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Have you ever considered making NYC your dance home? Would you like to find out about the American Dance Festival, or deepen a previous ADF experience? The ADF 2012 Dates: December 29, 2012-January 8, 2013

The Winter Intensive offers nine days of classes, panels, performances, and more. Study with outstanding teachers, learn in a supportive environment that offers individualized attention, hear about the NY dance scene from the artists who are currently creating it, and see open rehearsals and performances from an insider's perspective.

LIVE FOR LIFE, Duke's employee wellness program, hosted 286 students, faculty, staff and more as part of this year's annual Pumpkin Fun Run. The event raised $1,028 to support Duke's Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation program, which provides care and support to children suffering from cancer, genetic defects or blood disorders.

In addition to running and walking the 2.9-mile Al Buehler Cross Country Trail near the Washington Duke Inn and Golf Club, participants enjoyed dancing, music and a roving magician. Children's activities included an inflatable slide, pumpkin painting and face painting.

Winter Term: Wednesdays 9-10:30 at Judea Reform Center The year (2013) marks the 200th anniversary of Richard Wagner's birth. His controversial life and his contribution to the world of art will be presented in videos, PowerPoint presentations,with selections from his operas--all under the rubric of Father M. Owen Lee's little book "Wagner; The Terrible Man and His Truthful Art." Our first class will introduce you to the man and some of the controversy his life engendered. After that we will follow his phenomenally creative journey from Die Feen ("The Fairies") through Parsifal. More information is available at: http://www.learnmore.duke.edu/olli/

Winter Term: Mondays 1:30-3pm at Judea Reform Center
By taking one disease [diabetes mellitus --DM], we will examine the entire spectrum of views to fully appreciate its complexity. Hence we will look at every aspect of DM, from it's genetics, epidemiology, anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, molecular biology, psychological impact, overview of generic treatment, causes, treatments, etc. Importantly I will at times indicate what we do NOT know about DM. Case histories will be used to illustrate all pertinent points. Please note, this is not a class in diabetic care. No medical advice will be given. There will be no discussion of a participant's medical treatment. This will be a biology class. More information is available at: http://www.learnmore.duke.edu/olli/

Winter Term: Wednesdays, 10-11:30 at Forest at Duke
Explore how treasures from close by take us far away in time and place. Faculty from nearby universities and museums will show us striking objects from Egypt, Palmyra, Crete, Greece, and Rome to reconstruct history via art. The object will be a jumping off place for larger issues. Each object or set of objects will be placed in its historical context. Faculty will show us what the object means to the people who created, admired or used it. As we hear stories about the object's past we will also learn how the object may connect to the present. After examination in the classroom, we will visit local museums to further discuss and look at these objects. More information is available at: http://www.learnmore.duke.edu/olli/

Winter Term: Mondays, 11-12:30 at Bishop's House
Airports are fascinating organisms. While they provide the bases for the worldwide air transportation systems, they are like cities unto themselves,, a microcosm of the outside world. this course will take us behind the scenes of major airports and cover such topics as how an airport is organized and managed; what services and functions are required and provided; the history of aviation from the Wright brothers to modern supersonic planes. More information is available at: http://www.learnmore.duke.edu/olli/

Curator Sarah Stacke gave a talk at the Center for Documentary Studies about her work on the current CDS exhibit "Keep All You Wish: The Photographs of Hugh Mangum," which features work by the turn-of-the-century portrait photographer; the exhibit is on view through October 20.

Born and raised in Durham, North Carolina, Hugh Mangum began working as an itinerant photographer in the early 1890s and continued until shortly before his death in 1922, traveling by rail through North Carolina and the Virginias. Rare for his time, Mangum attracted and cultivated a clientele that drew heavily from both the African American and white communities, especially in his hometown.

This event was cosponsored by Duke University’s Graduate Liberal Studies program.

Debra Best, M.D., assistant professor of pediatrics at Duke, said that while ticks are mostly a summertime problem, "temperatures need to be below 45 degrees for an extended period of time for ticks not to continue to be a problem."

Coach K took the time to wish all of the K to College Model students good luck as we start the 2012-13 school year. His message rang true with everyone from our youngest 1st graders to our first group of college freshman. After hearing the message the students all took time to write their own "Olympic-sized goals"!