Not for the sake of sensation, but to engage kids in urgent contemporary social debate, he often selects works that raise the eyebrows, and even occasional ire, of local conservatives who object to frank representations of adolescent sexuality (hetero and homo), addiction, rebellion — the usual flash points in the old culture wars.
His view, argued in "Biography: A Brief History" (Harvard; $21.95), is that biography — by which he means frank and unexpurgated representations of individual human beings in any medium, including paintings, movies, photographs, novels, supermarket tabloids, and the Biography Channel — is the genre of democracy.
Preload is end-diastolic volume and, therefore, a function curve relating end-diastolic volume to mechanical output is a more accurate representation of the Frank-Starling effect.
We sat down with Cho, Zoe Saldana (who plays Lt. Nyota Uhura) and director Justin Lin for a frank roundtable discussion about the legacy of "Star Trek," representation and optimism.
"Dr Frank-N-Furter is not an example of positive queer representation," Sandel writes.
However, we felt it was more important to ensure open and frank dialogue, and the detailed notes were subsequently reviewed by participants to ensure accurate representation.
Franks told the Washington City Paper last week that D.C. residents who were upset about representation issues were "missing the point".
Schnell is a partner in the New York office of Constantine Cannon, specializing in the representation of whistleblowers reporting fraud under the False Claims Act and Dodd-Frank Act.
