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By Muriel Bristol | January 8, 2023
George W. Tasker was born on Milton, October 28, 1829, son of Nahum and Mary (Wallingford) Tasker. (She was a sister of David Wallingford (1801-1878)).
Nahum Tasker, a farmer, aged forty-six years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Mary [(Wallingford)] Tasker, aged fifty years (b. NH), George Tasker, a shoemaker, aged twenty years (b. NH), Abby A. Tasker, aged fifteen years (b. NH), Clary Tasker, aged twelve years (b. NH), and Hiram Tasker, aged nine years (b. NH). Nahum Tasker had real estate valued at $500. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Joseph Plummer, a farmer, aged thirty years (b. NH), and Sally [(Worster) Wallingford)] Jones, aged fifty-seven years (b. NH).
George W. Tasker married (1st) in Lebanon, ME, September 20, 1855, Lydia S. Jones, both of Milton. She was born in Milton, in 1831, daughter of Joshua and Sarah K. "Sally" (Cowell) Jones. (She was a sister of Susan A. (Jones) Wallingford).
(The known children of George W. and Lydia S. (Jones) Tasker were Charles W. Tasker (1856–1939), Mabel Tasker (1858-1858), Addie F. Tasker (1862-1863), Nellie B. Tasker (1867–1955), Amy E. Tasker (1870-1871), and Dana J. Tasker (1874-1975)).
Son Charles W. Tasker was born in Lebanon, ME, in 1856.
Sister Abby A. Tasker died of consumption in Milton, April 1, 1858, aged twenty-three years, one month, and nineteen days. She was a teacher.
Daughter Mabel Tasker was born in Milton, in July 1858. She died in Milton, September 25, 1858, aged ten weeks. (A bud on earth, A rose in Heaven).
George W. Tasker, a shoemaker, aged thirty years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Lydia S. [(Jones)] Tasker, aged twenty-eight years (b. NH), and Charles W. Tasker, aged four years (b. NH). George W. Tasker had real estate valued at $900 and personal estate valued at $700. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Ephraim Plummer, a shoemaker, aged thirty-six years (b. NH), and John H. Varney, a shoemaker, aged twenty-eight years (b. NH).
Daughter Addie F. Tasker was born in Milton, March 11, 1863. She died in Milton, April 14, 1863, aged five months, and three days. (Our little girl too fair for earth, But not too fair for heaven).
Daughter Nellie B. Tasker was born in Milton, September 15, 1866.
George W. Tasker was one of the ten prominent Milton citizens who incorporated a private secondary school – the Milton Classical Institute – at Three Ponds Village in Milton, NH, in July 1867. The incorporators included also NH Governor's Councilor (and ex-officio NH State Board of Education member) Charles Jones, Strafford Sheriff Luther Hayes, manufacturer Hiram V. Wentworth, miller William P. Tuttle, Dr. George W. Peavey, and others.
Mother Mary (Wallingford) Tasker died of consumption in Milton, January 5, 1868, aged sixty-nine years, two months, and seventeen days.
Father-in-law Joshua Jones died of palsy in Milton, June 17, 1868, aged seventy-nine years, three months, and eight days.
George W. Tasker was the Milton Town Clerk in 1869. He filled a one-year gap between a first term of Joseph Mathes, 1856-68, and a second term of Joseph Mathes, 1870-74.
George W. Tasker received an initial appointment as a Milton justice-of-the-peace, May 13, 1869. (John S. Hersey received one that same day).
MILTON. Justices – Charles Jones, Luther Hayes, State; Elbridge W. Fox, Joseph Plumer, Ebenezer Wentworth, Charles A. Cloutman, Asa Jewett, Joseph Cook, Robert Mathes, Ira C. Varney, George Lyman, George W. Peavey, Martin V.B. Cook, John T. Hersey, George W. Tasker, Edward W. Fox, Ezra H. Twombly, Thomas H. Roberts, John U. Şimes, Larkin A. Craig (McFarland & Jenks, 1869).
George W. Tasker, a shoe cutter, aged forty years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. His household included Lydia S. [(Jones)] Tasker, keeping house, aged thirty-eight years (b. NH), Charles W. Tasker, at school, aged fourteen years (b. NH), Nellie B. Tasker, aged three years (b. NH), and Ellen F. Wentworth, a domestic servant, aged sixteen years (b. NH). George W. Tasker had real estate valued at $1,000 and personal estate valued at $300. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of John Lucas, a carpenter, aged forty-six years (b. ME), and Eliza A. Fernald, keeping house, aged forty-eight years (b. NH).
Daughter Amy Edly Tasker was born in Milton, June 26, 1870. She died of liver congestion in Milton, March 15, 1871, aged eight months, seventeen days. (In life [beloved], In death not forgotten).
In the NH gubernatorial election of 1871, Milton gave 187 votes [57.5%] to Republican candidate James Pike, 116 votes [35.7%] to Democrat candidate James A. Weston, and 22 votes [6.8%] to Labor Reform candidate L.P. Cooper, Temperance candidate Rev. M.S. Comings, and "Scattering." Statewide, the gubernatorial race was effectively a draw, and the legislature chose Democrat James A. Weston to be governor.
Milton sent George W. Tasker to Concord, NH, in that same election, as one of its two NH State Representatives for the 1871-72 biennium. (The other representative was initially Samuel G. Chamberlain (1827-1911), for the first year of the biennium (1871); and then Bray U. Simes (1801-1885), for the second year of the biennium (1872)).
Rep. George W. Tasker of Milton served on the Committee on the Division of Towns. (Another Rep. Tasker – Rep. Charles E. Tasker of Newmarket, NH – served on the Committee on the Insane Asylum). His mileage was rated as 174 miles.
The House of Representatives. … STRAFFORD COUNTY – Dover, republican, Jonas D. Townsend, James E. Lothrop, Russell B. Wiggin, John B. Hull, George T. Day, Moses D. Page, Calvin Hall, Jasper H. Randlett, John C. Varney; dem., John Roberts; Madbury, dem., V.B. Felker; Milton, rep., George W. Tasker, Bray N. Lines [Bray U. Simes]; Barrington, rep., W.E. Waterhouse, William Jewett; Somersworth, rep., James M. Tebbets, Joseph Sibley, Hiram Wentworth, Geo. S. Bates, Hartley S. Chapman; Farmington, rep., James E. Haves, J.L. Haskins; Durham rep., Thomas H Wiswall; Rollinsford, rep., Temple Lord (Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT). March 16, 1872).
George W. Tasker received a renewal of his appointment as a Milton justice-of-the-peace, May 19, 1874.
Son Dana Jones Tasker was born in Milton, June 1, 1874.
Father Nahum Tasker married (2nd) in Strafford, NH, October 26, 1879, Mary ((Clark) Peavey) Hanson, he of Milton and she of Barrington, NH. He was a farmer, aged seventy-five years, and she was a widow, aged sixty-eight years. Rev. B. McDaniel performed the ceremony. She was born in Barrington, NH, December 23, 1808, daughter of Martha Clark. (She was the widow of Caleb Hanson, who had died in Barrington, NH, in March 1871/72).
George W. Tasker, works in shoe manufacturing, aged fifty years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Lydia S. [(Jones)] Tasker, keeps house, aged forty-eight years (b. NH), his children, Charles W. Tasker, works in shoe factory, aged twenty-four years (b. NH), Nellie B. Tasker, at school, aged thirteen years (b. NH), and Dana J. Tasker, aged five years (b. NH). Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of John Pound, tends grist mill, aged thirty-four years (b. England), and Eliza A. Fernald, keeps house, aged fifty-seven years (b. NH).
George Tasker appeared in the Milton directories of 1880, 1881, and 1882, as a Milton mechanic, specifically a shoemaker.
Mother-in-law Sarah K. "Sally" (Cowell) Jones died of old age in Milton, May 8, 1884, aged ninety-one years, and one day. (She was a daughter of Samuel and Amy (Kilgore) Cowell).
Step-mother Mary (((Clark) Peavey) Hanson) Tasker died October 12, 1883, aged seventy-four years, nine months, and nineteen days.
Son Charles W. Tasker married in Haverhill, MA, June 2, 1885, Ida B. Shattuck, both of Milton. He was a shoe-cutter, aged twenty-nine years, and she was a lady, aged twenty-eight years. Rev. J.N. Lowell performed the ceremony. She was born in Rochester, NH, in 1857, daughter of Charles O. and Lydia (Cobb) Shattuck.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. D.S. Burley to G.W. Tasker, land in Milton, $400 (Farmington News, January 6, 1888).
Father Nahum Tasker died of kidney disease in Milton, July 12, 1888, aged eighty-four years, six months, and twelve days. He was a farmer.
Lydia S. (Jones) Tasker died of Bright's disease in Milton, April 3, 1890, aged fifty-eight years, eight months, and four days. Charles D. Jones signed the death certificate, in his capacity as Milton Town Clerk, rather than as a physician.
MILTON. Mrs. George W. Tasker of this village died at her home last Tuesday morning, after an illness of several months' duration, from a complication of diseases. She suffered very much, especially the last days of her life, and was ready for the messenger of death when he came. Mrs. Tasker was a christian, highly esteemed in this community, having resided here many years. A husband and three children are in sorrow by her departure, besides a large circle of relatives and friends. Funeral services occurred at the house Sunday afternoon, conducted by Rev. F. Haley, with appropriate selections by the choir of the Congregational church of which she was an honored member (Farmington News, April 11, 1890).
Daughter Nellie B. Tasker married in Farmington, NH, September 24, 1890, Royal K. Webber, both of Milton. He was a carpenter, aged thirty years, and she was a shoe stitcher, aged twenty-four years. Rev. W.J. Sweet performed the ceremony. Webber was born in Shapleigh, ME, October 15, 1859, son of Greenleaf and Sarah (Grant) Webber.
George W. Tasker appeared in the Portsmouth, NH, directories of 1895, and 1897, as a shoe cutter, rooming at 8 Langdon Street.
George W. Tasker married (2nd) in Kittery, ME, January 22, 1898, Elizabeth A. "Lizzie" (Caverly) Hanson, he of Portsmouth, NH, and she of Barrington, NH. He was a shoemaker, aged sixty-eight years, and she was a shoe stitcher, aged fifty-four years. Rev. Henry Emerson performed the ceremony. She was born in Barrington, NH, April 29, 1843, daughter of Azariah and Elizabeth (Tasker) Caverly. (Her first husband, Stephen W. Hanson, had died in Barrington, September 4, 1894).
PERSONALS. Mr. John C. Plummer and Mr. and Mrs. George W. Tasker have been visiting in Milton (Portsmouth Herald, September 15, 1899).
PERSONALS. George W. Tasker is to remove to Milton, N.H. (Portsmouth Herald, April 30, 1900).
George W. Tasker, a retired shoemaker, aged seventy years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of three years), Elizabeth A. [((Caverly) Hanson)] Tasker, aged fifty-seven years (b. NH). George W. Tasker owned their house, free-and-clear. Elizabeth A. Tasker was the mother of zero children. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Hiram S. Cate, a leatherboard hand (retired), aged seventy-nine years (b. NH), and Royal K. Webber, a carpenter (house), aged thirty-seven years (b. ME).
Charles Tasker, a shoe cutter (uppers), aged forty years (b. NH [SIC]), headed a Milton household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of fifteen years), Ida [(Shattuck)] Tasker, aged forty-three years (b. VT [SIC]), his children, Edgar Tasker, aged thirteen years (b. NH), and Grace Tasker, aged eleven years (b. NH), and his father-in-law, Charles Shattuck, a retired woolen mill superintendent, aged seventy-five years (b. MA). Charles Tasker owned their house, free-and-clear. Ida Tasker was the mother of two children, of whom two were still living. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Charles Cole, a shoe finisher, aged forty-six years (b. ME), and Elvira V. [(Leighton)] Pierce, a home keeper, aged seventy-nine years (b. NH).
Royal Webber, a carpenter (house), aged thirty-seven years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of ten years), Nellie B. [(Tasker)] Webber, aged thirty-three years (b. NH). Royal Webber opened their house, free-and-clear. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of George W. Tasker, a retired shoemaker, aged seventy years (b. NH), and John A. Barrett, a mill engineer, aged forty-six years (b. ME).
Sarah J. [(Waite)] Libby, a widow, aged fifty-two years (b. ME), headed a Fort Fairfield, NH, household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. Her household included her children, Jerre H. Libby, a lawyer, aged twenty-four years (b. ME), and Amy L. Libby, at school, aged seventeen years (b. ME), and his boarders, Mary E. Fish, a milliner, aged twenty-eight years (b. MA), Laura E. Harvey, a bookkeeper, aged twenty-three years (b. ME), Bessie E. Burpee, a school teacher, aged twenty-six years (b. Canada), Dana J. Tasker, a drug salesman, aged twenty-six years (b. NH), and George S. Osborne, a house painter, aged twenty-seven years (b. ME). Sarah J. Libby owned their house on Main Street, free-and-clear. She was the mother of six children, of whom three were still living.
Son Dana J. Tasker married in Center Ossipee, NH, June 12, 1901, Lena M. Spear, he of Milton and she of Ossipee, NH. He was a pharmacist, aged twenty-seven years, and she was a teacher, aged twenty-five years. Rev. S.W. Richardson performed the ceremony. She was born in Ossipee, NH, November 2, 1879, daughter of Alphonso and Sarah E. Spear.
SANFORD LOCALS. Dana Tasker is working at Meserve's drug store in Kennebunk (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Sanford, ME), April 17, 1903).
George W. Tasker appeared in the Milton directories of 1902, and 1905, as retired, with his house on South Main Street, opposite Charles Street. His son, Charles W. Tasker, appeared in 1902 as a shoe cutter, resident in Roxbury, MA.
Son Charles W. Tasker appeared in the Boston directories of 1902, 1903, and 1904, as a [shoe] cutter, boarding at 6 Galena Street, Roxbury.
SANFORD LOCALS. Dana J. Tasker and Mrs. Tasker are on a vacation trip in New Hampshire (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Sanford, ME), July 18, 1902).
Son Charles W. Tasker appeared in the Boston directories of 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, as a [shoe] cutter, with his house at 82 Bower Street, Roxbury.
Our Grange Homes. NEW HAMPSHIRE. The following officers of Lewis W. Nute grange were installed Jan. 10th by John A. Edgerly of Tuftonboro: B.B. Plummer, Jr., M.; James F. Doe, O.; Ruth L. Fall, L.; Hervey W. Dorr, S.; Carl H. Keene, A.S.; Mrs. Mary C. Hall, Chap.; Mrs. Nellie B. Webber, Sec.; Charles A. Jones, T.; J.W. Johnson, G.K.; Mrs. Ina Webber, C; Mrs. Lucia Jones, P.; Mrs. C.M. Dorr, L.A.S. (New England Farmer (Brattleboro, VT), February 3, 1906).
MILTON, N.H. Dana Tasker of Center Ossipee visited his father, George W. Tasker, who has been quite ill, last Wednesday (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Sanford, ME), February 1, 1907).
MILTON, N.H. Dana Tasker of Centre Ossipee visited his father, George W. Tasker, Monday (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Sanford, ME), March 22, 1907).
MILTON, N.H. Mrs. Eleanor Metcalfe Hunt, of Boston, is visiting at Mrs. Royal K. Webber's (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Sanford, ME), June 26, 1908).
Son Charles W. Tasker appeared in the Boston directory of 1910, as a sexton, with his house at 82 Bower Street, Roxbury.
George M. Tasker, a laborer, aged eighty years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of ten years), Elisabeth [((Caverly) Hanson)] Tasker, aged sixty-seven years (b. NH). George M. Tasker owned their house, free-and-clear. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Melvina [(Staples)] Dorr, aged sixty-six years (b. NH), and John R. Kennett, a paper mill lapper, aged thirty-eight years (b. NY).
Charles W. Tasker, a church sexton, aged fifty-four years (b. ME), headed a Boston, MA, household at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of twenty-five years), Ida B. [(Shattuck)] Tasker, aged fifty-three years (b. NH), and his children, Edgar S. Tasker, an electric light distributor, aged twenty-three years (b. NH), and Grace M. Tasker, a law office stenographer, aged twenty years (b. NH). Charles W. Tasker rented their house at 82 Bower Street. Ida B. Tasker was the mother of two children, of whom two were still living.
Roy Webber, a leatherboard mill carpenter, aged forty-nine years (b. ME), headed a Milton household at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of twenty years), Nellie [(Tasker)] Webber, aged forty-three years (b. NH). Roy Webber owned their house, free-and-clear. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of John R. Kennett, a paper mill lapper, aged thirty-eight years (b. NY), and Charles Stackpole, a shoe shop foreman, aged thirty-five years (b. NH).
Alphonso A. Spear, a general farm farmer, aged sixty-eight years (b. ME), headed an Ossipee, NH, household at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Fedeal Census. His household included his wife (of forty-three years), Sarah E. [(Hodsdon)] Spear, aged sixty-five years (b. NH), his daughter, Lena M. [(Spear)] Tasker, a housekeeper, aged thirty-three years (b. NH), his son-in-law (of nine years), Dana J. Tasker, a periodicals agent, aged thirty-five years (b. NH), and his brother-in-law, John W. Hodsdon, a farmer (works at home), aged seventy-four years (b. NH). Alphonso A. Spear owned their farm in Center Ossipee, and/or the Road to Ossipee, free-and-clear. Sarah E. Spear was the mother of one child, of whom one was still living.
George W. Tasker died of chronic valvular heart disease in Milton, March 13, 1911, aged eighty-one years, four months, and fifteen days. He was a shoe cutter (his father, Nahum Tasker, had been a stone mason). James J. Buckley, M.D., signed the death certificate.
MILTON, N.H. The annual meeting and roll call of the Congregational church was held last Saturday afternoon and a large number was present. A most enjoyable dinner was prepared by the ladies of the church which was fully enjoyed by all. After an hour was spent in the discussing of the good things spread on the table the members met in the church for the election of the officers for the ensuing year and to listen to the reports from church officers. The report of the clerk showed a loss of two members by death the past year, George W. Tasker and Samuel Chamberlain, who had been Deacon of the church for over 58 years. Six members had been dismissed by letter to other churches. Three persons were elected to church membership to receive the hand of fellowship on Sunday. James M. Gage was elected as Deacon and Mrs. Emma Looney, as clerk in place of Mrs. A.M. Roberts, who is in California. J.M. Gage was chosen as treasurer. The committees are Standing Committee, Rev. Clarence Pike, R.M. Kimball, Frank Dawson, Jr., Mrs. Chipman and Mrs. J.B. Hart; Music, Mrs. Ella Hart, Mrs. Bertha Chipman and Mrs. Frank Dawson; Reception, Mrs. R.A. McIntosh, Mrs. Sarah Miller, Mrs. Fred P. Jones and Mrs. Ella Hart; Visiting Committee, Mrs. Ella Hart, Mrs. Lizzie Plummer, Mrs. C.L. Clements, and Mrs. Clara Corson. Letters were read from many who were unable to be present (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Sanford, ME), November 10, 1911).
Son Charles W. Tasker appeared in the Boston directories of 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, as a sexton at Immanuel-Walnut Ave. Church, with his house at 75 Humboldt Avenue, Roxbury. His son, Edgar S. Tasker, appeared in 1912, 1913, 1915, 1916, as a clerk at 39 Boylston Street, boarding at 75 Humboldt Avenue, Roxbury. His daughter, Grace May Tasker, appeared in the Boston, MA, directory of 1916, as an interior decorator at 6 Beacon Street, Room 627, boarding at 75 Humboldt Avenue, Roxbury.
Brother Hiram H. Tasker died of heart disease on School Street in Berwick, ME, December 25, 1912, aged seventy-one years, eleven months. He was a shoemaker. W.T. Elliot, M.D., signed the death certificate.
Son Charles W. Tasker appeared in the Boston directories of 1916, 1917, 1918, and 1920, as a sexton at Immanuel-Walnut Ave. Church, with his house at 6 Harold Park, Roxbury. His son, Edgar S. Tasker, appeared in 1917, as a salesman, boarding at 6 Harold Park; in 1918, as a clerk at 219 South Station, with his house at 6 Harold Park, Roxbury; and in 1920, as a clerk at 420 South Station, with his house at Atlantic. His daughter, Grace May Tasker, appeared in the Boston, MA, directory of 1915, 1916, as an interior decorator at 6 Beacon Street, Room 627, boarding at 6 Harold Park, Roxbury.
ROXBURY GIRL TO MARRY ARCHIRECT. Miss Grace May Tasker, an interior decorator, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Tasker of 6 Harold Park, Roxbury, and G. Bertram Washburn of Arlington, a Boston architect, announced tbsir engagement Thursday (Boston Post, August 19, 1916).
Florence E. [(Griffin)] Tuck, a leatherboard mill molder, aged thirty-one years (b. NH), headed a Rochester, NH, household at the time of the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census. Her household included her children, Marjorie E. Tuck, aged eight years (b. MA), Donald L. Tuck, aged six years (b. MA), Gordon C. Tuck, aged four years, seven months (b. MA), Helen M. Tuck, aged three years, three months (b. MA), and James H. Tuck, aged two years, three months (b. MA), her mother-in-law, Clara [((Todd) Tuck)] Martell, a leatherboard mill molder, aged fifty-five years (b. ME), and her grandmother, Elizabeth [((Caverly) Hanson)] Tasker, a widow, aged seventy-six years (b. NH). Florence E. Tuck rented their house at 14 Front Street.
Son Charles W. Tasker, a church sexton, aged sixty-three years (b. ME), headed a Boston, MA, household at the time of the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of twenty-five years), Ida B. [(Shattuck)] Tasker, aged sixty-two years (b. NH). Charles W. Tasker rented their apartment at 6 Harold Park Street.
Royal K. Webber, a house carpenter, aged sixty years (b. ME), headed a Milton household at the time of the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Nellie B. [(Tasker)] Webber, aged fifty-three years (b. NH). Royal K. Webber owned their house on Lower Main Street, Milton Village, free-and-clear. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of George H. Paul, a laborer, aged fifty-three years (b. MA), and Joel Barron, an owner teamster, aged thirty-five years (b. ME).
Dana J. Tasker, a civil engineer, aged forty-five years (b. NH), headed an Ossipee, NH, household at the time of the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Lena S. [(Spear)] Tasker, aged forty-two years (b. NH), and his mother-in-law, Sarah E. Spear, aged seventy-seven years (b. NH). Dana J. Tasker owned their house on the State Road, free-and-clear.
Son Charles W. Tasker appeared in the Boston directories of 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, as a sexton at Immanuel-Walnut Ave. Church, with his house at 6 Harold Park, Roxbury. His son, Edgar S. Tasker, appeared in 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, as a clerk at 420 South Station, with his house at Atlantic.
Daughter-in-law Ida B. (Shattuck) Tasker died in 1924.
Son-in-law Royal K. Webber died of lung oedema on Main Street in Milton, July 16, 1928, aged sixty-eight years, nine months, and one day. He was a carpenter, who had resided in Milton for forty-four years, i.e., since circa 1884. Robert V. Sweet, M.D., signed the death certificate.
Elizabeth A. ((Caverly) Hanson) Tasker died of valvular heart disease at Bow Lake in Barrington, NH, May 8, 1929, aged eighty-six years, and nine days. J. Messill, M.D., signed the death certificate.
Charles W. Tasker, a Congregational church sexton, aged seventy-three years (b. ME), headed an Orange Park, FL, household at the time of the Fifteenth (1930) Federal Census. He resided at 262 New England Avenue.
Dana J. Tasker, a road surveyor, aged fifty-five years (b. NH), headed an Ossipee, NH, household at the time of the Fifteenth (1930) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of thirty years), Lena S. [(Spear)] Tasker, aged fifty-three years (b. NH), and his boarder, Maynard W. Helton, a farm laborer, aged twenty-three years (b. NH). Dana J. Tasker owned their house. They had a radio set.
CENTER OSSIPEE LANDMARK BURNS. Center Ossipee, March 20 – "Bonnie Brow," the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Eldridge, was completely destroyed by fire about 4.30 o'clock this morning with damage estimated at $10,000. The two and one-half story, wooden building, ell and shed was well known as the old Miller place. It was built in 1760 and was one of the finest houses in this vicinity. The fire was discovered by Mrs. Eldridge. Mrs. Eldridge had been sick during the night and was sleeping on a couch in the dining room when she was awakened by the smell of smoke. She saw flames eating their way through the wall of the dining room above a fireplace. Mrs. Eldridge rushed upstairs and woke her husband, who drove a mile and a half to the home of Dana J. Tasker to call the Fire Department. A mixup in the telephone message the firemen nearly five miles out of the way. When the mistake was discovered and the apparatus got to the fire, it was too late. The fire spread so rapidly that Mrs. Eldridge saved but little furniture. The cause of the fire is unknown. The place was partially covered by insurance (Portsmouth Herald, March 30, 1935).
Daughter Nellie B. (wid. Royal K.) Webber, appeared in the Orlando, FL, directory of 1936, as residing at 107 E. Robinson Street.
Son Charles W. Tasker died of a cerebral hemorrhage in the Memorial Hospital in North Conway, NH, July 14, 1939, aged eighty-three years, two months, and twenty-eight days. He was a widowed shoe operator. Daughter Mrs. Grace [(Tasker)] Washburn of Arlington, MA, supplied the personal details. C.M. Wiggin, M.D., signed the death certificate.
Nellie B. [(Tasker)] Webber, a widow, aged seventy-three years (b. NH), headed an Orlando, FL, household at the time of the Sixteenth (1940) Federal Census. She rented her apartment at 107 East Robinson Street, for $30 per month. She had resided in Milton, NH, in 1935.
Dana J. Tasker, a state highway engineer, aged sixty-five years (b. NH), headed an Ossipee, NH, household at the time of the Sixteenth (1940) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Lena S. [(Spear)] Tasker, aged sixty-three years (b. NH). Dana J. Tasker owned their farm, which was valued at $2,000.
Nellie B. [(Tasker)] Webber, a widow, aged eighty-three years (b. NH), headed an Orlando, FL, household at the time of the Seventeenth (1950) Federal Census. She resided at 303 Livingston Street (Apt. 1).
Dana J. Tasker, a retiree, aged seventy-five years (b. NH), headed an Ossipee, NH, household at the time of the Seventeenth (1950) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Lena S. [(Spear)] Tasker, aged seventy-three years (b. NH). Dana J. Tasker owned their house.
Daughter Nellie B. (Tasker) Webber died in Orland0, FL, May 7, 1955.
Obituaries. MRS. NELLIE B. WEBBER. Mrs. Nellie B. Webber, a native of Milton, N.H., died Saturday in a local hospital. She is survived by a brother, Dana Tasker, Ossipee, N.H. The body will be shipped to Union, N.H., for services and burial by Fairchild Funeral Home (Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL), May 9, 1955).
Son Dana Jones Tasker died in 1960. Daughter-in-Law Lena May (Spear) Tasker died in Laconia, NH, in May 1971.
Find a Grave. (2013, May 3). Elizabeth A. "Lizzie" Caverly Hanson. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/109938032/elizabeth-a-hanson
Find a Grave. (2020, October 21). Addie F. Tasker. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/217549626/addie-f-tasker
Find a Grave. (2020, October 21). Amy Edly Tasker. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/217549779/amy-edly-tasker
Find a Grave. (2021, December 16). Charles W. Tasker. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/234933392/charles-w-tasker
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In 2010, the eyes of the world turned to Chile, where 33 miners had been buried alive by the catastrophic explosion and collapse of a 100-year-old gold and copper mine. Over the next 69 days, an international team worked night and day in a desperate attempt to rescue the trapped men as their families and friends, as well as millions of people globally, waited and watched anxiously for any sign of hope. But 200 stories beneath the surface, in the suffocating heat and with tensions rising, provisions – and time – were quickly running out.
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Battlerite Halloween Event Begins During Free Play Week
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Stunlock Studios' Battlerite is getting into the Halloween spirit a little early this year. The PvP arena brawler will host their 2017 Halloween Event from September 29th through November 1st. And it just so happens that you can play Battlerite for free during a portion of that event as well.
We're currently in the midst of Battlerite's Free Week which concludes on October 1st. So it's a great time to jump into the team arena brawler if you've got any interest in it. Or if you're just all-in on Halloween inspired events in general.
The Halloween Event will bring a new Halloween inspired theme to the overall game and unique Halloween weapons to each of the game's champions. The developers are also promising creepy avatars, new mounts, and four brand new legendary outfits to throw into your closet.
During the remainder of Free Week (concluding October 1st), players can purchase Battlerite on Steam Early Access for 50% off at $9.98. Those that purchase the game while in Early Access will receive all future champions free of charge.
And there are certainly more champions on the way. According to Stunlock's road map for the remainder of 2017, there's a ton of content incoming. In October the game will see battlerite and loadout overhauls in the game. The implementation of the 2.0 user-interface, and a new unannounced game mode.
November brings the official launch of Battlerite as it officially goes Free-to-Play. It also brings the debut of a mysterious new champion, as well as 200 new items being divvied out amongst in-game chests. Some new tracks to the game's soundtrack will be mixed in too.
Sunlock plans to leave the Early Access in-game Seasons behind as of launch, so the current Season 5 will be the last. Season 1 will begin in November with the official launch of the game. The remainder of November will introduce us to another new champion, Destiny "The SkyRanger", as well as welcome us to the Prehistoric Event. December isn't slacking off either, as it too will debut a new champion and host a Winter Event of its very own.
It's an exciting time if you're a fan of Battlerite. And if you're not yet, there's no better time to give it a try.
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Jenna Fischer Husband 2023: Who Is Lee Kirk?
For The Office fans, Jenna Fischer is not a stranger. She is known for portraying Pam Beesly in the long-lasting NBC sitcom.
For her role in The Office, she received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2007!
Not only acting, but Jenna also produced the final season of The Office. In 2017, Jenna published her first book, The Actor's Life: A Survival Guide, in which she featured an introduction by her former The Office castmate, Steve Carell.
Behind Story of Jenna Fischer and Screenwriter Husband Lee Kirk's Love Life
While people know that Jenna Fischer and Lee Kirk got married in 2010, many don't know that the couple first met two years earlier, when Lee rejected Jenna's idea for a movie!
Jenna Fischer with husband Lee Kirk (Instagram, @msjennafischer)
Well, in 2008, shortly after Jenna's divorce from another screenwriter James Gunn, Jenna met with Lee, and she gave him an idea for a movie. However, Lee rejected the idea despite still pitching her other three concepts.
Sometime after the whole movie idea fiasco, the pair was connected again through a project, The Giant Mechanical Man, where Lee was the writer and Jenna was the producer and one of the casts.
The couple admitted that their relationship started as a purely platonic one. This was understandable, considering Jenna was just divorced and Lee, surprisingly, ended a relationship.
According to Jenna, she and Lee needed "six or seven months" to finally find the courage and confess to each other.
"I was having weekly script dinners with Lee, and I realized, I'm looking at basically the perfect man," the Solitary Man actress gushed about her husband in an interview with Redbook. "It doesn't get better than this," she stated.
Jenna Fischer and Lee Kirk (Instagram, @msjennafischer)
She also admitted to Vulture that her love story with Lee "is a romantic comedy."
"It was a lot of dinners with wine and going to see movies," Jenna recalled. "Pretending like we were developing a movie when in fact, we were essentially developing a relationship," she continued.
Jenna and Lee eventually began dating in January 2008 and made their first red carpet appearance together for the Emmy Awards in September. While being questioned about her plus one, Jenna referred to Lee as her "super-cute boyfriend."
Lee eventually got down on one knee and popped the question more than a year after they started dating, in June 2009, to be precise. He chose the moment when they were on vacation in Europe, and it hardly gets more romantic than this!
Their wedding was held in Malibu, and the Blades of Glory actress didn't seem to be a bridezilla. Well, except maybe for the menu.
"I'm a foodie, so I want to have really good food," she told about their wedding preparations. "We tried like four different entrees and 12 different appetizers," she continued, claiming that the tasting process had made her "so full."
Not only good food, but the couple also made sure they had an excellent officiant. And guess who?
It's Survivor host Jeff Probst!
Jeff Probst and Jenna Fischer turned out to be long-time friends, from meeting at an Emmys after-party and remained close friends with a strong bond between them. Jeff even flew back from Nicaragua to Malibu to attend and officiate his dear friend's wedding!
Now that's a sweet friend, we see!
Do Jenna Fischer and Lee Kirk Have Kids?
Remember when Pam Beesly got pregnant in The Office's eighth season for the second time?
Jenna Fischer decided to stay synonymous with her character and was also carrying her child at the same time!
Jenna announced her pregnancy and revealed the baby's gender in The Tonight Show, which Jay Leno hosted. Jenna also expressed her gratitude that she has "had a really easy pregnancy" and that she has "been really lucky."
Jenna and Lee welcomed their first son in September 2011 through their representative. They also revealed the baby's name, Weston Lee Kirk.
Three years after the birth of their son Weston, the couple welcomed another addition to their family with Jenna's second pregnancy. Jenna told in an interview how her firstborn Weston couldn't wait to see his baby sister.
"I said, 'Mommy has to go to the hospital to get the baby out and you can come visit me … do you want to come to the hospital and have Menchie's with me?" she recalled the experience. "And he said yes!"
Jenna and Lee announced the birth of their second child, a daughter named Harper Marie Kirk, in an official statement to E! News. The couple also admitted that the whole family "are happy, healthy, and sleepy."
The Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story actress is a total fool for her children, with her posting adorable snaps of them now and then. And the most precious experience was the breakfast in bed surprise on Mother's Day!
Back in 2019, You, Me, and the Apocalypse star shared a picture of what would appear as a food bill on her Instagram. She shared that it was part of the Mother's Day surprise thrown for her from Weston and Harper in her caption.
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It appears that her children also inherited Jenna Fischer's wit, as they said to their mom that "the New York Times is not always free" and that it was a treat "just for Mother's Day."
Jenna Fischer's First Husband James Gunn
Before meeting with Lee Kirk and living their version of a fairytale, Jenna once married the screenwriter James Gunn, mostly known for his involvement in the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise.
Jenna Fischer with her ex husband James Gunn (AFP)
The former couple met way before they enjoyed their spots under the limelight. They were first introduced by James' brother, Sean Gunn, who happened to be Jenna's childhood friend. Funnily enough, Jenna also met her future manager at the same event!
"By doing that one showcase, I ended up with a manager and a husband," she shared in an interview with Truman Index.
Jenna Fischer and James Gunn got married in October 2000. During their time together as spouses, the former couple has worked on several projects, such as The Specials, LolliLove, and Slither.
Unfortunately, not even the shared passion in the cinematic industry managed to save their marriage. In 2007, Jenna and James released a joint statement to People that they "have chosen to separate."
"The enthusiasm we have expressed for each other's lives, spirits, and careers is real. We have been each other's cheerleader and friend during the past six years and continue to be so now and in the future," they wrote.
Jenna and James also stated in another note they post in MySpace that they "still have the utmost respect for one another" and that they "are sorry for any pain this causes family and friends."
The respect they share seems to last until now, with them remaining friends and having spoken dearly of each other following their split.
In a tweet, James once called Jenna "a great person, a true and wonderful friend" and that "she'll always make me laugh."
James also promoted Jenna's projects on his Twitter account several times! Including her book, The Actor's Life: A Survival Guide, he gushed about Jenna's hard work for ten years before she finally made it with The Office. James also gave a shout-out to Jenna's mini animated series, Office Ladies, in 2021.
Well, like what James said, "just because a relationship doesn't work, doesn't mean the other person is bad," right?
Jenna Fischer and John Krasinki
Even Jenna Fischer once admitted that they "were genuinely in love with one another." But, hold up, they only harbor the feelings on-screen!
Jenna Fischer and John Krasinki (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
The Office fans must have known about the flirting phase that ended up with a family-of-five plotline of Jim Halpert and Pam Beesly in the series. And most of the fans adore their romance. Just how it seemed natural to the audience, it also seemed real to the actors themselves!
"John and I have real chemistry," Jenna dropped the bomb on an episode of Watch What Happens Live. "We will always be close because of it," she explained.
During an interview with ET Canada, John Krasinki also shared the same sentiment, enthusiastically believing that their characters are still married even long after the series finale.
"She's the most amazing person," John said about Jenna. "So I would love to spend all my time with her if I could," he continued.
John also expressed his dream to "work on anything" with his former castmate, declaring Jenna "the absolute greatest actress."
However, there's a downfall in their good relationship on and off-screen; fans believe they're an item in real life!"They don't understand it," Jenna once said. "I don't know how to explain it because it's a little bit like telling kids there's no Santa," she concluded.
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Technology will no doubt continue to develop, and new technologies are emerging. In such a rapid change, the future of the traditional TV industry seems elusive. People are scramble for big screen TV, but are they likely to be too big to manipulate and difficult to move? Laser TV is an excellent solution.
Because of its flexibility and portability, laser TV is becoming more and more popular, offering screens that are over 100 inches in size and can easily be moved from room to room, or placed invisible when not in use. How will laser TV develop in the future?
Laser TV uses laser light source, laser has a high gamut coverage, bright color, look more real, high brightness and other characteristics, compared to the previous LED light source has made great progress. But the commercial laser TV is not RGB tricolor laser (tricolor laser is being developed, green laser module is unstable), but monochromatic laser fluorescence projection, a fluorescent color wheel for color mixing and color separation. Now some manufacturers have introduced dual-color laser TV, such as the XGIMIT1, Hisense L7, color further improved.
At present, most commercial laser TV is 1080p resolution, and more than 50 inches of OLED has basically realized 4K. Among the domestic laser TV manufacturers, Hisense has fully realized 4K projection. TI is expected to introduce a low-cost 4K projection solution by the end of 2018, which will lead to the full realization of 4K laser TV.
Brightness, especially color brightness, is an important factor in determining the effect of laser TV viewing. Now the civilian laser projection is generally in 2000-3000 ANSI lumen, Hisense and Appotronics continue to maintain the lead in this area, manufacturers in Japan adopt the 3LCD light source, the actual color brightness is also good. Other laser televisions labeled with 4000 lumens have an actual brightness of only 1500 lumens, while the rest are actually white. Another important factor affecting the brightness is the optical engine, mainly the lens, which Japanese manufacturers have maintained a leading position in this area, the price is much higher than domestic.
The common person may not know HDR, High Dynamic Range Imaging (HDRI or HDR). In high light ratio environments, ordinary cameras can not record extremely bright or dark details because of dynamic limits. HDR program processed photos, even in the case of high light ratio, regardless of the highlight, dark position can be obtained better than ordinary photographs. People who often take pictures may have experiences, such as taking white clouds in the sky, if HDR is not enabled, then either the sky is white, the landscape is clear, or the sky white clouds are clear, but the front landscape is dark; if HDR is enabled, then white clouds and landscape can be very clear. Video is essentially high-speed continuous photos, so there are similar HDR technologies. Laser TV will definitely support HDR in the future.
Although the laser TV screen is a variety of dazzling, but at present the best is still the Finel screen, better than the anti-light screen. We have always believed that the laser TV screen is the most valuable piece of content, and this is often ignored by the general consumer. At present, Finel's hard screen is at most 100 inches, the biggest can be 120 inches, and the small one has 80 and 88 inches. There may be more choices in the future.
There are actually two concepts. The first is that laser TV is becoming more and more intelligent. It can recognize human language through artificial intelligence, complete the whole control, and no longer need remote control, including matching keywords to search for content. The second is content, mainly Internet content, which is a very hot term ecosystem. Blu-ray players are becoming less popular, including high prices for Blu-ray discs, and people are used to watching content online, including high-definition movies. In the future, no external TV boxes will be needed, and laser TV will be built in.
Since it's called TV, of course, it's gorgeous sound, and the JmGO S1 Pro had a very good sound performance, reaching the HIFI level. XGIMI and Appotronics have recently launched a laser TV with the world's top brand of Haman Kardon audio, directly reaching the effect of home theaters and going further. Of course, there are also some brands in this reduced configuration, the need for external speakers, such as Sharp's laser TV. But for consumers, if they can buy an integrated product cheaply, why pay another dollar? At present, the main contradiction is that people's pursuit of a better life, and the gap between reality, beautiful images and immersed surround sound, to bring people an unparalleled film experience.
The quality and advantages of laser TV for the whole market just showed, and its development prospect is great exciting.
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Okay, hopefully I'll get someone to look at this. Was wondering if anyone around has any knowledge of Yokohama Advan Sports. They would be installed on my Speed6. I know they are summers with short tread life, but I got about 15,000 out of the stock Potenzas with similar life so that won't be an issue. I was looking at another set of Toyo T1Rs but I found a place with the Yokos for a great price. Thanks.
I have no idea, but since you are not getting much info here I would say go on tire rack, find the specific tire and check the reviews people post up there.
I've seen you ask a few times, and that is one of the few Yoko tires that I have not owned. Every product that I've bought from them has been a great bang-for-the-buck tire though.
pass on the T1R's unless you are getting an awesome deal on them. They are old, and have been replaced with the R1R's.
As for the sports, I am not too sure on that tire. It has the same tread rating as the AD08s, but the AD08's look way more aggressive.
I dunno if this helps, but I am running the Parada Spec-2's for just over a year, have more than 25k on them and well over half the tread is still intact.
I never thought I'd get 25k out of them but it looks like I should be able to run them for a while still!
Well I'm looking for some super good summers, I have the Eagle GTs on the stock wheels for winter time (and when I'm not home, not letting the wife chew up something she won't get any benefit from). Let me qualify, super good summers that have a decent ride. I'm not going to be autocrossing this car, just like putting a smile on my face and embarassing Camrys and the like. I really liked the T1Rs I had, I understand things move on but if I can find a deal I know they are good tires. Right now I am thinking I will go for the Yokos if they have any available when I get home.
I think you'll be happy with the Yokos.
As long as they aren't the Onos, I hear they screech something fierce!
Local guy has em on his Speed, loves em. Had nittos on it before and got a bazillion miles on them.
After talking to the wife to make sure she would put them some place, I went ahead and ordered the Yokos. If I don't like them I'll have to personally visit all of you who recommend the brand! Road trip!!!


• Meat research in relation to slaughter procedure and quality. Especially focusing on impact of stress before slaughter, characterization and consequences of tissue alterations for the quality as food (e.g. wooden breast in broilers). The research is related to the muscle as a food commodity but also as tissue, cell and at the molecular level.


• The $3.2 million sale of 401 5th Ave., a 4,960 s/f corner mixed-use property in Park Slope. It sold at a 4.05% cap and its sale represented $645 per s/f. Adam Lobel, Derek Bestreich, Luke Sproviero, and Toby Waring represented the buyer and seller.
• The $2.9 million sale of 77 Weirfield St., a turn-key 6-unit multifamily in Bushwick. Bestreich, Steve Reynolds, Tom Reynolds and Brian Davila represented the buyer and seller.
• The $2 million sale of 41 Skillman Ave. in Williamsburg. The development site measures 25 ft. x 100 ft. and is zoned M1-2/R6, MX-8. With a max FAR of 2.7, the lot offers 6,750 buildable s/f. Bestreich, Sproviero, Hakeem Lecky, Justin Zeitchik and Donal Flaherty represented the buyer and seller.
• The $1.9 million sale of 81 India St. in Greenpoint. The development site measures 25 ft. x 100 ft. and is zoned R6B. With a max FAR of 2, the lot offers 5,000 buildable s/f. Bestreich, Lobel, Sproviero, Zeitchik, Lecky, and Flaherty represented the buyer and seller.
• The $1.8 million sale of 81 Powers St. in Williamsburg. The development site measures 25 ft. x 100 ft. and is zoned R6B. With a max FAR of 2, the lot offers 5,000 buildable s/f. Bestreich, Lobel, Sproviero, Zeitchik, Lecky, and Flaherty represented the buyer and seller.


Regulars at Vino Volo say it offers one of the best combinations for relaxation after a long day at work: quality wine, tapas-style small plates, and great company. If that sounds like your style, consider heading over to join the happy hour crowd at this Bethesda wine bar.
You can certainly order wines by the glass, but Yelp reviewers recommend that you consider ordering a flight of wines, especially if you're interested in developing your palate and learning to distinguish between contrasting and complementary wines. You can choose one of the existing flights from the happy hour menu, or ask your server for a selection of the sommelier's current favorites. Don't forget to order a bite to eat while you enjoy your drink: share a bowl of mixed Mediterranean olives and a plate of crispy kale chips for something light, or go for one of the kitchen's signature pizzettas topped with fresh mozzarella and herbs.


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Research: HEART Lab
Recognition of Excellence in Psychology and Health
Scroll to see a few of Dr. Carter's recent Honors and Awards
One of 40 under 40 Leaders in Health
2019 National Minority Quality Forum
Alies Mukskin Career Development Leadership Program Awardee
Anxiety and Depression Association of America
Selected Participant in the 2020 Career Development Institute for Psychiatry
A two-year training experience for early career researchers. Participants work with faculty from the University of Pittsburgh, Stanford University, and National Institute of Mental Health.
2020 Travel Fellowship Awardee
Society of Biological Psychiatry
Consulting Editorial Board Member
Cultural Diversity of Ethnic Minority Psychology Journal
Journal of Black Psychology
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Sierra Carter, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Georgia State University
Adjunct Faculty, Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Emory University
Faculty Fellow, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale University
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Dr. Carter's research focuses on racial health disparities and investigates how psychosocial and contextual stressors can affect both mental and physical health outcomes for underrepresented populations. She has had a long-standing interest in the ways that health disparities in African American populations arise and are maintained by psychological, physiological, and contextual processes. A common theme throughout much of her work has been examining how, across a life course, racial discrimination as an acute and chronic stressor can effect development and further exacerbate chronic illnesses and stress-related disorders.
Dr. Carter integrates clinical, physiological, and biobehavioral measurements in her research to aid in improved identification of mechanisms that can be targeted in prevention and/or treatment efforts to reduce racial health disparities. Her research program also examines how racial and cultural characteristics (e.g., racial identity, Africentric worldview, racial composition of communities, and place-based factors) influence health. This work utilizes a risk and resilience framework to further illuminate what may buffer the psychological and physical health impacts of racial discrimination. Her research in the area of risk and resilience aims to enhance our ability to tackle troubling health disparities in underserved and underrepresented communities.
Bachelor of Science, Psychology; Minor in Social and Economic Justice
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Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Predoctoral Internship
Doctorate of Philosophy, Clinical Psychology
Emory School of Medicine
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Our Commitment to Communities
Biodiesel delivers positive environmental and health impacts as well as significant economic benefits to local and regional communities. In the process of hugely increasing the economic and environmental value of waste materials such as used cooking oil, Crimson biodiesel manufacturing delivers high-quality/high-paying manufacturing jobs, and increased demand for local and regional goods and services.
Boosting Economic Activity
Biodiesel's benefits go beyond air quality improvements and carbon reduction that help the regional and global environment.
Much of our raw materials come from within 100 miles, and more than half of the advanced biofuel we produce is used nearby in the Central Valley. The majority of our parts and plant supplies are purchased from local distributors. Local contractors provide the supplemental labor we need for plant maintenance and improvement projects.
Each biodiesel plant is a new economic ecosystem that creates a multiplier effect of increased economic activity in local and regional communities.
We Help Improve Health and the Environment
Ultra-low carbon biodiesel fuel can help decrease greenhouse gas emissions by 80%+ and reduce other harmful pollutants by up to 50% compared to petroleum-based diesel fuel. Another key factor is the health benefits that come from cleaner burning fuels.
Air quality is measurably worse in industrial areas where diesel is heavily used, and already suffer from increased air pollution from high volumes of truck traffic. It's these economically disadvantaged communities who lack the resources to combat the many negative effects of air pollution that benefit the most from biodiesel use.
How Crimson Biodiesel Production Improves the Environment and Community Health
At our three Crimson biodiesel plants, we produce up to 37,300,000 gallons of biodiesel a year. That removes 331,485 metric tons of carbon a year. But what does that really equate to? Our at-a-glance production infographic shows what those numbers mean in real carbon offsets - trees planted, acres of forest, cars off the road, and measurable health benefits. The Clean Fuels Alliance America also has a great infographic covering community level health benefits derived from displacing petroleum diesel with biodiesel — put together by Trinity Consultants, a major national environmental consulting firm.
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Economically disadvantaged communities benefit the most from biodiesel use because they lack the resources to combat the many negative effects of air pollution. Cleaner burning fuels means cleaner air, which means less asthma and reductions in lung cancer and other respiratory illnesses.
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they might be invading your town!
Guess who is going to this, go ahead guess? I hope to be able to bring some great memories and interesting stories... and a photo or two. I will be covering this for "Howlin' Wolf's On-Line Magazine" and this is going to be cool... I just need to be cool!
And if you know me and you know Fright Night, I will be so cool Brewster!
You would be a fantastic Brewster! I love Fright Night, what a classic film.
Looking forward to the con report. Please post the link here!
You are going to have so much fun. We expect pictures and major coverage next week!
Awesome! Have a blast! Can't wait to see the post and pics!


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From the creator of the Harvey-nominated Love and Capes comes the story of a magical winery where every glass takes you back in time to the year the wine was bottled. From the Civil War to the Roaring Twenties to yesterday... it's all available with just one sip.
Megan is looking for a break from taking care of her Alzheimers afflicted mother and finds the ultimate escape when Jack, the owner of the Aeternum Winery, reveals its time-traveling secret to her. Together, they drink their way through history, both the winery's and their own. In time, Megan learns a family secret that her mother may not even remember and discovers that Jack is keeping one of his own about his late wife.
Thom Zahler (Love and Capes, Long Distance) brings his trademark sweetness and humor to distill a story of magic and romance told across the two-hundred year canvas of New York's Hudson Valley.
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"What really matters is the relationships between characters, which Zahler builds with compassion and empathy."
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"Time & Vine's the sort of quirky play on a classic scifi story trope that you'd be hard pressed to find from a larger comics publisher, but that's exactly what makes it charming to page through."
"A charming, heartfelt time travel tale. If you're a fan of Jack Finney, Rod Serling and well-crafted comic books, you'll have a great time with Time & Vine."
Moonshadow, Brooklyn Dreams, Justice League
In Time and Vine, Thom Zahler takes on the universal imagining that we all have at some point"¦ "What if we could keep it all from going away?". In these pages we find a mature artist at the top of his game. We also find art that is lush and writing with heart. But it's the concept he invents to tell his tale that elicits my highest praise"¦ I wish I'd thought of that.
–Tom Batiuk
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"There's a depth and humanity to this multi-generational tale that transcends its time-traveling genre origins. And I don't even drink wine."
–Greg Weisman, Gargoyles, Young Justice
Thom Zahler has the uncanny ability to find a universal appeal in characters he creates, making them relatable and always funny. Add in a I-can't-believe-no-one-else-thought-of-this time travel element and you have the fantastic "Time and Vine."
–Scott Weinstein
Weekend Update Co-Producer for Saturday Night Live
Author of upcoming "Team of Steves" series
Time & Vine has all the Thom Zahler hallmarks: fresh ideas, insightful characters, a touch of whimsy, and more than little humor to bring the magical realism to life. This is a fine vintage that goes down easily.
–Robert Greenberger
writer/editor
"Time and Vine is a heady mix of romance and fantasy, with a delicate hint of wistfulness that lingers after a satisfying finish. I have no doubt it will age well into a classic."
–Adam Beechen
Writer, Batman Beyond, Hench
"I've been a fan of Thom Zahler's writing and art for a loooong time, and Time and Vine will keep me as a fan for a lot longer. Great art and wonderful writing that proves that even if you Love Capes, comics can be a whole lot more. "
–Marv Wolfman.
Creator Blade, Black Cat, Bullseye, New Teen Titans, Deathstroke and a whole lot more.
"Time and Vine is an intimate SF tale: Heartwarming, smooth, with just a note of sorrow and a sweet, joyous finish."
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Niko and the Sword of Light, Cannon Busters
"Thom has the innate ability to create characters that are instantly identifiable and stories that immediately draw you in. His dialogue is always so smooth and comfortable that you're already two or three pages in when you realized you're hooked. And happily so!"
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Spider-Man, Tellos, The Perhapanauts and stuff
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In this polytechnic, there is need for automated method of keeping data, more so a greater need for an online school fees payment system. This would go a long way in alleviating the various problems and stress involved in the manual method of school fees payment and clearance in the institution. Moreover, the issue of delayed youth service as a result of inability to complete the tedious manual process of clearance which involves school fees clearance would be curtailed when this new system is implemented.
Hence it became imperative for an online school fees system to eliminate the shortcomings of the manual system in place.
These days every sector is known with the word-computer. We can find computers at everywhere around us. In fact modern world will be incomplete without computers and their applications. It's almost impossible to even imagine the modern facilities without the use of computers. For many individuals computer means PC, on which they can see movies, play games, prepare office sheets and manage daily planners. But this is just a page of the book of computers.
Computer means much more than a PC. A computer can simply be defined as a machine which takes instructions and perform computations and operations accordingly. These commanded instructions are known as programs and computers execute these programs to do an operation. At a time, a set of instructions can be given to a computer to perform several operations, simultaneously. This feature is a point of distinction for the computers.
Many types of computers are available these days. Depending on their usage and service application they can be classified in various categories. Supercomputers are capable of doing trillions of calculations in fraction of seconds, so they are used as controlling units of banking transactions; to keep records of railway, in schools to monitor school fees payment system in the bursary department and air transportations; to conduct decent flow of telecommunication and many more complex operations can be controlled, organized and conducted by using supercomputers. On the other hand computers are also used in conducting simple operations like billing, ticket transactions, record maintenance, security analysis etc. And even computers (PC) are also used to do home based general activities like office sheet maintenance, day planner, entertainment etc. So computers are involved in every sector of life with different forms and different applications.
The processes of manual school fees for student in the polytechnic has resulted to a lot of problems which makes student not to write exams on time because of the slow rate of processing the school fess from the bursary department was done manually. And sometimes lead to the misplacement of the school fees tellers because of lack of adequate storage medium.
To alleviate the problems and stress of travelling and queuing up of students during clearance in the bursary department due to manual process of school fees payment.
The project work will help in a good number of ways to ease the queuing system in the polytechnic as the online clearance and school fees payment system will help students to achieve what ever they want to achieve without coming to the various offices for clearance and fees.
The Online school fees system will allows the students to check their school fees status if they are in any way indebted to the school, fill and submit their school fees form, and obtain their clearance form for that semester.
This research work is limited to school fees payment and clearance system for the student of Our Saviour Institute of Science Agriculture and technology. The software developed will be carried out using HTML, macromedia fire, Dreamweaver and wamp server so as to manage both the database and at the same time make the software online.
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Q: CakePHP - Can you make forms submit params as named params? So GET forms make the usual urls like
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Can you make a form create urls like
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A: Thanks, guys. I've found a different solution. I just submit the form as a POST and in the controller's action I read the post data and create a url with the post data as named params and then $this->redirect('...'); to it.

A: The methods to create these URL's can be found here: http://book.cakephp.org/view/842/url

A: If I understand you correctly, you're not looking to create a different URI, per se, but rather to serialize the form data in a different way. In other words, you're interested in modifying the query string rather than the URI itself.
As far as I know, that's the way that forms serialize their data and there's no way to truly override this behavior. If you really want to do this, I suspect you'll have to capture the submit event, manually serialize the form data into the format you want, append that format to the form's action value, make a custom request to the page (via location.href, etc.) and return false so that the form itself never actually gets submitted.
Of course, you could also submit via Ajax where you have a little more control.
I'm not aware of any other way to do what I think you're asking.


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Is it worth it to go to film school?
Here are this week's Friday Questions. What's yours?
Gareth Wilson asks:
Actual working screenwriters seem very skeptical about the relevance of film school to screenwriting employment. I gather that a diploma from even the best film school is meaningless when trying to get work. So is it possible to design a course that actually teaches you to write salable scripts, and what would it look like?
It really all depends on who your teacher is. My partner, David Isaacs, teaches screenwriting at USC and is terrific. USC has a very prestigious program but if David were teaching at the DeVry Institute I would say go there instead.
To me the real value in going to a noted film school is that they provide better networking opportunities when you get out. The UCLA, USC, NYU, Yale, Harvard, Northwestern mafias do exist.
As for a class teaching you how to write salable scripts – at the end of the day you have to have the talent to write scripts anyone would buy. Courses can provide the guidelines but ultimately you've got to have the chops.
If I may be immodest for a moment, I think the best single course for learning how to write sitcoms is my Sitcom Room seminar that I offer every fall. It's the only course that really simulates what a working environment is like and gives you a chance to write for actors then see your work performed. To my knowledge it's the only class like it. There's only so much theory you can digest. You learn by being given a solid foundation and then asked to do it.
Ger Apeldoorn queries:
Joe Keenan once said, that although the farces were hammered out in the room just like any story, he preferred to take them home to work out the plot points. Are there any other things that are hard to do in a room?
Uh, yeah. EVERYTHING. Breaking stories is particularly tough. The good news about doing them in a room is you get different ideas. But the bad news is often times these ideas coming from every direction only creates more confusion.
For the same reason, it's often hard in a room to write a detailed argument. Too many voices. Can you imagine room-writing an episode of WEST WING? Heads would explode.
From ao:
Who decides on which pilot to pick up? What happens to the ones that were not picked up? Just shove into the dark space of pilot black hole? And will TV networks ever air pilots that were never picked up for us (the audience)? At least show it online. I would love to see it.
Network top brass make the final decisions. You'd think they would simply pick up the best shows, but it's much more complicated than that. Other factors include testing, commitments, whether they own the show or not, license fees, desire to be in business with a certain piece of talent, target demographics, need, time slot, compatibility with other shows, trends, etc. There's a lot of horse trading that goes on behind-the-scenes.
It used to be if a pilot didn't get picked up the network would gladly sell it to another network. They are then off the hook financially. But when NBC picked up THIRD ROCK FROM THE SUN after ABC passed and it became a big hit, ABC was very embarrassed. So for a long time if a network passed on a pilot they would rather just eat the cost then chance that someone else could turn it into a big hit.
But that was in a different economy. Today networks are again happy to have studios shop failed pilots around. Recouping their investment is worth more than possible embarrassment.
There was one case where David Frankel took his failed pilot, sold it as a short film and won an Oscar for it. And from time to time in LA, a small theater will stage failed pilots as if they were one act plays.
You're welcome to come by the house and I'll show you my failed pilots.
Liggie wants to know:
Friday question, professional advice edition. How do you prepare your voice for the long baseball broadcasts? I've started a job in the travel industry where I have to talk for four hours straight (ticket counter, line organizer, direction giver), and my throat's shot when I go home.
First, learn how to use your voice. Learn how to breathe and how to speak from your diaphragm and not your throat. The best vocal teacher in Los Angeles is Darlene Koldenhoven (I know. Great name, isn't it?).
Protect your voice. Avoid loud rooms and clubs where you have to shout to be heard. Don't have dairy products before a broadcast. It causes phlegm. So stay away from ice cream.
Air conditioning is also an enemy of the voice.
If possible, do some vocal exercises before your shift. Always have plenty of water. Stay hydrated. Keep your vocal chords lubricated. Hot tea and honey is also good. Alcohol is not.
Suck hard candy. That's what Vin Scully does.
And finally, relax. Tense voices are strained voices. Here again, breathing is key. Pace yourself, do the necessary preparations, breathe right, and you should be okay. Unless you're calling hockey. How does Doc Emrick do it???
As part of his lengthy professional education (the "Doc" comes from his Ph.D in English), Emrick took an auctioneers course. He thought that the skills would readily transfer to hockey play-by-play.
I've read that, in the '60s and '70s, I think all three networks had summer anthology shows consisting just of unsold pilots. It seemed like a great idea to me: it gave those pilots they'd already paid for airtime, and also provided fresh scripted programming in the summer months. The practice has, of course, been long since dropped, but it still seems like a good idea.
Rob Buttery said...
Maybe this is a dumb question, but I've always wondered about the opening sequence of CHEERS: Those drawings of distinguished inebriates look like they come from the mid-late 1800s. And the hand-tinted photos look like they are from the early 20th century. Are those drawings and photos authentic, or were they very cleverly created for the show's opening montage?
There was a New Yorker profile of Johnny Mathis that reported he was in the habit of eating an Eskimo Pie right before going on stage. So I guess if you have sufficient vocal control, you can get away with anything.
Rich D said...
The practice of airing pilots continued into the 80s. I remember CBS aired a pilot for a spinoff of the action film REMO WILLIAMS (itself based on the DESTROYER series of men's action novels) with Roddy McDowell stepping into Joel Grey's role and heavy Korean makeup as Remo's mertial arts master Chiun.
Oh, *please* let us read your failed pilots. You can learn so much from looking at stuff that doesn't work (because you can see the seams).
William Goldman writes a lot about this in his books about screenwriting (which I recommend regularly to every type of aspiring writer, not just screenwriters): that sometimes a script fails to sell because it's the wrong time for it, or because the studio head hates snakes, or any of a thousand reasons that have nothing to do with the script.
And I'm willing to praise The Sitcom Room - it's the only creative writing class that ever seemed to me worth paying for.
Speaking of failed pilots - those of you who know how to do such things should look around the Net for a copy of the failed pilot of THE BIG BANG THEORY. Lorre himself talks about how bad it was - no Penny, Howard, or Raj, but a street-wise manipulative girl who moves in on Sheldon and Leonard and takes advantage of them. And yet: Parsons and Galecki still have it.
Similarly, there are copies of the original Buffy pilot floating around - half an hour, different Willow. Again, it's really interesting to see what doesn't work and why, and develop the ability to see those things for yourself in your own work.
(And I really must start planning my messages in advance better so I don't have to navigate the damn captchas twice and bug the rest of you.)
HourOfLead said...
I loved the Lisa Kudrow series "The Comeback."
Naturally, I loved and hated her Valerie Cherish character in a Larry David fashion, but personally, I hated the writers even more.
If you pitch a sitcom that makes fun of writers the way that show did, does that bolster your chances of getting a green light from executives (assuming all other proposals are equally good)? I'm sure they're petty bastards.
Follow-up: Can we assume that you've had your share of Valerie Cherishes that you wrote crap pieces for because they annoyed the shit out of you?
Bonus point: Name one, please.
Phillip B said...
Love watching pilots on TV - TRIO was a very odd cable channel which went dark in 2005, and aired a number of unsold pilots as well as "brilliant but cancelled" series which had short runs.
Remember TRIO showed an unsold pilot starring Adam West which was touted as one of the best ever (it was great) and a pilot for a series based on Fargo starring Edie Falco.
Universal Television, another rather obscure cable channel, also shows short run series - produced by Universal, of course, - but prefers more recent stuff which looks good in HD.
Always wanted to see a show called "Failed Sit-com Theater" - where those who produced and wrote the show could tell everyone what the hell they were thinking. Understand why it is unlikely to happen, but hope they are some nuggets which might see the light of day.
Hey Philip,
I like the concept of a failed sitcom theater. How would you feel about it being done guerilla-style single cam out on the street with the parts being played by homeless people?
Who knows what kind of break-out stars you'll find? Maybe the next Lindsay Lohan? Or Lindsay Lohan herself?
Jeffrey Leonard said...
Chapman University in Orange, California has a terrific film program. My son, Kelle, will graduate from there next year and is already involved in some media projects. But, Ken is correct, it's a lot of who you know.
Brian Phillips said...
The Frankel pilot that Ken Levine is referring to is "Dear Diary" with Bebe Neuwirth. I have NEVER seen it, not on VHS, DVD, TV, Netflix or performed by street mimes. I am genuinely puzzled as to how anyone is to see Oscar-nominated short live-action films. I have only seen one before it won, "Work Experience" with Lenny Henry.
As for going to Mr. Levine's house to see his pilots, Mommy warned me about such fellows.
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If a comedy writer misspells "school" in a headline, is it a typo or a joke?
Nat Gertler (Sitcom Room alum) said...
I used to love the summertime airing of failed pilots... seeing things that really didn't work (the sitcom on opera form!), things that kinda worked but you could see why there would be problems getting a second episode out of the concept, and things that goshdarndit, you wished had been picked up (I'd still love to see more Curse Of The Corn People.) But I suppose there was little to gain in airing them; if the typical viewer hated it, they cursed the network for wasting their time, and if they liked it, they cursed the network for not picking it up.
BUT - for those in LA and New York: The Paley Center has various unaired pilots that you can view in their library. (Although don't be dumb like me - I just wasted hours getting to Paley Center in LA, only to learn that the unaired pilot I wanted to watch - The Mouse That Roared, starring Sid Caesar - is only in NY. Use the website to see what they have, then call in advance to see if they have it locally.)
I remember the summer anthologies of failed pilots. From a mass-entertainment point of view, they weren't very good. Most of the rejcted pilots clearly deserved it, and even the ones that were somewhat entertaining, being pilots, spent a lot of time setting up characters and situations that we'd never see again.
However, they were far superior to "Celebrity Fat Camp", or whatever reality garbage is being thrown at us this year.
The best vocal teacher in Los Angeles is Darlene Koldenhoven (I know. Great name, isn't it?).
Is she a real person, or did Preston Sturges invent her as a distant cousin of Trudy Kockenlocker?
chuckcd said...
My degree in Radio/TV/Film was completely useless. The key is to be related to the ones doing the hiring.
HCarvalho said...
I've started to read the bok Top of the Rock, the Rise and Fall of Must See TV. What's your oppinion on that book?
David Baruffi's Entertainment Views and Reviews said...
I just wanted to mention that I had a very working Television writing class at UNLV, with Prof. Sean Clark. He previously worked on many shows including "Lonesome Dove," "Coach," and "Early Edition", and I must say, he was very good at emulating the workroom environment of a sitcom writer's room. We all worked together, we pitched different ideas, we worked out some scripts, etc. I don't know if it compares to your class Mr. Levine, I'd love to one day take that course of yours, but I just wanted to say that there are some other good courses available on TV writing, but I very much appreciated his.
God Shammgod said...
Do you prefer a compact set or a bigger one? Remember when "I Love Lucy" moved the action from the cramped apartment set to the huge farm set? It didn't seem to work as well. And then there is the lunch counter in Wing's and the diner on Becker. It was like the actors were practically sitting on each other's laps....
Doug Thompson said...
Ken, I'm halfway through Warren Littlefield's book about his NBC years and I've come to the opinion, through some of what he says, that he thinks Brandon Tartikoff got more credit than he actually deserved for NBC's success.
Warren sites his own involvement with Cheers, Frasier, Seinfeld, Law & Order etc.
Since you worked on several of those NBC shows during Warren's tenure, what was your experiences working with him (network notes etc).
I loved Summer Burn-Off Theatre (as I called it) because the rejected pilots were often superior to the crap that did get picked up. Two I remember with great fondness were DAKOTA'S LAW, with Patricia Charbonneau as a cheerfully loose-cannon cop and Bruce Davidson as her long-suffering partner, and THE BAKERY, a Bochco-esque cop show that cut back and forth between three different time periods--with actors doubling in some parts--with it all eventually tying together to solve the crime. (I can kinda see why that wasn't a go: Who could keep that level of complexity up for 22 episodes a year?) I also recall a sitcom set in the Old West, starring a young George Clooney as the saloon owner. Great stuff, all.
BTW, in at least one instance it did make a difference. The pilot of BLOSSOM got such a high tune-in that NBC reconsidered and ordered it to series, though somewhat changed. The rest is history.
This is probably the third time I've asked this question and I've yet to see an answer . . . so I'm wondering if I'm doing this correctly.
Will try again.
If/when a writer submits a series idea and supporting scripts and the network buys it . . . how is the price determined? You have the fee for the writer, the salaries for the artists, the film, lighting and sound crew . . . . and other contingent costs. Then you have a fee for the creator of the series, separate and distinct (presumably) from the writer fee. Then you factor in profit as the difference between the total costs of producing each episode, and the agreed price per episode.
How is all that determined? The artists, presumably, are above scale . . but how much? Who negotiates that.
A primer, please, on the business side of the business . . . approximate or typical costs, etc.
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(Now, we'll see (a) if this gets through to you and (b) if you respond. Am waiting on pins and needles which, as we all know, is very uncomfortable.
There was one episode of Louie CK's show where he's part of a panel of around 20 people that have been hired to fix a movie script. One guy is going through the script paragraph by paragraph, each one resulting in several minutes' worth of brainstorming by Louie and his peers. (Amazing, they finish up by lunchtime; I guess the movie was a Looney Tune). However fictitious this is, it made me wonder: in practice, how big of a crowd can you tolerate in a writing room before it gets too chaotic and people get frustrated at how slowly progress is being made?
An (is my actual name) said...
Friday Question about the Cheers finale: Could you talk a bit about the thinking behind ending Sam and Diane? I know a happily ever after might have been too neat and tidy for them, but it seemed like the reunion of such an iconic couple was given the bum's rush. I'd love to know more about the behind the scenes decision making on that. It's the one aspect of the finale that doesn't feel right. Thanks!
Gareth Wilson said...
Thanks for the answer. I didn't mean to offend anyone who teaches screenwriting, but it just seems like one of the most difficult subjects to teach, and to evaluate what people have learned.
Roger Owen Green said...
Oh, agreed that failed pilots were MUCH more entertaining than what ever fills the summer months on the networks now.
Ken-
Really? I would love to come check out your pilots someday.
That's very true, Wendy!
I'd also love to read the scripts that got people jobs. I don't know if you remember, but I asked if writers who had made it would ever consider letting aspiring writers read them. Jane Espenson fielded the question and said she'd considered it before, even going so far as contacting publishers.
These days anyone can publish something to Kindle/iPad, so maybe she'd consider it again.
I'd certainly love to read such work.
friday question: how often do sitcom writers in the writers room talk about theme when breaking stories?
Dana Gabbard said...
Lyle, all that is negotiated by agents and or entertainment lawyers. And all the way back to the golden age one thing all the producing companies do is share salary information, so usually they know what one was paid for their last gig.
Orion A. said...
I am writing a pilot, but I can't get enough substance for an actual "pilot." Is it better to write a pilot without an origin and just make it like a regular episode than to make an origin episode?
WendyElaine said...
Love the blog. I am working my way through Cheers again after enjoying the original on tv the first time. I have noticed a regular extra that isn't mentioned (as far as I can find) here or elsewhere. She is an older, distinguished looking, blonde woman. Who is she? I notice her in at least half of the episodes. Thanks.
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