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James Salzman: Markets for Ecosystem Services
Jim Salzman holds joint appointments at Duke University as the Samuel Fox Mordecai Professor of Law at the Law School and as the Nicholas Institute Professor of Environmental Policy at the Nicholas School of the Environment. In more than six books and seventy articles and book chapters, his broad-ranging scholarship has addressed topics spanning trade and environment conflicts, drinking water, environmental protection in the service economy, wetlands mitigation banking, and the legal and institutional issues in creating markets for ecosystem services.Published 11 months ago
CSI: Volcanoes
Volcanos taught by Dick Immekus during the Fall 2012 term. The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Duke began in 1977 as the Duke Institute for Learning in Retirement, a joint venture of Duke Continuing Education and the Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development. OLLI at Duke offers a wide array of courses - in literature, history, religion, philosophy, natural sciences, social sciences. OLLI classes are non-credit -there are neither tests nor grades nor educational requirements. We choose to learn from each other, to hear opposing ideas, and to synthesize the expertise of the instructor, the wisdom of our fellow students and our own opinions into new views http://www.learnmore.duke.edu/olli/.Published 12 months ago
Uprooted/Rerouted: Narratives of Bhutanese and Iraqi Refugees
One DukeImmerse student performs a monologue based on life-story interviews with Iraqi refugees living in Egypt.Published 1 year ago
Sunday Service - 6/17/2012 - Meghan Feldmeyer
A service of worship in Duke University Chapel. The Reverend Meghan Feldmeyer delivers a sermon entitled "The Good Earth."Opening Excerpt from the sermon:(31:20)
"Not too long ago I heard a joke about some scientists who learned how to create a human being. So they call God to let God know. And God pays a visit to see what's up. The scientists go into their labs with all their equipment and materials and lo and behold...before too much time passes, out they come with a human baby! They thank God for the many years of service and assure the Creator of all time and eternity that they can take it from here. God pauses...reaches down and scoops up a handful of dirt and says, "No, no, no, you have to start with THIS."
I want to talk today about dirt. Because humanity has a relationship to dirt in the Bible. In Genesis, God gathers soil and breathes into it. Adam comes to life, and God calls it good. At creation, humans are this beautiful mix of earth and divine, planted in a garden of abundance, bounty, and plenty. The soil of the earth and the soil of humanity have a rich and bountiful and beautiful connection. You can feel the promise. But the beauty and harmony don't last for long. The Adam-and-Eve-apple-incident happens and God says to Adam, "cursed is the ground because of you."
Cursed is the ground. Boom. The curious kinship of earth and humanity is broken. I'm reminded of Paul's letter to the Romans in chapter 8 where he says that creation waits with eager longing...all of creation is groaning in labor pains, longing for redemption. The ground will now require toil and sweat...and even then it may not cooperate...it will put forth weeds and thorns and thistles. There is fundamental estrangement...the primal material from which we were created is now cursed beneath us.We haven't exactly been on good terms with dirt ever since. Cleanliness is next to Godliness, after all! You can
even hear the degradation of dirt and its synonyms in many common phrases. That family is dirt poor. My friend hit rock bottom. This information really muddies the waters. Oh man, I bit the dust. His reputation was soiled. She treated her employees like dirt".
Closing Excerpt from the Sermon: (47:10)
"Ours is an underground and mysterious faith...it involves patient waiting and hoping...for the God of mud and messes to breathe new life into the places where we struggle to see signs of hope. And in the parables of the growing seed and mustard seed, we can be assured of one thing: new life is gonna come. The mysteries of the automatic soil, messy though it may be, and the gift of the itty bitty mustard kernel won't let us down. The overwhelming, earth-shattering, life-transforming love of God is a love that will not stay buried. There is no place so dirty or muddy or wrecked that the roots of God's grace cannot reach. There is no place so dry or hardened or cold that won't soften and live and produce new growth. God is in the business of growing new and beautiful things out of the dirt of our lives. And our faith isn't only underground and mysterious, it is also vibrant and green, visible and growing...God is rooted in the dirt, but generates and nourishes a kingdom that grows and reaches out and extends its branches and shares itself with the world.
So if you're in a place where you know regret and shame, confusion and sadness...or if you are in a place of patient waiting through a long winter...I'm here to say: stay tuned. You might not be able to see it, but the mustard seed is there...nestled in your life in the dirt, waiting to hatch and grow...maybe already cracking open something new that you can't yet see. The soil is churning. The seed is turning. We may not understand how
the kingdom of God will come to life in us, or in what ways it will be unleashed...but grace, with all of its mystery, reveals that new life is ready to burst. The amazing, unmerited, overwhelming grace of Christ scatters and shatters the dirt as it enfolds and upholds the branches. All of creation has been groaning. The ground is being transformed. So are you. The next time you reach down and gather soil in your hands, remember you are the dirt nestled in God's hands, and God is nestled in you. Yes, yes, yes...recreation starts with THIS".
Mark 4:26-34
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Published 1 year ago
Catholic Mass - 6/17/2012 (Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time)
Duke Catholic CenterFr. Michael Martin, OFM, celebrant
Fr. Micheal Englert, OFM, assisting
http://catholic.duke.edu
Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, 9pm
Service begins @ 10:42
Homily begins @ 25:42
Scripture:
First Reading: Ezekiel 17:22-24
Psalm 92:2-3,13-14,15-16
Second Reading: 2 Corinthians 5:6-10
Gospel: Mark 4:26-34
Hymns (from the the Gather hymnal, ©1994):
Processional Hymn: We Are Called (718)
Offertory Hymn: We Walk by Faith (590)
Communion Hymn: Pan de Vida (615)
Meditation: Seek Ye First (615)
Recessional Hymn: Sing with All the Saints in Glory (442)
Musical performances have been licensed with collective rights organizations.
Published 1 year ago
Consumer Irrationality and Market Failure
Peter Ubel, Professor of Marketing and Public Policy, discusses the tension between paternalism and libertarianism through the lens of the obesity epidemic.Why do people make decisions that harm their own best interests?
What should industry do to protect consumers?
When should government step in?
Published 1 year ago
Campus Wetlands Expand
A Duke campus project to restore streams and swamps contributes to water quality, research and education. Learn more at http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/wetland.Published 1 year ago
Multicultural Marketing for USA Swimming
Mark Anthony Neal is joined by USA Swimming's, Talia Mark. http://leftofblack.tumblr.com/
Published 1 year ago
Student Music Memorializes Haitian Earthquake Victims
Duke University graduating senior Martin Connor wrote and staged an original musical score paying tribute to the victims and survivors of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. Guiding him in the process was Duke music professor Anthony Kelley. Learn more at http://music.duke.edu.Published 1 year ago
Baby Lemurs at Duke Lemur Center
This video follows the progress of a baby aye aye born at the Duke Lemur Center. A brief introduction describes the Center's research and conservation efforts in raising Aye Ayes and lemurs in Durham, North Carolina.Published 1 year ago
Career Center Staff go to NACE Conference
Staff members from the Career Center prepare for attending the 2012 National Association for Colleges and Employers (NACE) annual conference. In advance of the event, we decided to create a short video to share on twitter and introduce ourselves via Twitter.Published 1 year ago
Brooks Bell on DukeConnect
Brooks Bell '02 shares how connecting with alumni helped launch her career, and gives a piece of key networking advice. Join DukeConnect today to leverage the benefits of the Duke Network: http://dukeconnect.comPublished 1 year ago
Depression Treatment and Adolescent Drug Abuse
Treating adolescents for major depression can also reduce their chances of abusing drugs later on, a secondary benefit found in a five-year study of nearly 200 youths at 11 sites across the United States, according to a Duke University study. Here, lead author John Curry, a professor of psychology and neuroscience at Duke University, discusses the findings.Press release: https://today.duke.edu/2012/06/depressionstudy
Published 1 year ago
What is Duke SSRI?
At SSRI, we believe that working together is the best way to get things done. We connect researchers with interests in numerous social and behavioral science areas and promote multidisciplinary research across the Duke campus. As one of the seven signature institutes at Duke University, we facilitate and support cutting-edge research and bring together teams of scientists to work on some of the most complex and urgent questions facing social scientists today.Published 1 year ago
Catholic Mass - 6/3/2012 (Trinity Sunday)
Duke Catholic CenterFr. Michael Martin, OFM, celebrant
http://catholic.duke.edu
The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, 9pm
Service begins @ 6:47
Homily begins @ 22:11
Scripture:
First Reading: Deuteronomy 4:32-34,39-40
Psalm 33:4-5,6,9,18-19,20,22
Second Reading: Romans 8:14-17
Gospel: Matthew 28:16-20
Hymns (from the the Gather hymnal, ©1994):
Processional Hymn: Glory and Praise to Our God (522)
Offertory Hymn: Baptized in Water (798)
Communion Hymn: Without Seeing You (844)
Recessional Hymn: Canticle of the Sun (496)
Musical performances have been licensed with collective rights organizations.
Published 1 year ago
