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I live in the US alone my parents back in my country resently one muslim brother proposed me marriage, but the problem is thet he also doesn't have anyone in the US So, he sais that we should know each other before marriage or engagement, and he insists on talking to me.
I heared that wile seeing each other the third person from the family should be there, or at least the third person should be there. Is that true?
And what if I talk to him alone, would it be considering zina?
With regard to your question, it is not permissible at all for you to be alone with this man, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:
"No man and woman are alone together, but the Shaytaan is the third one present."
There is nothing wrong with talking to him from behind a screen, such as on the telephone, so long as this is done in a proper manner, with no suspicious talk and no fitnah (temptation), and as long as you do not overdo it (or talk too much). You should only talk as much as is necessary.
With regard to his claims about the importance of knowing one another before marriage, this is not right. It is sufficient to ask some trustworthy people and to find out about the prospective partner so as to be certain and have peace of mind. We ask Allaah to make things easy for you and for him. May Allaah bless our Prophet Muhammad..


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The Citroën Prototype C was a range of vehicles created by Citroën from 1955 to 1956 under the direction of André Lefèbvre.[1] The idea was to produce a water drop-shaped, very lightweight vehicle, which would be more modern and smaller than the 2CV. One of the prototypes, the Citroën C-10 has survived and is still owned by Citroën.
The overall look of the vehicle was quite similar to the Messerschmitt bubble car. It was equipped with the same 425 cc engine as the 2CV.
The vehicle was also nicknamed Citroën Coccinelle (Ladybird in French).[2]
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- ^ "1956 Citroen C-10 Coccinelle". Car Styling. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- ^ "Citroën Cocinelle C1 - C8". Citroenet.org.uk. 2000-06-10. Retrieved 2012-07-26.
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Between our house and Red Bud there have to be at least a dozen pumpkin patches, but we drove over an hour last weekend to spend some time at one of our favorite fall spots - Pumpkin Blossom Hill. Sundays are a great day to visit, with kettle corn and the pumpkin cannon and face painting. We stayed and did it all!
We've been blessed with some great fall weather weekends. Who can resist getting out and doing something festive for the season? I sort of love that so many of our friends have so many of the exact same memories and pictures of their kids as we do.
Same cat.
Same ball pit.
Same corn maze.
It's like we all went to the same party and showed up at different times. :)
I can't lie. My heart ached just a little bit driving through town and out to the pumpkin patch that Sunday. It's a weird feeling going "home" and feeling more like a visitor than a resident. We've decided that when we can't think of anything better to do on the weekends, we're just going to come back and take walks on our old route, haha. We miss it!
We missed this place!
When you can't get the youngest daughter out of the swing, you take a picture around the youngest daughter.
Of course we couldn't leave without taking a little bit of Red Bud back with us.
Whoops, wrong pumpkin! ;)
I am so thankful that places like this exist so that families can make priceless memories together. We've been blogging our fun here almost as long as we've been blogging - since we were just a two kid family. Boy does that feel like eons ago! And I hope it never ends. We'll just keep coming back here until our kids are the ones bringing us...haha.
Now that I am feeling better I have a busy week ahead, and I need to get back to it! Hope you're all enjoying fall as much as we are! Love!


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Fresh lettuce, carrots, locally-raised beef and strawberries are just some of the delicious goods offered at the Piedmont Farmers Market on Winecoff School Road.
The Winecoff Winter Tailgate Market is held the second and fourth Saturdays in March and April. Shoppers can peruse the many options of fresh produce, which is grown by small, local businesses.
Business owner, Paul Brewington has been coming to this farmers market for two years. Brewington owns and operates Brewington Farms, in Mount Pleasant. Brewington Farms offers hundreds of varieties of produce, from collard greens to peanuts. An electrical engineer by profession, farming is a passion for Brewington.
"I've been a farmer all my life," he says.
The unusually cold winter this year has been a challenge for Brewington's farm.
"The weather has put a pretty good hurtin' on them, but it hasn't been too big of a problem," he said.
Tommy Barbee, another farmer who is a familiar face at the market, has been attending farmers markets his whole life. He is a fifth-generation family farmer and owner of Barbee Farms; his son, Brent, also works on the farm.
Barbee Farms participates in five farmers markets a week and takes pride in the fact they specialize in everything.
"Diversity is our specialty," Brent said.
Every season the Barbee family farm offers something new and fresh, strawberries, potatoes, popcorn, apples and the list goes on.
Not only is the market a great opportunity to sell produce, but it also is "a great way for farmers to teach consumers about eating seasonally," Tommy said.
Shoppers who stop by Barbee Farms' booth will get fresh produce and advice from the farmers on buying and cooking with seasonal produce. Tommy said this winter has made greenhouse production harder with the increasing cost of energy and loss of sunlight. He said he is looking forward to the spring.
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Despite the long wait for the change of season, the farmers market still has a lot to offer. Locally-raised beef is on sale at the Winecoff Winter Tailgate Market. Todd and Danielle Mauldin are the owners of T&D Charolais Beef. This is their fourth year at the farmer's market. Their 3,800 acres in China Grove is where the Mauldin's raise their beef. Their cows are born on the farm, where they are grass fed until they are processed.


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Mike Flynn may have been a long time resident of Seattle, but he is certainly no stranger to Bellevue and the Eastside. He worked as the publisher of the Puget Sound Business Journal for 24 years and has seen Bellevue grow into the city it is now. Flynn retired from the PSBJ in 2006 and currently works as a consultant sharing his knowledge and expertise with local businesses and entrepreneurs. He chose to settle in Downtown Bellevue for the convenient accessibility to shopping, restaurants and the growing urban environment that downtown has to offer.
Flynn lives with his wife Betsy at The Bellettini, a Bellevue retirement community that offers many amenities for his on-the-go lifestyle. The Bellettini offers multiple dining options, but some mornings, Flynn heads to the Tully's on Main Street to pick up cinnamon rolls for Betsy and him to have for breakfast.
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His consulting work often takes him to Seattle, but Flynn spends a lot of his time working at his computer in the lobby of the Hyatt Regency Bellevue next to 13 Coins which is only a short jaunt from his home. For a caffeine kick he doesn't have to go far to get a cup of java from Forte, also located in the lobby of the Hyatt. To unwind, Flynn heads to Panini's Bistro at the north end of The Bellettini to enjoy a glass of wine and work on his weekly column about Northwest businesses, people and issues that he emails to business leaders across the state. When Flynn and Betsy have dinner with friends, they enjoy dining at 13 Coins, P.F. Chang's, The Melting Pot or Maggiano's Little Italy, all located within a few blocks of their home. Why does Flynn enjoy being an urbanite? From shopping to restaurants to activities, Downtown Bellevue has everything he and his wife need within reach.


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So, is has been a really long time since I have last posted. I have been very busy with life. Very busy cleaning, cooking, wiping dirty butts. Yes, I stay at home now with my boys. And not just my boys. My two boys, my two nephews and our dearest friend's little girl Marley. I am blessed. I am blessed to watch these crazy, loud, eating, pooping machines. I get to stay at home and watch my children grow. I will no longer miss those first moments of life that we all cherish so much.
But lately, I have been doing a lot of thinking. I think about how blessed we really are. To have two healthy children. These two babies of ours, rely on us for everything. They rely on us to breathe. To eat. To sleep. To live. We are here to teach them the ways of life. How to love and be loved back. How to live healthy and learn as we go. We make mistakes. We screw up from time to time. This is a huge job and it is on top of every other job we have. Sometimes I start to think about everyone who wants that job and can not have it. It makes me cringe inside that these two children came from something that people do every day. Two people loving each other or simply having a little more fun that night. Either way, we should all feel a little more blessed with the simple things in life that others may wish they could have.
We struggle. Well, we all struggle a lot. Aaron and I were talking about money one night. He went to the gas station to pick up milk and probably Oreos (we have an obsession with these), and there was a nice fella standing in line to pay for his little treats he had. He was probably in his late thirties, early forties and was wearing some sweats and had a stocking cap on because it was chilly outside. He had a special k bar, some chips and a couple other things. He went to pay for it and came up $1.35 to short. He started scrounging through his pockets to gather every piece of change that he could find. There wasn't enough. He put the special K bar back. Aaron dug in his pocket and threw a couple bucks on the counter. The guy looked over at Aaron and with pure excitement said Thanks! The man then proceeded to walk out of the gas station and instead of jumping into a car to go home, walked. Walked in the bitter cold weather all the way home. Aaron came home and told me this story. Of course, I began to tear up a bit but it then hit me. There are so many more people worst off than what we are. What do we have to complain about. We own a house, and keep it heated. We provide food for ourselves and children. We have two nice vehicles and a big back yard. The last thing we ever need to be doing is worrying about not having the new pair of Nike's that they just released. We should be thanking God for the life he has allowed us to live. And than thank him everyday for giving us one more day to live it.
I have a lot of issues that I need to address. We are not perfect nor should be ever try to be. I wanted to start writing. I thought maybe this could help relieve some of the stress in my life and help me appreciate some of the little things a lot more. So, until next time.....


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The winters in Canada are long and harsh, so it's not entirely unusual to find people coming up with creative new ways to make the best of it. All we can say is that this man's idea probably takes the cake. He started off by filling up plastic containers with water (and sometimes a little dye), and leaving them out to freeze overnight. As he did this day after day, he quickly amassed a huge pile of ice bricks. Then, he built something ridiculously cool (yes, pun very much intended).
Western Ontario can get bitterly cold, with an average daytime temperature of around -25 degrees or colder. It's perfect if you have an inclination to freeze ice bricks for some reason...
He froze around 30 blocks a day, with an average of 12 hours between harvesting blocks. Obviously, warm, thick gloves were key.
For four weeks he froze ice blocks every day. His wife started to grow concerned over all these ice blocks in their driveway…
So... many... ice blocks. His neighbors couldn't stop staring.
Once he had gathered enough blocks, he started buiding something. He spent nearly 6 full nights working in frigid, sub-zero temperatures.
He had the brilliant idea to use a mixture of slush and snow as the mortar, which froze solid almost instantly in the freezing Ontario winter.
Little by little, it started to take shape into something recognizable.
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… An awesome ice fort emerges!
This is the coolest ice fort I've ever seen.
After all the grueling labor was over, it was time to call over some friends and celebrate!
He even hooked up some homemade party lights by freezing some LED lights into the ice.
Who cares about the cold when you can have this much fun?
When I start hating the cold this winter, I'm going to keep this guy in mind and start freezing my own ice bricks... or, you know, just stay in under a blanket with some hot chocolate.
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ROME (Reuters) - Italian President Giorgio Napolitano, speaking before a parliamentary confidence vote on Wednesday, warned squabbling politicians not to precipitate early elections, saying uncertainty would endanger Italy.
Italy's awkward coalition, patched together from traditional rivals, has been racked by disagreements since Napolitano pushed the center-left and center-right parties in April to rule together to end a two-month deadlock after polls in February.
"The president has the duty to warn the country and the political parties of the very serious risks and repercussions...that further destabilization and uncertainty in the political-institutional framework would bring for Italy," the 88-year-old head of state said in a letter to daily Corriere della Sera.
"I consider the frequent and easy recourse to early elections as one of the most dangerous Italian maladies," he said, referring to the endemic instability that has given Italy 64 governments since World War Two.
Napolitano, who reluctantly agreed to serve a second term as president when the parties could not agree on anybody else, has repeatedly used his power and prestige to defend the government led by center-left politician Enrico Letta against maneuvers by party factions.
Wednesday's confidence vote was called to speed up the passage of a package of growth measures and is unlikely to topple the government, but the coalition's stability is threatened by disputes over economic policy and the legal problems of center-right leader Silvio Berlusconi.
A final verdict due next week in an appeal against the former prime minister's conviction for complicity in tax fraud could bar the billionaire media tycoon from public office, with unpredictable consequences for the government.
Hawks in his center-right People of Freedom Party are urging him to force an election if he loses the appeal, but Berlusconi has so far urged moderation and caution, saying Italy needs a stable government to face the longest recession since the war.
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From the St. Catharines Standard
Motorists travelling through St. Catharines on the QEW are a mile closer to traffic-jam relief whenever the highway shuts down.
Niagara Region and Ontario's Ministry of Transportation have arranged a meeting in early June to discuss implementing an emergency detour plan.
The plan, in the works since 2003, would direct motorists off the highway through St. Catharines in the event of a QEW or Highway 406 closure.
Traffic confusion leading to road congestion was evident Tuesday afternoon when the QEW was closed after a concrete slab fell off the Martindale Bridge during rush-hour traffic. The bridge is slated to be replaced this year as part of a massive QEW expansion project through St. Catharines.
St. Catharines MPP Jim Bradley, the transportation minister, said implementing the plan has become a priority.
The province and the Region have "agreed to resolve this matter at the earliest opportunity," Bradley said.
"Our ministry is contacting the Region to see if we can be helpful at all.
"It certainly would be advantageous to have it as quickly as possible. Our ministry's determined to do it. The Region's determined to do it. It should be done."
Niagara Region transportation director Joe Cousins said earlier this week the detour plans were in the hands of MTO staff who had yet to approve them.
In turn, MTO spokeswoman Emna Dhahak said the ministry was waiting on the Region to get the approval of Ontario Provincial Police and Niagara Regional Police.
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Exporting Database Tables
Once you have created your mappings for the EJB project, you must export the logical database model to a relational database in order to do any testing of the EJB module. This is assuming that you did not first import the database model from a relational database when doing a bottom-up or a meet-in-the-middle mapping. There are two ways to export the logical database tables to a relational database: export the database directly or execute the table.ddl file. Both methods are simple to use but, depending on your needs, one method may be better. Typically the production database is tightly controlled and you will not be able to export the logical database to the physical database. However, you may have a private database that serves as a testing ground prior to making changes on the production database. This is where the following export options are useful.
The simplest approach is to export the logical database model directly to the relational database by using a wizard that generates dynamic SQL statements that are executed against the database. This is accomplished from the J2EE Hierarchy view within the J2EE perspective (see Figure). Expand the Databases group so that you can see each of the models that have been defined. Once you find the database that you want to export, select the Export to server context menu action which opens the Data Export wizard shown in Figure. The first page of the wizard displays a tree check box view starting with the root object selected and all of its children expanded. So in this example the wsbook database contains one NULLID schemata which in turn contains several tables. Only the selected objects are exported to the relational database.
21. Data export wizard.
Note that you can select any database component within the J2EE Hierarchy view and still select the Export to server context menu action. If you select the NULLID schemata from the J2EE Hierarchy view and select the Export to server action, the first page of the data export wizard starts with the NULLID schemata and includes only its child components.
The second page of the wizard, shown in Figure, provides options that you can choose when exporting to the database. The first three options allow you to control when the export transaction is committed. By default, the Commit changes only upon success option is selected.
22. Data export options wizard page.
The last three check boxes are probably the most interesting because they control the contents of the SQL statements that will be executed on the database:
The last wizard page is the Database Connection page which is the same page that was used during the bottom-up and meet-in-the-middle mapping approaches earlier in the chapter (see Figure). You can go back to the previous sections to learn more detail about these sections but they are basically used to provide detailed information for making a connection to the database you wish to use as the target of this export. You can either supply the information to create a connection, or select from an existing connection that has been defined. You should be careful to use the same user ID in this connection page as you plan to use for the datasource that will be defined in the server configuration. This is necessary because the tables will automatically use the user ID for the schema name if one is not supplied during this export. Also, any SQL statements that are not fully qualified will use the user ID of the datasource for the schema qualification of the tables within the statement.
The second method to export the tables to the database is to execute the Table.ddl file which contains SQL statements to create the database, schema, and tables. This file was generated when running the EJB to RDB mapping wizard if you had the Generate DDL option selected (Figure). If you did not have this option selected at the time that you created the mapping, you can always select the EJB module from the J2EE Hierarchy view and then select the Generate > Schema DDL context menu option. This will produce the static Table.ddl file within the current back-end folder. This file is convenient because you can make modifications to suit your needs. The Table.ddl that is generated does not contain foreign key statements since referential integrity sorting (the sorting of SQL statements to ensure database table constraints are not violated) is not maintained by the generated SQL or the WebSphere EJB container.
Remember that these options are typically used to export to a private database for the purpose of testing. You can use the generated DDL file to request changes to your DBA on the production database.
To export tables to the database using the Table.ddl file, select the file from the appropriate back-end folder within the J2EE Navigator view. Next, select the Run on Database Server context menu action. This will open the Run Script database wizard shown in Figure. The first page of this wizard contains a check box list of each statement within the script file. You have the option of deselecting any statement which you do not want to be executed at this time. The second page of the wizard has the same three commit options as displayed in the Data Export Options wizard page shown in Figure. The last page is the same Database Connection page used in the previous data export wizard and the EJB to RDB mapping wizard.
23. Run script wizard.


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One of the frustrating things about voting is that I don't know what all the independents and small groups stand for. And I reckon I'm not alone in this – otherwise Antony Green would be out of a job.
After all, the name Democratic Labor Party sounds reasonable enough, but they want to get rid of the Family Court, make abortion illegal, stop single women and lesbians having kids through surrogacy, IVF or adoption, and they're against legal recognition of non-heterosexual relationships:
Absolute opposition to legislative or administrative measures that undermine or degrade marriage by conferring on homosexual, lesbian or transsexual pairings any form of legal recognition of their relationships, per se, whether through "civil unions", "relationship registers" or other legal device.
On the other hand, the Liberal Democratic Party supports assisted suicide, same-sex marriage, motorcycle and scooter riders using public transport lanes, and the decriminalisation of activities in which you only hurt yourself (eg, BASE jumping, personal marijuana use). But they're against affirmative action and want to abolish the Anti Discrimination Commission and Federation of Ethnic Communities' Councils of Australia.
I didn't know this before I went to vote, and so had to make a judgement about their policies based on their names alone. Likewise with all the independents. How does this help democracy?
We need to make it better. Parties and independents should have to come up with one meaningful sentence – not "stop the boats" or "moving forward" – that will appear on the ballot paper below their name, so that people can make an informed vote about the smaller parties and independents.


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It was a particularly cold night out in Ponyville. It was also particularly dark, no thanks to a freak blackout that had encased it, shrouding the little town in darkness. The only sources of light were the flickering embers of candles in the windows and the moon glowing above the pitch-black village. The silence was thick and unflappable, and it caused many ponies to toss and turn in their sleep.
Even Twilight couldn't find the energy to enjoy her slumber. She rolled around in her bed, eyes straining against the darkness like a scroll of tiny, imperceptible text. The silence was eerie; she normally could at least hear Spike's snoring (for a little dragon, he sure had some lungs on him!) or the flutter of paper from a book opening and closing from residue of magic. The lone ticking of the clock downstairs was equally maddening, ringing in her ears as loudly as a clap of rhythmic thunder.
Another second longer, and the unicorn sprung out of bed, her patience running short. "UGH! I can't sleep!" she grouched, leaving her bedroom. "Spike! I need you to take a message!"
She trotted down the stairs, clearing her throat as she readied her monologue. Her horn glowed, giving her plenty of light to navigate her way down. "Due to the lack of illumination within our home, I'll have to resort to candlelight and other primitive means to continue my studies. But, as her faithful student, it will be an honor to show her my excellent adaptation skills in such, er, dark times. Ready, Spike?"
Only the ticking of the clock answered her.
The unicorn rose a brow when her assistant didn't respond, turning to his empty bed. "Spike?"
A sudden gust of wind shot behind her, making the unicorn's magic glow fizzle out in her surprise. Before she could activate it again, a shadow bloomed overhead, a dark giggle filling her ears.
"Hello, Twilight~!"
She froze, the unfortunately familiar voice making the unicorn's blood grow cold.
The voice continued, amusement obvious in its voice (as always). "Tell me. How are you... 'adapting' so far?"
Twilight scowled and whirled around, coming face-to-face with Discord's annoyingly illuminated smirk. "What are you doing here at this time of night?" she hissed, rather unsurprised to see him skulking around. Wherever a helpless pony lived, there came the Boogeyspirit. "Didn't Fluttershy give you a curfew?"
The spirit's smile faltered, giving her an annoyed expression as she now wore his sneer. Point one for Twilight. "Oh, please. A curfew stopping the spirit of Chaos? So unoriginal, little egghead," he snorted.
"You're getting off-track. What are you doing here?" A thought occurred to the unicorn, and she gasped in terror. "Are... Are you here for my books?" Immediately, her frightened visage morphed into anger, and she steeled herself against her bookshelves. "What are you going to do? Turn them into frogs? Slather them in ice cream? Infest them with bookworms?" Oh, if he so much as conjured up ONE squishy little in vertebra into her precious pages...
The spirit startled Twilight by giving a loud cackle, hovering over her in his glee. "Brilliant notions, my dear! Those will certainly be, heh, 'bookmarked'!" Oy. His puns were as horrible as ever as he floated over her, his claws clasped eagerly to his chest. "Do you have any more good ideas? I'd love to hear them."
"Don't you DARE hurt my books," she snarled.
"Oh, Twilight! I wouldn't dream of hurting your books!" He gave a not-too-reassuring grin. "After all, books are best in the dark."
"Then why are you here?" she asked the spirit, no little amount of venom coating her words.
"I just thought you needed a little help in... rearranging."
She blinked. "Rearranging...? Oh, oh no! NO!" she shrieked, charging towards him as he lifted a glowing claw.
Too late.
Twilight watched as dozens of novels and dictionaries were encased in golden light, quivering before jumping off of the shelves, soaring around, looking like papery shooting stars that bounced across the room.
"MY BOOKS!" she wailed, eyes wide in horror as she watched several rows of books switch and soar out of their places and rearrange themselves within different slots- all in incorrect order! "DISCORD! STOP THIS RIGHT NOW!"
The draconequus took her hysteria in stride, relishing in the chaos he was creating. "Relax, Twilight! Didn't you say change was good? Think of all the fun you'll have putting them back in their rightful places!"
"Whoa-hoa-whoa!" Spike shrieked, watching the books as they swirled in a blur of paper back and hard cover - that threatened to lob off their heads! Well, maybe not at that speed, but still. "Hey - hey, knock it off! Discord, come on!"
Aghast, the baby dragon hurriedly grabbed the candle and scurried into the corner of the library where the ladder was. He had no idea if this would reach high enough or WHAT he expected to do with an unmoving ladder, but he couldn't just sit there as the books flew about.
Discord was on the ground in hysterics as Twilight ran about in a panicked frenzy, managing to capture a few of the books in a magic field with her horn, that at least lightened the room enough to illuminate every book.
"But it took so long to organize them all! Noooo!" Furious, the lavender mare whirled to the spirit, snorting and scraping her hoof. She hesitated at the last second and instead turned to Spike. "Spike, get him!"
"What do you want me to do?"
"I don't..know..just..GET HIM!" She was too nervous to do so herself. This was the spirit she nearly killed after all.
Sighing and looking just a tad apprehensive, the baby dragon hurried up to the draconequus, latching himself around Discord's tail. Darn it, what the hay did Fluttershy do to punish him? He was too afraid to do anything! Spike and Twilight both gave a startled cry as Discord smirked and harshly blew out the candle. The baby dragon felt himself being carried away.
"NONONONO- what are you doing to me? Hey, knock it off! Let go, Discord!" The baby dragon's protest were lost in the freezer as he was abruptly shoved into it.
Shutting the door and conjuring up a few locks to wrap around the fridge, Discord pressed his ear against the door, smirking at the furious thuds pounding from the inside.
"Whoopsie~!" He craned his neck over to the unicorn who was struggling with a notably heavy encyclopedia buzzing around, almost lifting herself off the ground. "Do you always like to keep your assistants on ice, Twilight?"
Twilight hadn't seen what he had done to poor Spike, and thus just ignored the obnoxious entity, kicking a cloud of dust up into his face. "For the love of Equestria - get out! Don't you have a guardian to get back home to? A kid to look after? A bunny to turn into..things? GO!"
Discord sneezed at the cloud of dust, sending sparkles of magic across the floor- where tiny mushrooms and singing flowers popped up around Twilight's hooves in a chorus of bird chirps.
The draconequus sniffled, watching her struggle with the book. "Aw, you want me to go? Right now? At this very moment? Stop letting your books do the tango and just leave and enjoy a nice, peaceful evening of not-bothering-you?"
"Y-YES"! she gritted out in the midst of a tug-of-war with a strangely aggressive copy of Fragile Finn and the Cupcake Crusades.
Discord stood there a moment, weighting the options with his claws. "Hm. Uh-huh. Go, now. Stay, no. Um..." He tilted his head with a grin. "Don't think so~!" Another flash of light.
It hit the book, causing it to shake and whirl around, jerking the unicorn's magical grip off and sending her tumbling to the ground as it flapped away to perch on the top shelf, rustling its pages in bookish laughter.
"Reading is sooo much fun~!" Discord chirped in twisted joy.
Twilight moaned and rubbed at her head, teetering about dizzily as she rubbed the spot. "Oh, you big jerk," she muttered, conjuring some ice and pressing it to her head with a hoof.
A violet glow encased her horn and she summoned the spirit away. She wasn't sure where and she didn't care where, just as long as the brat wasn't tormenting HER.
And the chaotic demon promptly appeared in the black shadows of the apple trees in Sweet Apple Acres.
"Apple Bloom, come along now!" Applejack said hesitantly, ducking a firefly as it whizzed over her head. "It's high past yer bedtime! Come on now, Sugar Cube. I know them fireflies are fun, but y'all need to hit the hay."
"I already hit the hay earlier, sis," Apple Bloom grinned, clasping the bug in between her hooves. "Y'all saw me! I was sorting the bales for ya!"
Applejack snorted, unaware that one certain pair of yellow orbs hovering above the two weren't fireflies. "C'mon, sis! Quit chasin' these poor critters and git to bed, please? S' too late to be hoofin' around!"
"It's never too late for a good hoof! Or two!" Apple Bloom giggled, both at her joke and at one of the fireflies delicately landing on her nose, shining like a beacon. "Lookit, Applejack! I sure got a 'nose' for lightnin' bugs, don't ya think?"
"Alright, knock off the jokes an' git to b-" The pony paused, jolting as a long, obnoxious cackle exploded in the trees, sending flocks of slumbering birds into the sky. "What in the hay?"
A few branches crackled overhead, the raucous laughter unceasing as they snapped, sending the draconequus to plunge down to the ground, landing with a firm 'THUD!' against the tree.
"DISCORD?" Both Applejack and Applebloom cried out in surprise.
Discord continued to giggle, cracking open one scarlet eye to watch the both sisters. "My brilliant sense of humor must have been rubbing off on you, Bloomington! Hehe! We may have to team up and tour the countryside!" he managed between laughs, clutching his stomach.
Apple Bloom, recovering from her shock, smiled and tried to trot up to him, but her tail was firmly yanked back and she was shielded behind her angry sister's stomping hooves. "Oh, come on sis! Ah just wanna say hi to 'im!" She wriggled free from her sister's hold and trotted up to her friend.
"Ya scared us there for a minute, Discord. But then, ya's was probably meanin' ta do that." She rolled her eyes at his snicker, shrieking as he grabbed her in his tail and absently swung her upside down.
Dizzy, watching the world go back and forth, back and forth, the earth pony looked at him. Or what she could of him all upside down. "Oh yeah! Ah always wanted ta tour the country side! Ah mean I love the farm, but it gets..what's the word, sis? Re..redundant? Repetitive? Maybe one'a those." She squealed as he tossed her with the tail.
"Redundant, repetitive- such revolting, boring words!" the spirit sighed, juggling the filly with a few twists of his tail. Her squeals of joy filled the air. "What about splendiferous? Or stupendously stellar? We would storm the stage with super-silly shenanigans!" He could see it now! Introducing pies to the faces of ponies from all across the land! The sheer number of chocolate cotton candy conundrums! Intermissions with glue-soaked seats!
Apple Bloom squealed with laughter as she was tossed about. He tossed her high and even far away from him and then zipped back and caught her with astonishing speed.
"Haha! And them aren't big words? Wheee!" She yelped from a particular high throw, laughing harder. Her big sister looked to be fuming though and was already looking for a sizable tree branch. "Better get outta here b'fore mah sister licks ya again."
"Hm? Oh, Applejack! Almost forgot you over there, being so dull and whatnot," Discord smirked as the pony glared at him and hastened her search for just the right branch to make his backside sing with pain. "Are you looking for something? Let me help~!" He lifted the same claw.
Applejack ignored the chaotic demon's words, but leaped back as all the twigs were enveloped in the trademark glow. "Wha-?" With a poof, every broken branch vanished from her sight, her form of punishment disappearing with it. "Enough of that, ya varmit!" She growled at him, stomping her hoof angrily. "Now, just- just stop tossin' my lil' sister up 'n down like a jumpin' bean and leave! Go on! Git!"
Apple Bloom laid there relaxing in the coil of his tail. She waited apprehensively for her sister to find a switch and whip him - and probably her too for disobeying orders! She was half relieved when every branch was poofed from existence, but she managed a glare at her friend.
"Hey now, Discord - them apples need their branches!" She booted him lightly with a hoof, pouting
Discord ignored her, sighing, taking to rolling Apple Bloom up in his coils and unraveling her down, like a filly-shaped yo-yo. "That's the second time I've been asked to leave in the last ten minutes! I'm beginning to see a pattern here," he murmured with a malicious smile. "Whatever should I do?"
A quick 'snap' made Applejack's raging expression contort into shock as the grass began to shake, morphing into a sticky mess of pink goo. Her legs scrambled in the sticky mess, stumbling as it stuck to her hooves like glue. "Wha' in tarnatio-! WH-WHOA- OOF!" She tripped, landing her face in yucky, glunky... "C-Cotton candy!"
Apple Bloom watched the ludicrous sight of her sister sprawling into the hot pink goop each time she tried to get up again. "Pfffft-hahah! Walk much, sis?" Her giggle was short lived at the glare she received from her sister.
Applejack managed to lift her head up to glare at the spirit, who had fallen on his side from laughing too much, her sister bobbing in the tail with his cackles.
"Ah think ya should go now, Dis - WAH!" The earth filly squealed as he lightly tossed her off his tail and into the goop, smiling devilishly at her before disappearing in a bright flash
Meanwhile, in Rarity's boutique, the unicorn was fighting off her insomnia by furiously working in the dimness. Her hooves darted around the table, searching for scissors or clumsily reaching for a button. The Element of Generosity frowned, giving a nod as she carried her newly made slippers to the sketchbook.
"Hm. Aquamarine blue with..." she muttered, squinting in the faint light to get a better look at her design, eyes widening at the colors on the paper. "Oh, no!" she cried, eyes darting to her newest creation.
"Oh! Those shoes won't possibly go with this ensemble? What WAS I thinking?" Rarity exclaimed in disgust, tossing them aside. "This ghastly darkness is cumbersome for my delicate eyes to see the fabric!" What was a fashionista to do in such times of crisis?
She was fretting away, her mind filled with ways to possibly save the rag-tag ensemble. "I could turn it into a style of raincoat with a reversible attachment! No, no... Perhaps a jacket with a velvet inseam? Pull yourself together, Rarity! Nonsense!"
A thoughtful voice piped up from behind her. "What about something in the color of... chaos?"
Rarity blinked, scoffing. "Chaos? What sort of ugly color is... EEP!" She ran forward, twirling around to gape at the grinning draconequus, bristling at the mere sight of him in her boutique. "What are you doing here, dog?"
He shrugged playfully. "Just slunking around in the dark like all the other mutts. Now, about that design..."
Rarity growled angrily, seeing the way he was peering eagerly at the fabrics and mannequins draped with outfits and sequins. Things she worked so hard on - no way in Equestria was he ruining it!
"OH NO!" She growled, running in front of the mannequins to protect them, bristling at his last words. "Oh, you will do no such thing! You even THINK About touching my designs and I'll-'ll-!" She blinked, cut off by a sudden, large shape in front of her. It was hard to distinguish what it was. It was pitch black after all. Curious and worried, the fashionista took the candle into her mouth - only to shriek and nearly drop it by what met her sight.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOO!" she wailed, curling up into a heap on the floor, left eye twitching to show her distress, as Discord merely howled and laughed on. "Why? Whyyyyy? Get away! Get it away!"
The large boulder just sat there in the light; the dotting candle light seeming to make it smile at her.
"Why the cold shoulder, Rarity? Tom missed you so much that he decided to visit! See?" Discord grinned, pushing the second bane of the unicorn's existence closer- cackling harder as she shrieked and took off for the closet, slamming herself inside. Nothing like using a large chunk of mineral to render one annoyingly elegant Element of Generosity incapable of function.
"Looks like you're stuck between a rock and a hard place!" He slithered over to the closet, giving it a few knocks, snickering at the sound of fabric falling inside and Rarity's stuffy exclamations.
"Oh, you brute!" Rarity cried tearfully, backing up into the back of the closet and encircling her hooves around her knees. "You horrible beast! I will never understand why Fluttershy and Mari love you as much as they do!"
Silence. Pure, dead silence.
"...Discord?" The fashionista had barely peeked her eyes out of the closet when the boulder hovered there to meet her, grinning its sinister Discord face as he projected himself onto the rock. Rarity gave a long, shrill, blood curdling shriek and promptly fainted, dragging a few hangers with her.
Her shriek did not go unheard as the boutique doors swung open and a certain pink party pony had bounded in.
"Rarity? I heard you get all screamy! Are you okay? Are you - oh, hey Tom!" she chirped, waving to the boulder..and doing a double take when Discord said a cheery hello back. "Whoa! That was super neat! I never knew boulders could talk! Are they like pet rocks? Can pet rocks talk too? I once had a pet rock when I was a teeny weenie Pinkie Pie, but it never spoke to me!"
It was during the fast, infinitely-long chatter that Pinkie Pie was perfectly happy to continue that had Discord decide against further stimulating the happy-go-lucky pony. He just sat there, watching the pink pony in case she turned blue from a lack of oxygen. Seriously, how many words could she use in one breath?
"... I named the rock Francis, though on some days he looked more like a Reggie or a Julius or even a Rocky once, but I thought 'Rocky? I bet there's a dozen pet rocks named that, but none of them are named Francis!' But do you notice how Francis doesn't really rhyme with anything but Schmancis? I thought that was kinda funny, because it's not that catchy and..."
The spirit gave an invisible nod and poofed off without a sound in search of less talkative victims.
"HI-YAAA! HI-CHA! C'mon, ya cottony cowards! That all ya got?" Rainbow Dash zoomed around the rowdy night-time clouds, batting at the dark fluff as if it was truly a challenge. "What, scaredy-cloud? You a fighter or a floater?"
The cloud gently puffed away from her, unflinchingly calm.
"Oh, yeah? Well, I'm not afraid of you! Here I come!" The feisty pegasus grinned as she reared back, kicking the air before zooming off towards the batch of moonlit cirrus with force, her hoof extended to punch straight through the soft puff.
Rainbow Dash blinked, frozen in a vat of warm, sugary pink puffness. She glanced around, furrowing her brow in confusion, struggling as she fought her way out of the clunky mess of the cloud that had sucked her in as easily as Pinkie Pie could talk up a rock.
Rainbow Dash certainly hadn't expected the cloud to just engulf her practically. All sticky and ewy and sticky and- wait. Clouds weren't supposed to be sticky! Eyes wide, the pegasus waited for the moon to shine some light (ha!) on the situation. The silver beams cast silently over it. Pink.
"Ah, you've GOT to be kidding me!" she hissed, fighting and kicking in the sticky substance, finding herself fighting to keep from tasting it.
Suddenly the cloud bolted up, and she screamed. Just as quickly it plummeted back down, and then began swerving up and down, and up and down. The pegasus whined and fought to pull her hooves free, but to no avail. She closed her eyes as the dizziness worsened. Right when she was sure she was about to throw up, the swerving ceased. He appeared in front of her, howling with laughter.
"Hello, Dashie-doo! I guess it's true how you always have your head up in the clouds."
She groaned at his horrible jokes- really, he had a million of them - glaring daggers at the chortling spirit. "Shouldn't you be festering under some tree root or something, ya fungus?"
"Well, if it's all the same to you, I'd rather stay up here." He summoned up his own cloud to lay on, stretching out comfortably. "After all, you can't spell 'fungus' without 'FUN'! And 'gus', but that's more of a name for a rock, don't you think?"
She gave the spirit a good boot in the leg with her hoof, smiling as he whined and clutched his leg. "Why can't you just BEAT it, Discord! For the love of Equestria - go back to Fluttershy or something! Go away!" There was that word again. These ponies didn't seem to like him at all~
To her complete and utter shock he actually obeyed without question! Of course, not before summoning a large storm of molasses rain to drench her. The pegasus whined, wings flapping rapidly, fighting to stay airborne with the weight. "OH, YOU JERK!"
It was nearly nine at night now and most ponies were already asleep. Every pony except for a very miffed group of friends and one blinky-eyed filly. The ponies chatted angrily to themselves, muttering out threats and promises of what they'd do to the spirit once they got a hold of him.
"It's come to my attention SOMETHING needs to be done about Discord," Twilight announced, to which all her friends shouted an agreement.
"Oh, you THINK?" Rainbow Dash snapped, wringing her wings out as much as she could to rid them the thick, sticky substance. "It'll take forever to get cleaned!"
"Ah second that!" a sticky earth pony growled, fighting to separate her hooves from where the cotton candy mashed them together. "Ah vote we whip that miscreant good and well!"
Fluttershy gave a tiny squeak of horror, inadvertently clutching Marigold tightly at the thought. "Oh no, please don't do that! He has only just healed after another session with Celestia." She looked at the inquisitive stares. "He was at the palace, see, and..he thought it would be funny to douse the gardeners in honey. It..was funny until they were chased by a bunch of bees...and ended up having to be hospitalized." She ran a hoof through her mane. "It takes forever for me to calm him down when he gets back from a punishment by the princess. Besides, he was only playing.."
"PLAYING?" Rarity sputtered, looking worse for wear since fighting her way out of the collapsed mess of her closet. "That- That BRUTE charged into my boutique and traumatized me by showing up with... with..."
"Tom?" Pinkie Pie piped up, blinking as the unicorn wailed and collapsed at the memory. "I thought he was nice! He was more talkative than last time! We talked about the sun, and cookies, and then we started discussing Rarity's mane because she had gotten up and fainted again and that led to grape juice and I said I preferred apples even though I have nothing against grapes and-!"
"Alright, alright, we get it!" Twilight snapped at the giggly pony, shaking her head and turning to Fluttershy with a semblance of understanding. "Well, what CAN we do to him, Fluttershy? You know he needs to be punished." THAT was the understatement of the century.
The pegasus hesitated, not sure how this would go. He had never been punished in any way by anyone other than her, Celestia..and well, Applejack apparently. She didn't want them to hurt him, even though she knew her friends would never do that. They were right; he needed an effective form of discipline.
"W-well, I...uhm.." The pony blinked as something lightly thumped her back hoof. Glancing down, she saw a sneering Angel holding onto the end of the feather duster. The pony hesitantly picked it up...and she grinned and looked over at her friends, who began smirking.
Marigold's eyes widened.
Discord continued to sail through the night sky on his cloud, happily licking away at a batch of molasses-soaked cotton candy goodness. After a few minute of staring down at the sleepy little houses (and conjuring up some powerful showers of chocolate rain and honey for good measure), the spirit decided to travel home.
Arriving in a fateful swoop of the door, the draconequus barged in, lapping up the last bit of sweetness from the corner of his mouth. "Fluttershyyy~? Are you awake?" he called out impishly, ready to hear the clop of groggy hooves sliding down the stairs, or at least a squeak of a yawn.
Discord slumped forward, annoyed. Such a spectacular entrance and even THAT didn't cause a stir? "Geez, she must sleep like a Gus."
Little Marigold had escaped from the group of conniving ponies, shuddering at the fate that awaited Discord as soon as he stepped back outside. At least no other pony had seen him; they'd mob him. She skittered in through the critter-door that had aptly enough become her entrance of getting in and out of their cottage.
"Discord! Discord!" Where was he? She squealed as her surrogate father wrapped his tail around her hooves, swinging her back and forth. "Yeah, happy to see ya too, but look! You're in - er - a lot of danger!" She squeaked as he tossed her up and down, catching her again and again.
"A..lot..of danger," she squeaked out.
Discord peered blankly at the tiny pony, then reared his head back in roaring laughter, shaking his tail- and Marigold in the process.
"Egads! I'm so scared!" The pony squeaked as the coils tightened around her before flipping her over, pulling back from the fang-filled grin of the spirit as he leaned in. "Spill. What's the danger, and what flavor of pie does it like to have smashed into its face~?"
The pony squeaked again as he leaned in to her, snickering and laughing harder at the thought of them actually being a "danger".
"I-it's the girls! It's the girls! They're all real mad at you and - and you gotta stay in here or ya's gonna be sorry!" She peered outside nervously.
Oh, that was good. Priceless! The spirit giggled harder, nearly dropping the small pony in his amusement. "Poor girls! They wouldn't know genius humor if it went and rearranged their books, covered their hooves in cotton candy, summoned up an old flame, or drenched them in molasses in the same night!"
He was obviously unaffected by the threat. What could they possibly do to him? Bake a cake of friendship and make him eat it?
"No really, they're gonna - what are you doing!" Marigold gasped as the idiotic spirit flew out the window to exert his point, laughing at the sheer horror on the child's face, not realizing the "danger" he was putting himself in.
"Discord, get inside!" she squeaked, "Discord, come on!" He merely floated around, smirking, and then turned to laugh and shake his head at her. That's when he was tackled by a blur of rainbow from the sky.
(So despite dealing with the loss of my brother I wanted to post something funny. Why? Mostly to make us all smile after this heart breaking day~
The next chapter is absolutely brutal.
Never have you seen six ponies so CRUEL. And a bunny. And a frozen dragon.
So I'm watching the infamous MickeyMonster on DA and I saw this glorious little gem in which Discord is pinned and tickled by the mane six I mentioned to my friend The Clockwork Hand that I really wanted to do a role play in which that picture was basically the outcome. So we came up with the black out idea.
I'm mostly all the mane six, Spike, Marigold, and she's Discord. Sometimes she's Twilight, Rarity, Pinkie, and AJ.)


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The Benevolent Society 200 year centenary book trailer
This is a trailer I made for The Benevolent Society.
I had been commissioned to illustrate the 200 year Centenary book FINDING OUR PLACE.
I filmed the process of drawing the images then edited the movie files with the final artwork used in the book.
Colouring of the artwork was with designer Mike Rossi.
Music was by Stephen Smith of Bird In Hand Lane productions.
Special thanks to Jacki Reid who art directed the project.


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- Jackson School. Newton, MA. September 2017
- The Center for Arts at the Armory. Somerville, MA. September 2017
- Fostertown Magnet School. Newburgh, NY. Week of September 25, 2017
- Ligon GT Magnet Middle School. Raleigh, NC. Week of October 2, 2017
- Lacy Elementary School. Raleigh, NC. Week of October 9, 2017
- Browns Point Elementary School. Tacoma, WA. Week of October 16, 2017
- School 2. Oceanside, NY. October 23, 2017
- School 3. Oceanside, NY. October 25, 2017
- School 4. Oceanside, NY. October 24, 2017
- School 5. Oceanside, NY. October 25 & 26, 2017
- School 6. Oceanside, NY. October 27, 2017
- School 8. Oceanside, NY. October 23 & 24, 2017
- School 9E. Oceanside, NY. October 26, 2017
- Decas Elementary School. Wareham, MA. Week of November 6, 2017
- Founders Memorial School. Essex Junction, VT. Week of November 13, 2017
- Dighton Elementary School. Dighton, MA. Week of December 18, 2017
- Cedarville Elementary (video conference). Dedarville, MI. January 24, 2018
- Palmer River Elementary School. Rehoboth, MA. January 2019
- Bryantville Elementary School. Pembroke, MA. Week of February 5, 2018
- The Filipino School of New York & New Jersey. February 10, 2018
- Powell Elementary School. Raleigh, NC. Week of February 26, 2018
- Northeastern University (presentation for their Destin(Asian) students at the PAO Arts Center). March 8, 2018
- Tohoku University of Art and Design (presentation at the PAO Arts Center). March 8, 2018
- Edward J. Arthur Elementary School. Athens, NY. March 12, 2018
- Coxsackie Elementary. Coxsackie, NY. March 12, 2018
- Elm Street School. Gardner, MA. Week of March 19, 2018
- Challenger Elementary (video conference). Everett, WA. Arpil 5, 2018
- Bunker Hill Community College (presentation at the PAO Arts Center). April 9, 2018
- Beaver Country Day School. Chestnut Hill, MA (presentation at the PAO Arts Center). April 20, 2018
- North Street Elementary School. Grafton, MA. Week of May 21, 2018
- J.C. Solmonese Elementary School. Norton, MA. Week of May 29, 2018
- North Pembroke Elementary School. Pembroke, MA Week of June 5, 2018
- Michael F. Stokes School. Levittown, NY. Week of June 11, 2018
- Manville School. Boston, MA. July 9 & 10, 2018
- Sanctuary. Medfield, MA. July 12, 2018
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Manville School. Boston, MA. July 10th and 11th, 2017
St. Peter School. Cambridge, MA
Claypit Hill School. Wayland, MA
Elm School. Gardner, MA
JR Lowell School. Watertown, MA. April 2017
Parthum Emlementary School. Lawrence, MA
St. Peter School. Cambridge, MA
Green Meadow Elementary. Maynard, MA
Plymouth River Elementary School. Hingham, MA
Davis Elementary School. Bedford, MA
Runkle Elementary School. Brookline, MA
Park School. Brookline, MA
Blanchard School. Boxborough, MA
Bancroft School. Andover, MA
East School. Hingham, MA
Wang School. Lowell, MA
Lincoln School. Lowell, MA
Bethany Hill Chool. Framingham, MA
Wheelock School. Medfield, MAWheelock School. Medfield, MA
Zeh Elementary School. Northborough, MA
Burr Elemenaty School. Newton, MA
Palmer River Elementary School. Rehoboth, MA
Bates Elementary School. Wellesley, MA
Nathaniel Morton Elementary School. Plymouth, MA
South Elementaty School. Hingham, MA
Bennett-Hemenway Elementary. Natick, MA
Jaworek Elementary, Marlborough, MA
Downey School, Westwood, MA
Hanlon School, Westwood, MA
Martha Jones School, Westwood, MA
Sheehan School,Westwood, MA
Deerfield School, Westwood, MA
Vinal School. Norwell, MA
Loker School, Wayland. MA
Cushing Elementary School. Scituate, MA
Quinsigamond Elementary School
Jefferson School. Rockland, MA
Esten School. Rockland, MA
Memorial Park School. Rockland, MA
Jefferson Elementary. Jefferson, MA
Randolph High. Randolph, MA
Shore Country Day School. Beverly, MA
Jefferson Elementary, Jefferson, MA
Proctor School, Northborough, MA
North Pembroke Elementary School, Pembroke, MA
Gates School, Acton, MA
Fiske Elementary, Wellesley, MA
Hyman Fine Elementary School, Attleboro, MA
Burrell Elementary School, Foxboro, MA
Ross Elementary School, Braintree, MA
South School, Hingham, MA
Elm School, Walpole, MA
Pine Glen Elementary School, Burlington, MA
Bryantville Elementary, Pembroke, MA
Lincoln Street School, Northborough, MA
Worcester Arts Magnet, Worcester, MA
Henri A Yelle Elementary School, Norton, MA
Palmer River Elementary School, Rehoboth, MA
West Elementary School, Stoughton, MA
Joseph H. Gibbons Elementary School, Stoughton, MA
Hardy School, Wellesely, MA
The Center School, Stow, MA
Taylor Elementary School, Foxboro, MA
Vincent M Igo Elementary School, Foxborough, MA
Cole Elementary School, Norwell, MA
Conant School, Acton, MA
Meeting House School, Westminster, MA
Morse Elementary School, Cambridge, MA
Loker Elementary School, Wayland, MA
Cottage Elementary School, Sharon, MA
Westminster Elementary School, Westminster, MA
Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter Public School, Franklin, MA >>>
Hunnewell Elementary School, Wellesley, MA
Trottier Middle School, Southborough, MA (Smile Southborough >>>)
Upham Elementary School, Wellesley, MA
Helen Keller Elementary School, Franklin, MA
Joseph Dawe, Jr. Elementary School in Stoughton, MA
Fisher Elementary School in Walpole, MA
Dennett Elementary School, Plympton, MA
Hopkinton Middle School, Hopkinton, MA
Old Post Road School, Walpole, MA
Bennett-Hemenway Elementary School, Natick, MA
Jackson Elementary School, Newton, MA
Annie Sullivan Middle School, Franklin, MA
Davis Thayer Elementary School, Franklin, MA
Oak Street Elementary School, Franklin, MA
Boyden School, Walpole, MA
Franklin Elementary School, Newton, MA
Johnson Elementary School, Natick, MA
Memorial Elementary School. Natick, MA
Douglas Elementary School. Acton, MA
Lilja Elementary. Natick, MA
Pawtucketville Memorial Elementary School. Lowell, MA
Peter W. Reilly School. Lowell, MA
Moody Elementary School. Lowell, MA
The Learning Place. Boston, MA
Whitman Hanson Regional High School. Whitman, MA (Smile Project >>>)
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Peabody Terrace Children's Center. Cambridge, MA
Washington School. Lowell, MA
LCCPS (Lowell Community Charter Public School). Lowell, MA
Trotter Elementary School. Boston, MA
Hansen School. Stoughton, MA
Morse School. Cambridge, MA
Happy Hollow School. Wayland, MA
Newton South High School. Newton, MA
Newton North High School. Newton, MA
Natick High School. Natick, MA
Swampscott High School. Swampscott, MA
South Elementary High School. Stoughton, MA
Fenway High School. Boston, MA
Out-of-State/International Elementary to High Schools:
Oceanside School District. Oceanside, NY. Week of October 24, 2017
Browns Point Elementary School. Tacoma, WA. Week of October 16, 2017
Jefferson School. Summit, NJ
Tatem Elementary School. Collingswood, NJ
Fostertown Magnet School. Newburgh, NY
Browns Point Elementary School. Tacoma, WA.
Ligon GT Magnet Middle School. Raleigh, NC.
Northeast Tacoma Elementary. Tacoma, WA
Lacy Elementary School. Raleigh, NC
St. John Catholic School. Brunswick, MA
Gordon School, East Providence. RI
James A. Garfield School. Collingswood, NJ
Oaklyn Public Schools, Oaklyn. NJ
Mandeville Middle School, Mandeville. LA >>>
Woodlake Elementary. Mandeville, LA (Peli Smile Project >>>)


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OCZ Technology Agility 4 256GB Solid State Drive Review
PCMark Vantage - Drives with Data Testing
For a complete breakdown on the Drives with Data Testing please read this article. You will be able to perform this test at home with the files provided in the article - full instructions are included.
- Brief Methodology
SSDs perform differently when used for a period of time and when data is already present on the drive. The purpose of the Drives with Data testing is to show how a drive performs in these 'dirty' states. SSDs also need time to recover, either with TRIM or onboard garbage collection methods.
Drives with Data Testing - 25%, 50%, 75% Full States and Dirty / Empty Test
Files needed for 60 (64GB), 120 (128GB), 240 (256GB)
60GB Fill - 15GB, 30GB, 45GB
120GB Fill - 30GB, 60GB, 90GB
240GB Fill - 60GB, 120GB, 160GB
Empty but Dirty - a test run just after the fill tests and shows if a drive needs time to recover or if performance is instantly restored.
HDD1 - Windows Defender
HDD2 - Gaming
HDD3 - Windows Photo Gallery
HDD4 - Vista Startup
HDD5 - Windows Movie Maker
HDD6 - Windows Media Center
HDD7 - Windows Media Player
HDD8 - Application Loading
As if the initial performance wasn't bad enough, the OCZ Agility 4 256GB loses performance when data is on the drive. This isn't anything new; nearly all SSDs lose performance when data piles up on the flash (other than the Corsair Performance 3). The Agility 4 does not lose as much performance as many other drives, but the loss is still there.
The OCZ Agility 4 does do a really good job with TRIM as you can see here. Our sample recovered very well and delivered the same amount of performance as we started with before adding large amounts of data to the drive.
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Christian Education Opportunities
We have Christian Education classes on Sunday morning at 9:45 for all ages. You will learn about the Bible and build relationships with others. Other opportunities with special groups happen throughout the week.
Sunday chapel services are weekly at 11:00 a.m. at 310 N. DeSpelder. All are welcome!


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(Legal 500, 2016)
Niederer Kraft Frey has been instrumental in the development of the Swiss Capital Markets. In well over 5,000 transactions over the past three decades, we have advised all major domestic and foreign market participants. Our team of over 20 capital markets lawyers is a recognised market leader and our strength is demonstrated by top-tier rankings from all major international directories.


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#30 NFL Rams move to Los Angeles, alien conspiracies, and aquatic apes/
Frank's brother and longtime NFL Rams fan, Kevin, joins The Bystanders to talk about the Rams relocating to Los Angeles. We also talk Lakers, and veer off into the iPod conspiracy, and even touch on the aquatic "ape theory."
Contact the show with questions and feedback via our contact form or email us at info AT thebystanderspodcast DOT com.


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Like so many other folk I only did art up to my G.C.E 'O' level. When my family had grown and gone their own way, my husband and I did enjoy a terrific art break in Devon with Trudi Friend who was fantastic and got me back on track with drawing, but it was not until I had surgery for two new knees and my husband kindly sent me on a wonderful art holiday with Vivien Walters that I began again painting with pastels for the first time. My subject our then 5 year old dog Pippa. After which requests came in from other folks and I also offered to do them as a raffle prize for friends fundraising events. Now I am well and truly hooked back on painting and am now trying with Acrylic and even Oils! I am also fortunate enough to be a volunteer at the BoonRic gallery at Rainford up here in Lancashire. Joanne Boon-Thomas and Eric Fleming share some of their valuable gallery space because, along with some other students of Joanne we take turns to 'man' the gallery for them. Now
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Caramel Mocha Almond Popcorn Clusters Recipe; Delicious Mocha Treat.
Caramel Mocha Almond Popcorn Clusters Recipe
10 cups freshly popped popcorn
2 cups whole almonds
1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1/4 cup light corn syrup
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 teaspoon almond extract
1/4 cup strong illy coffee (or illy espresso)
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
Preheat oven to 225 degrees. Spray 15 x 10 baking sheet with non-stick spray. Mix popcorn and almonds in large bowl.
Combine brown sugar, butter , coffee and corn syrup in medium saucepan.
Over low heat, stir mixture until sugar dissolves.
Increase heat to high and boil 5 minutes.
Remove from heat; stir in vanilla, almond extract and baking soda.
Pour over popcorn and almonds, immediately stirring gently to coat.
Pour mixture onto prepared baking sheet, spreading evenly.
Bake for 1 hour in preheated oven. Cool completely. Break into pieces and store in airtight container.
Yield: 20 pieces


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Property Attributes
- TypeLand
- CountyHAMPDEN
- CityHolyoke
- Zip01040
- StyleLevel,Sloping,Wooded,Irregular Lot,Gentle Slope
- Taxes25894
- Price$ 59,000
- Bedrooms0
- Full Bathrooms0
- Half Bathrooms0
- Lot Size0.7 Acres
Listing Provided Courtesy Of:
Dora Voisine with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage - Chicopee.
Property Description
ATTENTION BUILDERS, looking for a property to build one or two houses. This is it!! HAS VIEW! Nice lot for one or two single family houses. There was once a home on this land, 290+ feet frontage on this 0.7 acre lot with some trees cut down you have a scenic view of the Ct River Valley. Water, and sewer, electric ,gas are available on st all permit has to be verify with building department .Buyer to verify all information and should perform due diligence.
|Elementary School
|Middle School
|High School
|Unknown Elementary School
|Unknown Middle School
|Unknown High School
|Price History
|Listed $59,000
General Features
|Public Transportation, Shopping, Highway Access
|Electrical Equipment/Features
|At Street
|Road Type
|Public, Paved, Publicly Maint.
Exterior Features
|At Street
- Foreclosure
- Views
- Short Sale
- New Construction
- Adult
- Lease To Own
- No HOA Fees
- Furnished
- Pets
- Master On Main
- Air Conditioning
- Seller Finance
- Green
- Fixer Upper
- Horse
- Golf
- Fireplace
- Deck
- Garage
- Basement
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