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Friday, November 9, 2018
Summer/Fall 2018 Learning Curve and Winter/Spring 2019 Submission Announcement
Dear Colleagues:
The editors of The Learning Curve are pleased to publish Summer/Fall 2018 edition which is [linked below]. In this edition, you will find articles related to the theme of diversity. We hope you will find these authors' articles as insightful as we did as editors.
We are currently considering articles for the Winter/Spring 2019 issue, and we want to hear from you! We encourage both new and seasoned ASP professionals to submit their work.
We are publishing a general issue so we are considering all ideas related to academic support. If you have a classroom activity you would like to share, individual counseling techniques, advice for the academic support professional, and any other ideas, we want to hear from you!
Please ensure that your articles are applicable to our wide readership. Principles that apply broadly — i.e., to all teaching or support program environments — are especially welcome. While we always want to be supportive of your work, we discourage articles that focus solely on advertising for an individual school's program.
Please send inquiries or your article submission to firstname.lastname@example.com by no later than December 15, 2019. (Please do not send inquiries to the Gmail account, as it is not regularly monitored.) Attach your submission to your message as a Word file. Please do not send a hard-copy manuscript or paste a manuscript into the body of an email message.
Articles should be 500 to 2,000 words in length, with light references, if appropriate. Please include any references in a references list at the end of your manuscript, not in footnotes. (See articles in this issue for examples.)
We look forward to reading your work and learning from you!
-The Editors
DeShun Harris, Executive Editor
Kevin Sherrill, Associate Editor
Sarira Sadeghi, Assistant Editor
Nancy Reeves, Technology Editor*
*Special thanks to Christina Chong (outgoing Technology Editor) for her contributions to this edition.
Download Learning Curve Summer Fall 2018
November 9, 2018 in Publishing, Writing | Permalink | Comments (0)
Monday, March 12, 2018
SWCASP Takeaways
Last week's SWCASP workshop at UNT-Dallas was informative once again. I want to thank everyone who spent time putting the program together and presenting. I want to personally thank my colleague Jennifer Warren at OCU for taking the lead organizing the event this year. She worked diligently to put together the slate of speakers and organize the event. Preyal Shah did an amazing job at UNT Dallas hosting this year's event. Lastly, I want to say thank you to all the speakers for preparing such amazing discussions. Here is my brief synopsis:
Scrapbooking for 1Ls: A Hands-On Approach to Legal Synthesis
Preyal Shah and Jessica Haseltine, UNT Dallas College of Law
Preyal and Jessica demonstrated an excellent exercise to help visual and kinesthetic learners. They provide students with different sizes of paper that are different colors. The sizes and color correspond to a hierarchy for outlining diversity jurisdiction. The exercise is setup like a puzzle. Students must take their Civ Pro class notes and fill in the rules and then piece together the hierarchy. After visualizing the structure and context, they transition students to writing essays about diversity. The exercise was outstanding. I can't adequately describe the visual effect of seeing the rule structure. If you have struggling visual learners, definitely contact Preyal (or anyone attending) for information.
Emerging Adults
Rebecca Flanagan, University of Massachusetts School of Law
Rebecca was amazing, as always. She explained the characteristics of our new group of students. The semi-accurate quote that struck me was "Law School is based on students we used to have not the students we have now." I definitely agree our students are different now than they were even when I first started in ASP. Rebecca explained how adulthood is defined by milestones, which can include getting a mortgage or having a full-time career. Previous generations of students met many of those milestones, but most of our students meet none of the adult milestones. Her discussion advocated for changing teaching to provide more context, scaffolding, and basic professional skills. Watch out for Rebecca's articles as they are published because they will be a great resource for improving our teaching.
Helicopter Professors
Emily Grant, Washburn University School of Law
Emily's presentation was based on her law review article about Helicopter Professors. This is an interesting topic. I felt convicted after listening to her speak because I am probably (most likely) a helicopter professor. This is also interesting because the research says helicopter parenting is on the rise, and new parents are also our new generation of law professors. The idea that parenting styles would then enter the classroom makes sense to me. Helicopter parenting and teaching may not always be bad, but Emily does a great job of demonstrating some of the problems. I personally always worry that if I am not clearly structuring everything students should be doing on an hourly basis throughout the summer, then students won't do what is necessary to succeed on the bar. My strategy may or may not really help students pass the bar, but it is definitely not helping them become an independently motivated attorney. I need to buy into her quote "Excessive Guidance that hinders learning."
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Kirsha Trychta, West Virginia University College of Law
Kirsha is definitely more tech savvy than I am. She provided resources to make ASP work more efficient and fun. The highlight for me was definitely how to make a lightboard. If you make videos for students, the lightboard is a fun way to make it more interactive. Here is the youtube video explaining lightboards. She was able to make the lightboard for approximately $2,500. If you want to build one, contact her about her experience. I plan to setup a meeting with our IT department as soon as I get back to see if this is possible. She also talked about making her outlook calendar public so students can see whether she is available. This decreases the number of students emailing or calling asking when she is available. They can look at her calendar and email for specific appointments. The aspect I enjoyed was students can't see the specific appointments, but they can see when she is busy or available.
Law Success after Year One: Using a Mandatory Skills Curriculum to Tackle Bar Passage Rates
Zoe Niesel and Mike Barry, St. Mary's University School of Law
Zoe and Mike built a comprehensive ASP program focusing on law school success, bar exam passage, and practice ready skills. First, I would applaud St. Mary's for committing the resources to allow Zoe and Mike the ability to build such an extensive program. They have classes virtually every semester of law school with over 10 faculty and staff in their program. I loved their 2nd semester 1L course focused on professionalism and practice ready skills. They teach client interviewing and business communications among other skills. Students are grouped in law firms and must interview a simulated client played by a drama school student. Students then meet with a volunteer local attorney to present a strategy for the simulated client. I think students interacting with senior attorneys helps build professional skills students will need in the summer after first year. The contextual learning will also deepen student learning.
Great job by all the presenters. If you are interested in slides, Jennifer Warren from OCU will have all the slides.
(Steven Foster)
March 12, 2018 in Meetings, Publishing, Teaching Tips, Travel | Permalink | Comments (0)
Tuesday, January 9, 2018
Academic Support & Bar Exam papers on SSRN in 2017
A quick check of SSRN reveals that eight new articles were posted in 2017 containing "academic support" or "bar exam" in their title, abstract, or keyword directory. Here is the list, in alphabetical order by first author:
The High Cost of Lowering the Bar. Number of pages: 16. Posted: 01 Jun 2017, Last Revised: 13 Oct 2017. Robert Anderson IV and Derek T. Muller. Pepperdine University School of Law and Pepperdine University - School of Law.
Giving Students a Seat at the Table: Using Team-Based Learning to 'Teach' Criminal Law. Number of pages: 5. Posted: 20 Dec 2017. Shawn Marie Boyne. Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law.
Using a Case-Progression Approach to Mapping Learning Outcomes and Developing Assessments. Number of pages: 56. Posted: 21 Apr 2017. Jeanette Buttrey, Laura Dannebohm, Vickie Eggers, Joni Larson, Mable Martin-Scott and Kimberly E. O'Leary. Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Indiana Tech - Law School, Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Indiana Institute of Technology - Indiana Tech Law School, Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School and Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School.
The Perfect Practice Exam: The Skill of Legal Analysis. Carolina Academic Press (2017); ISBN: 978-1-63284-320-3. Number of pages: 44. Posted: 08 Aug 2017. Christina Shu Jien Chong. University of San Francisco School of Law
'They're Digging in the Wrong Place:' How Learning Outcomes Can Improve Bar Exams and Ensure Practice Ready Attorneys. Number of pages: 46. Posted: 19 Sep 2017, Last Revised: 02 Oct 2017. Debra Moss Curtis. Nova Southeastern University - Shepard Broad College of Law.
The Case for a Uniform Cut Score. Number of pages: 14. Posted: 01 Aug 2017, Last Revised: 15 Aug 2017. Joan W. Howarth. William S. Boyd School of Law, UNLV; Michigan State University College of Law.
Exam-Writing Instruction in a Classroom Near You: Why it Should Be Done and How to Do it. Number of pages: 49. Posted: 24 Feb 2017. Joan Malmud Rocklin. University of Oregon.
Mismatch and Bar Passage: A School-Specific Analysis. UCLA School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 17-40. Number of pages: 16. Posted: 17 Oct 2017. Richard H. Sander and Robert Steinbuch. University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law and University of Arkansas at Little Rock - William H. Bowen School of Law.
In addition to these academic support and bar exam-focused articles, 250 papers containing "legal education" as a keyword were also posted last year. The most downloaded legal education article, by far, was "A Revealed-Preferences Ranking of Law Schools" by Christopher J. Ryan Jr. (Vanderbilt) and Brian L. Frye (Kentucky). For one blogger's list of the best legal education articles from 2017, click here. (Kirsha Trychta)
January 9, 2018 in Publishing | Permalink | Comments (0)
Monday, January 1, 2018
The Best Legal Education Articles of 2017
Our Law Professor Blog Network counterpart, Scott Fruehwald, at TaxProf Blog posted his list of the best legal education articles from 2017. As you'll see in the blogpost re-printed in its entirety below, several academic support professors made the list this year. Kudos to the ASP community! (Kirsha Trychta)
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"Weekly Legal Education Roundup: The Best Legal Education Articles of 2017" by Scott Fruehwald
Because the week between Christmas and New Years is typically slow for legal education news, I am going to discuss the best legal education articles from 2017. Several articles in the past year showed the effectiveness of new approaches to legal education. There have also been several excellent articles this year on professional identity development. Finally, measuring outcomes was an important area of research in 2017.
- Louis D. Bilionis (Cincinnati), Bringing Purposefulness to the American Law School's Support of Professional Identity Formation. In February, the Holloran Center at the University of St. Thomas School of Law held a conference entitled The Next Steps of a Professional Formation Social Movement. In his contribution to the conference, Dean Bilionis declared that there needs to be a new mindset on the part of law schools, professors, and other law school professionals to properly help law students develop their professional identities.
- Hillary Burgess (Charlotte, Appalachian), Beyond Learning Objectives: Overview of The Taxonomy of Cognitive Legal Learning Objectives and Outcome Measurements. This is the best article I have seen on learning objectives, assessment objectives, and outcome measurements. Professor Burgess has adopted Bloom's Taxonomy to legal education.
- Jennifer M. Cooper (Tulane) & Regan A. R. Gerung (Wisconsin-Green Bay), Smarter Law Study Habits: An Empirical Analysis of Law Learning Strategies and Relationship with Law GPA. "Both legal educators and law students need to incorporate testing and formative assessment as a study and learning strategy to learn each new topic, not just exam prep. Self-testing and formative assessment are not only critical for success in law school, but help students develop successful learning strategies for the bar exam and as lifelong learners in law practice."
- Heather Field (Hastings), Fostering Ethical Professional Identity in Tax: Using the Traditional Tax Classroom. Professor Heather Field has written an excellent article that explains how to help future tax lawyers develop their professional identities.
- Neil W. Hamilton (St. Thomas), The Next Steps of a Formation-of-Student-Professional Identity Social Movement: Building Bridges Among the Three Key Stakeholders – Faculty and Staff, Students, and Legal Employers and Clients. "The major challenge for this symposium on next steps for the formation-of-student-professional-identity social movement is how substantially to increase the number of law students nationally who experience required professional-identity curriculum."
- Peter H. Huang (Colorado), Adventures in Higher Education, Happiness, and Mindfulness. "This Article analyzes why law schools should teach law students about happiness and mindfulness. This Article discusses how to teach law students about happiness and mindfulness. Finally, this Article provides brief concluding thoughts about how law students can sustain happiness and mindfulness once they graduate from law school."
- Benjamin V. Madison III and Larry O. Natt Gantt, II (Regent), Self-Directedness and Professional Formation: Connecting Two Critical Concepts in Legal Education. "Students want meaningful employment. Nevertheless, many if not most have not recognized the need to make a plan to pursue such employment. Most students have not identified the areas of law that best match their strengths and values. Moreover, most students do not have an intentional plan for exploring roles in the legal profession that would match their strengths, values, and interests. . . The authors explore how law schools can help students in seeking their goal by cultivating self-direction and development of a plan to move toward their goal."
- Deborah Jones Merritt, Ruth Colker, Ellen E. Deason, Monte Smith and Abigail B. Shoben, Formative Assessments: A Law School Case Study. Students who chose formative feedback "achieved significantly higher grades on the final exam even though the assessment score did not factor into their course grade. Notably, students receiving this formative feedback also secured a significantly higher GPA in their other spring-semester classes. Both of these effects persisted after controlling for LSAT score, UGPA, gender, race, and fall-semester grades.
- Louis N. Schulze Jr. (FIU), Using Science to Build Better Learners: One School's Successful Efforts to Raise Its Bar Passage Rates in an Era of Decline. "In this essay, I discuss principles from the science of learning that law schools and students should embrace. In the context of the methods we have implemented at Florida International University College of Law, which had the highest bar passage rate in Florida for three consecutive exams, I detail the project of transforming the learning of law away from the ineffective methods of yore and towards effective strategies that can make a difference on student performance and bar passage."
- William M. Sullivan (lead author of Educating Lawyers: Preparation for the Profession of Law), Professional Formation as Social Movement. The Sullivan article may be the most important article on legal education I've read in the past few years. Its thesis is revolutionary: Law schools not only need to include professional identity formation in the curriculum, they need to frame the curriculum around it. This would indeed be a disruptive innovation, which would create a 21st-century approach to legal education.
- David I.C. Thomson (Denver) and Stephen Daniels (American Bar Foundation), If You Build it, They Will Come: What Students Say About Experiential Learning. "What we learned was that applicants chose Denver Law on several traditional factors (such as cost and location) but also strongly indicated that the experiential learning component was an important part of their decision."
January 1, 2018 in Publishing, Weblogs | Permalink | Comments (0)
Tuesday, December 5, 2017
Making an ASP Brochure
If you're not responsible for grading exams, then you may find yourself with a few "free" days in December. If that's the case, then this might be a good time to create or revamp a brochure outlining your law school's academic support programs and services. The brochure can not only serve as a handout for students, but also remind your faculty colleagues of available resources. (See Amy Jarmon's 2007 blog post "Working with Faculty Colleagues.")
To get a jumpstart on the task, you are invited to use my school's brochure as a template: Download Academic Support Trifold Brochure Template. Although we used publishing software to create the original brochure, I've provided a Microsoft Word version here for ease of use. Of course, you'll need to swap out your school's particular program information, but I suspect that the big picture layout can remain the same for most schools. Your school's public relations or technology department may also be able to lend a helping hand with logos, branding, and formatting. (Kirsha Trychta)
December 5, 2017 in Miscellany, Publishing, Web/Tech | Permalink | Comments (0)
Saturday, October 14, 2017
Call for Articles for the Winter Issue of The Learning Curve
For our upcoming Winter issue, we are particularly interested in submissions surrounding the issue's themes of academic advising, counseling, and troubleshooting performance issues our students' experience. Are you doing something innovative outside of the classroom that helps motivate a new generation of law students? Do you have classroom exercises that promote the positive effects of supportive peer groups? Do you use technology to facilitate difficult conversations with students who are performing at a level they find acceptable?
Please ensure that your articles are applicable to our wide readership. Principles that apply broadly — i.e., to all teaching or support program environments — are especially welcome. While we always want to be supportive of your work, we discourage articles that focus solely on advertising for an individual school's program.
Please send your article submission to email@example.com by no later than December 1, 2017. (Please do not send inquiries to the Gmail account, as it is not regularly monitored.) Attach your submission to your message as a Word file. Please do not send a hard-copy manuscript or paste a manuscript into the body of an email message.
Articles should be 500 to 2,000 words in length, with light references, if appropriate. Please include any references in a references list at the end of your manuscript, not in footnotes. (See articles in this issue for examples.)
We look forward to reading your work and learning from you!
The Editors
Chelsea Baldwin, Executive Editor
DeShun Harris, Associate Editor
Christina Chong, Technology Editor
October 14, 2017 in Publishing, Writing | Permalink | Comments (0)
Tuesday, May 23, 2017
Learning Curve: Call for Proposals
Dear Friends & Colleagues:
On behalf of the editorial staff of The Learning Curve (Chelsea Baldwin, DeShun Harris, and Christina Chong), I'm pleased to announce this additional call for submissions for our upcoming Summer 2017 issue. The Learning Curve is a newsletter reporting on issues and ideas for the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Section on Academic Support and the general law school academic & bar support community.
The deadline for this call is July 1, 2017. We are expecting to publish another general topic/theme issue.
As the final exam season has just begun to pass us, I'm sure this moment can give us pause on what innovative teaching methods, techniques, and/or experiences we might have come across this year. So if you have an idea, a lesson, or a perspective on ASP or bar teaching to share, please consider submitting to The Learning Curve. As examples of the types of articles we publish, I have attached this past Winter's edition. Articles should be 500 to 2,000 words in length, with light references, if appropriate, and attached as a Word file. Please send your inquiries and submissions to email@example.com.
Lastly, as our editorial terms have three-year expiration dates, the time has come for me to step down from The Learning Curve. It has been my pleasure to have served as the Executive Editor of the The Learning Curve in this past academic year, and to have served on the editorial board for the last three academic years. I hope that the articles we've published on ASP and bar support have continued to push law teaching forward and have served collectively as a supportive voice for our endeavors in the academy. I'd like to thank those wonderful authors who have published with us during those years, and the terrific colleagues who have worked with me on the board during that time. I hand off the Executive Editorship to Chelsea Baldwin, who will invariably keep that torch lit. Thank you all very, very much.
All the best,
Jeremiah A. Ho | 何嘉霖 | 助理教授
Assistant Professor of Law
University of Massachusetts School of Law
333 Faunce Corner Road
North Dartmouth, MA 02747
508.985.1156 • email@example.com
- Co-Editor, Human Rights at Home Blog: http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/human_rights/
- Executive Editor, The Learning Curve (AALS Section on Academic Support Newsletter)
- Contributing Faculty, Institute for Law Teaching and Learning (ILTL)
- 2014 Recipient, "50 Under 50" Law Professors of Color (awarded by Lawyers of Color, Washington D.C.)
- View my TEDx-style talk at LegalED: https://vimeo.com/106427691
May 23, 2017 in Publishing | Permalink | Comments (0)
Sunday, April 16, 2017
Do you have trouble finding time to research, write, or complete projects?
The Chronicle of Higher Education recently included a series of articles for faculty on how to use their summers and how to make time to research or write. Obviously, most of us in ASP/bar prep work are on 12-month contracts, so summers are not totally free, dead periods. However, many of us (with the exception of bar support) have some quieter periods that could be used productively for the tasks we long to have time for during the academic semesters. One of the articles included tips from a series of scholars and might be helpful to ASPers who want to make time to research and write or to complete other projects: Making Time for Research and Writing. (Amy Jarmon)
April 16, 2017 in Miscellany, Publishing, Writing | Permalink | Comments (0)
Monday, February 6, 2017
Learning Curve Winter Issue and Next Submission Deadline - March 15
Through The Learning Curve, we hope their works here can enrich all of our work in law teaching and support. And if you have something to contribute to the conversation, the submission deadline for next issue of The Learning Curve is March 15, 2017. Articles should be 500 to 2,000 words in length, with light references, if appropriate, and attached as a Word file. Please send your submissions to email@example.com.
The Winter 2017 issue of The Learning Curve is here: Download The Learning Curve (Winter 2017).
February 6, 2017 in Publishing | Permalink | Comments (0)
Tuesday, January 3, 2017
Best Articles 2016 Legal Education
Paul Caron, over on the TaxProfBlog, has included a list of the best for 2016. Several ASP and legal writing folks are the authors of some of the articles. Check it out here: Best of 2016.
January 3, 2017 in Miscellany, Publishing | Permalink | Comments (0)
Monday, October 17, 2016
Submission to the Learning Curve Deadline Extended to November 4th
Dear Friends & Colleagues:
On behalf of the editorial staff of The Learning Curve (Chelsea Baldwin, DeShun Harris, and Christina Chong), I'm pleased to announce this reminder call for submissions for our upcoming Winter issue.
To accommodate many of us who are working with students during midterms or giving/grading midterms, the deadline has been extended to Friday, November 4, 2016. As with the summer 2016 edition, we are expecting to publish another general topic/theme issue. If you have an idea, a lesson, or a perspective on ASP or bar teaching that you would like to showcase, please consider submitting to The Learning Curve. As examples of the types of articles we publish, I have attached this past summer's edition.
Articles should be 500 to 2,000 words in length, with light references, if appropriate, and attached as a Word file. Please send your submission to firstname.lastname@example.com.
The Learning Curve is a newsletter reporting on issues and ideas for the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Section on Academic Support and the general law school academic & bar support community.
Jeremiah A. Ho | 何嘉霖 | 助理教授
Assistant Professor of Law
University of Massachusetts School of Law
333 Faunce Corner Road
North Dartmouth, MA 02747
508.985.1156 • email@example.com
October 17, 2016 in Publishing | Permalink | Comments (0)
Saturday, October 15, 2016
Call for Proposals for Formative Assessment Symposium at Detroit Mercy
The Impact of Formative Assessment:
Emphasizing Outcome Measures in Legal Education
The University of Detroit Mercy Law Review is pleased to announce its annual academic Symposium to be held on March 3, 2017, at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law. The Symposium will contemplate how the American Bar Association's emphasis on outcome measures in its revised Standards for Approval will affect law students' educational experience.
Specific topics may address, but are not limited to, the following issues:
- The Need for and Benefits of Incorporating Formative Assessments into the
The importance of self-regulated learning and qualitative feedback; the benefits of formative assessment versus using only summative assessment; the effect of
formative assessments on professors' teaching experience.
- Methods for Incorporating Formative Assessments into the Classroom
The types of formative assessments that satisfy the ABA's requirements; when qualitative feedback is most effective for student success; ways in which to
implement formative assessments to improve student learning.
- Measuring the Success of Formative Assessments
The methods by which law schools can conduct ongoing evaluation of the assessment methods to adequately "measure the degree to which students have
attained competency in the school's learning outcomes" as required by the new ABA Standards.
The Law Review invites interested individuals to submit an abstract of 250-300 words that detail their proposed topic and presentation. Since the above list of topics is non-exhaustive, the University of Detroit Mercy Law Review encourages all interested parties to develop their own topic to present at the Symposium. Included with the abstract should be the author's name, contact information, and a copy of their resume/curriculum vitae.
Abstracts should indicate whether the proposal is for presentation and publication or for presentation only. Although publication is not required to present at the Symposium, preference will be given to proposals that include a commitment to produce a publishable article for the Symposium edition of the Law Review (to be published Fall 2017).
The deadline for abstract submissions is October 31, 2016. Individuals selected to present at the Symposium will be contacted by November 14, 2016. Submissions, and any questions regarding the Symposium or the abstract process, should be directed to Law Review Symposium Director Erin Cobane at firstname.lastname@example.com.
October 15, 2016 in Meetings, Publishing | Permalink | Comments (0)
Sunday, July 17, 2016
Are you a current or aspiring ASP writer?
Texas Academic Support and Legal Writing Scholars Colloquium
Location: Texas A&M University School of Law, Fort Worth, Texas
Date: September 23, 2016
Although named the "Texas Academic Support and Legal Writing Scholars Colloquium," this gathering is open to legal writing and academic support faculty/instructors from anywhere to present works-in-progress across all disciplines within the law, doctrinal or pedagogical. Academic Support and Legal Writing faculty have complicated time commitments in our jobs, so we would like to create a forum to discuss our scholarship in light of our responsibilities that are somewhat different than from faculty members. The works presented can be in the very early stages to elicit comments for fully developing the project, to more complete articles for honing before publication. You can also participate without presenting if you like, to discuss your ideas informally with like minded colleagues during the breaks in the program.
Depending on the response, we will make every effort to create panels that share some common attributes. We would like to be able to distribute drafts, or even outlines of works in progress to the other members of the panel if possible.
The colloquium will be all day on Friday, September 23, 2016 at the Texas A&M University School of Law in Fort Worth, TX. There is no fee to participate, but registration is required so that we may plan our panels, plan for lunch and other logistic needs. We are located in downtown Fort Worth, with a wide variety of hotel choices, and two fairly close airports that make travel here not terribly difficult (DFW, and DAL). The Sheraton Fort Worth is directly next door, the Omni a short walk across the Watergarden, the Hilton a few blocks away, a lovely independent called the Ashton is also walking distance,and there are some more budget minded offerings within a short drive.
To register for the colloquium, email Deshun Harris at firstname.lastname@example.com by September 1, 2016. In the email, please include the title of your presentation topic (if you have one), your school name, previous publications/presentations, and your title. Please also let us know of any food or other accommodations that we can make to enhance your visit. Additionally, please note whether you will be attending the September 22, 2016 evening reception. Presenters are encouraged to submit a summary or draft paper two weeks prior to the colloquium (September 9) to ensure adequate time for review by panel members.
James McGrath
Professor of Law & Director of Academic Support and Bar Services
Texas A&M University School of Law
1515 Commerce Street
Fort Worth, TX 76102
(817) 212-3954
July 17, 2016 in Publishing, Writing | Permalink | Comments (0)
Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Call for Learning Curve Submissions
Dear Friends,
As the academic year draws to a close, I would like to congratulate all of us who have completed another year of teaching and supporting our law students. I am pleased to announce a call for submissions for the summer 2016 edition of The Learning Curve, the academic support newsletter for AALS.
We are witnessing an exciting time for law schools. The legal profession is changing. Technology is reshaping teaching and learning. The law student market is becoming ever so more consumer-driven. All of these shifts have implications on our teaching and the reshaping of programs for legal education at law schools nationwide. We would love to hear from you and to help showcase the creative hard work of your teaching and support of our students. Consider writing a short article for The Learning Curve to share your ideas on law teaching and support.
The Learning Curve is a newsletter reporting on issues and ideas for the Association of American Law Schools Section on Academic Support and the general law school academic support community. It shares teaching ideas and early research projects by academic support professionals, bar support professionals, and the law teaching community at large.
Please send your submission to email@example.com by no later than May 15, 2016. Articles should be 500 to 2,000 words in length, with light references, if appropriate, and attached as a Word file. Attached is our most current Winter 2016 issue for reference. We hope to hear from you!
Jeremiah Ho
Executive Editor
The Learning Curve
Jeremiah A. Ho | 何嘉霖 | 助理教授http://ssrn.com/author=1345542Assistant Professor of LawUniversity of Massachusetts School of Law333 Faunce Corner RoadNorth Dartmouth, MA 02747508.985.1156 • firstname.lastname@example.com
April 6, 2016 in Publishing | Permalink | Comments (0)
Saturday, January 30, 2016
Call for Submissions to the Newsletter for the AALS Teaching Methods Section
The ABA recently established new objectives for legal education. The new Standard 302 requires schools to establish "learning outcomes" for competency in substantive and procedural law. Standard 304 establishes a requirement for simulation or experiential learning in and outside of clinic work/courses. Standard 314 requires an institutional commitment to "Assessment of Student Learning." Standard 314 specifically states: "A law school shall apply a variety of formative and summative assessment methods across the curriculum to provide meaningful feedback to students."
The Teaching Methods Newsletter would like to feature your new ideas for implementing Standards, 302, 304, and 314, in order to engage all members of the Academy in thinking about methods to fulfill these new ABA requirements.
To that end, we invite law professors over the entire spectrum of law course offerings to submit a 500-word description of any of the following techniques you are currently using in your class(es) or plan to include in the next academic year:
1. Your method of establishing and implementing learning outcomes for your class in order to meet Standard 302;
2. Your new ideas for simulation or experiential learning activities to meet Standard 304; and
3. Your ideas for assessing student learning in your class to meet Standard 314.
As part of the description of the technique, please provide details as to how the technique specifically fulfills the ABA requirements.
Submissions must not have been previously published in a prior periodical or journal or already accepted for publication.
Selected submissions will be published along with a short biography, photo, and your contact information. Along with your submission, please include a photo, the name of the class in which you use or plan to use the teaching or assessment technique, and your biographical information. Our goal is that law faculty interested in your technique will contact you directly for more information and advice on implementation.
Please send your submissions here:
The deadline for submissions is Friday, February 28, 2016.
Feel free to contact Secretary Rory Bahadur (email@example.com) or Executive Committee Member Kim Holst (email@example.com) with any questions about submitting to the Section on Teaching Methods Newsletter.
Thank you!
Rory Bahadur, Secretary
Kim Holst, Executive Committee Member,
AALS Section on Teaching Methods
January 30, 2016 in Publishing | Permalink | Comments (0)
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
The Learning Curve- Call for Submissions
The Learning Curve is the official publication of the AALS Section on Academic Support and is published twice yearly, once in the summer and once in the winter. We currently are considering articles for the Winter 2016 issue, and we want to hear from you! We encourage both new and seasoned ASP professionals to submit their work.
We are particularly interested in submissions surrounding the issue's theme of using ASP to increase student engagement. How do you motivate students? Are you integrating ASP throughout the curriculum to offer engaging opportunities for students? Are you involved with assessment at your institution and have tools to share with your colleagues that will enhance engagement? Do you creatively use social media platforms to reach students? Please ensure that your articles are applicable to our wide readership. Principles that apply broadly- i.e., to all teaching or support program environments are especially welcome. While we always want to be supportive of your work, we discourage articles that focus solely on advertising for an individual school's program.
Please send your submission to email@example.com by no later than October 30, 2015. Attach it to your message as a Word file. Please do not send a hard-copy manuscript or paste a manuscript into the body of an email message. Articles should be 500 to 2,000 words in length, with light references, if appropriate. Our publishing software does not sup-port footnotes that run with text, so please include any references in a "References and Further Reading" list at the end of your manuscript. (Please see the articles in this issue for examples.)
For more information, you may contact Lisa Young at email@example.com. Please do not send inquiries to the Gmail account, as it is not regularly monitored.
We look forward to reading your work and learning from you!
The Learning Curve Editors
Lisa Young, Seattle University School of Law (Executive Editor)
Jeremiah Ho, UMass Dartmouth (Associate Editor)
Chelsea Baldwin, Oklahoma City University (Assistant Editor)
October 28, 2015 in Publishing, Writing | Permalink | Comments (0)
Saturday, January 31, 2015
Tips for Publishing
This is my very short list of tips for ASPer's looking to publish in the February 2015 cycle. I also put this out on the listserv (thank you Courtney Lee for starting the thread!)
As someone who just went through this process for the first time in August, these are my lessons-learned:
1) Let it go. Don't sit on your work. It will never be perfect.
2) Make sure you have a beautifully drafted cover letter, a perfect, typo-free abstract, and the best (not perfect) version of your paper when you are ready to send on to ExpressO and Scholastica. Check, double-check, and triple-check that the attached version is NOT the one with editing mark-ups (it's difficult to turn off editing mark-ups on a Mac).
3) It's all about the marketing. Don't be afraid to reach out to law reviews, explaining to them why your article is a perfect fit for their journal. Make your case.
4) Once you have a contract in hand, make sure you retain the rights to post on SSRN and Digital Commons.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Learning Curve Call for Submissions
Dear colleagues,
The Learning Curve is the official publication of the AALS Section on Academic Support. It is published twice yearly, once in the summer and once in the winter. As shared in the summer issue last month (also attached again here), the Editors are considering articles for the upcoming winter issue. We are particularly interested in submissions surrounding the new issue's themes of incorporating experiential learning into programs and meeting the needs of law students in the "new normal." Are you doing something innovative in your classroom that helps motivate a new generation of law students? Do you have a fresh take on technology or what it means to be "ASPish" in these changing times? Do you have proven exercises and assessment tools from which your colleagues might benefit?
Please send your submission as an attached Word document to email@example.com by no later than October 1, 2014. (Please do not send inquiries to the Gmail account, as it is not regularly monitored.) Articles should be 500 to 2,000 words in length. If light references are appropriate, please include them in a references list at the end of your manuscript, as opposed to using footnotes. (For examples, please see the attached issue.)
We encourage both new and seasoned ASP (and ASP-friendly) professionals to submit their work. Please ensure that your articles are applicable to our wide readership. Principles that apply broadly — i.e., to all teaching or support program environments — are especially welcome. While we always want to be supportive of your work, we discourage articles that focus on advertising for an individual school's program.
We wish you all the best as you begin a new academic year, and we look forward to reading your work and learning from you!
--The Learning Curve Editors
Courtney Lee, Pacific McGeorge (Executive Editor)
Lisa Young, Seattle (Associate Editor)
Jeremiah Ho, UMass Dartmouth (Assistant Editor)
August 20, 2014 in Publishing, Writing | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Saturday, August 9, 2014
Lessons Learned: When ASPer's Write for Law Reviews
I just had my first article accepted (yeah!) and while it is still fresh in my mind, I figure I would give some advice about publishing. I felt like I was lost in the woods; while most law professors worked on a law review in law school, have mentors and peers with vast publishing experience, and/or spent time as a VAP, I did not. I have wonderful, amazing mentors in Judith Wegner, RuthAnn McKinney, and Kris Franklin, but I did not have the day-to-day, hands-on contact with mentors that many doctrinal professors have when they are writing (all three women living several hundred miles from me). This is not because I don't have wonderful people at my school; it's that I was so busy with ASP, that I did not have much time to interact and chat about writing with my UMass colleagues. I know many people in ASP have the same experience.
1) Find some good, highly critical scholars who will review your article. God bless Judith Wegner and Kris Franklin, who read and commented extensively on my article. Don't be sensitive. Look for critical reviewers who will tell you exactly where the article has issues. As my dean says, "when you are in the weeds," it's very difficult to spot big-picture problems with your argument.
Also, find some really strong grammarians to proofread your article. It's amazing what you can miss when you have read your article everyday, for 45 days, 15 hours each day.
2) Go to LWI or AALS sessions on publishing. I attended Katherine Vukadin's session at LWI, and it was invaluable. If you can get your hands on her handout from LWI, do it! I used her suggestions as a guide when I wrote my abstract and cover letter, and her marketing advice was 100%, spot-on perfect (in fact, I think I am getting publishing in one of my first choice law reviews because I sent a marketing letter directly to the editors).
3) Do NOT switch computers between finishing your draft and submitting. If you have a perfect, proofread, spell-checked, and double-checked article ready to submit, submit it from that computer. And be absolutely, 100% certain that you are either submitting via PDF, or you have turned off comments and highlighting (if they are not turned off, you can save a "clean" copy, yet attach a copy with highlights and comments.) Be very, very careful submitting via Expresso and Scholastica. You can't recall a submission (because you submitted the wrong version, found an error, etc.) unless you plan on withdrawing and paying again.Trust me, these issues caused me huge headaches.
4) Let it go. Let it go. Let it go. Yes, it could always be better. Yes, you could spend more time on it. But sometimes, you just need to let it go.
5) If you are writing a pedagogy piece, find some trusted advisers to help you choose a placement. I went with a specialty journal that focuses on my topic (BYU Journal of Education and Law) despite having offers from some very well-ranked general law reviews. I knew that my audience was different from the audience for most law review articles, so I chose a placement that would draw readers and scholars interested in legal education.
Lastly, if you are like me, and terrified of Bluebooking, (because I did not have law review experience from law school) BE NOT AFRAID. Seriously, Bluebooking is about 1/10th as difficult as a law professor than it was when you were a law student. Once I got the hang of it (and it did take a week or so of correcting, and correcting again) it was not difficult, just tedious. I would advise against using a student research assistant to do your Bluebooking if you are afraid to do it yourself. You need to have the confidence to check your article before you submit, and you can't do that if you are relying, completely, on the skill and knowledge of a student worker.
And good luck! I hope to see many more ASPer's writing and publishing. (RCF)
August 9, 2014 in Advice, Publishing, Writing | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Saturday, August 2, 2014
The Importance of Writing for Long-Term ASPer's
My article is due to go out to law reviews on Friday. I have learned many, many things while writing the article, but the most important lesson learned is about teaching. Specifically, the process of submitting my piece to outside reviewers has given me renewed insight into what our students experience when they receive feedback. I know the research on students and feedback. However, it is completely different to experience getting feedback. If you have been in ASP for a while, you probably haven't received feedback since law school. Getting feedback is very tough. To write something, to spend weeks and months preparing, and then weeks and months writing, is emotionally draining and personally exhausting. You cannot help but feel that your admittedly flawed, incomplete article is a part of yourself. But then you have to let it go out to reviewers. If you are lucky, you will have tough, critical reviewers who are willing to tell you everything that is wrong with the piece, so that you can make it better before the submission process. I have been blessed with some really tough reviewers, and my piece is immeasurably better because they spent hours telling me just what is wrong with my flawed, incomplete article. I am confident that what goes out on Friday morning is no longer flawed or incomplete, but a fully-realized articulation of a problem. And it is better, stronger, and complete because of the feedback I received from outside reviewers.
The process of receiving feedback has reminded me how tough it is on our students. They spend all semester struggling with the material, and then they are judged on their learning just once or twice a semester. They cannot help but feel like they are being personally judged, evaluated, and measured. Part of our job is to help our students see that critical feedback is not meant to measure failures and self-worth, but to show them how to be stronger, better, and smarter. It is a part of the "invisible curriculum" of law schools (to use a Carnegie term) that criticism will produce stronger lawyers. We need to make that visible to students; we need to explain that we give them critical feedback because we believe they can be smarter, stronger, better thinkers and writers.
If you are a long-term ASPer, try writing an article for a law review. It may not help you in your professional evaluations, you may not need it for tenure, but you should do it because it will make you a better teacher. Reading about feedback is not the same as receiving feedback. Write because it will help you understand your students.
August 2, 2014 in Academic Support Spotlight, Advice, Encouragement & Inspiration, Miscellany, Publishing | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)


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Sports and Youth Welfare and Higher Education Minister Shri Patwari takes charge
Bhopal : After taking charge at the Mantralaya today, Sports and Youth Welfare and Higher Education Minister Shri Jitu Patwari told the officials that Madhya Pradesh has to be brought on the first step in the country in the field of sports. He said that our goal is to change the general negative family mentality towards sports into positive.
Reviewing the department, Higher Education Minister Shri Patwari got introduced to the departmental officers. He told the officials that the standard of higher education in state is based on the traditional structure. We will add on modern system to it so as to prepare children for the betterment of the country. Shri Patwari said that it is our responsibility to fulfill the expectations that are expected from a welfare government.
Principal Secretary Higher Education Shri Neeraj Mandloi, Secretary Shri Ajit Kumar and departmental officers were present on the occasion.


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This is my first work-related blog entry. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing. What we do for a living is part of what defines us, and the fact that I haven't had any work-related entries may be seen as a denial of that part of myself. That's bad. This job keeps food on the table and it deserves a bigger part of this blog. On the other hand, I'd like to think Im much more than the thing I do for a living, and seen in that light, not blogging about what happens at work is a good thing. Besides, nothing really bloggable happens at work. Im not hip to the latest office chismis (read: I dont give a hoot).
This isn't the same place it was when Grif, Delphi, and the Niggook were here. And the Big Shot and his twin. (B is still with us, but he's in Indonesia.) Those were the days when we terrorized Blarney's. I think we were the only All-Pinoy team that ever won their Thursday Quiz Nights. We'd come in during happy hour, order happy-hour priced beer, and nurse them til the quiz begins at 9 when happy hour ended. We never ordered anything after nine. Too expensive. The owners must've dreaded us coming in because we never ordered anything full price and yet were always contenders for their prizes, which sometimes included free booze anyway so we never had to order more. Blarney's had what we called a 'house team' composed of expat Brits. These were the Blarney's regulars who, unlike us, ordered a lot of stuff and kept the place in business. Naturally, the owners wanted these limeys to win. The house team even supplied some of the questions to the quiz, we found out. But still we kicked their alien royal arses a lot of times. It was always down the wire between us cheapskates and Her Majesty's big spenders.
Anyway, where were we? Head admin chick called my attention this morning to a member of my team's attendance record and it was appalling. He's been skipping work a lot. He was tasked to take care of the family business and that's what's taking up a lot of his time. I was supposed to talk to him and give him a warning and all that. I've never had to do that. He's an asset to the team and everyone who's ever worked with him on projects talk about how helpful he is, how he'd drop what he's doing if there's anything he could do to help you out when you ask. I spent the whole morning wondering how I'd word the warning ek-ek just right. Warning? What I was going to do was ask him to quit. More accurately, I would reason with him in such a way that the only logical conclusion he'd come up with was to quit. With his record, I can't find anything for him to do since I wasn't sure when he'd show up. I asked him once to go fix his schedule and at least give me a regular schedule so we can plan stuff around it. He was willing to work at home if there was anything. But he couldn't come up with a regular schedule so he ended up doing odd jobs for the team which wasn't making full use of his talents.
So he shows up at 2 and I said to myself, Let's give him a few minutes to settle down first. So I chilled. After a couple of minutes, email comes in. It was from him and he was quitting. I said, I'd do the same thing if I were in his shoes and thanked him for all the work his done for the team and the company and all that. He saved me the trouble.
Thanks, [blank]. You were a great help. Good luck. And when youre rolling in the moolah, don't forget your old team.


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Two classes made very different uses of a generous gift from the Apalachicola Masonic Lodge # 76, F and AM.
Every year, in January, the local Masons hold a fundraiser to purchase equipment for local schools. This year, the project was especially successful and the lodge was able to supply two $250 scholarships instead of one.
Worshipful Master Michael Shuler said the group voted to decide who would receive funds and chose LeAnn Poloronis�s fifth grade class at the Apalachicola Bay Charter School and Becky King�s fifth graders at the First Baptist Christian School.
The First Baptist group decided what they needed most was recreational equipment for the older students at the school. With their share of the money, they purchased a soccer ball, net, tennis balls and rackets.
Poloronis chose educational tools to support subjects being studied by her class. Included in her purchases were �Mr. Gallon,� a cardboard figure that illustrates units of liquid measure; Moon in My Room, a tool to illustrate the moon�s phases, Mr. Sketch, scented washable marking pens, scissors and a game set that allows students to compete in a Jeopardy-type game with questions from their classwork. - By LOIS SWOBODA


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070: Action Movie Casting, Hotel Artemis Review, BlacKkKlansman Trailer
In episode 70, we have another hilarious show on this week's Intermission! We breakdown our Action Movie casting picks. We also dive into our review of new action movie Hotel Artemis. Plus, we discuss the trailer for the crime comedy BlacKkKlansman. All this and more on #Intermission!


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Ooh ah. So fresh and so clean. Perfect for today. This picture exemplifies the simple harmony that I am willing my apartment to metamorphosize (perhaps not a word...) into. It (the apartment that is) is slowly and surely taking on a life of its own that makes me smile, on the inside. Burn baby, burn.
The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time is now.
-African Proverb
If, perchance, I find myself holed up here this winter, with a few good books, a few good friends, and a pair of warm slippers, I would not be disappointed.
Just found these Grid Vases by Jaime Hayon and they have instantly become objects of DESIRE. They also remind me of a recently acquired Knoll Bertoia chair (thrift shop for $15. SCORE.) that I fall hard for every time I see it casually pulled up to my 1920's German deco desk. Photos coming of aforementioned situation not so soon.
MOJO: a magic charm or spell.
This jacket doesn't actually exist... but I wish it did! Digital photo stills superimposed on parkas. HERE.
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Dick Cheney is home with a new heart in place, just 10 days after undergoing heart transplant surgery.
His daughter, Liz, a photo of the former vice president and his wife in their home.
Aide Kara Ahern released a statement on behalf of the family, according to CBS: "As he leaves the hospital, the former vice president and his family want to again express their deep gratitude to the donor and the donor's family for this remarkable gift."
Cheney, 71, has suffered five heart attacks since the age of 37. He had been on a transplant list for 20 months before unexpectedly undergoing surgery
He does not know the identity of the donor.
"Although the former vice president and his family do not know the identity of the donor, they will be forever grateful for this lifesaving gift," aide Kara Ahern said in a written statement to the AP.
More than 70 percent of transplant patients live at least five years, though those odds aren't quite as good for someone Cheney's age.
Cheney didn't receive any special consideration from his status. He waited more than twice as long as the median nine months at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Northern Virginia, according to The Wall Street Journal.


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A Call to a Life of Fasting: Empower Your Life for the Kingdom in 2014
To start this article by saying I am perplexed is an understatement. It only takes a split second of contemplation to realize that something is wrong. Maybe it is the fact that words "integrity" and "ministry" are seldom used in the same sentence anymore. Maybe it is the fact that our television ministers stress far too much on "giving" your way to a miracle rather than "living" your way to one. Maybe it is the fact that I recently had a disciple warned not to stress a strong, biblical male presence in the home because it does not fit with social norms in the situation he is currently involved in. Maybe it is the reality that the "feel" of Babylon and Egypt is all around us and Zion is a fleeting memory. If you don't know what I am talking about, then I am not writing to you. I am writing to those that yearn to see the true Kingdom of God expand and for hearts to burn with a holy passion for God and a love for the Word of God, justice and the transformation of mankind. I want the fire of true, biblical revival – not the razzle-dazzle of emotional hype. I am tired of seeing services where we "party" all night (for Jesus) and there is no hunger for the Word or hearts broken over sin.
Do I believe in giving – absolutely. It does not replace biblical, holy living. Do I believe in miracles – always. Hype does not produce them, but a living faith in God does! I want something to cut through the Hollywood that has permeated the Church and has created spiritual zombies. My cry is with the Apostle Paul when he said:
Ephesians 5:10-16 (AMP)
10 And try to learn [in your experience] what is pleasing to the Lord [let your lives be constant proofs of what is most acceptable to Him]. 11 Take no part in and have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds and enterprises of darkness, but instead [let your lives be so in contrast as to] expose and reprove and convict them. 12 For it is a shame even to speak of or mention the things that [such people] practice in secret. 13 But when anything is exposed and reproved by the light, it is made visible and clear; and where everything is visible and clear there is light. 14 Therefore He says, Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine (make day dawn) upon you and give you light. 15 Look carefully then how you walk! Live purposefully and worthily and accurately, not as the unwise and witless, but as wise (sensible, intelligent people), 16 Making the very most of the time [buying up each opportunity], because the days are evil.
Those of you that are preachers should be able to take these powerful verses from the Amplified Bible and develop an entire series from them. I could write a book around them and not even touch on where I really want to go here. The point that I am trying to make is that the way we are doing things is more "grey" than "light." The result is that "we" are the sleepers needing to rise from near spiritual death and do not even know it! If there was ever a Laodicean Church, it is in America today.
If your heart is agreeing with me, then the question needs to be asked: "How can we change this?" First and foremost, it must change with us personally and the change must be within!
Luke 17:20-21 (KJV)
20 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: 21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
The local students that just completed my new class on "the Leader of One" know where I am headed with this. To change the world, I first must be changed. The Kingdom needs to be established and expanded within me and my life. Until I do that, nothing in the world around me will ever really change!
Each one of us needs to start crying out for God to change us. We need Him to change us in whatever way He desires to fulfill His will and destiny around us. This cry is not for our benefit, but for the hurting, dying world around us. If we cannot cry out for Him to change us, then how can we ever expect Him to change the world! It is time to pick back up the Cross and follow Him!
Matthew 17:19-21 (KJV)
19 Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out? 20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. 21 Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.
In the Laodicean environment of today, the change will not be easy. It will be like that demon that the disciples of Jesus could not cast out. It will not go quietly into the night. From what we can learn from Matthew 17, our faith will require more than just speaking to the mountain. Speaking will work for many things, but there is a time that MORE is required of us. That time is now. It will require a crucified lifestyle of fasting and prayer!
Prayer AND fasting is a lost art in the Body of Christ. In fact, fasting is an unpopular subject. We would rather write out a check than go on an extended fast. (It's OK to say "ouch" here.) I believe with all my heart that throwing money at it is a very Laodicean thing to do. Why? Because Laodicea is all about thinking we are rich, well dressed and whole. So if there is a problem, throw more money at it. Money will not solve this situation! Here is where the Body of Christ is in America today:
Revelation 3:17-20 (KJV)
17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: 18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. 20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
We have trusted in our wealth and affluence rather than in the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. We have so much physically that we do not realise that we have so little spiritually! The good news is that Jesus is counseling us today to change our priorities. We must become Kingdom of God oriented, not personal Kingdom centered.
The last part of these verses is used so many times to call the lost into the Kingdom. Originally it was not given for that. This call was given to the Church. I have also heard ministers use these verses to show what bad shape the Church is really in – Jesus is on the outside knocking to get back in. Although there is much truth in that statement, I do not believe that is what is being conveyed here. The reason we do not get the full picture is because we are so far removed from our Hebraic (Jewish) roots.
In Scripture there are four different types of covenant in the Word of God. I do not have time to get into all of them, but I will introduce them to you.
- Blood Covenant: A Covenant of Servanthood.
- Salt Covenant: A Covenant of Friendship.
- Sandal Covenant: A Covenant of Inheritance.
- Marriage Covenant: The greatest and most intimate covenant.
Starting with Abraham and culminating in Jesus, we have the blood covenant. We are brought into covenant with Almighty God and are His servants in the earth.
Jesus then brings a select few to the next level when He said:
John 15:14-15 (KJV)
14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. 15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
Because they paid the price to do WHATSOEVER Jesus commanded, they are brought to the friendship level. May I submit that few are willing to do that today in America.
Then His riches (inheritance) are released upon His FAITHFUL friends. (Jesus released the shoe covenant at the Last Supper when He removed their sandals and washed their feet.)
Finally, the ultimate level is the marriage covenant. In our Hebraic heritage, a marriage covenant is started in this fashion:
The fathers of both families have been talking and feel that the marriage is in order. On the appointed day the father and the "would-be" bridegroom go to the girl's home and knock on the door. The girl and her father are on the other side of the door and hear the knocking. If the girl opens the door, then she is saying that she wants to take the relationship with this young man to the next level. She wants to become his bride. Once the young man and his father enter the home, both families sit down at the table and begin hashing out the marriage covenant. Most of it deals on two levels: (1) what the bridegroom has prepared (or will prepare) for the bride and (2) all the changing the bride must do to bring herself in line with what the bridegroom feels his destiny in the earth is. Once the agreement has been reached, the bridegroom goes off to prepare a place for the bride (sound familiar). But it does not stop there. Now the bride must change her life and learn whatever she needs to learn to align herself with the bridegroom. To become the wife, she must prepare herself with whatever mental, spiritual and physical skills she will need to stand by his side and be a real helpmeet for him.
We have been so worried about Jesus preparing a place for us and have spent our days daydreaming about what it will be like that we have not prepared ourselves to become His wife! We need to be willing to change whatever we need to change, learn and develop whatever we need in order to stand with him. Have we taken up that responsibility? Have we truly entered into becoming the Bride of Christ and started preparing to become a wife worthy of Him?
This is the call that Jesus is giving to the Laodicean Church. He loves us and He is rebuking our lack on true preparation. Now He is telling us to be zealous and repent (do an about face and start the true preparation).
This is only going to happen through true repentance, prayer and fasting – enough of the "just" speaking about it. It is time to roll up our sleeves and get to work.
On our Biblical Life Deep Waters Podcast, I have posted in session entitled "A Call to a Life of Fasting." Here is what I need for you to do. Go to http://traffic.libsyn.com/biblicallife/BLDW_-_Episode_5.mp3 and download this message. Take the time get the message deep into your heart. If you do not have the Internet, write our office and we will mail you out a tape free of charge. Next, I am calling every student, graduate and friend of this ministry to begin fasting with us every Thursday. (Even if you are just looking to continue your education and are not a BLCS student, start fasting and God will show you where to go for your preparation!) There is instruction in the message on how to start and what to do. If you are a pastor, preach this message to your congregation and call them to fasting. It is time to rally the troops and put action to our beliefs.
We released this message around the first of July. We have already had a number of students/graduates not only implement it in their own lives, but they have called their churches to do the same. I estimate that we already have around 10,000 people fasting with us every Thursday. I would like to see at least 100,000 by the end of the year and a million sometime in 2007. Together we can see things change in America and the world, but it must start with each one of us and it must start now.
The final question is how long is this fasting going to be. Notice that I called the message "a life of fasting." Jesus made this statement about fasting:
Mark 2:19-20 (KJV)
19 And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. 20 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.
As long as we are on this earth, we should be fasting as a part of our lifestyle. Therefore I am looking for a commitment that is not for a month, or six months or even a year. I am talking about the rest of our lives here upon the earth.
To some, this request will seem outrageous. That just shows how far we have fallen from where we should be. Fasting at least once a week was the standard for all true believers in previous generations. It's time to raise the standard and to become what the Word promises one day that we will become:
Revelation 19:7 (KJV)
7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
Let me repeat that: his WIFE hath made HERSELF ready.
Will you join me? Either we are ministers of the Gospel or we are hirelings. Which one is it going to be?
Dr. Michael K. Lake is the Chancellor and Founder of Biblical Life College and Seminary, Host of Biblical Life TV and the Biblical Life Deep Waters Podcast. He is known internationally for his "where the rubber meets the road" approach to the Word of God that has empowered believers to walk in a new level of Kingdom reality and authority in their lives.
Jubilee in the 21st Century–Part 3
In this session, we took a deeper look at the Spirit/Soul/Body connect of our plane of reality, how that thought and emotions are spirit-breathed, and how the Fear of the LORD is the beginning of our Jubilee.
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New Wine Skins 11 – The Tabernacle Within 9: In the conclusion to this series, we examine the Holy of Holies and what it means for the believer to both have access to the throne of God and to have God's throne built within.
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New Wine Skins 10
New Wine Skins 10: The Tabernacle Within 8 - In this lesson, we look at where Satan builds strongholds between the Altar of Incense and the Veil to block us from gaining dynamic access to God's throne and how to pull those strongholds down. We also discover the Spirit-Soul-Body connection of cause and effect and its dynamic in spiritual warfare.
New Wine Skins 9
New Wine Skins 9: The Tabernacle Within 7: The Altar of Incense is a powerful tool in the life of the new priesthood, but many error in its use, and brought problems to their lives by presenting strange fire upon it. This lesson examines the correct use of the Altar of Incense in the Priesthood of the Believer.
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New Wine Skins 8
New Wine Skins 8:Tabernacle Within 6 – the Table of Shewbread represents the LORD's Table. What does this mean for the believer, how does one gain access to this Table, and what are the results of partaking at this Table. The answers may surprise you!
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New Wine Skins 7: The Tabernacle Within 5: Did you know that there are more anointing than just the five for the fivefold ministry. Every believer has a anointing to live and another to function in their priesthood. This session examines those anointings along with instruction on how to produce blessings in your life.
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Back toHomeFeature Article - July 31, 2008 Sharbot Lake Pharmacy goes the extra mile, or twoBy Jeff Green
It all started when members of a book club were chatting over coffee. The conversation turned to the local pharmacy in Sharbot Lake, and the proprietors, Nick and Jocelyn Whalen.
"We all thought there should be some sort of award for the two of them, for everything they do for their clients and for the community," recalls Linda MacDonald, "and I drew the short straw and got the job of looking for one."
Linda MacDonald contacted the Ontario Pharmacists Association (OPA) to ask about awards and found one that seemed appropriate, the Wyeth Consumer Healthcare Bowl of Hygeia Award for outstanding service to the community.
Without telling Nick and Jocelyn, Linda wrote a nomination letter and about a dozen other people wrote testimonials. The whole package was submitted to the OPA in early April, and a couple of weeks ago Jocelyn Whalen received a phone call from the President of the Ontario Pharmacists Association telling her she was the Ontario recipient of the award.
She was embarrassed by all the attention she is receiving, but pleased to be honoured in this way.
"I couldn't believe it," she said, when interviewed at the pharmacy earlier this week, "that someone from a little country pharmacy could win an award like this. He even said it was a unanimous decision."
Although it may have been a surprise for Jocelyn Whalen, the customers and staff who have been on the receiving end of the kind and thoughtful service the Sharbot Lake Pharmacy has brought to the region over the past nine years were not surprised in the least.
An example of the kind of "extras" that the Whalens bring to their business was referred to in Linda MacDonald's letter.
"It is not unusual to catch a glimpse of Nick trudging through the snow to deliver not only prescriptions, but also mail and a bag of groceries to a shut-in customer".
And among the testimonials, Penny and Ed Badour wrote, "There are many people in our rural area with little education and Jocelyn makes a special point to take this sort of 'quiet time' to read the instructions to clients and verify that they do, indeed, understand. She often phones or asks clients to call her with questions, and she makes this request so unobtrusively that no one is ever embarrassed. She has a gentle and mild manner about her which invites questioning and she never, ever 'talks down' to anyone."
This winter, a small private room was added to the pharmacy expressly for consultations with clients.
Even though the award officially is going only to Jocelyn, since she is the pharmacist, all of the letters and testimonials talk about Nick and Jocelyn as a team since they work as partners and both go the extra mile for the community at large.
Wyeth is a large international pharmaceutical and consumer healthcare products company based in the United Sates. The bowl of Hygeia (the Greek goddess of health) was established 50 years ago in the American Midwest. Within a couple of years the award had spread to all the American states and in 1961 it was introduced to Canada.
The nomination form for the award explains its purpose in one sentence: "The Bowl of Hygeia is awarded annually to a pharmacist who has compiled an outstanding record of community service which, apart from his/her specific identification as a pharmacist, reflects well on the profession."
The award will be presented to Jocelyn Whalen at a gala dinner during the annual meeting of the Ontario Pharmacists Association in Niagara Falls in September. The following weekend, the Whalens will join the winners from the other Canadian provinces in Ottawa where they will stay at the Chateau Laurier.
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Pride & Predjudice
Posted by Daniel on June 15, 2009
A state Republican activist has admitted to and apologized for calling a gorilla that escaped from the Columbia, SC "Riverbanks Zoo" Friday an "ancestor" of First Lady Michelle Obama.
A screen capture of the comment, made on the Internet site Facebook.
The image shows a post by an aide to state Attorney General Henry McMaster describing Friday morning's gorilla escape at Columbia's Riverbanks Zoo.
Longtime SCGOP activist and former state Senate candidate Rusty DePass responded with the comment, "I'm sure it's just one of Michelle's ancestors – probably harmless."
DePass said he was talking about First Lady Michelle Obama.
DePass has been involved in state politics for decades, and helped elect Republican Governor Jim Edwards in 1974. He was an early South Carolina supporter of former President George W. Bush in 2000.
Some of DePass' political allies and rivals told what they thought about the comment.
"Even if it was taken out of context – its not something that should have ever been said. It's sad, disappointing, and unfortunate," said former SCGOP Chairman Katon Dawson.
Columbia Mayor Bob Coble also condemns the comment.
"You know, I think the comment is inappropriate. It's a racist comment," he says. "I think Mr. DePass should apologize."
Last Friday night, DePass was asked about his comment. He said, "I am as sorry as I can be if I offended anyone. The comment was clearly in jest."
"You know, I don't think there's anything funny about that comment," says Mayor Coble. "That is the First Lady of the United States. We've had a long tradition of wonderful first ladies, and I don't think any of them deserve that type of comment."
DePass took his apology a bit further. He also said, "The comment was hers. Not mine," saying the first lady made statements in the media recently saying we are all descendents of apes.
But an Internet search for those comments turned up no news articles of the like.
"I don't know of any," says Coble.
All of that aside, the mayor wants a clear-cut apology.
"Rusty DePass is well known in the community, and I know he's done very good things in addition to his political work," says Mayor Coble. "I don't want a comment like that coming out of Columbia, South Carolina for the world to comment on."
The comment has been removed from Facebook. DePass' Facebook page has also been deleted.
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June 17, 2009 at 4:24 am
…..and while hundreds of people want David Letterman off the air for making his comment about that stupid lady from alaska's daughter, YOUR blog is the ONLY place I've even learned about this happening. You know, while I do love this country called AMERICA…..I have to say, the majority of Americans are stupid.


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BAE scouts for manufacturing partners in India2 min read . Updated: 09 Sep 2007, 11:58 PM IST
BAE scouts for manufacturing partners in India
BAE scouts for manufacturing partners in India
Mumbai: Less than a year after tying up with India's Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd for manufacturing its Hawk advanced jet trainer aircraft, HT001, the world's third largest defence company by sales, BAE Systems SWS Defence AB of Sweden, is now scouting for manufacturing partners in India to make armoured combat vehicles, major and minor calibre naval guns and missile launchers, canisters, artillery systems, and intelligent munitions among others.
According to a senior BAE Systems executive who did not wish to be identified, the company is talking to leading Indian companies such as Tata Power Co. Ltd, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, Larsen & Toubro Ltd and a few others to make "these land ammunition and armaments in India under technology licence agreement."
A Mahindra & Mahindra spokeswoman declined comment; Tata officials could not be reached over the weekend.
A person familiar with the development who did not wish to be identified said the Swedish firm had visited Larsen & Toubro last week as part of a Swedish business delegation currently visiting India.
Mahindra's defence systems division manufactures vehicles for the Indian Army using its own technology.
Tata Power Company had in December informed the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) that the Government of India has issued the company's Strategic Electronics Division (SED) a licence to be the prime contractor to the ministry of defence for designing, developing, manufacturing, assembling and upgrading mission-critical systems in seven core areas of defence strategic electronics.
In the statement to BSE, Tata SED's chief executive officer Rahul Chaudhry had said that the licence would create a domestic market worth more than Rs20,000 crore over the next five years, and that the company's systems design, engineering and testing services would also be targeted at the export market.
In early 2006, Tata Power won orders for the Pinaka multi-barrel rocket launcher System from the Indian Army and the futuristic automatic data handling system for air defence from the Indian Air Force.
"The local partnership will be used for manufacturing armaments for India as it is a major customer for the company. We have initiated talks with a few big players here, but nothing has been finalized," the BAE executive said.
BAE Systems, which owns the brand Bofors, delivers a range of products and services for air, land and naval forces. With 88,000 employees worldwide, BAE Systems' sales exceeded £15 billion (Rs1.23 trillion) in 2006.
In December 2006, BAE Systems signed a manufacturing deal with Hindustan Aeronautics to manufacture 42 of its first 66 HT001 Hawk advanced jet trainers for the Indian Air Force.
BAE's land systems business is made up of six lines of business.


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Empathic light beings often struggle to fit in the "real world". You're a wizard. They are muggles. They don't understand you. I get it. Yet if your mission is to elevate the consciousness of this planet with your light, you can't do that without operating effectively in the world. And on the journey of ever expanding light, we sometimes forget… Read more →
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Breaking News: The School of Intuition Is Coming!
LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE ON SOUNDWISE Over the past month I've been listening to my higher self regarding the direction of the True Voyage soundcast. I'm excited to tell you that I've been called to give this soundcast a rebirth– to make it more aligned with the growth that has happened in me over the past year. This will be… Read more →
How To Read People's Energy In 3 Seconds, Ep 18
LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE ON SOUNDWISE Imagine how much more effective your social interactions would be if you could read anyone's "vibe" on the spot. Want to know who to talk to as you walk into a networking event? Try to decide if you should go on a second date with the charming stranger from Tinder? Want to know how… Read more →
Intentions Are Powerful (Especially If You're An Empath)
Being an empath is powerful, but not until you know how to use that power. When you walk in the world as an empathic being, two things are constantly happening: 1. external situations are triggering what's inside of you that's unacknowledged, unloved and unhealed; 2. you're being entrained into the energy fields of other people and places. That's why setting… Read more →
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5 Ways to Start a Fire with Water That'll Blow Your Mind
There are a lot of ways to start a fire, but I bet you didn't think using water was one of them.
When most people here the words fire and water they automatically think about using the water to put fire out.
What if there was a way to start fires with nothing more than some tinder and a plastic bag full of water?
Learn how to do that and more in the video below.
This is a really cool thing to know in a survival situation. Not many people would think of using water in a bottle, plastic bag, or anything else to magnify the suns rays.
I really wouldn't recommend using the last one with sodium. As you can see, it's rather explosive. I couldn't even imagine what it would be like carrying around sodium tablets in with your gear and it getting rained on.
This could also be a good bet with your friends. Just tell them you could start a fire with water and wait for the doubtful looks before amazing them with this cool trick.
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Customer Experience Manager
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota US
Job Number: 2418
Requisition Number: 12091BR
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The Manager will be responsible for building and leading the Customer Service function as part of the Customer Experience Strategy for the Commercial, Government & Defense (CGD) business. Our commitment to deliver a portfolio of solutions to our broad customer base in a bigger, better, and more focused way. We support this commitment by focusing on the entire lifecycle of our customer relationships. This includes putting our customers first and delivering world class customer service, responding quickly to customer issues and build customer advocacy that will improve our market position.
- Maintain direct relationships with specific key accounts by maintaining a high level of customer service
- Provide day-to-day leadership, coaching and guidance to a team of customer service representatives to achieve stated goals and metrics.
- Ensure team members are effectively trained on new products, customers, programs and processes in order to deliver superior customer excellence
- Partner with Supply Chain, Engineering, and Product Development to deliver Brand excellence and drive improvements in service, cost reduction and revenue growth
- Achieve department metrics related to same day order entry, order accuracy and first call resolution; implementing corrective actions as necessary
- Responsible for customer scorecard metrics and leading improvement throughout the team
- Resolve inquiries arising from the customer issue escalation process; Back-up support during times of peak volume
- Utilize Lean to implement process changes to improve the overall effectiveness of the Customer Service team
- Provide ad hoc sales analysis support to sales team and category leadership
- B.A/B.S. degree in Business, or related field, MBA preferred
- 4 - 5+ relevant experience required
- Proven track-record of leadership; experience taking a Service team to the next level
- Proven technical aptitude to understand products and communicate technical problems related to the products
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for customer engagement
- Customer focused - ability to balance customer needs with internal metrics
- Self-starter and problem solver
- Strong business acumen and ability to contribute to P&L management
- Strong analytical skills
- Excellent written and communication skills
- Location: Medina, MN (Headquarters)
- Standard office environment - extended periods of sitting required
- Some travel required as needed
About this location
This opportunity is located approximately 30 minutes from Minnesota's Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. These neighboring cities consistently rank as two of the United States' top cities to live in. Minneapolis's thriving art scene, outdoor culture (even in the winter), affordable prices, and friendly atmosphere make this Midwest metropolis a perfect place to live.
About Polaris
Recognized as the leader in the powersports industry, Polaris Industries is a fast growing, innovative, global organization. The people here at Polaris don't just create products - they are part of a lifestyle. It's the passion & execution of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do.
Polaris Industries Inc. (NYSE: PII) is a global powersports leader that has been fueling the passion of riders, workers and outdoor enthusiasts for more than 60 years. With annual 2017 sales of $5.4 billion, Polaris' innovative, high-quality product line-up includes the RANGER®, RZR® and Polaris GENERAL™ side-by-side off-road vehicles; the Sportsman® and Polaris ACE® all-terrain off-road vehicles; Indian Motorcycle® midsize and heavyweight motorcycles; Slingshot® moto-roadsters; and Polaris RMK®, INDY®, Switchback® and RUSH® snowmobiles. Polaris enhances the riding experience with parts, garments and accessories, along with a growing aftermarket portfolio, including Transamerican Auto Parts. Polaris' presence in adjacent markets globally includes military and commercial off-road vehicles, quadricycles, and electric vehicles. Proudly headquartered in Minnesota, Polaris serves more than 100 countries across the globe. Visit www.polaris.com for more information.
Polaris prides itself on recognizing and developing top talent to take its people and company to the next level. Competitive salary, generous benefits and a comprehensive relocation plan are just a few components of the total compensation package offered at Polaris. Are you ready to join a company where you will work hard and play hard, and be rewarded for your performance?
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Polaris is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will make all employment-related decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, familial status, status with regard to public assistance, membership or activity in a local commission, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law.
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Hello Citizens of the Blogosphere!
I love drawing whenever and wherever. This is why I value sketchbooks so much. I just pop them in my bag and start drawing whenever inspiration strikes.
Today's blog post is sort of a quasi-review of my latest sketchbook acquisition.
The Sketchbook: Open Bound Sketchbook by Piccadilly
Purchased At: Barnes and Noble
Things I love about this sketchbook…
- The cover is plain, making it a perfect base for illustrations.
- The paper is nice and thick which allows it to stand up to permanent marker and ink.
- The binding is awesome. The notebook easily lays flat while you are drawing.
- I bought the medium size, which fits perfectly in most of my bags or purses.
- At under $10, it is very affordable.
Things I don't love about this sketchbook…
- Since the notebook cover is made of thick craft paper, it is prone to staining and general wear.
- Ripping out pages reduces the integrity (and overall strength of the binding) of the notebook.
- The paper is very absorptive, so it eats up ink.
Overall, I am very pleased with this notebook, and I am thinking of buying the larger size… just because.
Here are a few of the sketches I created in my new notebook.
That's all for now.
If you like my art or even just find it interesting, follow this blog @ annotatedaudrey.wordpress.com.
If you would like to find out more about me or connect with me on the various social media networks I participate in, please feel free to visit my about me page…click here to visit my about me page!
As always, thank you so much for taking time to read this post!
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I encourage you to share these images, but if you do please give me credit as I worked hard to create these pieces.
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- Average
- Main course: 14€
- Food spend: 23€
Marc Mitonne is cosy French restaurant near the Halles and Louvre area in central Paris. The recipes are family traditions and the ambiance is rustic. The main room has massive wooden beams and stone walls decorated with copper and wooden utensils. There is also a charming vaulted cellar room with a 17th century listed well and an outside terrace for fine weather. As with most traditional French restaurants, the dishes change with the seasons, however the difference here is that everything is mitonne which means cooked slowly. Veal, duck foie gras, lamb, beef on the bone, mussels and much more. For dessert you might be tempted by the roasted figs with caramel or the profiteroles. It is also possible to have a bit of a dance in one of the main rooms and the restaurant regularly has different live entertainment such as a magician on a Saturday, head massages before dinner on a Friday...
Marc Mitonne
60 Rue de l' Arbre Sec, 75001, Paris
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((*** 9 June 2011 by Paty from Paris
Cadre sympatique avec cave en sous-sol - Plutôt approprié en hiver car il y fait chaud . Cuisine savoureuse mais dévalorisée par un très mauvais service. Propriétaire/serveur extrèmement directif, Inconvenant: N'hésite pas à rabrouer Pas le sens du service approprié à ce type de secteur.
((((( 8 June 2011 by Madininda from Paris
J'ai dejeune a 2 reprises dans ce restaurant, et ai apprecie tout autant les mets que les boissons. Le proprietaire est charmant, disponible, son but est bien de satisfaire sa clientele et c'est reussi! Avec les beaux jours les portes d'entree restent ouvertes ce qui est bien agreable!
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