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OLLI COURSE\u00a0ARCHIVES by Paul Belanger<\/h1>\n

2017 –\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>for older, prior to 2017 – scroll down<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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MONDAYS: 2017 OLLI WEST<\/span> – ADAPTING TO CLIMATE CHANGE: Extreme Weather Events, Worldwide Energy Revolution, and Geoengineering Options – Particularly BIOCHAR -Paul Belanger and Phil Nelson<\/strong><\/p>\n
week 1 March 27, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n
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Introductions<\/strong><\/li>\n
Key principles of climate change<\/strong><\/li>\n
The difference between weather and climate<\/strong><\/li>\n
Climate system:\u00a0Sun, Orbital factors and Greenhouse Gases<\/strong><\/li>\n
Atmospheric circulation and Water vapor<\/strong><\/li>\n
What determines Earth\u2019s climate<\/strong><\/li>\n
Paul Belanger and Phil Nelson: slides and links<\/strong><\/li>\n
PDF:\u00a0Belanger OLLI WEST ADAPTING to climate change week1 final edit2<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
Pptx:\u00a0Belanger OLLI WEST ADAPTING to climate change week1 final<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
PDF:\u00a0Nelson week 1-TheCO2Thermostat<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
Pptx:\u00a0PHN1-TheCO2Thermostat<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
AAAS:\u00a0whatweknow_report_climate<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
Debunking_Handbook from Skeptical science.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Week 2: Extreme Weather: heat, drought, fires<\/strong><\/p>\n
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PDF-Part A:\u00a0PHN2A-TooMuchHeat-HeatWaves<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
PDF-Part B:\u00a0PHN2B-TooMuchHeat-Drought&Wildfires<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
PPTX-PARTA:\u00a0PHN2A-TooMuchHeat-HeatWaves<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
PPTX-PART B:\u00a0PHN2B-TooMuchHeat-Drought&Wildfires<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
week 3: Extreme Weather: water<\/strong><\/p>\n
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PDF \u2013\u00a0PHN3-TooMuchWater<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
Pptx \u2013\u00a0PHN3-TooMuchWater<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
week 4: Pricing Carbon & Intro to Energy Revolution<\/strong><\/p>\n
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Part A \u2013 Pricing Carbon<\/strong><\/li>\n
PDF \u2013\u00a0PHN4-PricingCarbon<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
Pptx \u2013\u00a0PHN4-PricingCarbon<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
Part B\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Intro to the Energy Revolution<\/strong><\/li>\n
PDF \u2013\u00a0Belanger OLLI WEST ADAPTING-Energy revolution week4<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
Pptx \u2013\u00a0Belanger OLLI WEST ADAPTING-Energy revolution week4<\/a><\/strong>\n
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week 5: World-wide Energy Revolution: SOLAR AND WIND<\/strong><\/p>\n
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PDF –\u00a0Belanger OLLI WEST ADAPTING-Energy revolution week5<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
Pptx –\u00a0Belanger OLLI WEST ADAPTING-Energy revolution week5<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
Units –\u00a0Power Energy CO2 and Carbon UNITS<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
Science Article:\u00a0Science Mag Terawatt scale PV 20170414<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
Key world energy statistics:\u00a0KeyWorld2016 energy statistics<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
week 6, May 1:<\/strong> Part A: Nuclear power (fission and fusion);<\/strong> Part B: Storage and Grid Options (large or small)<\/strong> Extras:<\/strong><\/p>\n
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Part A – Pdf –\u00a0Belanger OLLI WEST wk6 PART A – nuclear<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
Part A – Pptx –\u00a0Belanger OLLI WEST wk6 PART A – nuclear<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
Part B\u00a0– Pdf –\u00a0Belanger OLLI WEST wk6 PART B storage and grid options<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
Part B\u00a0– Pptx –\u00a0Belanger OLLI WEST wk6 PART B storage and grid options<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
EXTRAS – Pdf –\u00a0Belanger OLLI WEST wk6 EXTRAS<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
EXTRAS – Pptx –\u00a0Belanger OLLI WEST wk6 EXTRAS without link to large simulation<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
Hansen:\u00a0Hansen 20140310_ChinaOpEd<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
Hansen:\u00a0Hansen 20140313_SenateTestimony<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Week 7: NREL TOUR OF ENERGY SYSTEMS INTEGRATION LAB<\/strong><\/p>\n
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Energy Systems Integration Lab<\/strong><\/li>\n
1:30-3:00 p.m.; please aim to be there 12:45 p.m.<\/strong><\/li>\n
GOVERNMENT ID: CDL \/ passport<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nNREL Education Center: 15013 Denver West Parkway Golden, CO 80401;\u00a0Google maps :google map link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
Week 8: GEOENGINEERING SOLUTIONS – GUEST SPEAKER RON LARSON:<\/strong><\/p>\n
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PART A – GEOENGINEERING INTRO – slides updated 5\/15 p.m.:<\/strong><\/li>\n
PDF –\u00a0Belanger week 8 2017 PART-A-Geoengineering options<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
Pptx –\u00a0Belanger week 8 2017 PART-A-Geoengineering options<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
PART\u00a0B – Biochar – by Ron Larson (Ronal Larson: Bio<\/a>)<\/strong><\/li>\n
PDF –\u00a0Larson – biochar PART B -BIOCHAR2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
Pptx –\u00a0Larson – biochar PART B -BIOCHAR2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
PART C – Personal solutions compilation<\/strong><\/li>\n
PDF –\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n
Pptx –\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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THURSDAYS: 2017 OLLI SOUTH<\/span> – EARTH’S CLIMATE: Past, Present and Future; Concerns and Solutions<\/span><\/h3>\n
Week 1 March 30, 2017<\/h3>\n
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Introductions<\/b><\/li>\n
Key principles of climate change<\/b><\/li>\n
The difference between weather and climate<\/b><\/li>\n
Climate system: feedbacks, cycles and self-regulation (climate, not government)<\/b><\/li>\n
What determines Earth\u2019s climate<\/b><\/li>\n
PDF \u2013 Belanger OLLI SOUTH EARTHS CLIMATE week1 final<\/a><\/li>\n
PowerPoint-download: Belanger OLLI SOUTH EARTHS CLIMATE week1 final<\/a><\/li>\n
Handout #1 Denial101x HOW GHGs work<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n
Handout #2 Solar heat budget modified<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
Link to videos on How GHGs work:<\/strong><\/li>\n
\u2013\u00a0Increasing Greenhouse effect<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
\u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Bill Nye\u00a0\u201cCLIMATE 101\u2033 WITH BILL NYE<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
AAAS:\u00a0 whatweknow_report_climate<\/a><\/li>\n
How Does the Public\u2019s View of Science Go So Wrong \u2013 Scientific American Blog Network<\/a><\/li>\n
Lost Faith in Expertise<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Week 2:\u00a0Earth\u2019s past climate history and what caused those changes: slides and other links<\/strong><\/p>\n
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slides:<\/strong><\/li>\n
Pptx:\u00a0Belanger OLLI SOUTH CLIMATE week2 slides<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
PDF:\u00a0Belanger OLLI SOUTH CLIMATE week2 slides<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
Handout \u2013\u00a0handouts week 2<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
Further explanation of Isotopic fractionation: 2 slides included in slides above:\u00a0O18 fractionation<\/a>;<\/strong><\/li>\n
VERY GOOD supplemental article to explain isotopes:\u00a0isotopes explained L16-N<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
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Week 3: Rates of change & Ocean Acidification<\/strong><\/p>\n
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PDF –\u00a0Belanger OLLI south week3 slides<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
Pptx: –\u00a0Belanger OLLI south week3 slides<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
EXTRA EXTRA<\/strong><\/li>\n
Another slide presentation on Global warming today:<\/strong>
\n Dr. Jeff Masters, Director of Meteorology, The Weather Underground, LLC; Earth\u2019s Climate: Where are we at, and where are we headed (click here: PowerPoint-11Mb<\/a>\u00a0or PDF-4Mb<\/a>)<\/strong><\/li>\n
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And keep looking at skepticalscience.com\/<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
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And here\u2019s a list of videos: let me know if you have a favorite one and\/or would like further discussion in class:\u00a0click here for details<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Week 4: The Anthropocene by Bob Raynolds<\/strong><\/p>\n
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PDF –\u00a0Olli Anthropocene Oct 2017<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
Pptx – TOO large to upload; contact me if you wish for them<\/strong><\/li>\n
Bob Raynolds April 2017 talk<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Week 5: April 27th: finish Ocean Acidification; modeling climate; proceed to Skepticism and Denial<\/strong><\/p>\n
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PART A: PDF –\u00a0Belanger OLLI south week5 PART A cont week 4 slides<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
PART A: Pptx –\u00a0Belanger OLLI south week5 PART A cont week 4 slides<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
Royal Society Q&A:\u00a0Belanger joint NAS-Royal Society answers to 20 points<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
PART B: PDF –\u00a0PART B Belanger week 5 2016 skepticism vs denial<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
PART B: Pptx –\u00a0PART B Belanger week 5 2016 skepticism vs denial<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
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Links:<\/strong><\/li>\n
MUST WATCH: 13 Misconceptions About Global Warming https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OWXoRSIxyIU&feature=youtu.be<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
Five Characteristics of Science Denial:\u00a0https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wXA777yUndQ&feature=youtu.be<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
Yale study:\u00a0http:\/\/environment.yale.edu\/poe\/v2014<\/strong><\/li>\n
World view backfire effect:\u00a0https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CtSk03efSqQ&feature=youtu.be<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
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DIRECTIONS \u2013 from Highway 6:<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Take the Kipling exit and head south toward Alameda<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Before you reach Alameda there is an entry gate to check in \u2013 ask directions if the following map doesn\u2019t make sense to you;<\/strong><\/h4>\nclick on image for larger<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n $\"\"$ <\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
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\u00a0CLICK HERE FOR LOCATION AND ADDRESS<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Week 6: USGS-ICE CORE LAB TOUR Thursday May 4th, 2017 –Link:\u00a0National Ice Core Laboratory<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
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Core lab Summary (from 2011 field trip);\u00a0PDF document\u00a0USGS Rock CORE Lab and Ice CoreLab field trip<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
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Ice core lab field trip and presentation by\u00a0Geoff Hargreaves and\/or Richard Nunn<\/strong><\/li>\n
slides:\u00a0https:\/\/denverclimatestudygroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/New-NICL-Tour-H.pdf<\/a><\/strong>
\n 2 videos: see me for copies (too big to load)<\/strong><\/li>\n
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NICL \u2013 Video gallery link: How to drill a two-mile ice core has gone away but replaced by more:\u00a0here\u2019s NICL link to their videos;\u00a0http:\/\/www.waisdivide.unh.edu\/gallery\/videos.shtml<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
And from Richard Nunn (NICL):\u00a0Here is an article on the faster than expected warming of the oceans \u00a0http:\/\/www.nature.com\/nclimate\/journal\/vaop\/ncurrent\/full\/nclimate2389.html<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
And finally this was one of the better articles I could find on the record sea ice extent of Antarctica. \u00a0https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/content\/goddard\/antarctic-sea-ice-reaches-new-record-maximum\/index.html#.VDVSLSldUpM<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Week 7: Economics and Solutions – part A;\u00a0What are the economics\/What are the solutions?<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\u00a0SLIDES:<\/strong><\/li>\n
PDF –\u00a0Belanger week 7 2017 economics and solutions without grid demo<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
Pptx –\u00a0Belanger week 7 2017 economics and solutions without grid demo<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
OUTLINE: \u00a0<\/span>see slides<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n
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David Weisberg slides:\u00a0Energy \u2013 Nuclear Power<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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class attachments and links:\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n
Richard Alley excerpt from Earth; a driver\u2019s manual \u2013 to those that think problems are insurmountable:\u00a0A terrible shower<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Economic related reports and the discount rate: SEE LINKS IN SLIDES<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Week 8:\u00a0What are the economics\/What are the solutions?<\/strong><\/p>\n
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OUTLINE: \u00a0week 7 in red<\/span>; week 8 in black<\/strong><\/li>\n
Economics<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n
of doing nothing (solely adapting) vs. the economics of mitigation<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n
Actual will likely be a combination<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n
Capitalism, GDP\/growth based economics vs. \u201cHerman Daly\u201d economics (no-growth\/steady-state)<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n
Solutions? Paradigm shift? From we can\u2019t\/too expensive to WE CAN<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n
There is promise, but at what cost? (One might be surprised).<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n
Energy<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n
Mitigation \u2013 Agricultural revolution\/biofuels: Biochar for Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR)<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n
Geoengineering:<\/strong><\/li>\n
Solar Radiation Management (SRM) and<\/strong><\/li>\n
Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR)<\/strong><\/li>\n
Biochar vs. BECCS solutions SEE MY BIOCHAR LINK IN OTHER PAGES:https:\/\/denverclimatestudygroup.com\/?page_id=28<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
Efficiency \u2013 the single quickest way to reduce:<\/strong><\/li>\n
What NREL is doing: Efficiency, Solar, wind, other<\/strong><\/li>\n
Other strategies:<\/strong><\/li>\n
CCL \u2013 carbon fee\/dividend<\/strong><\/li>\n
Cap and trade?<\/strong><\/li>\n
Gloom and Doom? NO! IT\u2019S A CHALLENGE, and humanity has always been challenged and we are an adaptable species that has met the challenge over and over again!<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nSLIDES -forthcoming\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\nDavid Weisberg slides:\u00a0Energy \u2013 Nuclear Power<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n
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class attachments and links:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n
Richard Alley excerpt from Earth; a driver\u2019s manual \u2013 to those that think problems are insurmountable:\u00a0A terrible shower<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Economic related reports and the discount rate:<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n
2015 The Social Cost of Carbon study summary<\/a><\/li>\n
2007.03.18 Discount Rate and Climate Change DLC<\/a><\/li>\n
Stern Report<\/strong>: (Wiki link<\/a>)700-page report released for the British government on 30 October 2006 by economist Nicholas Stern, chair of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics (LSE) and also chair of the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP) at Leeds University and LSE. The report discusses the effect of global warming on the world economy. Although not the first economic report on climate change, it is significant as the largest and most widely known and discussed report of its kind. FULL REPORT<\/strong>:\u00a0sternreview_report_complete<\/a><\/li>\n
MIT<\/strong>: GOOGLE LIST OF LINKS:\u00a0https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/scholar?q=mit+report+on+climate+change+economics&hl=en&as_sdt=0&as_vis=1&oi=scholart&sa=X&ved=0CBsQgQMwAGoVChMIkMfkl8i9yAIVSuJjCh1x7wKk<\/a><\/li>\n
William Nordhaus,<\/strong> current president of the American Economics Association (AEA), has proposed a specific form of international conditional cooperation to limit carbon emissions\u2014the \u201cclimate club.\u201d His proposal, like the journal article mentioned above, favors setting a global price on carbon emissions rather than quantity-based goals. Nations within the climate club would trade freely with each other without tariffs; nonmember nations that wish to trade with club members would face tariffs.
\nNordhaus briefly describes the \u201cfree rider\u201d problem and his proffered solution as a lead-in to his recent review of the book, Climate Shock<\/em>. Here\u2019s the link to the NY Review of Books website:
\nhttp:\/\/www.nybooks.com\/articles\/archives\/2015\/jun\/04\/new-solution-climate-club\/
\n<\/a>In a different format, Nordhaus produced a 30-slide PowerPoint version for his Presidential address to the AEA last January. Available at\u00a0 http:\/\/carbon-price.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015-01-04-Nordhaus-ClimateClubAEA-v2-slides.pdf
\n<\/a>2015-01-04-Nordhaus-ClimateClubAEA-v2-slides<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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\u00a0Week 8: PART B<\/h3>\n
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PDF updated 5 p.m.-\u00a0 –Belanger week 8 2017 economics and solutions<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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APRIL 7TH – SPECIAL LECTURE<\/span>:\u00a0OLLI WEST LECTURE SERIES Adapting to our Future<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
Our major problem is our own Apathy and Inertia \/ Lack of Political will<\/h2>\n
CLICK HERE FOR ABSTRACT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
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SEE BELOW FOR PRESENTATION:<\/strong><\/li>\n
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\u2013 PDF-updated01:\u00a0Belanger April 7th lecture<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
\u2013 Pptx-updated01:\u00a0Belanger April 7th lecture<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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OLDER – 2014-2016:<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n
Archived: Earth’s climate: Past, present and future; concerns and solutions:<\/strong><\/li>\n
2016 OLLI course: click here<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
2015 OLLI course: click here<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
2014 OLLI course: click here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Facilitator: Paul Belanger;<\/strong>pebelanger@glassdesignresources.com<\/strong>; cell 303-249-7966<\/strong><\/li>\n
BACK TO MAIN OLLI TAB PAGE<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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