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How to Have a Great Sketch Submission/Audition
So lately I've been getting asked a lot of questions about sketch submission packets and auditions. It can be a confusing process, especially if it's your first time submitting, and there are a lot of mistakes that people often make, so I decided to put some stuff down in a helpful little list that you can refer back to whenever you like. Keep in mind that a lot of this stuff is based on my own opinions and experiences, but seeing as I've read hundreds of packets, watched hundreds of auditions, and will be one of the ones grading them at iO this go around, I don't feel like TOO much of an asshole when I say seriously, do these things.
1. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, FORMAT IT PROPERLY. Look, I get that not everyone wants to shell out the dough for Final Draft. It's expensive, and we're broke comedians. Celtx, however, is totally free, and formats scripts in almost the exact same way Final Draft does, and once it's switched to a .PDF, you can barely tell the difference. You should never ever ever ever be writing scripts in word, or notepad, or any other weird program. It is off putting to look at and screams amateur. Also, if you have any desire to be a writer for a living, just shell out the money for Final Draft.
2. A PACKET SHOULD BE 3 FULL LENGTH SKETCHES. What this means is, you may think you have a hilarious blackout, and maybe you do, but the people reading packets typically want to see three fully fleshed out sketches. Three is not a lot, and we want to get a feel for what you can do. Throwing in a blackout is only hurting you. I am also not a fan of runners in packets, but that's more of a personal preference.
3. "FULL LENGTH" DOES NOT MEAN 7 PAGES. The sweet spot in terms of sketch length for me is between three and four pages. Anything longer than that, and it better be the best damn sketch I have ever read in my life. I understand that SNL does 10 minute sketches, but really, have you ever seen an episode and genuinely wanted the sketches to be that long? Also, there is a difference between a show on tv that's an hour and a half and a live sketch show that lasts 20 minutes. More than four pages and the readers WILL get bored. Trust me.
4. CHARACTER SKETCHES DO NOT READ WELL. Look, I'm sure you have an amazing sketch where you do an impression of French president Francois Hollande riding a pony during a snowstorm, but if the funny parts are overly dependent on your performance, it's probably not the best thing to submit when people will just be in their apartments, reading them quietly to themselves. Stick with premise stuff that's funny on paper.
5. OVERLY VISUAL SKETCHES DO NOT READ WELL. Again, I'm sure you have a great silent sketch ready to go, but keep in mind that seeing funny visual stuff is vastly different than reading funny visual stuff. If I write "Charlie Chaplin does the dance of the rolls by putting two dinner rolls on the ends of forks and using them as tiny legs and feet," you might be thinking "What the hell does that even mean?" However, when I show you the link:
you suddenly get it. Stick to sketches that don't need to be seen to get a laugh. Which leads directly to my next point
6. TAKE OUT ANY UNNECESSARY STAGE DIRECTIONS. In a sketch packet, stage directions should be minimal. If it needs a ton of stage directions to be funny, don't include it in your packet.
7. IF YOU ARE AN ASIAN FEMALE LESBIAN, DON'T MAKE EVERY SKETCH ABOUT BEING AN ASIAN FEMALE LESBIAN. Before you start sending me angry emails, what I mean by this is that your three sketches should be varied. A LOT of the times, a female writer will include three sketches in her packet about what it's like to be a female, a gay writer will include three sketches about what it's like to be gay, a Latina writer will put three in about what it's like to be Latina, and so on and so forth. I get the whole "write what you know," thing, but keep in mind that a sketch team is a team. You will be writing for other people, and audiences don't care who wrote what. I would never put three sketches in one show all about an Italian girl from New Jersey and her adventures. If this is what you write, write a sitcom, or a movie, but sketch packets need to be diverse. I want to see three different sketches with different games and different kinds of characters.
8. RAPE, RACIAL HUMOR, AND AIDS JOKES ARE BEST LEFT TO THE EXPERTS. You may think your sketch about rape is absolutely hilarious, but I bet you 100 dollars the people reading your sketches won't think that. I am of the mindset that nothing is off limits when it comes to comedy, but let's face it, you're not Louis C.K. I have read SO MANY packets with these above three elements in them, and I have, without fail, always found them to be in poor taste as opposed to "edgy." If you think being a racist is edgy humor, time to take more classes.
9. DON'T FORGET TO DELETE THAT TITLE PAGE. Once again, nothing screams "I don't know what I'm doing" faster than someone accidentally leaving a blank title page at the beginning of their packet. If you don't know how to get rid of it, Google it. It's very simple.
10. SHOW A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF GAME, BEAT, HEIGHTEN. I saved this one for last because it is by far the most important. While some coaches may disagree on what exactly it's called, whether it's "game" or "direction" or "thrust of the sketch," trust me when I say every sketch MUST have a game. You should be able to pitch your sketch to me in one sentence. The pitch is the game of the sketch. What this means is, if I have a sketch about a janitor who loves ham, I can pitch that to you as "there's a janitor who loves ham." If you can't easily pitch and summarize your sketch, it probably means you don't have a good grasp of what it's about, and the people who are reading it sure as hell won't either. Get out the game of the sketch, and then heighten it to make it funnier. Almost all of the time, the notes coaches give on packets that they like are "Strong understanding of game. Good heightening." If you don't know what these concepts mean, or have no idea how to implement them, you should take some classes and wait to submit until you do.
1. DO YOUR AUDITION SEVERAL TIMES FOR A FRIEND BEFORE YOU FILM IT. Having someone watch you is beneficial for a lot of reasons. The more you do it, the more comfortable you are, they may notice things you were previously unaware of, and they may have some good pitches or advice. You should ideally be hiring someone who knows what they're doing to coach you a bit first. There are a lot of GREAT sketch actors in the community with reasonable rates for this kind of coaching. Ask around and you'll find them.
2. SHOW YOUR PERSONALITY. Whenever I coach people, I tell them that yes, the people watching these videos want to see your characters, but we also want to see you. Even something as simple as how you introduce yourself tells us a lot. Do you seem nervous? Shy? Bubbly? Warm? I have seen the note "likable" a lot when it comes time to grade auditions, and it has never hurt someone to be labeled as such. Treat the camera like a friend in the room with you. Engage with it. We want to know if the audience will like you, and this is the easiest way to tell.
3. FIND SOME WAY TO MAKE IT PHYSICAL. The truly great sketch actors I have seen use everything at their disposal. They not only change their voice or their accent, they change their physicality. If you're playing a blue collar dock worker on an episode of Law & Order who just found out he's married to a giraffe, I want to see you be that character. If your three minute audition is you standing stock still in the same pose and position, you're not utilizing everything you could be to make it great. Move around a bit, shift your stance, make big hand motions if that's what your character would do. This keeps it visually interesting.
4. ACCENTS DO NOT EQUAL CHARACTERS. Look, everyone I know can do an accent, whether it be Russian, German, Southern, etc. This doesn't mean everyone I know would make a great sketch actor. If your character hinges solely on the fact that you're doing an accent other than your own and that's all, it's time to take some more character classes.
5. STAY AWAY FROM RACIST OR HOMOPHOBIC STEREOTYPES. If you are a white man, and you intend to play some form of black stereotype, I can tell you right now, you aren't going to make a team. Ditto for gay stereotypes. If your idea of a character is affecting an effeminate lisp, making your wrist go limp, and talking about what you and your bitches are going to do at the club this weekend, you should not audition. No one thinks it's funny, and it will result in you getting a rep, so that if and when you do wise up, no one will want you on their team anyway.
6. JERSEY GUIDO, MINNESOTA MOM, SORORITY/VALLEY GIRL AND KRISTEN STEWART SHOULD BE ILLEGAL TO DO FOR AUDITIONS. Seriously, I have seen each of these so many times that it's not only not funny anymore, it actually just makes me angry. Once again, these are voices/characters almost every human being can do. We don't want to see them again. All it proves is that you're a limited performer who sticks to tired old tropes.
7. FIND A WAY TO MAKE IT DIFFERENT. We want to see what you, as a performer, will bring to a team. What unique role will you be able to fill? I have seen people make teams who weren't necessarily the strongest sketch actors simply because they were so different from everyone else. This doesn't mean you have to gain 800 pounds and dye your hair pink to stand out. It means that whatever you're doing, try and look at it from a unique angle. Bring something to it that no one has thought of before, and trust me, it will pay off.
8. WATCH AS MANY AUDITIONS AS YOU CAN. Someone just recently asked me "What should go on a sketch audition reel." I asked him how many he'd watched, and the answer was clearly zero. The internet is a bottomless resource. Google "SNL auditions" or "Maude auditions" or "character reel" and then watch, watch, watch. Do NOT watch them to copy, but to see what you personally find funny and interesting. Take notes. Watch good ones and bad ones and figure out what makes the good ones good and the bad ones bad. You can't watch too many auditions. It's not possible.
9. IF YOU HAVE A SPECIAL SKILL, SHOW IT OFF. If you're an amazing singer, make sure one of your characters sings. If you're an amazing juggler, make sure one of them juggles. If you studied mime for years, there had better be a mime character in that reel. This is a no brainer. It will make you stand out.
10. VARY YOUR CHARACTERS. The number one negative comment I see given to performers is that their three minutes of characters were "too one note." I don't want to see you play three mush mouthed singer songwriters. I likewise don't want to see three sassy loudmouths or three Russian mobsters. If I had a nickel for every time I have seen a girl do Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera and Taylor Swift impressions in her reel, I'd be rich. The characters should all be very different, in every aspect. Start making a list of characters you often do in improv shows, or when joking around with friends. Then eliminate those that are too similar.
Don't be bummed out if you don't make a team the first time you try. The first year I submitted for a Maude team at UCB, I didn't make it. I set up a meeting with the AD to get notes on the writing packet that I had submitted, and then asked what he recommended I do for the next year to get better. Then, I took classes, wrote as many sketches as I could, put them up at Not Too Shabby and some indie sketch nights, and wrote a Spank show. The next year, I submitted again and got placed on a team as a writer. There are a lot of talented people in this community, and simply not enough room for all of them on teams. A lot of people don't make it. The smart ones work their asses off and get as much experience as they can. The dumb or lazy ones lay about, wait for the next round of submissions to roll around and submit again, having not gotten any stronger. Not making a team isn't the end of the world. There are tons of opportunities to get your stuff seen. There are a slew of indie venues that incorporate sketch. Again, ask around and you'll find them.
I'm sure there are a lot of great coaches out there who could tell you what other stuff I've left off this list. Ask them their advice. I'm sure they'll be happy to share it. That's all I got for now, so good luck!


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An outsider in a inside library
Chapter 2- Migliore la pasta in Italia
This wouldn't be described as awkward to her; in fact, it wasn't even weird in any way just unusual. I mean, it definitely wasn't a conversation that could come as easily as if you were with a friend but it didn't stop frequently and went rather fluidly.
Her uncle's name was Peter and was a few years older than her father. He couldn't be described as neither fat nor as skinny, average is more accurate, but he was rather tall and he too had loads of freckles but instead of the sandy hair his brother had he had dark-brown and curly. When he spoke he spoke English although with a strange accent, no quite Italian but neither English, more like a English that he had long-since spoken and was forgetting how some things were pronounced.
He had told her that they would eat something in the airport and then drive home. Elle appreciated that he was the one that started the conversation and asked the questions since she didn't quite have the gift of conversing with others and the top bonus was asking her where she wanted to eat since she was craving pasta ever since she had realized some half an hour ago that she was starving.
They went to a restaurant called "migliore la pasta in Italia" (Italy's finest pasta) and she ordered some spaghetti with tomato sauce thinking this was something any Italian would do but was startled as her uncle ordered something that sounded like mushrooms, shrimp, tomato, pepper and onion all together with condiments and spaghetti.
The meal went alright and chatted well enough about the usual topics such as grades, free time, friends, family… When they finished and started walking towards the exit to reach for the car she thought that for being the first time in such a long time that she didn't see him it had gone good enough but even though she had talked to him and been pleasant she still wanted to be with her friends and was dreading the hour-long journey from the airport to the house.
They found the car a few moments later and when they had placed her luggage in the back of the car and where seating themselves his uncle said "So, I hear you like reading."
"Yes." She replayed unsure "Who told you?" It wasn't an accusing tone, just merely curios one but he responded with a grin.
"Your mother, no need to worry she didn't tell me any gossip just that you, your phone and your laptop had a very fond relationship and as I don't have any internet connection" Any connection at all more likely she thought. "She suggested having some books for you to read if I wanted to keep you from your usual grumpy state. So when we get home you've got a surprise"
She gaped at him for a moment and silently telling her mother that she wasn't usually in a grumpy state she said "Thank you, there was no need"
"No worries and although I'm sure you aren't as grumpy as she said I just thought that I better be prepared if there was a raining day or something"
She smiled to him and again started yelling silently to her mother as he started the car and said "Well we better be off if we want to get there early, oh and I forgot. There was a storm and a road was cut so it'll be a two hour journey instead."
"Great." She thought sarcastically.
An outsider in a inside library
Chapter I
It was a bright sunny day, no clouds or wind to ruin it. Perfect for the beach most people would think. Most people, not all.
Yes it was true the day was sunny, yes it was true too that you could spend the day at the beach and the weather wouldn't ruin it, but at 60, 000 feet above the ground you can´t really appreciate the weather when it has been burning your neck for the past hour and a half.
Even though she couldn't care less about the fact that it was very irresponsible to leave a thirteen-year-old home alone she had still tried to convince her mother that she would be alright and that there was no need of sending her with her uncle to Italy. Of course her mother hadn't even thought of the idea and had answered no, and when Elektra had tried to convince her another time she had completely ignored her.
So there she was, on a plane to Italy just at the beginning of the summer and soon this trip would be the reason of a horrible holiday, or that was what she thought.
The source of all this trouble was of course work. She was happy that at least her parents had work but still, she wanted to stay home with her friends. You see, her parents had to work all day for the whole of July and they thought that Elektra was too small and irresponsible to stay all those hours home alone. Maybe they would've considered the idea if her sister had stayed home but no; she was off to Germany on a school exchange.
Her father, Charles, was an average tall man with sandy hair, very pale and freckles all over his face; he had lived in England all his life until he met her mother, Pilar. They fell in love, had two babies and went to Spain three years after the first birth. Her mother wasn't at all like her father. For example she was Spanish and had always lived in Spain until she had gone to England to practice her English. She was small (although still taller than her daughters), had black shoulder-length hair and a nice brown tan. They had always described their relationship as love at first sight.
Her sister, Kaylee, was quite stupid in her opinion, although most people said that this was just because they were sisters but Elektra really believed that she wasn't as smart as she looked like. She wasn't very tall for her age, had light brown eyes and wavy light brown hair too that she always had to wear perfectly. She was fifteen and had the same number of boys at her feet as sand grains on a desert. Elektra on the other hand had dark brown hair with a fringe that covered her whole forehead and didn't spend as much time on her hair as Kay did. Although her eyes matched her hair too because they where a brown nearly black color that made them even darker due to her long black eyelashes. She was tall for her age, not like Kay, didn't have so many freckles and there wasn't any single guy at her feet, but she didn't mind that fact much.
Elektra, or as her friends liked to call her "Elle" hadn't seen her uncle for a long, long time and wasn't really thrilled at the idea of seeing him again. Not because he did something wrong, but because she wanted to spend the summer with her friends in Spain and not in a house in the middle of nowhere without any communication with the outside world. And even though she was in Italy her uncle's house was in the top of a mountain in some town called "Asolo" and as big as it could be it would still be boring.
"Please remain seated with your seat belt fastened until the complete stop of the plane and when the signals are off."-Elektra heard from the distance. That brought her back to reality. She had been thinking for the remaining thirty minutes and hadn't even noticed all of the people packing their things.
She quickly fastened her seat belt and started packing too. Fifteen minutes later she was walking out of the plane with a stewardess trying to find her uncle whilst doing the same for her suitcase.
She spotted a purple suitcase 10 feet away and went to get it. She hadn't even touched it when she heard a voice that she recognized lazily.
"¿Elektra? Wow! You've grown a lot since I last saw you"
She took a deep breath, grabbed her suitcase, turned around smiling hoping with all her might that it looked real and said:
"Hey Un" and she hugged him. She didn't want to upset anybody by showing that she would give anything for not being here right now.
2 years ago
Never ending summer air
As she woke up a sudden thought struck her "It´s summer". She sat up, took a deep breath and smiled to herself, it was finally summer. No more homework, no more exams, no more working, no more nothing for two whole months. "This" she thought to herself "was a wonderful feeling".
The sun was creeping through the blinds and she filled her lungs with the fresh summer air. No clouds, no rain, no staying indoors all day; perfect summer day.
She got out of bed, picked her phone and went to the kitchen humming "payphone" whith a broad smile on her face and the prospect of having the best day ever.
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Malcolm was born in the 1930s to a Jewish family in pre-World War II Prague, Czechoslovakia. Her father was a psychiatrist. Because of rising anti-Semitism, the family left Europe in 1939 and settled in New York. Malcolm attended the High School of Music and Art in Manhattan and went on to the University of Michigan. Malcolm wrote reviews for the student paper and worked as an editor for the university's humor magazine.
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Just over half of American pet owners will buy gifts for their pets this holiday season, and they'll spend an average of $46 on their animals, with toys and treats topping the list, according to a new AP-Petside.com poll.
Sixty-eight percent of pets getting gifts can look forward to a toy, 45 percent to food or another treat, eight percent new bedding, six percent clothing, three percent a leash, collar or harness and three percent new grooming products, the poll showed. Some pets will get more than one gift.
In the UK however, 91 percent are buying their pet a present this year, with almost a fifth admitting they will be spending more on their pet than their mother-in-law.
The RSPCA survey revealed that animal lovers are expected to spend about £300 million pampering their pets this Christmas.
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Whether it's a new hot spot, a rusty hole in the wall that serves amazing ramen, or a barbecue place with a solid beer selection, I'm shoveling food into my face at a restaurant in New York City at least three or four nights a week. I do it to stay just a few pounds overweight while at the same time draining my bank account -- it's simply the most delicious lose lose. Anyway, while I adore to eat out, there are some changes I'd like to see in the old restaurant world. It's not all diamonds and rosé, but it should be.
Here are 5 things that need to change about restaurants, and now.
Other than those things, though, I love paying talented people to make me dinner. And, huh, would you look at that, it's just about eating time again, now isn't it. Yum.
What don't you like about eating out?
So it's not raising the base pay or allowing sick days or something that really needs to be improved?
*facepalm* The comments on here are ridiculous. She didn't say they were the only 5 things that needed to be changed... Why can't she voice her opinion while using her sense of humor to poke fun at a few annoyances for an article? Thanks for reading! Don't agree? Move on with your life.
My restaurant annoyances usually revolve around the other diners and their lack of consideration for the people around them.
The only pet peeves I have are when my drink is empty (shouldn't get to that point, but I can understand if the restaurant is really busy) or when they constantly forget something I've asked for several times. I rarely go out to eat, and when we do I make sure it's somewhere simple. I also tip well and clean up my own table (mommy habit). I never go out to eat if I'm in a rush, broke or want to try a new place on a whim. I usually go somewhere we have been before so I know what to expect. If I want to try a new place I usually research the menu and reviews online before going. Most of my complaints are due to the other patrons seated around me. Common courtesy in unheard of these days!


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There is no such thing as not being socially programmed by society. Namely your society you were raised in. Unless you were born in the wilderness and managed to raise yourself with no help from anyone or even wolves, could you say you have not been influenced by society. I say this because the most maddening and overlooked flaw to the gender neutralists and pansy nanny state types, swlp's and political correct nazi's are that even their attempts to make things equal and nice, as if it could ever be, is the same thing that they're trying to hoist up as evil. Social conditioning is evil! Evil! The problem with counter-culture is that it needs the culture to exist. If you were to make everything sterile like some militant people are trying to do, I'm looking at you Sweden… then you would just have a counter-culture that says boys should play with the toys he wants to play with and girls are allowed to pretend to be princesses, and not be tied to the matriarchal decree that boys and girls should play with generic toys that offer nothing to their development, and even stunting their emotional and mental and self-esteem development.
If any of you have had the pleasure of reading through OKcupid profiles, sat through an early date, sat beside at a bar, or stuck in a conversation with one of these female's that have half-shaved heads, odd colored hair, horn rimmed glasses of some sort, obnoxious tattoo's, "nontraditional" chicks – then you'll understand what I'm talking about. Sadly their arguments about a mythical patriarchal boogey man is really at least 20 years too late. Tradition went by the wayside after the hippies moved back into society and realized half the shit they thought was stupid and forgot, yet that hippy generation, early feminism, softened our society over the next few generations, till we get to the part of our world now, that being "normal" is not only a subtle unknowing rebellion or counter-culture, but has started to become conscious and even entrenched in enforcing its relevance to society. Also you will know how stupid they sound, how childishly naïve they speak about how society shaped "your old sexist view points." – they basically call you evil or stupid because you let society tell you how you should think, when that's exactly what they are doing as well. They argue and complain, and bitch about the wrong thing, and use their own arguments against themselves. Their logic is flawed. It must be the lack of testosterone that goes into this type of thinking.
Feminism and gender neutralism is a lie, just like everything else in the world was and is, and will be. There is always a society of people who want their ways to be the way things are and pressure the rest of the people in world to behave in a certain way. That's how societies work. That's the rub of being human, you can't escape the fact that you are a product of your environment – and all of this encompasses our environment. Whether you want to pretend you aren't affected or influenced about it, or not, you still always will be – and your prejudices and beliefs will be because of this environment. It's ever so ironic, that the irony loving hipsters can't understand this basic tenet of life.
When ever someone uses the argument or lashes out with accusations like: misogynist! Sexist! etc. They are essentially insulting themselves, for they're the same thing that they're attempting to criticizing. You don't want to be controlled by what you think misogyny wants you to, you want to control how we think. It's not about being free, as allowing others to think and behave how they want is the definition of freedom, it is about control. And as long as the accusations of a make believe boogey man still is accepted by everyone, the longer we get away of real societal self critique. If you want to look at gender roles, and things we should be changing to better our society, you need to do so with the full understanding of humanity, and we need to understand what is important for a child's full development, and as long as we're still arguing like adolescents, I don't think we're even close to that yet. If ya think ya got a quick answer for society, I got news for you, you're wrong.


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Because He's Hot! Henry Cavill Smolders at Chateau Marmont (PHOTOS)
Immortal's actor Henry Cavill was spotted leaving Chateau Marmont in West Hollywood over the weekend looking hotter than ever with a clean shave, jeans and beige long sleeve shirt. He was being followed by a crowd of fans and frankly, we don't blame them. We'd be following him, too.
Up next, the 28-year-old actor will star as Superman in Man of Steel due out June of 2013. Back in October, the Hollywood hunk flaunted his buff bod in front of the green screen on set -- and from the looks of these pictures, Clark Kent is one fine-looking man!
Directed by Watchmen's Zack Snyder and produced by The Dark Knight writer Christopher Nolan, Man of Steel will focus on the darker side of the famed superhero.
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At one point, the car caught on fire, but firefighters quickly put it out.
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In and of the World: How Culture is Transforming Protestants
- Tuesday, April 07, 2009
The explicit reason Crouch avoids high culture is that culture itself is larger than any particular cultural tradition. Christian efforts to come to grips with cultural life, Crouch argues, have paid too much attention to only one slice of culture—high, pop, ethnic, or even political. Culture is more varied and more basic than any of these particular expressions. It is the fundamentally human activity of making sense and making something of the world. "Meaning and making go together," Crouch writes, "culture, you could say, is the activity of making meaning." [24] He makes this definitional move because culture, the word, is too abstract. "We don't make Culture, we make omelets," Crouch asserts. "We tell stories. We build hospitals. We pass laws. These specific products of cultivating and creating . . . are what eventually, over time, become part of the framework of the world for future generations." [26] This expansive view of culture, valuable apparently because it avoids abstraction, leads Crouch to describe almost anything human beings touch as culture. Again, the reason stems from human beings as creatures whose natures are essentially cultural. "The beginning of culture and the beginning of humanity are one and the same because culture is what we were made to do." [36]
This is a frustratingly simple definition of culture that seems to reflect the desire of a large slice of contemporary evangelicalism that is fundamentally opposed to hierarchies and norms in evaluating and transmitting culture. For good reasons Crouch wants to go beyond simply analyzing culture for the sake of what it does to children or for whether it is appropriate for Christian consumption. He prefers the postures of cultivating and creating culture to critiquing, copying, or consuming. Crouch does suggest that some forms of culture may have more integrity than others. A cultural endeavor achieves integrity when it is "more whole, more faithful to the world of which it is making something." [55] But the limits of this conception are evident when Crouch puts omelets, highways, and software programming on a par with some of the West's greatest achievements. Is it really possible to suggest Interstate 95 has as much integrity as Thomas Eakins' Gross Clinic? When Crouch ventures his own list of "cultural artifacts" that represent the "glory and honor" of the cultural traditions he knows—Bach's B Minor Mass, Miles Davis's Kind of Blue, Arvo Paert's "Spiegel im Spiegel," green-tea crème brûlée, fish tacos, bulgogi, Moby Dick, the Odyssey, the iPod, and the Mini Cooper—it appears that his understanding of culture is well positioned to justify a middle-class baby boomer's tastes, income, and education. But what Crouch thinks about declining cultural standards in the West or how Christians might respond to that problem is not on his radar.
To be sure, the advantage of this approach, and the astute recommendation that evangelical Protestants need to develop postures of cultivation and creation in cultural endeavors is its recognition that human beings cannot escape culture (the fundamentalist temptation) and that simply imitating culture (the Jesus Rock temptation) is inferior to creative expressions of worth. In fact, Crouch even ups the ante for his fellow evangelicals when he turns from culture-making as basic to human identity to culture-making as a biblical duty.
In the second section of the book, Crouch decides to take a relatively quick tour of the history of salvation recounted in the Old and New Testaments. Not surprisingly, in a book devoted to not simply the legitimacy but also the necessity of culture, Crouch sees cultural life writ large throughout the pages of holy writ. This strategy can become tedious. Creation in Genesis 1 is culture. Adam and Eve were given the task of creating culture, specifically, agriculture. As a nation, Israel was political culture, while its cultural insights in the religious sphere replaced henotheism with monotheism. Jesus was a cultural figure in his training and work as a carpenter. He died on a cross, a cultural instrument of torture. The apostles took the message of Christianity to cities, arenas of great cultural significance. Pentecost overturned Jewish culture and gave Christianity's blessing to cultural diversity. Finally, the new heavens and new earth in the last book of the Bible reassert the import of the city and cultural life. According to Crouch, culture is "the furniture of heaven." [170] He adds, "human beings, in God's original intention and in their redemptive destination, cannot be separated from the cultural goods they create and cultivate at their best." [170]
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Hi everyone, I'm a graphic design student at the Laguna College of Art + Design in California. For my senior thesis, I'm rebranding the DMV and redesigning the experience.
Here's where I need help (especially if you're from another state). Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
How has your experience at the DMV been? Why did you go? Any horror stories? Or was it a breeze? Where do you see improvements being made in the system?
Anonymous said: I am a current high schooler looking into LCAD. I was wondering how much scholarship did you receive from the school and was is hard to get that scholarship?
The year I graduated high school, LCAD gave one full ride scholarship to a student from each of the five majors. I was incredibly blessed to receive one from LCAD which covers the cost of tuition, which this year is $27,000. I don't know if they still do this or if it was just that year, but I earned it from a combination of high school grades, portfolio, recommendation letters, and an essay. My family lost our business and went bankrupt my senior year which meant that I had to do everything possible to make college possible for myself. Good luck!
the day they move on, i don't know what i'm gonna do with myself
This is amazing. My whole life has been very weird. In lots of ways. I grew up in Jersey City my whole life, was blessed to go to Catholic school, blessed to go to Rutgers, blessed to have family and friends who care about me and love me so much. And were never shy in reminding me that the blessings that i have received come from one source, three persons, one God.
So because of that i spent five years on mission and six years at Seton Hall trying to understand how God wanted me to live my life. And it was really eleven years of wrestling because I was searching for ways to figure out why the priesthood was not for me.
You can ask the seminary faculty of which we have so many members here, I asked many questions. We have young priests who have lived in seminary that are here today, after hours it was there turn to field all the questions that I had hoping that there was something that would disqualify me from a life that the world has not only dismissed but has laughed at because to the world it makes no sense. Nothing about celibacy, about poverty, about simplicity, about obedience makes sense to the world. But Jesus makes sense. and deep in your hearts, i know for a fact that you know this. You know this.
'Cause you're not here just congratulation Gino, you're here congratulating the 'Father' part. The Father part that has spoken to you in your life. The Father part that Jesus has used to confer upon you His own Body and Blood. The Father part that has confessed you of your sins and has been a vessel of His very mercy. The Father part that has driven into your hearts His love for you. The Father part that has promised you an eternal banquet for eternity despite what you do here. The Father part that is for you. The Father part that you deserve. The Father part that we are all privileged to have as Christians.
So don't be mistaken, your excitement and enthusiasm is matched by me as well because nobody, after this weekend, will be coming to grips with the fact that i'm a priest more than myself. Trust me, it's the truth.
I was actually taking a shower this morning when I woke up and, as ignorant as it sounds, I just said to myself, "I feel exactly the same." But I know that things are to come, difficulties and joys because every priest has told me so. But I do want to take a moment today to really thank everybody that's here. Because I wanted to share something that was very significant in these years that I've been preparing for this day.
I always thought that it was noteworthy to recognize that the minute i felt Jesus was calling me to this sacred ministry out of all of my friends, out of all of my family, out of all of the seminarians, out of all of the priests, everybody whom I love, there was not a single person that did not support me. There was no one person that did not support and encourage me.
My brothers and sisters there is a sad reality in the state of vocations in 2014. Where I have brothers whose very dream is the same as mine, whose parents are against them responding to this call, whose family and friends have written them off as crazy and have even said to them, "if you push with through with this I won't support you, I won't go to your ordination, I won't go to your first mass, I disagree with what you're doing in your life." And with silent suffering, they persevere because they know that the Lord is calling them anyway.
And I don't understand why I haven't experienced any of that, but I'm grateful because I probably would have listened to the first person and said, "oh really? okay, forget it." But that wasn't the case. Really everybody i've met whether Catholic or not, or active Catholic or not, or understands the vocation or not said, "wow, that's cool." And I know many of you have been ceaseless in prayers for me these last few years and so from the bottom of my heart I wanna say thank you to everybody thats here. For all the unmerited confidence that you have in me, for praying for me all the time, for encouraging for me all the time, for telling me that when you were at mass and some priest said let's pray for vocations and that you said that you came up in my mind so you thought of me at that time. Those things count. Those prayers have concrete ramifications and I know you believe that so I thank you across the board and I wanna say I love you and that I'm excited for the rest of my life because Jesus Christ never fails to remind us of how loved we are. Through His mercy all He wants to do is just draw us closer and deeper into Himself, to conceive the glory that comes from His promise for His life on earth.
There's nothing more I desire than for Jesus to reveal to everybody what their calling is in life and that they might have the courage to respond to the holy obedience so that everybody can experience the glory that comes in this devout pilgrimage towards Jesus.-
Speech by Father Gino de la Rama after his first Mass, May 2014
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These are hands down the best leggings I've ever worn, soft like butter but still looks cool with the panels and mesh detail at the ankles.
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I'm a big fan of Hurley's beach active line for girls and this top has a detachable racerback sports bra.
Fletcher Women's Fleece (link)
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in art history we learn about inner necessity, the right of an artist to unlimited freedom, the almost insatiable need to create, the fervent spirit driving us to make beautiful and meaningful things.
i feel like i've lost touch of that, i'm not motivated to create for personal satisfaction but only letting myself be driven by a client, money, or what the project will do for my portfolio. i think it's time for a change
School's done for the year, can I officially consider myself a senior in college?
This semester was definitely the hardest one to date, lots of heavy studio classes and I still work two jobs unfortunately so the past couple months have been rough. But I made lots of new friends and got closer with a bunch more, so I'm stoked that I'm spending my first summer in Laguna! plus I'm 21 now nbd.
I'll be driving home in two days to the Bay Area then off to New York on Wednesday for six days with my best friend! We're going to film a good friend's graduation/ordination as a priest! I met him when I was 17 and served CFC-Youth conference for the first time and have done a couple more projects together since. It's crazy how fast time flies and it's an honor to be there to witness his ordination.
So overall, I'm glad this semester is over because it kicked all of our butts. So proud of my friends who are doing cool stuff this summer and interning at awesome companies, it's gonna be a fun summerrrrr
to do list after finals and before internship starts
- bonfire
- LACMA/LA day
- drink and draw night
- new york/new jersey may 21-26
- hit the gym hard
- go home to the bay for a couple days
but thats still two weeks away :(
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Spring Break
I never go on Tumblr anymore except for the occasional breather/stream of consciousness after a long period of work.
But finally. The past week has been rough, finishing things before break and working on getting everything ready for the gallery opening tonight. It took me about a year to really get a routine for openings down.
School has been really good to me lately. Just landed an internship at Hurley for the summer :) I wasn't even supposed to interview but everything just worked out. I also never really saw myself working there until my Comm 2 class but I'm excited!
Going home tomorrow after this workshop at Poketo. I love the OC, but I just really really love the Bay. Sucks that it's getting super expensive to live there.
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"What Fashion's "Ethnic" Prints Are Really Called"
You've seen them crowding the racks at stores and draping the bodies of some of the most well-dressed ladies around… but, what do you actually call them? You know what you shouldn't call them: the hyper-general African print, the offensive "tribal" print, the catch-all "ethnic" print…not okay.
Why the 'Native' Fashion Trend Is Pissing Off Real Native Americans
"The issue now is not only who gets to represent Native Americans," Metcalfe says, "but also who gets to profit."
The question I'm asked often, by other budding designers or people in creative spaces, is this: "But I can be inspired by anything! How do I avoid people saying I'm 'appropriating'?"
The answer is simple — give credit to your inspiration. Respect it by researching it, and make others respect it by sharing with them what you've learned. It takes two seconds to say "I saw these fabrics in photos of a wedding celebration in Ghana." It takes half a second to emphasize that you're using ankara fabrics, or Indonesian batiks, or textile designs from 1960s Russia. Really, it doesn't take that much effort to supply proper attribution (journalism 101) — which is why when designers and companies don't do it, the end result feels so dismissive and insulting. And, often, poorly executed.
"…the main reason I don't like this trend is a personal one: There was once a time when a non-African person wearing African print patterns meant they'd married into a family. There was a respect there. They'd met the aunties, they'd met the uncles. They'd sat down at a dinner and ate Egosi soup laced with enough scotch bonnet peppers to make you dive into the Thames. They'd been through some things. Now it means nothing."
So to all the young, unmarried Christian girls out there, listen up: who you marry matters. You might think that the way he treats you isn't so bad. It's not going to get better after the wedding. You might think that he'll change. It's possible, but most don't. You might think that you'll be able to minister to him and help him. Possibly, but if you can't now, you won't then, and you will be at risk yourself. A husband should lead and cherish you, not need your counsel for basic personality or behavior issues.
Unless someone married is very frank with you, you can't understand how much a husband will impact your entire life. Next to salvation there is no other long term event that will change so many areas of your life so deeply. Here are just some of the ways that marriage will impact every aspect of living.
1. It will impact you spiritually. If the guy is not a believer, you can stop right there. You have no business yoking a redeemed soul with an unregenerate one, even if he seems open to change. Christ has bought you with a price and it is not an option to give away that blood bought heart to someone who doesn't know and love your Lord. It will cripple your spiritual development, open up a host of temptations, stifle your prayer life, make regular church going difficult, and cause massive parenting conflict if you have children.
If the guy is a believer, is he a strong one? Will he lead you in prayer, Bible reading, family devotions, and public worship? Or will you be on your own? Is he going to make spiritual growth a priority or do other things come first? Is he going to ask you how it's going with your soul so he can help you grow in holiness and love for Christ, or will he leave that to your pastor? Is he going to lead the children in this, or will you have to spearhead that? In church, is he going to help the kids sit well, pray, find the hymn, or will you be the one pointing out what is happening next and helping the family keep up? Many women have married spiritually immature men, thinking that it wasn't a big issue, or that the man would change, and they were wrong. They bear the scars.
The health of your eternity is at stake. Think carefully.- http://thechristianpundit.org/2012/08/15/it/


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In October 2006 the Passport Office began issuing the new Irish electronic passport (ePassport). This technology represents a major development in identity verification and security, providing a much stronger linkage between the individual and his or her identity than traditional systems which rely solely on visual identification. It has strengthened the passport issuing process by providing a further safeguard against fraudulent applications. In addition under the US Visa Waiver Scheme, participating countries, including Ireland, have been issuing ePassports from 26 October 2006.
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30 percent of GM salaried retirees take lump-sum payment
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By Paula Aven Gladych
Thirty percent of eligible General Motors retirees accepted a lump sum payment in lieu of ongoing pension benefits, according to the company's most recent 8-K filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
It also announced that it expects to close in early November a transaction through which The Prudential Insurance Company of America will assume responsibility for pension obligations covering GM's remaining eligible U.S. salaried retirees.
Through annuitizations and lump sum payments, GM will have eliminated $29 billion in U.S. salaried pension liability, which was much higher than the initial $26 billion estimate. As part of these transactions, the auto maker will contribute $2.6 billion to its pension plan and will record an estimated $2.9 billion pre-tax charge in the fourth quarter as a special item.
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Good Question: Should I Buy a New Cuisinart?
Dear Kitchen,
I have a 7-cup classic Cuisinart, which is 7 years old and whose work bowl is slowly cracking. The plastic shaft on the grating disc also just broke. A new disc is $26, a new workbowl is $30. I also read that the dough blade should be replaced every few years, and that's another $30.
Should i just get a completely new food processor?
Jill in Boston
Dear Jill,
The one thing that Cuisinart food processors are known for are their great motors. If your motor still works well, don't toss it! We have one of the original models; it must be 25 years old. We've replaced the bowl and the disc once, and it is as good as new. As for the dough blade, we hardly ever use it, so it's never been replaced.
These days, so many appliances are made to be cheap, with parts that are not replaceable. Toaster broken? Toss it out and buy a new one. That is the kind of thinking the manufacturers want you to follow.
We'd rather not add more junk to the landfills - that's why we always advise to buy appliances that are the best quality you can afford, and to keep them tuned up. That means replacing broken parts.
Secondly, I'm not sure where you're getting your prices, but the Cuisinart parts website sells the workbowl for $29.50, the grating disc (they call it a shredding disc) for $19, and the dough blade for $12.
Good luck!
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Hi Jill,
I wouldn't get a new processor. I would replace the grating disc, since that is no longer functional. From my limited experience in kitchens, I have learned that the doug blade is seldom use (it's not necessary, since the regular blade can also be used for kneading dough.) Change the grating disc, and appreciate that you have a great machine.
it's actually $26 for the grating disk with shipping; and I actually meant the chopping blade.
thanks for the advice so far!
Been here, and done this. I have a Cuisinart DCL-7. I first replaced the bowl, and quite recently the lid and tube dingus. I don't like the way the new machines look - perhaps I don't take change gracefully. But why toss what can be repaired? The bits and bobs were still less costly than a new machine, and the motor on this old workhorse machine allows it to chop and shred very nicely.
Toasters, on the other hand, I look for the $10 model in my grocery store, use it till it dies, then pitch and replace. There's a big difference between a toaster and a food processor.
There was a piece in the New York Times about this very question within the past 3 or 4 months. I'm sorry I'm spacing on the name of the column right now, but it's that one where the woman tells you about various holy grail shopping quests, this time Cuisinart parts and/or replacing the whole thing. It had sources and prices. You could do a search on their website.


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LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) – Authorities located a missing 18-year-old.
Lena Marie Curry, 18, was reported missing early Wednesday after she was last seen near Iroquois High School on Taylor Boulevard.
According to Louisville Metro police she was found later the same day.
Police said Curry is listed as diminished capacity and was in need of her medication.
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Carlebach discusses the ways in which photojournalists redefined the boundaries of publicity and privacy, fact and fabrication during the formative decades of the profession.
"Elegantly designed and stunningly printed . . . a magnificent book."—Washington Post
In this collection of self-portraits Arno Rafael Minkkinen incorporates his own nude body into a range of isolated settings, emphasizing its bond to the natural world.
A visual pleasure and a unique insight into American history
The photographs, mainly taken between 1945 and 1955, do not tell stories: they present thoughts. The images of people and their land, women in their traditional dress, musicians with their instruments, capture the calm, quiet, inner rhythms of Mexico's rural population.
This stunning collection of photographic portraits traces U.S. history through the lives of well-known abolitionists, artists, scientists, writers, statesman, entertainers, and sports figures.


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WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 (UPI) — NASA says a falling satellite is slowing its approach to the upper atmosphere and should plunge back toward Earth late Friday or early Saturday.
Reversing itself on earlier estimates that the satellite would not be passing over North America during its re-entry, NASA now says "there is a low probability that any debris that survives will land in the United States, but the possibility cannot be discounted," Florida Today reported.
Exactly where the decommissioned 6.5-ton, bus-size Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite would land was not clear early Friday, NASA said.
But 26 large pieces — the heaviest weighing about 350 pounds — were expected to survive the fiery re-entry and hit Earth's surface, the agency said.
The largest pieces could possibly hit the surface at 98 mph. Smaller pieces were expected to strike the surface at up to 240 mph.
The chances of getting hit are 1 in 3,200, NASA said.
The debris — made of stainless steel, titanium and beryllium, and including batteries, wheel rims and empty fuel tanks — will stretch along a 500-mile path, NASA said.
There will be no hazardous chemicals, although the pieces might have sharp edges, the space agency said.
The satellite — an orbital observatory launched from the space shuttle Discovery in September 1991 to study Earth's atmosphere, particularly the protective ozone layer — was decommissioned in 2005 and placed into a lower orbit so it wouldn't cause any problems for the International Space Station.
NASA's Skylab space station — about the size of a house — fell to Earth near Perth, Western Australia, July 11, 1979. No one was injured, but local authorities fined NASA $400 for littering.
NASA never paid the fine, but a California radio show host raised the money from his morning show listeners in April 2009 and paid the fine on NASA's behalf.


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Full-body umbrella
If you've ever been to the U.K., you know one thing: despite the stereotype, it's going to rain even more than you'd expect. Here in Canada, the west coast is no stranger to dark skies either, so why not prepare yourself for complete dryness with the full-body umbrella? With this conventional umbrella with long, plastic sheets extending from the fringe, sideways rain and chilly gusts shall not pass.
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A Question of Taste
Food and wine tours and tastings in based in Seville, Spain. Excursion and tapas tours as well as packages available.
A Taste of Distinction
Specialists in culinary and vineyard tours within Europe. Customizied and escorted itineraries available for individual or group needs.
Appetite For Adventure
Features culinary and wine vacations worldwide. Tour details and contact information.
Chocolate Lovers Paradise Tours
Fully escorted 7-day tours. Features Belgian cities of Brussels, Bruges, and Antwerp. Highlights visits to world-famous chocolatiers, Chocolade Pasiion Festival, and banquets.
City Adventures
Worldwide tours in food, wine, art and gardens.
Cook Italy
Italian cookery courses in Tuscany, Sicily, and Bologna. Fun and informal, 1 day lessons, 3 day and one week cooking classes. Carmelita leads small groups in hands-on cooking of authentic Italian meals.
Cooking class in the Loire Valley
Week of cooking class in the middle of the Loire Valley, France. Program highlights class in the morning with Maxime Rochereau ex chef of the Ritz of Chicago and visits to castles in the afternoon.
Cooking In Florence
Study authentic Italian cooking of all regions with Giuliano Bugialliuscan while based in Florence. Spring, Summer, and Fall courses. All courses prepared inside our 1000 year old villa located in the wine county of Chianti.
Creative Cooking Schol in Las Vegas
Cooking school in Las Vegas with hands-on and demonstration classes. Some classes include French and healthy gourment cooking as well as pasta workshops and seasonal soups. Site includes culinary terminology, weights and measures and information on c
Cuisine International
Offers unique and educational culinary adventures in beautiful locations. Booking week-long vacations at over a dozen cooking schools in Italy, France, England, and Brazil.
Cuisine Provençale, France
Culinary holidays and cooking classes inside the Roman walls of Arles. Provence for the traveling gourmet and wine enthusiast. Discover the region and meet the food artisans every morning, cook and feast every night. Erick and Madeleine Vedel welcome
Ecco la Cucina
Features a hands-on Italian cooking class held on the rural estate of Spannocchia south of Siena, focusing on Tuscan cuisine and wines.
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Everyday Gourmet Traveler
A cooking school travel program offering small group culinary tours to Italy, France and regional United States.
Food Factory Tours
Database of food and beverage manufacturers who offer tours and free tastings across the United States.
Adelaide's top food and wine tours in South Australia. Highlights food, wine, tours, restaurants, and recipes. Tours hosted by culinary professionals available.
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French Gastronomic Tours
Visit France and discover the French gastronomy. Taste local specialties by booking a gastronomic tour through splendid regions. You will stay in relais-châteaux and fine hostels and dine in exquisite restaurants.
Gabriele's Travels to Italy
Daily journal photos and experiences of travels in Italy on Cooking in Amalfi tour. Contact information available for tour information.
Global Cuisine
Tour information and videos exploring the culinary and cultural traditions around the world. Introductions to chefs, markets, kitchens, museums, and food.
Gourmet Getaways
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Gourmet Retreats
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Granada Cooking School and Vacations
The cooking school, bed and breakfast sits in view of the Alhambra Palace located in Granada, Spain. The site features information regarding cooking programs and accommodations.
Himalayan- Bhutanese Cuisine Tours
Excursion includes visits to agricultural areas to see how Bhutanese grow food, to markets to see the variety and economics of food, and to restaurants and homes.
InspirAsians Cooking School
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International Kitchen
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Cordon Bleu cookery courses in an 18th century French manor house in Normandy, France. Accommodation highlights, class information, and contact number.
La Cucina Mia - Tuscany
A Tuscan vacation plus hands on cooking classes specialising in Italian dishes.
Lacachette Culinary Academy
Features an 8 day culinary adventure with European master Chef Karl Heinz Dickheiwer and specializing in French and European cuisine.
Laguna Culinary Arts
Offers one half day through three-day cooking classes for cooks of all levels, plus a special two-day weekend class.
Las Campanas
Cultural and food adventures in Mexico with information on cooking courses in traditional and contemporary Mexican cuisine. Contact information in Cuernavaca.
Laura cooking class in Tuscania
In farmhouse among etruscan sites, located near medieval town of Tuscania, spend a week learning easy Italian family cooking mixed with sightseeing and tasting of real Italian culture and way of living.
Mangia Firenze
Custom culinary adventures combining Florentine food, art, and culture.
New Orleans Food Adventure
Cajun and Creole cooking classes and instruction available to groups and individuals. Travel vacations to other culinary education programs available.
Oaxaca's Food of the Gods Festival
A culinary exploration of culture - from chiles to chocolate - exploring the traditional cuisines of Oaxaca, Mexico through cooking classes, dine arounds and markets tours.
Papillon Select Tours
Villa-based gastronomic tours of Europe for private groups of up to 14. Papillon cuisine and estate-bottled regional wine. Cooking classes and wine tastings highlights.
Pata Negra
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Samui Institute of Thai Culinary Arts
Lunch time and dinner time Thai cooking classes meet daily at 11:30 and 4:00 pm in a modern facility. Three-day fruit and vegetable carving courses are taught twice weekly.
Shaw Guide to Recreational Cooking Schools
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Tastes of Italy
Gourmet city breaks and regional exploration in Italy specialising in gourmet dining with award-winning restauranteurs, fine wines, opera and cultural events.
Thai Cooking Holidays
Cooking school in Chiang Mai, Thailand with possible extensions to Cambodia or Laos. Course details and regional information.
The Kitchen Door
A newly opened recreational cooking school on the south part of Whidbey Island, Washington. Four day, hands-on courses for the enthusiastic home cook. Accommodation information for vacation planning.
The World Travel Guide Online - Mexico
Introduction to travel and food in Mexico.
To Grandmothers House We Go Cooking Tours
Offers cooking and cultural tours to Oaxaca, Mexico and Sicily, Italy as well as workshops in New York.
Toscana Saportia Cooking School
Learn Tuscan cooking while staying in a 15th century hilltop estate. Offering small classes and hands-on instruction in English as well as daily tours with professional English speaking guides. For beginners and professional.
Tropical Creole Cooking School
Located on the Pacific slopes of the Tilaran mountains in Costa Rica, outside the regional capital of San Ramon. The site features information regarding programs in seafood, vegetarian and the use of tropical ingredients.
Trout Point Lodge
Food learning vacations, including cooking classes and wild foods foraging, with an emphasis on seafood cookery and the cuisines of the French New World. Located in Nova Scotia
Umberto Cooking School
Cooking school in Tuscany featuring gourmet meals, fine wines, excursions and Puccini Opera Festival. Located in a 16th century chateau in the hills of Pisa.
Wine-Knows Travel
Offers guided food and wine tours of France and Italy. Contains a sample itinerary and customer testimonials.


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Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2013
News for Academic Physicians
Reminder: AMA-SMS meeting Nov. 1 in Philadelphia
The next meeting of the AMA Section on Medical Schools (SMS) is scheduled to take place from 2 to 5:30 p.m. Nov. 1 in Philadelphia, in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Association of American Medical Colleges.
Be sure to check the AMA-SMS Web page for more details as they become available.
Sign up for AMA's medical education newsletter
Are you receiving AMA MedEd Update? This free email newsletter from the AMA is your monthly source for news and information on what's happening across the continuum of medical education, including undergraduate and graduate medical education, continuing physician professional development, and health care workforce. Subscribe now.
What happened at the June AMA-SMS meeting?
A summary of the June 14-16 meeting of the AMA Section on Medical Schools (SMS) now is available. For example, the meeting featured:
- AMA-SMS approval of a proposed resolution linking graduate medical education funding to quality outcomes, which was forwarded to the AMA House of Delegates and adopted as new AMA policy.
- An educational program on planned medical school innovations, featuring representatives of five of the 11 awardees of the AMA's $11 million Accelerating Change in Medical Education initiative.
- An educational program on international experiences for medical students presented by James Conway, MD, a noted expert on the topic.


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"they disobey their parents; 31 they have no understanding, no fidelity, no love, no mercy. 32 Although they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them." Romans 1:18-32


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MEDFORD, Wis. (WSAU) -- Trail cameras are popular for photographing a variety of wildlife in the great outdoors. Deer, turkeys, bear, burglars. Yes, burglars.
Taylor County deputies released a photograph Tuesday showing a suspect in a January 8th robbery carrying items. It didn't take long for several people to identify the suspect as 33-year-old Travis Hamm of Thorp. Hamm turned himself in to the Taylor County Jail at about 8:00 p.m. that same evening.
Investigators believe Hamm is responsible for the theft of tools from a cabin near Medford. The Sheriff's Department released the hidden camera photos to the news media and social media sites, and they quickly solved their case.
The Taylor County Sheriff's Office wishes to thank the public for their assistance in the investigation.