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Booknote: My Name is Mary Sutter
From the publisher: In this stunning historical novel, Mary Sutter is a brilliant, headstrong midwife from Albany, New York, who dreams of becoming a surgeon. Determined to overcome the prejudices against women in medicine—and eager to run away from her … Continue reading
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Booknote: The Civil War: The First Year Told by Those Who Lived It
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Kentucky Soldiers and Their Regiments in the Civil War (compiled by Steven L. Wright)
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Historical Markers of Williamson County Tennessee, Revised
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Faces of the Civil War: An Album of Union Soldiers and Their Stories
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Brady Civil War photos pop in this oversized book
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The South Carolina Encyclopedia by Walter Edgar
The South Carolina Encyclopedia by Walter Edgar Edition: Hardcover Reviewed by Kraig McNutt. There are single books on South Carolina that are available for the serious student. For example The History of Beaufort County, South Carolina: 1514-1861 will give one … Continue reading
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BERKELEY — A typical 1960s want ad in what used to be men's and women's segregated job columns leaps out like a virtual slap in the face in director Mary Dore's absorbing documentary, "She's Beautiful When She's Angry." It announces "Wanted: World's Best Looking Exec Secy to assist World's Most Charming Boss!"
Resurrecting a period from 1966 to 1971, when a growing movement in the United States forever altered the course of women's lives, the 92-minute film opens Feb. 6 for one week only at the Landmark Shattuck Cinema, 2230 Shattuck Ave., and select theaters in the Bay Area.
A brilliant mosaic of interviews, archival footage, scrupulously directed re-enactments and a terrific sound score describe the founding of NOW (National Organization for Women), W.I.T.C.H. (Women's International Conspiracy from Hell!) and the effect on society of pivotal books like Betty Friedan's "The Feminine Mystique" and "Our Bodies Ourselves," the female health "bible" by the Boston Women's Health Book Collective.
Incendiary and sexual, unafraid to address race and civil rights divisions that alternately splintered and sealed the intellectual, outspoken, angry and often hilariously revolutionary figures leading the charge, Dore's film is perhaps the best way to understand how great — or how limited — women's progress has been since 1971.
In a director's statement, Dore says she was compelled to make the film because the women's movement, which she calls "arguably the biggest revolution of the 20th century," had not received feature documentary attention.
Dore started production of "She's Beautiful" in 2010 and visited Boston, Chicago, San Francisco and other cities to find the game-changers behind the movement's biggest names.
In the East Bay alone, the bounty was rich: Historian/journalist Ruth Rosen, editor/activist Fran Beal, author Susan Griffin, writer/activist Linda Burnham, and Alta, founder of Shameless Hussy Press, the first feminist publisher, which launched when only 6 percent of books published in America were written by women and operated for 20 years.
It comes as no surprise that the outspoken women in the film — burning college graduation certificates, teaching self-defense courses, ushering 11,000 women along "the Jane Collective" (an underground service offered when abortion was illegal), marching 50,000 strong "on strike" in New York City in 1970 to demand government-supported child care for working women — remain forceful proponents in 2015.
"Unless there's child care, women will always be second in the professional world," Rosen says in an interview.
The goals of 1970: child care, legal abortion ("It's legal, but so chipped away that it's difficult for women to find a provider," Rosen says), and equal pay, are demands she says remain unmet.
"We earned 69 cents to a man's dollar then; we earn 81 cents now. We've made 12 pennies in 40 years," Rosen says.
Even so, she says, women today are far better informed about their bodies, which one woman in the film refers to as "living labs" because so little was known.
Rosen says that as a historian she's aware that change around family organization creeps slowly. The colossal changes of the 1970s, mostly retained but hardly expanded during the '80s and '90s, will only achieve new growth when the next generation discovers what has not been finished, she says. Minus the atmosphere she recalls as "intoxicating," she hopes the Internet's connectivity will enable women to bring worldwide energy to their demands.
Beal shares her hopefulness. Strides in sexual harassment awareness — the standard way some men used to talk to women that is now recognized as a violation of civil rights — is one marker of change.
"Just as people have faith in a god they cannot see, I have faith the masses of women will become a powerful political and economic force once again. The truth will prevail over backward ideas of some groups today," she says.
As a woman of color, Beal says gender oppression cannot be examined without consideration of class and racial discrimination. "Social justice feminism" is a term she repeats, emphasizing key elements like protection of reproductive rights, the need for comprehensive child care, anti-war activism and unity transcending race.
"White women who align themselves with a social justice agenda, they are my sisters," Beal says. "Others are not."
Instead of dying or fighting for the revolution, Beal suggests that men and women must live for fundamental change, defend the front line against "forces nipping away at our rights" and seek unity.
Perhaps the most remarkable feature of Dore's film and interviews with Rosen and Beal are the double punch they deliver. Marveling at the freedoms and rights we nearly take for granted in 2015, there's no denying that the three goals of 1971 — access to universal child care, complete control of reproductive rights and equal pay — remain on the horizon.
"She's Beautiful When She's Angry," the modern women's movement from 1966 to 1971, opens Feb. 6 and plays for one week only at the Landmark Shattuck Cinema, 2230 Shattuck Ave. Details: 510-644-2992.


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(People who haven't read Moby Dick, especially those who expect it to be tedious, should skip this post).
What do you think the function of the whale chapters is? Explanation and clarification, like footnotes, for the story- making everything more concrete, more specific, more visual, more realistic? You can argue that, for example, in chapter 61, Ishmael describes a whale-killing scene. Then in chapter 62, he describes the process- the dart, the harpoon and the lance, the change of places. Then in chapter 63, he writes about the crotch, where the harpoon is kept. "Out of the trunk, the branches grow; out of them, the twigs. So, in productive subjects, grow the chapters."
Or do you think the whale chapters are there for themselves, because they're interesting in themselves? You can say, part of it is that Ishmael wants to grasp the whale, to know it inside out, from head to tail, from blanket to case. That is his quest. His feelings are mixed, the whale is so many things at once: whale and leviathan, God and Satan, a vast, noble, majestic creature and a victim, etc. The attempt to understand stresses the elusiveness of the whale and proves how silly, pointless and unrealistic such a "project" is. Apparently Ishmael's interested in whale facts also because he likes whales, not just because by understanding the whale he can make sense of Moby Dick and the hunt.
Now, starting to read chapter 93, I've just had a theory that Melville ultimately only cares about whales, that Moby Dick is really an encyclopedia about whales and whaling disguised as fiction, that the story serves the infodumps more than the other way around. For example, Melville wants to compare 2 kinds of whales, so he lets Stubb and Flask kill a right whale after a sperm whale; he wishes to show different methods and techniques in whaling, so he introduces them in chapter 61 "Stubb Kills a Whale" (throwing a harpoon and stabbing the whale repeatedly with a lance until breaking its heart), chapter 84 "Pitchpoling" (throwing a spear made of pine that is furnished with a small rope called a warp) and chapter 87 "The Grand Armada" (among gallied whales, using druggs- thick pieces of wood attached to a harpoon). So now, to tell us that from whales we can get not only oil and spermaceti but also ambergris, Melville creates the story about the Rose-bud and 2 blasted whales in chapter 91.
No wonder some readers feel cheated, not getting the novel they want, and put down Moby Dick.


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Dear Vascodagamians,
We have the pleasure of announcing a new Spanish Conference Exchange in the wonderful sunny city of Malaga, which will be held linked to the National Congress of the Spanish Society of Family and Community Medicine from the 5h to the 11h May 2019.
2018 VdGM/Foundation for the Development of Family Medicine in Croatia, Conference Exchange, Zagreb (Croatia)
Learning objectives should be guided by the Visitor's own learning needs, their national vocational training curriculum, EURACT's Definition of General Practice, and need to be realistically achievable within the Educational Programme the Host can offer.
The Host is also invited to complete his/her own learning objectives, however is not required to do so.
Application deadline for the Madrid Conference Exchange (14-20 March 2016) has been extended to February 10th!
Dear Vasco de Gamiens!
The second Croatian Exchange in the organization of The Foundation for the Development of Family Medicine in Croatia (www.zzrom.org) is waiting for you! Ten places are available.
Between 15-23 of November, a Dutch Exchange team is going to explore the wonderous culture of Morocco.
In the attachement you find the final description and day-to-day program.
VdGM is delighted to announce that the Exchange Prize Competition is now open to all Hippokrates Exchange visitors who have completed the exchange and have been issued a Certificate of Completion. The restriction on having granted funds to undertake the exchange is no longer active.
The Vasco da Gama Movement offers three types of Exchanges. Please select one of the following for further information.
This is the list of the Coordinators for participating countries; this makes up the VdGM Exchange team.


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A brawl between two families in Oak Hill on Sunday night included punching, scratching and a pit bull named Ellie May and her master both biting their neighbor at the same time, a Volusia County sheriff's report shows.
A brawl between two families in Oak Hill on Sunday night included punching, scratching and a pit bull named Ellie May and her master both biting their neighbor at the same time, a Volusia County sheriff's report shows.
Peter Lynch and his two sons were playing basketball just after 7 p.m. Sunday outside their house at the 200 block of East Halifax Avenue. When the ball got stuck in a tree at the edge of Lynch's driveway, he and his 14-year-old son went over to try and retrieve it, the report states. That's when Lynch said Ellie May came charging at him in an aggressive manner.
Lynch kicked the 1-year-old canine and told his son to run, the report shows. At that point, Lynch said Ellie May bit him on the lower leg.
Upon hearing the commotion, Jessica Hendry — one of Ellie May's owners — approached Lynch and yelled at him to stop mistreating her dog, the report states. Lynch claims Jessica Hendry, 29, hit him in the head and he pushed her to the ground. That's when Jessica Hendry's father John Hendry emerged and began yelling at Lynch. The two men then became entangled in a physical altercation and Lynch said John Hendry bit him on the hand, the report shows.
Ellie May, meanwhile, was becoming more and more agitated and bit Lynch at about the same time on the lower leg.
Lynch then shoved John Hendry aside and noticed that his wife, Kelly Lynch, was tussling with Jessica Hendry on the ground.
Lynch called 9-1-1 and spewed so many curse words that the sheriff's dispatcher asked to speak to Kelly Lynch. At one point he also yelled, "I'm bleeding to death!" at the dispatcher. Kelly Lynch took the phone and told the dispatcher that her husband was angry because it was the second time the animal had bitten him.
But John Hendry said Monday that the pit bull is a "big puppy" who is not aggressive and simply got exited when Lynch began yelling and fighting with him and his daughter.
"The only time she's ever bitten him is when he was fighting with me," said John Hendry, 60. "She's a sweet dog. That guy next door is always standing outside yelling at people who drive by. He yells at his wife and his children. It's terrible."
Neither Lynch nor his wife could be reached for comment Monday. But according to deputies, the 52-year-old Lynch had punctures on both his legs from Ellie May, an abrasion and swelling on his head from Jessica Hendry's punch and a cut on his finger from John Hendry's bite.
Kelly Lynch, 44, had scratches and small abrasions on her neck from her encounter with Jessica Hendry, the report shows. Jessica Hendry was also injured, to include swelling to her left cheek, and scratches on her face and legs, deputies said.
The Hendrys told deputies they were sitting in their backyard and had let Ellie May and their Australian shepherd Princess out of the house. Jessica Hendry said she noticed Ellie May was gone and walked to her neighbor's property when she heard him screaming, the report states. John Hendry said he followed his daughter and was "only defending" her.
After deputies listened to both families, John and Jessica Hendry were arrested and each charged with battery causing bodily harm, Jessica Hendry with two counts. The Hendry's were released from the Volusia County Branch Jail early Monday after the elder Henry posted $1,000 bail and his daughter posted $2,000 bail, court records show.


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doc. Mgr. Karel Stibral, Ph.D.
Departement head
The recipient of degrees in esthetics and the history of the natural sciences, he studies the mutual relationships between culture and nature, primarily the history of the esthetic and artistic perception of the landscape in the modern era, as well as the development of environmental thought in the context of cultural history and the history of the natural sciences, and of biology in particular. He is the author of Proč je příroda krásná? [Why is Nature Beautiful?] (2005), Darwin a estetika [Darwin and Aesthetics] (2006), O malebnu. Estetika přírody mezi zahradou a divočinou [On The Picturesque, Or The Esthetics Of Nature Between The Garden And The Wilderness] (2011). He also teaches at the Institute of Esthetics and Art History at the Faculty of Arts of the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice.
Consultations: to be arranged via email
prof. RNDr. Hana Librová, CSc.
Founder of the department
A sociologist and biologist, she is interested in the connections between lifestyle and environmental problems; her research focuses on environmentally friendly lifestyles.
Besides publishing in Czech and international academic journals, she has also published several book-length monographs: Sociální potřeba a hodnota krajiny [The Social Need And Value Of The Landscape] (1987), Láska ke krajině?
[Love For The Landscape?] (1988), Pestří a zelení: Kapitoly o dobrovolné skromnosti [The Colourful and the Greens: chapters on voluntary modesty.] (1994), Vlažní a Váhaví: Kapitoly o ekologickém luxusu [The Half-hearted and the Hesitant: Chapters on Ecological Luxury] (2003).
Consultations: Monday 10:00am - 11:00am
doc. Mgr. Bohuslav Binka, Ph.D.
Vice-dean for internal and external communication
He completed a semester-long study stay at the Catholic University in the United States and a semester-long research stay at Glasgow University in Scotland. For his dissertation, he won the Josef Vavroušek Prize in the science and research work category awarded by the Faculty of Social Sciences of Charles University in Prague and the Petra and Josef Vavroušek Foundation. He works on environmental ethics and the history of environmental movements. He is the author of the publications Environmentální etika [Environmental Ethics] and Zelený extremismus [Green Extremism].
Consultations: Tuesday 4:30pm – 5:30pm (or arrange via email)
doc. PhDr. Jan Činčera, Ph.D.
Associate professor
He works on theories, methods, and evaluation of environmental education; he has helped define the objectives and outputs of environmental education in the Czech Republic. He researches strategies for effective environmental education. In collaboration with environmental education centers, he tests various teaching methods (e.g. Earth education, thematic interpretation). He is also a consultant and leads evaluation studies of several programs (such as Ekoškola and GLOBE). He has published many academic studies and guidelines for evaluating programs. He also teaches at the Technical University of Liberec.
Consultations: even Tuesdays 10:00am – 11:30am (ask via email before)
Mgr. Jan Dostalík, Ph.D.
Assistant professor
He works primarily on the history of green ideas in urban and regional planning. In his courses, he focuses on architecture, city, and landscape. He combines his practical knowledge in the field, gained from working for several years on regional development studies and planning documents, with historical knowledge and an environmental perspective. His academic interests also include the history and theory of architecture of the 20th and 21st century and environmental history.
Consultations: Wednesday 1:30pm – 4:00pm
Mgr. Eva Fraňková, Ph.D.
Departement deputy head, assistant professor
As an undergraduate, she studied biology in České Budějovice before completing her master's degree and Ph.D. in environmental humanities in Brno. She is an assistant professor and has long been interested in alternative economic practices, local production and consumption, and the concept of sustainable degrowth. Currently, she is researching the material, energy, and money flows involved in local food production, as well as mapping alternative economic practices in the Czech Republic. She is also involved in the activities of The Economy and Society Trust and of the newly founded Association of Local Food Initiatives (AMPI, o.p.s.).
Consultations: to be arranged via email (maternity leave)
RNDr. Naděžda Johanisová, Ph.D.
Assistant professor
She deals with the economic aspects of environmental and social problems as well as ecological economics. Her main interests include hidden assumptions of mainstream economics and community-level economic alternatives. She is the author of the books Living in the Cracks (2005), Kde peníze jsou služebníkem, nikoliv pánem [Where Money Is The Servant, Not The Master] (2008), Ekonomičtí disidenti [Economic Dissidents] (2014), and Ekologická ekonomie: vybrané kapitoly [Ecological Economics: Selected Chapters] (2015).
Consultations: Wednesday 3:30pm – 4:30pm, (or arranged via email)
Christian Kimmich, Ph.D., M.Sc.
Research specialist
He works on natural resource issues from the perspective of institutional economics. In the past, his research focused on the commons and cooperative ownership in the context of energy infrastructure. Currently, he is examining the influence of technological changes on the environment and the socioeconomic aspects of transformation into a low-carbon economy. Christian received his Ph.D. in agricultural sciences and economics from Humboldt University in Berlin. In the past, he worked for the Swiss Federal Institute WSL in Zurich and he was visiting scholar at the Ostrom Workshop at Indiana University Bloomington.
PhDr. Jan Krajhanzl, Ph.D.
Research specialist
A social psychologist who specializes in conversation psychology and environmental communication. In his research, he focuses on the attitudes of the Czech people towards nature and the environment, human motivation for protection of the environment, children's contact with nature, and methods for communicating environmental issues to the public. He is the author of the publications Psychologie vztahu k přírodě a životnímu prostředí [The Psychology Of The Relationship To Nature And The Environment] (2014) and Dobře utajené emoce a problémy životního prostředí [Well-Hidden Emotions And Problems Of The Environment] (2012). He enjoys integrating scholarship into practice. For more than twelve years, he has been supporting the development of ecopsychology in the Czech Republic.
He is editor of the website www.ekopsychologie.cz.
Consultations: even Wednesdays 10:45am – 11:30am
Mgr. Vojtěch Pelikán, Ph.D.
Research specialist
He began at the department as a bachelor's student. He is currently working on his dissertation about the Romani and their relationship with the environment under Professor Hana Librová. In his research, he examines environmental topics, the environmental movement, lifestyle, and the media from the perspective of social anthropology. Since 2008 he has been popularizing academic research in the socioecological magazine Sedmá generace. He works as a research assistant at the department and manages the Czech Science Foundation-funded project "Environmentally-Friendly Lifestyle in the March of Time."
Ing. Zbyněk Ulčák, Ph.D.
Assistant professor
A landscape ecologist and agricultural specialist who focuses on sustainable land management and the social aspects of organic farming and food production. His work on these topics has been published in both Czech and foreign scholarly journals. He also teaches at the Department of Applied and Landscape Ecology at the Agrisciences Faculty of Mendel University in Brno and collaborates with Lillehammer University College in Norway.
Consultations: Tuesdays 1:30pm – 3:00pm
Ing. Veronika Išová
Department Deputy Secretary
Ing. Veronika Išová holds a degree in Management of Commerce from the Faculty of Economics, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice. After completing her studies, she worked in the area of EU Funds and she administered projects OP VaVpl at Brno University of Technology. Currently she works as the deputy secretary of the Department.
Ing. Ester Koňařová
Project Administrator
Ester Koňařová works as a project administrator and manages projects funded by the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (TAČR) and the Czech Science Foundation (GAČR). She holds a degree in Public Economics from the Faculty of Economics and Administration at Masaryk University. During her studies, she spent half a year at Groupe École supérieure de commerce de Troyes in the French region Champagne – Ardenne. As a student and professionally, she has been interested in social enterprise and project management. She enjoys participating in workshops, MOOC courses, and other educational activities.
Mgr. Zdeňka Lechnerová
Project Administrator
Zdeňka Lechnerová is administrator of TAČR projects (the ÉTA program, Environment for Life), previously managed large-scale projects SOVA and INZA financed from the EC OP and projects supported by the EEA and Norway financial mechanisms. Since 2008, she has worked for four years as a researcher at the Institute for Research on Corporate Reproduction and Integration (IVRIS). In 2010 she completed her master's degree in sociology at the Faculty of Social Studies.
Mgr. Ing. Tereza Modráková
Financial Manager
Inactive employment status
Tereza Modráková has worked mainly as a manager of educational projects OPVK at the Faculty of Social Studies at Masaryk University and at FNUSA-ICRC at St. Anne's University Hospital in Brno. Currently, she administers EEA and Norway Grants and other projects at the Department. She holds a degree in sociology from the Faculty of Social Studies at Masaryk University and in economics from the Faculty of Business and Economics at Mendel University in Brno. During her studies, she spent a year at Université Catholique de Lyon in France.
Mgr. Kristýna Pešáková, Ph.D.
Project Administrator
Kristýna Pešáková works as a project manager, mainly in charge of GAČR, TAČR Beta and OPVVV projects. She studied social policy and social work at the Faculty of Social Studies of Masaryk University. In her academic work, she focused on gender-based violence, violence against women and violence against men in partnership. For many years she worked in the non-profit organization NESEHNUTÍ, where she also gained experience in managing projects of various sizes.
Mgr. Ing. Jan Blažek
Doctoral Student and Specialist
As a doctoral student, Jan focuses primarily on the economy of residential eco-communities. His extensive dissertation research includes numerous eco-community projects in six European countries. As a research specialist, he works on preparing a new international Master's degree program focused on Sustainability-Driven Entrepreneurship, carried out as part of OPRDE Smart Accelerator in the South Moravian Region project.
Mgr. Mikuláš Černík
Doctoral Student and Specialist
Mgr. Mikuláš Černík is interested in environmental justice, political ecology, and environmental conflicts. The topic of his dissertation is a comparison of the conditions for protest against coal mining in the Czech Republic and Poland. He works as Dr. Christian Kerschner's assistant on the VE2ENEX project. This project examines issues related to the vulnerability of economies (and their individual sectors) during transformations of the energy system.
Mgr. Ing. Martin Černý
Doctoral Student and Specialist
Martin Černý holds degrees in Environmental Studies from the Faculty of Social Studies and in Economic Policy and Administration from the Faculty of Economics and Administration at Masaryk University. In his dissertation, he deals with the transition to a low-carbon economy, economic degrowth, and climate justice. He participates in the project MEDEAS – Modelling Energy System Development under Environmental and Socioeconomic Constraints – in which he uses the input-output analysis to model the impact of a low-carbon transition on the structure of employment in the European Union and on the production of greenhouse gas emissions.
Dipl.Ing. Jan Haverkamp
Foreign Lecturer and Project Collaborator
Jan Haverkamp is senior nuclear energy and energy policy specialist for Greenpeace and the World Information Service on Energy (WISE), and professional group facilitator. The Dutchman works since 1986 in the development of environmental NGOs in Central Europe. His academic background is in biochemistry, nuclear physics, environmental sciences and social and communication psychology. He teaches 'facilitation of environmental communication processes' and 'the role of environmental NGOs in society' at the Masaryk University. He lives in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Prof. Klaus Hubacek
Foreign Lecturer and Project Collaborator
Dr. Klaus Hubacek is an ecological economist with a research focus on conceptualizing and modeling the interactions between human and environmental systems and developing and modeling scenarios of future change. Klaus has worked extensively with stakeholders in participatory research projects and led large interdisciplinary research teams. He has published over 200 research articles on topics such as climate change adaptation and mitigation, participatory modeling, management of ecosystems services, land use change and governance. Klaus has published in international journals such as Nature, Nature Climate Change, Nature Sustainability, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
He conducted studies for a number of national agencies in Austria, the Czech Republic, China, Japan, Spain, the UK, and the U.S. and international institutions such as the European Commission, the Interamerican Development Bank, the OECD, and the World Bank. He served on advisory boards for a number of agencies such as the Climate Center of the City of Shanghai, China and the Sustainable Land Use program of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. Klaus also serves on the editorial board of a number of scientific journals such as Applied Energy and Industrial Ecology.
Mgr. Tomáš Chabada
Doctoral Student and Specialist
Mgr. Tomáš Chabada holds a Master's degree in sociology and is now in the Doctoral Program in Environmental Humanities at the Faculty of Social Studies at Masaryk University. At the Department he participates in research projects that deal with the relationship of the Czech public to nature and the environment. In his dissertation, he focuses on public attitudes and behavior of the public regarding climate change. He teaches courses on global environmental problems and on environmental issues in the Czech Republic.
Mgr. et Mgr. Šárka Doležalová Křepelková
Doctoral Student and Specialist
Mgr. et Mgr. Šárka Křepelková is a doctoral student, an ecopsychologist and a lecturer of developmental courses. She focuses on the topic of children's contact with nature. She participates in the CIVIS project that deals with developing civic and social competencies in education.
Mgr. Eva Pražanová, Ph.D.
External Research Specialist
Mgr. Eva Pražanová, Ph.D., holds a Master's degree in history and theory of the visual arts from Palacký University in Olomouc and a doctoral degree from Charles University in Prague. She focuses on the history and theory of twentieth-century regional planning in the Czech Republic. She collaborates with the Department on the grant project on Environmentally Friendly Tendencies in Czechoslovak Urbanism and Regional Planning (1965-1990).
Thomas Smith, Bsc. (Hons), MA, PhD.
Research Specialist - postdoc
Thomas Smith researches the role of creativity and craft in grassroots sustainability transitions, with particular interests in post-capitalist social theory (relating to diverse and community economies). Thomas received his PhD in Human Geography at the University of St Andrews, examining the role of the maker movement and community workshops in Edinburgh, Scotland, and is also a member of the editorial collective at the Dark Mountain Project (https://dark-mountain.net/). He is the author of Sustainability, Wellbeing and the Posthuman Turn (2018, Palgrave MacMillan), has edited three books for Dark Mountain, and has published in a number of leading geographical journals.
Mgr. Lucie Sovová
Doctoral Student, currently abroad
Mgr. Lucie Sovová is interested in alternative economies and sustainable food systems. Her dissertation deals with food self-provisioning in urban gardens. She was involved in the Department's research project on allotment gardens. As part of the project "Ecological and Environmental Economics – Critical Perspectives", she co-teaches a Bachelor level Seminar on Ecological Economics. She also cooperates with Wageningen University in the Netherlands.
Mgr. Renata Svobodová
Doctoral Student
Mgr. Renata Svobodová specializes in the psychology of climate change. She is interested in how people perceive climate change, what they feel, and how they cope with it. She participated in the research for "The Czech Public and Climate Change" project, and now she is on the team that maps Czech people's environmental attitudes and behavior. She received an honorable mention within the Josef Vavroušek Prize for her Master's thesis. She is the editor of the magazine Sedmá generace [The Seventh Generation].
Mgr. Petra Šimonová
Doctoral Student and an External Specialist
Inactive employment status
Mgr. Petra Šimonová studied in the field of environmental protection and then worked for ten years in the non-profit sector as an environmental education methodologist, mainly in teacher-training and the educational program Ekoškola [Ecoschool]. Currently, she does environmental education research. At the Department, she focuses on participative approaches and on developing students' action competencies. She also participates in the CIVIS project in which she examines the impact of educational programs on the development of civic and social competencies.
Dr. Christos Zografos
Foreign Lecturer and Project Collaborator
Christos is a Ramón y Cajal Senior Research Fellow, with the JHU-UPF Public Policy Centre and the Department of Political and Social Sciences of Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, Spain. His line of research looks at the politics of environmental governance, transformation and conflict in the fields of political ecology, ecological economics, and degrowth. He has worked for the Institute of Environmental Science & Technology (ICTA) of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) managing the FP7 Marie Curie 'European Network of Political
Ecology' (ENTITLE), and coordinating the research of the FP7 project 'Climate Change, Hydro-conflicts and Human Security' (CLICO); he has also worked as a Lecturer in Environmental Economics at the Scottish Agricultural College in Edinburgh, UK.
Mgr. Christian Kerschner, M.Sc., Dr.
External Specialist and Project Collaborator
Christian Kerschner holds a PhD and a master's degree in ecological economics from the Autonomous University of Barcelona and a master's in business and economics from the University of Vienna. He is PI of VE²NEX (Vulnerability and the Energy-Economy Nexus), a research project funded by the Czech science foundation and of the post-carbon economy modelling project MEDEAS (H2020). His main research interests are economic vulnerabilities to Peak Oil, attitudes towards and the role of technology for societal transformation and alternatives macroeconomic narratives with respect to economic growth i.e. Steady State Economy, Degrowth and Post-Growth. Recently Christian finished a special issue on Degrowth and Technology, with 26 contributions and a comprehensive editorial.
year of admission
|Mgr. Ing. Jan Blažek
|Binka (consultant Kerschner)
|Economics of eco-socially-minded communities: social-environmental strategies and financial sustainability
|Mgr. Mikuláš Černík
|Kerschner (consultant Velicu)
|The conditions for coal mining resistance in Poland and the Czech Republic
|Mgr. Barbora Černík Bakošová
|suspended study
|Vplyv environmentálneho hnutia a ekológie na súčasné estetické teórie prírody
|Mgr. Ing. Martin Černý
|Kerschner (consultants Kimmich and Hubacek)
|Socioeconomic impacts and synergies of the post-carbon and post-growth transformation
|Tamara Faberová, Msc.
|Binka (consultant Krajhanzl)
|Sources of motivation for decision-making of key actors involved in projects enhancing the ecological stability of the landscape
|Mgr. Patrik Gažo
|Binka (consultant Novák a Zografos)
|Interests of Workers vs. nature's interests - the necessary antagonism?
|Mgr. Filip Havlíček
|Waste as an anthropological constant: History of waste management in Europe from the Paleolithic to the Middle Ages
|Mgr. Tomáš Chabada
|Binka (consultants Krajhanzl and Špaček)
|Analysis of the attitudes and behaviour of the Czech population towards climate change
|Mgr. Veronika Chvátalová
|Inventory of impacts of cultivation and management of genetically modified bt maize in the Czech Republic
|Mgr. Monika Janáková
|Nature protection versus culture protection, or protection of nature through protection of culture? Culture detail in Landscape as symbiose (connection) culture and nature element.
|Mgr. et Mgr. Šárka Křepelková
|The impact of contact with nature on the child's experience and behavior
|Mgr. Lukáš Likavčan
|suspended study
|Critical realism and ecological economics
|Mgr. Kateřina Pařízková
|Aesthetic attitude and its importance for nature and landscape conservation
|Mgr. Silvie Punčochářová
|Renaissance of the French countryside: from history to the present
|Mgr. Kateřina Rezková
|suspended study
|Alternativní biologické teorie v environmentálním myšlení s důrazem na teorii Gaia a teorii symbiogeneze
|Mgr. Sandra Silná
|Přemysl Pitter. Theological and Ethical Reflection of Animal Status and Rights. Historical and Present Relations
|Mgr. et Mgr. Ľuboš Slovák
|The Idea of Nature in Environmental Thinking
|Mgr. Lucie Sovová
|Jehlička (consultant Veen)
|Urban Gardens - Alternative Food Production Between Tradition and Modernity
|Mgr. Renata Svobodová
|Psychology of Climate Change: How do people cope with climate change?
|Mgr. Petra Šimonová
|suspended study
|Novotný (consultant Činčera)
|The role of critical thinking in environmental education
About Project VE²NEX
Project VE²NEX aims to map the vulnerability of different economic systems as they transition into a non-fossil future. To achieve this goal, the project uses economic modelling (Input-Output Analysis and the Computable General Equilibrium – CGE – Model) and examines historical events of key-resource depletion. The result will be a multifaceted indicator of vulnerability which can then be employed in creating policies.
The main author and principal investigator of the project is Christian Kerschner from the Department. Several other members of the Department are among the project co-authors and co-organizers. For more information about the project, click HERE.
Kuishuang Feng
Kuishuang Feng is an associate research professor at the Department of Geographical Sciences at the University of Maryland. His expertise is in spatial economic modelling and related environmental topics. He has extensive experience in designing regional, national, and global economic models expanded to also include environmental parameters. His many articles on economic-ecological modelling have appeared in highly regarded scientific journals such as Nature Climate Change, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Global Environmental Change, and Environmental Science & Technology. The results of his research have been widely cited and have gained attention in the media, including the BBC, CBS, Reuters, Science Magazine, Smithsonian, Los Angeles Times and the Guardian. He has received funding from numerous national and international agencies such NASA, the European Commission, the World Bank, and the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Energy Foundation Beijing Office. He is the editor and a member of the editorial board of several international peer-reviewed journals.
Stefania Barca
Stefania Barca is a senior researcher at the Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra in Portugal. She earned her Ph.D. in Economic History from the University of Bari in 1997, and she holds the title of Associate Professor in Modern History and in Economic History awarded by the Ministry of Education in Italy. She has served as Vice-President of the Scientific Board at the University of Coimbra, Co-Director of the doctoral program Democracy in the 21st Century (2012-15), and Coordinator of the research group Social Policies, Labor and Inequalities (2010-14). Currently, she coordinates a graduate seminar on Ecological Crisis and Democracy, and lectures in Political Ecology at the Centre for Social Studies in Coimbra.
She was a Visiting Scholar in the Program in Agrarian Studies at Yale University (2005-2006), a 'Ciriacy Wantrup' Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California at Berkley (2006-2008), and a Guest Researcher at the Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies at Lund University (2015-2016). From 2011 to 2013 she served as Vice-President of the European Society for Environmental History (ESEH), and currently she is a member of the Editorial Board of the journal Environmental History. She has also been a member of the Supervisory Board of the EU Council 'Marie Curie' ITN 'Entitle' - the European Network of Political Ecology, and she served as Chair of the Organizing Committee of the international conference Undisciplined Environments (Stockholm, March 2016).
She has published articles in national and international journals in the areas of Economic History, Environmental History, Ecological Economics, and Political Ecology, and is the author of two books and co-author of a textbook on environmental history. Her book Enclosing Water: Nature and Political Economy in a Mediterranean Valley (Cambridge, UK: White Horse Press 2010) was awarded the Turku Book Prize in 2011. Her current research interests cover the environmental impact of industry in the Anthropocene, the relationship between labor and the environment, environmental justice, degrowth and commoning.
Christina Prell
Christina Prell's research focuses on the intersection of social networks and the environment. On a local and regional scale, her work considers the role of social networks in shaping and/or diffusing views, values, and/or cultural beliefs about the environment and natural resource management. On a global scale, she looks at how the structure of global trade networks drive and/or co-evolve with a number of environmental inequalities, especially the differences among various countries in the degree of pollution, as embodied in trade. In this type of research, she collaborates with the Input-Output Model team at the Department of Geographical Sciences at the University of Maryland. Currently, she deals with the long-term perspective on these network processes and environmental outputs, with special attention to how the network indicators and outputs co-evolve.
She has published articles in sociology journals such as Social Forces and Journal of Mathematical Sociology, and she has also published two books on social networks and network analysis – a single-author publication Social Network Analysis: History, Theory, and Methodology (Sage), and, with Orjan Bodin, a co-edited volume Social Networks and Natural Resource Management (Cambridge University Press). She has taught graduate courses in Social Network Analysis, Research Methods, and Coupled Human-Natural Systems. On the undergraduate level, she has taught a variety of courses on social perspectives pertaining to the environment and/or socio-ecological systems.
Iñaki Arto
Iñaki Arto is a research fellow at B3 – Basque Centre for Climate Change. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics (Environmental Economics), a MSc in Engineering (Environmental Technology and Management), and a Bachelor's degree in Economics (International Economics and Development).
He has worked in various research positions in the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission (2010-2013) and at the University of the Basque Country (2001-2010). His research focuses on ecological and environmental modelling (Integrated Assessment, Computable General Equilibrium, Dynamic Econometric Input-Output), input-output analysis, and social metabolism. He has contributed to several books and published articles in international journals such as Ecological Economics, Environmental Science & Technology, and Journal of Industrial Ecology. He has also participated in several publicly funded research projects (such as EXIOMOD, WIOD, FLAGSHIP, COMPLEX, and DECCMA).
Tiziano Gomiero
Tiziano Gomiero focuses primarily on integrated analysis of agricultural systems, rural development, organic farming, biodiversity, and environmental protection. He has worked in these areas on many international projects in Europe and Asia. He holds an MSc in the Natural Sciences from the University of Padova in Italy, and an MSc in Ecological Economics and Environmental Management and a Ph.D. in Environmental Science from Autonomous University of Barcelona in Spain.
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Zástupce vedoucího katedry
- Bernatíková Petra, Mgr.
- Binka Bohuslav, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
- Burišková Petra, Bc.
- Černý Martin, Mgr. Ing.
- Chabada Tomáš, Mgr.
- Činčera Jan, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
- Dostalík Jan, Mgr. Ph.D.
- Fraňková Eva, Mgr. Ph.D.
- Išová Veronika, Ing.
- Johnson Bruce, Dr. PhD.
- Kerschner Christian, Mgr. M.Sc., Dr.
- Kicková Eva, Mgr.
- Kimmich Christian, Ph.D., M.Sc.
- Koňařová Ester, Ing.
- Krajhanzl Jan, PhDr. Ph.D.
- Kroufek Roman, PhDr. Ph.D.
- Kysučan Lubor, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
- Lechnerová Zdeňka, Mgr.
- Librová Hana, prof. RNDr. CSc.
- Modráková Tereza, Mgr. Ing.
- Pelikán Vojtěch, Mgr. Ph.D.
- Pešáková Kristýna, Mgr. Ph.D.
- Saad Beňková Veronika, Bc.
- Šimonová Petra, Mgr.
- Skalík Jan, Mgr.
- Smith Thomas, Bsc. (Hons), MA, PhD.
- Stibral Karel, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
- Ulčák Zbyněk, Ing. Ph.D.
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Coffee is for many of us more than just another drink option on the menu at breakfast time. It's our lifeblood. The first thing we go to when we wake up, our favorite treat in the middle of the day and something we just can't go without, so don't even ask us to give it up. Luckily, there's a lot of support for keeping coffee in your diet and there are many healthy benefits to drinking coffee. Here are 5 to help you in your next debate against a coffee hater.
As someone who is health conscious, coffee is and has been and probably will be for a while an area of hot debate. Is coffee healthy, or not? Let's see what some experts have to say about the matter.
- Longer life expectancy
The Annals of Internal Medicine published a 15 year study that included over one hundred thousands participants in US and Europe with different ethnicities and lifestyles. The conclusion was: "Coffee drinkers had a lower mortality rate than non-coffee drinkers, and those who had a substantial amount of coffee per day (three or more cups) also had a lower risk of conditions like stroke, heart disease, and digestive issues".
2. Coffee can boost your brain function
Coffee is a drink most of us go-t0 to make and keep us awake and alert. As we know, coffee does this for us by containing caffeine which is a stimulant. According to Healthline.com, "Caffeine's primary mechanism in the brain is blocking the effects of an inhibitory neurotransmitter called Adenosine [which] actually increases neuronal firing in the brain and the release of other neurotransmitters like dopamine and norepinephrine".
3. Coffee can prevent Alzheimer's
Whenever we consistently consume something, there are bound to be long term effects that compound over time. Accordingg to Alzheimers.net, Coffee drinkers are less likely to get Alzheimers than non-coffee drinkers, and caffeine improves both mood and brain function. "A study led by Dr. Abhishek Mohan at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, has concluded that coffee can reduce the levels of beta amyloid, a destructive protein commonly found in the brains of people with Alzheimer's, by as much as 50%.Many controlled trials have examined the effects of caffeine on the brain, demonstrating that caffeine can improve mood, reaction time, memory, vigilance and general cognitive function (3)".
4. Coffee can lower your risk of type 2 Diabetes
There's a difference between a sugar drinker and a coffee drinker. If you're going to Starbucks, ordered a venti caramel mocha frappuccino with 6 pumps of flavor, whip cream and extra drizzle, you're consuming more sugar than coffee. The debate around coffee argues that consuming coffee increases your sugar intake, which is terrible for your case against diabetes, weightloss and over all health. However, when looking at coffee alone, there's evidence to support that the coffee itself can decrease your risk of diabetes. In a study conducted by Dr. Frank Hu from Harvard university From the Archives of Internal Medicine , "the risk of type 2 diabetes decreases by 9% for each daily cup of coffee consumed. Decaf coffee decreased risk by 6% per cup." In conclusion, coffee is good for you, all the sugar you pair it with… not so much.


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Pet Rescue and Pet Welfare Organisations
The animal welfare / pet rescue / rehoming organisation below is involved with pet welfare and is looking for people who are interested in giving new homes to pets that have been abandoned or are without homes. If you want to get in touch, please remember that organisations like this typically only work during office hours - so please don't telephone at other times - and may take a little time to answer emailed enquiries.
Animal Welfare - All Dogs Matter, East Finchley
All Dogs Matter
Pet Types :Dogs Only
Location :East Finchley
Contact Tel :020 8341 3196
Website :http://alldogsmatter.co.uk/
Postal Address :
30 Aylmer Parade, London, N2 0PE
Information and Enquiry Form
All Dogs Matter, East Finchley – All Dogs Matter, East Finchley. The dogs who come into our care are strays, from pounds or simply dogs whose owners no longer can or want to keep them. Unfortunately, there is a growing demand for rescue services in the current climate, as more and more unwanted dogs find themselves in need of new homes. Our job is to pair each dog with the best new owner for it, ensuring that it will be safe, cared for and loved for the rest of its life.
Opening HoursMonday-Friday: 9am-5:30pm Saturday: 9am-12:30 pm Sunday: 10am-noon (by appointment only)
Enquiry Form
Animal Welfare Groups often have limited manpower to deal with email enquiries so please don't use this form unless you are interested in adopting a pet, would like to make an appointment to view a pet you are interested in adopting, or unless you are volunteering to help in other ways. For the same reason, some pet rescue organisations may take several days to reply, so please be patient! Thank you.


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By: Ayush Jain (LT MHPS)
A sprawling establishment on the CP Outer Circle, "The Lord of the Drinks" is a spectacle you cannot miss. Occupying almost a whole block, passers-by will be forced to give this place a second look which entices you to explore all it has to offer.
Even as you step into the place, the staircase gives you chills of an entrance to a dungeon. What folds after you enter will hold you spellbound. True to its name, the decor inside does feel like a world inside the Lord of the Rings (LOTR) books and movies.
Shields with intriguing designs, armor ensembles, swords and decor which teleports you to the medieval times are all delicately positioned within the luxury of plush leather couches and a majestic bar which caters to a range of exotic cocktails and the rarest of liquors.
Coming to the delicacies on offer, "Masala Chilli Cheese Fries", "4 Cheese & Olives" pizza and the colossal "Tandoori Chicken Burger" are some not to miss eats. Another intriguing section on the menu is the "Wicked Wiches" section for some exotic sandwiches.
The drinks section is where the real fun begins. "LOD's Signature Cocktails" are tantalizing to say the least. "Ace of Swords in Love" & "My Passion" are two cocktails one should definitely try . LOD's Chuski Bar is another unique experience with one of the favorites being "LIIT with Kala Khatta".
Another amazing feature of this place is the pace at which the orders are readied and brought to customers at blazing speeds like those of a Lamborghini (a topic for another time !)
After one is done is savoring the enthralling interiors, the rooftop still makes for a mesmerizing experience. Supremely awesome lighting and an amazing open air sound system does instill magic in the atmosphere similar to the LOTR series.
And finally it's time to UNLEASH the PARTY ANIMAL !!
Post 10 pm, the medieval interiors below instantly transform into the most insane of dance floors. And that's how this place has earned the title of "EDM Capital of Delhi". You name the EDM anthems of the world and this place has them. High tempo music makes one want to pull out all their dance moves and jive to the beats.
So, in conclusion if I had to sum this place, its a must visit place and is highly recommended to indulge all your senses.


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December was a bad month for US new home sales, recording their biggest drop in nearly 18 months.
The Commerce Department reported Thursday new home sales declined 9.3%, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 625,000 units last month. The percentage decrease was the largest since August 2016.
A strong labor market—also at full employment—has resulted in a demand for housing that has not been matched by an increased supply.
The result? House price inflation outpacing wage growth, which has priced some first-time buyers out of the current market.
The good news is that December's slump has caused the supply to rise to a healthier ratio compared to demand, which should result in less inflation and more first-time buyers in the next few months.
– Allen A Garzone II, Garzone Real Estate, Inc, Boston Real Estate Agent


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List Rules Vote up the most interesting sex fact you would have never expected
Whether you believe that Shia LaBeouf is a ruthless man-eating cannibal or just some pretentious "artist" trying to out-weird himself, there's no doubt that the actor can capture the media's attention. Never one to shut his mouth or shy away from over-sharing, LaBeouf has the world waiting to hear what will come out of his mouth next. A far ways away from his formative Disney career, LaBeouf has sloppily transitioned from child star to something of a sex symbol.
Starring alongside Megan Fox, one of Hollywood's hottest leading ladies, in his Transformers series skyrocketed LaBeouf into public curiosity. Many have speculated that Fox and LaBeouf were dating, but the couple never formally came out as boyfriend-girlfriend. That, of course, didn't stop rumors about LaBeouf's sex life. Curiosity about LaBeouf's NSFW secrets grew after he signed on to star in Lars von Trier's incredibly graphic Nymphomaniac. Details about LaBeouf's time on set spawned all sorts of peeks into his sex life. And it's actually on this set where LaBeouf would meet his future wife, Mia Goth, to whom he is now engaged to be married later this year.Whether LaBeouf sparks some kind of odd sexual awakening in you, or whether you just find Shia odd altogether, here's a roundup of the most interesting TMI facts about Shia LaBeouf's sex life.
When LaBeouf signed on for a role in Lars Von Trier's racy Nymphomaniac, he knew onscreen nudity was definitely part of the equation. But LaBeouf did not expect for production to ask for dick pictures first day on the job. "The first info we got, and I'll never forget this because my entire team reacted with such fear, the first request on the production end, not from Lars, was pictures of my penis," he told interviewers.
Asked about his offscreen relationship with his former Transformers co-star, LaBeouf couldn't help but let slip some details about their intimate relationship. When asked whether he has hooked up with Megan Fox in real life, LaBeouf struggled to answer the question directly. He said: "Look, you're on the set for six months, with someone who's rooting to be attracted to you, and you're rooting to be attracted to them." The interviewer further pressed about the timeline and whether it was during Fox and now-husband Brian Green's rough patch. LaBeouf only responded with "I don't know." But he also added: "I never understood the separation of work and life in that situation. But the time I spent with Megan was our own thing, and I think you can see the chemistry onscreen."
In an interview with Playboy, LaBeouf shared the story of losing his virginity. He also happened to own up to the fact that he is not very "well-endowed." He said: "Getting naked was very strange. It was the first time I'd been naked in the light in front of a girl, with no hiding place. I remember putting a pillow underneath her because I had seen that in a porn...I couldn't get in correctly. I'm not extremely well-endowed, and clearly this wasn't the move."
Although LaBeouf's first time wasn't exactly all he imagined it would be, it didn't stop him from enjoying sex. In the same interview with Playboy, LaBeouf discussed how his virginity loss incident only made him more interested in practice. "We had a lot of sex and would read the Kama Sutra together...do the wildest sh*t," he added.


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The past few weeks have been hard. Very hard. We have had countless conversations about the senseless killings of too many men, trying to understand the violence that continually unfolds in our nation, ever denying us a sense of security, faith in our systems, and sometimes, a hope for the future.
We've individually and collectively struggled with what it means to raise Black children, especially Black sons, knowing that their youth and innocence isn't recognized, their presence feared, and their personhood deemed disposable. We struggled with what it means to support and uplift our Black husbands, brothers, fathers, whom we see in such vastly different ways and with much more respect than the public masses. We've struggled with articulating a public response to the senselessness that will uplift and unify our community without ignoring or dismissing the intense pain and sadness that rests within.
The struggle has been and continues to be real. The past few weeks and the moments in history that have defined them leaves us with questions that linger and nag. What does it mean to be Black in America? Why does our country have such little regard for Black children? And the one that keeps coming to my mind… What does it mean to call for diversity and inclusion in a society that does not value humans beings that look like me?
Even after all of our conversations, we have few answers. And while troubling, maybe part of the solution is continuing to ask to questions and engage in dialogue, no matter how difficult. The duty to do so is also an incredible privilege that too many have been denied. But we owe it to those who have become casualties in America's race wars… We owe it to our seeds, that they may be able to grow and blossom in this world without the imminent fear of death or confinement… We owe it to ourselves… To continue the conversation in whatever ways we know how- through blogging, peaceful protest, town hall meetings, public hearings, traditional and social media- in order to increase awareness, responsibility, and response. Through conversation and dialogue, we build community. Without community our hopes for a better tomorrow are in vain.
May you be fearless in your conversations, with EVERYONE you encounter. May your words breathe life and spark positive action. May your pursuit of freedom and equity be relentless. #Blacklivesmatter
In struggle and strength,
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One thing I like about Food Buzz is how they seamlessly integrate your self-hosted or other third party blog into your Food Buzz Blog. I had wanted to review Magenta Restaurant for a while, and it seemed like Food Buzz was the best place to do it because they structure the data and it would get Magenta into their database, you get the google map for free, etc. etc. and Magenta gets better exposure than if I just did an unstructured review here. Of course we must avoid duplicate content at all costs, so I will link to, rather than duplicate here my Review of Magenta on Food Buzz. I was a little disappointed that the link to Magenta's website did not appear directly in the review. So I fixed that for you here.


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Elderly woman dies in Southside house fire
State fire marshal investigating fire at home in The Woods subdivision
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – An 87-year-old woman was killed in a house fire in The Woods subdivision on the Southside, according to Jacksonville Fire-Rescue.
The fire broke out around 8:30 p.m. Monday at a house on Wild Olive Court. Crews say they were able to get the fire out in about 25 minutes.
After the fire was out, JFRD tells Channel 4 they found Doris Barie dead in the back of the home.
No other injuries were reported.
A state fire marshal is investigating how the fire started.
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