Now, for credit, she is teaching a two-hour seminar, "Afro-Brazilian Dance Forms: History, Theory and Practice."

The Fujianese expressed their gratitude for his taking time off from vacation to conduct the two-hour seminar.

Born in Taiwan, she asked no questions, written or oral, throughout the two-hour seminar.

So last year the company set up Stew Leonard's University which, for $195 a head - $150 each for groups of five or more - offers two-hour seminars at which managers talk about their customer service techniques.

Over the first several weeks of school, the teachers generally followed the topic of personal power, hammering out the details in the teams of three that teach two-hour seminars.

Topics covered in previous two-hour seminars have included tax law, laws concerning the elderly, and estate planning.

The two-hour seminars, costing $25 each, will demonstrate in a single session how to create workable, personalized kitchens, pointing out the common mistakes people make in remodeling or designing new kitchens.

Whatever you call this new trend-house 3.0, rave 9.0, I am struggling here-Fake Blood is in the center of it, and his essential mix is a two-hour seminar.

Mr. Feferman, who took the two-hour introductory seminar, says he was already comfortable speaking to groups; it was the marketing knowledge he lacked.

Case in point: a two-hour seminar on domestic violence seems futile in a country were honor killings are common and, in some cases, legal.