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How ’bout some demographics of exactly who Ohio wants to enter college and where they’re going to go?
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This article from the Dayton Daily News describes the new Ohio effort, KnowHow2Go, that intends to get more 8th-10th graders interested in attaining a college diploma.
Funny thing is, just yesterday, my dental hygenist was telling me about how kids from the Beachwood public schools with 3.5 averages, sports, work experience and other extra-curriculars are getting rejected from Ohio State University.
Now, aspiring to go to college and graduate doesn’t mean that you will necessarily be able to get to go to your top choice.
But, based on this anecdote, which students are being courted and to which schools are they being directed? If there’s going to be a consolidation of higher education programs available, are there cross-purposes at issue that aren’t being fully considered? Or are the brains behind the program trying to make sure that there’s a critical mass for the programs that will be consolidated, and they’ll expand others?
By Jill Miller Zimon at 9:46 pm March 29th, 2007 in Politics | Comments Off
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WenBLOG: Bennett stepping down rumored to be when, not if, and sooner, not later
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Thanks for posting this, Wendell, on WenBLOG. Perhaps others have also read about how Bob Bennett’s chosen lawyer, Stanley Chesley, is in his own hot water now too, making him pre-occupied I would think.
As I said on SOI this morning, the image is everything, the voters are the victims, and someone is going to have to move.
Mr. Bennett, I will send you a personal thank you note if you step down without a legal battle.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 7:34 pm March 29th, 2007 in Politics | 2 Comments
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Bob Bennett hearing moved from 4/2 to 4/9
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[Cuyahoga County Board of Elections Chairman and Ohio Republican Party Chairman Bob] Bennett’s lawyer also asked for a court order to stop an April 2 hearing on Brunner’s complaint that the board violated state election laws and failed to properly administer elections. A compromise reached outside of court resulted in the hearing being moved to April 9.
For more speculation on who will be chosen to replace the BOE members who’ve resigned so far, read the WenBLOG here.
I’d planned on going for 4/2, kids in school and all, but my district is off on 4/9 so…not as sure. Could bring them, give them one hell of a civics lesson.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 7:22 pm March 29th, 2007 in Politics | 2 Comments
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How ’bout some demographics of exactly who Ohio wants to enter college and where they’re going to go?
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This article from the Dayton Daily News describes the new Ohio effort, KnowHow2Go, that intends to get more 8th-10th graders interested in attaining a college diploma.
Funny thing is, just yesterday, my dental hygenist was telling me about how kids from the Beachwood public schools with 3.5 averages, sports, work experience and other extra-curriculars are getting rejected from Ohio State University.
Now, aspiring to go to college and graduate doesn’t mean that you will necessarily be able to get to go to your top choice.
But, based on this anecdote, which students are being courted and to which schools are they being directed? If there’s going to be a consolidation of higher education programs available, are there cross-purposes at issue that aren’t being fully considered? Or are the brains behind the program trying to make sure that there’s a critical mass for the programs that will be consolidated, and they’ll expand others?
By Jill Miller Zimon at 5:46 pm March 29th, 2007 in Politics | Comments Off
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WenBLOG: Bennett stepping down rumored to be when, not if, and sooner, not later
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Thanks for posting this, Wendell, on WenBLOG. Perhaps others have also read about how Bob Bennett’s chosen lawyer, Stanley Chesley, is in his own hot water now too, making him pre-occupied I would think.
As I said on SOI this morning, the image is everything, the voters are the victims, and someone is going to have to move.
Mr. Bennett, I will send you a personal thank you note if you step down without a legal battle.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 3:34 pm March 29th, 2007 in Politics | 2 Comments
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How ’bout some demographics of exactly who Ohio wants to enter college and where they’re going to go?
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This article from the Dayton Daily News describes the new Ohio effort, KnowHow2Go, that intends to get more 8th-10th graders interested in attaining a college diploma.
Funny thing is, just yesterday, my dental hygenist was telling me about how kids from the Beachwood public schools with 3.5 averages, sports, work experience and other extra-curriculars are getting rejected from Ohio State University.
Now, aspiring to go to college and graduate doesn’t mean that you will necessarily be able to get to go to your top choice.
But, based on this anecdote, which students are being courted and to which schools are they being directed? If there’s going to be a consolidation of higher education programs available, are there cross-purposes at issue that aren’t being fully considered? Or are the brains behind the program trying to make sure that there’s a critical mass for the programs that will be consolidated, and they’ll expand others?
By Jill Miller Zimon at 2:46 pm March 29th, 2007 in Politics | Comments Off
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WenBLOG: Bennett stepping down rumored to be when, not if, and sooner, not later
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Thanks for posting this, Wendell, on WenBLOG. Perhaps others have also read about how Bob Bennett’s chosen lawyer, Stanley Chesley, is in his own hot water now too, making him pre-occupied I would think.
As I said on SOI this morning, the image is everything, the voters are the victims, and someone is going to have to move.
Mr. Bennett, I will send you a personal thank you note if you step down without a legal battle.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 12:34 pm March 29th, 2007 in Politics | 2 Comments
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29
Women in Congress website debuts, Ohio’s delegation attends coming out party for it
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Thanks to Sabrina Eaton for this Openers item and a link to the new website, Women in Congress. I look forward to browsing it.
Eaton tells us that Marcy Kaptur (D-9) “is currently the longest-serving woman in Congress” and Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-11) and Jean Schmidt (R-2), both in attendance at a reception today at which the website and an accompanying book (well, probably the website accompanies the book, to be accurate) paused to be bipartisan and say, “Go Buckeyes.”
To which I say, HOYA SAXA, BABY.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 12:18 am March 29th, 2007 in Politics | 2 Comments
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28
Shameless: WLST on WCPN tomorrow, Feagler & Friends on Friday/Sunday
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Okay. Have at it.
Sound of Ideas here.
Feagler & Friends here.
I consulted my blogging gurumuse about promo-ing and was asked one question: Do I want people to watch?
Well, if I could have the draft beer handle in front of my nose 100% of the time, probably. Without it, I need the camera people to use those lenses that kind of make you look all hazy and fuzzy and get rid of your crow’s feet.
I’ve been advised to take out my nose ring, not to wear sequins and see what I have in navy and white.
Okay – and one last thing, while I’m prom0-ing: Ohio News Now’s Capitol Square is also asking if I’m interested (I said yes but haven’t heard back).
Do these people think bar mitzvahs just put themselves together or what?
Just joking! I’ll be all sad if the asks stop coming. Let my son put on his own bar mitzvah.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 9:45 pm March 28th, 2007 in Politics | Comments Off
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Women in Congress website debuts, Ohio’s delegation attends coming out party for it
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Thanks to Sabrina Eaton for this Openers item and a link to the new website, Women in Congress. I look forward to browsing it.
Eaton tells us that Marcy Kaptur (D-9) “is currently the longest-serving woman in Congress” and Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-11) and Jean Schmidt (R-2), both in attendance at a reception today at which the website and an accompanying book (well, probably the website accompanies the book, to be accurate) paused to be bipartisan and say, “Go Buckeyes.”
To which I say, HOYA SAXA, BABY.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 8:18 pm March 28th, 2007 in Politics | 2 Comments
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U.S. sinks from first to seventh in World Economic Forum’s "networked readiness index"
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Why? From AP news:
The study, out Wednesday, largely blamed increased political and corporate interference in the judicial system.
The index…also cited the United States’ low rate of mobile telephone usage, a lack of government leadership in information technology and the low quality of math and science education.
My emphasis.
Well, when the country’s leaders, for umpteen years, seek to promote an agenda that includes the replacemant of teaching evolution in our public schools with the religious tenets related to creationism, you’re looking at problems in leadership and education edging neck and neck for blame.
It does not have to be this way.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 6:07 pm March 28th, 2007 in Politics | 2 Comments
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Shameless: WLST on WCPN tomorrow, Feagler & Friends on Friday/Sunday
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Okay. Have at it.
Sound of Ideas here.
Feagler & Friends here.
I consulted my blogging gurumuse about promo-ing and was asked one question: Do I want people to watch?
Well, if I could have the draft beer handle in front of my nose 100% of the time, probably. Without it, I need the camera people to use those lenses that kind of make you look all hazy and fuzzy and get rid of your crow’s feet.
I’ve been advised to take out my nose ring, not to wear sequins and see what I have in navy and white.
Okay – and one last thing, while I’m prom0-ing: Ohio News Now’s Capitol Square is also asking if I’m interested (I said yes but haven’t heard back).
Do these people think bar mitzvahs just put themselves together or what?
Just joking! I’ll be all sad if the asks stop coming. Let my son put on his own bar mitzvah.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 5:45 pm March 28th, 2007 in Politics | Comments Off
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28
Fascinating article in the Columbia Journalism Review about a perceived lack of Midwest news coverage. Bowling Green State University assistant professor, Victoria Ekstrand, is quoted.
Notice that the author doesn’t mention the word “blog” or “Internet” once. In this age of news dissemination expansion, maybe it’s his sources that reflect the lack of the coverage, because, honey, I have to tell you – I’m approaching 3000 unread items in my Bloglines account re: all the coverage around Ohio via the blogs and other Internet-based news sources.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 5:44 pm March 28th, 2007 in Politics | 1 Comment
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Women in Congress website debuts, Ohio’s delegation attends coming out party for it
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Thanks to Sabrina Eaton for this Openers item and a link to the new website, Women in Congress. I look forward to browsing it.
Eaton tells us that Marcy Kaptur (D-9) “is currently the longest-serving woman in Congress” and Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-11) and Jean Schmidt (R-2), both in attendance at a reception today at which the website and an accompanying book (well, probably the website accompanies the book, to be accurate) paused to be bipartisan and say, “Go Buckeyes.”
To which I say, HOYA SAXA, BABY.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 5:18 pm March 28th, 2007 in Politics | 2 Comments
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28
Shameless: WLST on WCPN tomorrow, Feagler & Friends on Friday/Sunday
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Okay. Have at it.
Sound of Ideas here.
Feagler & Friends here.
I consulted my blogging gurumuse about promo-ing and was asked one question: Do I want people to watch?
Well, if I could have the draft beer handle in front of my nose 100% of the time, probably. Without it, I need the camera people to use those lenses that kind of make you look all hazy and fuzzy and get rid of your crow’s feet.
I’ve been advised to take out my nose ring, not to wear sequins and see what I have in navy and white.
Okay – and one last thing, while I’m prom0-ing: Ohio News Now’s Capitol Square is also asking if I’m interested (I said yes but haven’t heard back).
Do these people think bar mitzvahs just put themselves together or what?
Just joking! I’ll be all sad if the asks stop coming. Let my son put on his own bar mitzvah.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 2:45 pm March 28th, 2007 in Politics | Comments Off
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28
That’s what I like about you: The Plain Dealer
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Even though I don’t agree with the PD’s assessment of the OEA lawsuit (the docket indicates that it’s not going anywhere very quickly; it’s more like the amendment and all the other rumblings: things are hitting a critical mass and action needs to be taken sooner rather than later on all fronts), I am extremely happy this morning, sitting in the waiting area while my kids play with Lego SpongeBob characters and are getting their haircuts. (My life has come to this: last night, from 9-11pm, I was at the autoshop having my battery checked because I’d left the interior lights on in my car overnight and my car wouldn’t start yesterday morning, three minutes before I had to be at a dental cleaning. Two nights ago, my husband asked me to put something on my list, and I just laughed – that would be, which list? which I would find…where exactly? Did I mention that I had a dream last night that my house was a circus, literally, with two thousand children in color-coded t-shirts and huge 18 wheelers on my lawn bringing goody bags? But at least it was a sunny day.)
Oh – back to the PD.
First thing: anyone with the PD who is reading this, I have a huge favor to ask: that MRI information from the AP on the front page – great news.
However, the Cleveland Clinic has been running a head to head study for over two years now that is comparing mammograms alone versus mammo and MRIs. It would have been excellent if you’d supplemented the AP report with what’s happening locally with that study. I was just on the phone with the Clinic yesterday or the day before and they gave me the name of the woman who is closest to the study because I wanted to know how far into the three year clinical research trial they are and what they’re finding (I haven’t called her yet but her first name is Annette – I don’t recall the last name off the top of my head). That study is going to be significant in regard to the issue of MRI use for breast cancer detection. Here’s more on that likelihood, but someone really should follow-up with the Clinic folks. (And don’t forget to mention that women who get mammograms should be asking about whether they’re digital or not because the industry is moving to digital, as opposed to film, as the standard.) (This Q&A hits on exactly what the CCF study is researching.)
I know all this because I’m at risk, but not enough risk to have been included in the study, and I’m going in for my six-month follow-up MRI next week (I wrote about my first MRI here and here, among other posts, and how the results weren’t so good but they couldn’t figure out what it was showing with additional tests, so I was told to come in for a six month follow-up).
Okay – so that was on the front page (which I got to see here in the waiting area, I still don’t get the PD again, though I have gotten a few calls to re-subscribe).
Then, also on the front page was a great picture of old Jewish ladies dancing to “Freak Out.” How could that not make you smile?
Then, there was the article by uber writer Margaret Bernstein about adoption journeys – and I mean journeys.
Then, the Taste section was all about Passover-but of course, dahling, since Pesach begins on Monday evening – have I mentioned how I don’t have to cook a thing because we got ourselves invited to other people’s homes? Sorry Jeff. 
Then, the editorials included two excellent ones (not just because I agree with them): one on Strickland’s decision not to go for sex ed matching funds that would require teaching abstinence-only and the other on Northern Ireland’s historic moves forward on peace. I heard some folks talking about it on the radio yesterday – talk about honoring peace and the future and recognizing the destructive impact of continuing war and violence – for what? So impressive.
So – that’s my cheerleading for what I saw of the PD today. And, given all those items in it that I liked, in the few minutes I scanned it, it definitely beats out my memory of ever having found so much to like in one edition before.
How’s that for positivity?
By Jill Miller Zimon at 2:12 pm March 28th, 2007 in Politics | Comments Off
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U.S. sinks from first to seventh in World Economic Forum’s "networked readiness index"
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Why? From AP news:
The study, out Wednesday, largely blamed increased political and corporate interference in the judicial system.
The index…also cited the United States’ low rate of mobile telephone usage, a lack of government leadership in information technology and the low quality of math and science education.
My emphasis.
Well, when the country’s leaders, for umpteen years, seek to promote an agenda that includes the replacemant of teaching evolution in our public schools with the religious tenets related to creationism, you’re looking at problems in leadership and education edging neck and neck for blame.
It does not have to be this way.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 2:07 pm March 28th, 2007 in Politics | 2 Comments
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28
Fascinating article in the Columbia Journalism Review about a perceived lack of Midwest news coverage. Bowling Green State University assistant professor, Victoria Ekstrand, is quoted.
Notice that the author doesn’t mention the word “blog” or “Internet” once. In this age of news dissemination expansion, maybe it’s his sources that reflect the lack of the coverage, because, honey, I have to tell you – I’m approaching 3000 unread items in my Bloglines account re: all the coverage around Ohio via the blogs and other Internet-based news sources.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 1:44 pm March 28th, 2007 in Politics | 1 Comment
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28
I received an email from a friend of a good friend with pictures of Georgetown Sunday night. It was fun to see names I haven’t seen in years in the cc’s.
Here’s what the Georgetown campus looked like this Sunday evening (GU student housing on the right, townhouses on the left, students everywhere else):
The picture below is Wisconsin and M.
I hope what’s said in this ONN story is true. I’d forgotten than Georgetown beat them last year in the earlier rounds. But GU didn’t make it that much further if I recall (or otherwise I would in fact be able to recall).
But, well, you know – somehow? I think the idea stays in the back of one’s mind, even if it’s more in the shape of a needing to prove oneself kind of thing. And that certainly is a lot more positive than revenge.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 1:26 pm March 28th, 2007 in Politics | 2 Comments
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28
See earlier WLST post about this legislative initiative here.
According to the Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio’s legislature yesterday passed bills that will remove from the Ohio Revised Code those first three words in the title and replace them with the last word. It’s hard to imagine that Governor Strickland wouldn’t sign this move into law.
The next target is to get the phrases “idiots” and “insane persons” removed from the Ohio Constitution provision that prohibits such people who fit those definitions from voting. As the ABJ notes, that will require a constitutional amendment.
Being persnickety, I would have thought the Akron Beacon Journal might have published the replacement definition for “incompetent person.” The bill’s analysis provides several good pieces of information, including the replacement definition (here it is in the bill):
The bill defines this term to mean “a person who is so mentally impaired as a result of a mental or physical illness or disability, mental retardation, or as a result of chronic substance abuse, that the person is incapable of taking proper care of the person’s self or property or fails to provide for the person’s family or other persons for whom the person is charged by law to provide.” This definition is the same as the definition of “incompetent” in R.C. 2111.01 (the law governing guardianships), except that it excludes “any person confined to a correctional institution within this state.”
Much, much better.
Who determines whether someone is incompetent? Who enforces that people have other people determined to be incompetent, or not? I didn’t see anything specifically in this bill – I imagine that determination remains the same for however it was determined that a person was declared an idiot, lunatic or insane person (probate court with mental health evaluations). Anyone who knows for sure, chime in. If I can find a minute, I will also email Senator Spada.
And, as a lawyer and social worker, thank you, Senator Spada.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 12:13 pm March 28th, 2007 in Politics | 1 Comment
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