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By Sandi Page, Member of the FAU LLS Jupiter Marketing Committee<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

The gift of intellectual curiosity has provided me with some of the biggest delights of my life. It has put me on planes to discover lands I had only read about and taken me to museums I have waited for years to visit. No passports are necessary this spring and summer at LLS Jupiter to satisfy our cravings for knowledge and novelty.\u00a0 Our professors will be offering it all.\u00a0 Check out their intriguing anecdotes about their upcoming courses\/lectures and then sign up for the trip!\u00a0 Bon Voyage!<\/p>\n

Some FAU LLS Jupiter Spring 2017 Courses<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Taylor Hagood, Ph.D.
\n<\/strong>Four American Poets
\n<\/em>Mondays, March 20 \u2013 April 10, 2017 \u2013 2:15\u20133:45 p.m.<\/p>\n

This year, my courses have focused on very well-known writers and their works\u2014Arthur Conan Doyle\u2019s Sherlock Holmes stories and novels, and the plays of William Shakespeare\u2014but for the spring, I have decided to offer a lecture series on four Modernist American poets who are not so well known but whose writings are wonderful.\u00a0The first will be Marianne Moore, a Missourian who became a New York poet, whose work is most recognizable because of the way it plays with lines, spreading them all over the page in jagged forms that look like abstract drawings. Robert Lowell was a Bostonian who\u00a0channeled the New England\u00a0literary and artistic tradition of somber beauty, writing densely-crafted poetic lines full of the silver images of the northeastern sea. Elizabeth Bishop also hailed from Massachusetts, but where Lowell wrote in a thundering voice, hers was quiet, capturing the silence of fog, the magnificence of animals, and the humid deliciousness of Latin America. James Wright grew up\u00a0among steel mill workers\u00a0along the Ohio River\u00a0and forged a style that\u00a0balanced the hard realities of life with those most delicate of sensibilities.\u00a0As a group, these poets\u00a0offer some of the very best of late Modernist poetic output, the talented inheritors of T. S. Eliot,\u00a0Gertrude Stein,\u00a0Wallace Stevens,\u00a0and\u00a0William Carlos Williams.\u00a0I realize that for every person who is passionate about poetry, there are about three who are either not so sure about it or intimidated by it. My goal in this course will be to introduce these lesser-known but outstanding poets, making their poetry accessible and fun while also highlighting\u00a0its\u00a0profundity of thought and insight.\u00a0I will talk about these writers\u2019 lives but will largely focus on the poems themselves, reading\u00a0some of\u00a0them aloud and noting their craft, their metaphorical power, and their significance.\u00a0Even if you\u2019re not a poetry fan, I think you will find this series fascinating.<\/p>\n

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Kurt F. Stone, D.D.
\n<\/strong>The Sons of Sam Spade \u2013 Six Detective Films From Around the Globe
\n<\/em>Mondays, March 20 \u2013 May 8, 2017 (No class on April 10, 17)
\n(Full 6 weeks) \u2013 7-9 p.m.
\nMarch 20 \u2013 April 24, 2017 (First 4 weeks)<\/p>\n

The First Sam Spade<\/u><\/p>\n

In 1929, author Dashiell Hammett published\u00a0The Maltese Falcon,<\/em>\u00a0which introduced Sam Spade,\u00a0the\u00a0first\u00a0of the\u00a0hard-boiled detectives.\u00a0Soon, Hollywood came calling, and paid Hammett a hefty sum to make a movie version of his novel. \u00a0The original, produced by Warner Brothers in 1931, starred silent film-era Latin lover Ricardo Cortez as\u00a0Spade. The public was anxious to hear what the great Latin lover sounded like. Would he be believable? Would he be understandable?\u00a0(Of course, no one in the movie-going public knew, because up to that point, all his films had been silent.)\u00a0It turned\u00a0out that \u201cRicardo Cortez\u201d was really the Brooklyn-born Jacob\u00a0Krantz;\u00a0dark, handsome and sounding\u00a0like a fellow raised on the\u00a0Lower East Side.\u00a0Oops!\u00a0From that point on, Cortez played mostly character parts\u00a0(and attorney Perry Mason)\u00a0and would spend nearly 40 years working as a\u00a0Wall Street\u00a0stockbroker for Salomon Brothers.<\/p>\n

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Ashley Graham Kennedy, Ph.D.<\/strong>
\nPhilosophy of Medicine<\/em>
\nTuesdays, March 21\u00a0\u2013 April 11, 2017\u00a0\u2013 12-1:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

It was 4 a.m. in the emergency department (ER). An 83-year-old woman had come into the ER after experiencing an episode of disorientation and shortness of breath earlier in the evening. The resident physician and I entered her room and he introduced himself to the patient. “Hello Ms. Stanley, I’m Dr. James. I will be taking care of you this evening.” “Well, isn’t that nice? I’m Dr.<\/em> Stanley.” “What kind of doctor are you?” the resident asked. “I’m a social psychologist,” she replied. The woman’s message to her physician was clear: “Treat me with respect. I am your equal,” and with it she toppled the clinical hierarchy at the hospital in one fell swoop. In this course, you will learn about the current medical paradigm, including how it is taught and practiced in the U.S. medical schools and hospitals, as well as how to navigate it in your clinical encounters with your own physicians.<\/p>\n

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Ralph Nurnberger, Ph.D.<\/strong>
\n Benedict Arnold, Aaron Burr, Alexander Hamilton and the Duel<\/em>
\nThursdays, March 23 \u2013 April 13, 2017 \u2013 9:45-11:15 a.m.<\/p>\n

Hamilton, the award-winning Broadway musical, has elevated public interest in the life and contributions of Alexander Hamilton to an all-time high. We will seek to answer the question raised in the opening lines of the musical: “How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a Scotsman…grow up to be a hero and a scholar?”
\nThe story of the life of Alexander Hamilton is one that not even the most gifted novelist could have invented. The more one looks at what happened in his 49 years, the more improbable it seems. We will cover why many consider Hamilton the second most important of all of the “founding fathers”; second only to George Washington.
\nIt is impossible to discuss Hamilton without also looking into the life and character of the man who shot and killed him in a duel in New Jersey in 1804, namely Aaron Burr. Why did Burr, the sitting Vice President of the United States, shoot Hamilton, the first Secretary of the Treasury? Was Burr a significant hero of the Revolution and an important founding father of the country or was he a scoundrel and a traitor?
\nWe will also be examining the life of Benedict Arnold, who is still seen as the greatest traitor in American history, and discussing why the most significant American general during the Revolution, other than George Washington himself, decided to sell out his comrades and his cause.<\/p>\n

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Irving Labovitz, J.D.<\/strong>
\nOBJECTION! Current, Contentious and Confusing Legal Battles
\n<\/em>Thursdays, March 23 – April 27, 2017 (Full 6 weeks) \u2013 12-1:30 p.m.
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Please accept this tender of my modest, albeit belated, valentine to my students at LLS.
\nMy course title accurately alerts LLS students to expect only continuing classroom colloquy as to\u00a0\u201cCurrent, Contentious, and Confusing Legal Battles\u201d<\/em>. \u00a0Unlike my medical friends, I am never afforded the opportunity to provide \u201cwell checkups\u201d as to any subject. Rather, dissecting the often disconcerting legal and constitutional consequences resulting from adverse factual happenings inevitably circumscribes each lecture.
\nNevertheless, it remains uplifting and encouraging that I continually learn from, as well as teach my well-read students in our animated interactive discussions, resulting in an often surprising and always mutually rewarding mutual learning experience.
\nSo I tender this modest valentine to all LLS students whose intellect, curiosity, and stamina have motivated them to share with me a search for better understanding of the critically important legal and constitutional conundrums that directly affect their lives and those of their children and grandchildren.<\/p>\n

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Katie Muldoon
\n<\/strong>From Our \u201cExotic\u201d World: Four Remarkable International Films
\n<\/em>Thursdays, April 6-27, 2017 \u2013 2:15-4:30 p.m.; Post-film discussion \u2013 4:30-5:00 p.m.<\/p>\n

Peeking Behind the Film<\/span><\/p>\n

Lately, my husband and I find ourselves lingering behind after\u00a0a film, watching the credits roll, looking for additional tidbits that will fill in those little extras about the film\u00a0we have just gotten so involved in that we want even more than it had already graciously provided. \u00a0Superior\u00a0films give a lot but they can also leave a thirst for even more information because they have awakened a spark in you that you probably didn\u2019t know was there.
\nIn my upcoming\u00a0\u201cExotic\u201d World Films<\/u>, four immensely different characters in\u00a0four exceptional films will\u00a0somehow manage to overcome challenges\u00a0utterly specific to their time and countries.<\/p>\n

A young cellist from Japan\u00a0has\u00a0to break a respected tradition; a young German woman learns the heartbreaking truth about her country, forcing impossible choices; tensions mount as an Iranian woman seems to have purposely disappeared \u2013 or did she; and two French men seem destined to meet and make decisions that\u00a0transform\u00a0their lives forever.
\nJoin me in peeking\u00a0behind these\u00a0films\u00a0and understanding\u00a0some of the background leading up to\u00a0their messages, then spend time discussing and understanding the content behind the actions. \u00a0We\u2019ll have a chance for more in-depth review of the\u00a0intriguing\u00a0how and why per\u00a0character\u00a0and country.<\/p>\n

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Terryl Lawrence, Ed.D.
\n<\/strong>Have You Found Your Arcadia?
\n<\/em>PART I – \u00a0Fridays, March 31 – May 5, 2017 (Full 6 weeks) \u2013 12-1:30 p.m.
\nMarch 31 – April 21, 2017 (First 4 weeks)
\nPART II – Tuesdays, May 16 – June 20, 2017 \u2013 1:30-3:00 p.m.<\/p>\n

Arcadia is defined as a place of poetic fantasy or a pastoral paradise.
\nEvery one of us has a special place where we are most relaxed and inspired, and that location often includes those persons who allow that feeling to blossom. Artists are particularly sensitive to such sensations because creativity can work its magic there.
\nOne of my consuming interests is how artists get started on their work. Some require the serenity of a particular studio, or work with a favorite type of music playing, and there are many other concerns. The great American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens studied in Rome. When he returned to New York, he was creatively blocked and miserable until a friend left the water in the studio sink running. This gentle noise reminded Saint-Gaudens of the constant sound of Roman fountains – and he began to sculpt again.
\nMy research has uncovered many such incidents throughout the world. These courses are intended as travelogues of artistic journeys with stops at some of the most fascinating and individual centers that have been the catalysts for artistic stimulation.<\/p>\n

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Benito Rakower, Ed.D.
\n<\/strong>The 21st<\/sup> Century \u2013 A New Vision in Film-Making
\n<\/em>Fridays, March 24 – May 5, 2017 (No class on March 31) (Full 6 weeks); 2:15-4:45 p.m.; Post-film discussion \u2013 4:45-5:15 p.m.
\nMarch 24 – April 21, 2017 (First 4 weeks)<\/p>\n

I chanced to see Tilda Swinton in an Italian film\u00a0where\u00a0the characters\u00a0speak Italian, Russian, and English. \u00a0As one might expect of an Italian film,\u00a0the preparation of food and dining\u00a0are\u00a0central to the plot. \u00a0More than that, a seductively prepared appetizer has the effect of undermining the\u00a0stability\u00a0of an aristocratic family.\u00a0This could not happen in an American film, where fast food and jokey comments have replaced dining and conversation.
\nYet\u00a0the\u00a0American films\u00a0in this course\u00a0always give the viewer the impression of an irrepressible dynamism in constant battle with what is right, good, and fair.\u00a0\u00a0From the viewer\u2019s perspective,\u00a0stylish European decadence and American vitality are equally entertaining. \u00a0The why of this\u00a0poses a philosophical paradox.<\/p>\n

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Some FAU LLS Jupiter Spring 2017 Lectures<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Bert Diament, Ph.D.
\n<\/strong>Making Relationships Work
\n<\/em>Monday, March 20, 2017 \u2013 12-1:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

When I counsel\u00a0couples, I\u00a0often\u00a0hear\u00a0them\u00a0argue\u00a0very angrily\u00a0as to who\u00a0is \u201cright\u201d and who is \u201cwrong\u201d, and\u00a0they\u00a0turn to me expecting\u00a0that I, as the expert, will determine\u00a0who\u00a0is correct.\u00a0I smile\u00a0inwardly as I recall a story I heard when I was a child.
\nMiriam\u00a0and Jake go to the wisest man\u00a0in the community to settle\u00a0who is \u201cright\u201d in their dispute. After the wise man attentively listens\u00a0to their\u00a0highly emotional\u00a0versions of their dispute, he turns to\u00a0Miriam\u00a0and says \u201cYou are right!\u201d Then\u00a0he turns to Jake and declares that he is right, also. A\u00a0bystander,\u00a0who overhears\u00a0the dispute, tells the wise man\u00a0with strong emotion that it is impossible that they are both\u00a0right. The wise man\u00a0responds:\u00a0\u201cYou are also right!\u201d
\nAs\u00a0a child,\u00a0I\u00a0didn\u2019t\u00a0understand the story. As a\u00a0couple\u2019s\u00a0therapist, I do. \u00a0Strong emotions are not based on logic, and, therefore, the laws of logic do not apply.<\/p>\n

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Lynn Hankes, M.D., FASAM
\n<\/strong>Addiction \u2013 Is It Really a Disease, and If So, So What?
\n<\/em>Monday, March 27, 2017 \u2013 12-1:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the answer to the above question? Are you curious? Are you skeptical about this so-called\u00a0\u201cdisease concept\u201d?\u00a0If so, you\u2019re not alone! Come learn the answers to the following questions:\u00a0What constitutes a disease, a malady, an illness?\u00a0What makes a drug addictive? Are alcoholics\u2019 and addicts\u2019 brains different? Are they born that way or do they become addicted?\u00a0Is it hereditary or merely learned behavior?\u00a0Why can\u2019t these individuals exercise enough will power to stop using and stay stopped?\u00a0Why is the relapse rate so high?\u00a0Why is there resistance to accepting addiction as a disease? Isn\u2019t it the result of some character defect, moral depravity, or\u00a0weak will?\u00a0Is it\u00a0really\u00a0a disease or just simply a choice\u00a0to pursue willful misconduct?<\/p>\n

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Bert Diamant, Ph.D.
\n<\/strong>The Psychology and Health Effects of Anger Release
\n<\/em>Monday, April 3, 2017 \u2013 12-1:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

As I observe fellow tennis players scream and very angrily argue about an opponent\u2019s line call, I think \u201cHaven\u2019t these people attended kindergarten where we\u00a0are supposed to learn the rudiments of fair play and good sportsmanship? And aren\u2019t those behaviors reinforced as we go through school, by parents, teachers, coaches, and the clergy?\u201d \u00a0Then I realize that although in the 150,000 years\u00a0since\u00a0we\u00a0descended from\u00a0trees, our frontal cortex, the rational, logical thinking part of our brain has evolved dramatically,\u00a0our limbic system, the\u00a0emotional part of\u00a0our\u00a0brain has not. So, when we experience\u00a0an opponent\u2019s \u201cunfair\u201d call, we have the same immediate knee-jerk emotional reaction as our\u00a0prehistoric ancestors did when they\u00a0experienced a\u00a0saber-tooth\u00a0tiger about to take a bite out of their derri\u00e8re. And as I intelligently muse about how much our emotional brain has not evolved, my opponent calls a beautiful shot I just made inside the\u00a0line \u201cOUT!\u201d \u00a0I angrily react with \u201cAre you blind?!\u201d<\/p>\n


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Mark C. Schug, Ph.D.
\n<\/strong>How Economists View Trumponomics
\n<\/em>Tuesday, March 21, 2017 \u2013 4:30-6:00 p.m.<\/p>\n

President Trump has heads spinning.\u00a0\u00a0He stunned Washington with a torrent of executive orders intended to deliver on his campaign promises.\u00a0\u00a0While all of his actions \u2013 including the executive orders on the travel ban, the Affordable Care Act, and the Dodd-Frank regulations \u2013 have economic implications, economists (and voters) are eager to learn more.\u00a0\u00a0What specific policies will the Trump Administration pursue in the areas of trade, immigration, taxation, regulation, and federal spending?\u00a0How closely will President Trump\u2019s ideas follow widely accepted economic principles for encouraging economic growth and prosperity? Come to my lecture to see a panel of FAU economists analyze President Trump\u2019s economic policies.<\/p>\n

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Terryl Lawrence, Ed.D.
\n<\/strong>ART: How Do We Know When It Is \u201cFinished\u201d?<\/em>
\nFriday, March 24, 2017 \u2013 12-1:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Art: How do we know when it is \u201cfinished\u201d? This is a question that I can\u2019t answer. What I can do is attempt to explain the dynamics involved in making that decision. As a painter, I have asked myself that question on almost every canvas that I do. For me, a canvas is \u201cfinished\u201d when I feel that there is nowhere else I want to take it. Every artist addresses this dilemma in his\/her own manner and it is usually instinctive for each one. Who is to say when a work is complete other than its creator?
\nGeorges Rouault had a studio on the top floor of the Paris brownstone belonging to his art dealer Ambroise Vollard. He was an artist who never knew when a work was done. Fortunately for us, Vollard would enter the studio after Rouault had left for the day and remove the paintings that he deemed complete. When Rouault returned, he would begin another painting, and on and on.
\nThis little anecdote speaks to the fact that some artists never know when a work is finished and are greatly in need of an outside force to stop them!<\/p>\n

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James B. Bruce, Ph.D.
\n<\/strong>Drones and National Security: The New Generation in Reconnaissance and Lethal Strikes
\n<\/em>Tuesday, March 28, 2017 \u2013 2:15-3:45 p.m.<\/p>\n

On my way to the Pentagon for an interview about drones, I encountered this sign by the South Parking Lot.\u00a0 With apologies to the omnipresent security police who missed my illicit activity, I couldn\u2019t resist taking this photo.\u00a0 The gray concrete building in the background is the Pentagon.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Matt D. Klauza, Ph.D.
\n<\/strong>The Works and Women of Charles Dickens
\n<\/em>Friday, March 31, 2017 \u2013 2:15-3:45 p.m.<\/p>\n

When I was young, my father often read to me\u2014and I to him.\u00a0 The second novel we read together was Charles Dickens\u2019s\u00a0A Christmas Carol<\/em>\u00a0(the first was Roald Dahl\u2019s\u00a0James and the Giant Peach<\/em>).\u00a0 While much of Dickens\u2019s vocabulary was over my head, I fell in love with his storytelling and his ability to bring his characters to life\u2014so much so that I was heartbroken over Tiny Tim\u2019s health complications and even didn\u2019t want to finish the book!\u00a0 My father patiently explained to me the concept of social commentary and how the book was a reflection of Dickens\u2019s own life.\u00a0 From there, I was amazed by the link between an author\u2019s life and his\/her work.\u00a0 As a result, I always kept a special place in my heart for Dickens.\u00a0 This course meshes my love for Dickens\u2019s work, his times, and his biography.<\/p>\n

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Sofiya Uryvayeva, D.M.A.
\n<\/strong>Musical Fireworks from Paris \u2013 Piano works by Chopin, Saint-<\/em>Sa\u00ebns and Others
\n<\/em>Saturday, April 8, 2017 \u2013 2:30-4:00 p.m.<\/p>\n

Valentine’s Day is over, but\u00a0love is still in the air!\u00a0 Spring is coming!
\nWe are all children of nature, and our mood is often\u00a0influenced by the season of the year and the weather.\u00a0 But even in the middle of the cold winter,\u00a0spring could awaken in anyone’s soul.\u00a0 Falling in\u00a0love can make a person feel young again…not just on the inside, but also on the outside.\u00a0 And everyone would notice the magic of the transformation. Prepare\u00a0to experience magic in my Musical Fireworks from Paris<\/em> concert!
\nI strongly believe that we should celebrate love all year long!
\nMany people say the most romantic place in the world is Paris.\u00a0 Yes, it’s a place where romance, passion and the musical language of love blossoms. \u00a0This city has attracted and inspired musicians and artists throughout history.\u00a0 Composers who lived and worked in Paris absorbed the charming and enchanted atmosphere of the city and were energized to create spectacular musical fireworks full of harmony and emotion.\u00a0 Musical Fireworks from Paris<\/em>: \u00a0a combination of jubilation and passion!<\/p>\n

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Ronald Feinman, Ph.D.
\n<\/strong>The Life and Presidency of Andrew Jackson (1767-1845)
\n<\/em>Tuesday, April 11, 2017 \u2013 2:15-3:45 p.m.<\/p>\n

Andrew Jackson was the hero of the Battle of New Orleans at the end of the War of 1812.
\nJackson was the first President elected from a state not one of the original thirteen states, being elected from Tennessee, and was the first President not born to an aristocratic family, so came to be known as the President of the “Common Man” and the “Frontier” President.
\nJackson was the strongest, most assertive, influential, and controversial President between Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln.
\nJackson was significant due to his “War” on the Second National Bank of the United States; his handling of the “Nullification Crisis” over the protective tariff with South Carolina and Vice President John C. Calhoun; and his controversial policies toward Native Americans, as well as his condemnation of the abolitionist crusade to end slavery.
\nJackson’s Hermitage Plantation in Nashville, Tennessee, is the third most visited home of a President, after George Washington’s Mount Vernon, Virginia, and Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello in Virginia.<\/p>\n

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Claudia Dunlea, Ph.D.
\n<\/strong>The Wannsee Conference \u2013 90 Minutes That Changed World History
\n<\/em>Monday, April 17, 2017 \u2013 2:15-3:45 p.m.<\/p>\n

The Wilsonian ideas of regime change and self-determination are as relevant today as they were 100 years ago when the U.S. entered World War I in 1917 with the intention to \u201cmake the world safe for democracy.\u201d\u00a0 Unfortunately, Woodrow Wilson’s idealism did not create\u00a0a new world order based on democracy – but turned into a flawed peace settlement\u00a0with terrible consequences. Chief among them, the widely-accepted view of history that the road from the Hall of Mirrors directly led to the German invasion of Poland only 20 years later.\u00a0Furthermore, some of the most intractable problems of the modern world have roots in decisions made at Versailles. Among them, one could list \u2013 for instance – the Balkan wars of the 1990s and the endless struggle between Arabs and Jews over land that each thought had been promised them. Let\u2019s revisit the \u201cWar to End All Wars\u201d!<\/p>\n

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Jeffrey Nall, Ph.D.
\n<\/strong>Why Can\u2019t We Eat the Cat? The Ethical Case for Veganism or Why Eating Animals May Not Only Be Bad For Your Health, But Also Immoral
\n<\/em>Tuesday, April 18, 2017 \u2013 12-1:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Most Americans have confused and logically inconsistent relationships with the animal kingdom. Consider how dominant American society responded to former Atlanta Falcons quarterback, Michael Vick\u2019s dog-fighting ring. Vick served prison time, during which he was divided from his children and lost millions of dollars, and engaged in public service to raise awareness about the evils of animal cruelty. Despite this, Vick, years later, was regarded by sports fans as the most reviled of all professional athletes. Tucker Carlson of Fox News went so far as to say that Vick should have suffered the death penalty.\u00a0 The irony, as we will discuss in Why Can\u2019t We Eat the Cat?<\/em>, is that a great many people who regard Vick\u2019s dog fighting as monstrous participate in the consumption of animals that are as conscious and desiring of pleasure and alleviation of suffering as the dogs Vick harmed. This is a serious moral conundrum that common sense too often allows us to ignore. For, on the one hand, very few in our society see their purchase of \u201cmeat\u201d products as a moral decision at all. It\u2019s just what we do. The reality is that while such an answer is easy, it is not satisfying nor is it rationally grounded. Thus, in this lecture and workshop, we will ask: Is our moral indignation over the harming of cats and dogs morally consistent with our daily diets? On what grounds can we logically differentiate our use of animals in our diet while deriding, condemning and even criminalizing the abuse of domestic pets? Through thought experiments, personal reflection, and lecturer-led dialogue, the hope is that we will develop greater clarity on these and other questions.<\/p>\n

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Steven D. Roper, Ph.D.
\n<\/strong>From Nuremberg to Bosnia: War Crimes and the Development of International Human Rights Law
\n<\/em>Tuesday, April 18, 2017 \u2013 2:15-3:45 p.m.<\/p>\n

On February 2, 2017, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ordered Russia to pay approximately $70,000 in compensation to opposition politician Alexei Navalny. The Court said his right to peaceful protest had been violated multiple times during a series of political gatherings dating back to 2012. Instead, a week later, on February 9, a court in Russia found him guilty of corruption and repeated the same limit to a fair trial the ECHR had found a week earlier. This verdict is important as it bars him from running for political office, including the presidency. Herein lies the limit of international law: International courts can make decisions but cannot force countries to abide by their decisions or the law.<\/p>\n

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Byron R. McCane, Ph.D.
\n<\/strong>Archaeology in Israel: The Ancient Synagogue at Horvat Kur
\n<\/em>Wednesday, April 19, 2017 \u2013 3:00-4:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

The following is based on my personal journal entry from the day we found one of the most important discoveries on our dig:
\nIt had begun the way every dig day begins: 4:15 a.m. wake-up call, quick breakfast of coffee and cookies, ride up the hill to the site, and at work by\u00a05:00 a.m.\u00a0 It was the middle of our third week, so our daily routines were by now well-established, even ingrained and conditioned, almost automatic. That\u2019s why we calmly made all the proper notes and records and measurements when a large basalt stone appeared in stylobate wall W7235 with figurative representations carved into one of its long sides.\u00a0 Probably a door lintel in re-use, we agreed, and our work went on, calm and steady.
\nUntil, as we went deeper, a supporting leg appeared underneath each visible corner of the stone. This was no door lintel. \u201cIt looks like the Midgal Stone,\u201d remarked Raimo, the area supervisor, referring to an important find from a nearby site.\u00a0 In an instant, we were hounds on the scent: brushes and trowels moving at top speed, yet totally under control, communications terse and precise \u2013 \u201cuse a three and half on that \u2026 fine brush, please \u2026 thanks \u2026 it\u2019s solid basalt, isn\u2019t it.\u201d Of course, the stone disappeared into the baulk, so we removed the baulk, and before long we were looking down on a stone table\u00a0in situ<\/em>, with decorations carved into all four sides.
\nBroad smiles, high-fives, and laughter, and someone said, \u201cThis is going to be a museum piece.\u201d
\nAnd today, it is.<\/p>\n

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Doug McGetchin, Ph.D.
\n<\/strong>Non-Violent Power in Action \u2013 A Better Way to Build Democracy
\n<\/em>Thursday, April 20, 2017 \u2013 9:45-11:15 a.m.<\/p>\n

Gandhi Stands up to a Bully<\/span><\/p>\n

Indian nationalist leader Mohandas \u201cMahatma\u201d Gandhi led through Satyagraha<\/em> (grasping onto truth), a forceful and yet nonviolent method of resistance. Gandhi described in his Autobiography<\/em> an encounter upon arriving in South Africa on a stagecoach trip. A white supremacist passenger banished Gandhi to riding on top with the driver, the equivalent of the back of the bus.\u00a0 Stopping to get a breath of air, the racist told Gandhi to step down so he could sit up in the open, but Gandhi refused.\u00a0 The man began hitting Gandhi, but Gandhi stubbornly held onto the seat, and also did not strike back. Because he was using nonviolent resistance, the other passengers noticed his plight, sympathized, and intervened, telling the bully to stop, which he did, bowing to social pressure.\u00a0 Gandhi got his way through his courageous stand against injustice and evoking the compassion of fair-minded bystanders.<\/p>\n

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Some FAU LLS Jupiter Summer 2017 Lecture\/Courses<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>Benito Rakower, Ed.D.
\n<\/strong>Literature, Film and the Real World
\n<\/em>Monday, May 15, 2017 \u2013 1:30-3:00 p.m.<\/p>\n

The summer I was 15, my bedtime reading was\u00a0a novel by the French writer Balzac and then a novel by Mary Shelley, wife of the English Romantic poet. \u00a0The French novel,\u00a0Lost Illusions<\/em>, depicts the career of\u00a0a handsome young man with literary ambitions \u2013 Lucien Chardon. \u00a0Impossible to put down, and\u00a0in various\u00a0prose\u00a0styles, the novel portrays treachery, betrayal,\u00a0sexual passion, and corrupt journalism\u00a0as the shaping forces of French society. \u00a0What was worse, Balzac presented them as the essence of the human condition \u2013\u00a0La Com\u00e9die Humaine<\/em>. \u00a0An\u00a0adolescent boy\u2019s intoxicating introduction to adult life!<\/p>\n

But it was Mary Shelly\u2019s novel\u00a0Frankenstein<\/em>\u00a0– which she began writing at the age of 19 – that permanently altered my conception of men in the modern world. \u00a0Mary Shelley was the daughter of the first\u00a0feminist\u00a0who died giving birth to her. \u00a0The novel is a direct cry of pain, from Mary Shelley\u2019s unconscious,\u00a0for the\u00a0irremediable\u00a0loss of a mother\u2019s love. \u00a0The Frankenstein \u201cmonster\u201d in the novel is a childlike and innocent creature who has similarly been born without benefit of\u00a0a mother\u2019s love.\u00a0\u00a0This most famous of all novels is a scathing attack on the arrogance of the male\u00a0psyche.<\/p>\n

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Katie Muldoon
\n<\/strong>Foreign Films Made Right the First Time
\n<\/em>Wednesdays, July 5-26, 2017 \u2013 1:00-3:30 p.m.; Post-film discussion \u2013 3:30-4:00 p.m.<\/p>\n

Finding that Extra\u00a0Something\u00a0in a Film<\/span><\/p>\n

Delving into any film,\u00a0you\u00a0usually\u00a0hope to discover a story that will entertain,\u00a0perhaps enlighten\u00a0or even educate. \u00a0For me,\u00a0Hopscotch<\/em>, starring the sly, forever charming Walter Matthau and the elegant, enchanting Glenda Jackson was a surprise as it\u00a0not only\u00a0outdid the original story found in the book by Brian Garfield but contained an unexpected gem.
\nAs it turned out, Ms. Jackson helped her spy buddy, Mr. Matthau, with the able assist of her pet Doberman, a smart, majestic creature that caught my eye, won my heart and has since become part of my life as these dogs are a pure joy to have in your life for their gentle love and intelligence.
\nSo, for me, a remake changed my life. \u00a0My upcoming class, \u201cForeign Films Made Right the First Time\u201d features four films, all originals of remakes. \u00a0We will see the original versions,\u00a0then trailers and stills of the remakes, then discuss the whys of the films and what makes them better. \u00a0Maybe there will be a gem in one of them that will change your life.<\/p>\n

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Benito Rakower
\n<\/strong>Out of the Ordinary \u2013 Six Films of Rare Excellence
\n<\/em>Thursdays, May 18 – June 22, 2017 \u2013 1:00-3:30 p.m.; Post-film discussion \u2013 3:30-4:00 p.m.<\/p>\n

A summer film course offers the languor and luxury necessary to explore films of far more than average intensity or challenge. \u00a0Each of the six films has the quality of being engaging. \u00a0But two were chosen because they examine with great acting and film style the baffling complexities of love when money or professional pride are involved. \u00a0Performances of extraordinary\u00a0power.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The gift of intellectual curiosity has provided me with some of the biggest delights of my life. It has put me on planes to discover lands I had only read about and taken me to museums I have waited for…<\/span><\/p>\n

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