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Leslie Carter
|Leslie Carter
|Leslie Barbara Carter
June 6, 1986
Tampa, Florida, U.S.
|January 31, 2012[1]
(aged 25)
Westfield, New York, U.S.
|Singer, songwriter
|Years active
|1999 - 2012
|Mike Ashton (m. 2008–12) [2]
|Alyssa Jane Ashton (b. 2011)[2]
Leslie Barbara Carter (June 6, 1986 – January 31, 2012) was an American pop singer best known as the sister of Backstreet Boys member Nick Carter and Aaron Carter.
Life and family[edit]
Leslie Carter was born in Tampa, Florida, the third of five children of Jane Elizabeth (née Spaulding) and Robert Gene Carter.[3][4][5][6] She was born at the Garden Villa Retirement Home, where the Carter family were living and working at the time.[5] She was the older sister of Aaron Carter and his twin sister Angel and the younger sister of BJ Carter and Nick Carter.[7] After Carter's parents divorced in 2003,[3] her father, who has a daughter from a previous marriage,[3] married Ginger R. Elrod (born December 5, 1974)[6] in 2004, and had a son, Kaden, in 2005.[3] Her mother has also since remarried.
In 2008, Leslie Carter married Mike Ashton and moved to Toronto, Ontario, where she gave birth to a daughter Alyssa Jane Ashton in 2011.[3]
In 2011, she attended a youth rehab facility in LaVerkin, Utah but was pulled before completion of the program.
Early recordings[edit]
Carter signed a record deal with Dreamworks Records in 1999 and began recording her debut album. This album was set for release in June 2000, but it was delayed because Dreamworks wanted to test Carter's fan base before releasing the album in order to ensure its success. Her single, "Like Wow!" appeared on the Shrek soundtrack[8] and received minor radio airplay, peaking at No. 99 on the Billboard Hot 100.[9] Her debut album Like Wow! was set for release on April 10, 2001.[10] However, Dreamworks later canceled the release. The cancellation followed a number of reported problems from the set of her debut music video.[11] Promo copies later became available online and Metal Mike Saunders of The Village Voice described it as "the best bubblegum album of the entire '97-Y2K era."[11]
The Other Half[edit]
Carter started a small club tour in Canada in December 2005, and had a showcase in New York City on January 19, 2006, with hopes it would lead to a new record deal. The songs performed on this tour had her abandoning her bubblegum pop roots for a more mature, pop rock-oriented sound. Carter co-wrote her material with High Holy Days guitarist Dave Thompson. In late 2006, Leslie Carter created the band The Other Half with her backup musicians Mike Ashton, DJ Porter, Casey Clowater, Paul Davidson, and Dave Thompson. The final line-up consisted of Carter (vocals), Ashton (drums), Jason Eldon (electric guitar), and Sean Smit (bass guitar, back-up vocals). In September 2009, the band mutually decided to split up. Carter was seen writing music and performing her own songs for her siblings on the family's reality show House of Carters. Carter also had been spotted with Pop/R&B star Nivea in January 2012 at Capitol Records offices both looking for recording deals.[citation needed]
On January 31, 2012, aged 25, Carter, who had complained of feeling ill, was found unresponsive at the home of her father, Robert Carter, in Mayville, New York,[12] and was pronounced dead on arrival at Westfield Memorial Hospital in Westfield, New York.[13]
While not attributing a cause of death, a Chautauqua County police incident report and supplemental "Overdose Follow Up" report said Carter, identified by her married name of Leslie B. Ashton, had suffered an overdose and was taking the prescription medications Olanzapine, Cyclobenzaprine (muscle relaxer) and Alprazolam (Xanax).[12][14] As of February 25, 2012, the cause of death was still under investigation by authorities.
Her life was celebrated at a ceremony in Mayville, New York. Many family members attended the funeral, including Aaron Carter, but Nick did not attend because of a family feud.[15] In a September 2013 interview on Dr. Phil, Nick said Leslie's death was the most horrific news he had ever heard.[15] He also said that his family blamed him for her death and he did not attend her funeral because of their accusations against him.[15] Leslie Carter is buried in Chautauqua Cemetery in Chautauqua, New York.[16]
- "I Need To Hear It From You" — Promotional recording[11]
- "Like Wow!" — Billboard Hot 100 peak: 99
- Like Wow! — Unreleased
- House of Carters (2006) (TV)
- ^ "Zus van Backstreet Boy Nick Carter overleden - Muziek nieuws - De Morgen (Sister of Backstreet Boy Nick Carter deceased - Music News - De Morgen)". demorgen.be. 2012-02-01. Retrieved 2012-02-01.
Leslie werd op 6 juni 1986 geboren in Florida (Leslie was born on June 6, 1986 in Florida.)
- ^ a b "Leslie Carter: 5 Things You Don't Know". Us Weekly. 2012-02-02.
- ^ a b c d e Sarah Fitzmaurice (2012-02-01). "Leslie Carter, sister of singers Nick and Aaron dies aged 25". Daily Mail. UK. Retrieved 2012-02-01.
- ^ Laudadio, Marisa (2009-02-16). "Nick Carter Gets Buff - DUIs, Substance Abuse, Nick Carter". People. Retrieved 2012-02-01.
- ^ a b "Bio". AaronCarter.com (official site) site. Archived from the original on June 22, 2003. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
Aaron Charles Carter—namesake of his Grampa (Charles) Douglas Spaulding. Leslie was born in Florida, at the Garden Villa Retirement Home, where the Carter family lived and worked at the time.
- ^ a b "Chautauqua County Office of the Sheriff Incident Report". via ABC News. January 31, 2012. Retrieved 2012-02-03.
- ^ "Carter Family Attorney Speaks to Frivolous Lawsuit Filed Against Bobbie Jean Carter Also Naming Robert & Nick Carter". Scott Alan Salomon, Esq., press release via PR Newswire. July 22, 2005. Retrieved February 1, 2012.
- ^ Rockingham, Graham (May 3, 2007). "Don't write off these two as has-beens". The Hamilton Spectator. Torstar Corporation. Retrieved February 1, 2012.
- ^ "Like Wow! - Leslie Carter". billboard.com. Billboard. Retrieved 2012-07-18.
- ^ Moss, Corey (January 31, 2001). "Leslie Carter: It's Her Party". mtv.com. (MTV). Retrieved 2012-02-01.
- ^ a b c Metal Mike Saunders (2002-11-19). "Tween-Pop Suppressed!". The Village Voice. Retrieved 2012-02-01.
Weirdly, the deer-in-the-headlights crossroads weekend of Leslie Carter's stillborn stardom was documented extensively in a February 2001 Esquire feature article about former hardcore-porn director ... turned rock-video maven ... Gregory Dark. The site to watch Greg work at, bizarrely enough, was Leslie Carter's first video shoot. All heck had broken loose (between the video production company reps, label A&R reps, the singer's handlers, and the video director in charge himself) when Leslie showed up with 'issues' (namely, she was real-life chunky à la latter-day Nick Carter...). After a grueling day of endless takes nearing the eight hours permitted by child labor laws, a cautionary tale of why 14-year-olds maybe shouldn't be aspiring pop stars doing a $350K video shoot unraveled....
- ^ a b Marikar, Sheila (February 2, 2012). "Leslie Carter Overdosed, Was Under the Influence of Several Drugs, According to Police Report". ABC News. Archived from the original on February 2, 2012.
- ^ Murphy, Eileen (February 1, 2012). "Leslie Carter Dies: Toxicology Tests Underway". ABC News.
- ^ "Incident Report" and "Overdose Follow Up", Chautauqua County Office of the Sheriff, January 31, 2012
- ^ a b c "Why I didn't attend my tragic sister Leslie's funeral, by Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter". Daily Mail. London. February 6, 2012.
- ^ Leslie Carter at Find A Grave
External links[edit]
- Leslie Carter at the Internet Movie Database
- The Other Half on MySpace
- Leslie Carter at Find a Grave
- 1986 births
- 2012 deaths
- Teen idols
- 20th-century American singers
- 21st-century American singers
- Aaron Carter
- American child singers
- American expatriate musicians in Canada
- American female pop singers
- American female rock singers
- Burials in New York
- Child pop musicians
- Drug-related deaths in New York
- Nick Carter (musician)
- Participants in American reality television series
- Musicians from Tampa, Florida
- Singers from Florida
- 20th-century Canadian musicians
- People from Ruskin, Florida


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SWEET M1 you got there ! DO you mind me asking what CMP is charging for their M1's these days ?
I saw a whole lot of them at a place by me but they were BAD....looked like after the war some people used them for baseball bats and paddels for their canoes LOL, they were all sorts of beat up...the only good thing was they were $300 IIR. But sold as is no returns....good parts kit of re-build probably.
Saigaist most likely saw the same guy I got mine from.Yeah, spring of this yearAh $350.00 M1s those were the days
It was $325 (as is) and the receiver was loose in the stock, found another rough stock that fit better for $25 (that's the 350), a friend had a dummy 308 and I did the generic bullet test on the bores, only two passed (out of like 30) and this was the better of the two.
It shoots great at 100 meters, didn't try the 200 yet.
But I think I'll have to replace the op-rod, when I first shot it the rod popped out of the receiver groove, the part on the rod was out of spec. I added some material and filed it to spec, put 200+ rounds through it and it still popped once. I'm not in a rush to get one since they're 100-150 for used and 300+ for like new or new.
These are great rifles, if anyone reading this hasn't shot one, try it and I'm sure you'll want one
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My very first M-1 Garand cost about $125.oo from Sears long before FFL's were mandated. That Garand was much nicer than the one issued to me as a cadet years later.
Thanks for the info VD, I haven't messed with it lately, I think the groove is still decent but I'll look into it.
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Si and Betty Robin, owners of Sensor Systems, Inc. of Chatsworth, gave $100,000 to the LAUSD's Aviation Mechanics School.
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And nearly all grads land jobs paying up to $25 an hour building or fixing private, commercial and military aircraft, including many at Van Nuys Airport.
For months, however, city officials have teamed up with airport officials and local businesses to try to salvage the popular program that costs $500,000 a year to run.
The Los Angeles Unified School District had threatened to close its mechanics school because its monthly rent at Van Nuys Airport was slated to double to $12,000 in July.
Los Angeles World Airports, in turn, offered to drop the rent to $1 a month for 15 years.
But that was only if the Federal Aviation Administration, which oversees airport uses, lets LAWA cut a deal for nearly free rent.
FAA officials said they only received the formal request last week, and are completing an expedited review. They expect to answer the request very soon.
"Let the whole country know that this is tremendously important," said newly elected East Valley Congressman Tony Cardenas, a former city councilman and advocate for the mechanics school.
"The FAA needs to approve this paperwork quickly so that LAWA can approve the lease."
Across the mechanics school, more than 100 students who paid $1,000 for tuition gathered round vintage engines, helicopters and fighter jets.
"There's getting to be a real shortage in mechanics and aircraft technicians," said airport businessman Clay Lacy of the Van Nuys Airport Association. "The thing that's great about this school: everyone who graduates gets a job. I hire `em."
One of those students was Jose Munguia, who will soon graduate. While working at the airport, he once fueled up Si Robin's Beechcraft Staggerwing biplane.
"Very thrilled. Very excited," said Munguia, 25, of Pacoima.
"I hope to wrench (soon) on the big birds, any passenger aircraft," he continued.
"The school has meant so much: a better life for me and my family."
It was 1951 that Si Robin, a native of the Bronx, began flying out of Van Nuys Airport. Since then, he and Betty built Sensor Systems into a 300-employee firm, making 1,100 antennas a day for the likes of Airbus, Boeing and Northrup Grumman.
On Monday, he marveled at the 1949 Bell helicopter now worth $400,000, he said, or the Korean War-era U.S. Air Force T-33 fighter now valued at $2 million. Across the hangar, a bay door opened to the airport roar of commercial jets.
"You see how nice this place is?," said Robin, a vintage race car driver, beaming to his wife Betty. "This is a place of learning.
"This is one place you cannot lose."
Updated: This story has been updated Tuesday to include the FAA response.


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From Automotive News:
General Motors is in negotiations to buy the struggling Chrysler group in its entirety, say sources in Germany and the United States.
High-level talks are taking place between DaimlerChrysler AG and GM executives.
Although the two companies have discussed cooperation on a large SUV, say sources at both companies, the potential deal would go beyond limited product development alliances.
Talk of an alliance was first reported last week in Germany's Manager-Magazin.
GM spokesman Tony Cervone declined to comment on the speculation, saying, "We have always said that conversations (between GM and many other parties) have happened all the time, and many times they don't come to fruition."
A Chrysler spokesperson declined to comment. Other sources have reacted skeptically.
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Nov. 25, 2013
By Brian Rice
Each week, UTSports.com takes a look at the numbers from the weekend past and the weekend ahead in Four Downs. This week, great defense, taking the ball away at an impressive pace and a look ahead at UT's most-contested rivalry.
First Down: 90 - Rushing Yards Surrendered by Tennessee
The Tennessee defense not only had its best statistical performance of the season against an SEC opponent, but the best against a conference foe in nearly two years.
We'll start on the ground where UT held Vanderbilt to 90 rushing yards on 39 carries, the lowest total by an SEC opponent since the Commodores also rushed for 90 yards in Neyland Stadium in 2011. The performance marked the first time the Vols held a conference team under 200 yards rushing since holding Kentucky to 167 last season and the first time under 100 yards since the aforementioned Vandy game in 2011.
UT has now held two opponents this season under 100 yards on the ground after Austin Peay gained just 79 in the season opener. It was a season low for rushing yards for Vanderbilt and the second time in 2013 that the Commodores had been held under 100 yards rushing, with Texas A&M limiting them to 95.
In total defense, the Volunteers surrendered 285 yards, second-fewest this season after Austin Peay picked up 211. It marked the first time UT had held an SEC team under 300 yards of total offense since doing it in back-to-back games against Vanderbilt (283) and Kentucky (217) in 2011. It was the lowest total in an SEC game since that 217-yard performance against the Wildcats.
Second Down: 4 - Turnovers forced by Tennessee
Tennessee forced four turnovers, pushing the season total to 24, the most since recording 28 in 2010.
Brian Randolph recorded his team-best fourth interception of the year, the 14th by the Volunteers, the most since 18 in 2010. The Vols have intercepted a pass in seven of 11 games this season.
On the fumble recovery side, Tennessee is also partying like it's 2010, matching that team's output of 10 fumble recoveries. The Volunteers forced three Vanderbilt fumbles, an impressive number by any standard, but even more so when you consider that the Commodores had lost just two fumbles all season heading into Saturday's game. The Vols had not recovered three fumbles in a game since a win over South Carolina in 2009. Tennessee had just five fumble recoveries a season ago.
Dontavis Sapp recovered his third fumble of the year, marking the highest number since Prentiss Waggner recovered three in 2010.
Third Down: Quick Hits
45 - Kick Return Yards for Devrin Young, which moved him up a spot from fifth to fourth on the all-time kick return list at Tennessee with 1,196, passing David Oku (1,175). He needs 11 yards to catch Corey Larkins (1,307) for third and is just 658 yards from Willie Gault's all-time record.
246 - Consecutive games the Volunteers have scored, thanks to Rajion Neal's touchdown in the second quarter. UT was last shut out by Florida on Sept. 17, 1994.
5 - Yards on Rajion Neal's second-quarter touchdown run. The TD was his 11th of the season and 18th of his career. Neal's 11 scores are the most for a Vol running back since Tauren Poole also ran for 11 in 2010.
95 - Rushing yards for Neal. He missed out on his fifth 100-yard game in 2013 by just five yard but needs just 10 yards next week to become UT's first 1,000-yard rusher since Poole ran for 1,034 in 2010.
2,029 - Career rushing yards for Neal, who moved past Stanley Morgan for 14th on the all-time rushing list. He needs 32 yards to catch Aaron Hayden for 13th and 62 to reach Charlie Garner for 12th.
48 - Career starts for Ja'Wuan James, tying a Tennessee record for offensive linemen. James is also tied for most appearances for a Vol offensive lineman and can break both records by starting next week at Kentucky.
53 - Passing yards for UT, the fewest in a game since throwing for 21 in a win over Vanderbilt in 2008. The Vols had 16 passing yards before the final drive. If the Vols had remained with 16, it would have been the lowest total since 1963, when UT threw for 9 yards in a win over Vanderbilt.
Fourth Down: A Look Ahead
108 - Meetings between Tennessee and Kentucky, the Volunteers' most-contested rivalry.
27 - Wins over Kentucky to one loss since 1985. 2 of the last three games in Lexington have gone to overtime.
14 - All time wins on Nov. 30, the next time UT takes the field. This will be the first time since 2002 the Vols have played on the date, a 24-0 win against Kentucky. Tennessee last lost on the date in 1911, 12-0 to Kentucky State and will look to continue the streak when the Volunteers close out the season in Lexington and it's once again Football Time in Tennessee!


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Monday's calls started out at 5:32 a.m. at 511 D St., to what turned out to be a false alarm; at 11:35 a.m., there was another false alarm at Wausau Paper; and at 2:15 p.m., firefighters were called out to 618 Circle Pines Dr., to burnt bacon.
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It's simple. Writing a screenplay, or screenwriting, is telling exciting stories about exciting people in an exciting form. And the essential elements of a good story well told are:
1. The story is about somebody with whom we have some empathy.
2. This somebody wants something very badly.
3. This goal is difficult, but possible to do, get, or achieve.
4. The story accomplishes maximum emotional impact and audience connection.
5. And the story comes to a satisfactory ending, not necessarily a happy one.
(Character + Want) x Obstacles = Story
The root of writing a great story or screenwriting a film.
In this section, not only will you become proficient in developing stories about interesting characters who are struggling to achieve unequivocal goals through the practical application of story scenarios and story questionnaires, but you will also explore the three major areas of story: location, population, and situation. You will learn to create original, believable worlds with a clearly defined populace and a well developed, plausible situation.
Development 7
To regret one's own experiences is to arrest one's own development. - Oscar Wilde
There are stories in all of us, and the old adage "write what you know" is always a good place to begin and keep coming back to. It only makes sense to steal and/or elaborate from your own experiences. Getting these stories out and onto paper is the root of screenwriting and writing.
Before I had children of my own, I avoided writing screenplay with kids as main characters. I didn't understand the complexities of the parent/child relationship, at least not from the parent's point of view. Now, however, children are an intricate part of my everyday life, so writing about them is much easier. I simply write what I know.
This isn't to say that you as you explore your screenwriting journey and grow as a screenwriter should never explore material that you don't know intimately, but again use logic as your guide. If you never watch rom-coms, why are you going to write one? If you're not into sci-fi, why are you going to set your world on another planet? But remember that knowledge is also your experience. You may never have been in the military or stepped foot in Iraq, but if you do the research - interview people who have and read everything you can get your hands on - your knowledge is the learning experience that is necessary to begin writing the screenplay.
One way I like to think about story development is by illustrating personal growth through an individual's box of knowledge. Everyone has one. Your box is simply what you know. And if you ask ten questions, you're bound to find some answers. Say you find three. Well now, your box has expanded. You know more, but you feel like you know less because you still have seven questions unanswered, and the three answers you discovered opened the door to ten more questions each. Therefore, even though you clearly have more knowledge (and a bigger box), you also have 37 more questions, and not knowing those answers is frustrating.
Story development functions precisely the same way. The root of writing a good story comes down to asking questions and fighting through the frustrations as you do the hard work to discover the answers.
The basic spine of any successful screenplay is character, objective, obstacles, and theme. A good story is about an interesting protagonist (character), who wants something badly (objective) and is having trouble achieving it (obstacles), and the story is worth writing because it illustrates some kind of universal message (theme).
But in order for successful development to occur, use a story questionnaire, explore story scenarios, and literally ask your way to uncover the answers that will guide you through your story. These questions and answers will guide you through your screenwriting and writing journey.
Location 2
I try not to force the characters into some setting or event to accommodate what I want, but rather let them be real enough to dictate to me what setting they want to be in. - Bill Wittliff
It was Alfred Hitchcock who famously said that the three most vital elements of a film are "the script, the script, the script." But when it comes to buying real estate, the three most important ingredients are location, location, location. And since location is a major part of any screenplay, it must be pretty damn significant.
In 2005, I had completed a high-concept commercial romantic comedy spec screenplay, which got rave reviews, until Will Smith and Kevin James hit the big screen in the successful rom-com Hitch.
My screenplay, unfortunately, was not too dissimilar. I was devastated. Countless drafts and the better part of a year, I thought, down the tubes. But my manager made a suggestion: keep the story; change the world, a world that no one had scene before, something really different. So my corporate metropolis became a Podunk Renaissance Faire. Sure, there were a ton of changes, but I solved my Hitch problem and the screenplay just kept getting better. My manager was right: same story; new location.
As screenwriters, we're often telling the same story again and again: Romeo and Juliet in World War II Sicily; Romeo and Juliet at Band Camp; Romeo and Juliet on a Mission to Mars. Same story, new character details, but often, it's the location alone that makes the movie.
Screenwriting is a visual journey. The location is integral to experience, don't under estimate it's importance.
Population 4
When a drastic change occurs, it occurs in a relatively small and isolated population.
- Ernst Mayr
I was born in Evanston, IL: population 75,543. Grew up in Kenosha, WI: population 96,240. Went to school in Milwaukee: population 573,358. And now I'm a husband and father of three, living and working in Los Angeles: population 3,849,378. According to the most recent estimates from the United States Census Bureau, I went from small to bigger to the second largest city in the country. But those are just numbers. When it comes to screenplay story, population stems from your main protagonist and the characters involved in his or her specific world.
As an infant in Evanston, my population was pretty simple: mom, dad, and me. But mom and dad divorced, and mom and I had moved to Kenosha before my third birthday. I lived there for 15 more years, and as a kid in a relatively Norman Rockwell community, the population of my life changed depending upon which story I was in at the time.
Wisconsin summers filled with dirt bikes, basketball, and kick-the-can were pages right out of Rob Reiner's Stand by Me. There was four of us: Bart, Brian, Clint, and myself. We were inseparable, a cohesive team, battling our adversaries: the old witch in the corner house who'd call the police every time we'd climb her evergreen, the bully who'd chase us out of Newman Park with a seven-iron and an endless supply of golf balls, and the entire staff at The Brompton School after we accidentally set their parking lot on fire. Our population was small: four 12-year-old boys. And we were, as Shakespeare said, truly a "band of brothers." But that's just one story - one population.
There are dozens of different populations in everyone's lives: coworkers, classmates, the yoga group at the YMCA. But you can't determine what the specific population of your screenplay is - and it must be specific - until you decide whose story it is first. Start by creating a complex and flawed protagonist who has a clear objective. Make sure this protagonist will learn, grow, or change in some way after the experience; this helps build a powerful character arc. Do your best to provide polarity in order to maximize the opportunity for conflict. But most importantly, keep things small.
In screenwriting, less really is more. There is a reason only six college friends go off to the cabin in the Horror film. The elite commando unit, regardless of genre, is always small and well contained: Aliens, The Seven Samurai, Predator, Saving Private Ryan. Every rom-com has best friends for each male and female counterpart.
I may have grown up in a city with 96,240 people, but the population of my many worlds was always small, always specific. Even today, living in Los Angeles, a city that's sure to break four million once all the census forms are tallied, the central population of my most important world is only five: my wife and kids.
So don't reinvent the wheel. Fill the population of your screenplay with interesting characters and use polarity to create opportunities for conflict, but always limit your population. It's a small world after all. So keep it that way.
Situation 3
An artist is a man of action, whether he creates a personality, invents an expedient, or finds the issue of a complicated situation. - Joseph Conrad
The 2006 comedic screenplay Little Miss Sunshine, penned by Academy Award Winner Michael Arndt, isn't funny because it is full of funny characters. Ardnt doesn't put characters in a room and force them to make us laugh. Not at all. In fact, the entire family is a tragic mess: Grandpa is a foul-mouthed horny heroin addict, Frank is a gay intellectual with an inferiority complex and a recent survivor of a suicide attempt, Dwayne is an apathetic teen trying to evade family reality through a Nietzschean vow of silence, Richard is a self-involved father pushing his quixotic nine step system on "How to be a Winner" onto everyone - including his family, and Sheryl is a pissed-off enabling wife about a stones throw away from filing divorce papers. The only seemingly "normal" one of the bunch is Olive, the seven-year-old daughter who dreams of someday transforming herself into a child-sized Aphrodite and winning The Little Miss Sunshine Beauty Pageant.
Screenwriting thrives on conflict and turmoil!
Addiction. Suicide. Denial. Selfishness. Divorce. Idolization. These subjects don't necessarily seem like ideal themes to explore in a comedy. However, the best comedies really come from tragedies. But the funny stuff in Little Miss Sunshine is never "funny" characters trying to be funny. Quite the opposite. These are real people just trying to live their lives and get through another hard day. What's funny is the situation: a dysfunctional family takes a cross-country trip in their VW bus to get their seven-year-old daughter to the finals of a beauty pageant.
Imagine your own family stuck in a beat up old VW bus for two days and 800 miles. Then add in conflicts and obstacles: no air conditioning, news that your father's nine step system is a failure, your brother discovering he's color blind and can't pursue his dream of becoming a Air Force pilot, the horn of the VW inadvertently honking mile after mile, being pulled over by the fuzz, and even Grandpa dying of an overdose. Grandpa dies... and we laugh, because of the situation.
There are a number of situations in your screenplay. The first is in the beginning - the status quo - and illustrated through Act One of the script. The second situation begins when your main character is lock-in to the second act tension. This dramatic situation builds with rising action as internal/external conflicts and obstacles arise while the protagonist struggles to achieve the main objective. And a final situation begins with Act Three, once the protagonist has reached the objective and is propelled into yet a new situation with a new goal.
However, no situation will work if it is not plausible. We must believe (with genre variance) that the situations the characters find themselves in are not only plausible, but inevitable.


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The Paducah Sun will welcome a new executive editor in February.
Steve M. Wilson, a Rock Island, Ill., native who most recently served as editor of the Kentucky Enquirer in northern Kentucky, will take the reins in The Paducah Sun newsroom around mid-month.
Wilson has more than 30 years of experience in senior newspaper jobs, most of them at major metros. As managing editor of the St. Paul Pioneer Press in 1984-1986, Wilson edited and directed a year-long project "Life on the Land: An American Farm Family" which won that newspaper's first Pulitzer Prize.
Wilson and Paducah Sun Editor and Publisher Jim Paxton know one another from their early newspaper days in Lexington, Ky., where Wilson was editor of the Lexington Leader and Paxton was a city hall reporter and business writer for the rival (but jointly owned) Lexington Herald.
Wilson says journalism has been a part of his life since childhood. His father worked as the editor of Rock Island's newspaper, and he has always found the field rewarding.
"The best reporting aggressively covers the news that matters most and topics that interest people, and does so accurately and fairly. But it goes beyond that. It provides context and digs beneath the surface to explain not just what happened, but how and why," he said.
The newspaperman says the Internet and social media have bruised newspapers in recent years, but his outlook for the industry remains positive.
"They have lost some revenue, but not relevance," Wilson said of newspapers. "The world is exploding with an overload of information, and news organizations that can gather it, sort it, and make sense of it are more valuable today than ever."
He counts the Sun among such organizations.
"I think that the Sun has long served the Paducah region as a trusted source of information and as a forum for community engagement, and it will be my job to build on that tradition," he said.
Wilson added that he looks forward to the move, which will bring him closer to his son Tim, who works in Paducah and lives with his family in Hickory.
"I grew up in a Midwest river town, and I expect that people in Paducah have some of the same virtues as people in my hometown," said Wilson, citing friendliness, straightforwardness and a strong work ethic among them.
In addition to the Pulitzer Prize at the St. Paul Pioneer Press, Wilson's achievements include becoming the youngest top editor in the Knight-Ridder newspaper organization at the Lexington Leader at age 30. He received Journalist of the Year and Manager of the Year awards at the Scottsdale (Ariz.) Progress, where he led the newspaper to the top award for general excellence from the Arizona Press Association for five consecutive years, including a year in which the newspaper won all 11 of the first-place awards.
He also worked as assistant to the executive editor at the Detroit Free Press, assistant to the editor at The Star-Tribune in Minneapolis, and deputy managing editor and columnist for the Arizona Republic in Phoenix.
In addition to his newspaper career, Wilson served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Micronesia and as a military policeman in the United States Army.
Wilson and Paxton first crossed paths in the 1980s, while working at the rival Lexington newspapers, which shared a common newsroom. (The two newspapers later merged and are now the Lexington Herald-Leader).
"The staffs of the two papers had a healthy rivalry. We were clearly competitive, but we didn't throw things at each other," Wilson recalled.
The two got back in touch a little more than a year ago. Paxton said he couldn't be more proud to have a journalist of Wilson's caliber to lead the news operations of the Sun.
"Journalistic excellence has followed Steve everywhere he has been, and I look forward to what he will accomplish for our newsroom and for the readers of The Paducah Sun," Paxton said.
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Bozeman Yellowstone Int'l Airport sets state record for passengers in 2013
BOZEMAN, Mont. - The following press release was sent out by Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport.
Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport (BZN) handled 884,660 passengers flying in and out during 2013, setting the state record. Passenger levels for 2013 were up 2% compared to 2012.
The Air Traffic Control Tower handled 74,952 aircraft operations during the year, down 8% from 2012. General aviation accounts for 74% of aircraft operations at BZN. Scheduled passenger and cargo airline service accounts for approximately 19% and corporate jet operations account for the remaining 7% of all aircraft operations. There were 114 general aviation international arrivals handled at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office at BZN during the year.
In March, Bozeman Yellowstone Int'l Airport welcomed its 15 millionth passenger since 1947 and in May became Montana's busiest passenger airport. In August, BZN completed the construction of an additional 312 parking stalls in the pay parking lot and added an eleventh parking position for airliners at the terminal. Construction also began on the new I-90 Interchange that will serve the airport and is expected to be completed in late 2014.
Passenger totals in and out by airline brand in 2013 were:
· Delta Air Lines – 362,299
· United Airlines – 283,914
· Frontier Airlines – 73,698
· Alaska Airlines – 102,807
· Allegiant Air – 59,851
· Chartered Airline Flights – 2,091


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The sidewalk was as soft as a good bed. Malone lay curled on it, thinking
about nothing at all. He was drifting off into a wonderful dream, and he
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a man. And she had her soft white hand on his arm, and she was look-
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Malone smiled back at her, gently but with complete confidence. "Call
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Service Dogs, Inc. transforms dogs abandoned to animal shelters into lifelines for people living with hearing loss or mobility challenges. Founded in 1988 by attorney Sheri Soltes, SDI provides the dogs and training free of charge.
Mission Statement
The Mission of Service Dogs, Inc. is to improve the quality of life of persons living with disabilities through the training and provision of Hearing and Service Dogs.
- To bring greater independence to people living with disabilities through partnership with a working dog
- To provide abandoned and unwanted dogs renewed lives of love and service
- To provide the dogs and training free of charge to recipients
Our Programs
- Hearing Dog and Service Dog Training
- We provide the dogs and training free of charge
- We serve veterans and other adults residing in Texas
- We custom train each dog and client
- Client training includes a 5-day Team Training Class followed by 13 weekly sessions in their home, workplace and community
- Clients receive follow up for the lifetime of the Hearing or Service Dog
- PAWS – We mentor through the Texas Juvenile Justice Department to teach juvenile offenders positive dog training skills. Inmates learn to train newly adopted shelter dogs to prepare them for our Hearing and Service Dog training program or adoption. PAWS stands for Pairing Achievement with Service
- Trainers Academy – We offer three separate 5-day events for professional dog trainers interested in Hearing and Service Dog training.
Our Dogs
- We adopt all of our dogs from animal shelters and rescue groups.
- We select dogs based on temperament including both mix and pure breeds.
- We transform these formerly abandoned dogs into
- Hearing Dogs – They alert their deaf partners by touch and lead them to sounds
- Service Dogs – They pick up dropped objects, open and close doors, fetch help, open the refrigerator and fetch desired items, nudge arms and legs into the desired position, help with laundry and perform other customized tasks
- Not only help with tasks but provide friendship and increased social interaction
Your Donation – One Donation Saves Two Lives
- Your gift saves dogs' lives
- You donation gives people the gifts of independence, security, companionship, unconditional love and team work
- Your gift is tax deductible, deeply appreciated and used carefully and responsibly
Our Clients
- People with mobility impairments must overcome challenges for even the simplest life tasks – picking up dropped keys or a pen, opening a door, turning on a light, getting the remote control, rolling over or sitting up in bed, transferring to and from a wheelchair, or getting the phone in case of emergency.
- People who are deaf or hard of hearing cannot hear their child call their name. They may miss a warning alarm. They can't respond to many of the sounds key for safety and independence such as alarms, sirens, phones, timers, doorbells, and buzzers. Hearing Dogs alert their partners by touch and lead them to these important sounds and more.
- We have 40 or more people on a waiting list and wait time is 1-2 years. They wait as we seek funding to provide a Hearing or Service Dog to suit their specialized needs.
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The SOAL (Summer Opportunity Of A Lifetime) program gives students the opportunity to extend their learning outside the classroom, both domestically and abroad. SOAL students spend part of each summer in a new environment, which helps to broaden their aspirations and prepare them for global competitiveness. They return with a wealth of new knowledge, not to mention eye-opening experiences that will forever change them.
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Demo Work Stirs Asbestos Worry On B. 116
Work at the Job Lot store, 192 Beach 116 Street/115-15 Rockaway Beach Boulevard, caused concern last Friday when passerby saw what they thought was asbestos being carried out to dumpsters sitting on Beach 116 Street. The Department of Environmental Protection, Department of Buildings and The Wave received phone calls regarding the matter. The dumpster was covered with a blue tarp later that day and asbestos warning labels were slapped on the dumpster, but so far, the DOB has only listed a complaint for "work without a permit."


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Thank you to our brother in the UK...well said chap.
This is a discussion on Gun Nation (National Geographic Chn) within the The Second Amendment & Gun Legislation Discussion forums, part of the Related Topics category; We have just had this rubbish shown on UK TV (I think it was called Guns in American when shown in the US in March ...
We have just had this rubbish shown on UK TV (I think it was called Guns in American when shown in the US in March this year)
I have never watched any program so biased and misinformed.... I was so I have banged off an email to Nat Geo in the UK... thought you guys might like to read what I sent... Apologies to the Mods if this is in the wrong place... My thoughts are that the lefties are trying different tactis on this
Dear Sirs
I have to say I was very disappointed with the left wing bias in the recent program Gun Nation.
I lot of what you broadcast could have been lifted directly from the brady campaigns web site. The blurred line between Illegal firearms and legally owned firearms was as biased as our own UK press.
For your information, if you have a felony conviction you can NEVER legally posses a firearm in any US State, all of the shootings you showed or re-created were with illegally owned firearms, your show gave the un-informed viewer the impression that as a US citizen anybody can wander into any gunshop and buy what ever gun takes their fancy (including automatic weapons) which is absolute rubbish.
You also glossed over CCW (Carry Concealed Weapon) laws
Are you aware of the countless times armed US citizens draw their firearms to protect themselves and their loved ones?
You showed a couple of really poor biased examples (you did brady proud)
First was the Texan who shot and killed two intruders leaving his neighbours house, yes it seemed harsh that he shot them both in the back, But this is Texas Im sure they knew the law (Castle Doctrine or stand your ground law).
Second was the lady whos ex boyfriend committed a home invasion and she shot and killed him when he entered her bedroom, your narrator was very neutral about whether this was good or bad . Come on what the hell was he going to do???? Play pat-a-cake????
Let me give you a link to a web site with real people are alive today because the founding Fathers of the USA gave their citizens the right to bear arms and to defend Themselves.
CCW Award Recipients
Here you will get a much better idea of what being armed means, not the tosh that you have been fed by brady.
Im not an American but a subject of the UK, where as Im sure you are aware we cannot carry any weapon whatsoever to protect ourselves.
I think your program was so far off the mark I could go on and on, (but won't!) I would be more than happy to speak directly with any of your reseachers or put them in touch with people who will give a balanced view of the subject.
Yours sincerely (end)
If I have anything wrong...please don't hesitate to correct me... I have broad shoulders
Tint Bob (UK)
Thank you to our brother in the UK...well said chap.
Friends don't let friends be MALL NINJAS.
I am just as nice as anyone lets me be and can be just as mean as anyone makes me. - Quoted from Terryger, New member to our forum.
Nice letter...good response, but probably fell on deaf ears.
I feel badly for what the UK has done to its peasants.
Take care...stay safe...somehow.
Proverbs 27:12 says: The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.
Certified Glock Armorer
NRA Life Member
not sure how I feel about being called a peasant!
But at the end of the day... we are subjects and our Queen
does seem to be sittin there letting these bloody labour politicians (that's democrat to you son ) screw our country
Tint Bob (UK)
You've missed the point...
Four out of five politicians surveyed prefer unarmed, ignorant peasants.
peasant = unarmed subject
Tint Bob...no offense meant in the comparison, just that we here in America would become no more THAN peasants without the ability to protect ourselves from the government.
Proverbs 27:12 says: The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.
Certified Glock Armorer
NRA Life Member
No offence taken..... Like that statistic though.....
I'm a firm Believer that our streets would be a lot safer if we could defend ourselves.
Did you know the first gun control act in the UK was around 1890?
After that around 1920 when the government of the day thought the returning troops (WWI) might try to over throw them?? What a suprise there then!
Then a similar machine gun act to yours around 1936, even as late as the 1960's you could visit your local police and get a permit to carry a firearm for self defense.
See it doesn't take long to dis-arm a nation.......
Tint Bob (UK)
Thank you for sticking up for another's gun rights. Here's another link you may find useful in the future: claytoncramer
America will get disarmed. 80 million gun owners only 1 million of us will refuse and when looking down the barrel of a martial law solider another 700K will stand down and turn in their weapons.
"I believe that the right of the citizen to keep and bear arms must not be infringed if liberty in America is to survive." - Ronald Reagan
Thank You good letter. Maybe it's time for You to come to this side of the pond.
Tint Bob
She has a job (income), a US citizen for a husband, no criminal record, and she speaks the language. It was unbelievable what she had to do become a legal resident, then, ultimately, a U.S. citizen. Among other things, whenever she called INS, she could NEVER get anyone who spoke English, or any of the other 5 languages she speaks.
I won't say anything more for fear of getting dinged with points!
He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. - Jim Elliott
The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.
Albert Einstein
I think that about covers it; I don't think you will ever get a reply, but it is good that you sent the letter anyway...
"Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined". - Patrick Henry


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my 3 grandsons. I spent four years as a research assistant in field research
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It's a down-home Southern eat ery. Food made the old-fashioned way. It's Spooonfull Restau rant of Cornaga Avenue in Far Rockaway. Spooonfull's talented chefs are hard at work every week, preparing their special slowcooked chicken, ribs and fish for your enjoyment. They even specialize in cooking up traditional oxtails and turkey wings. The classic country side dishes are here too — collards, rice and peas, candied yams, corn on the cob, and a thick and steamy homemade macaroni and cheese that may be the best you've ever tasted!
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I have installed several palettes in my Version 6.0 system. This is a
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An exciting show...we would have liked to also watch the lads face more
I will happily carry all the memories of my mom seducing me the very first time, to my grave, when I was thirteen... our incestuous affairs went on for years!
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love how they started to fuck quietly, so as not to wake the father, then nature took over, and they wouldn't have cared if he walked in on them.
young I had sex with my mother and my father and all three together when we enjoy and enjoy joo
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Excellent choice sir
Another great video. Uncesored japanese videos are really different. Thanks for sharing.
i love the noises she is making when he is fucking her doggy on 38 minutes. the thought of waking up and hearing my wife making those noises in the next room, gets me hard.
Great show
wow, She's so beautiful for 46!
What a lovely step mum
she's sexy
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a neighbor has an 8 year old cockapoo that basically lives in a cage barely bigger than itself because it makes all over house even though they let it out in their back yard? owners say they tried training it when puppy- but gave up..the dog is groomed and does seem physically abused but to me it seems like such an awful quality of life to live in a cage and need seem like a family member- it lives without hardly any human touch and affection.... should i consider adopting the dog? could i train it to appreciate my home and not make in the house? can a dog who has grown up this way adjust to a new home? will it appreciate a new life? or will it feel uncomfortable and miss it's only known home? PS- how will it respond to my two cats?
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I would report this to an animal control. It's not the dogs fault. It's the owners faults for being careless and not being able to handle a dog for themselves. The dog would be perfectly fine if they left him in a house!
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Hi all,
I'm not 100% sure if i'm allowed to ask for a little bit of guidance, but sure i'll get anywhere without asking.
I'm working on my first site template for themeforest.
Blue Moon – A corporate or portfolio template
It' still a bit of work in progress, however i was just wondering if you had any advice regarding what i've done already- finding it kinda tough designing a template without a "proper" design brief!
Am i on the right lines?
Would you advise that i styled a page for portfolio detail, news listing & news detail?
I hope this post isn't deemed as being advertising, if it is i'm happy to remove post.
This is 100% okay to post here on TF. We're all happy to help out other members and tell them what they need to fix on their templates. I think you have a great start, but need much more improvments as TFf has very high standards. Look through all of the files here on TF to get an idea of what TF accepts, quality wise. It needs a better navigation at the top. You have all that room and then about 12 pixel textual navigation. Maybe make a really nice button style navigation with maybe a jQuery drop down feature. You have all that room up in the top right, use it Other then that, you do have a great start, keep it comin!
That is absolutely beautiful just improve a little bit the menu, at a search form at the top (too much white space there) and something is missing i the "Blue Moon Template" section, but is almost ready
you're n the right track, just improve the nav a bit. maybe more icons and such
@all thanks for the advice. much appreciated. i'll have a wee look at jazzing up the nav a bit and finishing styling on lists, tables etc
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An '85 graduate of Cedarville, Smith is this year's Alumnus of the Year Award recipient. He currently sits on the board of directors of the Good Samaritan Foundation, a philanthropic organization that seeks to aid inner-city youth in Washington, D.C., with education and job opportunities. In October, he was inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers.
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Another headline was "Paranoid management, disrespect, constant tension, and long hours."
Having some fun at Macworld
This can depend greatly on one's boss. But, in general, yes, there is constant tension and long hours. It's actually a lot like graduate school. There's an endless barrage of tough classes, exams, take-home exams, grueling thesis work, and late-night hours. And yes, an occasional asshole professor. This is par for the course when trying to achieve something worthwhile.
One final entry. "Middle management asserted itself after Steve Jobs died." A former VP complained about how the engineering team could no longer dictate terms. I submit: that may not always work. When engineering has final say, and parts can't be obtained in sufficient quantity, the product ships late or is always in short supply.
These days, in global economic warfare with Samsung, Apple has to be very careful about how it designs and then manufactures products by the tens of millions. Products must be brilliant, but be shippable in mass quantities in a global market. On time. Consider: the current Mac Pro may be suffering from that effect.
Many a VP, some who were my acquaintance or boss's boss, ran afoul of Apple's executive team because they thought they could throw their weight around. They always found out they couldn't the hard way. It was always sad to see.
What About Today?
I worked for Apple from mid-2000 to late 2005. To find out if much had changed, I spoke, off the record, with a friend who's still there. The answer is that things are pretty much the same — except that things are generally better thanks to Apple's success. Success breeds a certain confidence leading forward that the right things were done. However, there are still the customary Apple irritations, things that every employee puts up with. I won't (and can't) go into detail about that because I don't have permission.
Another colleague I worked with back then says that people she knows now in Apple are just a bit more relaxed. When we worked at Apple under Steve Jobs, there was a certain tension that percolated down through the ranks. It was good — it drove people to excellence, but it could wear one down. Today, I'm told that Tim Cook has created a slightly more relaxed atmosphere. But that doesn't mean there isn't the usual Apple pressure to work hard and tackle some very tough work.
Whining is not the answer. The people who were quoted in this article, I am sure, certainly had their reasons for posting a rant. Frustration. Burn out. Disrupted family life. Insufficient industry experience. A rare but particularly bad supervisor. But every company has those issues.
When you work for Apple you're following a personal dream. You're working with a team that can literally change the world. If you're able to sustain the work and lose some sleep, it's the thrill of a lifetime. However, few last for a very long period of time, and find that it's eventually wise to move on.
In the end, an article like the one I've referenced is just a cherry pick of complaints. It doesn't do proper service or put in perspetive what working for Apple is all about for the vast majority of employees, and it disrespects their hard-won contributions.
It was just one more of those cynical articles that, with blinders, that casts an angry eye towards Apple for the sake of a headline. I was sad to see it paint itself as a relevant vision of Apple.
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