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If your organization is like most, you've probably either been hit by layoffs and benefit cuts, or if nothing else a few "cost savings initiatives." Whether IT has taken a direct hit or been battered indirectly by the strain put on the rest of the company, you're most likely now expected to do more with less, including things you've never had formal training for.
One of the most common cases now is being asked to implement, customize, and train an entire workforce to use SharePoint. Now.
This situation creates a difficult catch 22, because you have to have money to get the training necessary to save money, just like the old saying that you have to have money to make money. Unfortunately, even in this Internet age, the kind of structured, professional training you need probably can't be found for free.
This is where AppDev comes in. You've probably heard of them--they are one of the biggest names in technical learning. The most popular product AppDev offers is AppDev OnDemand. In a nutshell, the product costs $2,995, and gives you access to over 60 courses on topics such as:
- SQL Server 2005 and Business Intelligence (2008 coming in March)
- SharePoint 2007
- Visual Basic 2008 Web Developer
- Visual C# 2008 Web Developer
- Windows Server 2003
- And others, including legacy software
The biggest downsides to the OnDemand are two-fold: one, it only lasts a year. And two, you can only run it on one machine. So, while multiple people could use the same subscription, it's not ideal. (It's not as simple as just logging on with someone else's username--I asked.) However, when you contrast what you're getting with the cost of an instructor-led training course, it is pretty compelling.
Also, you can always order an individual topic area for a year for $995. Legacy software is often $295. Right now, SQL Server 2005 and SharePoint 2007 are both on sale for $495.
As a final note, AppDev also offers KSource Online LearningTM, which offers learning solutions for a full team of up to thousands of employees. It also has additional management functions, so that a manager could track the amount of time employees are spending on an additional training topic.
The disadvantage of OnDemand training is that you have to find time to use it. While a conference or in-person course forces you to come and listen, the OnDemand training could just sit and collect digital dust, making it a paltry investment. So, if you're going to get it, make sure you schedule out training time to use it!
If you're being asked to do more with less, take the time now to get the training you need. In the long run, it will save you a lot of time sifting through forums for the answers to specific questions.
Know of any great training resources that are free or low-cost? I'd love to hear about them.Additional reading from SQL Server Magazine:


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Wednesday, April 23, 2008
A Kinder, Gentler Sam
Anyway, what really made me HAVE to post this cover was Yosemite Sam. Isn't he adorable? Giving green-eyed Sylvester a big ol' hug? He looks like he could be an extra on the Care Bears...
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I think I'm more disturbed on how small Sam seems compared to Sylvester who looks huge!
- April 23, 2008 at 6:25 PM
Sam also looks attracted to Sylvester.
- April 23, 2008 at 8:29 PM
I used to have that book! Or, one of my siblings had it.
Anyway, I found it in a closet when I was little. This was back before "Looney Tunes on Nickelodeon", so I was scratching my head, wondering who the smeg that tiger was.
There was even a coloring page featuring Cool Cat AND Col. Rimfire!
- April 23, 2008 at 10:05 PM
- Harley Green said...
you are right Jon: I've never seen such a sooo Sweet picture of Sylvester...and shall we talk about the other charachters??
Yosemite Sam looks like a sweet troll with his long beard: anyone of you reminds that old trolls doll, which in the mid 80s were a trend between young people? exactly like them!!
Wile E. and RR with that cute eyes make my heart melt!! LOL!
- April 24, 2008 at 12:07 AM
- J.E.Daniels said...
Aw, poor Porky seems left out of the love-fest watching from behind Granny. lol
But I do admit, that's one cute Yosemite Sam! ;)
- April 24, 2008 at 8:42 AM
Road Runner sounds so intellectual when he sounds off about recipes, crossword puzzles, time and money.
BTW, very nice coloring book!
- April 24, 2008 at 5:24 PM
- ramapith said...
Road Runner on making a casserole: "Beep beep beep, beep beep-beep beep BEEP beep beep beep BEEP. Beep BEEP beep, beep BEEP beep beep."
Road Runner on keeping track of time and money: "Beep, beep beep BEEP beep beep, beep beep beep. Beep beep, beep-beep-beep beep BEEP beep beep beep. Beep! Beep BEEP beep beep BEEP."
You sort of need an interpreter.
(Everyone's going to keep me now, because all comic fans know he can secretly speak English as long as it rhymes. But that chance was just too good.)
- April 25, 2008 at 9:35 AM
LOL!! XD no way ramapith!!! you are totally right!! what are expect kids to learn from his advice? maybe at the end they can speak Road runners' language...could it be useful for your professional life?
- April 26, 2008 at 11:07 AM
- Harley Green said...
Someone could explain what does it means "Time and Money"?? earn easely cash with a fraudolent way taught by Road Runner and then buy a your own Villa where live with all the Looney Tunes????
- April 26, 2008 at 11:14 AM

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Merrimack police say man arrested after he refuses to move for plow truck
February 19. 2014 12:27PM
MERRIMACK — How many times has a tired homeowner wanted to stop that plow truck from sweeping by the just-shoveled driveway, just to pile up mountains of snow again?
One Merrimack man found himself in handcuffs after he stood in the road Tuesday night after police say he blocked the town's plow truck from pushing snow against the entrance to his driveway.
Menahem Lowy, 75, of 13 Mountain View Drive, is charged with disorderly conduct.
Police said a Merrimack Public Works plow driver called them at 8:15 p.m. after Lowy stood in front of the truck in the middle of the road, blocking it from plowing in front of his driveway.
Lowy refused to move until police arrived and he was arrested.
He is free on $1,000 personal recognizance bail pending a March 11 arraignment in 9th Circuit Court, Merrimack District Division.


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Davidson County property owners have until Jan. 7 to pay taxes and avoid accruing interest or becoming delinquent.
Davidson County property owners have until Jan. 7 to pay taxes and avoid accruing interest or becoming delinquent.
Citizens can pay taxes at three locations: in Lexington at the Davidson County Governmental Center; in Thomasville at the Colonial School Building; and in Denton at the Denton Town Hall. The county accepts payment by cash, money order, check or credit or debit card.
Citizens can also pay by credit/debit card by visiting www.officialpayments.com. All credit/debit transactions, in person or online, include a taxpayer fee. The fee is $3.95 for Visa debit customers or 2.75 percent of the payment amount for all other customers, according to representatives of the Davidson County Tax Office.
Credit/debit fees go to Official Payments Corp., which processes the transactions, according to the tax office's website.
Mailed bills must be postmarked by Jan. 7, according to the website.
On Jan. 8, all taxes not paid in full will be considered delinquent and subject to interest penalties of 2 percent, said Joe Silver, director of the Davidson County Tax Office. That interest compounds by .75 percent for outstanding amounts each month thereafter, Silver said.
If a bill remains outstanding over a longer period of time, other enforcement actions include garnishment of wages and attachments to bank accounts.
"In the long run, the worst thing we want to do is foreclosure," Silver said.
Collection rates are on schedule compared to recent years, Silver said, adding that overall rates for current and previous years is about 99.5 percent. He said right now, the county is about 80 percent collected, and that rate should go up by a good amount by the deadline.
The Davidson County Tax Office is closed on New Year's Day and will reopen Wednesday.
To find amounts due and bill numbers, go to www.co.davidson.nc.us/taxnet/TaxBill.aspx. For specific questions, contact the tax office by calling 242-2180.
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Former Cancer Center official wanted in theft
Police are searching for the Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center's former director of facilities, who is accused of having spent more than $16,000 of the center's money with two company credit cards for his own purchases.
Officials at the center did not notice the missing money — $16,201.53 — until shortly after Larry Butler, 49, told the center's human resources department on Aug. 11 that he was quitting for another job, said Cpl. Don Coppola, a Baton Rouge Police spokesman. Butler admitted to an employee in an email that he spent the money for his own use, police say.
Butler, 15 Grand Cypress Court, New Orleans, is wanted on felony theft counts, Coppola said. Anyone who has information about Butler's whereabouts can contact the Police Department's Financial Crimes Division at (225) 389-3871 or Crime Stoppers at (25) 344-7867.
Fire causes heavy damage to BR home
A home's kitchen was engulfed in flames after a stove fire on Wednesday night that caused an estimated $13,000 in damage, the Baton Rouge Fire Department said.
Firefighters saw heavy smoke pouring out of a home's front window as they arrived at 2417 Ralph St., said Mark Miles, a Fire Department spokesman. The fire was contained to the kitchen, though fire spread briefly to the attic above. The rest of the home was damaged by the smoke, Miles said.
The home's estimated value is $40,000.
Authorities book five on suspicion of DWI
Authorities arrested at least five people suspected of driving while intoxicated in East Baton Rouge Parish and booked them into Parish Prison between 2:30 p.m. Tuesday and 2:30 p.m. Thursday, booking records show.
Those booked and the counts against them:
Timothy Fontenot, 53, 10048 Lexington Drive, Denham Springs, second-offense DWI, reckless operation of a vehicle, improper lane use and improper passing.
Zachary Hebert, 20, 5408 La. 31, Opelousas, underage DWI and improper lane use.
Jordan Hughes, 34, 4704 Luke Powers Road, Lake Charles, second-offense DWI, reckless operation of a vehicle and improper lane use.
Johnathon Nalbone, 31, 2262 Elvin Drive, Baton Rouge, second-offense DWI, motor vehicle insurance required or expired, possession of alcohol in vehicle, reckless operation of vehicle, operating a vehicle while under suspension for a prior offense and expired motor vehicle inspection.
Willie Posey, 39, 1743 N. 27th St., Baton Rouge, first-offense DWI, failure to signal and driver's license suspended or revoked.
Natural gas leak closes BR shopping area
Entergy shut off power to a Siegen Lane shopping area for a few hours on Thursday night after natural gas was found leaking from beneath a parking lot slab, the St. George Fire Department announced.
St. George firefighters responded to reports of a natural gas odor at the Winn-Dixie on Siegen Lane near Perkins Road just before 7 p.m., and discovered gas leaking from a pipeline after a construction contractor pierced it accidentally, said Eldon Ledoux, a St. George Fire Department spokesman.
The leak was shut off just after 9 p.m., but a strong natural gas odor was still in the area on Thursday night, Ledoux said. Power was restored at 9:20 p.m.
Compiled from staff reports. To talk to a crime reporter at The Advocate, call (225) 388-0369.


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Joss Whedon Talks All Things Marvel: The Avengers 2, the S.H.I.E.L.D. Show, and Cut Scenes
"It's a tapas menu of projects that excite me."
It's been quite a year for Joss Whedon: Not only has his The Avengers become the third-biggest blockbuster ever, but Whedon also found the time to squeeze in a low-budget take on William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, and the movie will be premiering soon at the Toronto Film Festival. Whedon spoke to Vulture today in a frank, funny conversation to tout Much Ado, and we'll have plenty more for you on that film next week, but in the meantime, we had to ask Whedon about all things Marvel, since there have been some major developments on that front recently. Read on for his first remarks on these subjects.
Some deleted scenes from The Avengers have found their way online this week, and I was particularly struck by the wraparound sequence that was cut from the film, where Maria Hill (Cobie Smulders) tells the movie's story in flashback and starts things up in a much more moody way. What made you decide to cut it?
Two factors. One: The movie was three hours long. Two: Audiences didn't respond to it as well in the movie as I think they would as a DVD extra. Most of them didn't know who this character was or what the context was, and they were like, Uhhh, I don't know why I'm supposed to be personally involved in this character I don't know. The rollout to the Avengers getting to Loki was so gradual that people were getting restless. I thought Cobie nailed it, and the reason I thought it was necessary is because I was trying to make a war movie and I wanted to give context that something bad had happened in the past. In a war movie, you don't know who's going to live or die, but you do know that this war happened and that [the characters] are going to be in a dire circumstance, and I wanted to create that atmosphere.
I was able to get what I needed without doing that. It was tough. I hated cutting it. I hated cutting the Captain America stuff with the waitress. At least I was able to call Ashley Johnson [who plays the waitress] and tell her that all her stuff was still in Much Ado About Nothing, since she had been cut out of Dollhouse, she had been cut out of The Avengers: "I swear you're still in the Shakespeare movie!" You know, those bits had seemed very personal to me, and part of doing Much Ado was that I could go back to The Avengers and say, "Oh, it's not about me. Even though its my film, it's about the Avengers. I am less important than the needs of the film."
You've always had an ardent fan base, thanks to Buffy, Angel, Firefly, and Dollhouse, but now you've made one of the biggest movies of all-time, a film that almost everyone on earth has seen. Has that sunk in?
It never really has, but when it does, I'm going to become such an enormous dick. [Laughs.] I'm going to have a personal dog polisher and the biggest posse ever. I'm going to be insufferable — well, I mean more insufferable than I already am. You know, at some point, the numbers become meaningless. They're large, and you can't really count that high. I felt like I had a particular mission in making what I felt was a slightly old-fashioned movie, because I grew up wanting to make summer movies and wanting to make superhero movies, and I got to do both at once. I felt like summer movies haven't been what I remember them to be, so I felt like I would love to evoke something that's less hip and ironic and more heartfelt and character-driven, and apparently, other people cared about that in a large way.
I don't think it's a perfect movie. I don't even think it's a great movie. I think it's a great time, and I'm proud of it, but for me, what was exciting is that people don't go to see a movie that many times unless it's pulling on something from within, unless there's a need there. That's very gratifying.
You appeared to be, at least publicly, somewhat on the fence about returning for the Avengers sequel. And now you've committed to much more than just that movie: You're going to be working for Marvel for three years, with creative input on their other projects and a TV show in the works, too. What changed?
It was part of what made it attractive to me. I loved the idea of being a consigliere. Every writer loves the idea of being able to go in and fix a problem and then leave without obligation. It's fun! I also love these characters and the Marvel universe, and I grew up reading the books, and I've been going back and reading the old books and realizing that they shaped my storytelling way more than I give them credit for. Now I'm starting up a TV show, which is something I really wanted to do, but I thought it wasn't going to be a part of my life for the next several years. It's like a tapas menus of projects that excite me, in addition to the Avengers sequel, which I'm excited for because I'm incredibly excited about the next story that I'm going to tell. For me, it's a huge win.
It is unbelievably daunting, especially because I don't want to lose sight of all the other things I have on my docket and in my heart. So, it's going to be an insane few years, but I feel ready for that. It's an unholy amount of productivity, but as long as I give it all I can, it's a good thing. What's great is that the deal with Marvel is nonspecific, so I will give all I can, but the moment I can't, I just walk away. The moment I say, "You know, I'd like to help more on this project, but I need this time for The Avengers," there's no obligation. It's not like, "You must spend this amount of time on this movie." It's as much as it needs to be.
It was just announced that you're co-writing a TV series set in Marvel's S.H.I.E.L.D. organization, and you may direct the pilot, schedule permitting. After all the network conflicts you've had with your other shows, how does it feel to finally be working on a project that may very well get the biggest promotional push of any TV show ever and will most likely not air on a Friday?
[Laughs.] You know, I can't guarantee that any of that will happen! But so far, it feels just fine. The important thing to me is that we know what the show is. We love what it is. It came together very organically, so when we went in to pitch [to Marvel], it wasn't like, We're trying to find this because you want a TV show, it was, Check this out. And that's a good way to walk in a room.
Good support is wonderful, but it's not a hill of beans, because they may give us all this support and then decide, "Eh. Yeah, it's Friday." They might give us all the support and then not do that, but then audiences might go, "Yeahhh … no." You just can't be sure. What I do know is that it's the show it should be, and we've got some really dope notions. It's going to work very well for people who either love the Marvel universe or for people who've never dipped a toe in the Marvel universe.


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Wilwood Brakes has been making brakes since 1977 and currently has 250 different brake kits that cover more than 1,000 models. When you search "drag race" on its website, 52 brake kits appear, all looking more badassed than the next. The options will spin your head. Out of kindness, we are going to break the selection process down so you can have some useful information when you call Wilwood for your kit. Knowing the wheel size, rearend type, how much the car weighs, and what it is going to be used for will take a lot of the hassle out of this decision. Use this article to stop the merry-go-round.
Wheel Size
The size of your wheel dictates the size of the rotor and caliper you will be using. If you are using a 15-inch or smaller wheel, you need a 12-inch or smaller brake rotor that comes in the Dynalite brake kit. If the wheel is larger than 17 inches, you can use a 13-inch-or-larger-diameter rotor that comes in the Superlite kit. The Dynapro caliper line is for late-model Camaros, Challengers, Mustangs, imports, and other specialty applications. The killer-looking dual-caliper Wilwood brake kits are for dragsters with no front brakes and big, sticky tires in the rear that handle all the braking.
Drag Racing vs. Street Driving
After you have decided on a wheel size, you'll need to decide how the car will be driven. Wilwood's Drag Race Kit applies to a dedicated race car that lives on a trailer and weighs less than 2,800 pounds. The Wilwood brake kits come with a 3⁄8-inch steel rotor instead of a vented cast-iron one. The difference is the cast-iron rotor's ability to absorb and dissipate energy without overheating. Cooking a rotor will lead to warps and cracks and will require replacement. The steel drag-race rotor is designed to stop the car at the end of the racetrack with a long cooldown period in between. The street kit with a cast-iron rotor is only 5 pounds heavier than the steel-rotor race kit, but the life and longevity of the system increase dramatically. Don't be a hero; if you have a heavy drag car or plan to be on the street, go for the street kit—it will handle more heat. Take it from Wilwood's Dustin Burr, "You would be surprised how many starts and stops you will have on the way to the burger joint. Get the street kit for a car driven on the street."
Wilwood Brake Rotors: Vented vs. Drilled
A vented rotor has an air gap between the two pad contact surfaces, usually with fins or paddles that move fresh air to cool the braking system. Drilling is primarily used to lighten the rotor, and, in theory, makes a difference in heating and cooling characteristics, but not enough to replace a vented rotor on the street. The dedicated Drag Race brake kits are only drilled, not vented.
Wilwood Brake Calipers
The Dynalite kit has a four-piston caliper, and the Superlite has a six-piston caliper. Dynalite kits have smaller rotors and are intended to fit smaller wheels, therefore require a smaller caliper that uses four pistons. This also keeps the weight down. "There is no Superlite drag kit; everyone uses a 15-inch wheel, and that means 11-inch rotor, "Burr says.
The Dodge Demon
Using this knowledge, we narrowed our choice down to the Wilwood Brakes Forged Dynalite Drag Kit. It came with a forged aluminum hat, 3⁄8-inch-thick steel rotor, four-piston Dynalite calipers, brackets, pads, and hardware. We have a dedicated front subframe on the Dodge Demon, but if you have an A-body ('65–'72), Wilwood Brakes make a kit for stock front spindle. If you have an 83⁄4 rearend, the same is true —you just need to have the wheel size, housing flange and offset, and intended use determined when you call Wilwood. That will put you way ahead.
Bed Bugs
We asked Dustin Burr at Wilwood if there was any difference in bedding drag brakes and street brakes. Here is what he said:
"Bedding drag brakes are a little different, as you don't want to get enough heat into the rotor to warp it or crack it, so tread lightly. Start with a couple of low-speed decelerations, say 20 mph to 5 mph, then a couple of higher speed decelerations, 50 mph to 5 mph, then cool the brakes down by driving without touching the brakes. This can be tough to do in a drag car, especially if it's not at all streetable. The good news is that the pads included in our drag kits require little bedding, nothing like our oval-track or road-racing pads that need to see 800 degrees for final curing."
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|79.58 each (2)
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ATX Gluten-Free News: December 2010ATX Gluten-Free
Welcome to another segment of ATX Gluten-Free News! For those of you stopping by for the first time, ATX Gluten-Free News is a segment I post regularly that lists the businesses, grocery stores, restaurants and trailers for the Austin area that offer gluten-free options or gluten-free menus. Also on the news segments are links to national gluten-free news stories, blog posts I enjoy, and other happenings of ATX Gluten-Free.
Let's get started….
Thundercloud Subs is now offering gluten-free hoagies made by Smart Flour Blends, at the Lake Austin location only. Read more about it here .


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j5 wrote:Moobs.
Is that The Stig or a member of DaftPunk?
I thought The Stig myself.
brockart wrote:I love the knights helmets!
Thanks you!! Here you got the zoom detail!
Re: Inspired By Guitar Hero
Thanks, guys, keep 'em coming
expo01 wrote:Can I delete the design?
Do you not have the "red x" on your design page?
Re: Inspired by Katamari Damacy
orabbit wrote:Well, there's only so much frizz one can muster with 64 pixels. Thanks!
After that last spate of rejections, I'm surprised you didn't get dinged. Fog privilege?
Re:Inspired by Call of Duty
I made a few modifications to this entry so that the banners wont strike again:P Hope YOU like it. Thanks for your vote. IF YOU VOTED!
Re: Inspired by The Witcher
The 3 little witches fight back. (Reference: The 3 Little Pigs, Harry Potter.)
Re: Inspired by Fighting Golf
You know you suck and you spend the whole time fighting that stupid little ball trying to get it in that stupid little hole!
The Witcher franchise is fantastic and I'm a huge fan, but I have no clue where you got the three little pigs and Harry Potter, much less a mashup of those two from "witcher"
kylemittskus wrote:I respect both of you greatly, but this design is so unoriginal. RamyB has done at least two of these and TGentry has a shirt very similar (minus the astronauts) in the current spotlight sale.
..... yeah I was gonna say, I love OdRoc but you know exactly who I thought this was when I saw the thumbnail. We've seen pleeenty of glowy double helix entries before.
no bueno
Re: Inspired by Space Quest
Need moar Sierra! Beautiful designs.
alecito wrote:rejected? an specific rule about that would have been great..this has happened to many designs...
They were exactly specific. This derby is about re-interpreting a game title, he took the game title Zelda: Ocarina and drew Link and an Ocarina. It's off theme.
j5 wrote:I like the "lady in pink" design element. I would intentionally want the eye drawn to her because she cements the concept and is too small and easily overlooked otherwise.
I dislike her, it looks like gaudy clip art just tagged on. Should be muted as previously suggested.
j5 wrote:Do you not have the "red x" on your design page?
nop , thats weird.
At the very least I can foresee the Nyan Cat getting this rejected, since it is copyrighted.
Re: Inspired by Alley Cat
Very nice! The fence is a cool design element and then it has a cat, so yea that's awesome. Really good composition, too.
Re: Inspired by Street Fighter
I actually preferred the draft version with no color. Still a good design.
Re: Inspired by Call of Duty
How many poop jokes can one Rejectionator reject?
Re: Inspired by Galaga
My favorite so far, here's to hoping it doesn't get rejected!
Also, I think the composition would be more effective and less cluttered if you get rid of that watermelon that's shooting something in the lower left; "Galaga" otherwise is a little lost in the fray. Just my 2c.
expo01 wrote:nop , thats weird.
I wonder if it's an international/time zone thing. Are you outside the US?
j5 wrote:After that last spate of rejections, I'm surprised you didn't get dinged. Fog privilege?
Nah, I think it's because the Gallagher reference doesn't require the Galaga sprites to work. The others were game characters doing real-world things, which isn't a reinterpretation of the title.
I'd be sad if there was forced abstraction to the point where we'd just get a weird shirt with Gallagher on it щ(ºДºщ)
dupedyetagain wrote:Also, I think the composition would be more effective and less cluttered if you get rid of that watermelon that's shooting something in the lower left; "Galaga" otherwise is a little lost in the fray. Just my 2c.
The tractor beam is the most distinguishing element of Galaga and is fundamental to the design.
Re: Inspired by NBA Jam
^5 simple winrar
Inspired by The Elder Scroll series. Hope you like it!
Re: Inspired by (The Elder Scroll series)
j5 wrote:I wonder if it's an international/time zone thing. Are you outside the US?
Yes im in Mexico but I always see the red x but not today. :S
Re: Inspired by The Secret of Mana
LISTEN!!!! The HORRIBLE TRUTH behind how Mana potions are made!!! Be aware of what you are drinking!!!!
tomspc wrote:I actually preferred the draft version with no color. Still a good design.
Thanks, I still may sub the one color.
Re: Inspired by Kingdom Hearts
Great idea, illo and colors!
The shirt design should not have anything to do with the video game. That's how I read the rules.
For example, Double Dragon was a game about fighting. You could take that name and do a humorous shirt design of two conjoined dragons. (Maybe one is holding a stick with a marshmallow on it and the other one is toasting it with his fire breath. I haven't really put much thought into this.) The name would fit the shirt, and it would have nothing to do with the game.
Re: Inspired by Street Fighter V2
Here's a 1 color version of this design.
lotsofgoats wrote:How many poop jokes can one Rejectionator reject?
Yeah I didn't figure on this many people. LOL
qetza wrote:Here's a 1 color version of this design.
Much better...GMV
Re: Inspired by Space Invaders
lol.... funny !
I am pretty sure your comp needs to match your shirt. Just a heads up.
GMV! Happy Anniversary!
Awwww all famous internet cats! awesome work
Re: Inspired by Battletoads
Great Job! GMV
Re: Inspired by Bioshock
I dig it. You guys put your own twist on it. I was also trying to think of how to do Bioshock, and this is better than the leaves or whatever I was thinking of.
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LITTLE ROCK The Arkansas Department of Education on Monday released its 2012 school-accountability reports for the first time under the standards of the state's new system.
The system — which measures student performance by looking at student achievement, student growth and high-school graduation rates — assigned each school and district "annual measurable objectives" on the basis of 2011 assessment results.
Under this system, schools no longer compete with others in their districts or with those across the state, the department said in a statement. Instead, the department said, the school's targets are individualized and apply to only that school and its students.
"[The system] actually helps us to better distinguish measured success for students and progress for students in our schools across Arkansas," Education Commissioner Tom Kimbrell said.
School classifications include "exemplary"; "achieving"; "needs improvement"; "needs improvement focus"; or "needs improvement priority," the department said. The new classifications replace labels formerly used under No Child Left Behind.
"We have to forget what the old system's labels meant," Kimbrell said in the statement. "Needs Improvement should not be associated with school level improvement status of old. It simply means the school missed one or more targets. Under the new system, schools do not progress in year one, two, three, or go deeper into school improvement."
Under the new system, five schools were listed as "exemplary"; 341 schools were categorized as "achieving"; 587 schools were under "needs improvement"; 73 schools were listed as "needs improvement focus"; 36 schools, "needs improvement focus: met one-year exit criteria"; 37 fell under "needs improvement priority"; and 11 schools were categorized as "needs improvement priority: met one-year criteria."
"With those [schools under the 'priority category'], we're actually sending school improvement specialists into those priority schools that are working to help write the priority improvement plan, they're monitoring on a weekly basis, we're evaluating on a quarterly basis how well they're actually progressing and putting those interventions into place," Kimbrell said.
If schools do not meet their annual measurable objectives two years in a row, the Department of Education and the State of Arkansas will play a more prominent role in the school by putting guidelines into place for the school to improve.
The department said the new system is designed to provide a clearer understanding of how their schools and districts are performing after the Common Core Standards are fully implemented in 2014-15.
"We need to look at every idea and be more creative in boosting student achievement," Kimbrell said in the statement. "We believe as we continue to work with districts in this transition period to improve education, we will see improvements for students in our state."
The new accountability system will also allow school districts more flexibility in how they use federal funds, officials said.
"The flexibility [of the new accountability system], was not only in how we will make accountability issues work, but also in how school districts will be allowed to use those dollars to improve student achievement through their programming," Kimbrell said.
The full list of Arkansas schools' accountability statuses can be seen here.
Read tomorrow's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.


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Creation, Rap Flow, Dance, Training, Strength. All of these things, believe it or not, can be compared to Yoga principals.
Noting some of the most important practices of Breath, Meditation, Letting Go, Non-Violence, Self-Discipline, Self-Discovery, Trust, Devotion, and Joy, Lululemon says "This Is Yoga."
Definitely makes Yoga seem a lot more empowering and a lot less hokey. Take a look at their promo video here, which notes in the caption that "Practice in action leads to a purposeful life."
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We're honouring yoga in all its forms by taking practice off the mat. Practice in action leads to a purposeful life. Nous faisons honneur au yoga, dans toutes ses multiples formes, en le retrouvant ailleurs que sur le tapis. Nous avons compris que vivre sa pratique au quotidien mène vers une vie davantage porteuse de sens.
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Krishna Subbarao, University of California plant pathologist, announced his latest findings on disease transmission, control strategies, and other research at the recent meeting in Seaside of the California Lettuce Research Board.
"Unlike previous years," he said, "there were not fields with dramatic losses from verticillium wilt this year. However, appearance of the disease in fields previously fumigated with methyl bromide and chloropicrin was a worrying development.
"The disease appeared in two new fields in the Salinas area and it may have spread to as far south as Soledad."
Stationed at the USDA Agricultural Research Station in Salinas, he is continuing CLRB-supported trials begun four years ago.
Confirmation of the appearance of wilt in Soledad, he added, is pending. Soil tests in fields where it reappeared after fumigation and a crop of strawberries revealed very high levels of the disease.
Verticillium wilt first appeared in 80 acres of lettuce in Santa Cruz County in 1995 and a later expanded into Monterey County.
The seed borne nature of Verticillium dahliae that causes wilt of lettuce are well known, as is the role of certain weed species in the transmission.
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Subbarao wants to learn the critical number of infested seed required to bring on an infestation in clean soil. He has set up trials for infestation ranging from zero to 100 percent in micro plots fumigated with methyl bromide and chloropicrin.
In separate but related trials supported by the CLRB, Subbarao is also investigating fungicides to control two sclerotinia species, S. minor and S. sclerotiorum, which reside in the soil and cause lettuce drop.
During the spring, disease pressure was too low to indicate effect from treatments, but in the fall infestations were more evident.
BAS 510F and Switch, applied two weeks after thinning and again two weeks later, both provided reductions greater than 75 percent. Botran and Rovral were also rated in the trials.
BASF's BAS 510F, marketed as Endura, has federal registration, and clearance of it for lettuce in California is expected by the end of this year. Switch, a Syngenta product registered on strawberries and onions in California, is expected to have the state registration for lettuce late in 2004 or early in 2005, he said.
Trials on the effect on S. minor by fumigant treatments, including chloropicrin, Telone plus chloropicrin, and methyl bromide plus chloropicrin, included assessment of disease in lettuce following strawberries.
90 percent drop
Subbarao said S. minor was reduced by 90 percent following the treatments and no increase was seen during the strawberry-growing season.
However, he added, during the lettuce crop, fruiting bodies of that disease and crown rot were significantly higher for all three treatments. The incidence of lettuce drop was not significantly different in the three treatments.
Subbarao noted that the increase is consistent with earlier studies indicating more Sclerotinia and other diseases, such as verticillium, show up in lettuce following soil fumigation and a strawberry planting.
Trials are also devoted to learning why both species of sclerotinia have been reported significantly higher in lettuce on 80-inch planting beds than that on the 40-inch configuration.
Moisture is key in the incidence of the disease, and 35 days of continuous moisture is ideal for release of ascospores.
Such is uncommon from normal rainfall in the irrigated Salinas Valley, but, as Subbarao noted, drainage is less on the 80-inch pattern, creating conditions for the disease to thrive.
He has begun irrigation treatments and will use them with data on the timing of ascospore releases and the distance they travel. S. sclerotiorum releases ascospores throughout the day, and they may travel some 36 feet, according to results of earlier trials.
Collection of soil samples showed four "compatibility" groups of S. minor present in the Salinas Valley. Two groups occur throughout the valley while the other two are found mostly in the northern or southern portions. This may be linked with cropping patterns in the different sectors, and further tests will be aimed at learning the relationship between groups and host crops.
Biocontrol agents do not have great effect against lettuce drop in the Salinas Valley but have shown promise in the Imperial Valley, where Contans, a German product developed from a soil fungus, has been highly effective.
Subbarao said such materials "have provided encouraging results on lettuce drop caused by both S. minor and S. sclerotiorum in Yuma. Trials in Yuma have also shown the effectiveness of Rovral."
In Imperial Valley trials, he evaluated four biocontrol treatments for lettuce drop and found none effective on S. minor.
"However, as has been observed in the Midwest on soybeans and in Arizona on lettuce, Contans reduced the incidence of lettuce drop by more than 85 percent, relative to the control."
He plans to continue the trials this fall.
In another avenue to control verticillium wilt and sclerotinia, Subbarao is collaborating with USDA geneticists who are using, among other sources, backcrossing of plants having partial resistance to the diseases.


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The new science-fiction thriller Transcendence asks a lot of big questions. Is it morally right to upload a consciousness into a computer? Does something define its own sentience? Given the power of a god, would human nature reveal itself to be a positive force, or Hobbesian-esque evil? It's a lot to take on for a filmmaker, particularly one that has never directed a feature before, but it was something that Wally Pfister put a great deal of thought into while making the new movie.
Before Transcendence arrived in theaters this past weekend, I had to great opportunity to sit down one-on-one with the director to talk all about the philosophy and filmmaking behind his directorial debut. He had a lot of fascinating things to say about the movie, so read on!
Warning: The following feature has a good number of spoilers for Transcendence, so if you haven't seen the movie and don't want it to be ruined for you, I recommend heading back here.
Why It Had To Be Johnny DeppAt this stage in his career, Johnny Depp is well known for taking on bizarre roles, but Transcendence offers him one of his strangest yet. While he does get to play a human for the first 20 minutes of the movie, most of the film has his character, Dr. Will Caster, communicating from behind a computer monitor. The part is a strange one for an A-list actor, but Pfister had an explanation for why Depp was, in the director's own words, the perfect choice for the role.
"He's a very intelligent man and understood everything that was going on," Pfister told me when I asked about the casting choice. "We had wonderful conversations about what this machine was doing and tipping the hat and then not tipping the hat. So, having this sort of manipulation over where this character was going."
More than being just about subtlety, however, the filmmaker also needed an actor with the kind of charisma that could not only influence the movie's audience to be on his side, but also characters in the story as well.
"You want that connection with this guy first, with this professor," the director explained. "You can see the connection he has to his followers - and let's think of them as followers, right? So, if this guy becomes this massive machine and he starts playing God, he's got people following him partially because he has that charisma. Johnny Depp the actor was perfect for this movie and Johnny Depp the person was perfect for this movie. So, you know, I couldn't have had better luck in casting."


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Senior reporter John Flowers makes a weekly Tuesday radio appearance on Morning News Service, a program on Waterbury-based WDEV, 96.1 FM. He wraps up recent Addison County news for listeners across Vermont.
This week he chats about the new Champlain Bridge, which opened last week to much fanfare, Rep. David Sharpe's new position on the Vermont Legislature's Joint Fiscal Committee, and Frances Boardman's 100th birthday.
November 15, 2011
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For information about specific services, call University College at 765-285-1510. Rinker Center for International Programs The Rinker Center for International Programs is Ball State's central facility for international activity on campus. In cooperation with faculty, students, and the local community, the center's administrative services support Ball State's commitment to international teaching and learning. Each year, Ball State hosts international students and scholars from more than eighty countries; the center offers admissions and orientation assistance. Study-abroad programs open to all Ball State students give students the opportunity to explore intercultural issues outside the classroom. Programs vary in length, location, and cost, and credit is offered on most programs, so that students who participate are not required to delay graduation. Information on international work and internship opportunities is also available at the center. For information on the services offered by the Rinker Center for International Programs, call 765-285-5422. The School of Extended Education The School of Extended Education (SEE) extends the services and resources of the university to people whose needs cannot be met by traditional classes on campus. Ball State uses a variety of delivery options to offer courses, degree programs, and certificate programs. The delivery options include television, Internet, online, independent learning, Web conferencing, and on-site (live) instruction at selected sites around the state. All credit earned is residence credit. In addition to consulting services, an array of customized and public training programs is available through the Center for Organizational Resources and the Center for Economic and Community Development. The Continuing Education Unit (CEU) is available to record individual participation in certain non-credit programs. For more information, call the School of Extended Education at 765- 285-1581 or 800-872-0369. The Office of Student Life Student Life supports the academic mission of the university through leadership development, civic engagement, and service learning opportunities for students. In partnership with faculty and academic units, students participate in service learning experiences coordinated through Student Voluntary Services (SVS). Additionally, students may receive academic credit by participating in leadership development courses as part of the Excellence in Leadership program as well as the interdisciplinary leadership studies minor offered through the Department of Educational Studies. For more information, call the Office of Student Life at 765-285-3476.
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My last two weeks here in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia were very exciting. Bali upped the ante as it continued to show me things about its culture, resulting in the addition of a new layer to my global perspective. Bali showed me its heart, its core, and opened itself up to me through its kind people and especially through the classroom of its city streets.
At the beginning of my stay here in Bali, I wondered why Bali was so famous. I attempted to discover why so many people travel to Bali and what it is that can supposedly be found here. So, after three weeks of intensive culture lessons, excursions to numerous temples, many traditional dance performances, and a couple 6:30 a.m. photography class field trips to high schools and fishermen villages, I found some answers.
Here in Bali, I experienced Macaque monkeys perching atop my back as if I were a limb of a tree; I experienced a relaxing facial and foot massage; and I ended up telling and exhibiting a photographic story about the cultural walls that divide foreigners and native people.
After these fresh experiences and many more just like them, I discovered why Bali is so famous. Because of such precious moments, I realized Bali holds the prowess to push people out of their comfort zones, to try something new and downright cool. The culture here in Bali is so unbelievably welcoming that it creates an atmosphere of boldness. It exists as a paradise, but is more of an environment to experience and try the things one couldn't or wouldn't do regularly, things one can't find anywhere but here.
Although I had a short stay in Bali, I attempted to absorb as much as I could about Balinese culture and way of life. As I was not learning the language intensively this time while abroad, I had to pay more attention to the inherent cultural walls that exist between foreigners and native people, walls that are fortified by language differences.
Despite the language barrier that existed, the universally used ear-to-ear grin did not fail to work as a functional way of communication. The language of joy and expressive appreciation is one that the Balinese people truly understand. This language that the Balinese people speak effortlessly reiterates the strength, peace, and contentment that can be found in rooting oneself in faith, family and community.
Traveling to and from Bali also reminded me of the excitement of travel. The snapshot of an elderly Chinese man taking a selfie on the plane before takeoff in Hong Kong will frequently reverberate in my mind because it sums up what traveling is about; each time, a new documentable adventure awaits, a new culture anxiously wishes to greet foreigners and educate them about the throes of its past and the beauties of its heritage and language.
As I continue to travel and expand my horizons toward the goal of working internationally, I never want to forget the novelty that comes with a first introduction, with touching down on foreign soil for the first time. Yes, the cultural walls that exist and that must relentlessly be torn down with each new cultural experience can be exhausting and discouraging; but the joy that comes in discovering the answers to your burning questions is one the greatest treasure I feel one can gain.
Traveling to Bali reminded me of the vastness of the world and my part in the big picture. I look forward to getting to see many more parts of the world while getting to know and communicate with each culture I encounter on a greater level of cultural understanding and partnership.


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Charles Arlinghaus: On the health care exchanges, don't count on federal moneyBY CHARLES ARLINGHAUS
February 05. 2013 5:50PM
As the governor and Legislature struggle to put together a balanced budget, regulators are considering two budget dangers: helping the federal government regulate the new federal health law (the health care exchange) and a costly expansion of Medicaid. Lawmakers should move cautiously and know that the federal government is eager to shift costs to New Hampshire taxpayers when it has the chance.
The centerpiece of the federal health care law (Obamacare or the Affordable Care Act, depending on your mood) is the exchange. The exchange is the structure used to enforce all the rules of the more than 2,000-page law, regulate insurance carriers and, perhaps, offer subsidies. In 2012, the state passed a law prohibiting New Hampshire from operating the regulatory structure and assuming the financial risks of implementing federal regulations. It essentially told the feds: you're writing the rules, you raise your own taxes and fund your own bureaucracy.
But the federal government was counting on us. It doesn't want to implement the law itself. In fact, at this point it appears unable to do so. So it came up with a new scheme, a so-called partnership exchange. They'll do some of the stuff and ask the state to do most of the public functions. In exchange, they absolutely, positively promise that they will pay for it. You guys do stuff and we'll pay you for it: blank check, unlimited budget, really, we promise.
The governor and her regulators are going to move on this without legislative approval. We need to be careful that whatever they do by executive fiat, the state treasury does not become encumbered.
The federal employees managed by state regulators should not be mixed into our pathetically funded retirement system as if they're state workers. They should not be promised employment beyond any federal funding. And we need to make sure we're not stuck floating money that never gets reimbursed.
When the funding goes away, so should the task. Period. All departments used to have sunset clauses. Unfunded ones definitely need them. To be fair to the employees, they need to understand that this is a temporary job.
A more dangerous situation is the potential (and unaffordable) expansion of Medicaid. A provision in the federal health care law had originally promised that the feds would pay 100 percent of the costs of expanding Medicaid for the first few years and then 90 percent after that. If the feds kept that promise - and they are already retreating from it - that would cost the state $85 million by 2020, according to supporters of the expansion. Never mind that the state budget doesn't have an extra $85 million.
One big concern is that the federal government can't be trusted. After a year of everyone waxing poetic about what a great deal this was, the administration began a retreat. As part of an early budget submission, the Obama administration originally proposed switching to a "blended rate" as a cost savings mechanism. The left-wing Center for Budget and Policy Priorities criticized the blend rate as an attempt to "shift significant costs to the states." Well, of course. That's how the feds work. Some more naïve policymakers actually believed the promise to "cover 100%" of the costs.
Federal budget writers often start off with good intentions. I think someone back in 1975 really, honestly thought Washington was going to pay 40 percent of special education costs. The fact that they never did is disheartening to that one idealist. The rest of us, however, have learned lessons.
Obama's blended rate is not currently on the table. He beat a temporary retreat. But I'm not breaking news when I tell you that there is significant budget pressure in Washington. Shifting a little bit here and there is a federal goal.
They make nice promises on the exchange and on Medicaid expansion. They even mean some of them. But reluctantly, with great sadness, they decide that they will fund most, but not all, of what they promised. They tell themselves it's still a good deal and that they had the best of intentions. Besides, local taxpayers can afford it more than the nearly bankrupt federal government can.
It's already started happening. The administration did us all a favor by floating a recent trial balloon. It warned us. The money they're promising? They can't deliver even if they want to, and they don't exactly want to.
There are reasonable policy debates to have on both serving as contractor for the feds on an exchange and on expanding Medicaid coverage. But don't pretend the money's going to be there. We know it isn't.
Charles M. Arlinghaus is president of the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy, a free-market think tank in Concord.


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The Eagles' offensive playcalling has come under scrutiny this week after there were only four called rushing plays in the first half of the Eagles' 27-6 loss to Arizona. Offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg defended the play calling on Thursday, noting that the Eagles only had nine first-quarter plays, which limited the sample size. Then, in the second quarter, the Eagles called 11 passing plays in the two-minute offense, which is typical.
In the second half, when the Eagles ran the ball more, they were playing catch-up and could not dedicate themselves to the run.
"On paper, it looks really odd," Mornhinweg said. "But if you go through the situational part of it, it balances out a little bit."
Mornhinweg said he's reviewed the play-calling several times and took responsibility for the offense's inability to score points. He also said he would call the game differently if they could play it again.
"In hindsight, I would have done it a little differently," Mornhinweg said. "I certainly thought going in we had a heck of a game plan."
Still, don't expect many widespread changes. Mornhinweg emphasized the offense's philosophy to be aggressive. He said the way the Eagles called the game against Arizona was "not unusual for us," and that there were, in fact, opportunities down field. Those opportunities were hindered by communication and blocking issues.
The run/pass questions were present in past weeks, too. Mornhinweg defends it each week, and he said the Eagles are following their season script so far.
"We're right to where I want to be overall; we're 62 percent overall," Mornhinweg said. "We're somewhere around 50/50 on first down, run and pass."
The statistics may be skewed each week, and the Eagles will run more if they're holding a lead and pass more when they're coming from behind. Plus, the game plans change depending on the defense. That's why Mornhinweg said he judges the season stats more than the game-by-game stats.
"Philosophically, I don't care as much about balance in any particular game," Mornhinweg said. "If we have to run the ball 50 times to win the game, that's what we'll do. If we have to pass the ball 50 times, that's what we'll do. Now, if you take the whole season, you'd rather somewhere around 60/40 – you're usually going to be a little higher, 60 to 65 percent passing."


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As I've written about at length in the past, the decision to trade Asante Samuel was basically made last summer when the Eagles signed Nnamdi Asomugha.
Howie Roseman and Andy Reid made it pretty clear at the time that Samuel could be had for the right price. But they were unable to strike a deal before (and during) the season.
That led to the Birds sending Samuel to the Falcons before the draft and getting only a seventh-round pick in return.
Now, less than a month after the trade, Asomugha says the Eagles could have made it work with Samuel in 2012.
"I thought it could have worked, and I still think it could've worked," Asomugha told NFL Network's Rich Eisen, according to an excerpt on NFL.com's Around the League blog. "Everybody keeps saying that, you know, 'No, it can't work, you three, blah blah blah. ' I still thought it could've worked, even coming into this season. Asante and I would talk about it through the offseason, like, we can fix this. ... Now we've got another year under our belt; now we've got time; and then he's gone. So now it's like you don't get that chance to put it back out there. But, you know, it's whatever, and he's happy with where he is."
It's true that the Eagles would have been fine in the secondary with Samuel at left corner and Asomugha at right corner, but where would that have left Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie? He struggled when the Eagles moved him to the slot last year. And while Rodgers-Cromartie didn't do much complaining publicly, it would have been more difficult to keep quiet with a lack of playing time in 2012, which happens to be a contract year.
The decision to move Samuel may have had to do as much with managing personalities and keeping everyone in the locker room happy as it did with scheme, Samuel's age and Samuel's salary.
Going forward, look for Asomugha and Rodgers-Cromartie to start, with rookie Brandon Boykin fighting Joselio Hanson for the nickel spot. The coaches will have to find a capable fourth corner who can fill in and start if Asomugha or Rodgers-Cromartie gets injured. The top candidates for that role are second-year player Curtis Marsh and Brandon Hughes.
The other question is: Should the Eagles extend Rodgers-Cromartie's contract? Based on his performance last year, the answer is probably no. But if the Eagles are still confident that he can be a Pro Bowl-caliber corner going forward, they'll likely be able to get a better deal by signing Rodgers-Cromartie now than if they wait until the end of the season.
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The late Reverend Elder Oka Fauolo from Samoa is regarded as a father of the Congregational Christian Church, the spiritual father of a nation and a man for everyone.
Rev Oka, as he was widely known, was revered as a spiritual advisor to the leaders of his country, including the Head of State, his highness Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Efi.
His funeral last month is described by many as majestic, the likes of which would not be seen again.
Following 13 strict instructions he left in the event of his death Rev Oka was buried with simple dignity and grace in the manner he lived his life… never wanting to be praised or acknowledged, always deferring to his Creator until his final breath.
One of his instructions was that he did not want any artificial flowers at his funeral, just the natural, sweet fragrance of fresh plumeria and moso'oi garlands to flow in the air and his surrounding. And so it was that day.
"Instead of opulent glittering bolts of cloth and gilded candle sconces, the church communion tables and alter were draped with thousands of colorful leaves finely sewn together with spiritual symbols," said Ipu Lefiti who told Samoa News that Rev Oka was one of her mentors, a father ahead of his time on Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Child Abuse.
Lefiti said when church doors were closed Rev Oka was supportive in advising, and blessing her chosen path as a Victim Advocate.
Lefiti went on to say that another of Oka's instructions was that his grave was not to be raised above the existing family plots with no cement guard wall and that local rocks were not to be placed around his plot but to fill it with smooth river or ocean pebbles.
Rev Oka passed away at 82 on May 12, 2012, at his residence in Vaoala at 2:05am after fighting heart problems for more than a decade.
Rev Oka was from Fusi, Safotulafai Savai'i and is survived by his widow So'oletauaoletumua and their four children and 13 grandchildren.
Rev Dr Iutisone Salevao, General Secretary of the CCCS described Rev Oka Fauolo as a hero for the Work of God. "Rev Oka was a humble and great leader and his memory will live forever, he served the church with dignity and honesty and a great leader".
He was fully committed to his service as a leader of the church and he was staunch in promoting harmony in every church in Samoa.
"He also encouraged cooperation between church leaders for the sake of the spiritual life of Samoa as a whole," Rev Oka's daughter Okenaisa Manila told Samoa Observer back in May. She described her father as a man with a deep understanding of the fa'aSamoa. Also as an approachable man of God who always had an open door for anyone who needed help.
Rev Oka served in the CCCS Church for more than 50 years during which time he was principal of Malua Theological College from 1979 to 1994, Secretary for the National Council of Churches before he became the Chairman of the Samoa Council of Churches for more than 20 years.
And yet he was never appointed to serve a particular village but was assigned to different places, like the prison, hospital and also schools.
In 2005 Rev. Fauolo published an 802 page history of the Congregational Christian Church of Samoa (CCCS), "Ole Vavega o le Alofa Lavea'i (The Love Saving Miracle)," which spans 238 years from 1761 in England to 1999 in Samoa.
Okenaisa said her father opposed anything he saw as a threat to Samoa's Christian values. When the government introduced its Casino plans, Rev Oka was one of the first ones to speak out against it. She added that her father's humble approach in any matter could resolve any difficult situation faced by the church or the nation as a whole.
His devotees describe Rev Oka as a true man of God who gave his entire life for his people. The father who held on and held together his tsunami ravaged children and a nation with God's words of comfort.
Okenaisa told Samoa Observer that they were lucky to have a father who was faithful, helpful, caring and humble. "I have a lot of ways to describe the kind of person my father was, but overall he was a spiritual doctor."
The work of the late Rev Oka was recently honored by the Samoa Victim Support Group's (SVSG) during a family gathering earlier this week at the To'oa Salamasina Hall in Sogi, Samoa.
According to the SVSGH, before Rev Oka's passing he was one of the pillars of the SVSG and guided the group spiritually.
A minute of silence was observed during the gathering to honor Rev Oka's memory which included Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi. SVSG said the Prime Minister, reiterated the late Reverend Oka Fauolo's words during the 'No to Rape' March where he referred to perpetrators of rape and indecent acts as "animals."
On his final journey home, Reverend Oka's casket was taken from the Ligaliga Mortuary in Apia all the way to Mulifanua wharf during which students from every village school lined the entire road strip, in their various school colors, tossing flowers, singing songs or waving good bye "Tofa Oka" as the funeral motorcade passed by.
This line of students alongside the roadside, continued in Savaii. "Except this trip was punctuated with several stops as village councils stood in respect to offer their best fine mat to drape on Rev Oka's coffin as the procession made its way to his final resting place," described one mourner.
After the church service Oka was taken to his final resting place and the silence was so loud, one could imagine hearing angels wings flap as they surrounded and welcomed their faithful disciple home.
A man no one can claim as their own other than as "Papa". "Without any sense of grief, we were blessed and privileged to have had a relationship and be known as one of the thousands of Oka's children," said Lefiti.
Rev Oka's beloved wife, So'oletauaoletumua gave her wedding band to the Prime Minister to place in the grave. It was her 'ashes to ashes' symbol which was followed by her whisper, "Till death do us part".
The last time Rev. Oka visited the territory was for the funeral of the late Paramount Chief Tufele Li'amatua, last year.


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