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| Articles about Representation |
| How to order coffee, a visual representation | | 2008-07-20 11:02:00 | | Ever shied away from coffee places simply because you never knew what to order or, for that matter, how to order it? Fear not anymore, as here are visuals for dealing with your uncertainty, care of Gourmet Coffee Zone. Espresso [ess-press-oh] Espresso Macchiato [ess-press-oh mock-e-ah-toe] Esspresso Con Panna [ess-press-oh kon pawn-nah] Caffé Latte [caf-ay lah-tey] Flat White [you can pronounce this one] Caffé Breve [caf-ay brev-ay] Cappuccino [kapp-oo-chee-noh] Caffé Mocha [caf-ay moh-kuh] Americano [uh-mer-i-kan-oh]Lastly, like a biscotti for your coffee, here are some interesting pict | | By: Out in 10 | | |
| | Literary Agents: Get Reputable Author Representation and Avoid Getting Scammed | | 2008-06-13 05:00:03 | | Instead of the drunken shenanigans we usually chronicle, we thought we'd offer up a change of pace this morning. Since our book, The Man Who Scared a Shark to Death and Other True Tales of Drunken Debauchery came out, we've dealt with various people asking us about the process of landing an agent. Hence, we thought we'd offer a few insights and share them here.Finding the right literary agent can be a challenge. Here are several online and print resources to make the hunt less daunting. Googling 'New York' and 'literary agent', surprisingly, is a good first step because within the Big Apple’s city limits beats the heart of book publishing. However, even though the majority ply their trade in the Five Boroughs there are good ones everywhere. More important than geography, is that a prospective agent is part of a professional body. The Association of Authors' Representatives The Association of Authors' Representatives (AAR) not only insists its members abide by a canon of professio | | By: The Shark Guys | | |
| | Councilor Tim Rooke doesn't get ward representation | | 2008-05-08 07:28:53 | | The Civil Rights and Race Relations Committee met again this afternoon to discuss plans for implementing ward representation. I must say it was a thought-provoking meeting. Each department head that had been charged with assessing potential changes in their departments gave a report. Mike Plaisance over at the Republican will probably give more details but for me two issues remained key. The first is resolving the situation with the School Committee, three of whose members were elected for four year terms but who can only serve two years in order for ward representation to be implemented.. The second issue, and one that will play out over time, is the role of neighborhood councils and civic associations in a system with ward representation.Councilor Tim Rooke (not on the committee) came in about fifteen minutes after the meeting started and was greeted by Chairman Tosado. Rooke started by asking about salaries for ward councilors-- were they going to be the same as at-large counc | | By: Michaelann Land | | |
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| Ward representation: will the city have made any progress? | | 2008-05-05 08:15:31 | | The Civil Rights and Race Relations Committee will be meeting again on Wednesday, May 7, 4:30 at the City Council office to figure out how to implement ward representation.. This is a just about when Chair Jose Tosado said the next meeting would take place-- six to eight weeks from the first meeting, which was March 12.The key item on the agenda, from my point of view, is how elections for School Committee members will play out. When the ward rep bill was placed in the city's ballot last November, it turned out that the City Council had failed to think through what would happen to the staggered terms of those three School Committee members who were elected last fall. Although they're supposed to serve four year terms, there doesn't seem to be any way to implement ward rep without all school committee members starting out on the same foot-- new elections-- in 2009. This didn't make Antoinette Pepe, Chris Collins and Thomas Ashe, who were elected to four year terms last fall, very ha | | By: Michaelann Land | | |
| | | Ward Representation - off the record | | 2008-03-18 07:49:11 | | I heard "off the record" yesterday that not all city departments are eagerly working to make sure ward representation can be put into place for the next electionGiven this city's past efforts to stop ward representation, I take these rumors seriously. I'd have to pull out thirteen years of files to completely reconstruct this obstruction, but:-- say you'll vote yes and then vote no.-- say you'll approve it under certain conditions, and then change your mind when those conditions are met.-- say you support it but work against it behind the scenes.Even as recently as last September, the enabling legislation for WR languished in the House of Representatives while Mayor Ryan, ostensibly a supporter, twiddled his thumbs and the City Council, including Council President Jose Tosado, WR's biggest supporter on the Council, seemed unaware that the bill wasn't moving ahead.. It took hundreds of phone calls to our legislators and the Governor's office to get the ball rolling, and even so, it | | By: Michaelann Land | | |
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| Springfield starts planning how to implement ward representation | | 2008-03-12 21:29:36 | | Should city and school committee councilors from wards be paid the same as at-large councilors? How much more will it cost to print eight ballots, one for each ward, instead of just one for the whole city? How much more support staff will be needed in various city departments? And how will thirteen councilors fit into a space designed for nine?Tonight the City Council's Civil Rights and Race Relations Committee started laying out these and other questions that have to be answered before the city's new, mixed ward and at-large system, can be put into place for the November, 2009 elections. It won't be easy but it won't be difficult, and in any case, the voters mandated it in the 2007 elections.As City Attorney Ed Pakula said, "It's not many issues that win 75% of the vote."A few community people were at the meeting to see what the city had in mind for moving ahead., including five of us from Arise and OutNow! It was an odd feeling to hear ward representation talked about as a real | | By: Michaelann Land | | |
| | Celebrity Rehab Not a Good Representation of Drug Addiction Rehab | | 2008-01-29 17:44:06 | | I have watched Celebrity Rehab and I have to tell you that it is like a citcom. The fact that these people in Celebrity Rehab downplays the real importance of a drug addiction rehab. It is as if drug addiction rehab is not important as the major of element is automatically breached, as well as, it looks like the celebrities on Celebrity Rehab are acting.
I saw one actor on a talk show recently and he tried to describe celebrities as different, especially regarding their access to drugs and less than desireable people. It show just how little they or he is getting out of drug addiction rehab. Their access to drugs is no greater than a physician or pharmacist and the illicit individuals they speak of are no worse than a heroin addict meets on the street every day.
In my opinion, Celebrity Rehab can and should do a much better job or portraying drug addiction rehab. Since when can patients miss group to run out to an outside activity. This is why so many celebrities relapse or run into | | By: LGBT Drug Treatment | | |
| | Disproportional Representation | | 2007-05-18 19:29:00 | | The 2006 mid-term elections were hailed as an ushering in of a new era turned against the Bush administration and politics as usual, and statistically speaking, the 110th Congress is the most diverse in US history. Yet there remains a serious disparity between the demographics of the United States population and the demographics in the Congress, which will be explored below.Over RepresentationMales - As of the 2006 congress, 83.7% of the Congress is male, while the percentage of males of the voting age population (18 plus) is only 48.4. If this is further evaluated to include the over-representation of white males, the figure is even more staggering: 36.3% of the voting age population are white males, yet there are 79 White Male senators making up the Senate (79%).Older age groups (55 and older) - The average male and female age in the United States is 35.9 and 38.4 respectively compared to the average age of Congresspeople at 56 years old -- 55 in the House of Representatives and 6 | | By: The Peace Tree | | |
| | D.C.: How Much Taxation (without representation)? | | 2007-04-20 07:00:00 | | Taxation without representation has been the theme of the residents of the District of Columbia in their march towards obtaining a seat in the House of Representatives. And yesterday, the advocates of such representation received a large push in their direction. From the Washington Post:A bill giving the District its first full seat in Congress cleared the House yesterday, marking the city's biggest legislative victory in its quest for voting rights in nearly three decades.Democrats on the House floor burst into applause, and Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) grabbed the arms of the District's nonvoting delegate, Eleanor Holmes Norton, as the 241 to 177 vote was announced."There was nothing but joy in the chamber this afternoon, because we knew we had given this bill the kind of send-off that can get it through the Senate," Norton (D) said later.But the bill faces considerable obstacles. Democrats don't appear to have enough votes in the Senate to avoid a filibuster | | By: Tax Policy Blog | | |
| | Inspirational Representation | | 2006-08-09 09:17:00 | | Check out my friend Dee’s website.Dee is an absolutely gorgeous woman from the Philippines who is also a transsexual and an activist in her country. She recently represented the Philippines in the Gay Games in Chicago and the Out Games in Montreal and it sounds like her visit was an empowering event for her. She was invited to appear at a press conference where she spoke on behalf of the transsexual women’s plight to be counted as women first, and the struggles we have to go through just because we are transsexuals.Here is an excerpt from an article Dee was interviewed for.Dee sees the Gay Games as a way of redefining herself more simply, in spite of how others perceive her. "Transsexual comes after my being a woman, so that should be my main experience," she said, "then a woman of color." But these are all unnecessary categories, she sighed. "It should just end at woman."I think Dee did a wonderful, and dignified job representing women like us as women first, and we should thank h | | By: a bit of me | | |
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