of the Turing test, I
suspect we will see behavior that would be difficult to discern from human
interaction if we ask the computer typical questions we would ask a human. It
will fail the Turing test in that it will be able to answer obscure questions consistently
beyond the capability of any single human (unless it is deliberately designed
to limit its knowledge). "Assistant" features on mobile phones will target
"natural" interaction with users, but by methods that are not truly analogous
to human thought.
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In DAUGHTER OF SMOKE & BONE, Karou who was raised by wish-granting chimeras yet knows nothing of their world, is cast into the human world after angels destroy the portals she uses to visit her family.
What intrigued me: Honestly? The hype about Taylor's writing. I didn't even know what this is about when I started it.
DAUGHTER OF SMOKE & BONE starts off with a lot of world-establishing backstory that I really would rather have skimmed. The awkward part is, the side characters that are used to establish the world aren't really that important after all and could have as well just have been omitted.
The real story and actual premise with the angel attack only starts about a hundred pages in (!!). In consequence, the book is structure-wise all over the place. While I do found the world very intriguing and absolutely longed for any and every explanation that clarifies the demon/chimera mythology, the book does its best not to do that, but play into clichés instead.
...but everything goes wrong
The novel is divided into two parts: one being the introductory storyline, following Karou around and learning more about her family - fabulously developed world, super interesting concepts that are SO unique that I'm in awe. It's witty, it's charming, it's fun, it had all the ingredients for a five-star-read.
The second part though, is a cheesy, rushed and unnecessary instant love romance with a character that doesn't even talk to Karou until about 65% into the book, and that truly ruins the story. Not even the plot twist (that you could see from a mile away!), redeemed this book for me. I didn't enjoy anything involving the angel Akiva and felt utterly confused and thrown out of the story whenever he suddenly got his own point of view chapter for seemingly no reason.
To me, he absolutely destroyed this wonderful book. I don't have a problem with adding romance to this story per se, but his introduction is just way too late and his only attribute is his beauty. I don't understand why he was even in this, if Taylor wanted a love interest, I would have absolutely enjoyed seeing the hilariously cocky ex-boyfriend Kaz with Karou. It would have certainly made more sense, but like this I feel like his character is just a set up for the inevitable love triangle in the sequels.
I honestly don't know what happened here, the book absolutely changes directions half-way in and makes all the mistakes you can make to the point that this doesn't even feel like it's the same person writing the story anymore.
Overall: Do I Recommend?
DAUGHTER OF SMOKE & BONE could have been epic. Its concept reminds me a lot of INKHEART, similarly bubbling with new ideas that I haven't seen in any other novel before, creating a rich and imaginative world. The romance, however, absolutely ruined this, causing DAUGHTER OF SMOKE & BONE to be nothing but yet another urban fantasy read with a sappy instant-love romance and an unsympathetic melodramatic pretty-boy love interest.
Additional Info
Pages: 418
Publisher: Little Brown Books
Genre: YA / Urban Fantasy
"Around the world, black hand prints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky.
In a dark and dusty shop, a devil's supply of human teeth grows dangerously low.
And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherworldly war.
Meet Karou. She fills her sketchbooks with monsters that may or may not be real, she's prone to disappearing on mysterious "errands", she speaks many languages - not all of them human - and her bright blue hair actually grows out of her head that color. Who is she? That is the question that haunts her, and she's about to find out.
When beautiful, haunted Akiva fixes fiery eyes on her in an alley in Marrakesh, the result is blood and starlight, secrets unveiled, and a star-crossed love whose roots drink deep of a violent past. But will Karou live to regret learning the truth about herself?"(Source: Goodreads)


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Travian reminds us of a mix between the Settlers of Catan and an old BBS game from our youths: Solar Realms Elite. If you've played SRE then consider Travian a modern revamp of those same mechanics that kept you coming back for more.
Players start a village in "ancient times", which are loosely defined and include different civlizations including Romans, Gauls and the Teutonic Order. There are also some fantasy themed sects as well. As the day ticks on (in real life) your town produces resources which are placed in your warehouse and granary. You can use those resources to better your fields, clay pits and iron mining operations, or to upgrade your town with barracks, armories, embassies - the works.
After a while our "grace period" expired and our sense of purpose broke through the simplicity the game had been thus far, and then the game's true potential shined through. Suddenly other players in the nearby countryside sent out troops to raid our tiny villages. These were controlled by other players pulling the strings on their own puppet empires, but since our new towns were our capitals we were impervious to capture, never in any danger of subjugation and only somewhat harrased. Instead the raiders continued their 'visits' and lift a few resources that didn't fit in our somewhat meek hideaway (hint 1: Get your Cranny to Level 10 before your grace period ends).
Eventually we've built up enough to not be our region's scrawny little push over with the thick rimmed glasses, and through our network of embassies we've formed an alliance. From here on out it's all about founding new cities in our empire and smiting our enemies -- all in slick little strategy game set in a dynamic massive multiplayer environment. And it all doesn't take much effort to break make you obsesses too much - instead evolving your village is more like pruning a bonsai tree.
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The National Toxicology Program (NTP) in conjunction with the NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) is planning a workshop to identify research needs based on consideration of the state of the science related to the safe use of high intakes of folic acid. The benefit of supplemental folic acid for pregnant women to prevent neural tube defects in their children is well established; at the same time, there is interest in understanding potential adverse health impacts from high intakes of folic acid. This project aims to identify research needs and inform the development of a research agenda for evaluating the safe use of high intakes of folic acid.
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In-Service Teachers' Perceptions Regarding the Effectiveness of a School-Based Professional Development Program
Recent efforts to improve educational quality in many countries have had an important focus on improving teacher quality. With this aim, in Turkey, the Generic Teacher Competencies were identified in 2006. One of the aims of identifying teacher competencies was to provide a basis for a new perspective about professional development of in-service teachers. Within this perspective, a new in-service teacher professional development model, which is called a School-Based Professional Development model (SBPD) was developed. The pilot practice of SBPD model which aims to bring the life-long learning principle into the in-service teachers' professional development was implemented in six big cities with the participation of 311 schools and 9200 teachers. The aim of this study is to examine in-service teachers' perceptions about their experiences regarding SBPD. The data was gathered from 160 teachers in 4 cities where the pilot practice of SBPD program was implemented. At the beginning of the academic year the teachers self-evaluated themselves, identified their weaknesses and learning needs in particular competency areas and prepared a professional development plan. A first meeting was held between the school principal and the teacher to discuss the details of the plan. After a 3-4 months period a second meeting was held to monitor and evaluate the progress of the teacher. A final meeting was carried out to discuss and review the teachers' experiences and evidences of activities regarding the SBPD program. A report form was written and signed by the school principal and the teacher. In this study, these forms were used as the data source to examine the perceptions of teachers regarding their experiences with the SBPD model. The results of this study indicated that most of the teachers participated in SBPD program believed that SBPD had positive effects on their collogues, students and the school.
Keywords: In-Service Teacher Education, School-Based Professional Development
Emine Hatun Diken
Research Assistant, Science Education Programme, Gazi University
Omer Balibey
Director of Teacher Education Directorate, The Teacher Education Directorate, Ministry of Education, Turkey
Sedat Karacam
Researcher, Teacher Education Directorate, Ministry of Education, Turkey
Meryem Demir
Graduate Student, Science Education Programme, Gazi University
Pinar Akgul
Graduate Student, Science Education Programme, Gazi University
Nejla Yuruk
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> Panic over - I stuck a monitor and keyboard on the machine, took the case
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> It seems the CPU was running too hot, and any activity between the LAN and
> wireless would push it over the edge. Didn't happen with WAN activity.
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An unemployed Italian named Domenico decides to rob a bank. But when his plans go awry, he takes a hostage. Fortunately for him, his hostage, Tommaso, is even more disgruntled than Domenico and would welcome the opportunity to disappear and start a new life. So, this very odd couple hits the road together … and that's when the real trouble begins!


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Monday, 8th October, 7pm until 9pm
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Exhibition runtime: 6th until 31st October 2012
Roger Libesch merges the specialties of the Asian continent with the characteristics of the Bavarian Alps in an unimagined and unexpected manner. He accentuates bizzare contrasts and surprising similarities with his typical artistic and creative instruments.
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UAS English faculty and author Ernestine Hayes recently visited Nome schools, encouraging elementary, junior high, and high school students to continue their education and to write their stories.
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BERLIN — The Obama administration has developed possible alternative plans for a missile defense shield that could drop hotly disputed sites in Poland and the Czech Republic, a move that would please Russia and Germany but sour relations with American allies in Eastern Europe.
Administration officials said they hoped to complete their months-long review of the planned antimissile system as early as next month, possibly in time for President Obama to present ideas to President Dmitri A. Medvedev of Russia at a meeting in New York during the annual opening at the General Assembly of the United Nations.
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Elisabetta Canalis Gets Naked For PETA
Who is this dude?
Seeing this ugly bitch naked makes me want to eat meat in hopes she'll put clothes back on!!!!!!
looks like vanilla ice, no?
Everywhere I turn,.Steven Tyler…thanks American Idol..Dude looks like a lady
ugh. she's so butch. if she wasn't banging George Clooney nobody would care. Why must we care about his whores?
Agreed. She looks very manly.


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During the spring semester of 2013, Shanlin Wang taught a graduate-level course entitled "Energy Use & Climate Change" at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). There were 8 students in the class. Most of these students are first-year graduate students in engineering majors.


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You're really never too old to play with your balls. And The Original Super Ball probably still has a place in your heart as your first. Grab a piece of nostalgia packed with 50,000 lbs of pressure—you won't believe how high you can get it to bounce.


text: Books Environmental Restoration Conference Staff Oct. 25, 1999 From the print edition Print Share Subscribe Donate Now Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt will talk at an Environmental Restoration Conference: Challenges for the New Millennium, Nov. 11-13, at the University of Arizona in Tucson. Speakers also include writer Terry Tempest Williams, David Wegner of the Glen Canyon Institute, and Dan Luecke of the Environmental Defense Fund. Call 520/621-8430, or write to Environmental Restoration Conference, University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law, P.O. Box 210176, Tucson, AZ 85721-0176. Republish Share Like Tweet +1 LinkedIn Email Books Comments


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The number of weight-loss procedures in Australia has soared over a decade, a study shows, highlighting the country's growing struggle with obesity. Admittances to hospital for procedures such as gastric banding rose to 17,000 in 2008 from 500 in 1998, the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare said. Women accounted for four in five of the operations. More than two-thirds of Australian men and 55 per cent of women are overweight or obese, according to the report. Bloomberg
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April 2004
Random Profile: Julie Harris
Every other month, Staff Notes Monthly spotlights a stochastically chosen staff member. This month we profile Julie Harris, a computer facility technician in the Scientific Computing Division.
All in the family: Julie Harris, a computer facility technician in SCD, has a lot of ties with NCAR. It's not just that she has worked here for 15 years. Her husband, Del, is a network engineer for SCD, and her mother, Sandra Sundquist, handles procurement for plant maintenance. Her sister used to be an administrative assistant in HAO.
Having family at work has its advantages. When Julie worked the night shift as a computer operator, she could call her husband with questions and not feel bad about waking him up. It also has its downside. Not surprisingly, the family talks about NCAR a lot outside of work. "It's like this grapevine of information," Julie says. "Sometimes you just have to shut it off."
At home in the computer room: Julie grew up in Louisville. She didn't know what she wanted to do during college, so she enrolled in a computer vocational program and landed a job in Denver. A year later, in 1989, she was hired as a computer operator in SCD. "When I got my job here, I lived in a garage at the bottom of the Mesa hill," she recalls. "I had to fight three teenage girls and their mom for the bathroom."
For the next nine years, she worked the third shift from midnight to 8 a.m. "It's challenging because you have to make a lot of calls yourself," she says. "And when problems come up, you have to wake people up." Eventually she switched to daytime hours, and last January she moved into her new position as computer facility technician.
As part of her new position, she makes AutoCAD drawings for facilities planning in SCD. "I like to draw, so it works out well," she says. She also enjoys the fact that the computer environment requires her to utilize a broad knowledge base and not just specialize in one area. "I'm learning all the time," she says.
Another kind of facilities planning: When Julie is not planning SCD facilities, she does facilities planning at her own house. She and Del built a house in Brighton six years ago and are currently engrossed in landscaping, in addition to finishing the basement. They also added a garage and a porch to the house.
"I don't think I'd go through it again," she laughs. "You're working all day and then you come home and work."
At least they have some helpers. Nick, their 19-year-old son, is nearby at the Colorado School of Mines. Warren, 8, is in second grade. They also have a border collie and labrador mix, as well as a cat.
NASCAR, bowling, softball: Julie and Del like motor sports and recently returned from NASCAR races in Las Vegas. They're on the UCAR bowling team, too. Julie is president, although she says that the credit really goes to SCD's Teresa Shibao for keeping the league going. She used to pitch for the organization's softball team, "Where's the Beer?," and has run the Up-the-Hill relay race almost every year.
The family likes to go the mountains to ski and camp, especially in the Buena Vista area. And since Julie's mom comes from a family of nine children in Louisville, she has a lot of relatives in the area. "I'll never leave Colorado," she says. •Nicole Gordon


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The CAPM is Wanted, Dead or Alive
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Kothari, Shanken, and Sloan (1995) claim that βs from annual returns produce a stronger positive relation between β and average return than βs from monthly returns. They also contend that the relation between average return and book‐to‐market equity (BE/ME) is seriously exaggerated by survivor bias. We argue that survivor bias does not explain the relation between BE/ME and average return. We also show that annual and monthly βs produce the same inferences about the β premium. Our main point on the β premium is, however, more basic. It cannot save the Capital asset pricing model (CAPM), given the evidence that β alone cannot explain expected return.


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Harmony with NatureContemporary estate combines simple elegance with natural beauty.
Sedona contemporary estate combines simple elegance with unmatched natural beauty. The modern home comprises two primary structures: the Main House is 2,817 sf. with three large bedroom suites, and the 3,057 sf. Studio/Guest House with 26 foot high ceilings. Both buildings are passive solar and eco-friendly, with abundant natural light. Amenities include a modern European kitchen, high-end appliances, white concrete countertops, hardwood and travertine floors with in-floor radiant heat. Three large master bedroom suites, each with its own private patio and spectacular unobstructed views.
Adjacent to the main house is the 2-story Studio/Guest House, including a large one bedroom suite, kitchen and private patio upstairs. Downstairs there are three large open spaces with a 26' high wood beam ceiling. Translucent bi-fold doors open to a patio connecting the main house, courtyard and waterfall. A separate covered parking and storage building are on the opposite side.
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Finding the Passing Lane in the Midst of a Traffic Jam
As I begin my column for this summer's magazine, I can't help but think back one month to our Commencement and the profound emotions I felt watching our newest alumni cross the stage. That day always reminds me of the important work we do – transforming the lives of young people – and buoys my spirit even in the most challenging of times.
The past year has indeed been a very challenging and difficult one for the nation, the globe, for higher education, and, yes, also for Wittenberg. We are responding to economic forces that we would never have anticipated a year ago or certainly three years ago as we finalized our strategic plan.
In these tough economic times, the temptation is often to take a "bunker" mentality – to cut back on existing programs, eliminate new investments and wait for the economy to turn around. In driving terms this looks a little like pumping the brakes and slowing down to find oneself in the midst of a traffic jam where gridlock reigns supreme. Certainly if one looks at the landscape of higher education, there is ample evidence that a major traffic jam is developing. Moratoriums on hiring, new programs and campus construction are the norm among most institutions, including many of our direct competitors.
So what have we done? What should we do? The Board of Directors and I believe that we must continue to make smart, well-considered, strategic investments in the future of Wittenberg, and that is precisely what we are doing. In the midst of this difficult economic environment, we have made many tough decisions (no salary increases, some staff reductions and reduced benefits), but we have also continued to invest in technology, scholarships, key programs and activities envisioned in our strategic plan. These activities will ultimately propel us forward and place us in the passing lane bypassing the bumper-to-bumper traffic.
So what are these investments?
Visitors to campus will now see orange construction fencing surrounding Blair Hall as we work diligently to make the interior space reflect the dynamic, collaborative initiatives being spearheaded by our education department faculty. We are confident that this initial investment in the historic heart of campus will inspire countless education majors, encourage new and innovative thinking, and allow our education program to continue to serve as a model for others on a national scale.
We are also investing in our East Asian Studies program as we look to create the first-ever East Asian Institute on campus, which will expand global understanding by way of international partnerships in business, government and education. We will provide distinctive field-study experiences with leading firms conducting business in East Asia, and we will offer unprecedented experiential learning opportunities.
We have also created a new summer Screenwriting Institute and a new program in entrepreneurship that includes student-run businesses, where our students not only learn theory, but also put that theory to practice.
Additionally, The Center for Civic & Urban Engagement debuted this fall, shining a light on our longstanding commitment to community service and our preparation of students for lives of civic engagement. The list of examples of movement against our strategic goals goes on and on, even in this challenging time.
These are exciting and timely initiatives, but it is important that you understand them in their proper context. While generous gifts have funded a couple of these new activities, the rest have been funded through the realignment of existing resources, resources that are already stretched thin due to the economic downturn and the loss of value in our endowment. These initiatives are designed to position us in ways that will make us increasingly the first choice institution of larger, more diverse, and academically talented classes of new students. Our stewardship in working smarter and harder will have to be matched by new investments by a growing circle of our alumni and friends.
With your continued support, we will be poised for even greater success. With each gift received, we increase the value of a Wittenberg degree and move this university forward to claim our rightful place leading the race for excellence.
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"Crotamine Interaction with Polysaccharides and Ternary Complex Formation"
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Richard Karpel
Expected Graduation Date: Spring 2010
Crotamine, a toxin from the venom of the South American rattlesnake, has the ability to be used as a drug delivery vehicle. Crotamine and crotamine-DNA complexes are observed to interact with actively proliferating (AP) cells. Other studies have also suggested that crotamine might have unique interaction with cell surface glycosaminoglycans (GAG) such as heparin sulphate proteoglycans (HSPGs) in order to enter cells. The binding properties of crotamine with oligosaccharides and long stranded DNA have already been determined in Dr. Karpel's laboratory. We now want to expand our investigation and show its unique specificity for cells with cell surface HSPGs. This will be done by analysing its binding properties with heparin sulphate alone and then with the formation of ternary complexes of crotamine with GAG and DNA. Studying the formation of ternary complexes will help us understand how DNA can enter AP cells with cell surface HSPGs, such as cancerous cells, via crotamine. Establishing these properties will help us in the future to produce variants of crotamine that are less toxic, and have more focused and effective activities.


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Midnight MAACness
What began over 40 years ago as a way for college coaches to begin working out their squads as soon as possible has become a celebration of college basketball. These days, every basketball fan knows Midnight Madness as the hoopla surrounding the official start of the college basketball season. The event is now the ultimate pep rally and team promotion. Midnight Madness has evolved into a tradition shared by hoops fans nationwide.
In the 1990s, following Rider's move to the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, or MAAC, the event was dubbed "Midnight MAACness." Since then, buoyed by a distinct yearly theme, the event has become one of the most popular and highly anticipated events at the Lawrenceville campus.
Each year, the Department of Athletics, Student Government Association, Office of Campus Life, Student Entertainment Council and Emerging Leaders provide food, live entertainment, free giveaways, and spirit-filled activities.
"We have tried to become more and more elaborate each year, and the students have really responded to it," said Karin Torchia, associate director of athletics and senior women's administrator, who directs the event. "We used to invite the general public, but it has become so popular that we have had to limit it strictly to Rider students and staff, and even with that there is barely enough room in Alumni Gym to hold everyone."
Previous Midnight MAACness nights have included "Under the Big Top," featuring a circus theme, "MAACaritaville," featuring a laid-back, calypso-music feel, and "Fright Night," when the event happened to fall on a Friday the 13th and the Athletics Hall of Fame area was transformed into a haunted graveyard.
One year Alumni Gym, home of the Broncs, turned into the "Broncs' Zoo" for "Midnight MAACness Goes Bronc Wild," with opponents' animal mascots getting involved. MAACness even took on a Hollywood theme one year with "Lights, Camera, MAACtion." In 2011, the "Midnight MAACness Goes Galactic" theme showed the Bronc landing on the moon and placing a Rider flag.
More recently, the event has spilled beyond the confines of Alumni Gym, such as in 2008, when the Campus Mall took on the feel of a renaissance fair for "Midnight MAACness Goes Medieval."
"Midnight MAACness is the perfect way to kick off the basketball season," said Rider Head Men's Basketball Coach Kevin Baggett. "The whole campus comes alive at the start of basketball season and that makes our kids feel special. The support we receive from the campus community is unbelievable."
Annual festivities include performances by the cheerleaders and dance team, introduction of the men's and women's basketball teams and much more. On-the-court events typically include team introductions, a highlight video from last season, performances by the cheerleaders and dance team, and the always popular slam-dunk contest.
"Midnight MAACness is an event that brings the entire campus together," said Head Women's Basketball Coach Lynn Milligan. "The energy, support and excitement that encompass the night is electric. Our team and entire program look forward to the night and are thankful for the time and effort that everyone puts into the success of MAACness."


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Technicians install Llumar CTX ceramic-film tinting to help reduce heat and glare within the vehicle and prevent fading of the interiors. Tinted windows also enhance security by decreasing visibility into the car and hold shattered glass in place in the event of an accident.
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Performance Films Window Tinting uses quality products to tincture the glass of cars and homes, dramatically improving life on the other side. By making windows opaque from the outside, technicians block out UV rays that overheat motorists and fade the colors of delicate interiors. When applied to home windows, tinting can dramatically reduce energy costs and help maintain consistent temperatures. The techs also enhance the cool factor from inside the car, accessorizing auto interiors with GPS systems, audio and visual components, and alarms.


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Until recent times the Tsaidam the mid-20th century, the Qaidam area was sparsely peopledpopulated, and the population was for the most part composed of the inhabitants were pastoralists noted for their horse breeding; the region is also renowned for its sheep. Since World War II, however, the mineral riches of the area have attracted attention. These include vast deposits of salt, potash, various borate minerals, and boron. In the 1950s extensive geologic surveys of the area revealed rich reserves of coal , oil, and asbestos. Oil petroleum. A number of oil fields are in operation, including several around Mang-yanotably in the Mangnai area in the western part of the basin. A large oil refinery has been constructed at Leng-huLenghu, southeast of the Tang-chin southwest of Dangjin Pass, and another has been built at Mang-ya. Very large iron deposits have also Mangnai. Large deposits of iron have been found at Golmud, which has developed where a chemical industry using local materials and which produces to produce fertilizer on a considerable large scale has been developed. In the late 1970s the railway from Lan-chou Lanzhou in Kansu Gansu to Hsi-ning Xining in Tsinghai Qinghai was extended to Golmud, and in 2006 a new rail line was opened between Golmud and Lhasa in the Tibet Autonomous Region; a network of highways had has also been constructeddeveloped. The area has also been the scene location of agricultural experiments in agriculture. With intensive irrigation, some . Some of the marginal areas in the north and east are have been used to grow wheat through the use of intensive irrigation.


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By Harry R. Weber, AP Business Writer
ATLANTA The National Football League Players Association is countersuing six current and former players who are seeking to hold the union and league liable for millions of dollars they lost in an alleged fraud scheme.
The NFLPA, in papers filed last week in federal court in Atlanta, accuses Steve Atwater, Ray Crockett, Al Smith, Blaine Bishop, Carlos Emmons and Clyde Simmons of breach of contract.
The action by the union follows a lawsuit filed last June against the NFL and NFLPA by the players over $20 million they lost by investing their money with a hedge fund manager that they say the union endorsed even though the manager had liens against him.
The fund manager, Kirk Wright, was arrested in Miami Beach, Fla., last May on federal fraud charges and is awaiting trial. He also faces a civil complaint filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission against him and his company, International Management Associates.
According to authorities, Wright and his company collected as much as $185 million from at least 500 investors since 1997 and used false statements and documents to mislead some of them to believe the value of those investments was increasing. Much of that money is now missing.
The countersuit claims the players violated a provision in union regulations that says the union does not endorse any of its registered financial advisers and is not responsible for the skill, honesty or competence of any registered adviser. It also claims the players breached union rules by not exhausting internal remedies before suing the union.
The NFLPA wants the court to enter a judgment enforcing the disclaimer-of-liability provision and ordering the players to pay the union's costs and attorney's fees for defending itself.
It also wants the court to order Atwater and Bishop to contribute to any damages the union might be ordered to pay to the other four players, alleging Atwater and Bishop trumpeted to the other players the investment opportunities in Wright's hedge funds. Finally, the NFLPA is asking that Atwater and Bishop be forced to pay any commissions they received for working for Wright to the other four players.
The NFLPA, in its April 23 countersuit, also filed a claim against Wright, seeking to recoup any damages they may be ordered to pay the players in the future.
The NFL, which also is being sued by the players, hasn't file a countersuit, but, like the union, is asking that the players be ordered to pay the league's costs and attorney's fees in defending itself.
An attorney for the players, James M. Evangelista, said Tuesday that the counterclaims by the union are meritless and are part of a tactic designed to raise doubt about the players' allegations.
"At best they're meritless," he said of the counterclaims. "At worst, they're frivolous."
Evangelista declined to say if he has had settlement discussions with the league and the union regarding the players' lawsuit.
"At this point, we're really looking forward to getting into the discovery phase of the case and getting into the facts of the relationship between Kirk Wright and the players association," he said.
In March, a federal judge denied a motion by the NFL and NFLPA to dismiss the players' lawsuit. A trial date on the lawsuit by the players has not been set.
The Associated Press


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Congressman Mark Amodei (NV-2), along with original cosponsors Congresswoman Shelley Berkley (NV-1) and Congressman Joe Heck (NV-3), announced today the introduction of H.R. 3996, the Southern Nevada Higher Education Land Act of 2012. The bill would convey three parcels of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land to Great Basin College (GBC), College of Southern Nevada (CSN) and University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) for campus expansion. The parcels are located in Pahrump, Las Vegas and North Las Vegas, respectively and the plan enjoys broad community support.
"If Nevada is to build a diverse, sustainable economy that leverages our assets and cultivates new ones, then we need strong institutions of higher learning," said Congressman Amodei. "As a product of the Nevada System of Higher Education, I'm happy to join my colleagues in re-introducing this legislation and I'm excited about what it means for Nevada's future."
"As a former Nevada University Regent and the first person to attend college in my family, I know how critical it is for our students to learn key job skills and to earn a college degree. Our bill transfers federal land to expand Great Basin College, UNLV and CSN so these institutions of higher learning can educate even more Nevada students for 21st Century careers. Transforming these parcels in Las Vegas, Pahrump and North Las Vegas into additional campus space will give even more of our Nevada students the opportunity to earn a college diploma," said Congresswoman Berkley.
"As a Nevadan and member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, I applaud Mark's introduction of the Southern Nevada Higher Education Land Act. This legislation will not only give the Nevada System of Higher Education the ability to expand campuses, but will also provide the necessary resources to ensure student success and a competitive workforce. These critical elements are especially important today as we look for ways to create jobs and get Nevadans back to work," said Congressman Heck.
"Education is the key to opportunity in America. As our world and economy changes, providing our higher education system with opportunities to expand and meet the needs of our state is more critical today than ever. Having advocated for this measure while in the House, I am pleased Mark has taken the lead on this bill and look forward to working with him and Senator Reid to pass it into law," said Senator Dean Heller, who served NV-2 in the House prior to his appointment to the U.S. Senate.
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Blake Lively Covers Vogue, Thinks Ryan Reynolds Will Be a Great Father and Leader and Patriarch
Well Blake Lively sure knows how to time things well.
Blake is launching her latest venture, a website called Preserve, and is featured on the August 2014 cover of Vogue.
According to interviewer Johnathan Van Meter, "the site will seek out and celebrate people all over America who are making things—food, clothes, pillows, dishes, dining-room tables—with their hands."
So Goop for crafty people?
Lively is prepared for some backlash from launching Preserve. Blake tells Vogue, "I'm sure there will be plenty of people who will say horrible things. I'm sure this interview will be picked apart. But you can't worry about it. There have been so many things written about me that are untrue and horrifying. I can't even believe that my family has to read this stuff. You just have to do what makes you happy, because you'll never get a unanimous vote. People like to gossip. They bond over it. They don't bond over complimenting famous people. I'm always the first person to defend Gwyneth Paltrow. Or any woman in a position of power, like Martha Stewart or Oprah, who gets burned. Because they have paved the path for so many other women who are doing something they believe in."
While Blake's husband Ryan Reynolds is not "officially on the Preserve team," Van Meter writes that "his fingerprints will be all over it." Lively claims that he has "written a lot of stuff for us."
What does Blake have to say about her hubby Ryan? "He's a part of it because everything we do in life we do together. If I'm working on a movie, he helps me with my character; I do the same with him. Picking out a coffee table. What we're going to eat. He's a beautiful writer—he's written a lot of stuff for us. And he's got a great barometer and he knows me, so he will tell me if it's not as good as it can be. He's going to be a great father and leader and patriarch—he's so meant to be all of those things. The fact that he lived so much before we got together, he's the exact realized person that he should be. And so I get to share my life with the person he's become, and we get to grow from there."
The August issue hits newsstands nationwide on July 23rd and is available today as a digital download for the iPad®, Kindle Fire, NOOK Color, and NOOK Tablet. For more from Blake, visit Vogue.com.