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Instructor: Daria Brezinski
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Sessions: 5 Dates: 5/2/2019 - 5/30/2019
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Times: 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Days: Th
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Course Location: Brooks Family YMCA - Community Room
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Location Address: 151 McIntyre Park Dr. Charlottesville, VA 22902
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Fee: $55.00
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Course Description: By 2025, one in two children may be diagnosed with autism. By examining results of major studies in neuroscience, biology, anthropology, and genetics, introductions into the reasons why autism has become so prevalent will be discussed. Additional topics include the autism spectrum, life skills needed to survive and thrive, how to know what is true about autism, how to assist individuals with autism, and the role of environment, diet, and genetics.
Suggested Reading: www.AutisticAspergers.com
Books and outside reading will be suggested throughout class.
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Instructor: Myrle Langley
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Sessions: 6 Dates: 5/14/2019 - 6/4/2019
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Times: 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Days: Tu Th
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Course Location: Darden - UVA - Classroom
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Location Address: 100 Darden Blvd Charlottesville, VA 22903
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Fee: $54.00
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This course meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
This course will not meet on May 21st.
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Course Description: This course will include discussion of the three major disciplines in professional aviation; commercial, military and general aviation. Aviation 101 is largely limited to a focus on the period roughly defined as "the jet age" circa 1950-today. You will quickly observe that six sessions are insufficient to explore the subjects in great detail. A detailed list of prospective topics will be provided on request. Contact the instructor at myrle.langley@alumni.virginia.edu.
Approximately two weeks prior to the first class, each enrolled member will receive an email poll. The objective of the poll is to determine the level of participant interest in many different subjects and will be used to prioritize the presentations. There is no prerequisite technical expertise necessary. Explanations will be tailored to those with a general interest. PowerPoint slides and videos will be used to illustrate some topics in the course...and to keep the instructor on the subject.
Note: This course meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
This course will not meet on May 21st.
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The most common view among scientists and philosophers is that moral truth does not exist - only moral opinion, and that our ethical "absolutes" merely express our emotions or attitudes of approval and disapproval. This course examines the phenomenon of morality: its origin and development, how we arrive at our personal morality, why systems of morality may be immoral, and whether the universe implies or supports any particular ethical stance.
Suggested Reading:
Among the writers who will inevitably be mentioned are Aristotle, Hume, Kant, Bentham, Nietzsche, and Freud. Participants need only familiarize themselves with the Wikipedia versions of their ethical theories.
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Fee: $54.00
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Instructor: Stephen Kennamer
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Dates: 5/2/2019 - 6/6/2019
Times: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
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Sessions: 6
Days: Th
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Building: Meadows Presbyterian - Room: Choir Room
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Location Address: 2200 Angus Road Charlottesville, VA 22901
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This class is a cultural and topical hopscotch among major German cities: Cologne, Hamburg, Weimar, Dresden, Munich and Berlin. Slides, music, and short representative texts will introduce the class to specific and significant aspects and historic events in these cities. It is well suited for travelers, students of history and culture broadly defined, and those who enjoy participatory learning. Conducted in English.
Suggested Reading:
Neil MacGregor, Germany: Memories of a Nation (Penguin: UK, 2016)
Eyewitness Travel: Germany (DK: London, New York, any recent edition)
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Fee: $54.00
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Instructor: Gordon Stewart
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Dates: 5/9/2019 - 6/13/2019
Times: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
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Sessions: 6
Days: Th
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Building: Homewood Suites - Room: Albemarle Room
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Location Address: 2036 India Road Charlottesville, VA 22901
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Instructor: John Burt
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Sessions: 3 Dates: 6/11/2019 - 6/13/2019
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Times: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Days: Tu W Th
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Course Location: OLLI Main Office - Conference Room
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Location Address: 485 Hillsdale Drive Charlottesville, VA 22901
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Fee: $33.00
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Course Description: Winston Churchill stated that success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. This course was created to help grandparents more effectively teach grandchildren healthy attitudes toward failure. A negative mindset that failing renders one less worthwhile may cause children unhappiness, depression, and even thoughts of suicide. Finding the positive side of learning from our mistakes is one of the most important things that we can learn at any age. Henry Ford's wisdom that "a mistake is just a way of starting over more intelligently," is center stage for this course.
Note: This course meets on three consecutive days.
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Instructor: Robert Bedford
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Sessions: 3 Dates: 5/23/2019 - 6/13/2019 Note: This course does not meet on May 30th.
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Times: 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Days: Th
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Course Location: OLLI Main Office - Conference Room
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Location Address: 485 Hillsdale Drive Charlottesville, VA 22901
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Fee: $33.00
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Course Description: This course will introduce participants to the history and evolution of anesthetic care since 1847, and discuss the latest "hot button" issues that are being addressed in the media and recent scientific research. Recent major advances in intraoperative safety will be covered in detail. The material discussed will help answer your questions and put your fears to rest.
Note: This course does not meet on May 30.
Suggested Reading: PDF copies of relevant scientific articles to all course participants a week ahead of time for each session.
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