Duke CIT Presentation

One of the great blues voices of the 1960s. And she was in Wild at Heart!

Koko Taylor & Willie Dixon sing Insane Asylum.

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We went to Savannah because it's a fun place and Dad is a fan of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.

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We went to Savannah because it's a fun place and Dad is a fan of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.

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We went to Savannah because it's a fun place and Dad is a fan of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.

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We went to Savannah because it's a fun place and Dad is a fan of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.

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We went to Savannah because it's a fun place and Dad is a fan of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.

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We went to Savannah because it's a fun place and Dad is a fan of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.

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I honestly never expected to ride a bike with Mom! It was really exciting to go out!

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I honestly never expected to ride a bike with Mom! It was really exciting to go out!

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Mom, Dad, Susan, John, and I went to play miniature golf one afternoon. Mom took the lead, and even got a hole in one!

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Mom, Dad, Susan, John, and I went to play miniature golf one afternoon. Mom took the lead, and even got a hole in one!

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Mom, Dad, Susan, John, and I went to play miniature golf one afternoon. Mom took the lead, and even got a hole in one!

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Mom, Dad, Susan, John, and I went to play miniature golf one afternoon. Mom took the lead, and even got a hole in one!

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Mom, Dad, Susan, John, and I went to play miniature golf one afternoon. Mom took the lead, and even got a hole in one!

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Mom, Dad, Susan, John, and I went to play miniature golf one afternoon. Mom took the lead, and even got a hole in one!

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Mom, Dad, Susan, John, and I went to play miniature golf one afternoon. Mom took the lead, and even got a hole in one!

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Mom, Dad, Susan, John, and I went to play miniature golf one afternoon. Mom took the lead, and even got a hole in one!

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Mom, Dad, Susan, John, and I went to play miniature golf one afternoon. Mom took the lead, and even got a hole in one!

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Mom, Dad, Susan, John, and I went to play miniature golf one afternoon. Mom took the lead, and even got a hole in one!

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Mom, Dad, Susan, John, and I went to play miniature golf one afternoon. Mom took the lead, and even got a hole in one!

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Mom, Dad, Susan, John, and I went to play miniature golf one afternoon. Mom took the lead, and even got a hole in one!

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Mom, Dad, Susan, John, and I went to play miniature golf one afternoon. Mom took the lead, and even got a hole in one!

Rest in Hardtimes

Hardtimes, my great laborer,
Hardtimes, have a seat,
Relax,
Relax for a bit, you and me
Relax.
You can find me, you can feel me out, you can try me,
I am your ruin

My great theater, my haven, my hearth,
My golden cellar,
My future, my real mother, my horizon.
In your light, in your expanse, in your horror,
I let myself go.
-Henri Michaux
(translation by Pepe LePew)

Still, Phi Ta Khon: Ghosts of Isan, Robert Millis.

SUBLIME FREQUENCIES Film Screenings
Rare and unseen Sublime Frequencies films, director in attendance (so you can blame him)

INDIA AT 78rpm
Folk and classical music in India through the lens of the largest private collection of 78rpm records and dusty ephemera on the sub-continent.

MY FRIEND RAIN
Decay and rebirth and death through the endless Asian monsoon cycle. A collage of musical segments and tropical ambiance from Robert Millis and Alan Bishop.

PHI TA KHON: GHOSTS OF ISAN
A traditional Buddhist ghost festival from Thailand’s Isan province that features beautiful handmade masks, outrageous wooden phalluses, ceremony, ritual, dancing, and endless music.

performances by Climax Golden Twins

at the Suoni Festival in Montreal on June 13th and 14th

also at Issue Project Room in Brooklyn on June 16th

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Above: Elk crossing melting terrain in search of food, photo by Florian Shulz

If animals’ ability to move between habitats is blocked, scientists predict that as many as 25% of species will be extinct by the end of this century.

Things looked pretty grim last week after Schwarzenegger announced his plan to close 220 state parks in California, thereby endangering the habitats of many species of animals and plants. Not to mention that last month New York state announced a 55% cut of public funding to botanical gardens, aquariums and zoos to be enacted next year. Sadly, it’s becoming clear that in the face of this recession the protection of wildlife and biodiversity of our natural landscape has dropped dangerously low on the list of our government officials’ priorities.

In the midst of our concerns over the economy and this mad fund-cutting frenzy, many species indigenous to North America (grizzly bears, pronghorns, lynx, elk, and monarch butterflies, to name a few) are struggling to follow their natural migration patterns. This is due in part to the acceleration of global warming, which is causing their habitats to change dramatically as glaciers melt and temperatures rise. As animals are uprooted in search of a new place to graze, give birth or rear young, they must cross treacherous obstacles such as highways, roads, and urban sprawl, many ending up as roadkill in the process.

To help migrating animals cross these man-made barriers safely, Patagonia has developed a program called Freedom to Roam in an effort “to create, restore and protect wildways or corridors between habitats so animals can survive.” The program has been locating routes of migratory animals and building passageways under highways and freeways as safe alternatives for them to cross through. Since their construction, some passageways have reduced roadkill fatalities as much as 96%. Watch videos of successful crossings here.

The construction of these corridors is not some radical environmentalist’s fantasy; it is a necessary measure to protect our future as a planet, and should be treated with the same urgency as our economy. Wildlife corridors already exist in many other areas of the world, as other cultures recognize that we must help animals adapt their lives to modern civilization if they are to survive through rapid climate change, population growth and urban development:

The Netherlands contains over 600 wildlife underpasses and ecoducts that have been used to protect wild boar, red deer, roe deer and the endangered European badger. In India, a 37-mile-long, six-mile-wide corridor connects important tiger habitats in the Eastern Himalaya and the Western Ghats mountain ranges.

Learn more about wildlife corridors in this short documentary.

Read more about the ideas behind the Freedom to Roam coalition here.

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This was the best video I could get of it. Sometimes a bunch were jumping!!

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