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Police have warned all city taxi drivers planning to strike over Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) operations in the city that they will be dealt with.
The National Union of Drivers, Cyclists and Allied Workers (NUDCAW) are planning a demonstration protesting what they call violation of drivers' rights by the Kampala Capital City Authority.
Police spokesperson, Fred Enanga, said the organisers have not sought permission from the Police adding that the event would also jeopardize business in the country.
Enanga also noted that they have information that the drivers have threatened to burn vehicles of those who will not oblige with their demonstration.
"While we respect people's right to protest peacefully, the safety of the community is paramount and anyone who behaves in a way that might create disorder or disrupt people going lawfully about their business will be dealt with.
Anyone who would want to exploit this demonstration by behaving in a criminal, racist or anti-social way will be dealt with appropriately," Enanga said.
He added that police will arrest whoever is harassing motorists and other road users who may not have participated in the demo.
"We will not tolerate a group of people who want to use the demonstration to disrupt the peace of Ugandans," Enanga stressed.
In a statement made by the leadership of NUDCAW at the Central Organization of Free Trade Unions- Uganda (COFTU) offices in Ntinda on Tuesday, they vowed hold a the demo from Monday next week until KCCA responds to their demands.
"KCCA has among other issues, ignored complaints and views by the drivers' leaders and their organisations and continues to use unlimited powers to levy exorbitant taxes and through its officials who impound vehicles without justifiable cause," said Abdulla Kitata, the NUDCAW National chairman.
Kitata added that the authority banned the loading and offloading of people on the streets and failed to gazette alternative stages.
"KCCA has more so failed to set up clear ways of collecting money, failed to bridge the communication gap between the riders, drivers and the authority," he noted.
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ARCATA -- "Down the Hill Home: Art by Rick Bartow" is featured at Humboldt State University's Native American Arts Gallery through Dec. 1.
Bartow, a member of the Wiyot tribe, focuses in this exhibit on his two-dimensional drawings, paintings and prints on loan to HSU from the Froelick Gallery in Portland, Ore.
Working in expressionistic style, Bartow blends a variety of drawing materials and paints to create imagery that explores human and animal forms, Native American transformation stories, global mythology and personal experiences.
Bartow's art has been featured in exhibits nationally, internationally and throughout the Pacific Northwest. His most recent work, a 20-foot wooden sculpture of chiseled and carved poles titled "We Were Always Here," debuted this month at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C.
His work is also part of the collections of the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, Heard Museum, Hallie Ford Museum, Portland Art Museum, de Saisset Museum and the Westfalisches Landesmuseum in Munster, Germany.
A reception for the artist will be held later this fall at a date and time to be announced. The gallery can be reached at 826-5814.
Native American Arts Gallery hours are Monday through Wednesday and Friday from noon to 5 p.m., Thursday from noon to 7 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The gallery will be closed on Oct. 18 between 5 and 7 p.m. and on Monday, Nov. 12. It is located on the ground floor of Humboldt State University's Behavioral and Social Sciences Building, near Union and 17th streets.
Admission is free and parking day permits are available for $3.50 at parking kiosks with additional metered parking located along the street.

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In one of the most striking turnarounds ever undertaken by a big, global IT company, SAP this year has totally recast how it creates products, why it creates products, how it engages with customers, how it co-defines and co-develops value with its customers, and what type of strategy it needs to extend its lead as the world's most successful provider of business applications.
Other than that, 2010 was just another hum-drum year for SAP . . . .
Pushing the company far beyond its roots in rigid ERP applications created in massive, Newtonian development processes, SAP co-CEOs Bill McDermott and Jim Hagemann Snabe have blown out the company's stuffy and inflexible culture and myopic management perspective that earlier this year led to founder and chairman Hasso Plattner firing former CEO Leo Apotheker and installing the new leaders.
Less than 10 months ago, Plattner contritely confessed that his company had lost the trust of its customers and that its employees were miserable.
Less than 10 months ago, Plattner admitted SAP's development processes were outdated and ineffective.
Less than 10 months ago, Plattner said SAP had lost touch with what the vast majority of its customers wanted, needed, and expected from SAP.
(For extensive analyses of SAP, its competitors, and its customers, please check out the "Recommended Reading" section at the end of this column.)
Today, under its new leaders, SAP is growing at a double-digit pace, is once again solidly profitable, and has stopped providing Oracle executives with juicy soundbite material stemming from the weak financial and market-share results posted during Apotheker's reign as CEO.
Today, SAP's revamped development processes are allowing it to bring multiple new products to market more rapidly than ever before in strategically vital fields such as analytics, mobile, real-time business, and collaboration.
And today, instead of viewing its customers as merely ballast for its stock price, SAP is engaging with customers in innovative ways that tie SAP's fortunes to the business outcomes of its customers, provide those customers with the unparallelled insights SAP has into best practices, and radically redefines the relationship between software vendor and enteprise customer.
After a recent conversation with Hagemann Snabe, I wrote the following in a column called Global CIO: SAP's Sweeping Turnaround: Exclusive Co-CEO Interview:


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If you're a techy (kinda like me) and like doing special effects—specifically guns and all that jazz—check out this link. It's awesome.
Within the first 10 minutes or so the guy says he got this bullet debris idea from a video game and shows the game on screen. I don't support that game and in fact skipped it when watching the tutorial. It's kinda graphic. You've been warned…but don't let that stop you.


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GAINESVILLE - The presidential election is now less than a month away and by a margin of about 3-to-1, northeast Georgians are throwing their monetary support to Republican Mitt Romney. But the margin statewide is much closer.
According to the Federal Elections Commission (FEC), as of last Thursday, Romney had received contributions totaling $252,748 from people living in 3-0-5 zip codes, an area which stretches from South Hall to Rabun County and Toccoa to Fannin County. President Obama, meanwhile, can count $96,499 in contributions from the same area - one of the most conservative parts of the state.
The FEC says there have been 556 contributions to Romey's campaign from the area, a number of them involving more than one contribution from an individual. The amounts range from four dollars to $2,500. Forty-two of the contributions have totaled $2,500 each. By law, the maximum amount an individual may contribute is $2,500 for the primary and $2,500 for the general election.
Meanwhile, the number of contributions to President Obama's campaign totals 1,233 but the individual amounts have been much smaller than those Romney has received - with most appearing to be $100 or less.
In all, Georgians have contributed $11.9 million to the two candidates - $6.4 million to Romney and $5.5 million to Obama. The FEC says Georgians gave another $3.1 million to the several men and women who challenged Romney for the GOP nomination leading up to the July Republican Primary. Meanwhile, the $5.5 million that went to Obama represents the total amount contributed to the Democratic cause. The President was the only Democratic presidential candidate running in the party's primary in the state.


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This past weekend after visiting my sister-in-law at UW Madison we stopped at the Elegant Farmer in hopes of apple picking but because of the rain from Hurricane Ike we couldn't. Instead we stocked up on apples, pumpkins, breads, and cheeses from their farm stand.
Caramel apples have to be the easiest fall festive menu item I can think of.
Cooks Note: Best consumed the same day but they will last in the fridge up to 3 days.
Caramel Apples
6 Apples, rinsed and refrigerated (I prefer Gala)
6 Popsicle sticks
14 oz Caramels
1/4 c. water
2 c. Peanuts, chopped (optional)
6 over sized cupcake liner
Insert Popsicle sticks about halfway into cold apples. Keep in fridge until ready to dip.
Heat caramel and water in crock pot (this keeps the heat uniform and constant) to 180F. Meanwhile, chop nuts and reserve in bowl. Dip apples in caramel and twist by popsicle stick to remove excess. Then roll in chopped peanuts (if using) then place on parchment paper and let cool in the fridge. Once cooled place in cupcake liner.


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Leadership Void
It's almost impossible for me not to think of the United States as a leader globally. Whenever there is trouble in the world, other countries call on the United States to help solve the problem. Whether it's by diplomatic ways or through the military, we are always called upon as the super power to intervene.
Of course there are many in the world and here at home that don't always agree with the use of force, but I don't think that there has ever really been a doubt about America's role in the world.
Until now.
On Friday, President Obama finally announce that the U.S. was going to do something about Libya. It's taken weeks, but finally America has spoken. Of course, we only spoke after the European Union, Arab Nations, and the United Nations spoke out. Obama's lack of leadership has puzzled diplomats all over the world. The lack of leadership has even surprised some here at home. His lack of leadership has even taken a toll on Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, who announced that she is done in 2012. According to those close to her, she is tired of dealing with a President who can't make up his mind.
We've all known about the atrocities in Libya, but it took until Friday for Obama to speak out. Where were you Mr. President? Where was your leadership? I know Obama doesn't want to act like George W. Bush and actually lead, but come on.
Respect for the United States is very low, and I can't blame the international community. We are the super power in the world and instead of leading when others turn to us, we look the other way and hope the Europeans will do something.
There is a leadership void in this country. I hope it can be filled in 2012.


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- Remove the lid from the box. Turn over one of your patterned sheets so that the white side faces up. Turn the lid upside down onto the white side of the paper. Trace the lid of your box.
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- Include a special gift for a friend inside the box. Or set your decorated box on your desk to organize paper clips, erasers or other mini supplies.
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NorthStar Realty Finance Announces Public Offering of Common Stock
NorthStar Realty Finance (NYSE: NRF) announced today that it has commenced an underwritten public offering of 30,000,000 shares of common stock. The Company expects to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to 4,500,000 additional shares of common stock.
Deutsche Bank Securities and UBS Investment Bank are acting as the joint book-running managers of the offering.
The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the offering to make investments relating to its business, to repurchase or pay its liabilities and for general corporate purposes.
A registration statement relating to the offered securities has been declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). The offering is being made only by means of a prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus. Copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement and the related prospectus for the proposed offering may be obtained by contacting: Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Attention: Prospectus Group, 60 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005-2836, by calling (800) 503-4611, or by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com; or by contacting UBS Securities LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, 299 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10171 or by calling (888) 827-7275.
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My story: Using the Giants as inspiration, the Rams are searching for dominant units
Ian Rapoport | Tags: Rams, Jeff Fisher, Les Snead, rookie mini-camp
Usually you hear teams, especially the bad ones, looking to build one player at a time. They talk about increasing depth across the board and getting talent everywhere. Well, the Rams might not consider themselves to be rebuilding, but they are definitely doing some renovations.
Yet, as GM Les Snead told me in his office last week, they have an interesting way of thinking about it. Instead of looking to even out the roster and add skill at positions of need, he's hoping to create dominant units first. Kind of like the Giants, how they keep re-stocking their already nasty defensive line.
It's why St. Louis added Michael Brockers to an already solid defensive line in the first round and why the team added two new cornerbacks to free-agent acquisition Cortland Finnegan in the second round. I know how the Giants do it, but I'd never heard it put quite like Snead, in his first year as GM, did.
"When you take a player you might not need or he may go to a unit that is already strong, it just makes that unit dominant," Snead told me. "You gotta start thinking units. Realize we're young so there's going (to be growing pains). But when you get units strong, not just spreading out individual talent over the 11, but units become, 'Wow.' Quarterbacks got to get the ball off faster and then our DBs are good. Now, we may steal some wins that might not have done if we'd picked just one player at No. 2 or not tried to acquire multiple players."
Check out my story posted on NFL.com explaining the Rams philosophies.


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SB 5 Affects the Presidential Race in Ohio
Last year, after Republican state leaders passed a controversial collective bargaining bill that slashed the power of public employee unions…. teachers, firefighters, police officers and other labor activists from around the state joined arms with Democrats in an effort to repeal that law.
They paraded through downtown Columbus, past the Statehouse, to the Secretary of State's office where they unloaded a semi truck full of petition signatures. They only needed fewer than 300,000 valid signatures but they turned in well over one point three million. Their energy was palpable.
Fast forward to now, one year later, a central Ohio police officer and a Democratic State Senator join a couple of organizers for President Obama's re-election campaign on a sidewalk that, just a year ago, was filled with thousands of protestors. Senator Charleta Tavares issues this warning about Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
TAVARES: "If he had his way, Mitt Romney would make issue two a nationwide problem."
That's a point Democrats are pounding in a new web ad:
POLICE OFFICER: "For all of the police and firefighters who worked very hard against issue 2, knocking on doors, making phone calls, they would be throwing all of that away if they vote for Mitt Romney."
The police officer who makes that statement in that ad is Central Ohio officer Scott Clinger. He says it's important to remind Ohioans that Romney supported issue two and that he has come out against hiring more police officer and firefighters. But on this day, Clinger is the only police officer speaking out at this event on the issue though he warns he's not the only one working to defeat Mitt Romney.
CLINGER: "I am one of those working on the campaign and there are others out there, working on the campaign, making phone calls, knocking on doors and doing the same things that we did on SB 5. We haven't forgotten."
Ohio's largest labor federation, The AFL-CIO, says its members are already working, behind the scenes, to insure President Obama's re-election. In a news release, the AFL-CIO says it, along with other labor groups and an ally group,Working America, has been doing outreach and will do more. The Labor 2012 operation plans to involve more than 70,000 volunteer shifts that will focus on voter registration, voter education and voter turnout in the coming months. Chris Maloney, a spokesman for Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney, isn't worried Democrats will be able to revive the spirit that led to the overwhelming repeal of the unpopular labor issue last year.
MALONEY: "This is nothing more than a pathetic attempt to distract attention away from Joe Biden's awkward cancellation on Ohio Democrats earlier this week and the President's failed policies which have left 425,000 Ohioans struggling to find work."
Maloney says he finds some irony when he compares the candidate Barack Obama of four years ago with the President Barack Obama of today.
MALONEY: "And it's really telling that four years after they adopted the mantra of Hope and Change, it's these kinds of actions that we've come to expect from the President's campaign whose idea of support for labor and the middle class has been reduced to directing negative web video and holding press conferences."
There are four months left until Ohioans vote. A lot of money has already been spent on ads to persuade Ohioans for or against the candidates…..and most political pundits believe there will be many more ads between now and then. In this swing state, the question might be which issue motivates voters the most.


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In the Esperanto language there was a great writer and activist known as "Kabe". After creating magnificent translations and reaching a position of authority, he suddenly left Esperanto life, never to participate again. So notorious was his disappearance, the language gained the verb "Kabei" -- to vanish suddenly from a position of great visibility.
I'd be flattering myself to compare my position in the Drupal world to Kabe's in Esperantio -- the Esperanto world. But my lynda.com courses and other writings about Drupal made me fairly well-recognized in Drupal circles.
I've been absent from those circles for the last couple of years, and feel the need to give closure to -- and recognize -- those I got to know there.
I got started in Drupal because I wanted to build a dynamic website to promote a book I'd written. It was a period of great growth for Drupal, and lynda.com accepted my proposal to create a seven-hour "Essentials" video course. (I think they agreed because their first CMS course -- on WordPress -- was selling pretty well.) That led to seven more, a book, a magazine column, various presentations, and a lot of corporate work.
Was I a "Drupalista"? That's tough to say. I've sincerely enjoyed working with it: Although I've come to recommend WordPress for inexperienced site builders with minimal needs, I'm still thrilled with how much I can accomplish with Drupal and a free afternoon. As I (like most people) have come to live more and more online, Drupal has given me more control over my environment. For example, I'm not afraid that I'll lose a major chunk of my history as LiveJournal slips down the tubes: Through Drupal I made a local copy, privately linking commenters to their real-wold contact information. Those tools, those gifts of the Drupal community, are still with me.
We grew apart. Drupal ceded the mom-and-pop market to other platforms, focusing instead on enterprise needs. That's a fine match... but it's not what interests me, personally. Coding -- a skill I don't have -- eclipsed site-building, evidenced by the increasing percentage of Planet Drupal posts on the subject. And Drupal 8's unexpectedly long development time caused a major writing project to stall after I'd put in a month of work.
But oh! What a fine relationship we've had. I'm scared to list the people who have made my time in "Drupalio" so much fun -- I'm sure I'd miss many. But I want to recognize everybody who helped me on Drupal.org; those involved with Drupal companies I've worked with (Commerce Guys, Mediacurrent, Acquia, Phase2 Technology, DrupalEasy, Tag1 Publishing, TopNotchThemes); those who corresponded privately about Drupal matters; and those who continue to make Drupal great. I'd be very happy to hear from you directly, and will continue to check in on drupal.org (where I'm tgeller) from time to time.
I've gone back to general technology journalism and communications. Lately I've been quite happy working in video, and have started a U.S.-based agency, Tom Geller Productions. Making a monthly video for The Association for Computing Machinery has put me in touch with people doing fundamental research. I intend to do for that community what I've tried to do for the Drupal community: to make their work clear and accessible to those without specialist knowledge.
Esperantio and "Drupalio" are quite different. But they're similar in an important way -- one that's shared by any international community of people gathered for a righteous cause. After a time, the cause changes and falls away, leaving intact relationships that linger. As Wavy Gravy said, "It's all done with people." Although I might kabei, look forward to seeing you people, wherever we meet.
Summary: Making Views part of Drupal "core" will make its future more secure, but will take substantial resources. Therefore, please donate 1/1,000th of your annual income ($50 if you make $50,000/year, for example) using this widget.
Now, the why.
Few Drupal sites could exist without Views, which lets site builders easily combine and display data. For example, let's say your site includes employees and store locations: Views lets you produce a list of employees, a map of what stores they work at, and a schedule of when they're working.
These are typical requirements, but without Views you'd have to know PHP and MySQL to make them happen. With Views, an intermediate-level site builder without programming experience -- like me -- can make truly professional sites.
Views is one of Drupal's strongest competitive advantages, and why I created a video training series about it. I've never heard of a working site built without Views.
Maintainer Earl Miles' original post gives the details. In short:
There's a (reasonable) argument that Views would bloat a Drupal core that should remain small. I disagree. For discussion, see this thread on Drupal.org.
Simply put, it's the simplest way to contribute. As Earl wrote, the project will also put other resources to good use, and (as always) your help actually working on the project would be greatly appreciated.
But money is liquid. You can give any amount, at any time, without any other requirements. It's convertible to plane tickets, catering, hosting, and other things that project maintainers need. (Note that the money generally doesn't go to pay developers: They're either volunteering their valuable time, or being sponsored by companies such as Acquia.) I propose that you donate 1/1,000th of your annual income because if you work with Drupal, Views has probably earned you at least ten times that much.
From earlier initiatives, Earl and his team have proven that they use such money well. So do it: You'll feel better every time you work on your (Views-enabled) site.
It's been a busy few months since ending my time at Acquia last October. I've returned to freelancing, bettered by having worked with some of the best people in the business: It was a pleasure to see them at DrupalCon Denver, and I've been enjoying our continued (albeit changed) good relationship.
One result of leaving is that it gave me time to create a long-overdue course for lynda.com: Drupal 7 Advanced Training. My other courses aim to teach specific skills, such as creating a store with Drupal and using Drupal to display complex data. Drupal 7 Advanced Training is a general tutorial for those who already have basic Drupal skills.
It's intended as a follow-up to the course that's proven by far my most popular: Drupal 7 Essential Training. As usual, the new course gives away a few videos, while a free 7-day pass provides full access.
Here's the intro video:
It was a great pleasure to deliver the keynote talk to the first-ever DrupalCamp Western New York, held in downtown Buffalo on October 14-15. The camp's theme was "Hello, Universe", which you probably know as an expansion of the programmer's meme, "Hello, World". The idea is that "the web is wider than you think" -- and that Drupal is expanding to fill the space.
I agree with the premise that Drupal is growing beyond its past uses, and used my time to examine how its spread will affect the culture of Drupal. This is a very personal matter for me, from having been part of other communities whose increase alienated their founders, eventually to their doom.
But I'm optimistic about the Drupal community; watch to see why, and how we can foster its growth beyond the world it now occupies.
(Many thanks to Stephen Rosenthal of Caramax Studio for the high-quality video!)
I said that two new lynda.com video courses would be coming out soon, and here they are:
There are a few free videos for each course at the above links, and a free 7-day pass gives you access to both full courses, along with hundreds of other from lynda.com.
Here's the intro video from the Drupal Commerce course:
...and the one from "Drupal 7: Reporting and Visualizing Data".
lynda.com has now released five of my Drupal courses (which you can watch for free, by the way), and there are two more coming soon. Part of the company's model is to include exercise files for each course, so that students can (a) follow along with the same assets the instructor uses, and (b) jump in at any point.
For Drupal courses, the first criterion is easy to solve: We just include the same graphics and text I use to create the model site, and instruct students to add them as they go. But Drupal doesn't have a good way to let students jump into the course in the middle. Such a packaging system needs to:
Those are the challenges. On the other hand, we can make some assumptions that make the job easier:
I tried several solutions, even attempting to commission an all-in-one solution. Previous courses used varying methods, with varying degrees of success — and they usually required too much explanation. Here's what I finally settled on:
How would you solve this problem?
You might know of Certified to Rock, which reduces your activity on drupal.org to a single number, much as a long simmer reduces gourmet food to a carbonaceous layer that ruins the frying pan, and I really liked that pan!
Anyway, the problem with CTR is that it only measures how great you are, and some of us don't take praise well. For we Drupalists of low self-esteem, now there's Certified to SUCK! Here's how it works.
Scores on CTS are calculated by... oh, never mind, it's long and boring. The important thing is that it works and Must Be Obeyed. Void, like many things, in Idaho.
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I've been watching Drupal 7 for almost two years now and have been champing at the bit to start using it. I launched the promotional site for "Drupal 7: Visual QuickStart Guide" in Drupal 7 -- how could I not? -- about a month before Drupal 7's official release. Now I've also taken the opportunity to combine tomgeller.com and gellerguides.com (my portfolio site) into one. The new one is at tomgeller.com, of course; for the moment you can still see the old version (with comments closed) at http://temp.tgeller.com.
The upgrade itself wasn't so bad, although I ran into more error messages than I expected. But merging the two sites was frankly harder than I expected. There are basically three options for transporting nodes:
I mention these options -- and a lot more -- in the paper I wrote for Acquia, "Migrating a Web Site to Drupal". (That link takes you to one of my Panels- and Quick Tabs-based portfolio pages, which I'm very proud of.)
Beyond node migration, there were other surprises. For example, messages that Drupal automatically sends to users -- to confirm their membership, for example -- use old-style tokens like !username instead of [user:name], and have to be changed manually. I missed a theming change that threw some baffling errors, and had to drop some functionality because the modules weren't ready. Then the statistics table stubbornly refused to update properly -- until I moved the site to its host.
So what's the prognosis? I agree with TimOnWeb.com that your situation dictates whether to upgrade to (or build anew on) Drupal 7. The "7.0" label is psychologically powerful, and I made the mistake of believing that its "release" meant that major problems had all disappeared. They haven't; there's still a lot of work to be done. (Speaking of which, please continue to support developers who are working on 7.x projects!)
Having said all that: The proof is in the pudding. tomgeller.com is up and running on Drupal 7, with a hell of a lot of functionality I'd been withholding while on Drupal 6. Enjoy this forward-looking time for all its worth.
If you're a strong brass player and want to take part in a secret project at DrupalCon on Monday and Tuesday, please write to me via my d.o. contact page. Tell me what you play, your ability level, and when you'll be there. Thanks!
My Drupal video courses on lynda.com are mostly available on a subscription basis, starting at $25/month. But I realized that few readers of my blog know that several videos in each course are available for free.
Here are the freebies in Drupal 7 Essential Training, which was released this past Friday:
Here's what's free in my other courses:
Drupal Gardens Essential Training
Drupal 7 New Features
Drupal 6: Online Presentation of Data
Drupal 6 Essential Training
... and here are the freebies in Chris Charlton's Drupal: Creating and Editing Custom Themes:
Click the series titles to watch the videos. Enjoy!
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Two stole steel beams weighing half a tonne
They're caught after selling them for $2,500
HEAVY LOAD: Nine beams similar to these were taken from a construction site. PICTURE: AFP
METAL thefts had soared two years ago.
Thieves were ripping out guard-rails and even manhole covers.
But lorry driver Chia Lay Seng and his accomplice made off with something much bigger - steel beams meant for construction.
They stole nine used steel beams weighing about half a tonne in total.
They weren't the easiest thing to steal - or hide.
Yet Chia and Timyati Kamis managed to get away with the beams from a construction site, and sell them to a second-hand scrap metal dealer for $2,500.
Chia had helped Timyati, a safety officer with Yongnam Engineering and Construction, to load the nine high-tensile beams onto a lorry at an MRT Circle Line construction site in Buona Vista in April 2007.
It was not mentioned in court papers how the duo managed to get the beams onto the lorry.
Chia drove a lorry for Hiap Hong Transport and was employed by Yongnam under a sub-contract.
He left the construction site by an exit which he knew was not manned by security guards.
Chia then drove straight to a second-hand scrap metal dealer at Defu Lane and sold the beams for about $2,500.
This money was shared equally between the him and Timyati.
The theft was discovered when a deputy project manager with Yongnam, Mr Jason Siau, noticed the loss and confronted Timyati.
Timyati admitted to the crime and identified Chia as his accomplice.
Timyati was charged with theft as a servant, and was sentenced to eight weeks' jail in March last year.
On 14 Jul, Chia was found guilty of dishonestly receiving stolen property and sentenced to four weeks' jail, according to court papers obtained by The New Paper.
He could have been jailed up to three years and fined.
Chia, who is married with three children aged 10, 14 and 16, said in mitigation through his lawyers that this was his first such offence.
In 2002, he had been jailed for two weeks and fined $9,000 for being the owner/occupier of a common gaming house.
Chia claimed in court that he had been approached by Timyati to sell the steel beams. He was 'merely the follower'.
He added that he was enticed by the prospect of earning easy money.
Chia has since compensated Yongnam by paying the $2,500, although he got only half of that as his share of the loot.
In sentencing him, district judge Jill Tan said that Chia's restitution of the $2,500 (none of which was contributed by Timyati) was a strong mitigating point.
She said: 'While I gave weight to his lack of similar previous convictions, I noted that he had gotten into trouble with the law previously and served time in prison. Thus, he should have known better than to commit this offence.'
Also, said the judge, the punishment must carry with it a measure of general deterrence to show others in the industry that such acts will not be taken lightly.
It was therefore necessary to impose a jail term.
Deputy public prosecutor Nicholas Khoo, in calling for a stiff sentence, said there were 1,291 reports of theft of metal in 2007, with a value in excess of $6 million. This was up from $4 million in 2006.
Chia has appealed against the sentence and is now on bail.
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It's been a big week for Mark Zuckerberg and for his significant other. On Monday, Priscilla Chan, the longtime partner of the 28-year-old Facebook founder-earned her medical degree from the top institution in the country, just days after inspiring a revolution in organ donor access. Also: her boyfriend just turned his first job into $19 billion dollars. Am I forgetting anything? Yes: They got married.
On Saturday, a small group of friends and family expecting to attend a party for Chan's graduation were surprised by an impromptu wedding in the backyard of their $7 million Palo Alto home. The couple had beens secretly planning the event for months, on top of all the other projects on their plate. Zuckerberg even found time to design the ruby ring for his bride.
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So far it's been a good month for Priscilla, the Harvard alum, who met Zuckerberg at a campus frat party almost a decade ago. On May 14, while the tech world marked Zuckerberg's 28th birthday, Chan was picking up her degree from UCSF's School of Medicine, and even icing her degree with membership into the exclusive National Medical Honor Society.
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While her new husband's expertise seems to be in working the market into a frenzy, Chan's specialty is in pediatrics. Already, her medical experience is saving lives on a large scale. Earlier this month, Facebook launched a new feature allowing users to add their organ donation status to their profiles. Zuckerberg credits the idea to Chan. "She's going to be a pediatrician, so our dinner conversations are often about Facebook and the kids that she's meeting," Zuckerberg told ABC News. After a few particularly heart-rending accounts of children in need of organ transplants at her hospital, Facebook's C.E.O developed the donor tool and effectively enlisted over a thousand new donors in a matter of days, according to Donor Life.
Photos: Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan on vacation together
It was a shift for Zuckerberg's brand, more often linked to lawsuits and financial speculation than saving lives. But 'Cilla,' as her boyfriend calls her, is in many ways Facebook's better half. The woman not so much behind the man, but running parallel, with equally bold strides. It's a new improved model for the so-called billionaire's wife.
After the couple made their union truly official by changing their status to "married" on Facebook, financial pundits were already speculating on a pre-nup. The Daily Telegraph's Rosa Prince noted the timing of the wedding just after the IPO windfall, which according to California law, would not qualify Chan for her husband's earnings.
If you ask Donald Trump, and unfortunately someone at CNBC's Squawk Box did, Chan would walk away with a chunk of change in the event of a pre-nup free divorce (that's jumping the gun a little, no?)
If they divorced, says Trump, "she's hits the jackpot like nobody...I could see the lawyers and the lawsuit right now. Without her brilliant decision-making, he would have never come through. She advised him, she made dinner for him, she's entitled to at least $10 billion."
This is all assuming that Chan even wants her new husbands assets in the event of a divorce. Not everyone thinks, or dates, like Trump. For now, it seems Chan's big concern is saving the lives of kids, and that's probably one reason why her unfathomably rich boyfriend loves her. As the world stares slack-jawed at Zuckerberg's accomplishments, he's doing the same with his girlfriend.
After Priscilla earned her degree Monday, Mark posted the following message for her on Facebook.
I'm so proud of you, Dr. Chan : )
Yes, that's a billion dollar emoticon smile.
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It's been a big week for Mark Zuckerberg and for his significant other. On Monday, Priscilla Chan, the longtime partner of the 28-year-old Facebook founder-earned her medical degree from the top institution in the country, just days after inspiring a revolution in organ donor access. Also: her boyfriend just turned his first job into $19 billion dollars. Am I forgetting anything? Yes: They got married.


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about Seven years ago a you asked me
"why do you smoke?"
I replied
" I love the actions of it ... the nicotine is just a plus, a chemical that seems to balance me out... if only there were a way i could smoke and not get cancer years down the road."
well time passed by and the e-cig found its way into my life. I jumped at the chance brotha!!
bought one online soon as i got home. bought another while waiting for my first to arrive. Shiiiiit bought another one within a month so i could drip a dry smoke.
1 month of vapeing... and ive kicked a pack and a half a day habit down to two. two cigs a day. I hope to let those too go soon. soon.
Michael, i wish you could have seen these things. You'd trip out. crazy blue flashing lights and all...LOL
If only they found us sooner... if only
Rest in peace my friend....
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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- CHANGE IN RATINGSF5 Networks ( FFIV) was upgraded to buy at Nomura. $88 price target. Recent project delays will likely prove to be temporary, Nomura said. Western Digital ( WDC) was downgraded from buy to hold at Craig-Hallum. Valuation call, based on a $54 price target, Craig-Hallum said. Waste Management ( WM) was upgraded from hold to buy at Wunderlich. $43 price target. Company is seeing solid price leverage and can grow cash flow, Wunderlich said. McGraw-Hill ( MHP) was downgraded from buy to hold at Jefferies. Valuation call, as the stock has reached the previous $51 price target, Jefferies said. Intuit ( INTU) shares were downgraded to Neutral at Citi. Earnings growth is now expected to settle in the 10-15% range (vs. 15-20% historically), said Citigroup. Price target is $59.
Intuit was downgraded from overweight to neutral at JP Morgan said. $60 price target. Consumer tax business is slowing. Asbury Automotive ( ABG) was upgraded from hold to buy at Craig-Hallum. $42 price target. Company is realizing higher margins Craig-Hallum said. Akamai ( AKAM) was upgraded to overweight at JP Morgan. Media business is accelerating, JP Morgan said. Ashland ( ASH) was downgraded from buy to hold at Keybanc. Stock is up 20% in recent weeks, but core growth could be slowing, Keybanc said. Cullen/Frost CoName ( CFR) was downgraded from market perform to underperform at FBR. 56 price target. Loan growth is slowing, along with NIM compression, FBR Capital Markets said. Everbank ( EVER) was upgraded from neutal to buy at Sterne Agee. $17 price target. Stock has pulled back to an attractive level, Sterne Agee said. RockTenn ( RKT) was downgraded from buy to neutral at DA Davidson. Valuation call, as the company lacks near-term catalysts, DA Davidson said. T. Rowe Price ( TROW) was downgraded from outperform to market perform at Wells. Company is seeing lower asset inflows, Wells Fargo said. Zoetis ( ZTS) was upgraded from underperform to market perform at BMO. Valuation call, based on a $30 price target, BMO Capital said.


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Part of the luxurious Relais & Chateaux group, the Hotel Hermitage stands proudly on a hill overlooking Cervinia's town centre. It maintains a mountain cabin-feel but with the sophistication and service expected of a five-star hotel. The rooms are all decorated differently, with all the mod cons (plasma TV, mini bar, DVD and Sky) one would expect. The Michelin-star restaurant, La Chandelle, offers regional specialities, an amazing range of salads and (delicious hams, cheeses and salami) and an enviable wine cellar, all with the backdrop of the mountains through the large glass windows. If that is not enough to tempt, there is also a stylish spa with a heated indoor pool, sauna and steam room and La Prairie treatments. What sets this hotel apart, however, is the attention to detail and the first-class service from the staff. When leaving for the slopes you are guaranteed a lift straight to the lifts and prompt delivery back to the hotel after a long day. They will organise lift passes, ski hire and ensure you have the most relaxing stay possible.
If a slightly slower pace of holiday is what you seek, Les Neiges d'Antan is the hotel for you. Situated out of the town centre, the hotel offers those in need of relaxation the chance to do just that. The hotel has recently undergone a refurbishment and has a stylish bar and living space with a large open fire and a DJ spinning vintage records in the corner. For smokers there is even a heated (and covered) outdoor area with large sofas. The rooms themselves are rustic but modern with large plasma TVs and state-of-the-art bathrooms. The restaurant at the hotel, Auberge, is one of the best in the area, well-known for its traditional cuisine, antipasti and wines. The pièce de résistance, however, is the large outdoor Jacuzzi which, surrounded by snow, offers 360 degree views of the mountains - stunning.
The new Sporthotel Sertorelli in Cervinia, at an altitude of 2,050 metres, has a fantastic location 100 metres from the pedestrian zone and just 300 metres from the ski lifts and slopes. Owned and run by the Sertorelli Family, the hotel is a modern Alpine building with spa facilities and ski instructors available for guests.
The Hotel Petit Palais is one of the most popular hotels in Cervinia for its reasonable prices and friendly, Crystal Club staff. Located in a prime position at the end of the Ventina ski run, an 8km long red run from Plateau Rosà, the hotel is only metres from the main cable car and gondola up to the slopes.
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Bangor's Aimee Fuller delivered on her promise to 'go big' but failed in her bid to make snowboarding's slopestyle final at the Winter Olympics in Sochi.
The 22-year-old nearly pulled off her trademark double back flip but a slight error on landing meant she ranked ninth in the semi-final, with only the top four progressing to join the eight riders who advanced directly from the qualifiers.
Fuller then showed there's more to her talents than just snowboarding as she provided colour (and colourful) commentating for BBC Sport on the final and was an instant hit on social media.
She fought back the tears as she commented on her Team GB team mate Jenny Jones winning a bronze medal.
"Get your history books and record this moment. Our girl, Jenny Jones, has done it," announced Fuller.
She later added on Twitter, "I can't stop crying! What a day. Slopestyle semis and then in the booth going wild for our girl!"
Jones is eleven years older than Fuller and the hope is that the girl from North Down will be inspired for what lies ahead by her Olympics debut and by her friend's success.
"I laid all my cards down on the table and went for it but it didn't quite work out. I thought I'd go big or go home, it's the Olympics, the biggest contest on earth," said Fuller.
"I'm walking away happy and I've enjoyed my Olympic experience. I landed the double back flip but I put my hand down on landing and I had to miss the last jump, that's what cost me."
Slopestyle, a new discipline for Sochi, has been the early hit of the Games, with Wimbledon champion Andy Murray among those hooked watching on television.
"I really hope we've inspired some of the younger generation to stick a snowboard on their feet and have a go. It's a great sport," added Fuller.
"It's the most fun sport and people in the sport are so friendly. It's like travelling around the world with a great big family."
Irish snowboarder Seamus O'Connor missed out on a place in the men's final on Saturday.
American-born O'Connor, who has an English father a Russian mother and Irish grandparents, finished ninth out of 20 starters after following up a 60.75 score with a 70.25 run second time around but he landed his first ever triple on his final jump. "I'm over the moon," he said.
"Two days ago, I tried my first ever triple which didn't go the way we planned.
"Then on my second run here, I tried it again on the last jump and I landed it, which is my first ever landing triple, which is amazing for me.
"I couldn't be happier."
O'Connor's Olympic experience is not over yet as he will compete in the halfpipe event later in the week.
It was also good weekend for Coleraine's Jenna McCorkell who finally avenged painful memories of her last Olympic appearance to wear a wide and relieved smile.
McCorkell, the 11-time British champion, was left in tears after falling during the short programme in Vancouver four years ago, meaning she didn't get to perform her free skate.
But she produced a solid routine to score a season's best 50.09 in the short programme of the team figure skating competition - fuelling her confidence ahead of her individual event later in the Games.


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Saturday Night Live Parodies The Gawkiness Of Google Glass
While many are gushing over Google Glass, it has become the butt of many jokes including Tumblrs, cartoons and now Saturday Night Live. On "Weekend Update," cast-member Fred Armisen joined Set Meyers as the tech-blogging character Randall Meeks to show how Google Glass worked — or failed to work.
The skit played off of head motions, lack of surroundings and poor voice communication to show what could happen with Google Glass. While an egregious over-exaggeration of Glass, the skit did did have some salient moments when he was talking to himself, trying to communicate with Glass and, of course, the style and look of Glass. The full SNL skit is below (for US users only):
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Wayne Rooney on bench as West Brom clinch draw at Manchester United
Wayne Rooney started on the bench as Manchester United surrendered a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 with West Brom at Old Trafford on Saturday.
The England striker this week contradicted Sir Alex Ferguson 's claim that he had been left out of recent games because of an ankle injury, telling reporters he had been fit all season.
Rooney discovered what happens if you publicly cross swords with Ferguson, as he was told to watch from the sidelines as Javier Hernandez started alongside Dimitar Berbatov .
The veteran boss's decision looked justified when the Mexican stroked home the rebound after Scott Carson spilled a tame Nani free-kick to put United in front after five minutes.
Nani took advantage of a slip by Nicky Shorey to double the Red Devils' lead in the 25th minute and aside from an injury to Ryan Giggs, everything looked good for the hosts at half-time.
However, the Old Trafford faithful were stunned by events in the opening ten minutes of the second half.
Chris Brunt's free-kick was deflected into his own goal by Patrice Evra, before Edwin van der Sar dropped a Brunt cross and Albion's Cameroon midfielder Somen Tchoyi took full advantage of the gift to level.
United fans chanted for Rooney to come on and he eventually emerged in the 71st minute, although he played on the left rather than in his favoured central role.
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This weekend promises to be a beautiful one in the north central Ozarks. If you love birds, check out this event!
The White River provides a unique place to view a variety of birds, including the Northern Cardinal, Blue Jay and Carolina Chickadee. Discover why the river provides such great habitat to so many feathered creatures when Jacksonport State Park in Newport presents Bird Magnets on March 12. Participants will hear a variety of bird songs and make their own bird magnet to take home. To learn more, contact the park at 870-523-2143. Admission is free. While you're there, check out the newest exhibit, "We Knew Nothing of War: Questions of a Civil War Soldier." Take some time this weekend to get out and enjoy the wonders of The Natural State!


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The atmosphere was truly festive and jolly Tuesday night at The B.O.B. for the Small Business Holiday Party.
Channel 95.7's Connie and Curtis, who emceed, along with Wendy Reed and Josh Garber were on hand along with WGRD 97.9's Metalhead Ned and St. Nick himself, Santa Claus.


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On the Sermon
I've enjoyed reading some of the blog posts from Michael at "Love Broke Thru". Here is one snippet from his post called "How We Do Church: To Preach or Not to Preach?":
The modern rhetorical sermon is at once both effective and ineffective. It is effective in that it usually does what it is intended to do quite well. It is intended to be a convincing and commanding argument that persuades its listener to certain actions or convinces its listener of certain truths. In the hands of a skillful and powerful orator, the rhetorical sermon is very effective at accomplishing its mission. It is ineffective in that it does little to foster spiritual maturity a deeper grasp of Scripture in its listeners.
Instead of the rhetorical sermon, Michael suggests discussion as a means of teaching and discipleship during the church meeting (see his post "How We Do Church: Discussion, the Fast Track to Ministry").
So, what do you think? Which is more effective in helping people grow toward maturity in Christ: monologue, dialogue, a combination, something else?
(HT: Dave Black)
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In the early part of my flying career I was a flight instructor. Flight instruction includes a lot of ground instruction. Whether it was one on one or I was teaching a class, there was always dialogue and discussion.
I am not a fan of sermons. I have heard thousands of sermons in my life. I can't remember a single one of them. I have been challenged at times, but it has been in discussions and then digging in the Word myself that life changes occur. I am not sure that sermons are even biblical. They do not promote growth in the believers.
Teaching has to always have discussion. It challenges the student/disciple to think and meditate.
I have enjoyed reading Michael's article for some time. Like your own articles,they are a breath of fresh air. Each of his series on "How We Do Church:" are worth reading, but the one Dave mentions, is spot on.
Those who have a vested interest in the "preaching industry" will not agree for very obvious reasons.
There can be no doubt that dialogue, with the occasional concise monologue (sermon), accompanied by real life demonstration, is more effective than what tradition dictates.
I just started a series of excerpts from the book To Preach or Not to Preach that you might find interesting. The first one is here:
"Teaching has to have discussion." I agree, especially if we are teaching toward life transformation and not simply teaching to educate or transfer information.
Aussie John,
"There can be no doubt that dialogue, with the occasional concise monologue (sermon), accompanied by real life demonstration, is more effective than what tradition dictates." Yes. I would also see the benefit of the occasional monologue, especially with the ability to discuss later. But, I also agree that these monologues should be occasional and concise, not the norm.
Thanks for the link! I'm looking forward to reading the quotes and your thoughts.
Both monologue and dialogue have a place in the life of the church, its seen clearly in Scripture and throughout church history.
To abandon sermons, in the traditional sense of the word, is to depart from the way God has chosen to speak throughout human history.
Moses, the prophets, the priests in Neh. 8, Jesus himself, Peter, Paul all used sermons. "Monological" sermons. (Its absurd that I even need to qualify sermons as "monological.")
And if Jack can't tell whether or not sermons are biblical, then I'd say for all the discussion he's had, he hasn't understood the Bible very well at all. But maybe he's just listened to bad preachers in all those sermons he's forgotten.
I am not a fan of discussions. I find they easily get sidetracked or dominated by extraverts. I find people present half-baked ideas they have not fully thought through or researched.
I can remember a significant number of sermons that have impacted by life. I find many of the preachers I have heard are able, through study and revelation, to present old truths with a fresh perspective.
Can you show me two monologue "sermons" within the context of the local body (monolithic preaching does have its place but in the local body is question)? Where exactly does Paul present a monlogue? Thanks in advance.
You said "they easily get sidetracked". Can you share with us your experience with the dialouge type teaching method as the main point of teaching in the local church? I have done it 3 times and have never experienced the "sidetracked" thingy you speak of. So let me know your experience just in case I experience and how did the one teaching that day handle it?
What is funny is that our local fellowship http://www.lifelinebible.org is set up exactly that way. We only have round tables and sometimes there is about a time where we share some verses before hand for about 30 minutes then there is a 15 minute exposition or so and then discussion. The other times there is direct interruption where people can interact. Other times the congregation is intergrated into the teaching (I did this on Leadership where I would have poster boards and I let them wrestle with the context and I gave my point and they added to it).
I have never in anytime experienced people getting sidetracked and it was rougly 80-100 people when I taught that way. It made for an unbelievable gathering as I was taught while I was teaching and I didn't have to practice on my homily I let the scriptures do the work.
I have led small groups for many years. Usually, we study the Bible, which means we use the Bible as our primary resource, not a book about the Bible.
We have used various methods, and find that people best remember the things we discussed, especially when they were involved in the discussion. They tend to remember what they said first of all, then how that tied in to the general discussion.
Discussions can get easily get sidetracked or dominated by extroverts, but a skillful leader can and should be able to prevent this from happening in most cases. Sometimes I say almost nothing for ten or fifteen minutes, but I do break in when necessary, especially if the discussion is getting sidetracked or someone is dominating.
Occasional concise monologue has its place, but usually fades from most people's memories rather quickly unless accompanied by real life demonstration. Example: My dad was somewhat of a "country philosopher". I remember many of his sayings because he lived them. Usually, he used his sayings to comment on what he was doing, and now I remember what he did and what he said. They illustrated each other.
You have commented elsewhere about the importance of learning through relationships. I think this is probably the more pressing issue than the mode of teaching. Several around me at work feel that churches are missing discipleship by believing that 30 minutes of teaching on Sunday equates with discipleship. There is no substitute for learning by imitation from someone who is more mature in the faith.
That said, I have been blessed by the discussion at the end of the teaching on Sundays.
My context is perhaps much smaller than what you are talking about. However I don't understand how you can have a discussion with 80-100 people. There must be a lot of people who don't say anything so how can it be a true discussion? (I would be one of the people not saying anything and feeling frustrated!)
Sometimes when I have been in these types of forum (though much smaller) someone will say, "Oh, I know what you mean" and then proceed to tell a long winded story which, although maybe interesting, effectively gets the discussion off the point. Then the leader will either have a hard time getting people back on the point (because they have forgotten what it was) or the leader will think this 'red herring' is more important that the original discussion and just go with it.
I find people in discussions are often not good listeners and are more interested in pushing their own agendas than really wrestling with Biblical texts.
Discussions can be effective in the right context. I just don't happen to think that they can take the place of a sermon.
I agree that there may be a place for both monologue and dialog. However, I find dialog and discussion sorely missing in the church today. By the way, where do you clearly see a sermon in the church in Scripture (at least clear enough to quesion Jack's understanding of Scripture)?
Neither side-tracked discussions nor side-tracked monologue sermons are a good thing. I've found that people with half-baked ideas – when confronted and helped with gentleness and acceptance – learn to think through their ideas before presenting them. But, this has to be a consistent practice for people to learn how to discuss together.
Joe (JR),
I think both monologue and dialog can be good. I do agree with the author of this post that dialog and discussion seem to encourage growth and maturity more than listening to a monologue.
"I was taught while I was teaching". I've found this to be true as well.
You bring up a good point. Mature believers will help others by guiding the discussions. Its not easy, sometimes messy, but I believe its very good for the church.
Thanks for the comment. I didn't know that you read my blog. I certainly agree that relationship is important for any type of teaching. I think relationship is especially important in discussion.
Thanks for posting the links to my blog posts. It's much appreciated. It looks like it's generating some good discussion.
Take Care,
Hmmm, I think that the monologue type sermon definitely serves it's purpose, same as lectures serve their purpose in study halls and classrooms across the land. But in all honesty, I'm sure that Paul encountered dialogue when he "sermonized," and if we count the epistles as sermons, I think we have missed their points entirely.
You say that people will throw out red herrings, this is definitely a risk, and most likely a 99% probability in any size gathering. When reading your responses, I thought about Jesus being interrupted with what seemed to be a distraction from His teaching in Luke 13:1-5, how He simply took the deflection amidst His teaching and brought back to the point, or when the Jews tried to stop Him up by asking about the baptism of John in Matthew 21:23-27.
I think it's not the red herrings we need to worry about, it's the gifting of the teachers to teach we need to focus on. Lecturing is not teaching…it's lecturing.
As iron sharpens iron, man sharpens man.
Discussion among well meaning believers, moderated by someone who has planned a direction and has some useful background information or some wise interpretation is how I prefer to do church.
Sitting among a thousand people is not fellowship, which is what we are commanded to do in meeting together (Hebrews 10:25).
I as well think that both monologue and discussion have their place.
But, I feel that when a discussion goes on about any given text, that a more well rounded teaching happens.
Based on my experience as a teacher, I believe there is more than one kind of teaching gift. Also, different people are going to bring out different things about the text and you end up with more than if just one person is doing the speaking.
I have seen times when someone will try and run away with the discussion. But, as someone has already stated, a good teacher can bring the conversation back to the main point of the text.
Also I feel that discussions usually go much deeper than monologued sermons do.
Thank you for a very thought provoking (and discussion provoking) post!
Faithful Servant,
I like the combined approach as well – recognizing the benefits and weaknesses of each. Both monologue and dialog can aid in teaching, but we should not consider either to be teaching.
I think you're right. It takes more maturity and patience and gentleness to teach through discussion than through monologue.
Yes, with discussion the learning is often more "rounded", because we can hear different perspectives. This is not the same as "what does it mean to me", but recognizing that each person is in a different situation of life. Therefore, the text and teaching of Scripture intersects our lives differently. Someone may benefit from hearing how the implications of the text on your life, but they many not benefit from hearing the implications of the text on my life. And, this benefit has very little to do with how good we are at teaching. (I know that most of this has nothing to do with what you said, but its what I started thinking about when I was replying to your comment.)
Being actually in one anothers' lives, talking and pointing out truths all through the day and when necessary saying something more, when the Holy Spirit leads.
It's good to see an issue like this has aroused the level of conversation that it has because to me it highlights what's the point of church.
I've been brought up on the concept that no service is complete without the monologue. As has already been mentioned by someone else, those monologues are not always memorable, unless I'm taking notes and they particularly hit an issue pertinent to my walk with Christ at the moment. I have had outstanding experiences of conversations in groups that led to transformation.
My position at the moment isn't fixed on this issue and what I was wanting to know is if you realised that there's a similar themed conversation taking place among those in 9 Marks circles (Mark Dever, Greg Gilbert, fellows of that ilk) especially looking at the approach by Tim Chester and the Total Church book. A book I highly recommend. I appreciate the biblical perspectives coming from those stating the monological case and as I believe Lionel Wodos … sorry Woods put it, this is not necessarily and either/or issue but a both/and one.
Acts 20:7-12 reads to me like Paul was preaching a sermon—a very long one at that!
Sitting among a thousand people is not fellowship neither is it a discussion with that many people, even 80-100 is too many for a discussion.
So some questions for those of you who have discussions in or after or instead of the sermon. How does this work, do you break into smaller groups? And who leads these groups?
As I said before discussions are effective in the right context but if the group is too big most people don't get heard.
Yes! Absolutely!
Yes, I'm glad to see this amount of discussion about discussion as well.
Interestingly, the word often translated "preached" in Acts 20:7-12 is a word that is usually translated "discussed" in other passages.
I have thought deeply on how to respond to your comments. First let me say, "Good preachers or bad preachers", is not the issue. The Question you need to ask yourself is,"What is the best way for you to minister the Word of God to the saints?"
Now let me define what I mean by sermon. The monologue delivered by paid professional "clergy" to "layman", sitting in pews, across the world on Sunday mornings. If you feel that the Holy Spirit has directed you do minister the Word in this manner, I have no arguments, but do not use the scriptures to justify your use of the sermon.
You will not find any examples of elders in the local bodies doing this in the scriptures. I would say you have a vested interest in sermons. It's a tough place to be for a young man who's livelyhood is sometimes determined by how good of sermon he preaches.
Just so you know where I am coming from, I have been on this journey for over 36 years. What I have found, the older I get, the less I really know. If that doesn't make sense, it will one day.
Continue your journey. Be open to change. Let the Holy Spirit guide you, not your training. If you have to lay down some things you have been taught along the way, Praise God.
I have had to change my paradigm over the years to remain faithful to God's Word.
Jack Watkins
You asked:
"So some questions for those of you who have discussions in or after or instead of the sermon. How does this work, do you break into smaller groups? And who leads these groups?"
1. It works like I explained in my first commment to you. It depends on what is being taught and it actually depends on the leading of the Spirit. I know we like our structured programs and we like to fit what we do in a 5 meeting greeting, 25 minutes of "worship" music and 35-60 minutes of nice packed sermons. However, in my teaching time there are times where I had to go over and times where I fit it in.
2. Do we split into smaller groups. Depends. When I taught on leadership each table (we meet around tables) had a poster board on it with some verses and some questions, there were about 11 tables with 8-10 people. A representaive was picked from each table to discuss the questions and scriptures, while others were free to interact with that table and I would sum up the point.
3. I lead the group but one who is has the ability to teach can lead. Sometimes there are handouts on the table other times we just have our bibles. It really isn't as difficult as you think and again I have never experienced the taking over yet. And if so that may not be too bad anyway, maybe God has given the gift of teaching to an individual and he/she has been ignored and is just the overflow of their giftedness that needs to be employed for the building up of the body of Christ.
The problem is what happens when that number hits more than 100 and that is where my perspective on the best way for the church to meet comes into play. I think 100 is ceiling. I think 75 is optimal. When we get 100 plus then its time to send off another church if God has given us qualified leaders, but in our soceity of bigger is better I am one who would be ignored and the pragmatic "sermon is better" will set in.
As I have thought on this topic, I have asked myself
"Where is the mandate for either monologue or dialogue?†Isn't this a matter of Christian liberty? In the 1st century context there was teaching and preaching in a manner that was back and forth. The texts are clear on that and that was their pattern of life. Yet is this pattern mandated for the church throughout all time or are we free to choose the method? If a believer is growing through monologue, praise God. If a believer is maturing through dialogue, praise God.
In my context, I serve what I would call "hard living people.†These are souls who have little or no church experience, abusive, mental illness, etc, etc. I have found that both monologue and dialogue to be beneficial.
I look forward to feedback.
Jack Watkins,
I, for one, greatly appreciate your wise and grace filled words. I have much to learn from brothers such as yourself. Thank you.
Hi Alan,
I find it strange that people would question the idea of preaching, as if to say it was useless or even unbiblical. Aren't we commanded in scripture to "preach the Word� (2 Timothy 4.2).
I've always understood that the meaning here is one of making a proclamation; that we are to be heralds for Christ. When I think of a herald, I think of someone who declares a message. That implies a monologue, not a dialogue. Questions and discussions may follow, but first a message is declared. In fact, I remember reading Wuest's greek translation many years ago concerning this subject, and here it is:
"make a public proclamation of the Word with such formality, gravity, and authority as must be heeded…†2 Timothy 4.2
That sounds like preaching to me! As I continue in the passage, I can see how preaching would lead to discussion and further exhortation. I guess my point is, why throw the baby out with the bathwater? Preaching and discussion are both biblical, and both are needed in the church.
I believe the present "anti preaching†bias that is present in so many who are questioning the traditional church structure is simply a reaction to not having been allowed any type of discussion in our gatherings. As is so often the case, the pendulum then swings to the far extreme and we end up having the opposite problem! I see the same thing happening regarding "leadership†in the church. Tired of feeling that they were oppressed by leaders, many leave the traditional churches and opt for a leaderless church. This type of reaction will never produce the right results; we simply exchange one lopsided form with another.
It baffles me as well when I hear people say that they "can't remember a single sermon they've ever heard.†Really? Is there so little impact from the preaching of God's Word? God has many tools at his disposal, and one of the best is preaching. Under inspiration of the Holy Spirit I've been arrested by preaching throughout my entire life as a Christian! Preaching that came from a pulpit, a car radio, a book, a song, or a friend… I've been challenged and changed by preaching.
For the record, I love discussion as well. I think it's invaluable, but I'm not buying in to the anti preaching sentiment that seems so prevalent today.
Given the examples (narrative or otherwise) we have in scripture can you provide us with one example of a pure monologue in addressing the body of Christ? Given the fact that they met in homes (not a requirement today). Do you believe everyone sat on the couch and then someone stood in the middle (Paul, Titus, Timothy….. elders…) and everyone stood passively by listening? If so can you show how you deduce this from scripture or are you taking our current "preaching" and then reading it back into the text?
So what I am asking given the New Testament scriptures and the formation of the church after pentecost where do you see this type of monolouge going on within the body. Especially in light of Ephesians 4, Colossians 3, Acts 20 and 1 Corinthians 14. Thanks.
I turn the same question to you. The only difference is the the maturation of the congregation. So if I am in a newly established church with recent converts (which I don't think happens at all in America today, we are usually borrowing members from other churches to establish our own)then I think a monolouge would be appropriate; however in the case of maturing believers my job as a teacher/shepherd is to produce mature believers (Eph 4) who should be able to handle the words themselves.
Finally I think the Christian Liberty thing could be a slippery slope. For example here are some areas that the bible never commands but we do or don't do based off of narrative in scripture.
1. Why do we immerse instead of sprinkle? Would you have a problem with someone who was sprinkled?
2. Why not have chesseburgers and grape soda for the Lord's Supper? There is nothing telling me what to eat just what they ate.
3. Can I baptize women who like beauty products in milk? There is nothing telling me it has to be water?
4. How about if we met once every month as a local church, there is nothing commanding me to meet more frequently I am just commanded to not to forsake.
5. How about giving, what if every member gave to the Red Cross or to Big Brothers Big Sisters instead of their local congregation? Is there anything commanding Christians to give to their local church?
You see the same folks who talk about Christian Liberty uses one hermeneutic in one place to set the standard and another in the same type of narrative and say that one is binding and the other isn't. Or we use descriptions in Acts as prescriptions when it benefits us. Maybe this is something you can elaborate on Alan and maybe will be discussing in your "Biblical Ecclesiology" deal.
You said to Mike the following, "So what I am asking given the New Testament scriptures and the formation of the church after pentecost where do you see this type of monolouge going on within the body. Especially in light of Ephesians 4, Colossians 3, Acts 20 and 1 Corinthians 14.â€
There is no way you can argue from these texts with the exception of Acts 20:7-11 that dialogue or monologue is prescribed.
Secondly, can you produce from Scripture where they did not stand by and listen?
You said,
"The only difference is the maturation of the congregation. So if I am in a newly established church with recent converts (which I don't think happens at all in America today, we are usually borrowing members from other churches to establish our own)†This is an overgeneralization and not my context.
Thirdly, we could go on for eternity about your questions and it would remain a draw.
My concern is that in this discussion on preaching and teaching it would appear that those who argue against "monologue†are making dialogue the standard and those who argue the other way are doing the same. If I missed it somewhere, I open to correction. Neither side, monologue nor dialogue, can make the definitive case 1) it is the standard or 2) is THE best for maturity. So why not both?
Has not God gifted some men and women to speak in such away that is best suited for a monologue and others for dialogue?
By the way, break me off a White Castle or In-n-Out cheeseburger with a Big Red! (LOL)
Thats actually not true. Lets see what those scriptures say.
1. In both Ephesians and Colossians the command is to "teach" one another. How is this accomplished if there is a monologue? This is in the context of the Churches that met in those areas. If that is the case then the singing the admonishment the encouraging is all one way also. Would you make that arguement Sir?
2. In 1 Corinthians 14 it says "each of you" and tells the wives to asks questions at home. How many monologues have questions during the monologue or are you suggesting they preached a monologue and then asked questions after the "sermon"?
3. Finally unless you don't see the imperatives in Ephesians 4 and Colossians 3 as imperatives then I would agree that it is a matter of Christian liberty. The problem is it seems that when the church gathered they were commanded to do those things. I could be wrong again but given the context it just doesn't seem that way to me. Within the context of the gathering mutual edification seems to be the goal of the gathering and no gift is to dominate that gathering. If that would be the case we need to focus on what Paul calls the "higher gifts" (prophecy) and make that the monologue we meet around.
P.S: I am not saying that the monologue is never appropriate but if used to the current standard of every Sunday then I think it goes in direct opposition to both the imperatives I included earlier. Mutual efication and stimulating is the goal of the gathering not single gifted dominance Phillip.
BTW Alan, didnt' mean to hijack, got a little passionate :o)
Hi Lionel,
I'm not sure if you were asking the question of me, or the other "Mike†that's posted, but I'd like to reply.
Your question as I see it is a bit of a red herring. The book of Acts doesn't give us a movie script, line by line account of exactly what happened when the early church gathered. "Preaching†doesn't have to mean 30 minutes of exhortation. It could just involve a couple minutes of declaration with discussion that ensues after. For example, "Two or three prophets should speak, and the others should weigh what is said.†1 Cor 14.29
Then again, I see no injunction prohibiting speaking longer! Who knows what happened when Paul taught? We know on one occasion he went on long enough that one of his listeners fell asleep and out the window! Acts 20.7-12 As the Word says, "…Eutychus, who was sinking in to a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on.â€
So, yes, I think it entirely plausible that they sat around on their sofa and chairs and passively listened as Paul spoke. I know I'd like that opportunity! I'm sure there were plenty of questions and much conversation as well. But I have no doubt there were times like this when one person would be speaking at length.
When we gather as a home fellowship it is just like this. Sometimes one will have something to share and will "preach†for a duration of time. It could be for a few minutes, or it could be quite lengthy. Afterward, we usually discuss it. I know that I'm usually very edified by this preaching. After all, hopefully the speaker is speaking by the power of the Holy Spirit! I will usually go away blessed, or rebuked, or encouraged, or all of the above.
Hey Mike,
It is funny that you include 14:29 without 30 because it goes on to say if the other has something to say from a revelation the one speaking is to "be quiet". Also in Acts 20 we see that the word used there (as Alan pointed out to Susan) is translated as a dialouge (typically used in discussing the disputing in the synagouges about the Christ).
By the way I do understand that Acts isn't a movie script but what say ye of the one anothers in both Colossians 3 and Ephesians 4? Both seem to apply that we are to do this to one another. I think Paul literally means to teach one another maybe he meant after a one hour monologue sermon but it doesn't seem like it to me.
I'm certainly on board with Jack Watkins comments.
I'm sometimes quite amazed at the passion wich some subjects arouse.
How can we be so passionate about maintaing a personal position on the subject of this post without considering it in the context of Jesus command to "make disciples"?
It's very obvious that the several words which we use for verbally expressing the truth of Scripture have a vast array of popular understanding, which, it is equally obvious, comes from our traditions and personal preferences, and not from Scripture.
Sometimes we make statements which, in effect,say, "I disagree with what Scripture says". At other times,"If I allow Scripture to change my mind, I will suffer consequence such as an affliction of my hip pcket nerve, or trauma to my ambitions", and many other reasons (read:excuses).
As one who now is rather long in the tooth, I have learned that expressing the truths of Scripture is exceedingly much more than standing/sitting before a crowd (or an individual) and speaking (whatever term we give to that).
Making disciples is something which CANNOT be acomplished by SPEAKING, no matter how amazing one demonstrates their theoretical wisdom in their rhetorical, oratorical, preaching, teaching, dialogue-ing skills.
Unless every aspect of the life of the speaker is a humble,foot-washing, loving, living demonstration of what Jesus meant by the word "disciple",his/her speaking, writing is utterly in vain.
Making disciples is, as Jesus showed, MORE CAUGHT THAN TAUGHT.
Talk (preaching etc.) is cheap unless the speaker is as Paul said he was when he ministered to the Corinthians, "I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling, and my message and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, so that your faith would not rest on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God."
A good disciple-maker is a good disciple to the end of his/her life.
By the way, as I'm sure Alan would agree, just any old definition of the word "disciple" simply will not suffice.
This is a very good discussion about "discussion". 🙂
First, notice that my question was "monologue, dialog, combination, or something else" not "preaching or not preaching… teaching or not teaching".
Second, long meetings, as in Acts 20, does not equate to monologue.
Third, I do not desire to simply question tradition. It is my desire to understand Scripture.
Fourth, because of this great discussion and the interest, I've decided to write a short series (at least two posts) next week concerning this topic of "Monologue and Dialog". I hope you all decide to take part in that discussion as well.
Alan I will take one more pass at this and leave it alone,
Lionel I will respond to each point:
"1. In both Ephesians and Colossians the command is to "teach" one another. How is this accomplished if there is a monologue? This is in the context of the Churches that met in those areas. If that is the case then the singing the admonishment the encouraging is all one way also. Would you make that arguement Sir?â€
Yes I totally agree with you in the "one another's.†What I am trying to get clarity on is that it "appears†brothers are arguing for one side as the only valid approach when it is not mandated. Surely, teaching can be accomplished in a monologue. Surely, it can be accomplished in dialogue as well. In regards to singing, what if someone has a song and no one else knows it, can't they sing it "solo?†What if I have an encouragement, does that necessitate someone has to respond back?
2. In 1 Corinthians 14 it says "each of you" and tells the wives to asks questions at home. How many monologues have questions during the monologue or are you suggesting they preached a monologue and then asked questions after the "sermon"?
I don't know but it sure is possible. At the same time, look at the instruction when one prophecy's. That is a monologue, because the others weigh what is said.
3. Finally unless you don't see the imperatives in Ephesians 4 and Colossians 3 as imperatives then I would agree that it is a matter of Christian liberty. The problem is it seems that when the church gathered they were commanded to do those things. I could be wrong again but given the context it just doesn't seem that way to me. Within the context of the gathering mutual edification seems to be the goal of the gathering and no gift is to dominate that gathering. If that would be the case we need to focus on what Paul calls the "higher gifts" (prophecy) and make that the monologue we meet around.
Yes I see them as imperatives but the manner in which they where carried out is an entirely different discussion.
Thanks for the dialogue 🙂
Having trouble understanding how "preached†could mean "discussed†in Acts 20:7: Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.
I'm hoping God sends us another Pentecost – 3,000 new believers in a day! That would really shake up the way we do "church†(– meaning whatever church service structure works for our situation, it needs to be one that can quickly accommodate lots of new believers).
It's been an enlightening discussion! Thanks for hosting it, Alan
Hi Lionel,
The scripture you mention from Corinthians is simply talking about having order in our gatherings, which of course I would agree with. There is nothing there against preaching.
As far as Acts 20.7-12… If you'll look back at my previous post I think you'll find that I made it very clear that there is a definite place for dialogue when the church gathers. It's in the scripture and we practice it every week in our own gatherings here! Preaching doesn't have to replace dialogue; both can happen, and both can edify.
To Alan,
You mention that, "… long meetings, as in Acts 20, does not equate to monologueâ€.
True, it doesn't have to mean a monologue will take place just because the meeting is long, but it certainly makes it more likely! 🙂
I found this definition:
A monologue is an extended, uninterrupted speech or poem by a single person. The person may be speaking his or her thoughts aloud or directly addressing other persons, e.g. an audience, a character, reader or an inanimate object
Paul was most likely doing that, at least for a period of the meeting.
Preaching is also essentially a monologue by that definition.
The word "preach" in Acts 20:7 is from a word that is normally translated "reasoned", "discussed", or even "disputed" or "argued". For example, the same verb is translated "argued" below:
But they kept silent, for on the way they had argued with one another about who was the greatest. (Mark 9:34 ESV)
In Acts 20:7 & 9, this verb is translated "talked", "spoke", or "preached", while in all other instances it refers to some type of discussion – a give and take, if you will. I think that same translation would work well in Acts 20:7 & 9.
I'm working on a couple of posts concerning the difference between monologue and dialog that I plan to publish next week. I think there's one main dinstinction between the two types of speech, which I'll bring out then.
One last thing about the sermon. I really think we need to look past the sermon, and see the bigger picture.
There can be a time and place for a monologue. The bigger picture is, why are we doing a monologue in the first place. The scripture is full of description of each member participating in the gathering of the saints. The monologue comes out of the clergy/laity relationship which has no biblical basis.
I would suggest that one of the greatest problems in the church is, embracing the clergy/laity model. This model produces lazy sheep, dependent on the paid professional clergy. This creates a vicious circle of co-dependancy.
If you are zealous to serve God, then you are encouraged to go to seminary and become a pastor. This has been going on for centuries. It is not going to change overnight.
It is a much too complex equation to discuss all of the particulars here, but it takes a paradigm shift to embrace the fact that monologue sermons may not be the best way to minister to the saints. It will take a paradigm shift to understand that the paid professional minister may not be God's best. That is a tough pill to swallow for those dedicated men who have given their lives to professional ministry.
There is no easy answer. A man has to feed his family. I have several close friends who walked away from the professional ministry. They still minister, they are just not paid by a church. We must look past our own nobility and see God's true call.
I agree that this is a very difficult issue, both where people's livelihoods are at stake, and where maturity is at stake. If every leader decided today to stop giving monologue speeches and started dialogs, it would take a long time for believers to understand – and take action on – the fact that we are all responsible for one another.
jeleasure says:
January 26, 2009 at 10:37 pm
As iron sharpens iron, man sharpens man.
Discussion among well meaning believers, moderated by someone who has planned a direction and has some useful background information or some wise interpretation is how I prefer to do church.
Sitting among a thousand people is not fellowship, which is what we are commanded to do in meeting together (Hebrews 10:25).
Alan Knox says:
January 27, 2009 at 8:31 am
Interestingly, the word often translated "preached†in Acts 20:7-12 is a word that is usually translated "discussed†in other passages.
Hi to all
Let me introduce that I am deaf myself. I was former deaf pastor of Indepentent baptist and also KJV. I learned a hard lesson I thought in Acts 20:7 was that Paul preached like many pastors love to preach. But in you look at Strong's or Young's Concordance, some tell you it means discussion, they are right. I thought KJV was 100% perfect…but now I told deaf that I can t say KJV is 100% just like $99.99 like on tv about Soap Ovary. And also many deaf of course forgot most sermons even me. So I changed from preaching to teaching. I did checked all 4 gospels what Jesus did like preach, teach and heal. Wow I learned that most Jesus did was teach, second preach and last heal not much. before Jesus lifted up in book of Acts 1:1 …that Jesus began both to do and teach,….did u see do and teach. Like also in Matthew as Great Commision…true it says Go and Preach but dont forget it says teach or train disciples (believers).
Thank you