there are many characters and one thinking leads to another story and there's the astrology. was it fun to put all that altogether. >> it was enormous fun. i think it has to do. if you're not having fun you can't hope that the reader's going to have fun. >> am i right in thinking that partly you're looking back to victoria novels, one can sense dickens here, but of course it's a modern contemporary tale. am i write in thinking that you're interested in sort of what the novel can do in all of this. >> very much so, yes. an interesting thing about new zealand, you know, literature is that it really didn't begin in any real sense until the 20th century. so we have a tradition of new zealand in 19th century novels of george el yet or people of that kind. trying to write new zealand in a tradition that's not included in a new zealand voice. >> and being from new zealand, does that bring something to this that we're not aware of? >> yes, i think so. i think it's a different project for a novelist from a small country because you can't rely on anybody knowing any of the things you'r

the astrology community created a stronger environmentalist to express my ideas. i felt my teachers gave me one-on-one time and they helped me to be a vital thinker. i have the motivation to succeed. i moved to a higher place in education and we must continue to reach children and to nurture the young minds that will run this country. (clapping.) >> okay. and i'm the lucky teacher that got to teach that were i'm actually first and for most i'm a parent of two children alumni both my children are critical thinkers and attending colleges of their choices. i believe in public school and as a parent i spent a lot of time trying to find a school that shared any values and shared did hi the academic challenges. i became a volunteer and spent many hours on the board as well as the athletic director and coach. then one day i quit my job and became a teacher. so this is my eight year in teaching and get to be a teacher in my school of my choice. i'm a coach and love it. i love this fabulous program and hope it continues to exist in san francisco. thank you (clapping.) hell

first of all, florence harding liked astrology. it was to her very important way of getting information, gathering strategies. she had a relationship with an astrologer. who was she? >> madame marcia. she wasn't alone in this. it was an interesting period of time. lots of people believe this. if anything, people were more criticized who were following astrology than even now. nevertheless, she found in t extremely important. it shows up in her diaries. it shows up in her writings. of course, madame marcia told her that harding was going to die, but he was going to die in office. she nevertheless decides all the same that she's going to back him to the hilt and make sure this happens. it does seem to have an uncanny effect on her relationship as first lady. >> we see in 1909, the jeweler's wife goes to madame marcia and gets the same prediction, but she ends up being the second wife to woodrow wilson. >> that is amazing. i did not know that. i am really enjoying your show. i was wondering why mrs. harding was a well-liked but respec

i do think your charter will be renewed you'll be on a astrologer foundation and that's a testament to your leadership. the issues i mentioned i think you're growing and that you will address them. i look forward to a invite and mr. on the ground last year, we, sit down and have a deeper discussion about the plan you have got to put forgot to defy >> i think we received a petition we sent to mr. district attorney's office prior to it date. i sent an invitation to every commissioner member here board member because we're not shooi away from those issues you know the truth is i'd love for our feedback about outreach you know what we can do and what are the things we can put in place to improve. we have a situation they're not good by your standards not by ourselves either. so i welcome you all of you i believe we have that opportunity to sit and kind of discuss those. i was out of the country but i'd like to see your school. it was under construction and had a lot of facilities. i'd to come back and look at it our school >> thank you. i think commissioner wanted to go as well. i didn't w

in astra g >> this was -- astrological. >> she was born on july 28, 1929. i think that this is leo. my wife was born on the same day. >> where is the woman who came to see them -- with the astrological signs of the entire kennedy family? listening to her in these videos, regina wants to know, did they speak with the same pauses in normal conversations as what they show on television. >> he did not. i think she never expressed herself on this. some people commented that in public, she spoke in a way that was very careful, sometimes a little bit stilted, and there explanation is that she had in her mind the way a first lady should look and act, and the way a first lady should sound, which is different from how she sounded off duty. >> but her mother and sister also had that. there is a label, called -- this is for the oyster bay area of long island. but this is what she said to me. we all spoke that way, with the lock job. this is exactly what michael said and the other part is the whispery part of that. her dad had said this was a way to attract men. i alway

in astrological. >> she was born on july 28, 1929.think that this is leo. my wife was born on the same day. >> where is the woman who came to see them -- with the astrological signs of the entire kennedy family? listening to her in these videos, regina wants to know, did they speak with the same pauses in normal conversations as what they show on television. .a what they show on television. >> he did not. i think she never expressed herself on this. some people commented that in public, she spoke in a way that was very careful, sometimes a little bit stilted, and there explanation is that she had in her mind the way a first lady should look and act, and the way a first lady should sound, which is different from how she sounded off duty. >> but her mother and sister also had that. there is a label, called -- this is for the oyster bay area of long island. but this is what she said to me. we all spoke that way, with the lock job. this is exactly what michael said and the other part is the whispery part of that. her dad had said this was

i was wondering how -- what was her astrological sign and how did this shape your worldview?she was interested astrology. she was born on july 28, 1929. perhaps our color could tell us. i think that this is leo. my wife was born on the same day. so i have a bit of a leg up. who cameis the woman to see me in richmond who plotted out the astrological signs of the entire kennedy family? listening to jackie kennedy in the videos and the audio, regina wants to know, did jackie speak cadence in normal conversations as on tv? not.e did some people who knew her commented on the fact that in public she spoke in a way that was very careful, sometimes a little bit stilted, and the explanation was she had in her mind the way a first lady should look and a first lady should act, and also the way a first lady should sound, which is different from the way she sounded off duty in the evenings. >> but her mother and sister also had that. >> this has a label, locust valley lockjaw, for the oyster bay area of long island. she said to me, they all spoke the same way. exactlyit, i think, is what

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also if you follow the astrological charts. this is a major day for that.ly lined up for this kind of correction. that's the only explanation away from the ecb having an impact on the currency markets. >> where they cut their rate from half a percent to a quarter of a we apercent. nasdaq getting clobbered. >> keep an eye on the russell 2,000. one of the leaders going up again, leader on the way down today. >> thank you very much. >> pleasure. >> there we go. going out on the day with a gain of 72% on twitter on its first day of trading. big day there. we got earnings from disney coming up. and ceo bob iger joining maria coming up on the second hour of the "closing bell." do not miss that. i'll see you tomorrow. >>> and it is 4:00 on wall street. do you know where your money is? hi, everybody. welcome back to the "closing bell." i'm maria bartiromo on the floor of the new york stock exchange. what a busy day on the street today. the nasdaq really taking it on the chin. we have the dow, the s&p 500 and the nasdaq under selling pressure which makes the twitter