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CNN Larry King Live
Interview With Paris Hilton
Aired June 27, 2007 - 21:00 ET
LARRY KING, HOST: Tonight, Paris Hilton -- her first TV interview since she walked out of jail early Tuesday morning. She says 23 days behind bars has changed her. Judge for yourself in the interview we've all been waiting for. Paris Hilton for the hour next on LARRY KING LIVE. We're happy to welcome Paris Hilton to LARRY KING LIVE. Good to have her with us. Her parents have been with us. This is her first appearance on this show. Why are you doing this interview? PARIS HILTON, RECENTLY RELEASED FROM JAIL: I consider you an icon and I really respect you and it's an honor for me to be here today. KING: Well, we're happy to hear that but... HILTON: Thank you. KING: ... mainly, though, why do any interview? Why come out and talk? HILTON: I just want to let people know what I went through. KING: You think it -- it's time to let that happen? HILTON: Yes. I just -- I've been through a lot and it was a pretty traumatic experience, something I really have grown from. And when I heard that you asked me to be on the show, I was excited. KING: What have the last two days been like? HILTON: Oh, it's been pretty overwhelming. You know, I've been confined for three-and-a-half weeks in a little cell. So it's just overwhelming just to be out and be free again. KING: What was those moments -- what was that moment like we saw you hopping down out, that feeling of freedom? HILTON: It was one of the happiest days of my life. Like, it's hard to even describe. It was so exciting even just being in the fresh air and looking up at the sky and the stars and being outside. And then it was just pandemonium. And then as soon as I saw my mom, I just ran to her to go give her a hug. So that was really exciting for me. KING: What do you think it is about you, Paris, that everybody follows you around? I mean you must have examined this in your life. Why do people, photographers, paparazzi, why you? HILTON: I have no idea. I'm just -- I'm just living my life and... KING: I mean you don't call them up and say I'm going down to Third Street tomorrow, be there. HILTON: No. Actually from the moment I wake up to when I go to sleep, they're outside my house following me all day long. KING: When did that start? HILTON: I moved to New York when I was 16 and I started modeling, and ever since then. KING: So you have now become used to the fact that you have no privacy? HILTON: Yes, I think it definitely comes with the territory. KING: But you had ultimate privacy in jail. HILTON: Somewhat, you know, but there's always like the officers around, so you don't really have any privacy in jail. But it was nice to be away from all the flashes for a while. KING: How well were you treated? HILTON: Everyone up at L.A. County, all the sheriffs there were very professional. I was treated like any other inmate -- no better, no worse. KING: You were in a confinement 23 hours a day? HILTON: Yes. It was pretty difficult, just -- the cell was like 8 by 12. So I was alone the entire time. KING: Do you have television in the cell? HILTON: No. KING: No. Radio? HILTON: Nothing that... KING: Describe it. What's in the cell. HILTON: Basically it's a small room with a metal bunk bed, a toilet right next to the bed connected to the sink and a little metal desk. So it's a very small area. KING: What do you do with the hour you get out? HILTON: For the hour, I got to shower and call my family. You only have an hour, to try to ... KING: You eat in the cell room? HILTON: Yes. All the meals are in the cells. KING: Can you -- is there a commissary? Can you go and buy extra goodies? HILTON: Every Monday they bring -- it's called the canteen. And you can order candy and food and stamps and other pencils and papers. I was writing a lot when I was there, so... KING: Did you have visitors? HILTON: Saturday and Sunday for a half an hour. My family came, some of my friends. KING: Friends could come, too? Was there a list? Can you give them a list of who can come? How does that work? HILTON: For inmates and myself, it's the same. Every Saturday and Sunday for a half hour you can have two visitors. KING: And you can tell them who's coming? HILTON: Yes. KING: Did anybody try to come that you said no? HILTON: There was a lot of random people. And the officers would be like, "Do you know John whatever?" And they were just like random people pretending that they were related to me. So a lot of people just -- would just pretend that they knew me to get in. KING: What did you eat? HILTON: The food was horrible. KING: Horrible? HILTON: Well, it's jail food. It's not supposed to be good. KING: What is jail food? OK, lunch. HILTON: Lunch is basically a bologna sandwich, which is they just give this bologna which -- as I -- they call it mystery meat. It's pretty scary. And two pieces of bread and some mayonnaise with some orange juice. And breakfast... KING: Would they shove it under the door? HILTON: There was like a little... KING: A covered hole? HILTON: Yes, a kind of a hole they would put it through. KING: What did you eat for dinner? HILTON: Dinner was usually the same. Just, it was hot, at least. KING: Another hot bologna... HILTON: The only hot meal, but it was like, again, like this mystery kind of -- they call it jail slop. So it wasn't that tasty. KING: Did you have to wear special clothes? HILTON: I wore the orange jumpsuit just like everyone else. KING: Did you lose weight? HILTON: Not really. I was reading all these rumors and hearing about, you know, me losing all this weight. But I only lost a couple pounds. KING: Did you hear a lot about what people were saying on the outside? HILTON: Not really, because when you're in jail you don't really have any connection with the outside world. And I just really wanted to focus on myself. I didn't really want to hear all the gossip and things and... KING: I know you wrote some notes and we're going to hear from them in a while. Did you get to talk to other inmates? HILTON: Yes. There was inmates, you know, next to me in the cells, so we would speak through the vents. We could hear each other. And just walking down the hall, just my visit -- like my lawyer came to visit me. I would see the girls in the hallway and we would say hi. They were all really nice. KING: All right, the obvious -- the purpose of jail -- prison, jail, confinement, is to teach a lesson. HILTON: Yes. KING: Or at least that's a big part of it. Did it work for you? HILTON: It definitely -- it was a very traumatic experience, but I feel like God does make everything happen for a reason. And it gave me, you know, a time-out in life just to really find out what is important and what I want to do, figuring out who I am. And I'm -- even though it was really hard, I took that time just so I'd get to know myself. KING: Do you think it changed you? HILTON: Yes, definitely. I have a new outlook on life. KING: Was there a couple of days -- when -- did it happen in quickly or did it happen over a period of time or? HILTON: The beginning was really hard, really hard for me. It's kind of a blur. It was so, you know, traumatic. But after being there a while, I had to accept that I could either make the best of it or make the worst of it. So I just went with the motto don't serve the time, let the time serve you. And I did that and that really helped. KING: Did you read a lot? HILTON: A lot. I read a lot of books. I received fan mail from all around the world, so many letters. I would literally sit in bed like crying, reading these letters. And it just -- it really got me through it. KING: No kidding? HILTON: Really. It was really special. I had no idea I had so much support from so many different age groups, so many people from around the world. It was -- it was really heartwarming. KING: Any critical letters? HILTON: Actually, no. KING: None? HILTON: None. I was really surprised about that. I was scared to open letters, because I was like oh, I hope this person's not mean. And I don't -- that's like the last thing I want. KING: You said from every continent? Asia? HILTON: Whole -- ever -- Even like India and from -- a lot of soldiers from Iraq. And... KING: Soldiers? HILTON: Yes. KING: Wait a minute. When we come back, her biggest fear behind bars, her most emotional visit during those 23 days, when LARRY KING LIVE returns with Paris Hilton, right after this. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Paris has requested to surrender quietly and start doing her time. HILTON: I'm really scared, but I'm ready to do this. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It was determined that Paris Hilton would be reassigned. He was remanding Miss. Hilton to the sheriff's custody to serve the remainder of her sentence at the Century Regional Detention Center. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No! No! No! (CHEERS) (END VIDEO CLIP) (COMMERCIAL BREAK) KING: OK, during this time, Paris, what was your -- what were you afraid of? HILTON: Just the whole idea of being in jail is really scary. I wasn't -- I hate to be alone. So that was really, you know, hard for me in the beginning, just to be so alone. And I've had nightmares at night, you know, that someone would break into my cell and hurt me. And just -- just scary times like that. KING: Did you have emotional visits? HILTON: Every visit when my family came was really emotional, especially on Father's Day, because we're a really close family and at Lynwood, you have to talk behind glass, you know, no matter what you're there for. And... KING: I've been to prisons. I've interviewed people in prison. That's tough. Do you touch hands? HILTON: Yes. KING: The hands touch the glass? HILTON: Yes. I went through that every time. I just, you know, it was the first Father's Day that I couldn't give my dad a hug. And that was really hard on me. KING: Why do you think they have that rule? HILTON: I can understand the dangers in that with some of the inmates, you know, because... KING: Passing things? HILTON: Maybe that. Maybe getting weapons in and things like that. So I wouldn't expect to be treated any different than anyone else, you know. KING: Do you -- before we take a look at some of the weird things that happened with you there -- and we'll hear from some of your notes that you kept, which we hear some of them are extraordinary -- what -- when you look back on the whole thing, what do you think? Do you think you did wrong? HILTON: Well, this all started off with the DUI, which was a .08. And I will never drink and drive again. Granted, it was, you know, one drink, but no one should do it. KING: That's all it was? HILTON: Yes. KING: Oh, with your weight, right? HILTON: Yes. I was on my way, actually, a couple blocks to In and Out. I should never have even driven. KING: Call a limo. HILTON: Yes. Definitely. KING: A cab. HILTON: I'll never make that mistake again. I take full responsibility. And I hope by me serving this sentence -- and I know it has helped, because I've received a lot of letters from different people that they've made the mistake of drinking and driving. And because I went through this, like, wow, it could happen to me, too. KING: Why did you drive with a suspended license? HILTON: I was told that I had my license. My lawyer told me your license is suspended for 30 days, no driving. Then 90 days thereafter that, you could drive to and from work. So for 30 days, I never drove once. Then after that it was for work-related purposes. KING: You think you got a raw deal? Do you? HILTON: Yes, I do. But I don't know, even though I hated it, I'm glad it happened, in a way, because it's -- it's really changed my life forever. And I feel stronger than ever. And I don't know, I just feel like... KING: So bad turned to good? HILTON: Yes. Yes. I feel like this is a blessing in disguise. KING: What's the terms of probation? What can you do and can't do? HILTON: Now? KING: Yes. You're on probation, right? HILTON: I'm just going to follow all the laws. KING: I mean, for how long? Do you have to report to a probation officer? HILTON: No. It's not like that. KING: You don't? You just have to -- for want of a better term -- be good? HILTON: Yes. KING: All right. HILTON: I plan on that. Definitely. KING: Now what -- the other day, Sheriff Baca, in fact yesterday, testified before the L.A. City Council when he released you from -- he released you, because you had an illness that he was very concerned about. And everyone was wondering what that was. What was it? HILTON: Well, I've suffered from claustrophobia my entire life. And when I first got in that cell, I was having severe panic attacks, anxiety attacks. My claustrophobia was kicking in. I wasn't sleeping. I wasn't eating. It was -- the doctors talked to the sheriff and he could see that it would be better if I just did it on house arrest. Plus, I had already served more than -- most people on that kind of infraction will only serve 10 percent of their stay. And I had already done more than that. So he just thought it would be better for everyone for me just to be at home. KING: Now, once it was announced that you were released on home confinement, it got a little nuts outside your house -- media and fans. I think we can see a clip of this. Let's watch. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) SIBILA VARGAS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Absolutely more bizarre by the minute. I was saying more bizarre by the hour, but in this case, more bizarre by the minute. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, she was cuffed. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Get off! UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Back up! UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, back up! UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That's her in the back of the cop car! UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Back up! Back up! Back up! (CROSSTALK) (END VIDEO CLIP) KING: What was this like for you? HILTON: It was -- it was crazy. It was just sheer madness. I feel really bad for my neighbors. KING: Why? HILTON: You know, it -- it was also, you know, really scary just to have so many people, you know, people on the news telling people what street I live on. So it's kind of dangerous. KING: What kind of a jolt was it when they hauled you back into court and sent you back to jail? HILTON: It was a shock. Everything, you know, going from being, you know, I had been so happy to be at home with my family. And then I'm told that I'm not supposed to be going to be going to court the next day. The sheriff said stay at home. Then I was set. And 10 minutes before the police arrived I'm yanked out of bed. And telling me that they're going to handcuff me and then bring me back to the -- to the courthouse. I had no idea what was going on. I was -- I was in complete shock. It was unbelievable. I was -- I was terrified. KING: How did you cure the claustrophobia? HILTON: I just had to deal with it. I didn't know -- you know, if I was going to be there, I had to make the best of it. So I meditated. I read letters. I wrote in my journal. And I would just close my eyes and literally pretend that I was somewhere else, just imagining like I was in some, like, special place sometimes. It was -- it was really difficult, but I made it through. KING: Are you now cured? HILTON: Of claustrophobia? KING: Well, you must be. HILTON: Well, now that I'm out of there, yes. KING: Well, I mean, if you handled it, if you went back and were able to handle it -- you were crying in the back of the police car, right? I mean, that was a... HILTON: I was so scared. KING: ... Tough day for you. HILTON: It was one of the most terrifying days of my life. KING: OK. So when you go back in -- now you're back in. You walk into that cell again. How did you deal with the first night? HILTON: I was obviously very upset. And I just -- just would talk, you know, just talking to myself. Just saying, Paris, be strong. You can do this. KING: Do you think the judge was unkind? HILTON: You know, my lawyers even said that with this kind of infraction, a suspended -- it wasn't for a DUI, it was for a suspended license -- that people only -- I was walking in there assuming I was just going to get community service. That's what my lawyer said at the time. So when he sentenced me to that much time in jail, it was shocking, because that doesn't happen ever. KING: Paris Hilton kept notes in jail. We're going to hear some of them when we come back. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Paris Hilton -- socialite Paris Hilton was led screaming from the courtroom. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Paris Hilton is going back to jail. (END VIDEO CLIP) (COMMERCIAL BREAK) KING: Before we get to hear some of the notes that Paris Hilton kept while in confinement in the jail in Los Angeles, how about those who, they get a little, well, shocked when you know you're going to jail and then they see you at the MTV Awards walking the red carpet? Doesn't that look like a contradiction? HILTON: Actually, I was playing a trick on everyone. Because outside my house, outside the Lynwood facility, there were paparazzi, I heard, from all around the world. So I thought if I went to the MTV Awards, snuck out during -- during the show, I could get there unnoticed. And that's what we did. No one even saw me going in. KING: Get where unnoticed? HILTON: Getting into Lynwood. I didn't want to cause a whole media circus going in. KING: So you used MTV as king of a camouflage? HILTON: Yes, because everyone was asking me at the show -- they were like, oh, so are you going to the after party? And I was like, yes, I'll be there. But I knew the whole time I was there that I was going to be checking myself right into jail. So it was very surreal and very... KING: Were you faking it when you looked like you were having a happy time there? HILTON: Of course. I was really nervous. You know, nobody knew I was going in that night. But I was trying to be strong. KING: What do you think of your problems, Paris? Do you bring -- did you bring on in your life yourself? I mean, you don't blame your parents, do you? You don't blame -- when things didn't go right for you. When you self-examine. HILTON: I think in life, everyone makes mistakes and you have to learn and grow from them. And I've been a little immature in the past and made some wrong choices. But I've learned from them and I think that makes me the person I am today. KING: How about friends that weren't right friends for you? Have you gotten rid of them? HILTON: I've gotten rid of a lot of people. I think -- especially being in Los Angeles, there is a lot of people out here that like people for certain reasons, and I don't want people who are not going to be beneficial to my life, who don't want positive things in my life. And I had to cut a lot of people out, which I'm happy... KING: You want to name them? HILTON: I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings, but they know who they are. KING: Was New York better for you? HILTON: Yes, I don't -- I love New York. I love Los Angeles. Most of my work is here. I travel all the time for work, so this is just my home base. KING: You have businesses, right? HILTON: Yes, quite a few. KING: You're in your own business, right? HILTON: Yes. KING: Let's hear some of the things you -- what did you write in prison, in jail? HILTON: Well, I had a lot of time alone, so I would write a lot. I actually have a journal with all the -- I left it at home... KING: You kept a daily journal? HILTON: Yes, I did. OK. This is one of the notes that I wrote: "They say when you reach a crossroad or a turning point in life, it really doesn't matter how we got there, but what we do next after we got there. Usually we arrive there by adversity, and then it is then, and only then, that we find out who we truly are and what we're truly made of. It's a process, a gift and a journey. And if we can travel it alone, although the road may be rough at the beginning, you find an ability to walk it, a way to start fresh again. It's neither a downfall nor a failure, but a new beginning." And I also felt like this was a new beginning for me, just being in jail -- and I just used it as a journey to figure out myself and who I am and what I want to do. And there's -- there's just so much more to me than what people think. KING: The writing helped? HILTON: Yes. I have always loved to write. In school, I loved being in creative writing classes. I write scripts. I love to read. KING: If you had to do it all over, you'd change a lot, wouldn't you? HILTON: Yes. I definitely, you know, wish I knew now what, you know, back then. And so I definitely, when I have a daughter, I have a lot of good advice for her. KING: You want a family? HILTON: Definitely. Yes. KING: You want to get married? HILTON: Not right now. But within the next couple of years, I definitely -- I love kids and I can't wait, you know, to find someone and fall in love and have a big family. KING: Do you think you'd be a load for someone now? HILTON: It's hard -- I think someone just... KING: I mean the guy is going to have to -- to come on... HILTON: It's -- it's -- it's hard, you know, the media. Every time you're in a relationship, they all make up stories. And I think it just takes someone who doesn't care about that and someone who is just going to love me for me and not pay attention to all the other gossip. KING: It would have to be a pretty strong guy. HILTON: He's out there somewhere. KING: Do you think you've found yourself? HILTON: I -- I feel like I've started my journey and I'm going to continue every day to find out more and more about myself. KING: What don't you like about Paris Hilton? What's a personality trait Paris Hilton would change? HILTON: Something I, you know, when I get nervous or shy, my voice gets really high. I've been doing that ever since I was a little girl. And that's something that I don't like that I do. I like when I talk in my normal voice. But sometimes I go down and that's something I'm trying to change about myself. KING: Are you jealous? HILTON: No. KING: Quick to anger? HILTON: No. I don't really get angry. KING: Easy to get along with? HILTON: I'm very easy to get along with. KING: Good friend? HILTON: I'm a very loyal friend. KING: We're going to hear more notes and lots more, too. Coming up, the real story of those severe medical problems the sheriff said she had in jail. Were they also mental and physical? That's when LARRY KING LIVE returns with Paris Hilton, right after this. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I love you (INAUDIBLE). (END VIDEO CLIP) (COMMERCIAL BREAK) KING: We're back with Paris Hilton. Let's cover some bases we may have skipped over. It was only claustrophobia but there were many reports that you were on medications of a serious type. Were you? HILTON: You know there's a lot of reports that are false that are out there. KING: You were not on medication? HILTON: I have been on medication since I was a child. I have ADD. So I take medication for that. KING: That's the only thing you deal with, attention deficit Disorder? HILTON: Yes. KING: Have you ever been addicted to drugs? HILTON: No. KING: Taken drugs. HILTON: No. KING: Never taken drugs? HILTON: No. KING: Do you know that the organization MADD has had a tough time with you, Mothers Against Drunk Driving? HILTON: Yes. KING: Feeling that you've set a kind of bad example. What are your feelings toward them? Do you plan to work with them? HILTON: Yes, I'd love to work with them and I think me, by doing my sentence and doing my time, I have served as a bit of an example and I want to continue to do so. KING: Do you have a drinking problem? HILTON: No, not at all. KING: You must have had -- just this one drink this one time? HILTON: I'm just -- I'm not a big drinker. I'm not really into it. I think socially people do sometimes when they go out but it's not something that I really care about. KING: So how have all these stories gotten out about you? Medications -- well, the ADD, that's a strong medication, isn't it? HILTON: It's Adderall. I think anyone who has ADD takes it. KING: You've had it all your life. HILTON: Yes. KING: But the stories about you being -- use of a drugs, and the like, parties. Wild scenes, all wrong. HILTON: People make up so many crazy stories. The things I read about and things I see is not the person who I am. It really baffles me sometimes when I read things. The places I've never been. People I've never met. It's really shocking to me. KING: Did you hang around with people who did those things? HILTON: Yes. I know people who have. KING: Were -- did people photograph you with people who did those things? HILTON: I'm not sure, but I think a lot of people have that problem. KING: Why didn't you put a stop to this earlier? In other words, if you would read stuff, why didn't you take an outlet to go on and say I don't -- I never use drugs? I don't drink? HILTON: I don't -- I just feel like when you do that you put more attention to something. And when something is not true I just don't pay attention to it because I know my friends and family know the true me. And that's all that really matters to me and I feel like by defending yourself for things that aren't true, all you are doing is making people talk about it more. KING: But in today's world, Paris, no comment is yes. Don't you think so? I mean, the media is the message. HILTON: Yes. I just -- I don't know. From -- People just make up stories and there's nothing I can really do about it. I just don't like to dignify it with a response. KING: But then you realize, of course, that one of the problems is then you let it continue. HILTON: Yes. But I know how I am so that's fine. KING: But the way to put a stop to it is to proclaim it. I mean, if you know ... HILTON: I'm telling you right now I've put a stop to it. KING: But are we thinking maybe we should have done this long ago? Not here, somewhere? HILTON: You know everything happens for a reason. I went and found out a lot about myself and I'm going to continue going down that path. So ... KING: Have you ever had psychiatric care? HILTON: Like a therapist? KING: Yes. HILTON: Yes. I talk with someone just about my problems. KING: Is that helpful? HILTON: Yes. I think it's good to talk with someone if you're feeling sad or something's wrong. But usually I talk to my family about everything. KING: How did ADD affect you while in jail? HILTON: Well, it's -- attention deficit disorder so it's hard to pay attention to things. And I don't know, I just ... KING: When you have ADD ... HILTON: ... it's something I've dealt with it my whole life. KING: When you have ADD you can't -- you lose concentration? HILTON: Yes. KING: And you've had it since you were a kid? HILTON: Since I was like 12. KING: So it had to be tougher when you were in a situation where you were kind of entrapped. HILTON: Yes, it was but I learned to deal with it. KING: How does -- does it affect you in business? HILTON: No. KING: Television? HILTON: No. KING: Singing? HILTON: No. I'm doing fine everywhere. KING: Go back full time with your career? HILTON: Yes. Everything is back to business. KING: Television show, too? HILTON: Yes. We've just finished the fifth season of "The Simple Life" and I'm doing another season in the next couple months. I'm doing a couple movies this summer. KING: Movies, too. HILTON: Mm-hmm. KING: Signed and sealed. We'll be right back with Paris Hilton and more notes from jail. When we return, we'll talk to Paris about Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan and her "Simple Life" costar Nicole Richie, who could be facing some jail time herself. That's all next. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) KING: We're back with Paris Hilton, on the way to rejuvenation, I guess. You might call it that. If perception is reality, the perception of you was party girl, right? You're saying that's not true? What part of it was true? HILTON: You know I am a social person. I love to dance. I love to go out. I love music. But a lot of people don't know that I'm a businesswoman and I run several businesses. And I like to go out, as well, and socialize. KING: Which leads to the e-mail question from Celia in Miramar, Florida: "What's the biggest misconception about you?" HILTON: Well, a misconception that I always hear is Paris doesn't work for a living. She just, you know, gets money from her family. And I completely disagree with that. I have made a name on my own, by myself. I've not taken any money from my family. I work very hard. I run a business. I've had a book on the "New York Times" best seller list. I'm on my fifth season on a TV show. I've done an album, do movies. KING: How do you like... HILTON: Clothing (ph) line. KING: Is it all their fault or how did you let that happen? HILTON: I think it's people just focused on the party part. And my business and what I do is at my office and in my meetings. And that's not really made public, because I'm, you know, in the board room talking with everyone who works with me. So people just don't know about it. KING: So -- so the party girl aspect is you like to party, but it's not drugs? HILTON: No. I just like to go out and have fun with my friends. I'm an Aquarius. We're social people. KING: You going to stop doing that? Will you change that? HILTON: No. I realized that there's a lot more important things in Life and there's a lot more things to do. And I'm frankly sick of it. You know, I've been going out for a long time now. And yes, it's fun, but it's not going to be the mainstay of my life anymore. KING: All right. Let's discuss a few of your -- Nicole Richie, how's she doing? HILTON: She's doing great. KING: She's going to go to jail? HILTON: I hope not. But she's not... KING: What did she tell you about what happened to her? HILTON: You know, she just -- everyone makes mistakes. And she just -- I wish her the best. She's like my sister. I love her so much. So I don't want anything bad to happen to her. KING: Does she admit she made mistakes? HILTON: Yes. Of course she has. KING: Britney Spears. What about her? HILTON: She's a sweet girl. She's a good mom. She loves her children and again, I think the media just likes to ... KING: But they see her do things like driving a car recklessly and not handling a child well, right, they are going to be concerned. HILTON: Yes. I know. KING: Did she talk to you about that? HILTON: I've seen her with her kids. She loves her kids. And I think it's hard for anyone when you're in the spotlight so much. It's very overwhelming at such, like, a young age. I feel like a lot of these girls, you know, they move out here at a young age. They're given, you know, too much, too soon. And it is hard. And I'm just really lucky that I have my parents who love and support me so much and I don't know what I'd do without them. KING: Did you have too much, too soon? HILTON: I now appreciate and have gratitude for everything, like, I really have a new appreciation for life. KING: When you were 20, 21, did you have too much, too soon? HILTON: It just all happened, you know, so fast. And everything -- it is overwhelming, I think, for any young girl -- but I've handled it well. KING: Do you think you can ever be normal? HILTON: I ... KING: Whatever that is. HILTON: I consider myself normal. KING: You consider yourself normal? HILTON: Yes. When people say that I don't understand, I just feel like I'm any other girl. I just, I don't know, I have a good heart ... KING: You ... HILTON: ... I'm a good person. I don't think of myself any normal -- any different than anyone else. KING: You don't treat -- you don't think you are treated any of this, the jail, the whole thing, frivolously? HILTON: What do you mean by that? KING: That you danced through it, in a sense, when the public saw you. HILTON: I was locked in a cell for three and a half weeks. It was a horrible experience so ... KING: With the ... HILTON: ... I did my time. KING: When the public saw you? HILTON: When the public saw me? KING: Yes, you know, you always looked. You like the camera. HILTON: You know, it's going to be there and I see some celebrities they throw water at the paparazzi or give the middle finger or do things like that. And I don't -- I think it makes you look bad. I just live my life and I don't pay attention. These people are doing their jobs. KING: You like the paparazzi? HILTON: It's not that I like them, but I don't, you know, I'm not going to do anything to hurt them. That's -- they're just trying to make a living. KING: What do you make of Lindsay Lohan? HILTON: I wish the best for her. KING: Do you know her well? HILTON: I know her. KING: Genuine talent? HILTON: Yes. KING: Obviously, she's got problems. HILTON: I think, yes, well, a lot of girls have problems. KING: Did anyone ever think that you had to go to rehab? HILTON: No, not at all. KING: Do you visit people in rehab or any of your friends? HILTON: I don't have any friends in rehab. KING: Up next, she said her dumb act is no longer cute. What was cute about it in the first place? More with Paris Hilton. More notes, too, when we come back. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) KING: We're back with Paris Hilton. A couple more segments to go and we want to get caught up on some things about jail that we didn't cover earlier. How did you prepare for it? HILTON: I think it's really hard for anyone to prepare for jail. I just was trying to spend as much time with my family as possible. KING: You were spotted, I think, holding a Bible or something? Did you take... HILTON: Yes. KING: ... a Bible with you? HILTON: Yes, I did. Well, actually, you weren't allowed to bring one in, but... KING: Not allowed? HILTON: ... I ordered one off the commissary list. KING: You aren't allowed to bring books in? HILTON: You can't bring anything in, nothing. KING: Are you a religious person? HILTON: I've always been religious. I went to Catholic school as a child. And I've always had a sense of spirituality, but even more so now after being in jail. KING: Did you read the Bible in jail? HILTON: Yes. KING: Were you -- oh, we have your mug shot. I want to find out what you were thinking, what it was like to go through this. We will show that. I've seen worse. HILTON: Thank you. KING: What were you thinking? HILTON: I don't know what I was thinking. I was just like, oh my God, I could not believe I'm here. It was just -- it didn't hit me that I was really in jail until I've actually gotten in a cell. So I don't know taking that picture was just very surreal. I felt like I was in like a bad movie or scary movie. KING: Did you think, Paris, that you didn't deserve to be there? HILTON: You know, I think the crime did not fit the, you know, fit the punishment. I did my time. And you know, it was really hard, but I don't feel like I deserved to go to jail for it. KING: You never felt you were a criminal. HILTON: No. KING: Not now, not then? HILTON: No. KING: An embarrassing -- were you strip-searched? Do they do that in jail? HILTON: Yes. KING: I know they do it in prison. HILTON: They do. They do it in any jail. It was... KING: What was that like? HILTON: The most humiliating experience of my life. I never had to do that, you know, doing that in front of someone you don't even know. It's pretty embarrassing. KING: So it's a woman police officer and you in a room? HILTON: Yes. KING: Is it as gross as we might think it is? HILTON: It's pretty gross, you know, taking your clothes off in front of someone and having to do that, yes. KING: Do you understand why they do it? HILTON: Of course I do. KING: On January 15th, you were pulled over by the California Highway Patrol and told your license had been suspended, and you said you thought it was OK. HILTON: I told the officer because I called my lawyer at that point and they said you're allowed to drive for work related purposes and I was at a business meeting before that. KING: So misconception. HILTON: Yes KING: And January 22nd you plead "no contest" to a reduced charge of alcohol-related reckless driving, you were ordered to take alcohol education. Did you? HILTON: Yes, I did. And actually when we went into court, they said that I hadn't but the lady was sitting right in the courtroom and she said, "I will testify and say that Paris finished the course." And they wouldn't let her do it. KING: And the driving with a suspended license, that you thought it was not suspended, right? HILTON: I never would have driven on a suspended license. I get followed by paparazzi all day. Why would I, you know, have the audacity to do that? KING: What kind of license do you have now? HILTON: Fully reinstated license. Even before I went in jail my license was fully reinstated with no restrictions whatsoever. KING: With your financial wherewithal you could have had a driver all the time, though, right? HILTON: Yes. KING: You don't need ... HILTON: I made him ... KING: You like driving? HILTON: I like to drive, yes. KING: With all the paparazzi, I don't think you're going to drive for a while, right? Is that a safe bet? HILTON: It gets kind of dangerous sometimes. So I won't be. KING: But you have a fully licensed -- you are a California driver. HILTON: Yes, even before I went in. KING: Want to read another note? HILTON: Yes. This I wrote -- this is about the girls that are in there. "I have compassion for those I left behind at the prison. I am lucky enough that I have a home and a family to go to when I get out of here. Most of the women in here don't have that option. They have to go back on the streets and some of them end up even back here because they don't know where else to go. "I want to help set up a place where these women can get themselves back on their feet. A place with food, shelter and clothing and programs, kind of a transitional home. I know I can make a difference and hopefully stop this vicious circle of these people going in and out of jail." Because they told me the average amount for a woman going in there, into Lynwood is 7.3 times. So literally women just go out on the street, they have nowhere to go and then they end up right back in there. I just feel like it's a vicious circle. Some of these people are mothers and then their children end up in the system and it's just -- really, it's sad. KING: We'll be back with our remaining moments with Paris Hilton right after this. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) KING: We're back. My man Anderson Cooper, host of "AC 360," has the exclusive details -- exclusive -- on how Paris became the phenomenon she is today. He'll be looking at Paris the businesswoman and self- made image maker. He's got the family history too. Also, an expert panel to discuss our interview, including "People" magazine's Jess Cagle, who was with Paris and her family the night she got out of jail. So without further ado, we'll be turning the podium over to Anderson in just a couple of moments. We have a quick vote on our Web site, cnn.com/LarryKing, asking, did the legal system treat Paris Hilton fairly? And the last check -- and they're still voting -- 63 percent said yes. They thought you were treated fairly. We also have an I-Ask question, submitted by a self-described fan of Paris. Let's take a look and listen, and then get Paris' answer. Watch. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I was just wondering what you're planning to do to help others since you've been released from jail. And I was also wondering what message you would like to send to other people who might make the decision to drink and drive? (END VIDEO CLIP) HILTON: That's something I was actually thinking a lot about in jail. I feel like, you know, being in the spotlight, I have a platform where I can raise awareness for so many great causes and just do so much with this, instead of, you know, superficial things like going out. I want to help raise money for kids and for breast cancer, multiple sclerosis and... KING: You want to get involved in all of it. HILTON: Yes. KING: What's your favorite Bible passage? HILTON: I don't have a favorite, but... KING: You read it every day? HILTON: In jail, I read a lot. KING: Going to go to mass? HILTON: Yes. KING: All right. We're going to see a new Paris Hilton. HILTON: Yes. KING: What will we see? Will we see less Paris Hilton, more Paris Hilton in a different way? Give us what the public will see of the new Paris Hilton, starting June 28th, 2007? HILTON: I've definitely matured and grown a lot from this experience, so I just -- I don't know, I just want to be -- I'm 26 years old. I'm an adult, and I have to just grow up and to be a more responsible role model because I've gotten a lot of letters from mothers and their daughters... KING: We'll know it. HILTON: ...look up to me and I want to be a good role model for these girls. KING: Thank you, Paris. HILTON: Thank you. KING: Paris Hilton. Tomorrow night, Colin Powell. "AC 360" is next, postmortem on this. Anderson, it's yours. TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.voxant.com


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Oregon State quarterback Cody Vaz, California defensive back Steve Williams and Arizona State wide receiver/kick returner Rashad Ross have been named Pac-12 Players of the Week.
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Vaz, a junior from Lodi, Calif., completed 20 of 32 passes for 332 yards and three touchdowns in a 42-24 road win over BYU. Vaz, in his first collegiate start-- and his first game action since 2010--posted a 180.59 passer rating and averaged 16.6 yards per completion against a team that ranked fifth in the nation in total defense. He is the first quarterback to throw for 300 yards against BYU since the Beavers put up 306 yards in Corvallis last season, and his passing total is the highest for a first-game OSU starter since 2005. Vaz earned a Manning Award Star of the Week honor following Saturday's performance. He is the second OSU quarterback to be named the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week this season (Sean Mannion, Oct. 1), marking the second time in three years that two quarterbacks from the same school have earned the award in the same season. Arizona's Nick Foles and Matt Scott both earned the award in 2010.
Williams, a junior from Dallas, Texas, recorded his team-high-tying third interception of the season in Cal's end zone and notched a career-high four pass breakups in a 31-17 victory over Washington State. He added a team-high six tackles and held Washington State WR Marquess Wilson to four receptions. Williams, whose 6.6 tackles per game average rank second on the team, leads the Bears and ranks sixth in the Conference in passes defended (1.43 per game). His four pass breakups represent a team single-game high this season.
With Arizona State holding a 20-17 halftime lead, Ross, a senior from Vallejo, Calif., returned the opening kickoff of the second half 100 yards for a touchdown in a 51-17 win at Colorado. Ross' second career touchdown set the tone for a second half in which the Sun Devils scored 31 unanswered points to put the game away. Ross became just the fifth player in school history to record a 100-yard kickoff return. He also caught two passes for 23 yards.
Also nominated for offensive player of the week honors were quarterback Taylor Kelly of ARIZONA STATE, running back Silas Redd of USC, wide receiver Keenan Allen of CALIFORNIA and tight end Nick Kasa of COLORADO. Also nominated on defense were defensive backs Ryan Murphy of OREGON STATE and Jawanza Starling of USC and linebacker Brandon Magee of ARIZONA STATE. Also nominated on special teams were punters Keith Kostol of OREGON STATE and Sean Sellwood of UTAH and defensive back Anthony Brown of USC.


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MLB 09 The Show was widely hailed as a best-in-class game, for the sports genre as well as baseball. But Sony's San Diego Studio understood that even last year's effort didn't excuse them from improving on it this season.
Players will find plenty of difference between last year's game and MLB 10 The Show, which releases a week from Tuesday. The team outlined to me the major changes it made over a 30-minute conference call on Friday. I was unable to get myself to their studio for a hands-on preview, so this will have to suffice. Then again, The Show has earned plenty of gamer goodwill and trust. So here's what players can expect in this year's edition.
Real-Time in the Field
Sony posted a video of this a couple weeks back and reaction to it was very strong. "We wanted to create an atmosphere where you feel like you're watching a game on the television, you just never leave the action," said senior producer Chris Gill. Other presentation modes (which will remain with the game if you prefer them) are, between the game action, cutscene-based, and "You feel like you're leaving real time or fast-forwarding into the future," he said.
In real-time presentation, MLB 10 The Show's camera will deliver appropriate camera shots relative to the most recent play as the next batter is coming to the plate. For example, say, a shortstop stabs a hot smash and guns the runner at first. The game will cut between shots of the player getting back into position, the reaction in the dugout (which, by the way, will be fully populated with players not in the field or bullpen), then the ball coming back to the pitcher as the batter walks up to begin the next play.
As a first-year offering, Gill says there's still a lot to build on with this design decision. "I don't want to take anything away from the default (broadcast) mode, there's a phenomenal amount of work that's gone into that. And they've expanded on that mode in this game, that should be noted," Gill said. "This gives the player an opportunity to play in a different style. It doesn't slow the game down, and it's how I play the game now."
Pitchers and Catchers on the Road to the Show
Now in its fourth year, Road to the Show will see several additions to its core experience, but those in the pitcher-catcher battery will see the biggest difference. Pitchers now have their own set of drills to improve specific pitches or traits. Last year, the game had only baserunning and batting drills, so their absence then was a little disappointing. Senior designer Eddy Cramm explained that the plan was all along to have pitching and fielding training, but rather than rush an complex pitching drill set into last year's game, the team chose to focus on two sets of drills per release.
This is great news for those who like to play as pitchers in the career simulation. In the past, you could spend attribute points on something like your hits-per-nine-innings trait, and the game would tell you you'd pitched a simulated game and the score went up marginally. Now you will pitch that simulated game, Cramm said, and the outcome will affect more than one attribute.
"It's a three inning simulated game with a live lineup, the goal is to not allow a run," Cramm said. "You allow a run and the inning ends; you get everybody out and the inning ends. And you'll be judged on your choices and outcomes. If you get a ground ball out, that'll help with your home runs-per-nine trait. If you're efficient with your pitches, it'll affect the stamina."
Another pitching drill, called knockout, requires players to clear eight squares in a grid of nine on the strike zone in as few pitches as possible. (Eight, because you're not supposed to chuck it down the middle.) Depending on how accurate you are and what pitch you use, you'll improve both those pitches and other performance traits.
Cramm said players can expect to be served up three training drills a month in Road to the Show, so there's plenty of opportunity to improve your player if he's taken a beating in live games and hasn't earned a lot of skill points to spend.
The game will also add fielding drills. "Fielding is for the most part automatic, so this is difficult to design for," Cramm admitted. The drills will be more reaction-based, he said, judging how fast you are off the crack of the bat, your path to the ball, and throwing decisions.
All of these drills are accessible on their own from the game's main menu, so players can train themselves to the game before jumping into it in-depth.
The biggest position-specific upgrade is for those who play as catchers. In this game, catchers will be responsible for calling pitches. In the past, as a catcher you knew if the game fast forwarded to a fielding career event, you were going to have to pick off a base stealer or catch a foul ball. Calling pitches makes the game more realistic to catchers' responsibilities and keeps base-stealing situations from being so telegraphed.
"That's exactly why we did it," Cramm said. "The catcher is a lot more involved in the game, and I don't think we reflected that well in the past. He's involved in every pitch of the game. You're responsible for calling the pitch, and the location, from the start of the game. And our AI batters will adapt, so you have to know the situation well. You have to mix things up and pick a good location."
The game will offer pitch suggestions based on batter and pitcher tendencies, the same as if you were on the mound as a pitcher, but you are as free to ignore those as a catcher as you would be as a pitcher.
One other tidbit: As we discussed the amount of time people spend with their Road to the Show players, Cramm said they hear a lot about the ability to import a created player from a previous Road to the Show into the current edition of the game. While that is not a feature of MLB 10 The Show, it is "something we've started looking into," Cramm said. They're mindful that players can spend more than a year (real-time) in their virtual careers.
The Details
Every year is an opportunity to improve the gameplay's realism, Gill said. "It's important to us that we never go toward an arcadey style, ever," he said. "Everything we do is based on real life."
This year the ball physics have been redone, Gill said, and will include balls striking players. "If the pitcher can't catch a comebacker, but maybe he tries, it could deflect off a body part, maybe it ricochets to the shortstop and he barehands it to first," Gill said.
Second, the team noticed some unrealistic friction on ground balls last year, so they've massaged that to include truer bounces and more choppers. Also, balls hit hard enough to roll all the way to the wall will bounce around in the corners as they would in real life. This resolves a nettlesome quality of the previous game, where a hard-hit ball into the corner settled so quickly that a runner couldn't get extra bases out of it.
More than 1,200 gameplay animations have been added into the game, Gill said, and will be apparent in the catch-and-throw sequences. For that, the throw meter has been remade. It will look the same, but criticisms that the meter didn't do anything in the past have been answered. It'll more distinguish between hard and soft throws, and late throws, too, although you will still be able to preload them.
Cramm added that the pickoff system has been remade, too. One of my complaints with MLB 09 The Show was how the base buttons were inverted for pickoffs, because it was mapped to your pitching perspective, not the field. This is because you couldn't hit X to throw to second, as it was the pitch button. Now, players will bring up a pickoff attempt with the L2 as a modifier, and throw to bases per the standard fielding alignment. Further, they've added three attempts, a casual throw, which is a simple tap; a quick pickoff as a double-tap, and then a deceptive pickoff, which is a hold of the button.
Deceptive pickoffs will bring up a pitch meter, in case you're playing a human opponent. Also, if you have runners at the corners, it'll allow a righthander to fake the throw to third and then pivot and nail the guy at first.
During the call I asked for the team's elevator pitch for the game, and that's what I got, so it would take a very long ride to cover what's new and enhanced. Of course, I haven't seen MLB 10 The Show with my own eyes. But given the quality of last year's game, if they can pull off all of what they told me, MLB 10 The Show will be very impressive, indeed. I'm looking forward to spending time with it.


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The Blessings of Inadequacy - In Touch - June 6
In Touch with Dr. Charles Stanley
June 6
The Blessings of Inadequacy
Paul never claimed he was capable of accomplishing all that God called him to do. He simply learned to look beyond his own inadequacy to the sufficiency of Christ. If we'll adopt the same practice, we, too, can discover the blessings hidden in our own experiences of inadequacy.
Our insufficiency drives us to God. When we realize a situation is bigger than we can handle, we're quick to open the Bible and diligently pray for guidance and power.
Inadequacy relieves us of the burden of self-effort and self-reliance. The Lord has us right where He wants us--at the end of our rope with nothing left to give.
Inability motivates reliance on divine power. We'll never be adequate until we draw from the Holy Spirit's inexhaustible strength. He does in and through us what God never intended that we do on our own.
By using weak, inadequate people, God demonstrates what great things He can do. He actually delights in choosing unlikely individuals to carry out His purposes. There's no limit to what He can do through someone willing to give Him full control.
Inadequacy challenges our faith. Paul says, "Our adequacy is from God" (v. 5). Those who focus on the reliability of this promise and step out in obedience will grow in faith.
Why go through all the fear, pressure, and frustration that accompany feelings of inadequacy when there's an alternative? Let the Lord make you adequate: rely upon Him and allow Christ to live in and through you. He will replace your anxiety with a quiet spirit of contentment.
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Nicolai Petro: Violence persists between opposition and security forces, as opponents use culture to divide strongly nationalistic Ukrainian groups and factions identifying with Russia
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JESSICA DESVARIEUX, TRNN PRODUCER: Welcome to The Real News Network. I'm Jessica Desvarieux in Baltimore.
On Tuesday, several protesters in Ukraine died in clashes with security forces in the capital of Kiev. This came after negotiations broke down between opposition leaders and the government.
The uprisings in Ukraine began in November after Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych rejected a deal that would forge closer economic ties with the E.U.
Now joining us to discuss all this is Nicolai Petro. Nicolai is a professor of politics at the University of Rhode Island. He has been in the Ukraine since August as a visiting scholar and has observed the current crisis firsthand.
Thank you for joining us, Nicolai.
NICOLAI PETRO, PROF. POLITICS, URI (VISITING SCHOLAR IN UKRAINE): Good evening.
DESVARIEUX: So, Nicolai, first off, just break down for us who these groups are. Who's actually protesting? And what are they demanding?
PETRO: It's a variety of individuals and groups. There are the political opposition, that is to say, the representatives of three major political parties that are the united opposition. And then there are sundry individuals who occasionally join the protests from Kiev, residents in the city. That's when the protests get largest in terms of numbers. And increasingly there seem to be a group of radical nationalists who seek to take the fight, as they see it, for a national revolution directly to the parliament and to the police.
They each want different things. Some demand just new elections–that's new elections for Parliament and new elections of the president. Others demand a new constitution, or, rather, a restoration of the constitution of 2004. And the third group, the last group I was talking about, want a new order for the country that will allow them to conduct a cleansing of the country that will allow a national rebirth.
DESVARIEUX: Alright. I want to talk about your recent article titled "Ukraine's Culture War". You say that Ukrainian cultural identity and "… Russian culture has been a stumbling block to civic cooperation and national unity." Can you please explain how cultural issues have been a driving element, really, in this months-long political struggle that's happening in the country?
PETRO: Well, underlying all of the various issues are two fundamentally different understandings of Ukrainian identity and Ukrainian history.
For one group, primarily located in the far western provinces, it is a matter of restoring Ukrainian identity as one that is distinct from and often anti-Russian, against Russian influence. So they insist on things like only speaking Ukrainian, mandating the use of Ukrainian throughout the country, and having a particular vision of Ukrainian history which emphasizes what they call the liberation struggle during World War II, in which certain Ukrainian groups fought alongside the Nazis.
In the east, they have a very different conception of Ukrainian identity, one that has much closer ties with Russia, is comfortable with those historical ties, with the use of the language, and they really see World War II as a national struggle against foreign invaders, namely, the Nazis. So it goes back at least that far, and that's one of the crucial issues. But it could even–there are even precedents to that in earlier periods of history.
DESVARIEUX: Where do the ruling elites self-identify?
PETRO: Well, they are split along the same lines. So when you see someone on television here who is a national figure speaking in Ukrainian, one inevitably gets the sense that they are speaking to their constituents, Ukrainian-speaking constituency, which is largely in the western segments of the country. When you see their opponents, they're speaking Russian, and they likewise are talking to their constituencies, which are in the eastern half and the southern portion of the country. So they don't literally–they try to avoid speaking the same language in a literal sense.
DESVARIEUX: Most of the coverage that's coming out of mass media here when we talk about Ukraine is really revolved around whether or not the country will move closer to Russia or the E.U. Do you think Ukrainians sort of face this either/or choice?
PETRO: I don't think it is an either/or choice. I think if the E.U. and Russia stopped trying to pull Ukraine one way or the other and could actually sit down and agree that there's a common European heritage involved, then Ukraine would very easily fit into that heritage, because it is indeed split in its own identity.
But, unfortunately, we have a situation where the E.U. in particular seems to be pursuing a policy of pulling the Ukraine out of Russia's orbit, which basically leaves roughly 60 percent of the country–trying to cut it off, those Russian-speaking portions, from its emotional, cultural, and historical ties with its closest neighbor.
DESVARIEUX: Alright. Nicolai Petro, thank you so much for joining us.
PETRO: Thank you.
DESVARIEUX: And thank you for joining us on The Real News Network.
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Text by Jane Hooper
Images from Sedgwick-Brooklin Historical Society
Brooklin is a small town that covers a large area on the Blue Hill Peninsula, including about 25 miles of coastline. In 1849, the population was about 1,002 residents; there were 10 school districts with nine rural schools to service 420 students. By 1876, there were only 344 students and nine school districts.
Over the years, as the town's population and transportation methods changed, the one-room schools were either closed or combined. By 1909, only six schools remained. In 1850, schools expenditures in the town budget were $400; by 1950, school expenses were up to $1,500. In 1850, the average teacher's weekly salary was $2; in 1949, it was $44.
How did the town of Brooklin manage to educate the children with the population so spread out? What was it like to be a student in one of the one-room school houses? Why did Brooklin have to build three high schools all on the same site? What has happened to the old rural schools?


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Once added, your team members will now be able to use the RenderPoints held on the master account. But no worries, all is under your control: As the master account manager, you are the only person who is able to add new members, activate or deactivate their accounts and manage payments and invoices.
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Hope you are having a great weekend! It's a Sunday morning in Japan.
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Scissors Block
Hope you are having a great weekend! It's a Sunday morning in Japan.
58 comments:
Very nice block!ReplyDelete
shut up! this is way too adorable.ReplyDelete
This is so cute! Definitely not too busy.ReplyDelete
Stop it please...you are killing me with these blocks. Each one gets better than the rest. What a lucky person Amisha is to receive this block! Too busy, never!ReplyDelete
It's a wonderful block! I wish I could get a copy of this book!ReplyDelete
This block is totally wonderful...if she doesn't like it, send it my way.ReplyDelete
What a great block!! I'm sure she'll love it.ReplyDelete
Stupendous as always! I spotted this right away on Flickr and just laughed at another stunning block from you. I love them all!ReplyDelete
I love your scissor block! No, it's not too busy at all!ReplyDelete
the block is peachy perfect! Have a nice bike ride!ReplyDelete
Just lovely. I particularly like the way you did the blades -the fabrics you chose for this block are perfect.ReplyDelete
This is so pretty! Love every little detail in it. Perfect fabric cutting and how sweet, the extra stitching. I am sure Amisha will love it!ReplyDelete
"Oh..be still my heart"ReplyDelete
I think this block is just very CUTE and I love the fabrics you chose..fit perfectly and definitely not too busy.
I really like your style. :)
This is the best block yet, and that is saying alot since all of your blocks are awesome!!ReplyDelete
It is perfect !!!ReplyDelete
I would say it turned out perfectly- the scissor handles are like little windows!ReplyDelete
Beautiful block full of great details - but definitely not too busy!ReplyDelete
How cool, and love the 'thread' unravelling from the spoolReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 23, 2011 at 3:42 AM
Love it just the way it is...and love the detail of the aqua thread running off the spool! Also love the fussy cutting of the fabric to get just the right wording/pictures right where you want them! Too cute!ReplyDelete
Hope you had a great bike ride. The block is awesome. You do such a good job fussy cutting and capturing just the right words and designs. I love the arrow pointing to the thread.ReplyDelete
I love it! Fabric, design, everything! It's perfect!ReplyDelete
Love it. It is Sunday morning in New England and we are going for a romp with our dog.ReplyDelete
I don't think it's too busy at all. I really love the fabrics you used and the embroidery. It's adorable!!!! I think it's such a cute block!! I love it!!!ReplyDelete
Everything in this block is so pretty.ReplyDelete
Love the color choice and it's so perfectly made <3
I spy the red ruler fabric :)
Wow- just awesome Ayumi. I love the blue thread that you "cut" and of course your choice of fabrics are always fantastic.ReplyDelete
Fabulous block, and the blades are perfection :-)ReplyDelete
I'd say it's very clever :)ReplyDelete
I'd say it turned out perfectly!ReplyDelete
Outstanding!!!! She will love it! I hope you have a lovely bike ride.ReplyDelete
Amazing, and clever use of your fabrics. JxoReplyDelete
Just when I think you can't get any cuter! Perfect choices xReplyDelete
My mother walked behind me and saw your scissors block when I was reading this post and she told me to tell you that you do absolutely amazing work. I showed her your birds on a line quilt block, and she had no words, she was so amazed you made that.ReplyDelete
As for me - this is adorable. I can't believe how well you create these fantastic little images out of fabric. You are truly amazing, Ayumi.
Just WOW- what else can I say??!! She is very lucky and will definitely LOVE it! You are truly inspiring :)ReplyDelete
Superb block, I actually had to touch my screen as it looked 3 - D.ReplyDelete
Super cute! I love the embroidered thread!! :)ReplyDelete
Too cute! I did a double take on this one!ReplyDelete
wonderful block!ReplyDelete
Your block is adorable! I love how you used the fabrics, especially the prints on the blades of the scissors and the spool of thread! :)ReplyDelete
Wow Ayumi this is adorable. I love the blue thread details, Soooo cute!ReplyDelete
Hope you enjoyed the bike ride. Thanks for sharing.
I guess it did turn out a tiny bit busy, but that just means it keeps getting better as you look at it. I love the little embroidery details. Nice touch!ReplyDelete
cutest thing ever!!!ReplyDelete
precioso,pero no encuentro las telasReplyDelete
It's so great! My favourite bits: the embroidered thread, and the way those arrows point down the scissors... inspired choices!ReplyDelete
Oh, I just adore the scissors. What a great pattern! I also wish I could come shop from your stash! You have the neatest prints!ReplyDelete
I don't find this to busy at all. It feels like it has more of a story to tell. I love the depth and texture it holds.ReplyDelete
I think it's lovely, and not too busy! The thread is my favorite part, hands down.ReplyDelete
It's just perfect. I'm so obsessed with the fabric and the book, especially now that the book is impossible to get!ReplyDelete
Love this block, especially the grey fabric you've used to capture the blades. The sewn 'thread' is such a lovely lively touch that adds movement. Lovely work! JulesReplyDelete
this block is so amazing i may faint away...ReplyDelete
So pretty! Paper piecing scares me a bit...but I'd love to practice more.ReplyDelete
I so love your work Ayumi! *swoon*ReplyDelete
Hello! I've just discovered your lovely blog and inspirational works. They are really amazing! Nice to meet you and your blog!ReplyDelete
It is truly a unique concept. The texture of the fabric looks great. It is one of finest block I have ever seen.ReplyDelete
very nice fabrics!! and lovely works!!ReplyDelete
You rock my world, Ayumi!ReplyDelete
What a gorgeous quilt block! I love the embroidered thread accents!ReplyDelete
Hi, you wrote on my blog that the patchwork bag was your tutorial, and told me to dont use the pictures of the tutorial. I´m writting to tell you that I do not have any interesting to use your copyrighted pictures, and I've already tooked off your pics from my blog.ReplyDelete
I love this block so much! Course, I say that about ALL your blocks! And the little snipped thread… so cute and so genius. So you!ReplyDelete
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Melissa King, Miss Delaware Teen USA has just resigned following reports that she appeared in a short porn video that apeared on the website GirlsDoPorn.com. The woman in the video who, it is said, resembles King, mentions in the video that her birthday was in March and that she particpates in beauty pageants, both of which statements are true as to Melissa King. If indeed the video is of King and she resigned as a result of it, it is a sad situation for a young woman who had been a foster child, and battled with depression and anxiety and successfully took positive steps to move on with her life. As she indicated herself in a tweet, "Once you move on in life people shouldn't try to use your past against you… Let them be happy." Hopefully she will be able to move beyond this successfully. However, scammers are unlikely to let this opportunity evade them. People will be receiving emails with purported links to the video and websites purporting to have the video will be springing up. Unfortunately, some of these links and some of these websites will be loaded with computer viruses and keystroke logging malware that can read all of the information on your computer and make you a victim of identity theft.
Scammers are aware that people surf the Internet for pornography and have loaded free pornography with viruses and keystroke logging malware. Extreme care should be used if seeking pornography on the Internet. Also, you should never click on a link in an email until you have confirmed that it is from someone you actually know and even then, you can't be sure that their email was not hacked and an identity thief is sending out the email or that your real friend is unwittingly passing along a tainted link. Make sure your Firewall and security software is up to date to help battle malware contained in links or on websites you may visit. Certainly not all free pornography on the Internet is tainted with malware, but much of it is and you have to be extra careful when searching for such material.


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"Along Came Polly" - Movie Review
- Annabelle Robertson Entertainment Critic
- 2004 16 Jan
Release Date: January 16, 2004
Rating: PG-13 (for sexual content, language, crude humor and some drug references)
Genre: Comedy/Romance
Screenwriter/Director: John Hamburg
Actors: Ben Stiller, Jennifer Aniston, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Debra Messing, Alec Baldwin, Hank Azaria, Bryan Brown
Review: I'm confused. Is the director of "Along Came Polly" four years old – or does he think we are? Because that's the only age group I know of (outside of Hollywood) which thinks potty humor is downright hilarious.
Reuben Feffer (Ben Stiller) is a top risk analyst for an insurance firm. Reuben lives his life by the numbers, and he's found the perfect mate – real estate agent Lisa Kramer (Debra Messing). The only problem is, when Lisa hooks up with a naked French scuba instructor (Hank Azaria, with an overdone accent) on their honeymoon, Ben's whole world falls apart.
Back home, he meets Polly Prince (Jennifer Aniston) and is convinced she's the new "perfect" mate. Polly is sloppy, spontaneous and outgoing – Ben's complete opposite. She likes spicy food; he has Irritable Bowel Syndrome (a significant detail). She likes the Salsa; he's afraid to cross the street. But that doesn't stop Ben and Polly from trying to make it work. Because they're like, destined, you know, to be together. Whatever!
OBJECTIONABLE CONTENT: "Along Came Polly"
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Stiller shifted into this brand of comedy with "There's Something About Mary," which has similar humor to "Along Came Polly," only less of it. Which is too bad, because Stiller's previous film, "Duplex," was cute. Nothing has been quite as good as his first directorial effort, "Reality Bites," which was truly funny – and true – as it showed us the angst and plight of Generation X. "Along Came Polly," on the other hand, doesn't show us anything but the inside of a bathroom.
Phillip Seymour Hoffman ("Cold Mountain", "The Talented Mr. Ripley") offers a standout performance as Sandy, an actor who hasn't done any real acting since his teenage hit. As Reuben's best friend, Sandy is catty and crass with comical diva-like tendencies. Similarly, Aussie Bryan Brown ("The Thorn Birds") makes his first film appearance in ten years as Leland Van Lew, the reckless CEO Reuben needs to insure – before Van Lew kills himself with one of his crazy stunts. The characterization of the Australian male as wild and fearless was very funny and together, Hoffman and Brown save the film from unmitigated disaster. Otherwise, "Along Came Polly" is a wash.
It's full of obscenities and profanities (Polly says "OMG!" almost every other sentence) and Polly's children's book shows a child with an amputated, bleeding arm. Reuben desperately prays to God – who doesn't answer – about the toilet problem. Lisa's scuba instructor walks around nude, then they hop into bed together. Reuben spends the night with Polly after their second date. Reuben talks about not being a virgin and Sandy suggests that Reuben use sadomasochism as a sexual technique. He also suggests that Reuben allude to incest in bed, because "girls love it." Oh yes, women love being molested by their fathers. It's hysterical
The scene where Polly discovers Reuben inputting "data" about her into his laptop computer was taken directly from Friends, and Polly's ferret harks back to "There's Something About Mary." But, even when screenwriter/director John Hamburg isn't stealing from TV and other films, he forgoes the opportunity to deepen his characters. Polly has a serious fear of commitment, which comes from the fact that her father kept a second family on the side. Nevertheless, it's Reuben who needs to change – and change, he does. At the end of the film, he not only walks around nude, but reassures Polly that he doesn't want to marry her. He just wants to "take her to dinner." It's clear that, in this filmmaker's mind, marriage only causes pain. Gee, he must be part of Generation X.
"It's not about the past, or even the future. It's about the ride, for C-sake," says one character, which pretty much sums up the message of the film. Live now, for tomorrow we die. Don't try and patch up your broken marriage, don't ever forgive, and if you find someone as cute as Jennifer Aniston, then try to make it work – even if it makes you miserable.
If you enjoy watching people with diarrhea and gas, you'll love "Along Came Polly" – providing you haven't seen the other movies Hamburg robs from. The scene where Reuben runs out of toilet paper in Polly's bathroom, using her grandmother's linen cloth to wipe himself and thus causing the toilet to overflow, is identical to one in "Dumb & Dumber." The urinal scene, where Ben talks with his boss, Stan Indursky (Alec Baldwin, bizarrely cast as a fat, obnoxious Jewish loudmouth who can't control a gas problem), harks back to "Austin Powers," which wasn't the origin of that gag to begin with.
"Along Came Polly" is all about "pee-pee" and "doo-doo" (as Sandy calls it), which I left behind years ago. Apparently, however, not everyone did, because the film got a lot of laughs. Maybe that's why Hollywood keeps cranking this stuff out. But I say pass.


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This Week at 148Apps: February 4-February 8
This week at 148Apps.com all eyes were still pointed at Firemint's upcoming Real Racing 3. Site founder Jeff Scott writes, "Sister site Pocket Gamer editor Richard Brown discovered that Real Racing 3 is showing up in Game Center. The good news is that means it's been approved by Apple and it can't be long before the release now. While it's not out yet, this does bring up something interesting. Something I noticed in the Game Center achievements lends a little to the accuracy of rumors and theories I've been hearing that Real Racing 3 will be released as a free to play game.
Last week we took you through a three part series about the history of the App Store icon, Real Racing. Rob Rich covered the history and design of the first two games in the series. He also covered time-shifted multiplayer and other new features expected in Real Racing 3. An excellent series and well worth a read. One thing we didn't cover is how the game will be monetized as it has yet to be announced. That monetization method is likely to have huge implications on how the game is received by the fans of the series."
Want more? Read more at 148Apps.
GiggleApps.com writer Amy Solomon contributed a review of Whack A Bone: "Whack A Bone is a wonderful app for iPad that is truly an educational delight, teaching about the anatomy of bones found in the human body.
Nicely sectioned into groups, users will learn about the bones that make up one's core, such as cranium, sternum or vertebrae which is grouped here into three different categories – cervical, thoracic and lumbar, as well as the arm and leg bones, each consisting of its own section as well.
To play this pirate-themed anatomy game, place the bones from the different sections back to their rightful places inside a skeleton with the direction of a talking parrot whose attitude kids will find witty and fun."
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And what week would be complete without a KickStarter Spotlight on AndroidRundown.com. This week, writer Joseph Bertolini focuses on Freedom Planet: "It has been a while since we have really taken an in depth look to one of the fields in which KickStarter has benefited the most; indie game developers. As most everyone knows, indie game sales have exploded over the last few years; bolstered by better distribution methods like Steam and a more willing Sony and Microsoft. It goes without saying that a strong indie market is one of the most important factors to a great gaming industry. Recognizing this, our choice for this week's KickStarter Spotlight is Freedom Planet, a game that will harken strongly back to the days when Sonic and MegaMan were dominating the console market."
Follow up on this Kickstarter Spotlight on AndroidRundown.
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Sony to delay 11in-plus OLED TV launch
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Sony's development plans for large-size OLED TV screens have stalled, a mole has alleged.
The Japanese electronics giant has pushed back the launch of its next OLED TV - the follow-up to the 11in XEL-1, launched in 2007 - until next year at the earliest.
Mass-production of the pricey tellies would exacerbate existing losses within Sony's TV division, people familiar with the company's plans told the Wall Street Journal.
Sony recorded a company-wide operating loss of ¥25.7bn (£162m/$268m/€190m) during its fiscal first quarter, ended 30 June, this year.
A Tokyo-based Sony spokesman refused to comment specifically on the OLED delay rumour, so we don't know - it it's true - whether the delay is a result of those Q1 results, the overall economic downturn or both.
Pushing back the production of large OLED screens may impact Sony heavily. Both Samsung and LG have announced plans to launch TVs based on the technology, though only LG has said it will do so in 2009.
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WASHINGTON — Ana Navarro, a blunt and sometimes outrageous GOP operative from Coral Gables, sounded miserable last month amid Washington's frigid winter, running around in her Jimmy Choo heels between CNN appearances and gala parties surrounding the president she wanted to defeat.
"Whoever invented Spanx should be hired by CIA to run Enhanced Torture Methods," @ananavarro tweeted. "I might die of asphyxia before I get to Latino Ball."
Navarro, 41, lacks much of a filter.
It's a trait that makes her a sought-after voice in Republican politics and an adviser for any presidential hopeful. She often drives her own party bananas, but with confidants Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio she is poised to play a big role in the GOP response to immigration reform and Hispanic outreach.
"One minute she can be the most attractive person and the next very disagreeable," said a chuckling Sen. John McCain, a close friend of Navarro's and her boss during his 2008 presidential campaign. "She's plainspoken and she loves controversy — whatever the topic may be, whether it's Mitt Romney's problems or John McCain's problems."
Long a behind-the-scenes political player, Navarro these da ys is often showing off her frankness and impeccable fashion style on cable TV. Last year, CNN and CNN en Espanol hired her as a political analyst.
"I get paid to talk politics, which I've done my entire life and I would do for free anyway," she marvelled.
Navarro stands out for her willingness to criticize fellow Republicans. She was the first prominent Florida Republican to attack Gov. Charlie Crist for endorsing the $700-billion stimulus plan. ("If they got Charlie Crist in a dark alley, all you'd have left is a tuft of white hair," Navarro said of Republicans in Congress unwilling to say so themselves.)
In 2010, she rescinded her support for gubernatorial candidate Bill McCollum after he shifted hard right on immigration. And in November, after seeing the long voter lines in Miami, she called Gov. Scott directly to urge him to extend early voting.
She repeatedly criticized the Romney campaign's outreach to Hispanic voters as anemic or invisible ("Mitt Romney self-deported himself from the White House," she tweeted on election night), prompting horrified Romney officials to press Navarro's friends to persuade her to zip her trap. Those who knew her best didn't bother.
"I knew it was a waste of time," said Al Cardenas, chairman of the American Conservative Union and a longtime friend of Navarro's from Miami. "Ana has a passion about her, and she's not going to be intimidated or coerced into doing anything other than what's right in her mind."
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In the 1980s, the first-year law student at University of Miami campaigned for aid to the Contras in her native Nicaragua. The daughter of a well-off family in the agriculture business — her father was an early opponent of Anastasio Somoza who went on to fight against leftist revolutionaries — she moved to Miami at age 8 to escape the violence.
"I became a Republican before I knew what a Republican even was because of Ronald Reagan," she said, recalling the president's solidarity with the Contra counterinsurgency fighting the Sandinistas.
Before long, she was showing up at GOP meetings, speaking out on Miami's Cuban radio shows, organizing and attending political rallies, and working with a young Jeb Bush to help Nicaraguan immigrants remain in America. Her activism and force of personality helped raise Navarro's profile in a city whose politics were dominated by Cubans.
She served on Gov. Bush's transition team in 1998, and served as ambassador to the United Nation's Human Rights Commission, devoting much of her energy to condemning human rights violations in Cuba.
In 2008 she served as national co-chair of McCain's Hispanic Advisory Council, and in 2012 served as national Hispanic co-chair for Jon Huntsman's presidential campaign.
"She's incredibly loyal, which is a rarity in this business. I can't imagine being involved in a campaign without her being involved as a warrior princess," said Republican consultant John Weaver, who worked with Navarro on the McCain and Huntsman campaigns. "Yes, she can drive people crazy with her honesty, but she's usually right."
Navarro describes herself as a fiscal conservative, foreign policy hawk, who is also "a pro-gay rights, pro-immigration reform Republican who believes in climate change." She is pals with many Democrats, from Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz to former Al Gore campaign manager Donna Brazile.
"Ana's the kind of person who will ask you about your personal business in front of strangers," said former Democratic U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek of Miami. "When I see her I'm always saying, 'Ana, I'm not going to talk about that. I don't even know most of the people at this table.' "
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Most any candidate eyeing a presidential bid makes a call to Navarro for her straight take.
"Ana speaks the truth and she is willing to speak the truth to power without reservation . . . She has the ear of lots of elected officials," said Republican consultant Brett O'Donnell, another longtime friend who worked on Michele Bachmann's 2012 presidential campaign.
Helping develop her vast stable of prominent political friends is Navarro's longtime significant other, Gene Prescott, a Democratic fundraiser who owns the grand Biltmore hotel in Coral Gables, which hosts more Democratic and Republican political fundraisers than most any address in America. And she's tight with two of the brightest lights in the national GOP — Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio.
When almost no Republicans in Florida would give Rubio any hope of beating Crist in a U.S. Senate primary, Navarro urged him on and regularly attacked the governor as a paper tiger.
"I'll always be grateful to Ana for believing in my Senate campaign from the beginning," said Rubio.
Reporters and politicians constantly ask about her pals.
"It's interesting, though, how everybody is much more interested in whether I think Jeb will run for president than Marco," Navarro confided recently in Washington, nibbling on a seafood salad after a meeting with Republican Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio.
Who would she prefer to run for president? "I love Marco Rubio, and I love Jeb Bush. But I've loved Jeb longer."
Adam C. Smith can be reached at email@example.com.


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SCCM 2012 R2 Reinstall Fails – Configuration Manager Requires a Dedicated SQL Server InstanceReading Time: < 1 minute
Recently I had to reinstall an SCCM 2012 R2 instance, and came across a strange error when I ran the Prerequisite Check.
Dedicated SQL Server instance: Configuration Manager requires a dedicated SQL Server instance to host the site database. You selected the SQL Server instance that site hosts the Configuration Manager database for another site. Select a different SQL Server instance for this new site to use, or resolve the conflict by uninstalling The Other excellant site or moving to a different database SQL Server instance.
After some research it turns out this (in my case anyways) is due to the SCCM uninstall process not properly completing. SCCM doesn't need it's own SQL instance, it just requires that you only have one SCCM instance per SQL instance. To make sure this is the case, the prerequisite checker looks for a few registry keys on the SQL server that the install is looking to use. To fix this error, delete the following keys from the SQL server.
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SMS\Operations Management\Components\SMS_SITE_SQL_BACKUP_<SITESERVERNAME>]
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SMS\Components\ SMS_SITE_SQL_BACKUP_<SITESERVERNAME>]
After they are deleted, run the prerequisite checker again and viola!
I hope this makes your day at least a little bit easier.


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Richard N. Ostling was a longtime religion writer with The Associated Press and with Time magazine, where he produced 23 cover stories, as well as a Time senior correspondent providing field reportage for dozens of major articles. He has interviewed such personalities as Billy Graham, the Dalai Lama, the late Mother Teresa, and Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict XVI); ranking rabbis and Muslim leaders; and authorities on other faiths; as well as numerous ordinary believers. Ostling was the first correspondent regularly covering religion for a network TV newscast, working part-time with the PBS NewsHour and aired CBS Radio religion reports for two decades. He and his late wife Joan coauthored Mormon America: The Power and the Promise (1999, revised 2007, HarperOne), praised by The New York Times Book Review as "eminently fair" and "well-researched."
Professional distinctions include a Pulitzer Prize nomination; the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Religion Newswriters Association (for specialists in the general media), and religion writing honors from the American Academy of Religion, Episcopal Church, and Religion Communicators Council. In one MediaGuide edition Ostling was the only Time staff member ranked among the nation's "highest rated journalists." He is listed in Who's Who in America.
Ostling earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan (With High Distinction, Phi Beta Kappa), an M.A. in religion from George Washington University, and an M.S.J. from Northwestern University's School of Journalism, which named him a charter member of its Alumni Hall of Achievement. The father of two adult daughters, he lives and works in Ridgewood, New Jersey, and is an active lay member of Ridgewood Christian Reformed Church. For examples of his work, search Ostling at www.time.com.