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Girl, Interrupted is a memoir written by Susanna Kaysen in 1993. In her memoir, Kaysen recalls her time spent at a psychiatric hospital after being diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. Her story is told through a collection of nonlinear vignettes as she chronicles her two years spent at psychiatric hospitall and her life after her time there. Kaysen recalls that in April of 1967, as an eighteen-year-old, she was admitted to McLean Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts after attempting suicide by overdosing on fifty aspirin pills. Kaysen recounts her suicide attempt by saying:
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Spittin Toad: Happy St. Patty's Day Everyone!
Here's a cute little Garden Gnome I pulled out of the kiln just in time for St. Patty's day!
To make this little Tile.....I used stamps I made out of clay for the flowers and rain drops and a rubber stamp for the Garden gnome...pressing them in the clay while it was still moist...I then fired ...painted and fired once again....This is a real easy fun project for kids of all ages....for the younger ones I might glaze their tile in one soft color instead of having them try to paint the details.
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Did you read the review, below? The one where I gushed about this book? Harper Collins Publishings has generously sent me a 2nd copy of Dennis Lehanes' Moonlight Mile! I wasn't giving up my only copy, but now that I have and extra, it's up for grabs, for The Monday Book Give Away.
Becky has won the two books from last weeks' give away.
It comes so highly recommended I must enter plus I'm in desperate need of something GOOD to read. I'll keep my fingers crossed.
Oh, oh, count me in too! I have read all of Dennis' books (I figure that puts us on a first name basis!) and have loved them all. Fingers crossed here in Florida. Thanks for the opportunity.


Just stopping by to apologize for being MIA....I've been sick this week. It is just a cold (I think), but I take a prescription that has nasty interactions with all the GOOD OTC cold meds. Therefore, I've only really felt like doing the bare minimum around here. That has left my brand new etsy shop EMPTY! All my photos have to be re-sized and I haven't figured out a quick way to do it on my pc. I had posted two stockings, but one a friend wanted...so I unlisted it. The other? I realized that I hadn't even put the measurements in the description...so I de-activated it.


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Current wildfire policy is a waste of money Too many elk in Montana–maybe not enough wolves
House Republicans kill off Migratory Bird Treaty Act
By Ralph Maughan On June 7, 2015 · 30 Comments · In Politics, Wildlife News
America's most fundamental wildlife treaty strangled of funding in House with a voice vote!
South Carolina's Republican congressman Jeff Duncan decided to do a little something special for his favorite constituents. That is not the people in his district. It is the oil companies.
As part of his "True 'All of the Above Approach to Energy' " Duncan offered a rider to the Department of Commerce's and Department of Justice's budget appropriations bill that prohibits the federal government from prosecuting any person or corporation for violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Did anyone stand up in outrage at such an assault on the first wildlife treaty ever adopted in America? It's the one that protects all the migratory birds. No, it passed on a voice vote.
Now the appropriations bill goes to the U.S. Senate.
Tagged with: Migratory Bird Treaty Act
30 Responses to House Republicans kill off Migratory Bird Treaty Act
Wow. A new low in lows, I guess…it better end right here I hope!
Audubon will bring down hellfire on them. 🙂
The Audubon Lobby, that should read.
The door has been opened to this by the wind industry, and President Obama's Free pass for 3 Decades proposal. Now everyone wants in. This way, instead of "I thought it was a coyote' excuse for killing wolves and dogs, they can kill golden eagles and say 'I thought it was a sparrow.' Stick with proven successful methods! [snark]
In the Spring, an old conservative's fancy turns to killing protected birds
Ida Lupine,
Now they don't need to plead mistaken identity. They can say, "I killed it because I wanted to, and I knew they could not prosecute me."
Jim Wiegand- Wildlife Biologist says:
Audubon Sold out Years ago. It started when they cut a deal with Enron over turbines and the condor.
https://www.audubon.org/news/bird-killer-amendment-infects-appropriations-bill
And, some naïve folks on this forum think the Endangered Species Act is safe from similar tricks….
This little budget rider that essentially eviscerates the Migratory Birds Treaty Act is something like 35 words long.
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/awetzler/no_birds_for_you_house_committ.html
I hope the entire thing soundly fails in the Senate. With this kind of voice vote, there's no record of who voted which way either (Democratic congressmen too?). Scum.
Did anyone stand up in outrage at such an assault on the first wildlife treaty ever adopted in America? It's the one that protects all the migratory birds. No, it passed on a voice vote.
It's so outrageous it almost sounds unreal. How long before feathered hat farms make a comeback as a 'livelihood'? We've already got fur farms.
I am guessing that on the voice vote, almost no one voted and that a quorum was not even present, but its absence had not been noted (so officially a quorum would exist).
They probably called "All in favor, yea;" and there was one or two ayes. Then "Against," And there were none, or even if there were, they were ignored. That is how these things work. THe onus should be on the party leadership who allowed the amendment.
https://www.animallaw.info/statute/us-migratory-bird-migratory-bird-treaty-act
Marc Bedner says:
Repealing the Migratory Bird Act Treaty would amount to the USA unilaterally withdrawing from an international treaty. The TPP supporters in Congress might want to consider where this would lead.
MJ Graham says:
Marc – they are not repealing the MBAT. That they will leave in place. What this amendment does is remove funding for prosecuting any treaty violations for the next fiscal year. The that Act stands but is unenforceable, some of which is characteristic of far too many treaties.
For folks who are paying attention, this appears to be the standard republic protocol: (1) Make declarative statements like "regulation doesn't work" or "government is the problem", (2) ignore any ironies created by those statements (such as the fact that the military is part of the government), (3) pass legislation to ensure that declarative statements become true (regulation can't work when we don't allow enforcement; government can't pay off its debt when we conduct multi-front wars while millionaires pay lower effective tax rates than your average Joe), (4) blame liberals.
Seems to work like a charm?
I don't know how comprehensive other countries' laws are to protect wildlife and birds. The US (used to) have some of the most comprehensive protections in the world. What would happen if we did weaken or eliminate the laws? Not much, and perhaps other countries would follow suit. I wouldn't rest on our laurels as far as this is concerned.
That's a great example. That Trans Pacific Partnership sounds like bad news for the environment!
Here's some info on the piping plover:
"A man told me the other day that he has spent his life trying to fight what we do," said Lyra Brennan, a field technician for Mass Audubon, who has had to call on state park rangers for help as she patrols the beach with binoculars and a notebook.
A Resurgence of Plovers Rankles Beachgoers
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2015/06/07/how-beachgoers-are-losing-the-war-against-these-tiny-adorable-birds/MHnvQrYMQZMNm4cEcvyYXM/story.html
Just to give us an idea of which birds might be adversely affected by this should it become law – here is the list:
http://www.fws.gov/migratorybirds/regulationspolicies/mbta/MBTANDX.HTML
Some species also receive protection under other federal statutes (like Bald and Golden eagles under their own act, or species which are ESA protected for aslon asthey stay on the list).
They are working on the ESA concurrently with the MBTA. http://blog.ucsusa.org/your-handy-guide-to-attacks-on-how-the-endangered-species-act-uses-science-726
I don't understand this Republican Party. Seems like they want to rule an empty, barren land filled with a bunch of idiots that bow to them.
+1 It seems like a new era, get me elected and then I will f you one way or another because I can. This is how I feel about most legislators now. They have no accountability to ordinary constituents. Its a rare "bird" (pardon the pun) that legislates with their constiuents in mind. Think Great Lakes wolf hunting, especially in Michigan. To propose and pass this rider is tragic. Its time someone introduced a rider preventing non germane riders.
No one stood up in outrage because all of the political whores in Congress are beholden to their corporate masters. Their mission is to ensure that wildlife and wild places never stand in the way of corporate profits. This is what our "de-mock-racy" has become.
+++++1 Joanne. And you know, regardless of how much some of us dislike politicians of any party——vote anyway. We must at a minimum keep the batchit crazy ones out of power.
Can this be vetoed or is this rider a done deal? I feel like throwing up. We must put an end to riders of all types.
Nick Waters says:
Hardly surprising. The cretins are running loose in the China shop.
http://www.natlawreview.com/article/us-fish-and-wildlife-service-considering-permit-program-under-migratory-bird-treaty-
"For the first time, the US Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) is considering a proposed rulemaking to authorize the unintentional injury or killing of migratory birds by certain commercial and industrial activities." That may not be a bad thing – I could use help interpreting. I also wondered if this partly precipitated the house action.
Huh? Doesn't 'authorizing unintentional injury' make it intentional? Kinda hard to do with industry such as wind and solar and oils spills, once you know what is likely to happen. Best to be honest and call it authorized taking.
Larry K says:
You are right, nowadays we know without a doubt what some of the large scale operations do to migratory birds. From wide spread broadcast of pesticides to unprotected oil waste ponds. There is a valid reason the MBTA regulations are strict liability meaning there is no requirement to prove knowledge of the intent to kill. In a strict sense it includes such operations as logging and the subsequent destruction of nests but the courts have ruled against killing as a result of normal logging operations. However that view has now spread to oil waste in another district. You start one domino to fall and others will follow suit. There is some reasonableness that courts can bring into the enforcement of the MBTA. Such as uncontrolled killing with regard to vehicles on the highway and logging. Although I'm for requiring logging to at least be done at a time of greatest mitigation for the bird population which would generally be no springtime logging. You are right on with describing unintentional take to actually be authorized take for the specially identified group or industry. In this rider's instance it is more than that, it is the broadest brush showing contempt for these wonders of the animal kingdom. It shows me again that such proponents lack the slightest trace of empathy in their own DNA.
Rork,
I don't know, but this rulemaking could have been an attempt to forestall congressional action.
Tom Utttech says:
A few years ago, after the passage of Obamacare, the Tea Party Republican supporters basically took over town hall meetings all over the country. Their screaming insults scared the bejesus out of representatives and senators. Last week, in response to legislative attacks, university professors stood in a free speech corral at the back of a room at a board of regents meeting with tape over their mouths. What does this tell us about who will be winning these battles. Maybe bird friends need to do some extreme protesting too.
Real Nice Guy says:
This is just the beginning, and it gets worse:
(http://news.yahoo.com/house-republicans-cut-epa-spending-9-percent-164341698–politics.html) House Republicans are proposing a spending bill that cuts the budget at the Environmental Protection Agency by 9 percent and tries to prevent the Obama administration from enacting several regulations.
The bill released Tuesday by the House Appropriations Committee would reduce the EPA workforce to 15,000 people, the same level as in 1989.
The bill, which also covers the Interior Department, the Smithsonian and other agencies, calls for spending $30.2 billion. That's $246 million below last year's levels.
Among the key regulations Republicans seek to squelch are EPA efforts to cut carbon dioxide emissions from coal plants and to better protect small streams and tributaries. The GOP has heard from industry groups that the additional regulations would make it harder for businesses and farmers to operate.
This republican attack is akin to ISIS destroying priceless historical heritage pieces. The EPA, MBTA and other tools of government that seek to preserve those elements that give life are being systematically destroyed by republican control of finances. The first step is to take religion out of government, that seems to be at the heart of a lot of this short-sighted nonsense.
julie long gallegos says:
Larry K, you've expressed this so well, I've been trying to articulate what I've felt is at the heart of Conservative strategies for dismantling environmental protection. Kill what many/most Americans feel defines the nation – or a very important part of our National identity – and there's nothing left to fight for. Which brings to mind the popular social media meme with the Churchill anecdote about wartime Britain – when asked why, in the face of the huge cost of the war, he approved funds for the Arts, he replied that without the Arts, what was Britain fighting for?


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Interview With Maria Shriver; Latest Developments in Michael Jackson Case
Aired April 12, 2005 - 21:00 ET
LARRY KING, HOST: Tonight, Maria Shriver, the first lady of California, tells all about her life with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, her father, Sargent Shriver's heartbreaking battle with Alzheimer's, and a lot more. We'll take some calls, too.
And then, will Michael Jackson's accuser's mom take the stand this week in that sensational trial, and if not, why not? And what's the fallout for the latest week's sensational testimony by former Jackson employees who say they say him performing sex acts on his 1980 -- '93, rather -- accuser. We'll get into all that with Court TV's Diane Dimond, in the courtroom today.
CNN Headline primes Nancy Grace, the former prosecutor; CNN's Ted Rowlands also in court today. High-profile defense attorney Michael Cardoza. Cynthia McFadden, ABC News senior legal correspondent and "PrimeTime Live" co-anchor. And Raymone Bain, Michael Jackson's spokesperson. All next, on LARRY KING LIVE.
KING: Fast read, what's funny?
MARIA SHRIVER, CALIFORNIA FIRST LADY: You said tells all. Tells all what?
KING: What are you going to tell all?
SHRIVER: I have nothing to tell.
KING: You have nothing to tell.
KING: Well, thanks for coming.
Maria Shriver is the first lady of California. Her new book is "And One More Thing Before You Go." So, the obvious, before you go where?
SHRIVER: Before you go from high school to college, before you leave your childhood behind and become a young woman. It's a very defining moment in a young girl's life and in the life of her parents, particularly in her mother's life. This stems from a graduation address that I gave at a mother/daughter event, and all the mothers called and asked me for it and people called. I decided to turn it into a little book, because it's one of those moments that -- where mothers and daughters have trouble communicating. A mother is dealing with an empty nest, of letting the little girl go, the daughter is scared, but she's exhilarated at the same time. And it's a kind of 10 little life lessons as you embark on a whole new you.
KING: All your books have been big sellers.
SHRIVER: Uh-huh. Yes. Thanks to you.
KING: Does it surprise you -- you've been here for every one.
SHRIVER: That's right. I have. Good luck -- you're my good luck charm.
KING: Does it surprise you?
SHRIVER: Well, yes and no. You always are nervous that -- you think -- you hope other people like it or other people are interested in the same subject. I've tried to write books about issues. All my children's books deal with issues like death and heaven or disability or the book last year "Alzheimer's." Then the other book I wrote, "10 Things I Wish I'd Known Before I Went Out Into the Real World" was really for kids graduating from college as they went out to make their way in the real world. There are things I wish I had had before I started my career in journalism. This is a book I wish I had when I graduated from high school.
KING: Speaking of Alzheimer's, how is your dad doing?
SHRIVER: He's doing okay. I mean, I think anybody who has a parent or loved one with Alzheimer's knows that it's one day at a time, and it's tough.
KING: It doesn't get better, right?
SHRIVER: It doesn't get better. It actually gets tougher. It is tough on different people in the family in different ways. You can have the utmost respect for the spouse, in this case, my mom, and my father is an elegant, you know, extraordinary man.
KING: Classy.
SHRIVER: Classy, that's a great word. Charming.
KING: How is your mom doing with it?
SHRIVER: Well, I think it's a challenge, and I think anybody who has dealt with it will tell you the same thing. And you do the best you can. You're as patient as you can be, and you just put all your love out there and you hope that your family comes together because I think in any -- whether it's Alzheimer's or cancer, it is really a time for a family to come together, not judge who is there, who is not, who is carrying most of the burden, but to really step in and step up.
KING: Before we talk about the book and how to let go, one of the hardest things to do by the way is letting go. Not one more thing before you go but letting go. You knew this pope, did you not? SHRIVER: Yes. Well, I met this pope. I wasn't like friendly with him or anything. I met him about 15 years ago. My parents brought us to Rome. We had the honor of meeting him. When he walked into the room, it was one of those moments -- he walked in and I almost burst into tears. I could feel my eyes well up at just the sight of him. You couldn't really explain why. He walked in with his white vestments on, and he spoke to each one of us and he talked about prayer. And my father kept asking him about, what should we be praying for? Because my father's a deeply -- both my parents are deeply religious people, go to mass every single day. And are strong believers in the power of prayer. And the pope talked to my dad and to us about praying to Mary because he was obviously a huge fan of the blessed Mary.
KING: Mary was his -- they put M on the casket.
SHRIVER: Right. Oh, really? Yes. And my mother has always been fascinated by Mary, thinks she's the first kind of great woman. And so they talked about that. And I mainly stood silent and just kind of looked. I didn't say much.
KING: Very bright and very funny, too.
SHRIVER: Bright. And he transcended the job, I think he understood the medium of television. He understood the power of his presence, traveling all over the world. And I think he lived a life that so many people wish they had the ability to be that kind of a good person.
KING: As a journalist and a Catholic, what did you make of that whole scene?
SHRIVER: I wished I was there.
KING: I'll bet you did.
SHRIVER: I wished -- I was like, ooohhh, like that. Now, that's the kind of thing you live to cover. And I couldn't take my eyes off it. I thought it was fascinating. I was fascinated by the people that stood 10, 12, 15 hours with children. I made my kids come in and look at the kids standing in line because they complain when they're in line at the movies or in Disneyland. And they're like, ugh, it's 20 minutes. These are people waiting 15 hours to have that moment of going by and paying their respects. I think that was an outpouring of gratitude for a life lived at the highest level.
KING: What's first lady like?
SHRIVER: It's challenging, it's interesting, it's humbling, it's exhilarating, it's exciting, it's creative. It's all of those things.
KING: What's bad about it?
SHRIVER: It's all of those things. Well, you know, nothing -- I mean, it's really nothing to complain about given what people have to complain about. I wouldn't ever sit here and complain about being first lady of California. It's a great honor. It's great challenge. There's 36 million people, 16 million women. Very diverse. Very challenging. And it's not the role I set out to have for my life. But now that I'm in it, I try to make the best of it. I try to treat it as a job. I try to treat it with a sense of journalism. I see myself as a storyteller. I go out and try to meet as many people as possible and tell their stories and shine light on the issues.
KING: Especially women, right?
SHRIVER: Women. I've spent a lot of time shining the spotlight on the California woman, who in truth is very different than the stereotype of the California woman. I mean, we have an incredible legacy as California women, so I've championed a museum in Sacramento that got me into a little bit of trouble.
KING: Because?
SHRIVER: Well, because it was a history museum. I wanted to have it originally focus on women. And people were -- didn't like that idea. So now it's focusing a little bit on women and history and the arts. But there wasn't any focus on women. And that's what I thought was an omission.
KING: When you grew up a Kennedy, though, that goes with the territory, doesn't it?
SHRIVER: What?
KING: You are used to criticism.
SHRIVER: Yes.
KING: Public eye.
SHRIVER: Yes, yes, struggle. I'm a big believer -- one of the things -- I listened when I was watching the pope's funeral was somebody said they'd asked him when he had Parkinson's and he was struggling, did he think of resigning and how much was he suffering. And he said, suffering is a gift from God. And I thought that, so often people talk about their struggles and woe me or people expect to be happy. And I write about that in the book. You can't expect to be happy all the time.
And I think, you know, you gained courage and you gain wisdom from struggle. And that all the people we admire are those who have struggled, who have been criticized, who have pushed through and come out the other end. Anything you get easy isn't something I think in the end you appreciate. So I tell my kids all the time when they're saying, it's not fair. It's not fair. I'm like, no one said this was going to be fair. And you gain incredible strength and lessons from struggle.
KING: We had fun with them in Hawaii, with my little ones and yours. How old are yours now?
SHRIVER: I have a 15-year-old girl Katherine, a 13-year-old girl Christina, an 11-year-old boy Patrick and a 7-year-old boy Christopher.
KING: And they like Hawaii.
SHRIVER: And they like Hawaii. Yes, anything that takes them out of school they like. They're great kids so far.
KING: We'll be back with Maria Shriver. The book is "And One More Thing Before You Go." Don't go away.
GOV. ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER (R), CALIFORNIA: Even though I can't sing like the Beach Boys, I'm glad that my daughters are California girls. Because when they grow up, they will be California women, the best of all the rest. And when they grow up, they will be just like my favorite California woman, their mother, my partner, my best friend, our role model, California's first lady, Maria Shriver. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome my wife, Maria Shriver.
KING: We're back with Maria Shriver. "And One More Thing Before You," is her newest book.
What's the most important thing at that crucial age when the parent is letting go?
SHRIVER: I think to understand that fear is normal, fear is common. And that it can be a great motivator. And that you shouldn't be afraid of fear. I think everybody I talked to that's graduating from high school has gone through a really stressful year. Their parents have been putting pressure on them. They put pressure on themselves. They're scared. They're scared that they're scared. And I included in the book there a quote that I have above my computer from Eleanor Roosevelt that says "Do one thing every day that scares you."
And because you gain, I think, so much courage from going through things that scare you. And I think fear can be paralyzing. And I think so often, particularly young girls, think they have to be perfect and they don't do things that scare them. Because they're afraid of failing, they're afraid of making a mistake. So I really urge young women to understand that everybody's scared. I get scared. I'm sure you get scared doing things.
KING: Sure.
SHRIVER: And that that's common. And that once they know that it's something that everybody feels, and that everybody finds a way of walking through and that you do come out the other side all the time, it's OK.
KING: How do you deal with the desire to want to put them where you want them to go? SHRIVER: Well, I think that's one of the great lesson is learned from my mother.
KING: You will go to this college.
SHRIVER: Well, yes, I think my mother was a great role model, is a great role model to me. And that she always let me be who I was instead of who she, maybe, wanted me to be. Both of my parents were great that way. And I think that's a great lesson in parenting, to allow your child to do what's right for them, as opposed to what you want them to do. So every parent wants your kid to go to Harvard, Yale and Stanford. But maybe have a child wants to go to a design school or dance school or wants to take a year off and join the Peace Corps or join Americorps. And I think, that kids today are pretty savvy about what's in their gut. And if they go off and do that what's the worst thing that's going to happen, they change their mind in a year or two, and they have had that experience and they come back and do something different.
KING: Is it tougher in 2005 for a girl at 19 than it was for you?
SHRIVER: Well, I think so. I mean, I think there are a lot of choices. And there seem to be an incredible amount of pressure on young people today. I was talking to somebody today, and they were saying, I went to Georgetown, and I don't think I could probably get into Georgetown today, it's so tough and competitive. But I always try to tell, certainly my daughters, because they're older and there's a lot more pressure in high school, that I don't care if they get As or Business. I don't care if they go to Stanford or Yale. I just want them to be happy. I want them to find a passion, something that they feel passionate about. I want them to understand a world that is bigger than them, and that they have certain responsibility to that.
But, I don't -- I try not to say to them, you've got go to Stanford or Yale, because you're grandfather went to Yale. I think that's, you know, really tough.
KING: But it's hard, isn't it?
SHRIVER: It's hard. And I asked some girls at the back of the book to write what they were going through. And one of the young girls said to me, I wish that people hadn't started talking to me about college in ninth grade. that they just left me alone and let me work out the process.
KING: Girls different from boys?
SHRIVER: I don't think so. I think each have their own struggle.
KING: But this is aimed at girls.
SHRIVER: This aimed at girls, because I'm a girl.
KING: But you have a son. SHRIVER: I do. I have two sons. But I'll write for them when they get a little bit older. But I think that it's -- it's a defining moment for a boy and a girl. And I'm sure it feels different to a man when his sons graduates vs. to a women when her daughter graduates.
But I think that, I write about taking a moment to stop and have a little gratitude to your parents or the adult in your life which really made your life their business.
KING: At your level, will it be more difficult with two famous parents, and one of whom is a major political leader?
SHRIVER: Well, there's nothing we can do about it. So, I mean -- as I say to my kids, that is what it is. And you have to make your own way. And I try to kind of not ask -- you know, I try not to have them kind of involved in comparing themselves or carrying anything about their parents. I grew up with kind of feeling like, oh, there's a lot of pressure on me because of who my uncles were and my parents were. And I've tried not to do that with my kids.
KING: Our guest is Maria Shriver. The book is "And One More Thing Before You Go." We'll get in a few phone calls with Maria before she leaves us tonight, and heads back to the sunny shores of California, where she is the -- I was going to say the second most important person. Might be the first. We'll be right back.
KING: Our guest is Maria Shriver. The book is "And One More Thing Before You Go."
Some of the chapters from your book is "Keep a Childlike Quality."
SHRIVER: Curiosity.
KING: How do you tell them to keep that?
SHRIVER: Well, I think that to encourage them to ask questions. To encourage them to be child-like as they grow older. I quote my dad in there, who always kept a child-like quality about him all the way through his public life. Asking questions, learning, gaining wisdom, not making preconceived impressions of people, not labeling people. And I think that was one of my dad's greatest gifts. People always found him charming, curious. And he made people feel wonderful, because he was curious about them. So I think that that's a great quality -- just because you're going off to college doesn't mean you have to get all serious and you can't act curious and young and have fun.
KING: Your father also never had great airs about him. He was irreverent...
SHRIVER: No. He was a humble man. Because I think he has and had great faith. He was always a deeply spiritual person. And he always looked at his life as a way of doing God's work, truly, here on Earth. I mean, through his work, whether it's in the Peace Corps, Head Start. All of his...
KING: Because he made the Peace Corps.
SHRIVER: He made the Peace Corps, Head Start, Job Corps, legal services for the poor. These are all programs that had goals far bigger than himself. They were about changing the world, about changing people's lives. They were never about self -- you know, ego.
KING: Has Arnold changed?
SHRIVER: I think he's working harder probably and more continuously than he ever has. But I don't think he's changed. I think he's still the same kind of person. You know, it hasn't been that long.
KING: Is this harder than making movies?
SHRIVER: Well, I think movies, you make three months and then you go off. So it's I think definitely harder, but I think he's intellectually engaged in it. I think he's happier than when he was making movies.
KING: Really?
SHRIVER: I think he's challenged in a way he wasn't challenged before. And I think he, when you talk about having a goal that's bigger than yourself, he has a very specific goal, which is to reform California so that he can rebuild California. And in order to reform it, you have to go through a lot of difficulties, clearly. And you have to right the ship in order that you can build California for the amount of people that now live in California. This is a state that was really dealing with roads that when we had 15 million people in it; we now have 36 million people. It's a state busting at the seams.
KING: When he -- you miss broadcasting?
SHRIVER: Yeah, I do.
KING: Does he miss movies? Does he...
SHRIVER: I don't -- no, he doesn't.
KING: He never says, I wish -- no?
SHRIVER: No, but he's not a, like, looking-back kind of person. I'm much more like oh, I miss my career. And, you know, he's just focused on where he's going. As I said, he has an idea of where he wants to end up. So he doesn't worry about, like, what he's missing or what was. You know, even, the kids will say, when are you going to go back and make movies again? And we miss that. And you know, he's like, I'm doing what I want to do and I have my eye on the ball. And he doesn't go backwards.
KING: Still take the kids to school?
SHRIVER: Yeah, I do. You know, he's in Sacramento. If he's in L.A., definitely he does. And he's a great dad. He's very involved. And he checks in with them. But I think, you know, public service is certainly all-consuming. It's a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week job. And particularly in a state of California's size. So he has a lot on his plate.
KING: Another chapter you deal with is don't worry about us, we'll just sit here in the dark all alone. Explain that.
SHRIVER: That's from the parent point of view. I mean, all of -- I have so many friends who have kids who have graduated, who are graduating, and they're very much in a, I would say, crisis mode. Most of the women I know, they're crying, if the daughter is -- like it's the last time I'm going to drive here February 10th, it's the last time we'll have the spring break together. There's a lot of lasts in the last year of high school.
And I think, you know, so many of the women I know are trying to hold on to that little girl. And they're trying to kind of figure out what the relationship will become as she moves off, as she leaves home. And there is a little bit of a, like, what's going to happen to me? And particularly if it's a first and also very much so if it's the last child.
So there is -- this was really a book to make daughters, I think, stop and express a moment of gratitude to their mothers in particular.
KING: What do you remember about your first year away?
SHRIVER: I had a lot of fun.
KING: Oh, you did, huh?
SHRIVER: I had a lot of fun. But I found out that I wasn't in the college that I wanted to be at, so I transferred to Georgetown. But you know, I had a great time in college.
KING: Did you finish the first year at the other college?
SHRIVER: Yeah, I finished two years, and then I transferred to Georgetown because I wanted to study American studies, and Georgetown had a great...
KING: Was that difficult, moving?
SHRIVER: You know, I didn't think so at the time. When I look back at it, I think, gee, that must have been a little bit difficult. But you know, I didn't think so at the time. I think, you know, you're 17, 18, you're having fun, you know. I had a great time in college.
KING: Did your parents support the move?
SHRIVER: Yes, they did. My parents have supported everything I have ever done. They supported when I went into journalism, they supported me moving around the country, they supported me moving 3,000 miles away. They supported me working all the holidays when my family would get together and go away. They have been truly extraordinary human beings in my life. They are, you know, my heroes, as a man and as a woman in terms of their marriage, in terms of what they've done with their lives, in terms of their values and what they've stressed to us.
KING: Before you leave us, we have a special guest on the phone. Are you there, sir?
SCHWARZENEGGER: Yes, I'm here.
SHRIVER: Oh, my God.
SCHWARZENEGGER: This is Arnold. How are you, Larry?
KING: Arnold, I am fine. What -- do you have a question of the guest?
SHRIVER: Did you organize this?
SCHWARZENEGGER: I don't have a question. I just wanted to call in and to just say that Maria, you look absolutely gorgeous on television, as you always do.
SHRIVER: Thank you.
SCHWARZENEGGER: And I'm so glad that you had so much fun in college, through your college years. Because I had a good time, too.
SHRIVER: Good for you.
SCHWARZENEGGER: I just wanted to tell you, Larry, when I see my wife up there, and every day when I -- you know, as we go through our lives, I'm so proud to have married the greatest wife in the world. She's the greatest woman, the greatest mother. And now she's the greatest first lady in the history of California. So I just tell you, I'm proud of her. She's incredible, and she looks absolutely fantastic on your show. You guys are doing a great job.
KING: Governor, do you handle it well when she's criticized?
SCHWARZENEGGER: Well, I mean, you know, I think there is absolutely no reason that anyone should criticize her for anything, because she's perfect.
KING: Oh, you're doing good. You miss her, Arnold?
SCHWARZENEGGER: I miss her, yes, and I hope she comes home soon, because...
SHRIVER: This is so embarrassing.
SCHWARZENEGGER: ... because it's tough to be a Mr. Mom. I can tell you that. Today, I took the kids to school this morning. I had to drop all four of them off, and it was a real scramble to get their shoes together and to get their homework material together, and to drop them off like that. I can -- I understand what Maria has to go through every morning.
KING: Thank you for calling. When will you see him?
SHRIVER: I don't know.
SCHWARZENEGGER: We'll see each other tomorrow night.
SHRIVER: Oh, OK.
SCHWARZENEGGER: OK, terrific. Well, honey, have a good time.
SHRIVER: OK, thank you.
SCHWARZENEGGER: I love you.
SHRIVER: Bye.
SCHWARZENEGGER: Bye-bye.
SHRIVER: That's so embarrassing. I can't believe you did that to me.
KING: I didn't do anything. They came in and said he might call. He called. I don't -- you think I called him to set this up?
SHRIVER: I don't know. Maybe. Knowing you, you could have.
KING: I don't have an agenda like that.
SHRIVER: Oh, you are tricky.
KING: Come on, that ought to make you feel proud to have a husband extol virtues like that.
SHRIVER: This is true. Yes. I'm very proud.
KING: Does he support the book?
SHRIVER: Of course he supports the book. Yeah. He better support the book.
KING: Thank you.
SHRIVER: Thank you very much. Nice to see you, Larry.
KING: Maria Shriver and Arnold. "And One More Thing Before You Go" is the book.
The unbelievable goings-on in the Jackson case, that's next. Don't go away.
KING: Can't say it ain't interesting, what's going on in California. We welcome Diane Dimond. She's in Santa Maria, executive investigative editor of Court TV. She's been covering Michael Jackson for 12 years. In Atlanta is Nancy Grace, the host of "NANCY GRACE" on CNN HEADLINE NEWS. She's an anchor on Court TV, former prosecutor, and author of an upcoming book, "Objection." In Santa Maria is Ted Rowlands, the CNN correspondent covering the trial. In San Francisco is Michael Cardoza, the defense attorney, former Alameda County prosecutor. He's attended some of the sessions. And in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida tonight is Raymone Bain, Michael Jackson's spokesperson.
All right, Ted Rowlands, what happened today?
TED ROWLANDS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, we heard from the alleged victim's stepfather today. And it seems as though this is just a prelude to the alleged victim's mother, who we assume is coming in the next few days if some issues can be ironed out.
Today on the stand, the stepfather for the prosecution helped with their conspiracy charges against Jackson, by saying that during the time the prosecutors say the family was being held against their will at Neverland, he received phone calls from the accuser's mother. And he said that she was upset during those phone calls and agitated. And he was brought on basically to help out with this theory, that this family was being held against their will.
This is a charge, obviously, Michael Jackson denies.
On cross-examination, Jackson's lawyer, Thomas Mesereau, concentrated on the fact that this father seemed to be -- this is what the defense is trying to portray -- that this father was looking for money, like a lot of other witnesses, because he negotiated with a tabloid, a British tabloid. He was never paid anything, but he did negotiate to sell his family's story with the tabloid.
And then when Michael Jackson went to him, to this family to help with this rebuttal video after the Bashir documentary aired, this father, stepfather, said, well, wait a minute, what's in it for the family? And he negotiated a deal or tried to with the Jackson camp. At one point, he said that they offered to pay for the kid's college education and a new house, but he said he turned it down. So Thomas Mesereau obviously concentrated on that. We are expecting the mother to testify possibly tomorrow.
KING: Cynthia, there were reports at ABC saying that she may not testify? Will she testify?
CYNTHIA MCFADDEN, ABC NEWS: My colleague, Jim Avila, this morning, Larry, reported on "Good Morning America" that there were problems with her testimony. I mean, if you ask me whether I bet they worked those problems out, I think that most of us would say they're probably going to work those out.
KING: Problems like?
MCFADDEN: Well, there are allegations that she, in fact, committed welfare fraud in a previous time. And the defense...
KING: Will bring that up. MCFADDEN: Wants to question her about that. Now, Mr. Sneddon has put a motion in front of the judge saying let's restrain the defense from asking those questions. The judge is going to rule on that tomorrow.
KING: You're entitled to ask the witness questions, aren't you?
MCFADDEN: Well, only questions that are relevant.
KING: Diane, of course we're all in a guessing game, since only 12 people are going to decide this. So in your own opinion, how is this trial going?
DIANE DIMOND, COURT TV: Well, I think it's going the state's way right now, but that's because we're in the state's case. People who try to make a prediction now -- we really haven't heard Tom Mesereau's case yet. He's got an awful lot of celebrities on the list. He's got an awful lot of people who have been very close to Michael Jackson for a lot of years. And they could be just as compelling as this part of the case. I really think it's way too early. I'm looking at the end of June at least until this case is over.
KING: Nancy Grace, is this a tough prognostication?
NANCY GRACE, HOST, "NANCY GRACE": Well, I think that it's going to be tough on both sides, Larry. And I also think that it's too soon to call the case. It is all going to boil down to a credibility contest, and this mother was a lynchpin for the state.
Now, here's the kicker. In California, if you're going to try to impeach someone's credibility, she does not have a conviction for welfare fraud. So Mesereau would have to go on a fishing expedition with questions in themselves that would be irrelevant. So it's going to be very difficult for Mesereau to do this without a conviction on the mother.
KING: Michael Cardoza, is the prosecution, in your opinion, doing a good job to this point?
MICHAEL CARDOZA, DEFENSE ATTORNEY: I think they're doing a very good job to this point. I'll tell you what, you compare it to the Peterson case, these district attorneys are professional, they're well prepared, and they're putting on the case as any good professional prosecutor would do.
I know Sneddon has taken a lot of tough cases to trial. I was a DA in Los Angeles for two years. And I had a friend out there who moved up to Santa Maria, and he's told me a lot of cases that Sneddon takes to trial are very difficult cases, but he gets convictions. Here's another one, and he may well get a conviction in this one.
KING: Raymone Bain, as spokesperson for Michael, are you very concerned?
RAYMONE BAIN, MICHAEL JACKSON SPOKESPERSON: Larry, I can't say that we're very concerned. In fact, I spoke to Michael just before coming on. He sends his regards. I asked him just how he was doing. He's mentally and spiritually very strong. Physically, he's a bit tired now, because of the rigors of getting up in the morning. But he feels that things are going very, very well. Tom Mesereau is doing an excellent job. There's been a string of witnesses coming in and out, who lack a lot of credibility. There are also concerns on our end, Larry, that we kind of hope that many of the pundits and journalists who are out here reporting be a little bit more fair and balanced.
I mean, we have all of these salacious headlines, like Mrs. Jackson not being able to sit in court because of the lurid details, when she only went to the bathroom and because the jury had been seated she couldn't get back in court.
A lot of that wears on you, because when you hear it and you're sitting there, and you wonder, well, am I in the same courtroom as some of these journalists who are reporting this? So there are a couple of things that you know, we wish would get better. But for the most part, Michael is doing OK. He's tremendously pleased with Tom Mesereau and his defense team right now.
KING: Cynthia, does that optimism surprise you?
MCFADDEN: No, I think it's appropriate. I mean, this is a midpoint. But Larry, I have to say -- and I'd be interested to know if other panelists know anything other than this. I've never covered a case, I'm not familiar with any case where allegations of past bad acts have been introduced against a defendant, and the defendant has been able to prevail in a case of child sex molestation. The stakes have changed...
KING: You know of no history where...
MCFADDEN: Well, I'm sure there's a case somewhere, and maybe we'll get a call from a viewer who knows about it. But I have to tell you, it changes the playing field in the courtroom significantly. When you're not just defending this one case, suddenly there all are these other allegations out there.
KING: And again, you're guessing for 12 people, though.
MCFADDEN: It's tough.
KING: They may look at it completely differently than -- but...
MCFADDEN: We know it's tougher. This much we do know, it's tougher. Now, whether or not it's impossible, we don't know. But it's much tougher.
KING: We'll get the other panelists' opinion right after this break. Don't go away.
ROWLANDS: The mother said Michael Jackson convinced her to allow her son to share his bed on a trip to Las Vegas, after she said Jackson cried and asked her, quote, "don't you trust me, we're family."
The woman said Jackson ended up sleeping at her house, spending more than 30 nights. Each time she said Jackson slept with her son in his room.
KING: Let's go around the horn. Ted Rowlands, do you agree with Cynthia's analysis, that it's very hard with these prior acts coming in, for the defense to prevail?
ROWLANDS: Oh, yeah. I think it's night and day, Larry. Because what is happening, as Cynthia pointed out, Thomas Mesereau is now defending allegations from six different alleged accusers. And they're coming from all sides. You have a cook, you have a maid, you have a security guard, all claiming that they saw Michael Jackson doing this, that and the other thing to all of these different children. And Mesereau has been very effective at attacking each one of these witnesses, and breaking down their credibility on a case by case basis. But when you have an avalanche of this coming at you, it is awfully difficult to defend.
KING: Diane, does it begin to be, looks like a duck, acts like a duck, walks like duck, might be a duck? Diane, do you hear me?
DIMOND: Oh, I hear you, Larry. The sound did drop out. Yes, you know, Ted's absolutely right. Not only has his jury heard from this now 15-year-old survivor of cancer, they also heard from the maid's son, 24-years-old, a youth pastor, a real good looking kid. In fact, the two kind of look alike. Then they heard from the mother of the 1993 accuser. And there's a thread going on here, a pattern of behavior, which is why this 1108 -- it's called 1108 evidence -- is allowed in, to show a pattern of behavior. And as all your panelists are cautioning, it's up to the jury to decide if they believe this thread. But there's an awful lot of similarities.
KING: Now, Nancy, if you were the defense -- how is a defense attorney overcome this kind of thing?
GRACE: Now, Larry, you know you're asking the wrong person.
KING: No, come on. I'll tell you why, it's always good to know what the other side will do, right? Well, what would you do?
GRACE: In this case Mesereau has done it all right. He tried to keep out the similar transactions. He's trying to shred the credibility of each of the witnesses they are putting up. But back to Cynthia's original claim that it's so much harder, she's right, it is harder. But this is not unusual, Larry. In many, many child molestations you dig and you don't have to dig deep, you will find other allegations in the past. And also this is not an ambush. They knew this was coming. These are cases that Michael Jackson settled for millions of dollars. He knew this would happen. I think his biggest problem regarding the similar transactions or past bad acts, is that 24-year-old young man who was a religious youth worker and claims molestation in the past. That kid -- I call him a kid, he's 24-years-old now. But that kid was barely touched. Couldn't lay a glove on him on cross-exam. And if they should be careful of any of the witnesses, it's him.
KING: Michael Cardoza?
CARDOZA: Yes.
KING: Is we at a point where he's almost going to have to take the stand?
CARDOZA: Michael Jackson -- I think we are, Larry. Mesereau already promised he's going to take the stand, so I don't think he can go back on that promise or it's going to be handed to him by the jury when they go back and deliberate. Even though they're not supposed to talk about it, you know it's going to be in their mind. And everybody's really right about these past incidents in Michael Jackson's life. And that's why it's really the art of the defense. Mesereau's doing a wonderful job here. He's certainly up to this task. And what he has to do is push all these prior incidents aside, and somehow address those and maybe admit perhaps they didn't happen. But we're not trying that case. We're trying this particular case.
And remember what happened in this case. The victim in this case loved Michael Jackson up until the Bashir video. The family loved Jackson up until then. And then right after the Bashir video, when Jackson reaches out to them, and says, please help me here, I want to make a rebuttal video, help me. What do they say? What are you going to give us? How much money? They're not able to get money. So what do they do, and this is what the defense will argue, they go to the defense attorney or plaintiff's attorney Feldman, and they say, he molested our child, get us a quick $20 million. That will be the defense in the case. And that's what Mesereau has to do here, is focus the jury on this case and not let the D.A. bolster it with all these other incidents.
KING: Raymone, do you believe he'll take the stand?
BAIN: I think he'll do whatever his team tells him to, Larry. I think that...
KING: Does he want to?
BAIN: Well, the times that I have spoken to him, he has indicated to me that he will follow the lead of his defense team. He feels that he is innocent here. He feels that at the end of the day he will be vindicated of false charges. And I think, Larry, what Michael will do is listen to what Tom Mesereau, Brian Oxmonfeger (ph), Susan Yu will advise. And if they tell him he should take the stand, then he will take the stand. Because he's not running from anything. Michael Jackson doesn't feel like he has anything to hide. He is going to be very honest. And frankly, I don't think he'll be worried about taking the stand, because all he can do is tell the truth.
And I think that at the end of the day, that's what matters here in this case. And we haven't been seeing a lot of that. And I'm sure that some of our pundits here tonight will let you know that throughout the last several weeks, there is a big credibility issue here.
KING: On all these people? All these people have a credibility problem?
BAIN: Yes, indeed. And I think that what a lot of the people in America don't know is, everybody who has been in there owes Michael Jackson money, Larry. Michael Jackson has a judgment against him. That's true.
GRACE: That's just not true.
KING: One at a time.
BAIN: They owe him $1.6. million.
DIMOND: And the more witnesses that have come forward...
BAIN: They owe him $1.6 million.
DIMOND: The more the witnesses come forward, the more the defense has to go down to everybody else's line except Michael Jackson. There were people on the stand, Larry, that lost a lawsuit to Michael Jackson. And now they owe him $1.6 or .7 million. That was in 1996.
BAIN: Larry, everybody that's coming into court is on the 1108 motion.
DIMOND: Not everyone owes Michael Jackson money. You can not say that.
KING: I've got to get a break guys. Hold up. Let me get a break and let Cynthia (UNINTELLIGIBLE) let the other panel members get in too. Don't go away.
KING: OK, Cynthia, where do you stand on this? Does he have to take the stand?
MCFADDEN: Well, you know, after what we've seen in the last few days, Larry. I think that the defense which promised originally with the sort of a wink and a nod that Mr. Jackson was going to testify in opening statements to the jury...
KING: Raymone says, he'll do whatever they tell him.
MCFADDEN: I suspect that the defense is leaning at this point towards putting him on the stand, but it's a long way before the defense has to make that decision. And I suspect that if he does testify, everything else goes out the window. It then becomes does the jury believe him or not.
KING: Nancy, do you agree with that. If he testifies, it comes down to a matter of belief?
GRACE: It always happens that way, Larry. Once the defendant takes the stand, the whole question in the jury's mind is, was he telling the truth or not? Do we like him or not? Do we believe him or not? It shifts everything once the defendant takes the stand. And I would like to point out that just because Tom Mesereau said it in opening statements does not make it so. Four things already he promised in openings have been disproved by state's witnesses. I take great issue with saying that everybody that has testified for the state owes Jackson money. That is not true.
BAIN: That's not what I said. I said the majority of them that are coming into court under the 1108 motion owes Michael Jackson money. That's what I said.
GRACE: You know what?
BAIN: That is true.
GRACE: It's just not true. It's just not true.
BAIN: I also want to point out...
GRACE: ... regarding whether he'll take the stand. Here is the toss of the coin. Jackson is incredibly charismatic, but he'll have to live down the Bashir documentary. And think about it, Larry, the man came to court in his pajamas.
BAIN: It's (UNINTELLIGIBLE) hospital.
GRACE: He's not going to take the stand. He can't take the stand.
BAIN: And there was a bench warrant issued for his arrest.
KING: All right, one at a time. Michael.
CARDOZA: Larry, I can just imagine right now that in making this decision -- and one thing that Nancy's right about is they don't have to make up their mind whether they're going to put him on right now or not. Mesereau did indicate they were going to, which I think was a mistake, but notwithstanding that, they've got to be running through many mock cross-examinations with him.
And I'll tell you, if I were defending him, I would be on the edge of my chair the entire time Jackson was on that witness stand. I can just imagine Sneddon is going to go after him. It's going to be unbelievable. He'll keep him on there for days. And we all know Jackson is spoiled. So when he gets up there, if he doesn't like something, he doesn't get to walk off that witness stand.
GRACE: He'll never make it, Michael.
CARDOZA: I don't think...
GRACE: They'll never let him (ph).
CARDOZA: I agree with you. I don't think he'll make it either. And that's why I'm saying I'd be on the edge of the chair.
BAIN: Well, I disagree with all of you. Because if Michael Jackson has to take the stand -- Michael Jackson has been in this business for 41 years. He's no idiot. He's very articulate. He's very brilliant. He's very bright. And I think maybe you all will be surprised, because I don't know what impression -- well, yes, I do...
GRACE: Well, I agree...
BAIN: I do know what impression a few of you have of Michael. But I think that if Michael Jackson, the decision is for Michael Jackson to take the stand, I think you will all be surprised. I don't think -- I think like any other defense witness, Larry, OK, it will be give-and-take between the prosecutor and the defendant, but Michael Jackson is no slouch. And I think that at the end of the day, they're going to be very surprised at Michael Jackson.
KING: Let me get a break. When we come back, we've got more to come. Don't go away.
KING: Let's get one call to get into this. Port Richey, Florida, hello.
CALLER: Yeah, hi, good evening, Larry. This is for anyone to ask -- answer. With all these allegations against Mr. Jackson, will this jeopardize the custody of his children being with him?
KING: Diane, do you know?
DIMOND: Well, it could. Very obviously, there's a custody case going down in Los Angeles now because his ex-wife, Debby Row, apparently wants his two oldest children back. I can't think that this helps in any way, especially if he is, in fact, convicted.
KING: Michael?
CARDOZA: Well, if he's convicted, he's going to go to state prison. He'll be there for 20 plus years. Of course, it is going to affect the custody of the children, and they probably will be given back to Debby Row, the mother.
KING: Nancy, is prison automatic in a pedophile case?
GRACE: Well, a lot of times, no, but in this case, if he's convicted, he's going to jail. And the issue, Larry, as to whether he will take the stand, I can tell you right now, Jackson can never hold up. His spokesperson is correct. He's articulate, he's talented, he's brilliant in the music world. But his behavior and demeanor in court, he's not even on the stand yet. He would be destroyed on cross, Larry.
KING: As a popular person, Cynthia, don't you think most people want these charges to not be true? He's entertained so many millions for so many people for so many years, don't you think the gut feeling is I hope this is all going away?
MCFADDEN: Nobody could want this to be true. I mean, if these allegations are true...
KING: You'd have to be sadistic to want them to be true.
MCFADDEN: It's horrific. But you know, I think your point is that I think maybe some of the jurors are sort of rooting for him secretly.
KING: It might well happen, right?
MCFADDEN: It might well happen, and I think that's a fair point. I mean, you know, you hate to think that Michael Jackson may have in fact committed these crimes.
KING: Ted, is this jury very attentive?
ROWLANDS: Oh, clearly, yeah. They are following along very attentively. And they're taking notes most of the time. I think this is a jury that is very well aware of what they are charged with, and that is to make a very difficult decision at the end of the day, and they are concentrating and doing a very good job of staying awake.
The schedule is very difficult, because there are no long breaks, but they're doing a very good job, it looks like, from my vantage point.
KING: Raymone, do you have faith in the system? Do you think the jury will out?
BAIN: Oh, I do have faith in the system. And I think Michael does as well, and I know Tom Mesereau and his defense team do, Larry. And we just think that at the end of the day -- I keep saying that -- we'll prevail, because I do know that Michael Jackson is innocent. And I can say this. I am under the gag order. But the judge has allowed Michael Jackson to say that he is innocent. So therefore, I'm not violating any gag orders by saying that. And the judge has given him permission to do so.
KING: But no, we don't know anything, Raymone. You weren't there, I wasn't there.
BAIN: No.
KING: We don't -- you think you know, you don't know.
BAIN: I don't know. But I do believe when Michael Jackson says he is innocent, he is, Larry. And I think that his defense team is going to prove that. They haven't even started their own case yet.
KING: Cynthia, do you expect some surprises from the defense?
MCFADDEN: Oh, nothing would surprise me at this point really, Larry. Only a no surprise would be surprising. But I would just point out to viewers, to keep an eye on the strategy of the prosecution, which I think has been quite interesting in having two mothers already testify in advance of having the accuser's mother in this case take the stand.
MCFADDEN: Because I mean, I think one of the normal things as a regular person, you think is how could any mother let this happen to her kid? If she thought things were so desperately bad at Neverland, why would she allow him to go into Michael Jackson's room? Why would she allow him to sleep there night after night? And now the jury has heard from two other mothers, who allowed the same thing to happen. And I think that will help the prosecution in this case.
KING: Nancy, how much longer will this trial take?
GRACE: Oh, well over a month. Everything in California takes longer than anywhere else in the country. And I think Mesereau, you know, a lot of times defense attorneys promise a lot in the opening and it never happens. I think Mesereau is going to mount a serious defense.
KING: Do you agree with that, Diane?
DIMOND: Oh, absolutely.
KING: Vigorous defense?
DIMOND: A vigorous defense. He's vigorous in cross-examination. He's really interesting to watch. And this jury watches everything. I tell you what, tomorrow, when I believe the mother will -- the mother of the accuser will take the stand, I'm going to be watching juror No. 12. She's a welfare eligibility officer, and if this mother, if any of that testimony comes in about welfare fraud and what she did with some of these checks, putting them through her boyfriend's account, I'm going to be watching juror No. 12 in the front row, because she's going to have a definite opinion about someone who would do that.
KING: Thank you all very much. Diane Dimond, Nancy Grace, Ted Rowlands, Michael Cardoza, Cynthia McFadden and Raymone Bain. Earlier, of course, Maria Shriver Schwarzenegger, the first lady of California.
Tomorrow night, another former first lady. Queen Noor of Jordan.
You know, we have a queen -- I may be named King, but at CNN, we have royalty. And royalty is next. It's "NEWSNIGHT" time with Aaron Brown somewhere down the hall.
AARON BROWN, HOST, "NEWSNIGHT": Yes, it is down the hall.
KING: Mr. Brown.
BROWN: And yet, you didn't come to see me again today.
KING: I'll see you next week in California, won't it?
BROWN: Right. I have to come all the way to California. Thank you, Mr. King. I'll talk to you tomorrow.


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nathan cullen aims to unite progressives in calgary-centre.
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Skeena-Bulkley Valley New Democrat Member of Parliament Nathan Cullen is jumping into Calgary's Stampede celebrations next week to host a workshop on uniting progressives in advance of the inevitable by-election in Calgary-Centre.
On July 11, Mr. Cullen will co-host a workshop with Edmonton-Strathcona NDP MLA Rachel Notley with the goal of sending "Stephen Harper a stinging message in his own backyard that his divisive politics aren't going to cut it anymore."
In 2011, the NDP orange wave made more of a ripple than a splash in Calgary-Centre. Parachute candidate Donna Montgomery earned only 14% of the vote, up from 9% in 2008. It is difficult to imagine any candidate other than a Conservative will win the expected by-election, but it is interesting to see that the NDP are putting some energy into cultivating and engaging potential supporters in this downtown Calgary riding.
Representing the northern British Columbia federal riding through which the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline will travel, Mr. Cullen has been a vocal critic of the development that would export crude oil and bitumen from the Athabasca oil sands to a marine terminal in Kitimat, BC. The NDP launched a spoof website last week in response to claims by Conservative politicians that "radicals" are holding up the public hearing process.
Calgary-Centre Conservative MP Lee Richardson announced his resignation on May 30, 2012 after accepting a job offer to become Principal Secretary to Premier Alison Redford. Mr. Richardson was first elected in this riding in 2004 and was re-elected with 57% of the vote in May 2011.
Conservatives Joan Crockatt and Alderman John Mar have announced their bids to seek their party's nomination. Beena Ashar is the lone candidate seeking the Liberal nomination and past candidate William Hamilton is seeking the Green Party nomination.
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i missed the orange wave.
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Around 1:30 am on May 2, 2011, I returned to Edmonton after spending a month travelling across the vast continent of Australia. That day also happened to be Election Day in Canada. On a social media detox while I was out of the country and suffering from severe jet lag from the moment I returned, I missed and was near oblivious of the phenomenon that had become known as "the Orange Wave."
That night, as I watched election results come in from across Canada, I felt like I had returned to a different country. The Conservative Party won a majority government, the official opposition Liberal Party collapsed, the Bloc Quebecois almost vanished off the electoral map, the Green Party elected its first Member of Parliament, and candidates from Jack Layton's New Democratic Party were elected in more than one hundred constituencies and for the first time formed the Official Opposition in Ottawa.
To magnify the degree of how out of the loop I was at the time, I fall into a category with an incredibly small fraction of Canadians who voted for the NDP in the 2006 and 2008 elections, but cast their ballot for the Liberal candidate in 2011 (also known as the "Liberal Back Eddy of 2011"). This choice had little to do with Michael Ignatieff and nearly everything to do with the hard-working and very-likeable local Liberal candidate, Mary MacDonald.
Yesterday, Thomas Mulcair was chosen to lead the NDP Official Opposition in Ottawa. Having had the opportunity to meet the three leading candidates – Mr. Mulcair, Brian Topp, and Nathan Cullen – I was impressed with the quality of leadership candidates that members of the NDP had to choose from. In January of this year, I met Mr. Mulcair while he was visiting Edmonton. At the time, I wrote that:
I was not sure what to expect from his talk, but I found myself pleasantly surprised with Mr. Mulcair's ability to offer intelligent pragmatic social democratic answers to a crowd consisting of committed leftists was both impressive and sometimes brave.
As a centre-leftish voter, I am looking for a party that will put forward a forward-looking progressive agenda for Canada, which should not be confused with the tired traditional partisan socialist dogma (referred to by some as the Church of the NDP). As an outsider to the NDP, I have found Mr. Mulcair's ability to challenge those traditional positions encouraging and I recognize that it may be one of his largest challenges from inside his own party's ranks.
Western Canada is becoming the country's economic leader. As a Quebec MP, Mr. Mulcair should try to avoid being sucked into the traditional eastern Canadian "father knows best" attitude around economic development. Mr. Mulcair should also try to avoid being caught in the Conservative Party trap that would have any criticism or suggestion of deviation from our current resources extraction methods labelled as "anti-Albertan." (Stephen Harper's Conservative Party has already released talking points to be used against Mr. Mulcair).
Mr. Mulcair and all of the NDP Members of Parliament from central and eastern Canada should consider travelling west and knocking on some doors during Alberta's upcoming provincial election. Their provincial cousins will undoubtably appreciate the help and it may give those MP's a better idea of what real Albertans, not just their Conservative politicians, are actually thinking.
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ndp leadership candidates attending edmonton kitchen table talks.
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Three federal NDP leadership candidates: Nathan Cullen, Paul Dewar, and Brian Topp
Home of Alberta's only NDP Member of Parliament, Linda Duncan, the Edmonton-Strathcona NDP Association is hosting a series of "Kitchen Table Talks" with NDP leadership candidates (named in honour of Jack Layton and his penchant for addressing the kinds of problems that people talk about around the kitchen table).
The informal format of the "kitchen table talks" will give Edmontonians a chance to meet the candidates and give the candidates a chance to ask questions and engage with participants.
Talks have been scheduled with three of the leadership candidates, so far:
November 17: Nathan Cullen 18:30-20:30 at the McKernan Community League, 11341 78th Avenue
November 22: Paul Dewar 19:30-21:30 at the City Arts Centre, 10943 84th Avenue
December 12: Brian Topp 19:30-21:30 at the City Arts Centre, 10943 84th Avenue
The other candidates to enter the leadership contest are Niki Ashton, Robert Chisholm, Thomas Mulcair, Peggy Nash, Romeo Saganash, and Martin Singh. NDP members will be selecting their new leader on March 24, 2012.
Visit PunditGuide.ca for more detailed information about the NDP leadership contest.
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alberta's ndp prepares for high tide. will an orange wave come?
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The NDP fleet waits for the next Orange wave.
A recent poll released by Citizen Society Research Lab at Lethbridge College shows Alberta's governing Progressive Conservatives with a huge lead over the three main opposition parties. The same poll showed the New Democratic Party and Wildrose Party tied at 16%, which reinforces the results of a controversial Evironics survey released over the summer months. At the time, an online poll released by the new company ThinkHQ showing the Wildrose neck-to-neck with the PCs in support. Wildrosers rallied behind the ThinkHQ online poll results, while everyone else supported the Environics survey results.
NDP waiting for high tide.
As the right-wingers continue to argue about the methodological strengths and weaknesses of online polls versus phone polls, the untold story appears to be the rise in support of Alberta's NDP. The provincial NDP, which have been stuck in the 10% range since it lost Official Opposition status in 1993, appears to be benefiting from the Alberta ripple of the Orange Wave that hit Quebec in May 2011.
The good ship NDP is holding a "Breakthrough Conference" this weekend in Edmonton in hopes of capitalizing on their federal cousin's recent successes. Keynote speakers incude Calgary Alderman Brian Pincott and recently elected Scarborough-Southwest MP Dan Harris. Expected to be in attendance are Federal NDP interim leader Nycole Turmell and leadership candidates Nathan Cullen, Paul Dewar, Romeo Saganash, and Martin Singh.
The NDP have attracted a surprising group of seaworthy candidates including former MLA David Eggen in Edmonton-Calder, Catholic School Trustee Cindy Olsen in Edmonton-Manning, AUPE Vice-President Sandra Azocar in Edmonton-Mill Woods, former five-term City Councillor Lorna Watkinson-Zimmer in Red Deer-South, and Shannon Phillips in Lethbridge-West. The NDP have a crew of 30 nominated candidates in 87 constituencies across the province, and will have over 40 nominated by the end of next week. On the surface, the NDP looks ready to tap into the 17% of Albertans who supported their party in the last federal election.
The occupants of the two most thankless jobs in Alberta politics: NDP leader Brian Mason and Liberal leader Raj Sherman.
As a centre-left leaning urban progressive-type that has voted NDP as many times as I have voted Liberal, I have a hard time getting excited about the provincial NDP and an even harder time imagining that some New Democrats are not thinking that it may be past time for their provincial-wing to get a fresh face sitting in the admiral's chair.
Current leader Brian Mason has served his party faithfully through two stormy elections and holds the second most thankless job in the province (the first currently being held by Liberal leader Raj Sherman). Mr. Mason has years of experience in the Assembly, but after more than two decades as a municipal and provincial politician he is hardly the fresh face that NDP may need to make an Orange splash in the next provincial election.
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Alunno con Yves Nat del Conservatoire de Paris, Frémy terminò i suoi studi ottenendo il Premier prix de Conservatoire a soli sedici anni.

Fu designato da Marcel Dupré e dalla CulturesFrance come vincitore di una borsa di studio del governo sovietico. Per 3 anni, studiò al Conservatorio Ciajkovskij di Mosca con Heinrich Neuhaus e conobbe artisti quali Sviatoslav Richter, Ėmil' Grigor'evič Gilel's ecc. Avrebbe in questo periodo eseguito circa una quarantina tra concerti e registrazioni per la radio di stato. Si esibì con uguale successo nella maggior parte dei paesi europei, negli Stati Uniti e in Giappone. Fu anche uno dei nomi di punta della musica contemporanea: solista di ensemble quali Ensemble Ars Nova e Musique Vivante, suonò con il gruppo Stockhausen di Osaka (1970). Tra i suoi compositori preferiti figurano Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, Debussy, Maurice Ravel e John Cage. Il suo repertorio molto ampio va quindi da J.S. Bach a Cage, del quale non fu solo il più vicino interprete francese, ma è considerato uno dei depositari della sua eredità. È noto, in particolare, per la sua interpretazione di Sonatas and Interludes e Music of Changes. Familiare con la composizione contemporanea, tenne le prime audizioni dei più importanti compositori del tempo. Tra le prime che realizzò, Société II, Si le piano était un corps de femme, e Und so weiter di Luc Ferrari e Pôle pour deux di Stockhausen. Il compositore Michèle Bokanowski dedicò la sua Pour un pianiste a lui. Una parte importante della sua carriera è stata dedicata alla pedagogia da quando insegnò al Conservatoire de Paris, tra gli altri, dove tenne lezioni di pianoforte e musica da camera. Molti dei suoi studenti ebbero premi e riconoscimenti nelle più importanti competizioni internazionali. Tra questi ci sono Cédric Tiberghien, Jérôme Ducros, Nicolas Horvath e Nicolas Stavy.

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 Easyroad
 Duo
 Eine kleine Freundschaftmusik

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Collegamenti esterni
 Sito ufficiale
 Intervista su ResMusica (4 novembre 2001)
 Hommage à Gérard Frémy  (Conservatoire de Paris)

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California Cal. Con. art. VI, § 2 Supreme Court; justices; time for convening; concurrence required for judgment; acting Chief Justice
The Supreme Court consists of the Chief Justice ofCalifornia and 6 associate justices. The Chief Justice may convene the court at any time. Concurrence of 4 judges present at
the argument is necessary for a judgment. An acting Chief Justice shall perform all functions of the Chief Justice when the Chief Justice is absent or unable to act. The Chief Justice or, if the Chief Justice fails to do so, the court shall select an associate justice as acting Chief Justice.
Supreme Court Creation of the courts
California Cal. Con. art. VI, § 3 Courts of appeal; districts; divisions; power; concurrence required for judgment; acting presiding justice
The Legislature shall divide the State into districts eachcontaining a court of appeal with one or more divisions. Each division consists of a presiding justice and 2 or more associate justices.
It has the power of a court of appeal and shall conduct itself as a 3-judge court. Concurrence of 2 judges present at the argument is necessary for a judgment. An acting presiding justice shall perform all functions of the presiding justice when the presiding justice is absent or unable to act. The presiding justice or, if the presiding justice fails to do so, the Chief Justice shall select an associate justice of that division as acting presiding justice.
California Cal. Con. Art. VI, Sec. 4 Superior courts; officers and employees; appellate divisions
In each county there is a superior court of one or morejudges. The Legislature shall prescribe the number of judges and provide for the officers and employees of each superior
court. If the governing body of each affected county concurs, the Legislature may provide that one or more judges serve more than one superior court. In each superior court there is an appellate division. The Chief Justice shall assign judges to the appellate division for specified terms pursuant to rules, not inconsistent with statute, adopted by the Judicial Council to promote the independence of the appellate division.
Superior Court Creation of the courts
Connecticut Conn. Const., art. V, § 1 Creation of lower courts
The judicial power of the state shall be vested in a supreme court, a superior court, and such lower courts as the general assembly shall, from time to time, ordain
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Gerald McCoy's visit with the Browns went 'great' and he could sign here after visiting Ravens Tuesday, source says
Gerald McCoy's visit with the Browns went "great" and they tried to sign him before he left town Friday, but he'll honor a commitment to visit the Ravens on Tuesday, a league source said.
Talks between the Browns and McCoy's agent, Ben Dogra, continue, and McCoy could end up signing with the Browns next week depending on how his trip to Baltimore goes. McCoy will return to Orlando to spend Memorial Day weekend with his family before heading to Baltimore on Tuesday. He could take one more visit after that, but the Browns and Ravens are currently the frontrunners.
The Bengals are also among the nine or so teams interested, the source said.
McCoy is committed to visiting Baltimore in part because they had the No. 1 defense in the NFL last year, and in part because he has a relationship with Ravens defensive line coach Joe Cullen, who coached him in Tampa. Cullen also coached for the Browns in 2013.
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Without clearly established boundaries, a Bible study can easily turn into a prayer group. Train the women in your group to put prayer requests or comments through these four approval gates: Is it true? confidential? kind? necessary? Sometimes the less said, the better.
The following suggestions work well for handling group prayer requests. Perhaps you can build on the ideas that match your group's temperament.
1. Take the first or last 10 minutes of the small-group time to share requests while each member makes her own list. Establish time guidelines so members have equal but reasonable time. Make requests in 10 words or less. Pray only for immediate family or friends or change the parameter of concerns each meeting. Pray not only for physical healing but also for spiritual needs and people's growth points. Ask specific persons to pray, thus keeping control of the time.
2. Spend more time praying than talking about it.
3. Have one volunteer record the group's requests on a prepared form that can be updated and e-mailed to everyone after the meeting. Include the date, the request, an update, and when a note was sent. Although it can be a little more work, this form is very effective for several reasons. It allows you to record and see the answers God is providing. This system informs those who might be absent from the group and encourages them to pray also. We are all guilty of praying without expecting answers. Teach women to pray expectantly.
4. Another system is to arrive with your prayer request in written form. Again, establish guidelines concerning the length of the requests as well as the boundaries for persons and requests. Instruct group members to place requests in a designated container and then allow the small-group leader or prayer leader to take them home. The leader sorts the requests and sends an e-mail to small-group members. Or you might have each person draw out one request to pray for during the next week.
5. Social media sites can get prayer requests out to many in a short period of time, but be careful about sharing someone else's request in such a public way unless you have permission.
6. Occasionally during a group study, someone may voice an urgent need or concern. Stop right then and take it to the Lord in prayer. Then proceed with your study. Taking the time to pray assures that person of your support.
This article is excerpted from Transformed Lives: Taking Women's Ministry to the Next Level compiled by Chris Adams.


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[quote="Gilbert"][quote="Phealan"]Greating gentlemen, I was wondering if anybody out there knows of the identity of the Japanese sub credited with the torpedo-ing of HMAS Hobart: "On 20 July 1943, while at sea with the ships of Task Force 74, HOBART was struck by a torpedo fired by a Japanese submarine and suffered severe damage and some casualties. She managed to proceed to Esperitu Santo where after de-ammunitioning, she was escorted to Sydney by HMAS WARRAMUNGA and HMAS ARUNTA, arriving on 26 August for extensive repairs which kept her out of service until 1945" http://www.navy.gov.au/HMAS_Hobart_(I) Any suggestions would be appreciated. Ben. :wave_1:[/quote] Hello Ben, According to Nihon Kaigun website, it was I-11. "20 July 1943: Off San Cristobal, New Hebrides, Solomons. At a range of 10 miles, LtCdr Tagami fires two Type 95 torpedoes at the Australian light cruiser HMAS HOBART. One hits the HOBART port amidships at 15-07S, 163-43E but she makes Espirtu Santo the next day with 15 dead and seven injured seamen aboard. After temporary repairs she makes Sydney under her own power, but permanent repairs to the extensively damaged ship take 17 months." Link to the website : http://www.combinedfleet.com/kaigun.htm Regards Gilbert[/quote]
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