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The Scopes Trial
Adam R. Shaprio
The 1925 Scopes trial was a widely followed court case in Dayton, Tennessee, that attracted the attention of the nation. A prosecution against a schoolteacher charged with violating Tennessee's new law prohibiting the teaching of human evolution, the trial became a great public spectacle that saw debates over the meaning and truth of the Bible, and the relationship between science and religion. The trial is most famous for the involvement of the lawyers William Jennings Bryan (for the prosecution) and Clarence Darrow (for the defense).
Despite being a legally insignificant case, the trial has remained important in American history because it is seen as symbolizing some of the country's great social issues in the early 20th century: fundamentalist responses to modernity, the autonomy and clout of the "New South," and the eternal clash between religion and science.
Stephen Wise and Americanism
Over the first half of the 20th century, Rabbi Stephen S. Wise (1874–1949) devoted himself to solving the most controversial social and political problems of his day: corruption in municipal politics, abuse of industrial workers, women's second-class citizenship, nativism and racism, and global war. He considered his activities an effort to define "Americanism" and apply its principles toward humanity's improvement. On the one hand, Wise joined a long tradition of American Christian liberals committed to seeing their fellow citizens as their equals and to grounding this egalitarianism in their religious beliefs. On the other hand, he was in the vanguard of the Jewish Reform, or what he referred to as the Liberal Judaism movement, with its commitment to apply Jewish moral teachings to improve the world. His life's work demonstrated that the two—liberal democracy and Liberal Judaism—went hand in hand. And while concerned with equality and justice, Wise's Americanism had a democratic elitist character. His advocacy to engage the public on the meaning of citizenship and the role of the state relied on his own Jewish, male, and economically privileged perspective as well as those of an elite circle of political and business leaders, intellectual trendsetters, social scientists, philanthropists, labor leaders, and university faculty. In doing so, Wise drew upon on Jewish liberal teachings, transformed America's liberal tradition, and helped to remake American's national understanding of itself.


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It also does a fucking AWESOME job of letting you know where every single damn cut & skin crack is on your hands.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Crap! That Hurts!
It also does a fucking AWESOME job of letting you know where every single damn cut & skin crack is on your hands.
24 comments:
I agree totally, esp after you have just gotten ANOTHER paper cut on your finger!!
- November 17, 2009 at 2:45 PM
- Helen said...
It's a very painful reminded that I should stop biting my nails.
- November 17, 2009 at 3:18 PM
- The Duchess said...
I would love to have been there to see the bird-like arm flapping that must have ensued once the alcohol hit your owies :)
(yes, I'm evil. It adds to my charm!)
- November 17, 2009 at 4:05 PM
I bet it also makes a great aftershave!
- November 17, 2009 at 4:28 PM
OMG Grumpy! This was actually featured in graphjam:
- November 17, 2009 at 5:06 PM
But what if you dribble it into your diet coke?
Despite my dedication to science, I don't want to be present for that experiment.
- November 17, 2009 at 5:19 PM
Our stuff smells like cheap vodka. And what do I have a hangover from drinking all night? Cheap vodak.
/barf barf
- November 17, 2009 at 5:25 PM
The stuff we have has successfully made my hands break out with eczema. I have to wear gloves all the time or parents think I have some contagious skin disease that I could pass onto their kids.
- November 17, 2009 at 5:29 PM
- Taking Heart said...
We have foam in our patient rooms and at all of the nurses stations. Pretty much the same thing... though it does wonders for acne and warts. A nurse just told me today and she had a wart for years that went away after two night shifts of using anti-bacterial foam... and apparently if cures zits... can't say that I've tried either... but I have accidentally sprayed it in my eye and it hurt like Hell.
- November 17, 2009 at 7:06 PM
Every late fall through winter, the combination of antiseptic soaps, cold, and dryness precipitates a dermatological condition, in which hand skin gives an appearance of loosened scales that will crack off--then, insult to injury; hand sanitizers to the raw dermis.
I guess I should be happy those nerve-endings still perform their alerting functions well. (That's what I console my excitable Eskie when she's safely indoors NOT attacking anyone. "Good Girl! You are doing a marvelous job of protecting your family.")
- November 17, 2009 at 7:11 PM
Taking Heart -
What is the name of the foam you have?!?! I'm 28 and I still struggle with acne (hangs head in shame) and I've done everything the dermatologist has thrown at me.
- November 17, 2009 at 8:52 PM
At least you didn't use Puffs with Vicks Vaporub in lieu of toilet paper...
- November 17, 2009 at 10:39 PM
Ditto the Talking Heart request - please share! Is it tha Hibiclens stuff?
I'm not even going to say how old-ass I am, but cuttting way back on sugar helped a ton with my zits. Makes sense, really, bacteria and all.
- November 17, 2009 at 10:45 PM
- Taking Heart said...
I don't know what it is called... I'm sure you can buy it at the drugstore.
Well... apparently some nurses I work with swear by the foam sanitizer that hospitals have everywhere... one of my co-workers told me that she dabs it on her zits, and says they go away. She swears by it.
She also said after using it (we foam any time we go in or leave a patient room and our hands aren't visibly soiled and in need of soap and water) for a few nights... a recurring wart on her hand shrunk and disappeared.
I use it a lot but have never put it on my face, lol ...it is hard on my my hands... probably a dermatologist's worst nightmare... makes my hands dry out really fast.
That is funny you asked. I guess if you had a zit on your face with a pulse and big enough to be declared as a state in the union... you'd try darn near anything. I've been known to lance and aspirate with a tb syringe... but, only when I'm bored. lol
good luck. :)
- November 17, 2009 at 11:06 PM
Tell me about it! And I don't care how moisturizing any of the brands claim to be. After using enough of it, my hands look like.. tree bark.
- November 17, 2009 at 11:15 PM
Anonymous, I think the antiseptic properties of hand santizers might be killing bacteria, hence making zits disappear.
- November 17, 2009 at 11:49 PM
- ER's Mom said...
Yeah, hurts like hell.
Got it in a second degree burn on my arm (deep frying accident). Paper cuts are nasty because they're so insidious, you may not even remember it's there...
- November 18, 2009 at 4:35 AM
Using Puffs with Vicks Vapo-rub as toilet paper.........you owe me a keyboard for that one, anon...
- November 18, 2009 at 8:39 AM
- Taking Heart said...
Ecolab Quik-care Healthcare Personnel Hand Rinse
- November 18, 2009 at 11:00 AM
- Erin said...
Get yourself some of this stuff: http://www.kiehls.com/_us/_en/body/hands-and-feet/ultimate-strength-hand-salve.htm
I used to have extremely dry and cracked hands all winter. Now I use this stuff and I don't have dry skin at all, though my hands do smell mildly like eucalyptus. Only thing I ever found that actually works. A bit pricey, but worth every penny.
- November 18, 2009 at 4:39 PM
Thank you, Talking Heart (and thanks for coming back here after I e-stalked you over to your blog!) :)
- November 18, 2009 at 6:20 PM
- Lovin Life! said...
Yeah, and don't use it just before you take your contacts out. You might save that special occasion for soap and water.
- November 19, 2009 at 3:19 AM
Heh, really. The eye doc would get a laugh, at least.
OK, if anyone is still following along,
-the key ingredient in the Quik Care is 62.5% ethyl alcohol, and there is a much cheaper version at http://www.amazon.com/Sanitizer-Bottle-Contains-Moisturizers-Alcohol/dp/B001FLYCIO
- November 19, 2009 at 10:55 PM
The active ingredient in purell is ethanol.
So, I suppose you could drink some (as many patients have) to dull the pain.
I also dread paper cuts, as once I get one I have the pleasure of purelling them 20-40 more times before I go home.
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'It looked like Die Hard': three killed after Las Vegas shoot-out
The Las Vegas Strip became a scene of deadly violence on Thursday when someone in a black Range Rover opened fire on a Maserati at a stoplight, sending it crashing into a taxi that burst into flames, leaving three people dead and at least six injured.
Police were checking with nearby businesses to see whether a previous altercation prompted the car-to-car attack at Las Vegas and Flamingo boulevards, the site of several major casinos, including Bellagio, Caesars Palace and Bally's.
"This doesn't happen where we come from, not on this scale," said Mark Thompson, who was visiting from Manchester, England, with his wife. "We get stabbings, and gang violence, but this is like something out of a movie. Like Die Hard or something."
Police were contacting authorities in three neighbouring states about the Range Rover Sport with tinted windows and paper dealer plates that fled the scene about 4:30 am.
Police said the Maserati hit the taxi, which went up in flames, and the driver and passenger were killed. The male driver of the Maserati also died, and his passenger was shot.
"What is the genesis of this, when did this all start? We don't know yet," Las Vegas Police Sgt John Sheahan said.
Tourists staying in high-rise hotels around the scene found police tape blocking access to the area around the intersection. Closures were expected to last most of the day.
Jeff Martin, 33, of Columbus, Ohio, said he was unable to cross the Strip several hours after the incident.
"When you're out at 4 am nothing good's going to happen," he said.
Sheahan said the attack was not a rolling gun battle as previously described. The cars were stopped at a light when at least one person in the Range Rover opened fire. Several people were inside the vehicle, described as a four-door SUV with big black rims.
Six other vehicles were involved in the crash that followed, including the taxi and Maserati. The taxi was affiliated with Desert Cab company, according to general manager Sandy Shaver. He declined to comment further.
The driver and rear passenger were dead at the scene. The taxi might have been propane-powered.
The incident marked the latest violence on the Strip since the beginning of the year. Two people were critically wounded in a shooting at a parking garage February 6, and a tourist was stabbed Saturday in an elevator at The Hotel at Mandalay Bay.
A spokesman for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, Jeremy Handel, said his organisation didn't immediately have a comment on the latest incident and deferred to police.
Las Vegas Police Officer Jose Hernandez acknowledged that the Strip has seen several violent incidents in recent weeks but said police have made arrests or identified suspects in each case.
"People don't have to worry," he said. "This is an unusual occurrence, as tragic as it may be."
Sheahan said police have video from traffic cameras at the intersection and were checking whether the shooting might have been sparked by an altercation at a nightclub.
"We have a lot of pieces to put together to establish a timeline as to why this confrontation occurred," Sheahan said. "We have numerous detectives checking resorts on the Strip south of this intersection."


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You may or may not have heard of Johnny Foreigner; hopefully if you've read our Early Doors picks for 2008 you're already on them (clicky). Even if you're yet to bend an ear their way, that's all set to change this year. Soon you, like us, will quite possibly love 'em.
The Birmingham trio – Alexei, Junior and Kelly – have two sold-out 7"s to their name, have recorded for Radio 1 and shared stages with the likes of Idlewild and Los Campesinos!. Last year they signed to London-based Best Before Records ahead of their 10/10-garnering mini-album Arcs Across The City (review). Their debut album proper, recorded in New York with Machine, is out later this year.
DiS spoke to Alexei via e-mail regarding the album, the band's future and... The Twang. Without further ado, meet the next your new favourite band.
First off then: influences?
Without re-writing the mega list on our MySpace, our influences are music, bands and songs and stories that give you goose bumps; the little things people don't notice about themselves. And gin.
The reception to your songs seems to have been unanimously positive. Has there been a gradual awareness to your music over the last two years, or has everyone only started to take notice recently?
It seems to have snowballed drastically in the last few months. People have always been kind to us, but lately there's been so many we're starting to lose track. It's incredibly flattering.
You recorded your debut album with Machine (Fall Out Boy, Lamb Of God). Why him? It seems like an odd choice for a British indie band.
We don't really want to sound like a British indie band. Machine's good at making things sound how they sound in our heads; he comes up with production ideas we wish we'd thought of first and he makes everything seem like the most fun job in the world – which it sort of is. And, hanging round in New York beats hanging round in Birmingham.
Will there be any noticeable stylistic changes from Arcs Across The City evident on the LP?
Yeah, it's going to sound like Lamb of God! Nah, it will sound bigger and more RAHHHH and the feedback will be just right. Maybe the singing will be put up in the mix a bit too, and there'll be some more "oooooooh"s and some chanting. They'll be a violin, and a bit more Casio. Level up.
You seem to have quite a big sound for a three-piece. How much of this is studio wizardry and how much is faithful to your live sound?
We double track some parts, add a load of "ooooooh"s and delete all the talking rubbish. Aside from that it's pretty much the same deal. This time we took a bit more advantage of having time to play around with overdubs, but there's nothing you'd notice as missing when we play songs… apart from the song with the violin and glockenspiel and the song with the million "ooooooh"s.
Do you ever see yourself breaking into the mainstream? If the reaction from certain music blogs is any sign of things to come, then the future looks bright to say the least.
I don't know. I'm not sure if that's what we want, really. Obviously we want to sell enough records so that we don't have to go back to the real world, but at the same time, if we get to the stage where we can't actually go and hang out with people at our shows then we've sort of failed. Certainly, not many of the bands we listen to are mainstream artists. Idlewild before they went off is our target weight.
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You chose to sign with Best Before Records earlier in the year – was there any particular reason for this? Was there much competition from other labels, an 'A&R scramble' of sorts?
A scramblette, perhaps. We were won over by Best Before because they were the most enthusiastic and into what we are trying to do. And they let us do cool things like have 3D pop-up sleeves for our mini-album and paid for us to hang around in New York, as well as buying us fun new pedals and decent meals.
How are you coping with the band/employment balance? I imagine you're getting a lot more gig offers now, and it might be harder to play certain shows?
True that! Kelly quit her job before we came out to New York, and me and Junior are going to work but at drastically reduced hours. It's easier than just before we signed because then we were paying for everything from our own pocket. Now we can ask for money for petrol and instruments and things, and just worry about covering the rent on the houses we're leaving empty. It's hard and we're poor, but it's wrong to complain when everything else is going so well for us.
The Twang: discuss.
The Twang are no better or worse than any other indie lad-band from the Midlands. We wish them no ill will whatsoever. They're happy doing their shit and we're happy doing ours. But by having huge billboards around our city, they've made themselves an easy target for everything we hate about music in general – dickhead lad culture, vapid shitty lyrics, recycled Stone Roses shit. We pretty much exist in parallel Birminghams, there are no wars.
Do you have any grand plans for 2008? What would make Johnny Foreigner's year?
Getting some gin on the rider, a new bass for Kelly, playing SXSW, and paying some bills. We'd like to visit Chicago, Japan, Canada. We'd also like to make some music videos, get asked to join Broken Social Scene and to play a gig where I don't break the mic stand. Some of these are more likely than others.
Finally, would you care to recommend any other British bands worth listening to at the moment to our readers?
God yes! I'd recommend Sunset Cinema Club, Little Dipper, My Psychoanalyst, Dananananakroyd, Copy Haho, goFaster, Elle S`applle, Arms at Last, and Sky Larkin.
Johnny Foreigner's Arcs Across The City mini-album is out now on Best Before Records, and the single 'Our Bipolar Friends' is out on March 5. Listen in at the band's MySpace, here, and catch the band live at the following venues:
# with Sam Issac
* with Los Campesinos!
10 Cambridge Portland Arms with 4 or 5 Magicians
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12 Exeter Club NME @ The Hub
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Don't forget that behind each of the seals you see above are many, many people who have made, are making, and will continue to make sacrifices to maintain the stability of our freedoms. Thanks to all those who have done, are doing, and will continue to do that which is necessary.
Now, I 've got to give a special shout-out to the submarine brotherhood…
(FYI, that's a picture of my old "pig"). Just remember, everything else is just a target!
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Speaking of which… it may not be in line with what I usually do, in relation to the American Civil War, but this blog is awesome… and I'm adding it to my favs. I just found a bunch of submariner blogs out there today. "Bubbleheads" rule!
Oh, and that's me below, back in April 1995 when I was punchin' holes in the ocean. Looks like I was up to no good!


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1 Check horn operation
2 Check clock operation, reset where necessary
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4 Check front seat electric motor operation & memory
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6 Check front seat belt operation
7 Check rear seat belt operation
8 Check electric door mirror for operation & memory
9 Check rear view mirror operation
10 Check operation of sunroof
11 Check air conditioner for operation and leaks
12 Check internal indicator monitor
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15 Glove-box operational
16 Condition of seat covers
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18 Check toolkit, replace as necessary
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Front Lights
22 Front lights cover
23 Side lights/ parking lights
24 Dipped lights
25 Main beam
26 Headlight flash
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28 Indicators
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30 Hazard warning lights
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32 Rear lights cover
33 Tail lights
34 Number plate lights
35 Brake lights
36 Fog lights
37 Reverse lights
38 Indicators
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Colfax man in critical condition after I-80 crash
CHP says driver lost control on slick Sierra roadway
A pedestrian is in critical condition after he was hit by an SUV along Interstate 80 Friday afternoon.
Joshua Daniel, 27 of Colfax, was rushed to Sutter Roseville Hospital with serious head injuries, according to the California Highway Patrol.
CHP Sgt. Sven Miller said Daniel had just finished talking to a motorist about putting on chains at the Laing Road off-ramp when the driver of a Jeep Cherokee lost control and began sliding.
Miller said the vehicle hit Daniel in the back, throwing him into his own vehicle.
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Ernest Brydon, 88, of Wyndmoor, a volunteer firefighter and retired Marine Colonel, died of a stroke March 1 at Keystone Hospice in Wyndmoor.
Mr. Brydon was a member of Wyndmoor Hose Company #1 for 24 years, serving as the company's director for five years and as a training officer. For his service he was made a life member of the company.
He taught firefighting skills at the Montgomery County Fire Academy and had served on the Montgomery County Fire Advisory Board since 1999. He also was an instructor with the American Red Cross and was a volunteer with the Springfield Ambulance Association.
Mr. Brydon enlisted in the Marines in 1942 and saw combat during World War II in the Bougainville, Emirau and Guam campaigns in the Pacific theater. He received a battlefield commission for meritorious service.
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Journalists reacted with cautious approval Friday to an announcement by Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. that he was revising Justice Department procedures that enraged reporters this year as the department pursued leak investigations.
"I'm cautiously optimistic," said Hugo Balta, president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, the only leader of a journalist-of-color organization to agree to meet with Holder as the attorney general sought feedback from the Fourth Estate before revising the guidelines.
"I'm happy to see that a lot of what it speaks to is not criminalizing journalists for doing their jobs. What we need to wait and see is how it will be enforced."
Balta, his executive director, Anna Lopez Buck, and Walt Swanston, interim executive director of Unity: Journalists for Diversity, attended a June 3 meeting with Holder. Other journalist of color groups declined, citing the stated off-the-record ground rules. Those rules were lifted once the meeting began.
"In a six-page report, Mr. Holder outlined changes to the Justice Department's investigative guidelines that would prevent the Federal Bureau of Investigation from portraying a reporter as a co-conspirator in a criminal leak as a way to get around a legal bar on secret search warrants for reporting materials," Charlie Savage reported for the New York Times.
"The revisions would also make it harder — though not impossible — for prosecutors to obtain a journalist's calling records from telephone companies without giving news organizations advance notice. Notifying news organizations in advance would give them a chance to contest the request in court."
Savage continued, "Investigators' targeting of the communications records of Associated Press and Fox News reporters in separate leak investigations came to light in May, setting off a furor, both among journalists and in Congress, about the administration's increasingly aggressive record on leak investigations."
Two months ago, President Obama "gave Mr. Holder a July 12 deadline to review the rules and make recommendations. Mr. Holder held a series of meetings with newsroom leaders and lawyers for media companies, along with lawmakers and First Amendment scholars, in May and June, and briefed Mr. Obama about the changes at the White House on Friday morning.
"Several of them directly addressed controversies from the earlier disclosures. For example, a 2010 affidavit that came to light in May sought a warrant for e-mails from the Google account of James Rosen of Fox News in which he corresponded with a State Department analyst who was suspected of leaking classified information. . . ."
Michael Clemente, Fox News' executive vice president of news, said in a statement, "The guidelines appear to be welcome steps. That said, the Attorney General, Justice Department officials and the FBI should also take full responsibility for the illegal actions taken against Fox News and James Rosen," Fox News reported. No journalist was prosecuted, however.
The Associated Press said it was "gratified that the Department of Justice took our concerns seriously. The description of the new guidelines released today indicates they will result in meaningful, additional protection for journalists. We'll obviously be reviewing them more closely when the actual language of the guidelines is released, but we are heartened by this step."
Journalists, media organizations and others expressed alarm when the AP disclosed on May 13 that the Justice Department had seized records for 20 separate phone lines, all assigned to AP and its journalists, over a two-month period as part of a leak investigation.
"Investigators did not notify the AP to request the phone records before obtaining them, a break with protocol in dealings between the government and the press," Michael Calderone and Ryan J. Reilly noted for the Huffington Post. Gary Pruitt, chief executive of the AP, called the sweeping seizure 'unconstitutional.'
"Under the new policy, news organizations will be given advance notice when investigators seek access to news-gathering materials, except in situations where the attorney general determines that 'for compelling reasons, advance notice and negotiations would pose a clear and substantial threat to the integrity of the investigation, risk grave harm to national security, or present an imminent risk of death or serious bodily harm.'
"That determination will be made after consulting members of a newly created News Media Review Committee, which will include senior DOJ officials who are not directly involved in the investigations and who have relevant expertise and experience in media matters."
Balta said that he suggested at the June 3 meeting that any Justice Department materials provided the news media be available in Spanish for Spanish-language media.
Moreover, the NAHJ president invited Holder to NAHJ's summer convention. That will be part of the annual Excellence in Journalism Conference Aug. 24-26 in Anaheim, Calif., which is staged with the Radio Television Digital News Association and the Society of Professional Journalists.
Asked about those two requests, a Justice Department spokeswoman told Journal-isms by email Friday, "We are considering President Balta's recommendations regarding Spanish-language materials and look forward to working with NAHJ in the future."
Balta, speaking by telephone from Miami, where NAHJ is conducting a regional conference with SPJ South Florida chapters this weekend, said the invitation for Holder to address the convention remains open.
Noted Thinkers Write About Race in Newspaper Series
The first story in the 11-part series is by Douglas A. Blackmon, who won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction for his book, "Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II," later a PBS documentary. It begins:
"On July 31, 1903, a letter addressed to President Theodore Roosevelt arrived at the White House. It had been mailed from the town of Bainbridge, Georgia, the prosperous seat of a cotton county perched on the Florida state line.
"The sender was a barely literate African-American woman named Carrie Kinsey. With little punctuation and few capital letters, she penned the bare facts of the abduction of her 14-year-old brother, James Robinson, who a year earlier had been sold into involuntary servitude.
"Kinsey had already asked for help from the powerful White people in her world. She knew where her brother had been taken — a vast plantation not far away called Kinderlou. There, hundreds of Black men and boys were held in chains and forced to labor in the fields or in one of several factories owned by the McRee family, one of the wealthiest and most powerful in Georgia. No White official in this corner of the state would take an interest in the abduction and enslavement of a Black teenager.
"Confronted with a world of indifferent White people, Mrs. Kinsey did the only remaining thing she could think of. Newspapers across the country had recently reported on a speech by Roosevelt promising a 'square deal' for Black Americans. Mrs. Kinsey decided that her only remaining hope was to beg the president of the United States to help her brother.
" 'Mr. Prassident,' she wrote. 'They wont let me have him…. He hase not don nothing for them to have him in chanes so I rite to you for your help.' . . . "
Starting Friday, and for 10 consecutive Fridays afterward, newspapers that signed up were to receive free of charge articles examining the nation's progress on race in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the Aug. 28, 1963, March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The pieces have such titles as "Emmett and Trayvon" by sociologist Elijah Anderson; "Deconstruction Reconstruction" by Nicholas Lemann, the New Yorker writer who just stepped down as dean of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism; "Lincoln Died for Our Sins," by Jelani Cobb, author, historian and director of the Institute for African American Studies at the University of Connecticut; and "A Second Emancipation" by Taylor Branch, the Martin Luther King Jr. biographer, and Haley Sweetland Edwards, an editor of the Washington Monthly.
Blackmon continued with his story. "Considered more than a century later, her letter courses with desperation and submerged outrage. Yet when received at the White House, it was slipped into a small rectangular folder and forwarded to the Department of Justice. There, it was tagged with a reference number, 12007, and filed away. Teddy Roosevelt never saw it. No action was taken. Her words lie still at the National Archives just outside Washington, D.C.
"As dumbfounding as the story told by the Carrie Kinsey letter is, far more remarkable is what surrounds that letter at the National Archives. In the same box that holds her grief-stricken missive are at least half a dozen other pieces of correspondence recounting other stories of kidnapping, perversion of the courts, or human trafficking — as horrifying as, or worse than, Carrie Kinsey's tale. . . ."
Meanwhile, NPR on Friday announced an addition to the commemorations of the March on Washington. For its first public event at its new Washington headquarters, the network is hosting a free evening screening July 19 of the documentary "The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords," followed by a panel discussion and Q-and-A session with Terence Samuel, national political editor at the Washington Post; Julian Bond, politician, professor and writer; and Laura Murphy, director of the Washington legislative office of the American Civil Liberties Union. Those interested may register for tickets at http://events.npr.org/npr/Home.
Station Airs Mock Asian Names of Pilots in Crash
"Words cannot adequately express the outrage we, at the Asian American Journalists Association, feel over KTVU's on-air blunder that made a mockery of the Asiana Airline tragedy and offended so many loyal viewers of the San Francisco Bay Area station," Bobby Caina Calvan wrote Friday for AAJA.
"During KTVU's noon newscast, the anchor said the station had learned the names of the four pilots in the cockpit of the ill-fated flight, which crashed in San Francisco on July 6 and killed three passengers," Calvan, AAJA MediaWatch chair, and Paul Cheung, national AAJA president, wrote.
"Unfortunately those names were not only wrong, but grossly offensive. We won't repeat the names, which caricatured Asian names.
"The station apologized later in the same newscast. Still, we fail to understand how a television news station with such a vaunted reputation could have fallen victim to such juvenile antics. . . . "
Other websites were not shy about listing the false names. "Yeah — we didn't think 'Sum Ting Wong,' 'Wi Tu Lo,' 'Ho Lee Fuk' and 'Bang Ding Ow' were real names either," Gabe Meline wrote for Bohemian.com.
The station said on its website "Prior to air, the names were confirmed by an NTSB official in the agency's Washington, D.C. office. Despite that confirmation, KTVU realized the names that aired were not accurate and issued an apology later in the newscast.
AAJA said, "Earlier in the afternoon, the NTSB said it had no role in confirming the names. But when pressed by KTVU and others, the agency looked deeper into the matter. By evening, the NTSB issued an apology.
" 'A summer intern acted outside the scope of his authority when he erroneously confirmed the names of the flight crew on the aircraft,' the agency said in a statement.
"Appropriate actions will be taken to ensure that such a serious error is not repeated."
The correct names of the pilots in the cockpit are Lee Gang-guk and Lee Jeong-min.
YouTube: KTVU Flight 214 Fail (Original)
MSNBC Briefly Shows Trayvon Martin's Dead Body
"For a fleeting moment Thursday night, MSNBC aired what analysts covering George Zimmerman's second-degree murder trial have called the most graphic evidence in the case — a photo of Trayvon Martin's dead body lying in the grass," Harold Maass wrote Friday for theweek.com. "This was not the image published by the Huffington Post and other news outlets showing the 17-year-old's corpse covered by a yellow blanket. This image, captured before police covered him up, shows Martin in full — his face, his eyes and mouth open, his arms at his side.
"In the courtroom, prosecutors used the photo to illustrate their closing argument. Martin, they said, was just an unarmed kid returning from a convenience store with Skittles and a drink, and he would be alive today if Zimmerman, a white, Hispanic neighborhood watch volunteer, hadn't stalked him because he was black. 'His body speaks to you even in death,' the prosecution told the jury. (Zimmerman maintains that Martin was the aggressor, and that he shot the boy in self-defense.)
"Some readers and viewers saw things differently. One commenter at Balloon Juice, for example, called the airing of the image 'wrong and disgusting,' and said MSNBC should apologize, even though it only aired the photo briefly in a live feed before quickly panning away.
"Was it wrong to show the victim's corpse in such a high-profile, racially charged case? . . ."
Wayne Bennett, the Field Negro: New theories from the right about a trial going on down in Florida.
Jenée Desmond-Harris, the Root: Zimmerman Trial: Race Verdict Already In
Jenée Desmond-Harris, the Root: Poll: Gawker Wrong to Show Trayvon's Body?
Earl Ofari Hutchinson, syndicated: Federal Prosecution of Zimmerman Compelling, But Unlikely
Kevin Powell, Vibe: George Zimmerman Trial Is Exposing America's Ugly Truths
"Rebeldes," Latino Rebels: The "White Hispanic" Label: Yes, People, Racism Is a Latino Thing, Too (March 29, 2012)
Noah Rothman, Mediaite: Predictions Of Riots If Zimmerman Acquitted Display Appalling Lack Of Faith In Black Community
Adam Weinstein, Gawker: This, Courtesy of MSNBC, Is Trayvon Martin's Dead Body. Get Angry.
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: Geraldo: Jurors would have 'shot and killed Trayvon Martin a lot sooner than George Zimmerman did'
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: George Zimmerman trial 'riot' fears: A rundown of coverage
Alex Weprin, TVNewser: Zimmerman Trial Stirs More Pundit Pontification About CNN
Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune: Social media 'blackout' as jury gets Trayvon Martin case
Juan Williams, Fox News: 'Crackers,' a 'teenage mammy' — the sorry truth about race and Zimmerman trial
Two Egyptian Journalists Killed Covering Protests
"In the past two weeks, two Egyptian journalists were killed while covering protests and clashes between Muslim Brotherhood supporters and opposition activists, Hiba Zayadin reported Wednesday for IFEX, a Toronto-based global network "defending freedom and expression."
"On 29 June, Salah al-Din Hassan, a 37-year-old reporter with independent news website Shaab Masr, was killed while covering a demonstration against President Mohammed Morsi in the city of Port Said.
"Ahmed Assem El-Senousy, 26, journalist and photographer for the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice newspaper, was shot by a sniper while covering the events of 8 July when Egyptian soldiers opened fire on Muslim Brotherhood demonstrators, killing more than 50. El-Senousy captured his own death on camera as he filmed the incident.
"Prior to these deaths, only four journalists had been killed in Egypt since 1992, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
"The country has been steadily falling deeper into a state of chaos since the days leading up to 30 June, which marked one year of President Morsi's rule. . . ."
Adel Iskandar, Committee to Protect Journalists: Amid upheaval, Egypt's media blunders
ABC Spotlights Group Seeking Missing Women of Color
"Long after the search for those three missing women from Cleveland grew cold, Derrica Wilson and her sister-in-law Natalie Wilson of Washington, D.C., were still leading a search for Gina DeJesus on the internet," Steve Osunsami reported Thursday on ABC-TV's "World News with Diane Sawyer."
"They shared her photos and worked the phones for clues up until the very day Ms. DeJesus came home alive. It was May 6, 2013, after a decade in captivity.
"There's a reason they focused on DeJesus — because she is Hispanic.
"They believe it's their 'assignment from God' to help African-American, Latino and low-income families find missing loved ones who they believe authorities and the media have forgotten. . . ."
"The Power of Southern Blacks Has Been Dissipated"
"To understand the depth of the damage that the Supreme Court's June 25 decision, Shelby County v. Holder, has inflicted on the voting rights of African-Americans, you have to measure it against the backdrop of the takeover of state legislatures, primarily in the South, by the Republican Party," Thomas B. Edsall wrote Wednesday for the New York Times.
"Since the enactment of the Voting Rights Act in 1965, the number of blacks elected to Southern state legislatures has grown from fewer than five to 313, all but a handful as Democrats. While blacks rose in the once dominant Democratic Party, Southern whites defected. Now, in the former Confederacy, Republicans have gained control of all 11 state legislatures.
"Despite their growing numbers, the power of Southern blacks has been dissipated. African-American Democratic officials — according to data compiled from academic research and the Web sites of state legislatures — have been relegated to minority party status. Equally important, an estimated 86 African-Americans who spent years accumulating seniority have lost their chairmanships of state legislative committees to white Republicans. . . ."
Mark C. Alexander, the Record, Bergen County, N.J.: Voting rights: Our democracy will suffer (June 30)
Alberto Gonzales, Fox News Latino: Voting Rights For All Americans
Nikole Hannah-Jones, ProPublica: America's Long Civil Rights March, Complete With Stops and Starts
Tom Joyner, blackamericaweb.com: Don't Fall For the 'Banana in the Tailpipe' (June 30)
Rabbi Michael Lerner, Tikkun Magazine: Why the Supreme Court Said "No to Blacks, Yes to Gays" (June 27)
Roland S. Martin, Creators Syndicate: Don't Just Get Mad Over Voting Rights Act; Get Even (June 28)
Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune: GOP turns against its own history (July 3)
Leonard Pitts Jr., Miami Herald: Voting rights ruling a dagger in heart of civil rights movement (July 2)
Mark Trahant, indianz.com: Supreme Court sends message on voting rights (July 1)
Layhmond Robinson Jr., Pioneer Black Journalist, Dies at 88
"Layhmond Robinson Jr., one of the first black reporters at The New York Times, who later became a local television news correspondent, died on June 29 in Queens," Daniel E. Slotnik reported Thursday for the Times. "He was 88.
"The cause was complications of pneumonia, his daughter Deborah Robinson said.
"Mr. Robinson became a reporter for The Times in 1950, when black faces in the newsroom were rare. He covered crime in Brooklyn, then the New York State Legislature and the contentious 1961 mayoral race between Robert F. Wagner Jr. and then state attorney general, Louis K. Lefkowitz. In 1964, he became the first black president of the Legislative Correspondents Association, a group of reporters covering New York State government.
"Mr. Robinson helped to inspire the next generation of black journalists. . . ."
Winning Photographer Sees Spirit Shining Through Decay
"After more than 40 years telling stories, Camilo José Vergara has reached the ranks of Joan Didion and Tony Kushner by receiving the 2012 National Humanities Medal this week from the President; he tells his stories through photos, instead of words. He is also the first photographer to ever receive this honor," Kristina Puga reported Thursday for NBCLatino.
" 'Camilo José Vergara, for his stark visual representation of American cities,' was how the thought-provoking photographer was acknowledged for his award at the White House. 'By capturing images of urban settings over time, his sequences reflect the vibrant culture of our changing communities and document the enduring spirit that shines through decay.'
"The 2002 MacArthur fellow, whose books include, 'American Ruins' and 'How the Other Half Worships,' likes to photograph American cities, photographing the same buildings and neighborhoods from the exact spot, over many years, to capture changes over time.
" 'For more than four decades, I have devoted myself to photographing and systematically documenting the poorest and most segregated communities in urban America,' Vergara says in an essay for LightBox. 'My focus is on established East Coast cities such as New York, Newark and Camden; rust belt cities of the Midwest like Detroit and Chicago; and such West Coast cities as Los Angeles and Richmond, California. . . . "
Vergara was born in Chile and is based in New York.
Nearly four times as many young murder victims in the United States were killed by firearms than by other methods such as stabbing, strangling or poisoning in the past 30 years, according to a study Thursday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Yasmeen Abutaleb reported for Reuters. "The study found that males, people aged 20-24 and black people are murdered at higher rates than the overall average. . . ."
Mary Alice Jervay Thatch, editor and publisher of the Wilmington (N.C.) Journal, was elected publisher of the year by the National Newspaper Publishers Association, George E. Curry reported Wednesday for NNPA. The honor was awarded in large part because of the successful campaign Thatch led to free the Wilmington Ten, civil rights activists who were falsely convicted and imprisoned 40 years ago.
Carole Simpson, who retired from ABC News in 2006 to become leader-in-residence at Emerson College's School of Communications in Boston, will be awarded the 2013 Col. Barney Oldfield Distinguished Service Award, the Radio Television Digital News Foundation announced Wednesday. The award honors someone who, through his or her own efforts, has contributed to the growth and success of RTDNF. Simpson, a former member of the RTDNF Board of Trustees, "established the Carole Simpson Scholarship to encourage and help minority students overcome hurdles along their career path. Carole Simpson Scholarship winners are working as reporters, producers and anchors in television and radio stations across the country," the group said.
CNN was the big winner at the 19th annual Vision Awards of the National Association for Multi-Ethnicities in Communications on Thursday, R. Thomas Umstead reported for Multichannel News, winning four awards. Harpo Studio won in the "news/informational" category for "Oprah's Master Class."
Yoruba Richen's "The New Black," which chronicles the division in Maryland's black community leading up to the state's 2012 ballot initiative granting same-sex marriage rights, won the audience award for best feature at American Film Institute's annual documentary festival, conducted at Washington area theaters, Andrew Lapin reported for Current.org. The producers received partial funding from the Independent Television Service and the National Black Programming Consortium. The film is to air on PBS' "Independent Lens" in February 2014.
"In the first six months of 2013, white men dominated the guest lists on the broadcast network Sunday shows and CNN's State of the Union," Rob Savillo reported Wednesday for Media Matters for America. "MSNBC was the only network achieving notable diversity in its guests, particularly on Melissa Harris-Perry's show. . . . "
Compared with the ratings four years ago, journalists have dropped the most in public esteem among occupations surveyed, according to a survey by the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life, the center said Thursday. "The share of the public saying that journalists contribute a lot to society is down 10 percentage points, from 38% in 2009 to 28% in 2013. The drop is particularly pronounced among women (down 17 points). About as many U.S. adults now say journalists contribute 'not very much' or 'nothing at all' to society (27%) as say they contribute a lot (28%). . . . "
Columnist Suzette Martinez Standring of Milton, Mass., won first prize in the category "Online, Blog, and Multimedia Column — under 100,000 monthly unique visitors" in the annual column writing competition of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists. Standring writes "Spiritual Café", a spirituality column and blog that appears in the Patriot Ledger in Quincy, Mass., and is nationally syndicated. The late movie critic Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times won first place in the "Online, Blog, and Multimedia Column — over 100,000 monthly unique visitors" category.
In San Francisco, "KQED has named well-known Bay Area television reporter Thuy Vu to replace the retired Belva Davis as host of a revamped Friday evening news program, known for years, but no more, as 'This Week in Northern California,' " David Wiegand reported Thursday for the San Francisco Chronicle. Vu was most recently co-host of KPIX's "Eye on the Bay." The program's new name will be "KQED Newsroom."
Evrod Cassimy, who once released his own CD single and was advertised as "TV News' FIRST R&B recording artist," is joining Detroit's newly named morning newscast, "Local 4 News Today," beginning Aug. 12. WDIV-TV announced Thursday. "Cassimy will co-anchor 4:30 a.m. – 7 a.m. weekdays alongside current anchor Rhonda Walker." Cassimy is morning anchor and reporter for KCNC-TV in Denver.
In Trinidad and Tobago, "Turmoil in the Guardian newsroom which began on Monday solidified yesterday when three senior members quit," Ria Taitt reported Wednesday for the Trinidad Express. Dr. Sheila Rampersad, Guardian public affairs editor, and Anika Gumbs-Sandiford and Denyse Renne, two key investigative reporters, resigned "following what has been described by Rampersad as the virtual sidelining of its editor-in-chief, Judy Raymond. Speaking with the Express, Rampersad said the three left because there had been an accumulation of external pressure on the editorial processes and the editorial product in the newsroom. . . ."
"Many international correspondents in China believe reporting conditions have worsened over the past year, according to a new survey by the Foreign Correspondents' Club of China that also finds the Chinese government has 'increasingly resorted to threats and intimidation against foreign media,' " Bob Dietz wrote Thursday for the Committee to Protect Journalists. He added, "The full report [PDF] is worth reading. It's not pretty."
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Words like 'nurses' and 'teachers' usually elicit warm and fuzzy feelings. But this isn't so warm-and-fuzzy: The unions representing nurses and teachers in California are teaming up to fight new legislation that would help ensure the health of 63,000 epileptic children.
Here's the way it shakes out. If an epileptic child is in need of life-saving medication, Senate Bill 1051 would allow a trained school staff member to administer the medication to the child. The staff member will first have to volunteer, then take about a half hour of training to learn how to successfully administer the drug.
So what's the problem? Nurses consider this a threat to their job security. The California Nurses Association and their labor friends, The California Teachers Association, are fighting the bill. These are powerful unions with serious agendas -- saving nursing jobs.
Doctors say the drug, Diastat, is safe and doesn't need to be administered by an expert. According to Dr. Howard Taras, a UC San Diego professor, even if the drug is administered unnecessarily, there isn't any danger. Arthur Partikian, a pediatric neurologist, agrees. He says it's not that complicated. He readily prescribes the medication, saying it's safe, simple and it works.
But the California Nurses Association calls Diastat "a very dangerous medication."
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So who do you believe? Why would the California Nurses Association fight so hard to keep non-medically trained people from administering a potentially life saving drug to a child in an emergency situation? The answer is jobs. Nursing jobs. Many of which could still be cut given the state's budget crisis.
These unions also have the backing of most Democrats in the state senate. Even so, Senator Gloria Romero, a Democrat running for state superintendent of schools, supports SB 1051. The Democrats are intimidated by the teacher's unions, she admitted.
"So all of a sudden it's a jobs bill for the unions rather than a health bill for the kids," Republican Senator Bob Huff said.
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About three years ago I missed a gig I wanted to go to basically more than almost anything - Frank Turner in Newcastle. He'd sold out long before I got a look in, so instead I arranged to see my new girlfriend. Then I got a call from a friend on the day of the gig - he'd snagged two tickets, one could be mine. If I wanted it. I did. Unfortunately, she'd already started driving to me and even if I could get hold of her it's really very early in the relationship to cancel so last minute. So I don't - I turn the ticket down and spend the night with her. It was a good decision, in hindsight.
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Even though today marks my 4th week of summer vacation and the days tend to run into one another, Friday's still rock. It's pay day for one, the weekend is here, lots of time to laze around, a Twins game on Sunday, volunteering at Lifetime Fitness Triathlon on Saturday, dinner with friends Alicia, Tom and Nancy on Saturday. A little Vermont 100 party; what fun!
Today is simply stunning. Sunny, high of 83, light breeze, low dewpoint. Oh yeah, stunning.
My pool is dirty so I cranked up the heater, the boys are enjoying the warm water of 88F right now. All I have on today's schedule is cleaning the pool and moving rocks for my garden. Lovely.
As Topaz and I were running our morning miles it occurred to me that I should begin to taper. Vermont is a week out. I'm running 8 miles a day and going to they gym, stamping out 5 miles each afternoon on the stair master. I love that thing. It gets my heart rate up into the 180's and makes me feel oh so good! Not anymore now until Vermont is history. I promised myself.
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Okaloosa County commissioners on Tuesday approved a plan that substantially increases ambulance transport fees starting Aug. 1.
Okaloosa County commissioners on Tuesday approved a plan that substantially increases ambulance transport fees starting Aug. 1.
The cost of basic and advanced life support ambulance transports will increase to $800 for residents and non-residents. The amount charged for mileage also would be raised from $12 per mile to $15.
The various basic and advanced transport fees currently range from $427 to $1,000. Non-residents also pay more than locals.
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Public Safety Director Dino Villani said the fee hike is needed because the county�s Emergency Medical Services fees lag behind other areas in Florida. As a result, the EMS fund, which is set up to be self-sustaining, repeatedly has fallen short and has had to be subsidized with taxpayer money.
�This will assist us in our budgeting efforts,� Villani said. �This will also stabilize our rates to one particular rate and standardize them.�
The higher fees are expected to generate an additional $900,000 a year for the EMS fund.
Commissioner Dave Parisot said he had heard from some residents who were concerned that the county was trying to turn its EMS division �into a profit center.�
�This is not going to make any type of profit,� Parisot added. �This is only going to offset ad valorem taxes that are currently being paid into (the EMS fund). We�re trying to alleviate the condition on the taxpayers.�
Under the new fee schedule, several other ambulance charges would increase. For example, the cost of ambulance stand-by service would increase from $100 per hour to $200 per hour, and the cost of ambulance treatment without transport would increase from $125 to $250.
The cost of an ambulance stand-by for a nonprofit organization would increase from $60 per hour to $120 per hour.
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Favourite song: 'Drops of Jupiter' by Train.
Happiest memory: Going to Australia to start my travels and then equally coming back to see all my family and friends I had missed so much.
Jilly Anderson
Deputy Manager - Contracts Division
I joined Head Resourcing as a resourcer before joining the Contracts Team in 2009 and becoming Senior Consultant. I've been fortunate enough to work with some of our biggest clients and have enjoyed building relationships, meeting people & being able to help. I love how much our team care about each other and about what we do – joining Head has been the best decision I've ever made.
Loves: holidays, crème brulee, family, friends, spending money, the E! channel, men with good manners.
Hates: getting up in the morning, cheap shoes, marzipan, bad grammar.
Favourite word: plum
Favourite song: The Calling – Wherever You Will Go/ Amy Winehouse – will you still love me tomorrow
Happiest memory: sitting on the beach in Monterey– beautiful, warm, peaceful, very happy.
Paul Atkinson
It's a great pleasure to work with the talented team at Head. My role is to work with the leadership team (Head honchos), provide support and make sure they have the tools and resources to grow a highly successful business as well as a great place to work. My day job however, is as a Partner in a venture capital firm, Par Equity, which invests financial and intellectual capital into young companies and helping them to become successful, international, businesses.
Loves: Family, ideas, opportunity, truth, people who get things done
Hates: Arrogance, narrow mindedness, deception
Favourite word: Vacation
Favourite song: Comfortably Numb – Pink Floyd
Happiest memory: Watching my children grow up, among many other happy times
Caroline Barclay
Office Administrator
I joined Head Resourcing recently as an administrator after taking a few years out to look after my young family. It's a really nice place to work and all the staff are really lovely and care a great deal about what they do.
Loves: My family and my lovely dog Honey.
Hates: Rude people who don't say please and thank you
Favourite word: Sausage
Favourite song: Fairytale of New York by the Pogues
Happiest memory: All my family Christmases and holidays, I can't really choose one favourite memory I have so many good ones.
Adrian Bednarz
Consultant - Permanent Division
I joined Head Resourcing in December 2015, right in time for Christmas. I began my journey with recruitment back in Poland where I worked within the construction industry. What I love about recruitment is that every day presents new challenges, and I get a real sense of satisfaction in helping others find their career path.
Loves: Snowboarding and holidays (there's never enough of them)
Hates: Boredom
Favourite word: Aye
Favourite song: The Brand New Heavies – "Have a good time"
Happiest memory: Skiing trip to Czech Republic with my father, when I was 10-11. Beautiful weather, knee-deep snow, ventures off-piste some very basic ski acrobatics – I still smile when I think about it.
Eyrun Bernhardsdottir
Consultant – Contracts Division
Before I joined Head Resourcing, I worked in recruitment and business development within the public sector in London. I've now relocated to Edinburgh and am thrilled to be able to continue providing excellent customer service and care while working in the fast-paced environment of the Contracts team!
Loves: Films, pizza, football and lager.
Hates: Mushrooms, anything pickled and having to wait for people.
Favourite word: Sausage
Favourite song: Such great heights – Postal Service
Happiest memory: Holiday in New York in 2013 to see Wrestlemania and enjoy the great city.
Calvin Blyth
Consultant - Permanent Division
I started with Head Resourcing in March 2017 as an Associate Consultant. My background is in Fintech recruitment and I moved to join Head because of the excellent standards and reputation they have with both clients and candidates. I work with a great bunch of people at Head Resourcing, and so far I love being part of the team.
Loves: Rugby, Family, Paris, Holidays in the Sun, Music/Festivals
Hates: People who constantly complain, bad manners
Favourite Song: Guns 'n' Roses- Night Train
Word: Razzle-Dazzle
Memory: Spending Christmas in Paris
Graeme Cox
Senior Consultant - Contracts Division
Joined Head Resourcing in 2006 and have progressed up through from Resourcer, Consultant to now Senior Consultant. Enjoy helping Clients/Candidates as that's why we're here right?
Loves: A little bit of banter, Dumb N Dumber, Vegas!
Hates: Cucumber and Seafood
Favourite word: It has to be "Boom"
Favourite song: Tough one – probably Elbow – One Day Like This
Happiest memory: The night I can't remember
Douglas Darby
Recruitment Consultant – Contracts Division
Recently joined the ever busy contracts team at Head after working for a different recruitment company for a year in a new business role. I am a people person and enjoy the interactive side of recruitment. This coupled with the way in which Head work and their values was the reason I felt this was the company I wish to continue my career with.
Loves: Football (watching and playing), Dogs, Food, Food and more Food, My Bed, Nights Out,
Hates: Mornings, Miserable People, Olives, Coffee
Favourite word: Pamphlet
Favourite song: Don't have a favourite but very partial to a bit of Jay Z.
Happiest memory: My 4 summers working abroad split across Spain and the USA. One big blurred happy memory!
Lisa Dempsey
Senior Consultant - Contracts Division
Along with my colleague Arlene, I manage some of our key corporate client relationships. I'm responsible for sourcing potential candidates, account management, attending annual client reviews and everything in between! I have been with the team since 2009 and have gained extensive valuable experience and knowledge in recruiting for Business Change and IT contract roles.
Loves: Family, Friends and my dogs, music and travelling.
Hates: Dishonesty, shellfish and being cold
Favourite word: Bulb
Favourite song: Everything, Michael Buble or anything Michael Jackson
Happiest memory: Lying on a deserted beautiful beach in Koh Samui with my fiancé, with nothing to hear but the sound of waves crashing on the sand
Leigh Dickson
Consultant - Contracts Division
I work in the contracts team here at Head, sitting in a team of 12 my role is to speak with both candidate and client contacts across all the clients that we currently service. Mainly I work with some of our key corporate customers supplying all levels of skills and experience.
Loves: Family, Noel Gallagher, and would love love love to sleep past 6am.
Hates: hangovers
Favourite word: 'bobble' and 'basically'
Favourite song: You're a Superstar – Love Inc
Happiest memory: Birth of my Son Dale.
Tori Dougall
IT & Quality Manager
I look after all things tech & make sure we're ISO 9001 compliant in all we do. Originally from Northern Ireland, but been living in & loving Edinburgh since 2002. Joined Head in 2007 to do IT Support & now well & truly one of the family here.
Loves: A good cuppa tea & my homemade carrot cake, Saturday nights, nail polish.
Hates: Mice & when people misuse apostrophes
Favourite word: Fab
Favourite song: The Killers – Mr Brightside
Happiest memory: My wedding day & having the people that mean the most to me all there to celebrate too!
James Dove
Resource Consultant
Having moved straight into this role after graduating with an arts degree, I've been fortunate to join a team with so much experience. With so much knowledge on-hand it's the ideal environment to learn. I've been enjoying my experience of interacting with candidates and colleagues alike. It is a busy but varied job and I'm looking forward to the years ahead.
Emily Downing
Contractor Support Manager
Moved from the USA to Scotland at the end of August 2015. Having 6 years' experience in the recruitment industry, I joined Head Resourcing as the Contractor Support Manager in July 2016. I'm very excited to be working with such a great company and a fantastic team who've already made me feel right at home. The team is responsible for initial pre-engagement screening, contracts, and post-placement support and part of my role is to provide any kind of support needed to help the team succeed and help each team member grow in their career.
Loves: family/friends, ice-cold beer, music, sunshine, and holidays
Hate: Spiders, olives, disrespect, being late, laziness
Favourite Word: Wee – Scottish word for small (being from America, it's a fun new word)
Favourite Song: anything Country is at the top of my list
Happiest Memory: So many amazing memories come to mind but receiving my Visa to move to Scotland to be with my love after doing distance for 1.5 years always puts a smile on my face.
Martin Ewart
I'm proud to be part of the Head team. My role is to ensure we deliver promises to our clients, shareholders and colleagues. I do that by supporting the team to ensure we have clear direction, a great strategy, and are growing the capabilities of the business. My passion is in delivering results, building effective partnerships and seeing people develop in their roles.
Loves: Family, Music, the outdoors, football, alignment, collaboration, great outcomes, and Lambretta Scooters
Hates: Racism, divisiveness, not keeping promises, (often) football
Favourite word: Not a word, but the sound of laughter
Favourite song: Changes all the time, but one that is always in my top 3 is "A Change Is Gonna Come" by Sam Cooke
Happiest memory: Family Christmas days… many of them…
Kevin Feely
Senior Consultant - Permanent Division
I have worked in IT Recruitment since July 1998, although that likely makes me a dinosaur in the age of millennials it also means I have a candidate and client network that has been growing since I came back to Scotland in 2001. I work as a Senior Consultant on the permanent team, delivering talent to clients across Scotland.
Loves – Football, my family, being an Uncle four times over, and a good night out with healthy debate about utter nonsense.
Hates – People stopping unexpectedly, the Edinburgh Festival a very trying time indeed.
Favourite word – "EH!". Ever since I moved to Edinburgh this word entered my vocabulary!
Favourite Song – Too many to choose! "Can't always get what you want" by Rolling Stones, "Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zeppelin.
Happiest Memory – Holidays as a kid where everything was amazing and exciting!
Eve Fraser
Principal Consultant - Permanent Division
I have worked within IT Recruitment in Scotland since 2001. It's a career that I love as I get to meet with so many great people and have managed to maintain a long-lasting network with a number of key players in Scotland. What is great about this role is that every day is so different from the one before.
Joining Head Resourcing has certainly been a very positive move for me as all my colleagues are such an inspiring bunch of good people, working together to achieve our goals.
Loves: Hanging out with friends and family
Hates: Arrogance, lack of humility (hate is a touch strong for me though!)
Favourite word: Conciliatory
Favourite Song: Caledonia
Happiest Memory: Childhood weekends living in the UAE
Deborah Garner
Financial Accountant
I joined Head in May 2014 working as part of the finance team. My role is to liaise with customers and contractors, process supplier invoices and help set up new contractors into our system. I'm really enjoying my role, working alongside lovely people and gaining a range of new skills.
Loves: Music, Night-time and Cake. Yummy food, cocktails and of course Shoes!
Hates: Feet
Favourite word: Boogie
Favourite song: Not sure on favourite (there are so many) but a good go to song is Telegraph Road – Dire Straits.
Happiest memory: Travelling around Europe on trains.
Jenna Hamilton
Finance Manager
My team is responsible for the production and distribution of monthly management accounts together with processing invoices, paying contractors & suppliers. As part of this we analyse costs and help with budgets and forecasting. I've been part of the Head family since 2009 and hope to be here for many years to come.
Loves: Sport, BBQs, Chocolate
Hates: Rain, Waiting, Bad Spelling
Favourite word: Wheesht
Favourite song: Chris Isaak – Wicked Game
Happiest memory: The birth of my beautiful son
Adam Hill
Senior Consultant - Manchester
A Senior Consultant working out of our Manchester office, I'm here to grow and diversify the base of clients we help, building upon our reputation as a recruitment partner who cares.
Loves: Motorcycles, Cars, Speedboats – Anything with an engine!
Hates: Miserable weather and miserable people
Favourite Word: Spatula
Favourite Song: Nickajack by Hunter & The Bear
Happiest Memory: A road trip across Ireland
Asia Hunt
Consultant – Contracts Division
While working in previous roles I have developed a great passion and understanding of excellent customer service and how vital it is to the success of a business. I am delighted to be part of Head Resourcing where everyone truly cares about clients, candidates and each other.
Loves: Good laugh with my family and friends, sunshine, popcorn and Negroni cocktail
Hates: dishonest/two faced people, aniseed, mosquitoes, fear hangovers and people close to my heart feeling sad when I can't help
Favourite word: Wee
Favourite Song: George Benson – give me the night, Groove Armada – My Friend
Happiest memory: Two instantly come to my head: Camping wild on the beach in Arisaig with my husband Chris and doggy Bruno. Sunny holidays with my girlfriends floating on airbeds on the waves.
Katie Jankovic
Assistant Accountant
I work closely with other members of the finance team on a range of tasks including processing supplier invoices, invoicing of permanent placements and liaising with contractors and customers.
Loves: Summer, dancing, weddings
Hates: Scary films, meanness
Favourite word: Serendipity
Favourite song: The Cranberries "Linger"
Happiest memory: The birth of my son (cheesy but true)
Anna Knight
Head of Permanent and Senior Appointments
I have been with Head Resourcing for over 8 years now, although it doesn't seem that long. I love the variety in my role – speaking with candidates, clients, providing solutions, advising on career moves, speaking at events, coming up with better ways of doing things… every day is an adventure!
Loves: My children (Libby, Charlotte and Sam), husband Sandy, kitty-cat Paddington, and cheese.
Hates: Raisins, injustice and dithering
Favourite word: Yes
Favourite song: Changes all the time! LA Woman by The Doors is always up there though.
Happiest memory: Most of my memories involve wine, so I'm not sure I remember… ask me another question!
Scott Litherland
IT Support Analyst
I joined Head Resourcing in August 2016 as an IT Support Analyst. It's my job to take care of all the tech in the organisation and to deal with the day to day IT issues.
Loves: Chinese food, rum and gadgets
Hates: Slow internet, traffic and coconuts
Favourite word: Pineapples
Favourite song: Hotel California – The Eagles
Happiest memory: Being in the middle of nowhere with nothing but a tent, a chair and a fire
Callum Lyle
Finance Director
As Finance Director I need to ensure that more money comes into the company than goes out. I spend time negotiating contracts, liaising with our bankers, auditors and lawyers. The most enjoyable part of the job is interacting with colleagues, clients, contactors and candidates.
Loves: Watching and playing sport, friends and family, beetroot, cheese and chips
Hates: Inability to play golf, musical instruments and to learn a foreign language
Favourite word: Squeeze
Favourite song: Money, money, money
Happiest memory: Going skiing with the family
Kieran Mackie
Resource Consultant - Contracts Division
Coming from a technical IT background followed by a fast paced recruitment, I have worked in both London and Edinburgh across internal and various agency roles. For me, it has been utterly refreshing to be part of the contracts team at Head Resourcing. I can focus on what I'm really passionate about; candidate care, client service and IT. I am very excited to help our candidates in finding their next big challenge!
Loves: Spending time with family, watching football (I can't play), snooker and everything fishing
Hates: Negativity
Favourite word: Pump
Favourite song: Save the last dance – The Drifters
Happiest memory: Fishing holidays in Canada with the family
Roya Manouchehri
Operational Effectiveness and Quality Manager
Mainly responsible for the weekly and monthly preparation and submission of client and company MI, whilst providing continual support to the business. My role ranges from looking at processes within the company, meeting contractors and looking at lots of spreadsheets!
Loves: Travelling, good food, happy people!
Hates: Dishonest people, football (unless it's the world cup!)
Favourite word: Chubchub
Favourite song: All these things that I have done by the Killers
Happiest memory: Going to the cinema with my big brothers every Fri night when I was young & playing with baby monkeys in Costa Rica in 2011
Huw Martin
Managing Director
I am the Managing Director of Head Resourcing. My role is to grow the business, provide a great place to work for our staff, continually develop our employees and ensure that we always strive to provide excellent customer service to clients & candidates and never promise things we can't deliver.
Loves: Singing, Rugby & driving anything with an engine
Hates: Mushrooms
Favourite word: Ratatouille
Favourite song: The Strange Museum – Paul Weller
Happiest memory: Watching Wales play at the Millennium Stadium for the first time! (They lost by 30+ points to the all blacks)
Stefan McGee
IT Support Analyst
My love for IT started at a young age. I would disassemble and rebuild the family Computer at the age of 8, which later turned to tearing down my Xbox 360 and modifying it at 12. Prior to joining Head Resourcing, I worked in an IT repair shop, mostly doing hardware repairs; laptops, desktops, gaming PCs and mobile phones.
I joined Head Resourcing in September 2017 as the youngest person in the company at the age of 18. It is my job to handle the day to day IT issues and to maintain all the tech in the organisation as part of our IT Support Team
Loves: Long lies, Tattoos, RAP/Hip-hop music, "The Walking Dead", "Rick and Morty", and the sesh.
Hates: Politics, narrow-mindedness, dishonesty and most sauces.
Favourite word: "Ehh!"
Favourite song: NF – "Dreams
Happiest memory: Making flying pigs out of Lego pieces with my best friend while in PlayGroup (2-3 years old)… A simpler time
Ruaridh Miller
Associate Consultant - Permanent Division
I started with Head Resourcing in April 2016 and spent 10 months as a Contracts Administrator. I moved into the permanent team as a Resource Consultant and I am now an Associate Consultant, and am really enjoying it. This has given me the chance to work in both back and front office and get a full appreciation for how Head Resourcing works.
Loves: Going to gigs/festivals, Limmy, anything with garlic
Hates: Buffering, sweet and sour sauce
Favourite Song: It changes on a daily basis, but probably After Hours by We Are Scientists
Favourite Word: Belter
Happiest Memory: A weekend I spent in the Lake District with a big group of my mates
Bethany Molyneaux
Associate Consultant - Manchester
Working as the business support coordinator, I love the variety of the job. I'm excited to be a part of the new Manchester office and watch the business and team develop.
Loves: Exploring new places, Family and Sushi
Hates: Rain and messiness
Favourite word: Phosphorescence
Favourite songs: Sweet Disposition by The Temper Trap and You Make My Dreams Come True by Hall and Oates
Happiest memory: Travelling the world for 7 months with my best friend.
Emma Moncrieff
Finance Administrator
I joined Head finance team in June 2018 straight from leaving school. I got introduced to this company when I participated in Career Ready. As part of this I had to carry out an internship, which I enjoyed so much I decided to come back. My role is to help process invoices as well as various other admin tasks within the finance team.
Loves: Macaroni Cheese, Dogs
Hates: Spiders, Burgers
Favourite word: Bubble
Favourite Song: Thinking Out Loud, Ed Sheeran
Happiest Memory: Quad Biking during various holidays and Scuba diving in Egypt.
Jen Murdoch
Finance Assistant
I joined the Head finance team in July 2016. My role is to liaise with customers and contractors, process supplier invoices, help set up new contractors into our system and assist with Head Medical. I am very organised and enjoy the fast paced aspect of the role.
Loves – Travelling, dogs, quizzes, watching sport
Hates – Creepy crawlies, feet
Favourite Word – Kerfuffle
Favourite Song – Sky Full of Stars – Coldplay
Happiest Memory – Husky sledging in Finland
Lee Murray
Deputy Managing Director / Commercial Director
Key responsibilities of my role include working with Board colleagues to set and manage our strategic and operational activities. I am also responsible for identifying new commercial opportunities and driving growth across the organisation.
Loves: My family & friends, ambition & success, good food & wine, socialising and having fun!
Hates: Insincerity, laziness, poor service and being late.
Favourite word: Lecker
Favourite song: 'She' by Elvis Costello
Happiest memory: The birth of my beautiful little boy
Jon Musgrave
Regional Director
I have spent my whole career working to a strong set of ethics and was extremely pleased to finally join a business that shares my values. My role with Head is to develop the existing and new staff and to facilitate growth by offering like-minded people the opportunity to work in a grown up environment. The support I have received from the business has been excellent and the team across the board are a fantastic bunch of people to work with.
Loves: Cars and Motorsport
Hates: Dishonesty, poor drivers and shopping
Favourite word: Quickly
Favourite song: Pride (U2)
Happiest memory: Seeing my 2 children being born
Dan Newbold
Senior Recruitment Consultant - Manchester
As a Psychology & Neuroscience graduate (yes, I am 'working you out') I fell into technical recruitment in 2008. Since then I've worked across most verticals within technology recruitment. I'm a proper techie at heart so love keeping up with the latest advancements in IT. I'm now a Senior Consultant within the Leeds office and looking forward to growing the business in Leeds.
Loves: Proper pubs, cider, good food, people that speak their mind.
Hates: Politicians (in and out of the workplace), ignorance, self-serving attitudes.
Favourite word: I've been told I say 'magic' a lot more than I should.
Favourite song: I like guitar music but my favourite song changes all the time – at the moment it's 'New Town Velocity' by Johnny Marr
Happiest memory: Sitting overlooking the marina in a small fishing village on Symi, a small island off the coast of Rhodes, listening to a bar's excellent playlist and watching the world go by.
Gavin Poole
Contractor Support Administrator
Born and bred in New Zealand, I moved to Edinburgh in April 2017 after completing my studies to see what the world has to offer! My role at Head is to complete pre-employment screening of contractors before they go on site, it's great to be in position to help our contractors from all different roles and backgrounds as they start a new adventure.
Loves: Cricket, travelling and spending time with family and friends, anything to do with NZ.
Hates: Eggs and cucumber, queues, my family being so far away
Favourite word: 'Sweet As' and 'Yeah Nah' two typical kiwi phrases.
Favourite Song: Anything really my music taste is pretty wild from Rock to Pop and everything in between
Happiest Memory: Being in the stands when NZ make their first ever Cricket World Cup final in 2015 was amazing.
Sarah Prasad
Senior HR Business Partner
Head's focus on building long standing relationships is a refreshing approach. The folk here actually 'walk the talk' and that was the main reason I was keen to join the business. My role is to provide effective HR plans and support that help drive business growth and enable our teams to be the best they can be.
Loves: My family and close friends, music, strawberries, wine and the sun! (Ideally all together!)
Hates: Racism, bullying, negativity and people standing stationary on the left hand side on an escalator!
Favourite word: Bubbly
Favourite song: 'Supersition' or 'As' – Stevie Wonder
Happiest memory: Singing 'Every Day Feels Like Summer With You' with my two boys and husband whilst driving through Provence on our summer holiday!
Lyle Ritchie
Managing Consultant
Yes it's Lyle not Lionel!
Having worked in Recruitment since 2010 I join Head Resourcing in 2013 as a Recruitment Consultant. Currently I am Deputy Manager of the Permanent team in Edinburgh/Glasgow and I love that every day provides new opportunities and challenges Head Resourcing really is a unique place to work and that can be seen on how true we are to our values!
Loves: Sport ( Golf, Football), Indian Food, America.
Hates: Mushrooms, Negativity, Rude people!
Favourite Word: Outstanding!
Favourite Song: Chase & Status, Blind Faith
Happiest Memory: Arriving in New York last year and stepping out into hustle and bustle of New York City
Arlene Robertson
Consultant - Contracts Division
I look after contract recruitment for some of our large customers alongside my colleague Lisa, and generally we are responsible for ensuring our client and contractors are happy. We manage large volumes of vacancies on a daily basis with some of our larger corporate accounts, making sure quality CVs are sent for each vacancy to very tight deadlines.
Loves: Christmas
Hates: Chicken
Favourite word: Muckle
Favourite song: Jingle bells
Happiest memory: Christmas!!!
Jon Shenton
Contractor Support Administrator
Originally from Stoke-on-Trent, I'm now here in Edinburgh enjoying everything this marvellous city has to offer. As part of the wonderful Support Team here at Head Resourcing, my role includes conducting pre-employment screening of our contractors, drawing up contracts, and providing pre and post-placement support. I also provide support to the wider business, clients, candidates and all of my great colleagues here. If you're a new or existing contractor and need vetting, there's a high chance you'll hear from me.
Loves: Spending time with loved ones, travelling, going to the cinema, getting addicted to a TV show and getting stuck into a good book
Hates: Slow walkers, in-sincerity, travel delays, narrow-minded people, winter and not getting my own way
Favourite Song: Mystery of Love by Sufjan Stevens
Word: Simper
Memory: Lots come to mind but meeting my 1 week-year-old nephew for the first time after getting off an overnight flight from Mexico is certainly a special one
Edward Simpson
Recruitment Consultant - Manchester
I am an experienced IT recruitment consultant, with my recent history being in permanent recruitment. I very much enjoy the client management side of the role but also enjoy the feeling of changing somebody's life (hopefully for the better!) with a new role. I have worked across all verticals, including infrastructure, software and business change. I also have a bachelor's degree in Business IT and have a good technical background.
Loves: Football (playing and watching – Bradford City), Cricket, Tea and Sunday Dinners
Hates: Early Mornings, Coffee, and Rugby (union)
Favourite word: Delicious
Favourite song: Toto – Africa
Happiest memory: Skiing on Big Bear Mountain (2 hours from Los Angeles) in a T-Shirt on a School Trip
Andrew Stroud
Senior Consultant - Manchester
Having been in the IT recruitment industry for 7 years, I joined Head to partake in the new Manchester venture. I have a true passion for IT and am a geek at heart so I find my day to day job genuinely interesting.
Loves: My son, Music, Manchester and Cooking
Hates: Crustaceans and geese
Favourite word: Flabbergasted
Favourite song: Impossible to choose
Happiest memory: My son being born
Kerry Torley
Contractor Support Consultant
I joined Head Resourcing in 2013 as the Office Administrator and received an SVQ in Business Admin during this time. I moved over to the compliance team early 2016 and was recently promoted to Contracts and Compliance Consultant. My role involves conducting pre-employment screening of contractors before they go on site.
Loves: Friends, Family and most importantly my iPhone
Hates: Clowns!!
Favourite word: WAG
Favourite song: Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls
Happiest memory: Watching my son grow up and anything that involves my family and friends
Gillian Williamson
Marketing Manager
I look after all things to do with marketing, working closely with all departments within the company to deliver across all marketing activities including managing the website, SEO, blog, social media channels, events, and everything in between. As well as being part of the charities team which is part of my role I love!
Loves: My family, Italian food, prosecco!
Hates: Mushrooms
Favourite Word: Deliciousness
Happiest Memory: Many from our Italian adventures.
Jill Wilson
Financial Controller
I work in Accounts. My main role is to pay people. This sounds quite straightforward but it can be surprisingly difficult.
Loves: Cakes, Faraway Holidays and sleeping babies
Hates: Trams, Midges and awake babies !!
Favourite word: Blether
Favourite song: Bat out of Hell – Meatloaf
Happiest memory: The moment that I realised that my parachute had opened on my first Parachute jump.
Charlie Wood
Team Manager - Contracts Division
I manage the Contracts Division at Head Resourcing who provide IT and business change recruitment services to clients and contractors, focusing on quality and the highest levels of service – it's great to have a job you love!
Loves: Spending time with my family, Books, Movies & geeking out.
Hates: Wasps, Marmite and massive wastes of public money (e.g. Brexit)
Favourite word: Absolutely
Favourite song: No Children – The Mountain Goats
Happiest memory: The birth of my sons.