Interview with Sterling Anderson about Screenwriting in Hollywood ...

Jaden: What shows do you think are currently putting out the best TV writing?

Sterling Anderson: I love Touch, plus my friend writes for the show. The Good Wife has brilliant writing and Shameless is great. For comedy, Modern Family and The Office and Family Guy are still setting the standard for excellence. Big Bang Theory is coming up?!

Jaden: Have you learned anything new about screenwriting that surprised you because you thought you knew it all?

Sterling Anderson:? Every day I?m surprised by what shows get picked up and?every day a show gets on the air that I applaud.?So my new surprise is a network executive?s wife gave the ?green light? to a new show because she wanted to see the American version.

Jaden: What is different about being a screenwriter today versus twenty years ago?

Sterling Anderson: It is much harder to get in and stay in the business today. Feature film writers can write the next great screenplay but they don?t receive much until all the ?A? list directors, actors, and camera operators are on board.?Also it use to be considered the low rent district to be a television writer. Now it?s the high rent district.

Jaden: If there was one thing you could redo on your screenwriter path, what would it be?

Sterling Anderson: I would have defended my writing and re-writes much harder. I have taken so many notes from producers that they started to dislike their own ideas.

Jaden: What is the best way to stay the in the game?

Sterling Anderson: The best way to stay in the game is to remember film is the ?director?s medium? and television is the ?screenwriter?s medium.? Screenwriters fail upward in television.

Jaden: What is the best way to make sure you never work again?

Sterling Anderson: The best way to make sure you never work again is to offend someone, or also becoming too accommodating. Nice is considered weak at times.

Jaden: What is your habit, the thing you do, must do, every time you sit down to write?

Sterling Anderson: Always, always, always? ?write to think.? Do not ?think to write? or you will never become a professional writer. You will only think about it.

Jaden: Thank you Sterling for taking the time to share your insight with Screenwriting for Hollywood.

Sterling Anderson:?Thank you Jaden.

Click title here to read Jaden?s review of Beyond Screenwriting the Book by Sterling Anderson. You may visit his website at?SterlingAndersonWriter.com.

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Teachers union fires back after group urges members to drop membership

By Paul Takahashi (contact)

Saturday, June 23, 2012 | 2 a.m.

A local libertarian think tank's initiative to persuade Clark County schoolteachers to drop their union membership drew the ire of union officials Thursday.

The Nevada Policy Research Institute launched a campaign this month to inform teachers of their right to opt out of the union between July 1 and 15. Nevada is a right-to-work state, which means teachers cannot be compelled to join the union as a condition of employment.

NPRI argues the two-week opt-out window is too narrow and occurs when teachers are on summer vacation. Many teachers may not know they can drop their membership, said Victor Joecks, NPRI's director of communications.

Joecks penned an article listing five reasons why teachers should consider dropping their union, including a recent Las Vegas Review-Journal article that found higher than average salaries given to union leaders in 2009.

Joecks ? who was on Sun columnist Jon Ralston's "Face to Face" TV program to talk about the issue ? came to Thursday's School Board meeting armed with a stack of pre-written opt-out letters and stamped envelopes. He said it was an effort to make it easier for members to exit their union.

"Teachers should have a choice about their membership in the union," Joecks said. "Unfortunately, they only have that choice between July 1 and 15."

Joecks, who was flanked by two teachers who supported NPRI's message, said he plans to return during the July 12 School Board meeting to distribute letters and envelopes.

Few union members at the meeting seem to have taken up Joecks' offer, but that didn't stop union officials from fuming about what they said was a personal attack from NPRI.

The union relies on its $768-a-year membership dues to fund its organization. The union, whose membership has been declining in the wake of the recession, also receives district funding to support its nonprofit Teachers Health Trust.

"If these guys had their way, teachers would be working minimum wage," said John Vellardita, executive director of the Clark County Education Association. "Come ask me July 16 how effective these neocons are in bashing teachers."

The union's furor extended to the School District, as well. Association President Ruben Murillo told the School Board during public comment to terminate School District spokeswoman Amanda Fulkerson's position.

Murillo argued the School District's communication department, which he said was overpaid, was encouraging teachers to drop the union by circulating NPRI's article.

"Is that collaboration?" Murillo said. "These tactics may have worked for (Fulkerson's former employer Arnold) Schwarzenegger, but they have no place here in Clark County."

School Board member Deanna Wright fired back.

"We are not encouraging teachers to drop their membership," she said. "Even though we've had our differences, we respect the (union)."

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Davis homers, Francisco saves Mets' win over Yanks

NEW YORK (AP) ? Justin Turner cranked up Frank Francisco's new theme song, Project Pat's "Chicken Head," as soon the New York Mets closer entered the clubhouse.

After wriggling out of a ninth-inning jam Friday night with his arm, it was a lot easier for Francisco to laugh at a bit of headline-grabbing trouble he made with his mouth earlier in the week.

Francisco closed out the Mets' 6-4 victory over the Yankees a couple of days after calling their crosstown rivals "chickens."

"Awesome," he said.

Ike Davis received a bit of help from the Yankees on his three-run homer, Turner had a two-run single and the Mets scored five runs in the first inning with two outs. Andy Pettitte looked flat after waiting out a rainstorm that set back the start of the season's second Subway Series by 53 minutes.

Davis followed Turner's hit with a fly to right that a leaping Nick Swisher got his glove on. But when he hit the wall, the ball was nudged off the top of the fence and over for a 5-0 lead.

"I thought he was going to catch it the way he went back," Davis said.

Still, the homer-happy Yankees rallied with three late drives to set up a chance to see Francisco.

Alex Rodriguez hit his 641st homer and Andruw Jones also connected for the Yankees against Jonathon Niese. Robinson Cano added a two-run shot off Miguel Batista in the eighth to cut the lead to 6-4 after David Wright had an RBI double in the seventh.

Francisco made headlines in New York this week by saying "I can't wait to face those chickens" and expressing his desire to strike out the side against the Yankees.

He explained Friday afternoon what he meant by his strange comment, saying he thinks the Yankees often complain about umpires' calls, especially balls and strikes.

"I didn't mean to hurt anybody's feelings," Francisco said after the win. "It was a simple comment."

His teammates certainly had fun with it ? though Mets reliever Tim Byrdak might have taken ribbing Francisco to an extreme. He posted a close-up video on Twitter of a chicken bobbing around on the carpet in the Mets' clubhouse.

A tweet several minutes earlier says he bought it in "China Town."

Yankees manager Joe Girardi didn't see getting an opportunity against Francisco as a shot at payback.

"I don't really worry about what he said," Girardi said. "The way we've been finding ways to win games, you think that you have a chance there."

In a heavy drizzle, Francisco made his first appearance against the Yankees for the Mets and ? you got it ? played chicken with a powerful lineup. Andres Torres made a stumbling catch in deep center field for the first out. The right-hander walked pinch-hitter Raul Ibanez before Derek Jeter singled. Francisco then struck out Curtis Granderson and got Mark Teixeira to pop out for his 18th save in 21 opportunities.

"They tried to give me a little bit of a hard time," Francisco said. "Lately, I've been fighting a little bit with my command but I (found) myself out there and got out of the situation."

The Yankees lost their third in a row following a 10-game winning streak that began against the Mets. They had not lost three in a row since May 19-21.

The afternoon rain didn't deter a crowd of 40,191 from filling Citi Field. It did help alleviate the sizzling heat of the last few days that even inspired a Mets ticket offer. The team sold a limited number of choice seats for $94, the price set to the temperature at the start of Wednesday night's game against Baltimore.

The Mets totaled seven runs when they were swept in three games in the Bronx in early June. In the finale at Yankee Stadium, Niese (5-3) carried a 3-0 lead into the seventh but he was betrayed by his defense and gave up two unearned runs.

This time, he gave up the two homers and eight hits in 6 1-3 innings to help the Mets win their seventh straight interleague game.

Pettitte (3-3) gave up five runs for the second time this season and for the first time in an inning since Sept. 4, 2001, against Toronto.

Torres walked in the first and Ronny Cedeno, activated from the disabled list before the game, singled. Wright hit into a fielder's choice and Lucas Duda flied out. But the Mets lead the majors in two-out runs (155), and they soon cashed in.

Turner hit a two-run single to center. Davis then hit his eighth homer of the year.

Batting just .162 entering the game on June 10, Davis didn't even start with Pettitte on the mound. But the left-handed hitter had a pinch-hit double that tied the score in the ninth that day and has played well enough recently to earn a place in manager Terry Collins' lineup Friday against the crafty lefty.

"Ike is very determined to get out of this. He's been fighting it, fighting it, fighting it," Collins said. "And now, all of a sudden, some of the balls he's swinging at, he's hitting them on the barrel of the bat instead of swinging and missing, and if he can do that, he's going to be dangerous."

As has often been the case this season, the Yankees had trouble with runners on base. Leading the majors with 105 homers coming in but hitting only .218 with men in scoring position, the Yankees put two on in the first and second and had a runner on in the third, fourth and seventh without scoring.

"We keep putting them on, eventually it's going to change," Girardi said. "That's all I can really tell you. We are who we are."

Rodriguez homered with one out in the sixth, his drive landing in the container that holds the big apple in straightaway center. Jones homered to left in the seventh. Cano hit a two-run shot in the eighth.

NOTES: Mets LHP Johan Santana was given the key to the city by Mayor Michael Bloomberg in honor of his no-hitter June 1, the first in franchise history. ... To make room for Cedeno, the Mets sent reliever Elvin Ramirez to Triple-A Buffalo. ... Rodriguez was thrilled for the Miami Heat, NBA champions. He said he understood what LeBron James had gone through.

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Kasus Cyberbullying Banyak Terjadi dari Facebook

KASUS kekerasan di dunia maya (cyberbullying) menunjukkan tren peningkatan dalam beberapa tahun terakhir. Cyberbullying ini banyak terjadi dari penggunaan situs jejaring sosial Facebook yang saat ini sangat populer. Bahkan kekerasan tersebut tidak sedikit memakan korban, baik korban materi maupun korban kekerasan, serta pelecehan seksual.

Hal itu dikemukakan Koordinator Program Facebook Sehat dari Pusat Studi Islam (PSI) UII Yogyakarta saat menyampaikan sosialisasi Facebook-an sehat di hadapan ratusan siswa SMA/MA, dan SMK se Kabupaten Purworejo di gedung Wisma Budaya, SMAN 7 Purworejo, kemarin.

"Hasil penelitian PSI UII, pelajar sangat rentan menjadi korban cyberbullying. Oleh karena itu, para pelajar harus memahami facebook-an yang sehat, sebab pelajar merupakan salah satu kelompok terbanyak pengguna situs jejaring sosial ini," katanya.?

Lebih lanjut diungkapkan Imam, data tahun 2011 menyebutkan sedikitnya ada 178 jejaring sosial muncul di dunia maya. Facebook, merupakan jejaring sosial yang paling banyak penggunanya di Indonesia.

Jejaring sosial yang lebih terkenal dengan sebutan FB itu menjadi masalah krusial ketika dampak negatifnya mulai dirasakan. Dikatakan, Indonesia terbukti kedodoran ketika menerima FB, pasalnya Indonesia tidak menyediakan regulasi yang tegas untuk mengaturnya.

"Maka tujuan dari pengenalan program ini untuk mengajak siswa mengenali, menolak, dan tidak melakukan kekerasan di dunia maya. Terlepas dari regulasi pemerintah, mereka tentu memiliki bahasa yang lebih bisa mereka tangkap untuk menghindar dari cyberbullying," katanya.

Dijelaskan, ada beberapa kasus cyberbullying yang bermula dari pertemanan. Pada tahun 2010 saja jumlahnya ada belasan, di antaranya kasus Marietha Nova Trianing dari Sidoarjo yang sempat diilarikan dilecehkan, Sylvia Russarina dari Semarang yang hilang dan di temukan di Jambi, Nuri Rahmawati dari Bandung hilang.

Belum lagi kasus seperti adanya anak-anak sebagai korban prostitusi Eksploitasi Seksual Komersial Anak (ESKA) yang dilakukan oleh seseorang laki-laki yang telah memajang beberapa foto anak-anak Indonesia padahal sang pemilik website bukan merupakan orang Indonesia. Foto-foto dalam akun tersebut dimuat tanpa adanya ijin atau perjanjian resmi dari pemilik foto yang bersangkutan.

Cyberbullying di dunia internet dapat berupa kekerasan verbal maupun perilaku yang dilakukan oleh individu maupun kelompok terhadap individu maupun kelompok lain. "Bentuknya bisa berupa rumor, gosip, mengolok-olok, mengancam, dan menghina yang dilakukan secara berulang-ulang," imbuhnya.

Sosialisasi program save children from fear stop cyberbullying PSI UII ini rencananya diadakan di delapan kota se Jateng-DIY. Masing-masing dipusatkan di SMA N 1 Muntilan, SMA N 7 Purworejo, MAN 1 Kulonprogo, SMAN 1 Ngaglik Sleman, Klaten, SMK 1 Kasihan Bantul, SMK Jetis Yogyakarta dan MAN Wonosari Gunungkidul.

(Nur Kholiq/CN33)

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The pornography of golf

Designers of the U.S. Open course at the Olympic Club may not have been into causing pain, says Janice Hough, "but the video of the tournament may be subtitled '50 Shades of Green.' "

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Best dressed:

-- Noting that the town was packed with golfers, "Ms. Robinson" was "kind of appalled at the number of short-sleeved untucked shirts I saw men wearing at Gary Danko on Saturday night. ... Luckily the food overcame any fashion faux pas." Ms. Robinson was there, she said, for a "goodbye, sweet goose" five-course foie-gras tasting menu.

-- I noticed after the opening of "American Idiot" that there was a much larger than usual line in the lobby buying show-related items, especially T-shirts imprinted with the show's name, which is a kind of surprising thing for wearers to declare about themselves.

-- Sylvia Rubin was at Freight & Salvage in Berkeley last week to hear Rodney Crowell, guitarist Steuart Smith and writer Mary Karr, who collaborated on songs for Crowell's new album. For the first half of the show, she says, Karr "just sat on a stool" next to Crowell, "swaying with the music, saying at one point, after he asked her to sing for the second or third time, 'I'd rather pull my pants down. Really.' "

-- Lesson 931 in how to mortify one's offspring: At Cowell College graduation at UC Santa Cruz, Elise Fortin overheard a classmate moan, "Oh my God, my mom's wearing a visor!"

-- Preparing for Pride, Joe Mac observes that "gays dress well. We didn't spend all that time in the closet doing nothing."

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-- In the spirit of the week, 45 swimmers from the Dolphin and South End Clubs participated in what they hope will be their first annual Gay Pride Swim (pilots carried rainbow flags) on Sunday, from the wave organ to Aquatic Park.

-- The night after Kim Novak was honored by the San Francisco Historical Society, she took in a performance of "Beach Blanket Babylon," staying after the show to chat with the cast and sign souvenirs of the occasion.

-- Natalie Merchant, who performed with her band and the S.F. Symphony on Monday, grew up in upstate New York, where her parents took her to see Michael Tilson Thomas conduct the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. He was music director there in the '70s, and she recalls asking him for an autograph, the first such request she'd ever made. The maestro returned that gesture of respect and admiration by attending her Monday show.

-- Meanwhile, Monica Conrady noticed that the quotes of well-known folks on the walls at Credo Bar and Restaurant include "I believe that newspapers will reach new heights," which was said by Rupert Murdoch, who apparently has trouble distinguishing up from down.

-- Following up: That Henry Africa's Collection of Magnificent Tiffany Lamps, auctioned at Christie's last week, fetched $826,750 (including one lamp, a Wisteria, that sold for $602,500). The Dirk van Erp chandelier fetched $60,000.

-- In answer to Mark Troy's complaint about paying $2 fare for his dog while he, a senior citizen, pays 75 cents, Robert Callwell looked up Muni regs: "Pet owners must pay a fare equal to their own for their pet to ride." Pepi has been ripped off.

-- H.J. sends along a Craigslist part-time job listing for an assistant goat herder. "Ideal candidate is one with a positive attitude," it says, so goat dissers need not apply.

-- Best-ever Bay Area delivery of a Father's Day card: Out on the water Sunday, Bobby Gallia, who works on the Hog Heaven salmon fishing charter boat out of Sausalito, placed a card inside a clear plastic bag, blew up the bag, secured the top and waited. Suddenly, the El Dorado, a boat out of Berkeley, appeared in the mist. Hog Heaven Capt. Sean Hodges maneuvered his boat a bit, and then the El Dorado was close enough for Bobby to toss the bag over the starboard rail, where a big net was cast from the El Dorado and the bag was hauled in. The captain of the Berkeley boat is Robert Gallia, Bobby's dad.

P.S.: Ronan Farrow, son of Mia Farrow and Woody Allen, tweeted on Sunday, "Happy Father's Day ... or as we call it in my house, happy brother-in-law day."

Public Eavesdropping

"We couldn't be any more gay, and we simply do not understand why we don't have any gay friends."

Woman overheard at Little Dom's in Los Angeles by D.B.

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