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BENEATH THE BLADES: HELICOPTER FLIGHT SECRETS Trinity Faith Education Building, Lewes (R234–01) Class limit: 40 UD OLLI Online (R234–06) Class limit: unlimited Tuesday 10:45 a.m.–noon 2/6/2024–3/5/2024 Instructor: Pat O’Reilley Number of class sessions: 5 Course format: Lecture It is said bumblebees and helicopters can’t fly. They do, but they don’t glide, which is why there are no parachutes in helicopters. This course explains the fundamentals of helicopter flight aerodynamics and propulsion. We also discuss how to fly a helicopter to the extent it is possible in a classroom, including how to survive engine failure with no parachute.
ECONOMICS, FINANCE, POLITICAL SCIENCE AND LAW All course information and course materials presented to OLLI class participants is intended to be informational only and should not be construed as business, financial, investment, legal, regulatory, tax or accounting advice.
‘A HOUSE DIVIDED’: THE 2024 ELECTIONS* Arsht Hall, Wilmington (S273–01) Wednesday 12:45–2 p.m. 2/7/2024–5/8/2024 Instructor: Claire Sullivan Number of class sessions: 13 Course format: Discussion, Lecture With the 2024 election campaigns in full swing, we follow the issues on center stage. The American political arena can be described as highly polarized. Abraham Lincoln’s caution, “A house divided against itself cannot stand” is the challenge as the course explores issues of Constitutional interpretation, impeachment, states’ voting issues, senate rules and filibusters, school curricula, etc. The implications and consequences of policies are the basis for fair discussions.
ALL NEWS, ALL THE TIME UD OLLI Online: On Demand (S265–07) Flexible—viewing is on your own schedule Instructors: Ralph Begleiter, Liane Hansen Number of class sessions: 5 Course format: Discussion, Lecture Taught by two career national journalists, this course
explores changes in American news media through their lens inside all-news broadcast journalism since the 1980s, after the birth of NPR and CNN. Instructors Liane Hansen (former NPR) and Ralph Begleiter (former CNN) share personal perspectives from within the first nationwide allnews organizations, and offer observations about how media changes have affected American democracy and public perceptions of world affairs. This is a prerecorded version of S265 originally taught in fall 2023. View this class on your own schedule. Viewing link is emailed to participants prior to the semester start.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE NEWS MEDIA Ocean View Community Center (S274–01) Class limit: 24 UD OLLI Online (S274–06) Class limit: unlimited Monday 10:45 a.m.–noon 2/5/2024–3/4/2024 Number of class sessions: 5 Trinity Faith Education Building, Lewes (S274–02) Class limit: 50 UD OLLI Online (S274–07) Class limit: unlimited Monday 2:30–3:45 p.m. 2/5/2024–3/4/2024 Number of class sessions: 5 Instructor: Ralph Begleiter Course format: Lecture Advances in computer software—broadly known as “artificial intelligence”—raise prospects of dramatically increasing productivity and knowledge sharing, affecting many aspects of life including work, learning, art and culture. This course explores effects of artificial intelligence on how news is gathered, presented and consumed by journalists and the public and manipulated by governments and others. The course also covers how world affairs could be affected by AI-prompted changes in journalism.
BREAKTHROUGH INVESTING** UD OLLI Online (S203–06) Wednesday 12:45–2 p.m. 2/7/2024–3/6/2024 Instructor: Anil Parikh Number of class sessions: 5 • Class limit: 50 Course format: Discussion, Lecture, Active (Hands-on) This course is about achieving breakthroughs in trading and investing, based on principles of mastery. Course covers strategies and techniques used by exceptionally successful investors and how we can implement them. CANSLIM, Chaikin and Wall Street methods are discussed along with state-ofthe-art psychological processes used by successful investors.
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