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Remains of the Day, 5-30-07
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Didn’t I just write something about do the days seem like they are getting nuttier and nuttier? Because today would be yet another example of that. But mostly in a good way…I think.
Housekeeping
1. Hypothetical: if someone you know goes to an event at which there are hundreds of people and the hosts tell you that what you’re about to hear is off the record and that someone who attended the event tells you what they heard, are you allowed to repeat the proclaimed off the record content of the event?
Just asking.
2. I hear that this event went down exactly as predicted. Lots of strategery going on, for sure.
3. Thank you thank you thank you everyone who has left a comment over the last two or three weeks. I read them all, I imagine that I will respond to them all and then, well, these nutty days. And I get carried away with writing about things that matter to me and I get asked to help with things that matter to me and then I don’t get to the comments – which DO matter to me. So my goal is to get through them all within the next week, and hopefully by the end of the weekend, if not earlier (I’m trying not to be too ambitious because that’s when I get in trouble). If anyone has some good time management where comments are concerned tips, let ‘em rip.
Okay – that’s that. Now on to the Remains:
1. What the hell is this that Maria Sharapova was wearing at Roland Garos today? Sigh. Here’s an interview with her, and no one asked?? God.
2. From Cliff Schecter we get this post about the NH Supreme Court delineating between being incompetent to stand trial versus being mentally defective to the point where you cannot own a gun. Jerid, be very careful up there, eh?
3. Terry Gross interviewed Yanar Mohammed today. Please listen.
4. This ridiculousness is the kind of thing to fear when social agendas start to push logic: a dislike and repudiation of homosexuals leads to our country’s inability to communicate with the millions of Muslims whose lives we’re disrupting as we claim to attempt to make their lives better.
5. Who wants to explain this and this? I can tell you that I sure don’t want to be anyone implicated on that first timeline. Someone please tell me that someone is going to be examing the legally required risk assessment tool that Ohio mental health professionals are supposed to use, to help understand why said professionals felt that the man now under arrest was or was not a risk to himself or others. If you want to understand how the duty to warn works and how mental health professionals become immune from prosecution even if a patient acts violently, read that hyperlink.
6. Here I wrote about how I wouldn’t mind my school district allowing a retire-rehire with our superintendent. Here’s more evidence of why.
7. Not sure why I haven’t seen more about a new book out called The Rise of the Blogosphere. See Amazon listing here. But here’s an in-depth review of it, with a link to another review. Interesting or no? Note that the title of the post is Analysis of Journalism. 
8. Legal Times publishes a piece about how the DOJ has made immigration judgeships political. Nooooo!?
9. ProBlogger has a free resource called Blog Profits Blueprint. Sounds like something I might make the time to check out, even knowing that I probably won’t bother.
10. A friend of ours just went into the hospital this week for three or so weeks to endure a stem cell transplant. We wish him the absolute best and are positive that all will go exceedingly well, as his treatment has so far. And today, in The Blog Herald, I read about how a blogger is broadcasting his bone marrow transplant on the blog. Our friend is keeping an online journal, but I don’t know that he wants to go that far.
That’s all folks.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:03 pm May 30th, 2007 in Politics | 3 Comments
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No, really, she said that. Right here. On Jeff Coryell’s blog. You know, Yellow Dog Sammy. Ohio 2006. The guy who is everywhere talking (and listening) to everyone – and everyone likes him. I hate that! Why can’t everyone like me?
Oh.
Nevermind.
Now go read that interview Jeff did with Connie about her book and life as she knows it and tells it. It’s a very thorough and fun read. I predict that there will be many Clevelanders standing and reading in the region’s bookstores on June 19.
For those who want to say she’s disingenuous, bla bla bla bla bla? Go say it on your own blog or write her yourself at the Plain Dealer. We tell people we want them to see us differently? We work hard to show that we deserve to be seen differently? Well, now she is going around and unabashedly saying, all bloggers are not created (nor do they develop) equally.
So just accept if for goodness sakes.
And if she backslides from that position in any observable way that you see, well – blog about it. Just don’t b***h about blasts from the past about her, here. Enough.
Go see Sammy. I mean Jeff. I mean Ohio Daily Blog.
You know who I mean.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 8:57 pm May 30th, 2007 in Politics | 1 Comment
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30
Today, I heard the following about AIPAC’s prohibition of coverage (in this post, I’d mentioned my eagerness at reading reports of the speech, which, I guess, won’t be forthcoming at all):
The reason you aren’t going to read about John Bolton’s speech to AIPAC at Landerhaven is the speech is off the record.
Apparently, AIPAC has allowed coverage of its speakers in the past, but for the last several years, has forbidden the press from “writing about what we heard.”
I really hate it when that happens.
I take the attitude that if you’re so proud of your stance on an issue, just like if you’re so passionate about a point that you want to make on a blog post, then why aren’t you likewise proud enough to put your name to it, or let the media publish the speech you just gave to people who collectively have given hundreds of thousands of dollars?
Honestly.
Well, no, actually.
Transparently. That’s what it should be, anyway.
I guess that in one of these instances, I don’t want to be considered press, if it would mean that I could blog Bolton’s speech.
Eh – it’s Bolton. He’s not going to say anything we haven’t heard from him before.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 8:41 pm May 30th, 2007 in Politics | 1 Comment
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30
Remains of the Day, 5-30-07
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Didn’t I just write something about do the days seem like they are getting nuttier and nuttier? Because today would be yet another example of that. But mostly in a good way…I think.
Housekeeping
1. Hypothetical: if someone you know goes to an event at which there are hundreds of people and the hosts tell you that what you’re about to hear is off the record and that someone who attended the event tells you what they heard, are you allowed to repeat the proclaimed off the record content of the event?
Just asking.
2. I hear that this event went down exactly as predicted. Lots of strategery going on, for sure.
3. Thank you thank you thank you everyone who has left a comment over the last two or three weeks. I read them all, I imagine that I will respond to them all and then, well, these nutty days. And I get carried away with writing about things that matter to me and I get asked to help with things that matter to me and then I don’t get to the comments – which DO matter to me. So my goal is to get through them all within the next week, and hopefully by the end of the weekend, if not earlier (I’m trying not to be too ambitious because that’s when I get in trouble). If anyone has some good time management where comments are concerned tips, let ‘em rip.
Okay – that’s that. Now on to the Remains:
1. What the hell is this that Maria Sharapova was wearing at Roland Garos today? Sigh. Here’s an interview with her, and no one asked?? God.
2. From Cliff Schecter we get this post about the NH Supreme Court delineating between being incompetent to stand trial versus being mentally defective to the point where you cannot own a gun. Jerid, be very careful up there, eh?
3. Terry Gross interviewed Yanar Mohammed today. Please listen.
4. This ridiculousness is the kind of thing to fear when social agendas start to push logic: a dislike and repudiation of homosexuals leads to our country’s inability to communicate with the millions of Muslims whose lives we’re disrupting as we claim to attempt to make their lives better.
5. Who wants to explain this and this? I can tell you that I sure don’t want to be anyone implicated on that first timeline. Someone please tell me that someone is going to be examing the legally required risk assessment tool that Ohio mental health professionals are supposed to use, to help understand why said professionals felt that the man now under arrest was or was not a risk to himself or others. If you want to understand how the duty to warn works and how mental health professionals become immune from prosecution even if a patient acts violently, read that hyperlink.
6. Here I wrote about how I wouldn’t mind my school district allowing a retire-rehire with our superintendent. Here’s more evidence of why.
7. Not sure why I haven’t seen more about a new book out called The Rise of the Blogosphere. See Amazon listing here. But here’s an in-depth review of it, with a link to another review. Interesting or no? Note that the title of the post is Analysis of Journalism.
8. Legal Times publishes a piece about how the DOJ has made immigration judgeships political. Nooooo!?
9. ProBlogger has a free resource called Blog Profits Blueprint. Sounds like something I might make the time to check out, even knowing that I probably won’t bother.
10. A friend of ours just went into the hospital this week for three or so weeks to endure a stem cell transplant. We wish him the absolute best and are positive that all will go exceedingly well, as his treatment has so far. And today, in The Blog Herald, I read about how a blogger is broadcasting his bone marrow transplant on the blog. Our friend is keeping an online journal, but I don’t know that he wants to go that far.
That’s all folks.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 7:03 pm May 30th, 2007 in Politics | 3 Comments
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30
Mandel, Jones Iran divestment bill out of committee, floor vote possible this week
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Below are the texts of two e-mails: the first being one forwarded to me by my boss and apparently written by one Herschel Grim, and the second one being my response. “STRS,” by the way, is the State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio.
I’m not comfortable completely copying and pasting those emails, so please visit Framed to get an idea as to what the arguments against the bill (in the first email) and for the bill (in the second email) are. However, here is the news about the bill being out of committee, from the first email (Herschel Grim):
I received notice this morning, from Terri Bierdeman, STRS Ohio’s Director of Governmental Relations, that H.B. 151 has been passed out of committee to the floor of the House. It is expected that the bill will have a floor vote this week.
Wonder what the committee vote was…
By Jill Miller Zimon at 6:27 pm May 30th, 2007 in Politics | 2 Comments
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‘Roots News: Colors of Domestic Violence=fake, not Benetton ad, Salon says Feministing "punked"
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Last night, I listed a link to this item on Feministing.com in my Remains of the Day. I usually check things out for myself, especially when they interest me, as this purported clothing ad that uses images of domestic violence victims did. But I couldn’t find anything on the official Benetton site or on the McCann Erickson (ad agency) site.
So I emailed the Benetton PR person and asked, can you tell me more about this campaign.
Well – I got this email back:
Dear Jill,
Thank you for you email. I would like to inform you that the images you
are refering to with the logo “Domestic Colors of Violence” are a FAKE and
are NOT an adverting campaign of Benetton Group.
The ONLY project Benetton has done on domestic violence was in 2003,
created and developed by Fabrica (Benetton’s communication research center)
and Colors Magazine (part of the publishing activities at Fabrica). Please
see the attached link for further information
http://www.benetton.com/colorspress/56/.
Thank you for contacting us.
Best regards.
Anissa Nouhi
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Anissa Nouhi
Senior Fashion Public Relations Manager
Benetton USA Corporation
601 Fifth Avenue, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10017
Tel. 212-593-0290 ext.337
Fax. 212-371-1438
anouhi@benettonusa.com
But I so trust Feministing (seriously, I really do) that it was like having bumped into a closed glass door that previously had been open: I had to do it a second time, just to be sure.
So I called Ms. Nouhi to find out, what is going on?
Here is what she told me:
We’re “well-known for the ads that we’ve done in the past and are a global company.”
“There are a lot of strange people around. As of right now, we learned about it today” from me and “from one other journalist from Salon.com who contacted me”
The ad is “not ours whatsoever – we don’t use an outside agency – our ads are done internally.”
Benetton is “investigating. I don’t know exactly what headquarters is doing right now.”
“When I got it from Salon, I was so shocked. I immediately sent it to Italy and for sure they are looking into it”
“I hope McCann Erickson [the ad agency indicated as responsible] is investigating too”
“I wish all the blogs would do the same thing you did and Salon did. Its very hard to control the information.”
“This is definitely not something that we’ve done.”
“We would have put logo on it if it was something we did and, definitely, it’s not our logo.”
Wow. All I can say, at the moment, is wow.
First of all, I’ve always trusted Feministing and this would be the first time that a very major blog (as blogs go), that I’ve decided to trust (and I’m pretty picky and am always championing that people can discriminate for themselves), ends up getting punked.
Then again, I suppose it can happen to anyone. I’ve been punked and I know I’ve punked a few people in my time (when I didn’t even mean to, no less).
So what have we learned today?
SEND AN EMAIL. PICK UP THE PHONE. Trust your instincts to question when something seems really outrageous – and in this case, the ad campaign would be outrageous and so, we have to ask, I had to ask, why – why is someone – Benetton – doing this, rather than me speculate why they are doing it or what’s good or bad about them doing it.
Because guess what?
They weren’t and aren’t doing it.
And the only way I learned that? Was by going to the, um, what do you call it?
Oh yeah.
The Source.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 5:03 pm May 30th, 2007 in Politics | 3 Comments
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30
No, really, she said that. Right here. On Jeff Coryell’s blog. You know, Yellow Dog Sammy. Ohio 2006. The guy who is everywhere talking (and listening) to everyone – and everyone likes him. I hate that! Why can’t everyone like me?
Oh.
Nevermind.
Now go read that interview Jeff did with Connie about her book and life as she knows it and tells it. It’s a very thorough and fun read. I predict that there will be many Clevelanders standing and reading in the region’s bookstores on June 19.
For those who want to say she’s disingenuous, bla bla bla bla bla? Go say it on your own blog or write her yourself at the Plain Dealer. We tell people we want them to see us differently? We work hard to show that we deserve to be seen differently? Well, now she is going around and unabashedly saying, all bloggers are not created (nor do they develop) equally.
So just accept if for goodness sakes.
And if she backslides from that position in any observable way that you see, well – blog about it. Just don’t b***h about blasts from the past about her, here. Enough.
Go see Sammy. I mean Jeff. I mean Ohio Daily Blog.
You know who I mean.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 4:57 pm May 30th, 2007 in Politics | 1 Comment
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30
Today, I heard the following about AIPAC’s prohibition of coverage (in this post, I’d mentioned my eagerness at reading reports of the speech, which, I guess, won’t be forthcoming at all):
The reason you aren’t going to read about John Bolton’s speech to AIPAC at Landerhaven is the speech is off the record.
Apparently, AIPAC has allowed coverage of its speakers in the past, but for the last several years, has forbidden the press from “writing about what we heard.”
I really hate it when that happens.
I take the attitude that if you’re so proud of your stance on an issue, just like if you’re so passionate about a point that you want to make on a blog post, then why aren’t you likewise proud enough to put your name to it, or let the media publish the speech you just gave to people who collectively have given hundreds of thousands of dollars?
Honestly.
Well, no, actually.
Transparently. That’s what it should be, anyway.
I guess that in one of these instances, I don’t want to be considered press, if it would mean that I could blog Bolton’s speech.
Eh – it’s Bolton. He’s not going to say anything we haven’t heard from him before.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 4:41 pm May 30th, 2007 in Politics | 1 Comment
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30
Cleveland Mag top 20 suburbs
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- Solon
- Moreland Hills
- Mayfield Village
- Avon Lake
- Twinsburg
- Pepper Pike
- Highland Heights
- Orange Village
- Brecksville
- Independence
- Chardon
- Chester Township
- Aurora
- Avon
- Kirtland
- Beachwood
- Concord Township
- Rocky River
- Westlake
- Chagrin Falls
Okay – I’m biased. I could say something about each of the burbs above mine re: why I didn’t and wouldn’t choose to live there. But…it’s just too nice outside to be snarky.
Congrats to Solon (and write me if you want to know the real scoop).
By Jill Miller Zimon at 4:09 pm May 30th, 2007 in Politics | 4 Comments
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30
Top 10 techie job markets, one in the Midwest
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Chicago. That’s it.
The rest, based on “Dice.com’s list of the top 10 metropolitan areas for tech jobs:”
1. New York/New Jersey – 11,044 postings
2. Washington, D.C. – 7,971 postings
3. Silicon Valley – 6,755 postings
4. Los Angeles – 4,546 postings
5. Chicago – 4,241 postings
6. Boston – 4,167 postings
7. Philadelphia – 3,156 postings
8. Dallas – 3,084 postings
9. Atlanta – 2,987 postings
10. Seattle – 2,309 postings
See the article here, written by Fortune Senior Editor, Anne Fisher, on CNNMoney.com.
Is Dice.com an adequate enough resource for deciding how we’re doing in this measurement? I don’t know. Opinion?
The article has other interesting info.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 2:32 pm May 30th, 2007 in Politics | 5 Comments
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Mandel, Jones Iran divestment bill out of committee, floor vote possible this week
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Below are the texts of two e-mails: the first being one forwarded to me by my boss and apparently written by one Herschel Grim, and the second one being my response. “STRS,” by the way, is the State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio.
I’m not comfortable completely copying and pasting those emails, so please visit Framed to get an idea as to what the arguments against the bill (in the first email) and for the bill (in the second email) are. However, here is the news about the bill being out of committee, from the first email (Herschel Grim):
I received notice this morning, from Terri Bierdeman, STRS Ohio’s Director of Governmental Relations, that H.B. 151 has been passed out of committee to the floor of the House. It is expected that the bill will have a floor vote this week.
Wonder what the committee vote was…
By Jill Miller Zimon at 2:27 pm May 30th, 2007 in Politics | 2 Comments
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No, really, she said that. Right here. On Jeff Coryell’s blog. You know, Yellow Dog Sammy. Ohio 2006. The guy who is everywhere talking (and listening) to everyone – and everyone likes him. I hate that! Why can’t everyone like me?
Oh.
Nevermind.
Now go read that interview Jeff did with Connie about her book and life as she knows it and tells it. It’s a very thorough and fun read. I predict that there will be many Clevelanders standing and reading in the region’s bookstores on June 19.
For those who want to say she’s disingenuous, bla bla bla bla bla? Go say it on your own blog or write her yourself at the Plain Dealer. We tell people we want them to see us differently? We work hard to show that we deserve to be seen differently? Well, now she is going around and unabashedly saying, all bloggers are not created (nor do they develop) equally.
So just accept if for goodness sakes.
And if she backslides from that position in any observable way that you see, well – blog about it. Just don’t b***h about blasts from the past about her, here. Enough.
Go see Sammy. I mean Jeff. I mean Ohio Daily Blog.
You know who I mean.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 1:57 pm May 30th, 2007 in Politics | 1 Comment
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30
Today, I heard the following about AIPAC’s prohibition of coverage (in this post, I’d mentioned my eagerness at reading reports of the speech, which, I guess, won’t be forthcoming at all):
The reason you aren’t going to read about John Bolton’s speech to AIPAC at Landerhaven is the speech is off the record.
Apparently, AIPAC has allowed coverage of its speakers in the past, but for the last several years, has forbidden the press from “writing about what we heard.”
I really hate it when that happens.
I take the attitude that if you’re so proud of your stance on an issue, just like if you’re so passionate about a point that you want to make on a blog post, then why aren’t you likewise proud enough to put your name to it, or let the media publish the speech you just gave to people who collectively have given hundreds of thousands of dollars?
Honestly.
Well, no, actually.
Transparently. That’s what it should be, anyway.
I guess that in one of these instances, I don’t want to be considered press, if it would mean that I could blog Bolton’s speech.
Eh – it’s Bolton. He’s not going to say anything we haven’t heard from him before.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 1:41 pm May 30th, 2007 in Politics | 1 Comment
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‘Roots News: Colors of Domestic Violence=fake, not Benetton ad, Salon says Feministing "punked"
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Last night, I listed a link to this item on Feministing.com in my Remains of the Day. I usually check things out for myself, especially when they interest me, as this purported clothing ad that uses images of domestic violence victims did. But I couldn’t find anything on the official Benetton site or on the McCann Erickson (ad agency) site.
So I emailed the Benetton PR person and asked, can you tell me more about this campaign.
Well – I got this email back:
Dear Jill,
Thank you for you email. I would like to inform you that the images you
are refering to with the logo “Domestic Colors of Violence” are a FAKE and
are NOT an adverting campaign of Benetton Group.
The ONLY project Benetton has done on domestic violence was in 2003,
created and developed by Fabrica (Benetton’s communication research center)
and Colors Magazine (part of the publishing activities at Fabrica). Please
see the attached link for further information
http://www.benetton.com/colorspress/56/.
Thank you for contacting us.
Best regards.
Anissa Nouhi
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Anissa Nouhi
Senior Fashion Public Relations Manager
Benetton USA Corporation
601 Fifth Avenue, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10017
Tel. 212-593-0290 ext.337
Fax. 212-371-1438
anouhi@benettonusa.com
But I so trust Feministing (seriously, I really do) that it was like having bumped into a closed glass door that previously had been open: I had to do it a second time, just to be sure.
So I called Ms. Nouhi to find out, what is going on?
Here is what she told me:
We’re “well-known for the ads that we’ve done in the past and are a global company.”
“There are a lot of strange people around. As of right now, we learned about it today” from me and “from one other journalist from Salon.com who contacted me”
The ad is “not ours whatsoever – we don’t use an outside agency – our ads are done internally.”
Benetton is “investigating. I don’t know exactly what headquarters is doing right now.”
“When I got it from Salon, I was so shocked. I immediately sent it to Italy and for sure they are looking into it”
“I hope McCann Erickson [the ad agency indicated as responsible] is investigating too”
“I wish all the blogs would do the same thing you did and Salon did. Its very hard to control the information.”
“This is definitely not something that we’ve done.”
“We would have put logo on it if it was something we did and, definitely, it’s not our logo.”
Wow. All I can say, at the moment, is wow.
First of all, I’ve always trusted Feministing and this would be the first time that a very major blog (as blogs go), that I’ve decided to trust (and I’m pretty picky and am always championing that people can discriminate for themselves), ends up getting punked.
Then again, I suppose it can happen to anyone. I’ve been punked and I know I’ve punked a few people in my time (when I didn’t even mean to, no less).
So what have we learned today?
SEND AN EMAIL. PICK UP THE PHONE. Trust your instincts to question when something seems really outrageous – and in this case, the ad campaign would be outrageous and so, we have to ask, I had to ask, why – why is someone – Benetton – doing this, rather than me speculate why they are doing it or what’s good or bad about them doing it.
Because guess what?
They weren’t and aren’t doing it.
And the only way I learned that? Was by going to the, um, what do you call it?
Oh yeah.
The Source.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 1:03 pm May 30th, 2007 in Politics | 3 Comments
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Juxtapose tonight’s AIPAC event w/John Bolton @ Landerhaven w/Mandel HB151 vote today
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Yeah. I just can’t miss the timing.
See here re: AIPAC event.
See here re: HB151 (Mandel sells GE, committee vote today)
Some readers may recall that last fall, I was invited to go to the same event with Charles Krauthammer as the speaker. I was conflicted but ended up not going because one of my child’s Open House nights was at the same time, and I’m the room mom for that class.
This year, I have a parent pitch engagement for one child and an academic awards event for another (the third is sick). So, oh well – can’t go again.
I’m sure I’ll read all about it…somewhere right?
By Jill Miller Zimon at 12:12 pm May 30th, 2007 in Politics | 2 Comments
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Cleveland Mag top 20 suburbs
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- Solon
- Moreland Hills
- Mayfield Village
- Avon Lake
- Twinsburg
- Pepper Pike
- Highland Heights
- Orange Village
- Brecksville
- Independence
- Chardon
- Chester Township
- Aurora
- Avon
- Kirtland
- Beachwood
- Concord Township
- Rocky River
- Westlake
- Chagrin Falls
Okay – I’m biased. I could say something about each of the burbs above mine re: why I didn’t and wouldn’t choose to live there. But…it’s just too nice outside to be snarky.
Congrats to Solon (and write me if you want to know the real scoop).
By Jill Miller Zimon at 12:09 pm May 30th, 2007 in Politics | 4 Comments
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Mandel, Jones Iran divestment bill out of committee, floor vote possible this week
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Below are the texts of two e-mails: the first being one forwarded to me by my boss and apparently written by one Herschel Grim, and the second one being my response. “STRS,” by the way, is the State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio.
I’m not comfortable completely copying and pasting those emails, so please visit Framed to get an idea as to what the arguments against the bill (in the first email) and for the bill (in the second email) are. However, here is the news about the bill being out of committee, from the first email (Herschel Grim):
I received notice this morning, from Terri Bierdeman, STRS Ohio’s Director of Governmental Relations, that H.B. 151 has been passed out of committee to the floor of the House. It is expected that the bill will have a floor vote this week.
Wonder what the committee vote was…
By Jill Miller Zimon at 11:27 am May 30th, 2007 in Politics | 2 Comments
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From an email from my State Representative, Josh Mandel:
I sold my GE stock. The bill is scheduled for a committee vote today [5/30]. Feel free to ask your friends and family to contact their legislators to urge support of it, just like thousands of Christians and Jews, Democrats and Republicans, have been doing over the past couple months to get it to this point.
Although I’m not comfortable supporting it, given the state pension funds’ concerns, written about numerous times in this blog, I commend Josh for his hard work and unwavering confidence in this course of action. I’m extremely pleased that he’s sold his GE stock (I haven’t verified that, per se, but I’m gonna trust him on this, thanks).
I’ve spoken with him off the record about the Middle East and am certain of his devotion to the State of Israel. I can’t disagree with that, even if I might disagree with the means to preserving something we both love.
If you are someone who believes in the value of divestiture as an act that can influence political and military action, by all means, contact your legislators and voice your opinion.
You can find information from the Legislative Service Commission about HB 151 here.
Here is opposition information from one group.
Here is a Columbus Dispatch news article.
Here is support information.
Here is an article from today’s Dayton Daily News about the controversy and the committee vote, but not Mandel’s sale of the GE stock.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 11:13 am May 30th, 2007 in Politics | 1 Comment
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Top 10 techie job markets, one in the Midwest
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Chicago. That’s it.
The rest, based on “Dice.com’s list of the top 10 metropolitan areas for tech jobs:”
1. New York/New Jersey – 11,044 postings
2. Washington, D.C. – 7,971 postings
3. Silicon Valley – 6,755 postings
4. Los Angeles – 4,546 postings
5. Chicago – 4,241 postings
6. Boston – 4,167 postings
7. Philadelphia – 3,156 postings
8. Dallas – 3,084 postings
9. Atlanta – 2,987 postings
10. Seattle – 2,309 postings
See the article here, written by Fortune Senior Editor, Anne Fisher, on CNNMoney.com.
Is Dice.com an adequate enough resource for deciding how we’re doing in this measurement? I don’t know. Opinion?
The article has other interesting info.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:32 am May 30th, 2007 in Politics | 5 Comments
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‘Roots News: Colors of Domestic Violence=fake, not Benetton ad, Salon says Feministing "punked"
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Last night, I listed a link to this item on Feministing.com in my Remains of the Day. I usually check things out for myself, especially when they interest me, as this purported clothing ad that uses images of domestic violence victims did. But I couldn’t find anything on the official Benetton site or on the McCann Erickson (ad agency) site.
So I emailed the Benetton PR person and asked, can you tell me more about this campaign.
Well – I got this email back:
Dear Jill,
Thank you for you email. I would like to inform you that the images you
are refering to with the logo “Domestic Colors of Violence” are a FAKE and
are NOT an adverting campaign of Benetton Group.
The ONLY project Benetton has done on domestic violence was in 2003,
created and developed by Fabrica (Benetton’s communication research center)
and Colors Magazine (part of the publishing activities at Fabrica). Please
see the attached link for further information
http://www.benetton.com/colorspress/56/.
Thank you for contacting us.
Best regards.
Anissa Nouhi
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Anissa Nouhi
Senior Fashion Public Relations Manager
Benetton USA Corporation
601 Fifth Avenue, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10017
Tel. 212-593-0290 ext.337
Fax. 212-371-1438
anouhi@benettonusa.com
But I so trust Feministing (seriously, I really do) that it was like having bumped into a closed glass door that previously had been open: I had to do it a second time, just to be sure.
So I called Ms. Nouhi to find out, what is going on?
Here is what she told me:
We’re “well-known for the ads that we’ve done in the past and are a global company.”
“There are a lot of strange people around. As of right now, we learned about it today” from me and “from one other journalist from Salon.com who contacted me”
The ad is “not ours whatsoever – we don’t use an outside agency – our ads are done internally.”
Benetton is “investigating. I don’t know exactly what headquarters is doing right now.”
“When I got it from Salon, I was so shocked. I immediately sent it to Italy and for sure they are looking into it”
“I hope McCann Erickson [the ad agency indicated as responsible] is investigating too”
“I wish all the blogs would do the same thing you did and Salon did. Its very hard to control the information.”
“This is definitely not something that we’ve done.”
“We would have put logo on it if it was something we did and, definitely, it’s not our logo.”
Wow. All I can say, at the moment, is wow.
First of all, I’ve always trusted Feministing and this would be the first time that a very major blog (as blogs go), that I’ve decided to trust (and I’m pretty picky and am always championing that people can discriminate for themselves), ends up getting punked.
Then again, I suppose it can happen to anyone. I’ve been punked and I know I’ve punked a few people in my time (when I didn’t even mean to, no less).
So what have we learned today?
SEND AN EMAIL. PICK UP THE PHONE. Trust your instincts to question when something seems really outrageous – and in this case, the ad campaign would be outrageous and so, we have to ask, I had to ask, why – why is someone – Benetton – doing this, rather than me speculate why they are doing it or what’s good or bad about them doing it.
Because guess what?
They weren’t and aren’t doing it.
And the only way I learned that? Was by going to the, um, what do you call it?
Oh yeah.
The Source.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:03 am May 30th, 2007 in Politics | 3 Comments
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