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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 06-26-2023 to 06-26-2023Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 09:30 AM-11:00 AM Central TimeInstructor: John McCarthyTerm: OELocation: Zoom - Washington Metro OasisProsecutors are public servants and are expected to behave ethically in accordance with accepted standards. At what point does their misconduct have an impact on the lives they are sworn to protect, and what should the penalty for misconduct... read more
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Sessions: 4Class Date(s): 06-03-2023 to 06-24-2023Day(s) of the week: SaturdayTime: 11:00 AM-12:00 PM Central TimeInstructor: Lynn Morgan, Licensed InstructorTerm: OELocation: Zoom - San Diego Oasis This class is for everyone who enjoys music and wants to have fun while getting some exercise. We will dance salsa, merengue, swing and cha-cha using Latin and International music! No experience necessary. Lynn will carefully demonstrate the easy-to-follow movements and help everyone learn in a safe, welcoming... read more
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Sessions: 10Class Date(s): 06-05-2023 to 08-14-2023Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 09:30 AM-10:30 AM Central TimeInstructor: Yvonne Martin, RYT-500; Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health 500+hr certified; Chair Yoga instructor; Cancer Yoga certified, owner YLMyoga, LLCTerm: OELocation: Zoom - Syracuse OasisKripalu Yoga is a gentle and calming Hatha Yoga practice that invites compassionate self-acceptance and mindfulness. This style is perfect for beginners looking to soothe daily aches and pains, yet appropriate for all levels of experience. Intrigued by the jargon? Yvonne teaches the fundamentals of Yoga in a relaxed and joyful environment. A gentle warm-up... read more
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Sessions: 2Class Date(s): 06-05-2023 to 06-12-2023Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 10:00 AM-11:00 AM Central TimeInstructor: David WoodruffTerm: OELocation: Zoom - Rochester OasisFierce warriors come to mind when someone mentions the word Viking. But most of what we know about legendary Vikings comes from documents that were written centuries after the events they depict. But travelers from the Scandinavian countries were far more than mere raiders. They were also traders, explorers, and settlers. Here, we’ll take some time to... read more
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Sessions: 3Class Date(s): 06-06-2023 to 06-20-2023Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 01:00 PM-03:00 PM Central TimeInstructor: Joan MusbachTerm: OELocation: Zoom - St. Louis OasisIn November 1961, President Kennedy observed that an assemblage of Nobel Prize Winners was “the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered together at the White House, with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.” This sounded good but Kennedy forgets, as most Americans do, another... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 06-06-2023 to 06-06-2023Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 01:00 PM-02:30 PM Central TimeInstructor: Donald BridyTerm: OELocation: Zoom - Syracuse OasisCan we detect life in unexpected radical forms or only life as we know it? How do we look for interstellar communications (radio/laser), biosignatures (atmospheric signs of life on exoplanets) and technosignatures (e.g. megastructures like Dyson Spheres)? What do exoplanet discoveries and new Webb Space Telescope results tell us? Can an interstellar object... read more
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Sessions: 3Class Date(s): 06-07-2023 to 06-21-2023Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 09:00 AM-10:30 AM Central TimeInstructor: Grace Seiberling, Art HistorianTerm: OELocation: Zoom - Rochester OasisThis three-session class will look at ways in which pictures of and for children, as well as literature for and about them participated in communicating changing ideas about children's nature and their roles in America from Colonial times to the early twentieth century. Huck's Raft by Steven Mintz will be a point of... read more
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Sessions: 4Class Date(s): 06-07-2023 to 06-28-2023Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 12:00 PM-01:30 PM Central TimeInstructor: Chuck CoonTerm: OELocation: Zoom - Syracuse OasisPolitical parties are not mentioned in the Constitution and most of the Founding Fathers railed against them. George Washington, in his 1796 Farewell Address, said that they were “…potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government,... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 06-07-2023 to 06-07-2023Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 12:00 PM-01:30 PM Central TimeInstructor: Frank Newton, PhDTerm: OELocation: Zoom - San Diego OasisMexico kicked off the 1900s with a revolution to overthrow 35 years of dictatorship; but what resulted was 70 years of a new style of dictatorship. Learn from Dr. Frank Newton about the many travails suffered by Mexico through the 20th century and its continuing struggles into the modern... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 06-07-2023 to 06-07-2023Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 12:00 PM-01:30 PM Central TimeInstructor: Richard BellTerm: OELocation: Zoom - Washington Metro OasisThe Siege of Yorktown in October 1781 was a decisive win for George Washington’s Continental Army. Yet it was also a triumph for the unlikely wartime alliance forged between patriot revolutionaries and the French King Louis XVI. University of Maryland historian Dr. Richard Bell explores the inside story of this essential alliance as it evolved from... read more
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Sessions: 4Class Date(s): 06-08-2023 to 06-29-2023Day(s) of the week: ThursdayTime: 10:00 AM-11:00 AM Central TimeInstructor: Laurence BrittTerm: OELocation: Zoom - Rochester OasisThis course will focus on the year 1914. It was not only the beginning of the First World War, it was also the end of an era and the start of a new and dangerous time where many illusions were shattered. The course will be broken into four one-hour segments. First, the world as it was at the start of 1914 – politically, culturally, and economically.... read more
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Sessions: 3Class Date(s): 06-08-2023 to 06-22-2023Day(s) of the week: ThursdayTime: 01:00 PM-03:00 PM Central TimeInstructor: Joan MusbachTerm: OELocation: Zoom - St. Louis OasisAmericans generally acknowledge French help in winning our independence from Great Britain, but are unaware of the significant benefits to America culture from France, specifically Paris, in the 19th and early 20th century. First, explore the presence of Franklin, Jefferson, Adams and John Paul Jones in Paris in the late 18th century. Then learn about... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 06-08-2023 to 06-08-2023Day(s) of the week: ThursdayTime: 01:00 PM-02:30 PM Central TimeInstructor: David Turner, Ph.D., St. Mary's UniversityTerm: OELocation: Zoom - San Antonio OasisOne of the most enjoyable things about being at the beach in the summer is the acres and acres of sand. We love to wiggle our toes in it, build castles out of it, and dig for clams in it. But as calm and simple as a sandy beach may appear, it actually is a dynamic environment that is the result of a long and complex geologic history. In this class, we... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 06-08-2023 to 06-08-2023Day(s) of the week: ThursdayTime: 01:30 PM-03:00 PM Central TimeInstructor: Johnny RabbittTerm: OELocation: Zoom - St. Louis OasisThis will be a fantasy of food with visits to places such as Bevo Mill, Tony's, Parkmoor, Ruggeri's, Miss Hulling's, Pelican's, Three Fountains, Noah's Ark, Parente's Italian Village, the River Queen, etc., and the people like: O. T. Hodge, Arthur Schneithorst, Ted Drewes, the Saracino family, Jack Carl, Vince Bommarito, Amadeo Firore, Ed Imo, Harold Koplar... read more
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Sessions: 4Class Date(s): 06-08-2023 to 06-29-2023Day(s) of the week: ThursdayTime: 03:00 PM-03:45 PM Central TimeInstructor: Melynnique Seabrook, MATerm: OELocation: Zoom - San Diego OasisFor beginners or advanced meditators. Learn meditation methods for your everyday life. Peace and mindfulness, mantra and breathing, guided and relaxation meditations; so many wonderful ways to make your life more peaceful and meaningful. Join Melynnique Seabrook, who has offered Oasis classes that are practical and easy to understand for more than 20... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 06-09-2023 to 06-09-2023Day(s) of the week: FridayTime: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM Central TimeInstructor: Bonnie VegaTerm: OELocation: Zoom - St. Louis OasisThe first lady of the United States is the title held by the hostess of the White House usually, but not always, the wife of the president. Although the first lady's role has never been codified or officially defined, she figures prominently in the political and social life of the US. The position of the first lady is not an elected one and carries only... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 06-09-2023 to 06-09-2023Day(s) of the week: FridayTime: 11:00 AM-12:00 PM Central TimeInstructor: Martha BogartTerm: OELocation: Zoom - St. Louis OasisThis one-hour class is designed for people who have already taken the Exploring Google Drive for Desktop Computer/Laptop class or who are already familiar with the basics of Google Drive. Learn how to access and use templates in Google Drive, how to automatically back up and sync files on your computer to Google Drive and how to save attachments in Gmail... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 06-12-2023 to 06-12-2023Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM Central TimeInstructor: Anna HallTerm: OELocation: Zoom - St. Louis OasisRetirement is an opportunity to super-charge your purpose from the inside out. This highly interactive online workshop will guide you to explore the core of your purpose and ways to channel it in daily life--to enhance your happiness and make a difference in the little and big ways that make life... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 06-13-2023 to 06-13-2023Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 09:30 AM-11:00 AM Central TimeInstructor: Dan ShermanTerm: OELocation: Zoom - Washington Metro OasisA brilliant and charismatic physicist, J. Robert Oppenheimer became one of America's best-known scientists for his work leading to the creation of the atomic bomb at Los Alamos. Oppenheimer soon became a highly controversial figure, caught up in the politics of nuclear weapons policy in the 1940s and 50s. This talk will the discuss career and personality of... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 06-13-2023 to 06-13-2023Day(s) of the week: TuesdayTime: 12:00 PM-02:00 PM Central TimeInstructor: Aniko Makranczy, MFATerm: OELocation: Zoom - San Diego OasisMarc Chagall used a deeply personal iconography in his paintings and explored subjects of exile and loss. His images draw on Biblical themes, traditions of Jewish life, and on contemporary avant-garde developments in Europe at the time, such as Fauvism, Surrealism, and Cubism. Uprooted and floating dreamers, and lovers populate his compositions. This course... read more